Posted by psycheinaboat
Dec 21, 2009 11:12 pm

Replies (12)

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• An interesting idea! Are there others who'd be interested in seeing a Wikipedia Tour of the saints? (And any experts on the saints who might want to help identify who should be included?)

  Dec 22, 2009 2:19 pm
  by MaggieH (admin)

• Yes, I just toured a place on the national historic district and there was a niche with St. Florian; I didn't have a clue. Anyone who enjoys historic homes with classic elements which refer back to the saints would get alot out of this topic too.

  Dec 22, 2009 5:27 pm
  by dreamdust

• I'd love to see this topic available!
  
  Unfortunately, I don't know much about it and can't help with what saints should be included...

  Dec 24, 2009 10:20 pm
  by books

• I would read it. I am no expert but I think a good start would be those saints mentioned in the Eucharistic Prayer during the Mass;
  “Mary, … Joseph, …Peter and Paul, Andrew, James, John, Thomas, James, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Simon and Jude; … Linus, Cletus, Clement, Sixtus, Cornelius, Cyprian, Lawrence, Chrysogonus, John and Paul, Cosmas and Damian)”… “John the Baptist, Stephen, Matthias, Barnabas, (Ignatius, Alexander, Marcellinus, Peter, Felicity, Perpetua, Agatha, Lucy, Agnes, Cecilia, Anastasia)”
  
  Thanks

  Jan 8, 2010 1:10 pm
  by JMoore

• I've just found out that St. Florian is the patron saint to prevent house-fires; so all home-owners out there it's not a bad idea to have him on the premises!

  Jan 29, 2010 7:52 am
  by dreamdust

• For people interested in this in the World Capitols-wikipedia series on Oslo, Norway there is a really cool part on the city seal which features St. Hallvard.

  Mar 11, 2010 11:17 am
  by dreamdust

• St. Pancras is the patron saint of children.

  Apr 27, 2010 7:05 am
  by dreamdust

• I really think this is a good suggestion and would like to see it. In so much of my other reading I encounter saints I have never heard of and it would be a helpful reference point to fill in the blanks for all readers.

  May 28, 2011 6:52 am
  by dreamdust

• Saint Denis the patron saint of Paris

  Jun 1, 2011 12:13 pm
  by dreamdust

• I'd like to see this too. I doubt *all* the canonized saints can be included...there are hundreds from what my roommate tells me. A tour combining some of the better-known with some of the more fascinating ones (like the above mentioned St. Florian) or Elizabeth Ann Seton (first American-born saint), and Padre Pio, known for his stigmata and other supernatural phenomena.

  Jun 1, 2011 9:23 pm
  by Xena13

• Saint Dismas is the patron saint of thieves.

  Jul 14, 2011 5:34 am
  by dreamdust

• St. John the patron saint of booksellers. Very fitting for DailyLit, I think.

  Jul 16, 2011 10:19 am
  by dreamdust