Unit Saint Test NO.3 (May 22nd) Flashcards
(20 cards)
patron saint of juvenile delinquents and choirboys.
St. Dominic Savio
patron saint of Ireland and Nigeria.
St. Patrick
patron saint of African Americans. was freed from slavery at the age of 18 and did not work while getting paid until I could buy my own oxen. Later, I joined a group of hermits before becoming the members of franciscans
St. Benedict the African
Patron saint of the internet and computers
St. Isadore of Seville
patron saint of educators. founded the brothers of the Christian school/the La Salle brothers. died of asthma.
St. John Baptist De La Salle
patron saint of educators and teachers. French woman. sick while thirty. paralyzed and lived through the french revolution. founded the sisters of Notre Dame. taught religion from her bed.
St. Julie Billiart
Not patron saint. Father was a Muslim leader in Spain. Muslim but kind to christian prisoners. went to christian doctors for their healing waters. converted to Christianity and lived until she was 100.
St. Casilda
patron saint of Poland. involved in the political situation of Poland. king killed him with their own hands.
St. Stanislaus
Patron saint of Oceania (Australia and new zeliand). from France. became a missionary with the society of Mary (the marists) traveled to western Oceania. became a martyr of Oceania by getting clubbed to death.
St. Peter Chanel
patron saint of infertility, difficulties in marriage, impossible causes, and parenthood. born in Italy. pressured into marriage. husband died so she joined the augustinian nuns. when she developed wounds on her forehead, people associated it with the crown of thorns from Jesus.
St.Rita of Cascia
Not the patron saint. at the council of Trent, he reformed a church on a doctrinal level. he was ordained a priest and led excursions to other churches. followers became priests and lived together in community. that was the beginning of an oratory. church named after him in Lafyette Hill.
Philip Neri
patron saint of France and military members. burned at the steak as a heretic. had visions at the age of 12 of saint Micheal of the Arch angel. fought during the 100 years war. lead the french against the English. helped Charles the VII become king. ashes were scattered in the seine.
St. Joan of Arch
not yet a saint but is patron saint of alcoholics from Ireland and struggled with addiction
Venerable Matt Talbot
converted to Catholicism at age 9 and joined the Franciscan sisters at 15. taught at catholic collages for two decades
Sister Thea Bowman
became the 12th apostle after one betrayed Jesus
st. matthias
foster father of Jesus Christ
St. Joseph
the only pope
st. Pius
founded the Venerini sisters in Italy
St. Rose Venerini
patron saint of theologians, apologists and scholars. fought against Arianism. exiled five times because he defended Jesus and his faith.
st. Athanasius
Patron saint of farmers in Spain. I rose early in the morning to get to church and spent many a holiday visiting churches in Madrid.
St. Isadore the Farmer
