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Which saint are you named after, anon?

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Which saint are you named after, anon?
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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
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Saint Mohammed.
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St. Shitpost
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>>1012844
Saint Abu-Fedora al-euphoree
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St. Stephanus / St. Steven kek
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>>1012844
Stephen, but thankfully I'm Muslim
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>>1012844
Paul
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>>1012844

San Luis Suarez
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John Lennon.
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Jill St. John
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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
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Martin is the GOAT name
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St John Coltrane nigga
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>>1012844
I'm named for 2 Roman Emperors. Beat that fags
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Michael
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>>1012844
Saint Melvin
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>>1013060
Cuck.
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St Maximus the Confessor

Dude BTFO the monothelites and had some kickass theology to boot.
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>>1012844
We have the same name similarly, I was named after my great grandfather or something.
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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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>>1012844
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Nicholas.

But I picked a meme name for confirmation (Patrick) instead of a sweet, ethnic one from my heritage (Casimir)
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no homo
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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.
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I'm named after an archangel.
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>>1013306
True enough, I know more Avrahams than Abrahams.
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>>1012844
Saint Alexander of Macedonia
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St Elijah
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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.
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A guy that apparently loved horses a bit too much, truly a brony of his time.
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he wasn't a saint
but he was a king
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>>1012844

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.
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>Shawn
>Anglicized of Sean
>Different form of John (?)
So St. John I guess.
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>>1012844
Alexander, bishop of Constantinople.
BTFO heretics, and prevented Arius from being back into invalid communion with the Church.
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Saint Patrick.
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There are 11 saints that share my name.
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>>1012844
Any of the many St. Johns.
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Francis of Assisi.
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>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
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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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>>1012844

Do I still count?
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>>1013040

Feels good. The only downside is plebs trying to call you 'Marty.'

NO.
Just, no.
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patron saint of hatters
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>>1012844
Alanus de rupe
Probably a faggot.
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>>1012844
St. Maximilian Kolbe, O.F.M. Conv.

Not actually named after him, we just share a name.
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>>1012844
St. Joshua
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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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>>1017479
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenan
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Saint Sebastian
San Sebastián
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>>1012844
Saint Kilian, patron saint of rheumatism and arthritis

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Kilian
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Augustine
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>>1017487
Ah, neat. Thanks for the sources, anon.

So all he did was continue the family tree? Neat, I guess.
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>>1012844
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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>>1015166
Me too.

The only Irishman to sail to America and decide he liked Ireland better. (So the story goes)
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