A-Z Of Saints

[herringthorpe]

R St RAYMOND Nonnatus - patron saint of childbirth, midwives, children and pregnant women whose feast day is 31 August.

 

[Lindum]

S - Southampton FC. Known as 'The Saints' as originally they were a church football club at St. Mary's church and originally joined the Southern League in 1894 as Southampton St. Mary's.

 

[herringthorpe]

T Saint TRINIAN'S - a school for 'young ladies' films which were based on a Ronald Searle cartoon in the 1950's whose headteacher, Camilla Dagey Fritton, was played by Alastair Sim.

 

[sixpence]

S - Southampton FC. Known as 'The Saints' as originally they were a church football club at St. Mary's church and originally joined the Southern League in 1894 as Southampton St. Mary's.

My father played in goal for Southampton Boys

 

[herringthorpe]

U St URSULA - was one of a group of martyred virgins in Cologne where there is a Church located to her.

 

[Lindum]

V - Saint Vitus. Early Christian martyr from Sicily. In Germany his feast day was celebrated with dancing and the name St Vitus Dance was given to the neurological disorder Sydenham's chorea. Patron saint of dancers and entertainers.

 

[herringthorpe]

W St WINIFRED'S School Choir - their song 'There's No One Quite Like Grandma' was the 1980 Christmas Number One.
I always thought it was still number one when my daughter was born early January but she was relieved to find out it was actually John Lennon's 'Imagine'!

 

[Lindum]

X - Saint Francis Xavier. 16th century missionary and co-founder of Jesuits. Lots of Catholic schools named for him.

 

[herringthorpe]

Y Saint-YRIEIX-la-Perche is in France and it's where kaolin was discovered.

 

[Lindum]

Z - Saint Zephyrinus. Died 217 AD. Not much to say about him except he was pope.

 

[herringthorpe]

Another finished!

Well Done All!

Thanks to everyone who had a go!