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Margaret Mary

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I liked St. Withburga. Literally. Almost my confirmation Saint! Also Notburga, Ethelburga ... any various "Burga's" :lol: ;)

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franciscanheart

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I liked St. Withburga. Literally. Almost my confirmation Saint! Also Notburga, Ethelburga ... any various "Burga's" :lol: ;)
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:lol: nice.

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+Praised be Jesus Christ!

When Daughter Benedictine joined, our family made her a book that we worked on; thinking perhaps she would enjoy sharing some of the pages with the nuns at recreation or perhaps just reading some of the pages when she found herself homesick. One of the pages had an envelope glued down and inside of it, we put in it all the "funny" saint names we could think. We titled the envelope: "What will your new name be?" (Her Abbey "surprises" the novices!)

Some that we found were: Homobonus, Audivax, Canute, Emerentiana, Buonadonna....there are so many more, but that gives you an idea! We thought the sisters would find in hilarious! Our daughter did, but in her letter home, she told us that most of the older nuns thought it was very creative - but NOT funny! We were all surprised, because we thought they would find it hilarious!!

Pax,
TradMom

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LaPetiteSoeur

In hs, there was a guy on my bus named Augustine. Everyone called him Gus.

I also like St. Walburga and St. Hildegard, both rather odd names. St. Hildegard has always been a favorite....

Ignatius isn't a bad name at all. I have relatives way back whose first name is "Preserved." And his last name? Fish. :blush: This was practically a sixth cousin seventeen times removed, but his name has gone down in family legend.

No kidding. But this was in the 1600s. A closer relative (1900s) middle name was Duplex!

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[quote name='FutureNunJMJ' timestamp='1299512681' post='2218810']
+JMJ

[url="http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=1806"]This is my favorite Saint name.[/url]

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I suggest you look up that saint name in a spanish-english translator. :P

Love it!

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OnlySunshine

How about being named after these saints:

St. Exuperance (she was supposedly very happy, LOL)
St. Fabius Claudius Gordianus Fulgentius :blink:
St. Zynovij Kovalyk
St. Gall (I wonder if he was bitter? :P )
St. Aceptismas (he accepts the Mass?)
St. Lancelot (no, not from King Arthur's knights)
St. Vimin of Holywood (not a movie star)
St. Artaxus of Syrmium
St. Christina the Astonishing (apparently, she surprised people)
St. Januarius (was his younger sibling, Februarius?)
St. Alphege the Bald
St. Mamas (not a female saint, either)
St. Bairfhion (boy, I feel sorry for this guy)
St. Teath (patron saint against cavities?)
St. John the Great Sinner (even saints were once sinners and this guy was great!)
St. Conon (I wonder if he was a barbarian...)
St. Rollox (I wonder if he was always on time?)
St. Nabor (wouldn't you like to get to know him?)
St. Gwynnin
Bl. Andrea Carlo Ferrari (I wonder if he drove a fancy car...)
St. Olav the Thick (don't dare call him that...)
St. Pancratius (give this guy less sugar and fat...)
St. Chillen of Aubigny (don't you wanna chill with Chillen?)

rotfl

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Mary Magdalene

[quote name='MaterMisericordiae' timestamp='1299554451' post='2219030']
How about being named after these saints:

St. Exuperance (she was supposedly very happy, LOL)
St. Fabius Claudius Gordianus Fulgentius :blink:
St. Zynovij Kovalyk
St. Gall (I wonder if he was bitter? :P )
St. Aceptismas (he accepts the Mass?)
St. Lancelot (no, not from King Arthur's knights)
St. Vimin of Holywood (not a movie star)
St. Artaxus of Syrmium
St. Christina the Astonishing (apparently, she surprised people)
St. Januarius (was his younger sibling, Februarius?)
St. Alphege the Bald
St. Mamas (not a female saint, either)
St. Bairfhion (boy, I feel sorry for this guy)
St. Teath (patron saint against cavities?)
St. John the Great Sinner (even saints were once sinners and this guy was great!)
St. Conon (I wonder if he was a barbarian...)
St. Rollox (I wonder if he was always on time?)
St. Nabor (wouldn't you like to get to know him?)
St. Gwynnin
Bl. Andrea Carlo Ferrari (I wonder if he drove a fancy car...)
St. Olav the Thick (don't dare call him that...)
St. Pancratius (give this guy less sugar and fat...)
St. Chillen of Aubigny (don't you wanna chill with Chillen?)

rotfl
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:clapping: Lol I hope I dont get any of these names when I enter the RSM

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[quote name='MaterMisericordiae' timestamp='1299554451' post='2219030']

St. Christina the Astonishing (apparently, she surprised people)

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I LOVE reading about St. Christina the Astonishing. Reading about her life literally makes you go ---------> :blink:

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