Saint Lives Flashcards
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St. Agatha
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- Grew up beautiful
- Wealthy
- Refused Sex
- Breasts cut off
- Tortured
- Martyr
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St. Athanasius
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- Fought against Arian Heresy
- Born in Egypt
- Exiled 5 times
- Doctor + Bishop of the church
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St. Augustine
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- Partied
- Mom –> St. Monica
- Doctor of the church
- “Lord make me pure but not yet.”
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St. Ceclia
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- Given to be married
- Heard a song from God
- Locked in hot fires-did not even sweat
- Beheaded
- Died 3 days later
- Converted 400 people - Incorruptible body
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St. Clare
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- Wealthy father
- Heard St. Francis preach
- Went to a nunnery
- Only husband is Christ (Bride of Christ)
- Stopped an army with the Eucharist
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St. Faustina
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- Our Lady of Mercy
- Life lived for others
- Diary
- Visions of Jesus
- Died of Tuberculosis
- Divine Mercy Chaplet
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St. Francis of Assisi
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- Rich
- Partied as a teen
- Joined the Army
- Rebuilt the church
- Gave up wealth
- Created the Franciscan Monks
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St. Joan of Arc
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- Visions
- Save France
- Battle of New Orleans
- Burned @ the stake
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St. Gerard
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- Poor
- Apprentice/Servant to the Bishop
- Lay Brother
- Doing will of God
- Handkerchief + Pregnant woman
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St. Kateri Tekakwitha
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- Orphaned @ 4 yrs. old (family died to smallpox)
- Mohawk village
- Catholicism
- Ran Away
- 1st native american saint
- Vow of chastity
- Self Tortured
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St. Lucy
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- Rich
- Christian during persecution
- Refused to marry pagan man
- Could not be moved or set on fire
- Stabbed and died
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St. Maria Goretti
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- Poor
- Mother Widowed
- Almost rapped —> stabbed 14 times
- Forgave rapist on death bed
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St. Maximillian Kolbe
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- 2 Crowns
- Militia Immaculate
- Beaten to death
- Auschwitz
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St. Michael
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- Combat Satan
- Escort to heaven
- Call men to heavenly judgement
- Champion of the Church
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St. Monica
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- Dedicated life to praying for conversion of son and husband
- Married Pagan
- Chased down son
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St. Patrick
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- Wealth Scott
- Captured by pirates
- Forced to work as a Shepard in Ireland
- Escaped
- Became a priest
- returned to Ireland
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St. Albert the Great
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- Doctor of the church
- Taught St. Thomas Aquinas
- Discovered Arsenic
- Formulated the Natural Law
- Writings in Chem.,Philosophy, and Bio.
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St. Brigid of Ireland
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- Inspired to feed and heal the poor- Gave butter from family store to help feed the poor
- Father tried to sell her to the king—> refused to marry
- Prayed for God take away her beauty
- Prayer Answered
- Beauty restored when she became a nun
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St. Joseph
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- Jesus’s earthly father
- Carpenter
- Hard working and dedicated
- Mary + Jesus with him when he died
- No recorded words in the Bible (Lead by example)
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St. Genesius
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- Lived during Christian Persecution
- Wanted to do a play that mocked christianity
- In the play he was Baptized and converted in real life
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St. George
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- Son of roman officer
- Joined army
- Tempted to turn away but never gave in
- Slew a Dragon
- Made a sign of the cross and converted witnesses
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St. Louise De Merillac
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- Met St. Vincent De Paul
- “Daughters of Charity”
- Est. 40 houses to help the sick and poor
- Many followers
- Director of training center
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St. Moses the Black
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- Egyptian Slave
- Suspected of murder
- Ran away to join bandits in the desert
- Hid inside monastery
- Converted
- Protected monastery from other bandits and converted them
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St. Philomena
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- When 13 yrs. old Diocletian wanted to marry her as a peace treaty
- refused to marry and took a vow of chastity
- locked up and tortured
- Had a vision of Mary who healed her
- 3 attempts to heal her failed
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St. Raphael
- Name: God Heals
- Healing attributed to him
- Ark Angles
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St. Rose of Lima
- Changed name to rose because she was very beautiful
- Many people wanted to marry her
- Took vow of virginity and disfigured face with pepper and rocks as well as cut hair
- Physical punishment as penance
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St. Sebastian
-Entered Army to defend Christians
-Converted many soldiers to Christianity
-Reported and sentenced to death
Beaten to death
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St. Stephan
- Deacon in early Christian church
- 1st disciple of Jesus to become a martyr
- Stoned to death
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St. Therese of Liseux
- Wanted to be a saint --> grew up holy
- Converted @ 14 yrs. old
- "Little Way" every day make small sacrifices for God
- Died at 24
- Doctor of the church
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St. Thomas Aquinas
- Dominican monk -->Priest
- Taught in a university
- Greatest teacher of the catholic church
- Work influenced theology
- Summa Theologica
- Doctor of the church
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St. Vitus
- Converted @ 12
- Arrested
- Escaped & fled to Rome
- Healed the Emperor but would not credit the Pagan gods
- Tortured with burning oil
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St. Dymphna
- Mother died & Father wanted to marry her
- Refused to marry Father
- Father tortured her and she still refused
- Beheaded by Father w/ sword
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St. Isidore
- Brother taught him and abused him if he got an answer wrong
- Comes from a family of saints
- Bishop for 37 yrs.
- Converted group of barbarians
- Doctor of the church
