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#Big5 - favorite saints!


Lea

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Something I saw over at twitter: I'm really interested in your favorite saints or the ones who influenced you the most! Name 5 :)

Mine are: 

1. St. Mary Magdalena

2. St. Ignatius of Loyola

3. St. Caterina of Siena

4.St. Anselm of Canterbury

5. Alfred Delp SJ (not formally beatified yet, but recognized as martyr)

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St Jean-Baptiste Marie Vianney

St Michael the Archangel

St Benedict

St Joseph

Yvonne-Aimée de Jésus

I should add, St John Chrysostom. ;)

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St John of the Cross

St John the Evangelist

St Seraphim of Sarov

St Simeon the New Theologian

St Maximus the Confessor

(and many others)

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HildegardB

In no specific order:

St. Katharina Kasper

St. Francis

St. Hildegard 

St. Jeanne d'arc

Blessed Richard Henkes

 

aaaaand (well that is number 6, but anyway) :

St. Cecilia 

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St Anthony of Padua (gentleness)

St Francis (animals)

St John Bosco.(children)

St Gertrude of Nivelles (cats)

St Hildegard of Bingen (Dr of the church)

(Honorable mention-  St Alphonse)

8 minutes ago, nikita92 said:

St Anthony of Padua (gentleness)

St Francis (animals)

St John Bosco.(children)

St Gertrude of Nivelles (cats)

St Hildegard of Bingen (Dr of the church)

(Honorable mention- St Alphonse)

Waiting in the wings- Blessed Michael McGivney

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23 hours ago, nikita92 said:

St Gertrude of Nivelles (cats)

Cool to hear the reasons as well - cats are best^^

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St. Maximilian Kolbe

St. Peter Chrysologus

St. Thomas Aquinas 

St. Teresa of Calcutta

St. Philomena

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Only 5???

Ok well I don’t know how to narrow it down so this is 5 saints I love but there are many more who deserve to make the list.

 

1. St. Francis of Assisi

2. St. Therese of Lisieux

3. St. Maximilian Kolbe

4. St. Josephine Bakhita

5. St. Josemaria Escriva

Honorable mentions:

1. St. Lawrence, Deacon and Martyr

2. St. Augustine

3. St. Philomena

4. St. John Chrysostom

5. St. Teresa of Calcutta

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