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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2015-01-28 13:43, Martin
Koppenhoefer wrote :<br>
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<div class="gmail_extra">2015-01-27 11:42 GMT+01:00 Simone
Saviolo <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2015-01-27 11:25, André
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href="https://www.google.be/search?&q=site:va%20%22sainte+vierge+marie%22&oq=site%3Ava+%22sainte%20vierge%20marie%22">You
should urgently warn the Vatican</a> ! <span
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Speaking of Vatican, i.e. Roman Catholic Church, Mary is
Blessed, not Saint. Her title is Beata Virgo Maria (Beata
Vergine Maria in Italian, Blessed Virgin Mary in English).
She is an unordinary Blessed, as she and her feasts are
more important than those of the Saints; anyway, "Saint
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<div class="gmail_extra">Are you sure about this? Because I have
heard about "Santissima Madre di Dio" (holiest mother of God)<br>
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My reply was of course kidding. That, in Simone's terms, the Vatican
use a popular language <span class="moz-smiley-s3"><span> ;-) </span></span><br>
The fact is that in French, we use no such words as "Blessed".<br>
We use "saint(e)" as a noun or as an adjective.<br>
"La sainte Vierge Marie" (adjective) means "blessed Mary".<br>
"Sainte Marie" (noun) is normally not said (except in the "Hail
Mary..." prayer <span class="moz-smiley-s3"><span> ;-) </span></span>,
in which it's an adjective) and would mean that "Mary is a saint".<br>
"Un saint" (noun) is someone who has been <a
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canonization">canonized</a>. <br>
"Un saint homme" (adjective) was not (necessarily), he is virtuous.<br>
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Santissima is an adjective.<br>
"Holy Mary" was never canonized (it would be seen as a joke).<br>
But what about "Saint Joseph", sort of half one, Simone (no (more)
comment from me <span class="moz-smiley-s3"><span> ;-) </span></span>).<br>
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Bless you,<br>
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<div class="gmail_extra">There are also several other St. Marys,
e.g.<br>
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href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Magdalene">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Magdalene</a><br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Goretti">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Goretti</a><br>
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<div class="gmail_extra">cheers,<br>
Martin<br>
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