Unusual Saints

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In two recent threads we have talked about unusual or little known saints, [b]St Christina the Astonishing [/b]and [b]Blessed Maria Romero Meneses[/b], a Salesian nun from Costa Rica. So I thought we needed a thread about unusual or little known saints.

Here is the list on old English saints I found online - but not much detail, so I will try to research them. Please list any saints you think we should know about.


[url="http://celticsaints.org/2011/1217a.html"]St. Brioch of Brittany[/url]
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[b] [url="http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-brieuc-of-brittany/"]Saint Brieuc of Brittany[/url][/b]

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[i]Also known as[/i][list]
[*]Briach of Brittany
[*]Brieg of Brittany
[*]Brigomalos of Brittany
[*]Brioc of Brittany
[*]Brioch of Brittany
[*]Briock of Brittany
[*]Briocus of Brittany
[*]Briomaglus of Brittany
[*]Bru of Brittany
[*]Bryan of Brittany
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[i][url="http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-brieuc-of-brittany/feasts"]Memorial[/url][/i][list]
[*][url="http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-brieuc-of-brittany/1-may"]1 May[/url]
[*]formerly on the second Sunday after [url="http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-brieuc-of-brittany/easter"]Easter[/url]
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[i]Profile[/i][indent]
Born and raised a [url="http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-brieuc-of-brittany/pagan"]pagan[/url], but [url="http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-brieuc-of-brittany/patrons-of-converts"]converted[/url] to [url="http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-brieuc-of-brittany/christianity"]Christianity[/url] as a young adult. [url="http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-brieuc-of-brittany/patrons-of-students"]Educated[/url] in [url="http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-brieuc-of-brittany/patrons-of-france"]France[/url] by [url="http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-brieuc-of-brittany/saints"]Saint[/url] [url="http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-brieuc-of-brittany/saint-germanus-of-auxerre"]Germanus of Auxerre[/url]. [url="http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-brieuc-of-brittany/patrons-of-priests"]Priest[/url]; a column of fire was reported seen near him at his [url="http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-brieuc-of-brittany/patrons-of-priests"]ordination[/url]. [url="http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-brieuc-of-brittany/patrons-of-preachers"]Preached[/url] in Cardigan. Founded two [url="http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-brieuc-of-brittany/abbey"]abbeys[/url] in [url="http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-brieuc-of-brittany/patrons-of-brittany"]Brittany[/url]. [url="http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-brieuc-of-brittany/patrons-of-bishops"]Bishop[/url] in upper [url="http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-brieuc-of-brittany/patrons-of-brittany"]Brittany[/url]. Venerated in [url="http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-brieuc-of-brittany/patrons-of-cornwall-england"]Cornwall[/url]. Many churches in [url="http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-brieuc-of-brittany/patrons-of-england"]England[/url] and [url="http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-brieuc-of-brittany/patrons-of-scotland"]Scotland[/url] are dedicated to him.[/indent]
[i]Born[/i][list]
[*]c.[url="http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-brieuc-of-brittany/time-line-420"]420[/url] at Dyfed, Cardiganshire
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[i]Died[/i][list]
[*]c.[url="http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-brieuc-of-brittany/time-line-510"]510[/url] at [url="http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-brieuc-of-brittany/patrons-of-saint-brieuc-des-vaux-france"]Saint-Brieuc-des-Vaux[/url], [url="http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-brieuc-of-brittany/patrons-of-france"]France[/url] of natural causes
[*][url="http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-brieuc-of-brittany/relics"]relics[/url] in the [url="http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-brieuc-of-brittany/abbey"]abbey[/url] of Saint Sergius, [url="http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-brieuc-of-brittany/diocese-of-angers-france"]Angers[/url], and in the [url="http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-brieuc-of-brittany/cathedral"]Cathedral[/url] of Saint Brieuc
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[i][url="http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-brieuc-of-brittany/canonization"]Canonized[/url][/i][list]
[*][url="http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-brieuc-of-brittany/pre-congregation"]Pre-Congregation[/url]
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[i][url="http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-brieuc-of-brittany/patron-saints"]Patronage[/url][/i][list]
[*][url="http://saints.sqpn.com/pst01086.htm"]purse makers[/url]
[*][url="http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-brieuc-of-brittany/patrons-of-saint-brieuc-des-vaux-france"]Saint-Brieuc-des-Vaux[/url], [url="http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-brieuc-of-brittany/patrons-of-france"]France[/url]
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[i][url="http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-brieuc-of-brittany/emblem"]Representation[/url][/i][list]
[*][url="http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-brieuc-of-brittany/alms-box"]alms-box[/url]
[*][url="http://saints.sqpn.com/pst01086.htm"]purse[/url]
[*]cleric treading on a [url="http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-brieuc-of-brittany/dragon"]dragon[/url]
[*][url="http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-brieuc-of-brittany/patrons-of-priests"]priest[/url] with a column of fire
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[url="http://celticsaints.org/2011/1217c.html"]St. Tetta of Wimborne[/url]
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[b] [size=5]St. Tetta[/size][/b]

[url="http://www.catholic.org/saints/f_day/"]Feastday:[/url] September 28
772


Benedictine abbess. She governed the [url="http://www.catholic.org/encyclopedia/view.php?id=3328"]convent[/url] of Wimborne in Dorsetshire, England, and she was a supporter of the missionary effort of [url="http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=1817"]St. Boniface[/url] in Germany, dispatching [url="http://www.catholic.org/encyclopedia/view.php?id=8582"]nuns[/url] to assist in the evangelization.
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[Strictlyinkblot]

St. Ita is known as the foster mother of Irish saints because many of the saints were taught at her convent as children. She was named Deirdre but took the name Ita on becoming a nun. Her father was opposed to her entering a convent but she fasted and prayed for three days. Her father then had a dream in which God told him that Ita would live in another part of the country and many would find enlightenment through her.

She reminds me a little of St. Clare in her determination to follow Jesus. Many miracles are attributed to her both in her lifetime and afterwards. There is a hospital named after her in Dublin.
[url="http://www.allsaintsbrookline.org/celtic_saints/ita.html"]http://www.allsaintsbrookline.org/celtic_saints/ita.html[/url]

Oh, and did you know St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland wasn't Irish. He was welsh but was kidnapped by Irish pirates as a boy and brought as a slave to Ireland.

[Maximilianus]

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Oh, and did you know St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland wasn't Irish. He was welsh but was kidnapped by Irish pirates as a boy and brought as a slave to Ireland.
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I've read that he was born in Scotland or some place in Northern England from Romano Brit parents. I'll add Wales to the list. He said he was born in the village of Bannavem Taburniae, no one knows where that is.

Edited December 17, 2011 by Maximilianus

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[quote name='Maximilianus' timestamp='1324089873' post='2352524']
I've read that he was born in Scotland or some place in Northern England from Romano Brit parents. I'll add Wales to the list. He said he was born in the village of Bannavem Taburniae, no one knows where that is.
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We were always taught in school that he was Welsh but there so much about him that's more fable then truth

[brandelynmarie]

I love to ask for the intersession of little known saints.

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[quote name='brandelynmarie' timestamp='1324090922' post='2352536']
I love to ask for the intersession of little known saints.
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ah yes

[LinaSt.Cecilia2772]

I remember reading this article when i was getting confirmed, and i was like obsessed with saints. I researched them constantly and i found this article. It's quite impressive.

[url="http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-odd-patron-saints.php"]http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-odd-patron-saints.php[/url]

[faithcecelia]

I like St Lidwina, patron of ice-skaters [url="http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09233a.htm"]http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09233a.htm[/url]

[brandelynmarie]

St. Simeon Stylites the Elder

[img]http://solzemli.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/stsimeon_stylites.jpg[/img]

[b]Pillar-Saints[/b] are a type of [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian"]Christian[/url] [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascetic"]ascetic[/url] who in the early days of the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Empire"]Byzantine Empire[/url] stood on pillars preaching, fasting and praying. They believed that the mortification of their bodies would help ensure the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvation"]salvation[/url] of their souls. The first stylite was probably [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simeon_Stylites"]Simeon Stylites the Elder[/url] who climbed on a pillar in Syria in 423 and remained there until his death 37 years later.

[brandelynmarie]

St. Isadore of Seville. Patron of the Internet
[url="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2007/10/stisidore.jpg"][img]http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2007/10/stisidore-tm.jpg?w=225&h=300[/img][/url]

St Isidore was the Archbishop of Seville ca. 601, succeeding his brother to the position. He was a teacher, founder, and reformer. He was a prolific writer whose works include a dictionary, an encyclopedia, a history of Goths, and a history of the world beginning with creation. He completed the Mozarabic liturgy which is still in use in Toledo, Spain and presided at the Second Council of Seville, and the Fourth Council of Toledo. He also introduced the works of Aristotle to Spain. He was proclaimed Doctor of the Church by Pope Benedict XIV in 1722, and became the leading candidate for patron of computer users and the Internet in 1999.

[brandelynmarie]

St Rene Goupil: Patron Saint of Anesthesiologists
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St Rene Goupil studied medicine, and in 1639 offered to work as a medic for the Jesuit missionaries in America. Missionary to the Hurons, working as a donné, a layman who worked without pay. He worked in a hospital in Quebec, Canada in 1640 and was assistant to Saint Isaac Jogues on his missionary travels. He was Captured and tortured by Iroquois, enemies of the Huron, for making the sign of the cross over a child’s head. While they were in captivity, Father Isaac received Rene into the Jesuits as a religious brother. He is the first North American martyr and his death by tomahawk in the head led to his patronage of people who work with or receive anasthesia.

[brandelynmarie]

St Gertrude of Nivelles: Patron saint of the fear of mice (suriphobia).

[url="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2007/10/i.jpg"][img]http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2007/10/i-tm.jpg?w=240&h=300[/img][/url]

[BarbTherese]

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[i]St Joseph in flight[/i] 18th century painting by Ludovico Mazzanti

On October 4, 1630, the town of Cupertino held a procession on the feast day of Saint Francis of Assisi. Joseph was assisting in the procession when he suddenly soared into the sky, where he remained hovering over the crowd. When he descended and realized what had happened, he became so embarrassed that he fled to his mother's house and hid. This was the first of many flights, which soon earned him the nickname [i]"The Flying Saint"[/i].
Joseph's life changed dramatically after this incident. His flights continued and came with increasing frequency. His superiors, alarmed at his lack of control, forbade him from community exercises, believing he would cause too great a distraction for the friary. For the fact was, Joseph could not contain himself. On hearing the names of Jesus or Mary, the singing of hymns during the feast of St. Francis, or while praying at Mass, he would go into a dazed state and soar into the air, remaining there until a superior commanded him under obedience to revive.
Joseph's most famous flight allegedly occurred during a papal audience before Pope Urban VIII. When he bent down to kiss the Pope's feet, he was suddenly filled with reverence for Christ's Vicar on earth, and was lifted up into the air. Only when the Minister General of the Order, who was part of the audience, ordered him down was Joseph able to return to the floor.

The life of St Joseph of Cupertino (above) makes an fascinating read:
[u][u][url="http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=72"]http://www.catholic....php?saint_id=72[/url][/u][/u]



As does the life of St Benedict Joseph Labre - the beggar saint [url="http://www.ewtn.com/library/mary/stben.htm"]http://www.ewtn.com/library/mary/stben.htm[/url]

[u]Excerpt from above link only[/u]: "There is no condition of life which the grace of God has not sanctified; this is the first reflection that must rise in the mind of anyone who studies the history of Benedict Joseph Labre. He died a beggar in Rome in 1783. '

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I have always loved Joseph of Cupertino - thanks for that one Barb!

[brandelynmarie]

St. Benedict Jospeh Labre


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