This is me, Eccles
This is me, Eccles
Monday, 13 January 2025
The top eight saints
We started the
World Cup of post-Biblical saints
with 96 fairly good saints, and are now down to the 8 very good ones who have made it through to
the quarter-finals. This post will give you the results
as they come in. First, the contestants, with links to Wikipedia biographies.
Benedict of Nursia,
480-547, Rule of St Benedict.
Maximilian Kolbe,
1894-1941, martyr at Auschwitz.
Teresa of Ávila, 1515-1582, nun, Doctor of the Church.
Thérèse of Lisieux, 1873-1897, little flower, Carmelite.
Thomas More, 1478-1535, man for all seasons.
Augustine of Hippo, 354-430, Doctor of the Church.
Francis of Assisi, 1181-1226, founded the Franciscans.
St Thomas Aquinas, 1225-1274, Doctor of the Church.
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