Finding a patron saint to AE

Saint Catherine of Alexandria, patron saint of teachers, archivists, librarians/libraries, philosophers, scholars, schoolchildren, students, scribes, theologians and the University of Paris, no less.

Well, since so much of posting on this site is basically epitomizing what has been written by others and coupling it with analysis, I would suggest St. Photius.

I'd honestly have to check. He was known for his scholarship (several modern historians have asserted that he was the greatest or among the greatest Christian scholars of the first millenium) and his commentaries.

How about St. Ziggy,  The Patron Saint of the undecided.

St. Ciappelletto

Would it be possible for the admin to recreate this post with a poll in it and the various options proposed?

I really like St Catherine of Alexandria as an patron for the following reasons:

1. She has boobs as Regi mentioned
2. She was involved in history (she met wit Maximian and she reappeared during the most discussed period of the crusades and she was a good friend of Joan of Arc)
3. Her symbol is the wheel which is particularly appropriate for a website devoted to history (vision of the repetition of time as well as the cycles in economic and natural history)
4. She comes from the East of the Mediterranean as a large number of AE's members
5. She had an order of chivalry named after her which is the ultimate cool
6. There is a lot of iconography about her
7. She is one of the mightiest saints in heaven which may always come handy
8. Her feast day is in November so we can celebrate it fairly soon
9. In French a Catherinette is a woman unmarried at 25and surely many of us can't date because they spend too much time on AE
10. Many famous universities have her as a patron (Paris, Cambridge...)

So I'd go for Catherine

You don't have to be catholic to celebrate St. Patrick. In fact most people here don't even know he was. You wear green and drink beer, and it has something to do with Ireland... Woo Hoo!!

Originally posted by Styrbiorn Catholics, bah.

Originally posted by JanusRook St. Pope John Paul II First off, aren't we a little ahead of ourselves Ponce? Secondly I don't believe that what John Paul II did in life was truly "saintly" he was a great statesman of the church but I don't know if that quite qualifies. Personally I'd rather see Dorothy Day and others like her reviewed for cannonization way before JP2.

First off, I do not believe I ever get ahead of myself I am always where I need to be. Second I believe that he is saintly and so do millions of others who actually forced the Church to make his saint-hood process go even faster. I am sure there are other people in the forum who would agree as well.

There can be only one choice......