anyone know of any weird saints? I?

Question

I need for my project. By weird i mean like talking to a tree--st joan of arc

Answer 1

St Clare of Assisi is the patron saint of television.

Toward the end of her life (in 1253), when she was too ill to attend Mass, an image of the liturgy would display on the wall of her cell.

With love in Christ.

Answer 2

St Joseph of Cupertino (could fly); St Simon Stylites (lived on a high pillar out in the open). I don't think I would use the term "weird", though. With St Joseph of Cupertino, we may be talking about a legend that grew up around a famous holy man. With Simon Stylites, we are talking about the idea of holiness of a far different century and culture. You need to set these people against the background of their time and place.

Answer 3

Try St. Hemma of Gurk (Austria). She lived in the 11th-12th centuries in Gurk, Carinthia, Austria, and is known as the "Mother of Carinthia". (I happen to know about her from books and going to visit Gurk, but I bet Wiki knows about her.)

One of her miracles is that she got pregnant after 10 years of marriage and praying for a child, and decided to do a pilgrimage (barefoot and in pilgrim's robes -- mind you, she was a countess) to three southern Austrian pilgrimage sites dedicated to the Virgin Mary. She visited the first two (which are still there), but as she approached the third (which no longer exists, and I think the location is now in Slovenia), she got sicker and sicker, walking for days in pouring rain. She finally got to the foot of the hill she would have to walk up to get to the third chapel. She no longer had the strength, but as she fell down, she realized she was right in front of the chapel. The rain had caused a landslide that made the chapel slide down to meet her. She crawled inside, embraced the statue of the Virgin Mary, lay there for three days, and was finally cured. (The rest of the story: She gave birth to that child, a son, and to a second son, but they and her husband were killed in wars, so she became a nun late in life.)

Everything I have told you except the part about the chapel coming down to meet her is documented historically.

Please don't misuse this story by making fun of saints' religious conviction. It is fine to suggest that some of the stories have rather weird aspects for today's listeners, but making fun of religion is not kind.

Answer 4

Well my catholic friends tell me that Saint Anne is the patron of single women, so when we're getting ready to go out we say "Saint Anne, Saint Anne, bring me a man." :-)

Good luck with your project!