As promised several weeks ago, I'm going to run a World Cup of Royal Saints
using Twitter polls (as long as Uncle Elon lets me).
All the people I have thought of so far are listed in Wikipedia in the rather loose category
Roman Catholic royal saints,
which includes "mere" Blesseds as well.
You are welcome to suggest others in that category, but also some who are
not listed there if some other Christian church regards them as saintly (the umpire's decision on royalty and saintlihood is final).
Nominate by replying either on Twitter or to this blog.
So far we have the following (to give them their Wikipedia descriptions):
Charlemagne
Charles I of Austria
Clotilde
Edmund the Martyr
Edward the Confessor
Edward the Martyr
Elizabeth of Hungary
Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor
Isabella I of Castile
Louis IV of Thuringia
Louis IX of France
St Margaret of Scotland
Stephen I of Hungary
Wenceslaus I
Once we have enough (again, the umpire's decision is final), we'll start the World Cup.
As usual you may vote using any criterion you wish - saintliness, beauty, what will most annoy me, etc.
So let's finish with four photos chosen completely at random from the starters.
They are, in order, Isabella I of Castille, Clotilde, Edward the Confessor, and Stephen I of Hungary.
Finally, please don't nominate people who you think should be regarded as saints but aren't officially venerable/blessed/saints.
