Saint Lorraine?

Question

hey

my daughter is having her confirmation soon

she likes the saint name Lorraine

but i cant seem to find any information about her.

my daughters teacher said she need information about the saint name because they are doing a whole page of the saint name they pick.

please help i need information!

Answer 1

This link lists hundreds of female Saint's names, but I don't see Lorraine listed

http://www.catholic.org/saints/female.ph...

But then I found this.......

Daily Prayers with the Saints for the New Millennium

Saints' Names for Girls

Laura, Lorraine, Loretta, Laurette, Laureen, Laraine, Lara, Laraine (feminine of Lawrence)

Feast Day:  August 10

Saint Lawrence protected the Church’s money from the Roman Empire by giving it to the poor. When the greedy prefect of Rome demanded the Church’s treasures, Lawrence presented to him the poor and the sick, announcing, "This is the Church's treasure!" When he was martyred, he was roasted on fire. Keeping God's joy and good humor to the end, he told his torturers: "Turn me over, I'm done on this side!"

http://wordbytes.org/saints/names-girls-...

If you are interested, this link discusses choosing a confirmation name, including girls choosing a male Saint's name.

http://wordbytes.org/saints/names.htm

Answer 2

I'm looking at the 1910 Dictionary of Catholic Saints. There wasn't an actual saint named "Lorraine" or "Loraine".

But I did a little more snooping and there was one female who was beatified who was from Lorraine France and it is part of her actual name.

Blessed Margaret of Lorraine

Also known as

Margarita of Lorraine

Margherita of Lorraine

Marguerite of Lorraine

Memorial

6 November

Profile

Daughter of Duke Frederick of Lorraine. Niece of Margaret of Anjou. Married René, Duke of Alençon, who was 23 years her senior, in 1488. Mother of three. Widowed in 1492. She administered the ducal estate herself, lived austerely, took care of her family, and gave largely to charities. Founded a Poor Clare convent at Argentan, Brittany, France. When her children were grown, she entered the convent as a nun, and always refused attempts to make her the abbess.

Born

1463 in Vaudemont Castle, Lorraine, France

Died

2 November 1521 at Argentan, Brittany, France of natural causes

Beatified

1921 by Pope Pius XI (cultus confirmed)

Then I found a couple of Lauras. The first is kind of interesting as stories go, but again, her canonization is listed as pending:

Blessed Laura of Saint Catherine of Siena



Also known as

Laura Montoya y Upegui

María Laura de Jesus Montoya Upegui

Memorial

21 October

Profile

Educated at the Holy Spirit School of Amalfi, and in Medellín. Teacher. Beginning in 1908, she worked as missionary to the natives in the Uraba and Sarare regions. Founded the Works of the Indians and the Congregation of Missionary Sisters of Immaculate Mary and of Saint Catherine of Siena who minister to the poor throughout South America. Known for her defense of Indian rights, and as a strong role model for South American girls.

Born

26 May 1874 in Jerico, Antioquía, Colombia as Laura Montoya y Upegui

Died

21 October 1949 in Medellín, Colombia of natural causes

Venerated

22 January 1991 by Pope John Paul II

Beatified

25 April 2004 by Pope John Paul II; the miracle involved the 1994 cure of an 86 year old woman with uterine cancer

Canonized

pending; if you have information relevant to the canonization of Blessed Laura, contact:

   Centro Madre Laura

   Carr. 92 Nº 34D-21

   Belencito, Apdo. Aereo

   57975, Medellín, COLOMBIA

Saint Laurian of Seville

Also known as

Laurianus of Seville

Memorial

4 July

Profile

Deacon in Milan, Italy. Archbishop of Seville, Spain. Martyr.

Born

in Hungary

Died

martyred c.544 at Bourges, France

Canonized

Pre-Congregation (means he was canonized before such things were voted upon)

Blessed Laura Vicuna



Memorial

22 January

Profile

Daughter of Jose Domingo Vicuna and Mercedes Pino. Her father was a soldier, and Laura was born 3 months after the outbreak of civil war in Chile. With her husband in arms, and herself and her infant in peril, Laura's mother moved across the Andes to raise the girl in Las Lajas, Argentina. Laura's father was killed soon after, and to survive, Mercedes became the mistress and common-law wife of a man named Manuel Mora.

Mora paid for Laura to attend a boarding school run by the Salesian Sisters, where the girl was extremely happy and helpful. Made her First Communion on 2 June 1901, a decisive moment in her life. "Oh my God, I want to love you and serve you all my life," she wrote in her notebook. "I give you my soul, my heart, my whole self." She tried then, at age ten, to join the Salesians, but her bishop recommended she wait.

Home for Christmas holidays, Laura had to fend off the repeated amorous advances of Mora, finally being forced to flee the house to avoid him. She prayed to be spared the life her mother was leading, offered her own life if they could escape from it, and asked her confessor again for permission to join the Salesians. Because he knew of that no matter how convenient it was, Laura had a true call to the religious life, he permitted it. She joined the Sodality of the Children of Mary on 8 December 1901.

In late 1903, Laura became severely ill, and returned to her mother. On 14 January 1904, in a drunken rage, Mora began ordering the mother and daughter around. Laura tried to run from the house, but Mora caught her and beat her unconcious. Though she recovered conciousness, Laura never recovered her health, dying eight days later from a combination the disease and abuse. When she learned of her daughter's offer to die for Mercedes, the mother left Mora and returned to the Church.

Born

5 April 1891 in at Saintiago, Chile

Died

22 January 1904 at Las Lajas, Argentina

Beatified

1988 by Pope John Paul II

Canonized

pending

Patronage

abuse victims, Argentina, incest victims, loss of parents, martyrs