Householder Saints

[SeventhValley]

Is there any really good householder saints? Ones who had kids,paid taxes, maybe served in the military?

I would say Joseph dose not count(God spoke directly to him) as I am looking for relatable ones.

 

[GregConstantine]

I've never heard the term "householder" used that way before.

 

[SeventhValley]

How about family man as in "Go home and be a family man"-Guile from Street Fighter Series

 

[ArmyMatt]

St Basil Martycsz was an Army Chaplain. and then there is the cobbler that St Anthony found in the city.

 

[GregConstantine]

I think perhaps lay saints? Pretty much all the early saints and martyrs were every day joe smoes. Some were clergy, most of them though were everyday people. Some were slaves, soldiers, etc. Later in history did monasticism become a large source of saints.

 

[Mary of Bethany]

Pretty much the whole family of St. Gregory, I think.

Mary

 

[dzheremi]

I don't know if the category of being homeowners would apply to the saints. I don't know anything about 1st-5th century property law, beyond knowing that that's generally not something that is taken into account when canonizing someone.

That said, there are many military saints. St. Mina (Menas for the Greeks), St. Philopateer Mercurius (known in Coptic circles also as "Abu Sefein" -- holder/owner of the two swords), St. George, etc. There is also the Theban legion, which was an entire contingent of the Egyptian army who, during Roman times, were martyred together in the Swiss alps for refusing to sacrifice to the the emperor.

 

[Nik0s]

I don't know if the category of being homeowners would apply to the saints. I don't know anything about 1st-5th century property law, beyond knowing that that's generally not something that is taken into account when canonizing someone.

That said, there are many military saints. St. Mina (Menas for the Greeks), St. Philopateer Mercurius (known in Coptic circles also as "Abu Sefein" -- holder/owner of the two swords), St. George, etc. There is also the Theban legion, which was an entire contingent of the Egyptian army who, during Roman times, were martyred together in the Swiss alps for refusing to sacrifice to the the emperor.

There's also the 40 martyrs of sebaste who were Christian soldiers that refused to renounce their fate, being forced to strip and freeze to death in a lake during winter.

 

[ArmyMatt]

St Monica, St Augustine's mother, is a great example as well.

 

[SeventhValley]

St.Mercurius is interesting thanks!

So him and St.Joseph seem pretty relatable.

 

[E.C.]

Any martyr from Communism.