Facts About Saints
Written and researched by Margaret Odrowaz Sypniewska, B.F.A.
Facts About Saints:
..........Elizabeth Cady Stanton
These people were all pioneers in anti-slavery.
[1] nomination
Normally it takes approximately fifty years to be canonized.
...St. Catherine of Siena took 81 years
.....St. Francis of Assisi (in 1224 until his death)
.....St Louis IX, King of France (in 1248 and in 1270)
.....1. Virgins
.....01. St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, Italy
.....10. Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico (1531).
.....Virgin Mary
.....the Lamb symbolizes sacrifice, modesty, and innocence.
.....the Sword represents the battles that have been fought for the sake of humanity
.....the Chalice is the mark of faith.
.....USA - Virgin Mary (since 1846)
.....For more Polish Saints CLICK HERE
.....For various artist's images of St Stanislas, CLICK HERE
.....Asia, Australia, and New Zealand - St. Xavier (a Jesuit)
.....U.S.A.'s most celebrated saint feast days are: St Valentine's Day (Feb. 14th), and St. Patrick's Day (March 17th).
.....Michaelmas Day (Sept. 29th) was originally celebrated in honor of St. Michael, the Archangel and all the angels. Today St. Gabriel and St. Raphael has been added to this list.
..........Amelia Bloomer
..........Sojourner Truth
..........Harriet Tubman
[2] beautification
[3] canonization
...St. Joan of Arc took 464 years
...St. Bernadette of Lourdes took 54 years
St. Peter (33-64)
St. Linus (64-76)
St. Cletus (76-88)
St Clement (88-97)
St. Evaristus (97-105)
St. Alexander I (105-115)
St. Sixtus I (115-125)
St. Telesporus (125-136)
St. Hyginus I (136-140)
St. Pius (140-155)
St. Anicetus (155-166)
St. Soter (166-174)
St. Eleutherius (174-189)
St. Victor (189-199)
St. Zephyrinus (199-217)
St. Callistus (217-222)
St. Urban I (222-230)
St. Pontian (230-235)
St. Anterus (235-236)
St. Fabian (236-250)
St. Cornelius (251-253)
St. Lucius (253-254)
St. Stephen I (254-257)
St. Sixtus II (257-257)
St. Dionysius (260-268)
St. Felix I (269-274)
St. Eurychian (275-283)
St. Gaius (283-296)
St. Marcellinus (296-304)
St. Marcellus I (308-309)
St. Eusebius (309-310)
St. Miltiades (311-314)
St. Sylvester I (314-335)
St. Mark (336-336)
St. Julius I (337-352)
St. Felix II (355-365)
St. Damasus I (366-384)
St. Siricius (384-399)
St. Anastacius I (399-401)
St. Innocent I (401-417)
St. Zosimus (417-418)
St. Boniface (418-422)
St. Celestine I (422-432)
St. Sixtus III (432-440)
St. Leo, the Great (440-461)
St. Hilarus (461-468)
St. Simplicius (468-483)
St. Felix II (III) (483-492)
St. Gelasius (492-496)
St. Symmachus (498-514)
St. Hormisdas (514-523)
St. John I (523-526)
St. Felix III (526-530)
St. Agapitus (535-536)
St. Silverius (536-537)
St. Gregory I (590-604)
St. Boniface III (507-607)
St. Boniface IV (608-615)
St. Deusdedit (615-618)
St. Martin I (649-653)
St. Eugene I (654-657)
St. Vitalian (657-672)
St. Agatho (678-681)
St. Leo II (682-683)
St. Benedict II (684-685)
St. Sergius (687-701)
St. Gregory III (731-741)
St. Zacharius (741-752)
St. Paul I (757-767)
St. Paschal I (817-824)
St. Leo IV (847-853)
St. Nicholas I (858-867)
St. Adrian III (884-885)
St. Leo IX (1002-1054)
St. Gregory VII (1073-1085)
St. Pius V (1566-1572)
St. Pius X (1903-1914)
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.....St. Catherine of Siena (after making communion in the Church of St. Christina in Pisa, Italy.
.....Padre Pio, an Italian monk.
.....St. Bernard of Clairvaux (in 1128). He was one of the founders of the Knights Templars.
.....2. Apostles
.....3. Martyrs
.....4. Confessors
.....5. Prophets
.....6. Patriarchs
.....7. The Chaste
.....8. The Married
.....9. The Penitents
.....02. *Lourdes, France. (1858)
.....03. *Fatima, Portugal (1917)
.....04. Saint Anne de Beaupre, Canada
.....05. Santiago de Compostela, Spain
.....06. The Tomb of St. Nicholas in Bari, Italy
.....07. The Shrine of the Three Holy Kings in Cologne, Germany
.....08. The Sanctuary of St. Mary Magdalene in Marsailles, France.
.....09. Our Lady of Czestochowa shrine in Poland.
.....11. *Rue du Bac, Paris, France (1830)
.....12. *La Salette, France (1846)
.....13. *Pontmain, France (1871)
.....14.*Knock, Ireland (1879)
.....15. *Beauraing, Belgium (1932-33)
.....16. *Banneaux, Belgium (1933)
.....17. *Akita, Japan (1973-1981)
.....18. *Medjugorje, Bosnia (1981-?)
.....19. *Kibeho, Rwanda (1981-1989)
.....20. *San Nicolas, Argentina (1983-1990)
.....21. *Betania, Venezuela (1984)
* = places of the Holy Mother of God appeared.
.....Feast of the Virgin Mary
.....Dolars of the Virgin Mary
.....Stanislas Papczynski, Founder of the Marions
.....the Dove is the emblem of the Holy Ghost and the soul of man.
.....Canada - St. Joseph, husband of the Virgin Mary and St. Anne - the Mother of the Virgin Mary.
.....Latin and South America - St Rose of Lima (1586)
.....England - St George
.....Scotland - St Andrew and St. Columba
.....Ireland - St. Brigid, St. Columba and St. Patrick
.....Wales - St. David
.....Europe - St. Benedict
.....Polish Saints - CLICK HERE
.....Saint Boniface (b. 680) popularized the Christmas Tree.
.....St. Nicholas popularized the giving of gifts on Christmas Eve.
.....St Francis of Assisi popularized the practices of nativity creches (in 1223)
.....April Fool's Day (Apr. 1st) is the feast day of St. Hugh, bishop of Grenoble.
*numerous gardens were dedicated to the Virgin Mary in the Middle Ages.
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