[Tagging] patron saints

[Jo]

2015-01-28 17:12 GMT+01:00 André Pirard <A.Pirard.Papou at gmail.com>:

>  On 2015-01-28 13:43, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote :
>
>  2015-01-27 11:42 GMT+01:00 Simone Saviolo <simone.saviolo at gmail.com>:
>
>> On 2015-01-27 11:25, André Pirard wrote :
>>
>> You should urgently warn the Vatican
>> <https://www.google.be/search?&q=site:va%20%22sainte+vierge+marie%22&oq=site%3Ava+%22sainte%20vierge%20marie%22>
>> !
>>
>> 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
>> Mary" is nothing but a popular name :-)
>
>
>
>  Are you sure about this? Because I have heard about "Santissima Madre di
> Dio" (holiest mother of God)
>
> My reply was of course kidding. That, in Simone's terms, the Vatican use a
> popular language ;-)
> The fact is that in French, we use no such words as "Blessed".
>

What about sacré-coeur?

Jo
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