Saint Margaret of Cortona
Where was Saint Margaret of Cortona born?
Margaret was born of farming parents in Laviano, Tuscany
What is Saint Josephine Bakhita the patron saint of?
She is the patron saint of Sudan
What year did Saint Blaise die?
316
When is Saint Bernadette Feast day?
February 11
True or false: Saint valentine was a preist
True.
Does Saint Margaret of Cortona have any children?
Yes , a son.
What pope Canonized her?
Pope John XXIII.
What did people believe him to be?
They believed him to be a healer.
What occured in 1858
she saw a vision of a lovely lady.
What is Saint Valentine the patron saint of?
Valentine is the patron saint of beekeepers and epilepsy, among many other things.
What happend to Saint Margaret of Cortona's Husband? (Arsenio)
she found Arsenio murdered.
What occured when she was young?
Josephine was kidnapped by Arab slave traders.
What is Saint Blaise the patron saint of?
of throat illnesses, animals, wool combers, and wool trading.
What did the townspeople do to her?
Bernadette was detained, interrogated, and harassed by the civil authorities as if she were a common criminal.
Why was Saint Valentine removed from the General Roman Calendar?
lack of reliable information.
True or False: Saint Margaret of Cortona grew up with her mother
False, she had a stepmother
What was Saint Josephine Bakhita a member of?
She was a member of the Daju people?
True or false: Saint Blaise is well known
True
What did the townspeople think?
Many of the townspeople believed that Mary was appearing to Bernadette.
Where can you find Saint Valentine's skull?
In rome.
What is Saint Margaret Of Cortona the patron saint of?
reformed prostitutes; the falsely accused, hoboes, homeless, insane, orphaned, mentally ill, midwives, penitents, single mothers, stepchildren, and tramps.
What did she became a novice with?
the Canossian Daughters of Charity religious order
What is Saint Blaise always holding in his hand?
Candels
What did the lovely lady ask from Saint Bernadette?
On this third visit the Lady asked Bernadette to come back to the grotto every day for the next two weeks.
or
chapel to be built on the grounds, for Bernadette to pray for the conversion of sinners, and for her to drink the spring water that was revealed to her at the grotto.
Why do we call him saint valentine?
According to legend, St. Valentine signed a letter “from your Valentine” to his jailer’s daughter, whom he had befriended and healed from blindness. Another common legend states that he defied the emperor’s orders and secretly married couples to spare the husbands from being conscripted to serve in war.