#patron saint

[one-time-i-dreamt]

I met the patron saint of the gays. She looked a bit like the Cheshire cat, but with green, red and yellow stripes. She could shapeshift into a human.

#dream #gay #patron saint #cheshire cat #shapeshifting

[beloved-of-john]

So I've been wanting to learn more about the saints and develop my own connection with them, but any religious upbringing I had never really included them. I also want to know more about patron saints and how people choose them/how they are assigned. I don't know where to start. Can anyone help?

#saints #christian saints #patron saint #christianity #queer christian #progressive christian #catholic

[vox-anglosphere]

Who better to be born on St George's Day than the Bard of Avon?

#William Shakespeare #St George's Day #April 23rd #England #tradition #Shakespeare's birthday #1564-1616 #patron saint

[littleflowerfaith]

By Eva McKee

#st patricks day #st Patrick #st paddys day #saint patrick #irish prayer #ireland #Irish #Irish saint #patron saint #saint patricks day #traditional catholic #mine #christian blog #biblical womanhood #christian quotes #catholic church #roman catholic #catholic art #catholic women #catholic saints #catholic life #christian faith #christian living

[heresylog]

Is there a patron Saint of chronic forgetfulness? If not, who is the closest equivalent to pray to?

Regular forgetfulness: St. Anthony. He’s the patron saint of lost things.

For neurological issues, it’s St. Dymphna.

#catholic #christianity #religion #anonymous #saints #patron saint

[illustratus]

Wolf Guarding the Head of St Edmund

by Doris Clare Zinkeisen

#st edmund #martyr #art #wolf #east anglia #anglo saxons #anglo saxon #english #saint #history #wolves #vikings #england #martyrs #patron saint #christianity #christian #arrow #arrows #doris zinkeisen

[eastvillagetripster]

Helper of Immigrants

Stained glass image of Mother Cabrini, patron Saint of Immigrants. St Francis Cabrini shrine, 701 Fort Washington Ave, Washington Heights, New York City.

#stained glass #religious art #mother cabrini #St Francis Cabrini Shrine #patron saint #immigrants #washington heights #new york city

[scotianostra]

Happy St Andews Day to everyone looking in on my posts 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

#scotland #scottish #history #St Andrew #Patron saint

[life-imitates-art-far-more]

Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641) "Saint Rosalia interceding on behalf of the plague victims of Palermo" (1624) Oil on canvas Baroque Located in the Menil Collection, Houston, Texas, United States Rosalia (1130–1166), also called La Santuzza, or "The Little Saint," and in Sicilian as "Rusulia", is the patron saint of Palermo in Italy, Camargo, Chihuahua, and three towns in Venezuela: El Hatillo, Zuata, and El Playon. She is especially important internationally as a saint invoked in times of plague. In 1624, a plague beset Palermo. During this hardship Rosalia reportedly appeared first to a sick woman, then to a hunter, to whom she indicated where her remains were to be found. She ordered him to bring her bones to Palermo and have them carried in procession through the city. The hunter climbed the mountain and found her bones in the cave as described. He did what she had asked in the apparition. After her remains were carried around the city three times, the plague ceased. Rosalia was then venerated as the patron saint of Palermo, and a sanctuary was built in the cave where her remains were discovered. Her post-1624 iconography is dominated by the work of the Flemish painter Anthony van Dyck, who was trapped in the city during the 1624–1625 quarantine.

#paintings #art #artwork #religious painting #saint rosalia #anthony van dyck #oil on canvas #fine art #baroque #menil collection #museum #art gallery #flemish artist #history #plague #patron saint #female portrait #portrait of a woman #black death #cherubs #cherub #angels #christianity #catholocism #1620s #early 1600s #early 17th century

[orthodoxadventure]

At Baptism an Orthodox is given the name of a saint, 'as a symbol of his entry into the unity of the Church which is not only the earthly Church, but also the Church in heaven.' An Orthodox has a special devotion to the saint whose name he bears; he usually keeps an icon of his patron saint in his room, and prays daily to him. The festival of his patron saint he keeps as his Name Day, and to most Orthodox (as to most Roman Catholics in continental Europe) this is a date far more important than one's actual birthday.

An Orthodox Christian prays not only to the saints but to the angels, and in particular to his guardian angel. The angels 'fence us around with their intercessions and shelter us under their protecting wings of immaterial glory'.

-- Kallistos Ware, The Orthodox Church

#Kallistos Ware #Christianity #Orthodox Christianity #Patron Saint #Guardian Angel

[pink-fiat003]

#yes I made one for St. Albert the Great #st. Albertus Magnus #Catholic #catholic saints #patron saint #Christian

[magpoenitens]

“Many sins are forgiven her, because she hath loved much.”

#happy feast day to st Mary Magdalene #❤️ #patron saint #saints #catholic #art

[beloved-of-john]

Happy Saint George's Day!

Today we celebrate the feast of Saint George, which is significant for many reasons, not least because he is the patron saint of my country. Happy birthday England? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

However, it's important when we turn to him as an inspiration and patron, that we aspire to the values he really represents. St. George has often been co-opted as a military figure, but it's worth remembering that he was put to death by the Roman army for criticising the cruelty of the emperor and for refusing to give up his faith and beliefs. He gave all his money to the poor before being sent to be tortured.

Even the legend of St. George and the dragon was not about seeing violence in itself as virtuous, but rather about fighting to save a town suffering drought and a woman facing violence, fighting for the health and freedom of others.

Saint George was indeed a soldier, but he was a soldier of Christ. Let us honour him for his devotion to the way of Christ and pray for a little of that great courage in our own lives.

A prayer for Saint George (taken from bookofheaven.dom)

St. George, Heroic Catholic soldier and defender of your Faith, you dared to criticize a tyrannical Emperor and were subjected to horrible torture.

You could have occupied a high military position but you preferred to die for your Lord.

Obtain for us the great grace of heroic Christian courage that should mark soldiers of Christ.

Amen.

#christianity #st george #st george's day #saint george #Saint George's Day #christian saints #christian faith #martyrs #christian martyrs #saints days #patron saint

[vox-anglosphere]

Happy St George's Day to my loyal friends & followers! Thank you all.

Some legends linger because they are more than legends.

#St George's Day #23 April 2023 #patron saint #England #UK #tradition #stained glass #iconic #heritage #history #victory

[roehenstart]

Saint Casimir (1458-1484), prince and patron saint of Poland. Attributed to Agostino Masucci.

He was the third child and the second son of the King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania Casimir IV and Queen Elisabeth Habsburg of Austria.

#agostino masucci #saint casimir #saints #catholic church #patron saint #kingdom of poland #Korona Królestwa Polskiego #Królestwo Polskie #Jagiellonian dynasty #Jagiellonowie

[poemsliz]

Dragon

In this panel, Saint Margaret is being swallowed by a dragon and then miraculously bursting out of its stomach. This story led to Margaret becoming the patron saint of childbirth

by Margarito d'Arezzo

#found #art #london #byzantine #Byzantine art #dragons #dragon #saint Margaret #patron saint #patron saint of childbirth #Margarito d'Arezzo #Tuscan art #Tuscany #religious art #christian art #icons