Catholics: Is there really a saint named saint lucifer? what's the deal?

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Saint Lucifer
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Lucifer or Lucifer Calaritanus (d. 370 or 371) was a bishop of Cagliari in Sardinia and Christian saint known for his passionate opposition to Arianism.

At the Council of Milan in 354 he defended Athanasius of Alexandria, and he opposed the Arians so powerfully that they had the Emperor Constantius II (an Arian sympathizer) confine Lucifer for three days in the palace. While in confinement, Saint Lucifer argued so strongly with the emperor that he was banished, first to Palestine and then to Thebes, Egypt. While in exile, he wrote fiery letters to the emperor that put him in danger of martyrdom.

After the death of Constantius and the accession of Julian the Apostate, Lucifer was released in 362. However, he would not be reconciled to former Arians. He consecrated bishop Paulinus, without license, creating the schism of Meletius of Antioch. He may have been excommunicated, as is hinted in the writings of Saint Ambrose and Saint Augustine and Saint Jerome, who refers to his followers as Luciferians, a sect that survived in scattered remnants into the early 5th century. Jerome, in his polemic Altercatio Luciferiani et orthodoxi ("Altercation of the Luciferian and the orthodox"), offers almost all that is known of Lucifer or the sect. Lucifer of Cagliari's chief writings, against Arianism and reconciliation with heresy, include De non conveniendo *** haereticis, De regibus apostaticis, and De S. Athanasio.

His feast day in the Catholic Church is May 20. His name demonstrates that "Lucifer" (meaning "light-bringer") was not yet merely a synonym of "Satan" in the 4th century. However, hasty references by enthusiastic 19th century biblical scholars assumed from the name that the Luciferians were Satanists. Therefore, although his cultus has not been suppressed nor his canonization reevaluated, he is not often celebrated or spoken of in the calendar.

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Catholics: Is there really a saint named saint lucifer? what's the deal?

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The Latinized translation by Saint Jerome [The Vulgate] is commissioned by Pope Damasus I, in 382, to revise the Old Latin versions of the Gospels. Completed in 405. Saint Jerome is first to employ the word Lucifer to Satan [with a small “s” in the Old Testament]. The Biblical origin of Lucifer begins in Isaiah 14:12, “How you are fallen from Heaven O Lucifer, son of the morning!” This quotation is from the King James Version of the Bible, but the Hebrew text says, “How you have fallen from Heaven O morning star, son of the dawn!” The Hebrew text does not contain the proper name of any God, and it is unknown whether the ancient Israelites actually identified the morning star with any angel or God [Venus(?)].
The word “Lucifer,” many will be surprised to learn, means “Light giver or bringer of light.” The Vulgate is used to determine the meaning of ancient words no longer used today as portrayed in the Septuagint.
Saint Jerome [and Saint Augustine] manifest a neurotic loathing of sex [sex is sinfuls whether married or not] that is reflected in his writings and perpetuated by the Church today. In 382, Saint Jerome returns to Rome, where he is made secretary to Pope Damasus I and becomes a significant Church figure. ~ Cf. Luke 23:29; Thomas 79.

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Lucifer Calaritanus (d. 370 or 371) was a bishop of Cagliari in Sardinia and Christian saint known for his passionate opposition to Arianism.

His feast day in the Catholic Church is May 20. His name demonstrates that "Lucifer" (meaning "light-bringer") was not yet merely a synonym of "Satan" in the 4th century. However, hasty references by enthusiastic 19th century biblical scholars assumed from the name that the Luciferians were Satanists. Therefore, although his cultus has not been suppressed nor his canonization reevaluated, he is not often celebrated or spoken of in the calendar.

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Answer 5

Well yes - apparently he was a bishop in the 4th century.

What's wrong with his name? Lucifer 'means morning star', and wasn't attributed to Satan at that time. The connection only came later.

Besides, he can't help what his parents named him.

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Lucifer Of Cagliari

Answer 7

No thers no Saint Madison. Theres Theresa Elizabeth Margaret Katherine

Answer 8

That's pretty scary, I would stay away from catholic church. They even defended and blessed the Nazis during WWII and have murdered many poeple during the spanish inquisition and other places in Europe. Then they went to Amerca to kill the natives there. The church is full of blood of innocent people. No wonder there was a saint called Lucifer, It is Satans organization.

Answer 9

LUCIFER WAS GOD'S FIRST ANGEL. HE WENT BAD AND IS NOW KNOWN AS SATAN.

Answer 10

i am a catholic all my life but never heard about it.

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