http://aagblog.com/2009/12/23/what-is-a-saint/ ~ videamus quid sit exilium. nempe loci commutatio.~ Thu, 22 Dec 2011 14:33:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://aagblog.com/2009/12/23/what-is-a-saint/comment-page-1/#comment-21286 Jim Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:01:11 +0000 http://aagblog.com/?p=7490#comment-21286 One fairly common characteristic of saints recognized in the medieval period is married men and women who abandon their families. The Catholic church really needs to revisit some of these cases to determine whether what was exhibited was not devotion to the church but a self-centered person escaping their responsibilities. One fairly common characteristic of saints recognized in the medieval period is married men and women who abandon their families. The Catholic church really needs to revisit some of these cases to determine whether what was exhibited was not devotion to the church but a self-centered person escaping their responsibilities.

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