Quote Originally Posted by starbkjrus
The only one of these questions I can answer is that yes, St. George is the Patron Saint of England. Would like to hear the other answers though.
They lived in different centuries and places. I know St. Andrew patron of Scotland is on of the actual apostles (messengers) who knew Christ (first century) whereas St. Patrick was bishop (overseer) in the late 400's C.E. St. George is dated somewhere between them I think and for some reason I think I remember he lived in Syria..... not sure on that mark though.

Celtic churches, like other churches in early Christendom, held synods or gatherings of their leaders to discuss and decide how best to articulate their religious beliefs, to formulate them and translate belief into liturgy, life and practice.... and they participated in the great councils (ecumenical councils) which included bishops from all Christendom. These were the councils which were binding on the entire Church before it divided into its now several branches (Eastern Orthodox, Coptic, Roman Catholic, Anglican, Protestant, Evangelical, etc.).

There were saints which did know one another. I think Sts. Francis, Claire, and (?) Bernard knew one another and there are others who worked together like Sts. Cyril and Methodius.

By the way, saint simply means holy -- with the capital S, it means holy not only in the sense of set apart for divine use, but also in the sense of whole or completed... meaning they are believed to experience the divine fully or face to face. Just trivia.

Many "saints" cannot be verified to be historical personages in Celtic lands and may instead be hommage to pagan archetypes and deities.

Question: I know that most saints probably predate kilt-wearing, but artists usually create god in their own image, so are there any sacred paintings with kilties? There must be some around somewhere; whether pagan or Christian, I would love to see them.