St Brrigid Beliefs

The story of St. Hildegard of Bingen was unique from the any of the other saints. She started her life growing up with a holy woman as a mother who died when St. Hildegard was 38, and right after became an abbess. She was the head of an abbey of nuns and lead them into the arms of Jesus. She then started a daughter convent. St. Hildegard influenced the church through her countless devotions to God through the talents of seeing visions, seeing the individual love that God had for each of his creation and because of this, she had amazing stories to tell.

St. Margaret was canonized a saint in 1250 by Pope Innocent IV in recognition of her “personal holiness, fidelity to the Church, work for religious reform, and charity.” On June 19th, 1250, her remains were taken to a chapel in Dunfermline Abbey where she was buried before the high altar. Today, we celebrate her feast day on November 16th (the day of her death.) She is patron of Scotland and known as “The Pearl of Scotland.” There are hundreds of schools named after St. Margaret that remember her reformation of the church and help to the poor.

I am choosing St. Anastasia because she made it through tough times with her faith always in God. St. Anastasia was not canonized, she has been declared a saint by the early Christian community based on her life of heroic virtue and her martyrdom. St. Anastasia spent her time caring for the prisoners. She would feed them and care for them if they were ill. The prisoners she cared for were not there for any violent crimes, but were locked up for being Christian. A virtue that I identitfy with St. Anastasia is charity because I help people that are in need and out of the kindness of my heart. St. Anastasia was so self-less about helping other people, even if it meant risking her life. Her father was a pagan and her mother was secretly a

Saint Catherine is important to Christianity, because she is credited with bringing over two-hundred soldiers and members of the emperor 's family, along with fifty pagan philosophers, to Christ. She was sentenced to die by the spiked wheel, but when she touched it, it shattered, and she was then beheaded. The life of Saint Catherine teaches us that pursuing Christ may not bring riches or earthly honors, but it will bring Heavenly riches, and she is a symbol of perseverance and good.

March 25th, 1347 Saint Catherine was born in Italy. St Catherine is the patron of firefighters, illness, miscarriages, nurses and sick people. During her life, St Catherine herself suffered illness' leading her to be the patron as apparent. At the age of 16, St Catherine had previously disregarded marriage, as she envisioned mystical experiences seeing guardian angels, transforming her into a brilliant minded young woman even though she was not supported with formal education.

St. Julia of Corsica was born in the sixth or seventh century in South Africa. St. Julia was a slave to a man who believed in many Gods. She did everything to was supposed to do happily because she really loves God. St. Julia would not go near a place that celebrated the God she didn't believe in. The governor asked who she was to be rude to their Gods. The merchant told the governor that she was a Christian and she would never depart from her God. The merchant didn't want to give her up because she was faithful.

This reading has to do with a saint from France named Foy. The chapters that were given told the stories of a priest that went around to collect information on Saints and their miracles. The saint that he discussed here was Sainte Foy who died as a child because she refused to make pagan sacrifices. Because of her dedication towards Christianity she was made a saint and a golden statue was made for her. Eventually she started to come to people in dreams to ask for their gold and when they didn’t comply she would sometimes punish her until they give to her or take it in someway. She was also someone that people promised gold to in order to have a miracles happen to them. In the stories told she was sometimes given a substitute

She is seen as an embodiment of safety all around the world. Mostly celebrated on Saint Barbra’s day, which is December 4th, by Military around the world she is also celebrated through Universities and cultures. In several South American and Caribbean religions she is associated with deities of fire. All throughout north and South America she has churches named in her honor. It seems no matter where u go in the world she is celebrated. I could go on all day about the parades in Australia, the superstations in Macedonia, or even the food eaten by the Greece on

Most of what we know of Genevieve comes from her hagiography. Although this is resourceful, it leaves us with limited historical documentation beyond the miracles and saintly duties she performed. What we do know is that Genevieve was born during or shortly after the year 420 in Nanterre, which is near Paris. Her parents, Severus (of Frankish origins) and Gerontia (of Germanic-Roman origins) were both peasants within the community. When Saint Germanus traveled through Nanterre on his way to Britain, he encountered Genevieve. It is told that Genevieve desired to dedicate her life to Christianity, but historical documentation notes that Saint Germanus prophesied Genevieve’s miracle abilities and persuaded her to become consecrated. Upon the death of her parents, she moved

The “Goddess Mary” is well known in the Christian aspect but not known in the Pagan aspect. The “Goddess Mary” was a shrine for Pagan women and the Christian church diluted her power and formed her into a Christian appropriate woman, only stripping women’s power and beliefs further. Christianity both symbolically and literally began to remove the importance of the Pagan religion and the power women had within the community, thus resulting in the beginning of how women in general and wise healing Pagan women were viewed in

The saint and martyr status attributed to these individuals is directly correlated to their ability to stay faithful to their religion even in the face of persecution. It is also stated that Perpetua had a spiritual gift in which she would see visions of the near future.(61-2) This ability to see the near future elevates her status, and raises her above being a mere martyr. When looking at the other end of the spectrum there are individuals such as Saint Balthild who have been canonized because of her ability to be a shining example of a person who follows in the footsteps of God. These individuals are usually extremely humble, and generally do great works of charity. These individuals also tend to be very zealous about spreading the word of God, and if they have enough money they will build houses of worship. Saint Balthild is fortunate enough to meet all of these characteristics because she is the generous wife of a king and has the means to do so.

In conclusion, Dr. Amborsio has painted a vivid image of the secular saint walking on the characteristic traits of the hero and the saint. To utilize historical figures to describe the proper edaque of individual’s responsibility to act in an intelligent and justifiable manner is a worthy movement toward understanding. But too many anomalies and loop holes in the description of the secular saint leave to much doubt as to except that there is meaning to living. Life is absurd. First the status of the hero, by definition alone the hero is set apart from the populous for a greater good. Where does that leave the populous? The same can be declared for the saint, a saint is called from the masses for a holier purpose. The masses are left

Not much is concretely known about Brigid’s works and miracles, though we do know what many of her miracles and works were. Some of her works and miracles include: restoration of a cripple, restoration of a man’s sanity, successful intercession on behalf of a man sentenced to death, prevention of bloodshed between two people, divination of her own death (O’Hanlon), restoration of a marriage (Wright), miraculously helping the poor without depletion of supplies, and partial restoration of sight to a nun (Venerable Brigid of Ireland). One of her miracles that we know details of, is that once as she was visiting, a bishop was speaking of a vision he saw of the Virgin Mother Mary giving birth. As St. Brigid walked into the room, he stopped speaking and said that she was the woman acting as Mary’s midwife. He then spoke of how God had not only sent her to the Virgin Mother but to them as well and what a blessing she was to them (The Feast of St.

St. Patrick was born around the year 387 A.D. in present day Britain, since at the time the area Britain was controlled by the Romans that area could be considered Roman Britain. His real name, according to Bibliography, was Maewyn Succat, the name Patrick was the name he took after he was ordained. Patrick’s parents were named Conchessa and Calphurnius Succat. Patrick came from a faithful family. His father was a deacon, and his grandfather, Pontius, was a member of the clergy. His mother also happened to be a close relative of the great patron St. Martin of Tours. What’s extremely surprising is that Patrick wasn’t raised with much of an emphasis on religion, and neither was education. His lack of education would later became an embarrassment for him. Patrick was also from a rich family. Durring his teenage years he was kidnapped by Irish raiders, but most people just think of them as pirates. During his imprisonment he became more and more religious, he even began to believe his kidnapping was a punishment for his lack for faith. In his autobiography the Confessio, he wrote he was imprisoned for six years, in the northern part of Ireland working as a shepherd.

Clare as my patron saint because of her unconditional love for God. Her friends hated this work she was doing for God and her parents tried in every way to make her return home, but Clare would not. Soon her fifteen-year-old sister Agnes also joined her. Before long there was a small religious community. No matter what others thought of her work she still continued on, that is really what I strive for in my faith. Another reason why I chose St. Clare is that she never let anything get her down because she was always doing what she loved. St. Clare was sick for twenty-nine years before she died on August 11, 1253. But she was always joyful because she was serving the Lord. Some people worried that the nuns were suffering because they were so poor. "They say that we are too poor, but how can a heart which holds the infinite God be