Tuesday, November 1, 2011

On the Feast of All Saints!

Can you identify the following saints?

1.  "My saint is a native of Madrid, Spain.  I was twelve years old when persecutions broke out.  I went to the governor and yelled at him that he was destroying souls. When the officials gave me little cakes to offer to the pagan gods, I threw them on the ground at the base of the statues and stomped on them.  My death was caused by fire; my executioners lit my hair on fire and I suffocated.  My feast day is December 10th.  I am the patron saint of run-aways and widows."

2.  "I was married to King Henry of Germany and I had five children.  I was married to my husband for twenty years and was a very pious wife and mother.  After my husband died, I founded many churches and monastaries. One of my sons was St. Bruno, one was Holy Roman Emperor Otto. I died on March 14th, 986, which is also my feast day. I am the patron saint of Misbehaving Children. Who am I?"
 
3.  "I  am an English saint.  I had three sisters who were all saints and my grandmother was an Abbess.   I was married to one king for three years and a second king for twenty years.  I had his permission to become a nun and later became an Abbess, founding a monastary at Eli.  I died in 679.  My feast day is June 23rd. I am the patron saint of throat ailments.  Who am I?"

4.  "I was born in Italy in the 1500s.  My first words were "Jesus" and "Mary."  I became a Jesuit; I died when I was only twenty-three years old.  My feast day is June 21st.  I am the patron saint of altar boys.  Who am I?"

5. "I'm from....  I'm from...  Where am I from?  Oh, yeah.  I'm from France!  And I'm a soldier.  One day...  I split my cloak in half and gave some of it to a poor man.  And then...  And then..."  (What happened next, William?)  "Oh, yeah!  Then, that night...  Jesus arose to me and said: 'That was me you gave the cloak to.'  Who am I?"


4 comments:

  1. Ok....Theresa is either St Bibiana or St Juliana...I don't remember which.
    Cathy I thinkkkk is St Matilda?
    Anna....I think I'm stumped by Anna...
    Gabe, St Aloysius Gonzaga?
    William is st Martin of Tours?

    How did I do?

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  2. You got three out of five! :) St. Matilda (Cathy) also goes by St. Maude; and yes, Gabe was St. Aloysius (he was totally excited about wearing a cassock and surplus...) and William was St. Martin. You're close on Theresa... but no banana; and Anna's is a really, really hard one... Old English saint...

    Give up?


    Theresa was St. Eulalia.
    Anna was St. Etheldreda

    Stumpers, huh?

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  3. Haha wow like someone would ever guess those two! I Really thought I had Theresa! ;) Hey 3 of 5 though not too shabby

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