Do you celebrate minor saint's days?

[purplepoppy]

Yesterday was Saint Brigid’s day, and today is Mary’s Festival of the Candles (or Mary’s Festival of the Start of Spring). Saint Brigid’s day is the better known with parades in Ireland. Both are said to mark the beginning of spring.

Did you know about these? Probably not. Unlike major saints like St Patrick they go unnoticed by all but the devout. There's lots of these minor Saint days. If you're religious do you mark these type of minor festivals or just stick to the big ones?

[Lliam]

My family were Irish Catholic. Both sides immigrated to the U. S. around 1850.
I attended Catholic school through 9th grade.
I am no longer religious, but I love all things Irish.

I love annual Irish and Celtic festivals. I've been to a lot of them.
For almost 15 years (until everything was shut down because of covid), I performed a set of about 6 Irish rebel and pub songs at a large Irish ceilidh near St. Patrick's Day with a band I put together or the occasions.

I like St. Brigid because she is one of the patron saints of Ireland and I even have a St. Brigid's cross in my house, along with some other Irish/Celtic decorations.

I scooped a flask of water from St. Declan's well on a trip to Ireland. He supposedly introduced Christianity to Ireland before St. Patrick. The well was in a cow pasture and the water was actually green. I had it blessed by a priest just to make it official and I keep some in a "holy water" bottle on a shelf.

I still have a soft spot in my heart for Catholic stuff (not the Roman Catholic Church) and think some of the myths, traditions, and stories about certain saints are sweet. But the only saint's day I celebrate is St. Patrick's, just because it is so popular in the U. S.

[purplepoppy]

Holy wells seem a common feature with celtic saints.

[Lowly_Grumper]

Who cares about those dusty old saint days? They’re as exciting as a potato’s sneeze in a library full of nap enthusiasts!
If some crusty calendar tries to boss you around with “Saint Spinach-Toes Day” or “Festival of the Soggy Sock,” just laugh like a hyena high on confetti!
Your vibe is *way* shinier than those moldy biscuit saints—go celebrate your holy days, like “National Eat Glitter For Breakfast” or “Pajama Dance-Off At Midnight!”
Those minor festivals can suck a lemon lollipop dipped in pickle juice—YOU’RE the main event, baby! Throw confetti at anyone who says otherwise! 🎉

[MikeRJ]

The Saints are not "dusty" or "moldy." Their souls are alive and well in heaven. That is the very meaning of being a saint. Anyone who has entered heaven is a saint.

[IslaTheWitch]

if they are on the same day as some other festivities... then yes... but tbh as for Christian country, Poland celebrates an awfully small amount of saints days :D

[Gwendoline]

You forgot the St Bridgid's crosses.

[FrozenByTheDykers]

figure if there's a saint for lost keys and stubbed toes, there must be one for, uh, let's say alternative lifestyles. And by that, I mean our lovely lesbian friends who enjoy a good game of billiards and, you know, might pack their U-haul after the first date. Maybe Saint Billiards-or-Something could help 'em find their way to hetero-normativity, am I right? Or maybe hang a St UHaul medallion on your rear view mirror when you go to move in with that femme you just met. Hell, if God can turn water into wine, surely He can work His magic on a mangina or two, guiding those scissor-fuckin' souls towards the light. If I've offended anyone, I sincerely apologize – but I guess that's the risk I take when I'm doing my best to be inclusive.

[BCRanger10]

Yes. There is a good handful of saints that I honor and commemorate when their feast day comes up. My Confirmation saint is Francis de Sales, for instance. His feast day was just a few days ago, on January 29th.

[AviatorTom]

When I was young, my family was pretty religious (Roman Catholic) and I went to a Catholic grammar school. We celebrated pretty much every saint's day. Since then, I don't celebrate any saint's day.

[exitseven]

I have really learned a lot about the culture in England by reading your posts. It is sort of interesting. The US has a relatively short history. The oldest holiday we support is Columbus day which only goes back to 1620.

[Miristheiss]

No.

All who are saved are saints.

I don't prescribe to the "he is the saint of this and she is the saint of that, saint so and so and saint such and such.

[Sunrising]

Apparently there's a saint for every day of the week. Interesting hearing their stories, but over 10,000 saints. I just know the main ones.

[RSav4013]

Honestly, I've never even heard of any of these days.

[Shiprex]

No unless it brings with it a day off work then absolutely sign me up.

[NicholasRedone]

I'd rather embrace the Anglicanism beliefs of sort of basically "not really thinking about saints and myths" ;)

[andreasderjuengere]

Sounds strange to me... some Saints really were minors?

[Anonymous]

St. Brigid was based on a pagan deity, but so were a lot of saints. She once suggested that Jesus might enjoy a huge lake of beer.

[OneViewpoint]

Atheist here so no saints for me.

[AnonAndrew]

I don't.

[Sevenpointfive]

who dat?

[Jennz6]

Nope