[Resurrexi]

I'm trying to find out which of the Saints who were involved in wars. Right now I know of these:

St. Louis IX
St. Nuno de Santa Maria
St. Francis of Assisi

This post has been edited by Resurrexi: 18 June 2009 - 09:15 PM

[kafka]

St John Capistran at the Battle of Belgrade

St Ignatius was a soldier injured before his conversion though I'm not sure what battle.


I'll think of more :)

[kafka]

Stonewall Jackson

:saint:

[CatherineM]

St. Stephen of Hungary lead his troops against Bulgaria
St. David of Scotland fought several battles against the English

[Saint Therese]

Hello??

St. Joan of Arc!!

[Nihil Obstat]

Saint Therese, on Jun 18 2009, 10:58 PM, said:

Hello??

St. Joan of Arc!!

Beat me to it. :P
Look in the early Church. I'll bet you'll find some in there.

[Socrates]

St. George.

[Norseman82]

In modern times, there is a "cause" to seek beatification for Fr. Vincent Cappodano, a US Military chaplain who died in a firefight in Vietnam.

[Nihil Obstat]

Does Maximilian count? :P

[tinytherese]

Well St. Michael the Arc Angel sure fought in a great battle.

[Socrates]

St. Olaf of Norway - died fighting pagan enemies.

This post has been edited by Socrates: 18 June 2009 - 11:46 PM

[Nihil Obstat]

Good point.

[Luigi]

St. Ferdinand, King of Spain - older cousin of St. Louis; their mothers were sisters (Louis' mother is Bl. Blanche of Castile). Ferdinand is usually portrayed in armor, with a sword, and wearing a crown; St. Louis often is, too.

Also, St. Martin of Tours, I think... didn't he lead the army that stopped the invasion of France by the Moors, or something?

Most saints who were military are portrayed with a sword.

There's also a priest whose cause for sainthood is getting some recent airplay - he was a diocesan priest who became a military chaplain, I think during WWII - Fr. Kapuan. I can't remember his first name, but I think there's a high school(?) in Wichita(?) named after him. Don't quote me on that, but you might want to Google him.

[Luigi]

Oh! and one of the saints Stainislaus in Poland. One is St. Stanislaus, Bishop & Martyr; I think the other one might have been a king of Poland and all kings (back then) were military to one degree or another.

[elizabeth09]

Resurrexi, St. Louis the IX(9) is to believe to fought in some wars.

[Maximilianus]

St. Sebastian
St. Marcellus of Tangier
St. Camillus de Lellis
St. Maurice and his Legion
St. Longinus the Centurion
St. Longinus, who was martyred with St. Paul
St. Joannicus of Mount Olympus
St. Theophilus the Younger
St. Sanctius of Córdoba
St. Nicholas Von Flüe
St. Julius of Dorostorum
St. Jerome Emiliani
St. Julian of Brioude

Some of these saints may or may not have participated in combat but all were members of a military force.

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This post has been edited by Maximilianus: 19 June 2009 - 02:55 AM

[Luigi]

"There's also a priest whose cause for sainthood is getting some recent airplay - he was a diocesan priest who became a military chaplain, I think during WWII - Fr. Kapuan. I can't remember his first name, but I think there's a high school(?) in Wichita(?) named after him. Don't quote me on that, but you might want to Google him."

Resurrexi - This is the guy I was referring to above, and you found an article about him possibly working a miracle. He's not a saint...yet, but he was in the military. dI got the spelling of his name wrong, aabove, but I was close.

"Kapaun, a U.S. Army chaplain who died in the Korean War, grew up in Pilsen, Kan."

[kafka]

Luigi, on Jun 23 2009, 01:37 AM, said:

"There's also a priest whose cause for sainthood is getting some recent airplay - he was a diocesan priest who became a military chaplain, I think during WWII - Fr. Kapuan. I can't remember his first name, but I think there's a high school(?) in Wichita(?) named after him. Don't quote me on that, but you might want to Google him."

Resurrexi - This is the guy I was referring to above, and you found an article about him possibly working a miracle. He's not a saint...yet, but he was in the military. dI got the spelling of his name wrong, aabove, but I was close.

"Kapaun, a U.S. Army chaplain who died in the Korean War, grew up in Pilsen, Kan."

just saw the article and remembered your post:
http://www.catholicn...new.php?n=16365

he looks like a wise warrior

http://www.usachcs.army.mil/images/KAPAUN.jpg

This post has been edited by kafka: 25 June 2009 - 08:56 PM

[Resurrexi]

Luigi, on Jun 23 2009, 12:37 AM, said:

"There's also a priest whose cause for sainthood is getting some recent airplay - he was a diocesan priest who became a military chaplain, I think during WWII - Fr. Kapuan. I can't remember his first name, but I think there's a high school(?) in Wichita(?) named after him. Don't quote me on that, but you might want to Google him."

I go to that high school.

[kafka]

Resurrexi, on Jun 25 2009, 09:57 PM, said:

I go to that high school.

are you in the town the Vatican official is visiting this weekend?