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« on: September 25, 2012, 04:35:00 PM »

My patron saint is number one. lol

1) St. Olav, King of Norway
2) St. Alfred the Great
3) Louis IX, King of France
4) St. Symeon the Stylite
5) St. Vladimir the Great
6) Ignatius of Loyola

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« Reply #1 on: September 25, 2012, 05:02:55 PM »

Where is St. Moses the Black?  Huh
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« Reply #2 on: September 25, 2012, 05:09:29 PM »

2) St. Alfred the Great

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« Reply #3 on: September 25, 2012, 05:32:14 PM »

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« Reply #4 on: September 25, 2012, 08:43:23 PM »

St. Nicholas of Myra could too, I would say. Or rather, Arius would say  laugh
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« Reply #5 on: September 25, 2012, 08:55:30 PM »

Where is St. Moses the Black?  Huh

They included him on one of their other lists similar to this.
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« Reply #7 on: September 25, 2012, 10:12:11 PM »

The Holy Archangel Michael
St. George the Victorious Great Martyr
St. Moses the Black/Ethiopian
St. Tamara, Queen of Georgia
St. Agathonas of Byzantium
St. Longinus
St. Demetrios of Thessaloniki
St. Alfred the Great
St. Simeon Stylites
St. Alexander Nevsky
St. Olaf II, Martyr King of Norway
St. Alban the Proto-Martyr of Britain
St. Vladimir of Kiev
St. Quiteria the Virgin-Martyr
Sts. Passion-bearers Boris and Gleb
St. Edmund, King and Martyr of East Anglia
St. Mina the Great-Martyr and Wonderworker
St. Nicholas the Wonderworker
St. Vartan the Warrior
St. Maurice
St. Theodore of Amasea
St. Sebastian
St. Yevgenj the Soldier-Martyr
St. Prince Mikhail (Michael) of Chernigov
Sts. Sergios and Bacchus
St. Theodore the General and Great-Martyr
St. King Stefan Uroš II Milutin
St. Sabbas the General of Rome
St. King Stefan of Decani (Serbia)
St. Ștefan the Great of Moldavia
St. Sarkis the Warrior
St. John the Warrior
St. Artemius the Great-Martyr of Antioch
St. Titus (Venerable Ilya) the Soldier of Kievo-Pechersk
St. Emperor Constantine the Great
St. Phanarios the Wonderworker and Great-Martyr
St. Procopios the Great-Martyr of Sychthopolis
St. Oswald, King of Northumbria
The Venerable Emperor Constantine XI Palaiologos (Not officially considered a saint)

Catholic:
Many of the Saints on the Orthodox list can be included here.
St. Joan of Arc
St. King Louis IX of France
St. Ignatius of Loyola
St. Francis of Assisi

Of course there are MANY more that arent listed!
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« Reply #8 on: September 25, 2012, 10:17:08 PM »

St. Nicholas of Myra could too, I would say. Or rather, Arius would say  laugh
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« Reply #9 on: January 19, 2013, 12:51:47 PM »

St Philothea of Athens pwns many more illustrious names.

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