Which saint are you named after, anon?
My middle name Nils is from bishop Nicolaus Hermanni.
He has no wikipedia page in english but he's mentioned here. wikipedia.org/wiki/Link%C3%B6ping_Cathedral
Saint Mohammed.
St. Shitpost
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Saint Abu-Fedora al-euphoree
St. Stephanus / St. Steven kek
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Stephen, but thankfully I'm Muslim
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Paul
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San Luis Suarez
John Lennon.
Jill St. John
Patrick, but when my parents forced me to be confirmed, I chose Saint Olaf as my confirmation name because he was a Vikings and Vikings are cool
Martin is the GOAT name
St John Coltrane nigga
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I'm named for 2 Roman Emperors. Beat that fags
Michael
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Saint Melvin
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Cuck.
St Maximus the Confessor
Dude BTFO the monothelites and had some kickass theology to boot.
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We have the same name similarly, I was named after my great grandfather or something.
My Catholic confirmation name is Francis, I chose it because teenage me liked animals. Now I'm not religious, but I am a vegan so I suppose there's something to it.
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Nicholas.
But I picked a meme name for confirmation (Patrick) instead of a sweet, ethnic one from my heritage (Casimir)
no homo
Best father ever.
Uncommon name in the Anglosphere, for some reason. You'd think with all the Michaels and Johns running around, more people would name their kids after the dad who started it all.
I'm named after an archangel.
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True enough, I know more Avrahams than Abrahams.
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Saint Alexander of Macedonia
St Elijah
Some guy who preached a ton a in Ireland and who everyone mistakenly believes was the first to do so and has something to do with snakes.
Apparently he was also a crazy old coot.
A guy that apparently loved horses a bit too much, truly a brony of his time.
he wasn't a saint
but he was a king
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St Dildonius, who clubbed a pagan persecuting chief in what's now the Ukraine to death with his penis, thus saving a nascent Christian community.
>Shawn
>Anglicized of Sean
>Different form of John (?)
So St. John I guess.
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Alexander, bishop of Constantinople.
BTFO heretics, and prevented Arius from being back into invalid communion with the Church.
Saint Patrick.
There are 11 saints that share my name.
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Any of the many St. Johns.
Francis of Assisi.
>Nathaniel
>Name means "God has given"
>Apostle of Christ in the Gospels
>Commonly identified with St. Bartholomew
>St. Barthie went on a mission to India
>Then got flayed and martyred in Armenia
>Important massacre named after him
I like my uncommon name
Mattia
In Catholic doctrine, at least in Italy, he is said to be a guy who stepped in as an apostle after Judas offed himself
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Do I still count?
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Feels good. The only downside is plebs trying to call you 'Marty.'
NO.
Just, no.
patron saint of hatters
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Alanus de rupe
Probably a faggot.
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St. Maximilian Kolbe, O.F.M. Conv.
Not actually named after him, we just share a name.
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St. Joshua
I don't know about saints, but my grandma used to tell me there was a Keenan in the bible who lived long as fuck. Anyone have sources? I wouldn't be surprised to find that she made it up. My grandma is a kook.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenan
Saint Sebastian
San Sebastián
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Saint Kilian, patron saint of rheumatism and arthritis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Kilian
Augustine
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Ah, neat. Thanks for the sources, anon.
So all he did was continue the family tree? Neat, I guess.
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Don't mind me, just leading the armies of God to ultimate victory against the great deceiver in the end times.
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Me too.
The only Irishman to sail to America and decide he liked Ireland better. (So the story goes)
