isilzha Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 St. Martin de Porres? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_rev Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 (edited) [quote] St. Martin de Porres? [/quote] Your right. Post a bio, and a new saint. In Christ, Ed Edited July 11, 2006 by the_rev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
let_go_let_God Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 Ed is right in saying you were right. God bless- LGLG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brendan1104 Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 [img]http://www.catholic-forum.com/Saints/saintm33.jpg[/img] He was a Benedictine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isilzha Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 [quote]MARTIN de Porres Illegitimate son of a Spanish nobleman and a young freed black slave, he grew up in poverty. Spent part of his youth with a surgeon-barber from whom he learned some medicine and care of the sick. At age 11 he became a servant in the Dominican priory. Promoted to almoner, he begged more than $2,000 a week from the rich to support the poor and sick of Lima. Placed in charge of the Dominican's infirmary; known for his tender care of the sick and for his spectacular cures. His superiors dropped the stipulation that "no black person may be received to the holy habit or profession of our order" and Martin took vows as a Dominican brother. Established an orphanage and children's hospital for the poor children of the slums. Set up a shelter for the stray cats and dogs and nursed them back to health. Lived in self-imposed austerity, never ate meat, fasted continuously, and spent much time in prayer and meditation. Great devotion to the Eucharist. Friend of Saint John de Massias. He was venerated from the day of his death. Many miraculous cures, including raising the dead attributed to Brother Martin. First black American saint. [/quote] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Didacus Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 [quote]He was, of course, a man for all seasons... ...a classical scholar, a humanist, a statesman, a politician, a man of prayer, the author of the famed Utopia, a theologian, and a lawyer by profession. His contemporaries knew him to possess a keen wit, a merry sense of humor, and a great common sense. He was a warm and friendly man who always seemed more concerned about the needs of his friends than his own needs. His friendship extended to looking after the poor in his village and to singing in his church choir.[/quote] One of my favorites saints! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luigi Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 [quote name='Didacus' date='13 October 2009 - 10:27 AM' timestamp='1255444075' post='1984557'] One of my favorites saints! [/quote] Thomas More - also one of my favorites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Didacus Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 Congrats Luigi - one point for you! Now your turn... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luigi Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 [quote name='Didacus' date='13 October 2009 - 12:41 PM' timestamp='1255452088' post='1984609'] Congrats Luigi - one point for you! Now your turn... [/quote] Pioneer missionary of the Sacred Heart, this saint came to the US from France in 1819 at the age of 49. She founded schools, was superior of her convent(s), and did a year of mission work among the Pottawatomie who named her Woman-Who-Prays-Always. She was an excellent teacher, nurse, farmer, formator, business manager/administrator, and seamstress, but was not very skilled at cooking. Her preferred form of prayer was adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, and she had a strong devotion to St. John Francis Regis, to whom she entrusted the success of her mission in the New World. She died at age 88. She was canonized by Pope John Paul II in 1988. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pat22 Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 Rose Duchnee? or however you spell it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resurrexi Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 This saint was a general in a Portuguese civil war. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luigi Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 (edited) [quote name='pat22' date='13 October 2009 - 04:42 PM' timestamp='1255466531' post='1984734'] Rose Duchnee? or however you spell it [/quote] Correct person - the correct name & spelling: Philippine Duchesne. Her actual given name was Rose Philippine Duchesne, and the church does refer to her that way, but she was known all of her life as Philippine. In religion, she was addressed as Mother Duchesne. Edited October 13, 2009 by Luigi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddington Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 Was there really a St. Ides? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddington Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 ^ not finding anything, btw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
picchick Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 Paddy: There is a St. Idus, St. Ine, Bl. Ida but I am not finding a St. Ides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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