[julezzz]

I'm in grade 8, and I'm 14 years old .
I'm taking my confirmation class this year, and I don't know which saint to choose.
I like dancing

[Wondergirl]

Your best bet is to go to the public library and ask a reference librarian for help. There are saint name books at 282 to check out and some reference books in the same number. There's a description of each saint.

One boy I helped liked St. Blaise Pascal because the first named sounded like "Blaze" and he thought that was cool.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_saints
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St. Vitus is the patron saint of dancers (and comedians), but it's also the name of a nervous condition (and it's a male name). St. Cecelia is the patron saint of musicians. Moses' and Aaron's sister Miriam danced, but I'm not sure if you can use her name since she's not a saint. (Exodus 15:20, "And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.")

[Fr_Chuck]

Saint Vitus is the patron saint for dancing.

[Athos]

One boy I helped liked St. Blaise Pascal because the first named sounded like "Blaze" and he thought that was cool.

You may be confusing Blaise Pascal with St. Blaise - two very different people.

Blaise Pascal lived in the 16th century in France and was a mathematician who was an early influence on computers. He also wrote Pensees which many consider to be the most perfect French prose ever written.

St. Blaise was purported to be a Bishop in the 4th century who performed a number of miracles and who was remembered in the Catholic Church on February 3 - the day of "the blessing of the throats".

St. Blaise is not attested to historically, but his veneration has lasted an amazingly long time. He may be legendary.

[ebaines]

You may be confusing Blaise Pascal with St. Blaise - two very different people.

I was going to ask about that too. Plaise Pascal was a huge contributor to mathematics and science, so I was surprised to see that he might have be a Roman Catholic Saint. But I can't find anything on-line to support this notion. Probably a case of confused names here - sort of like thinking that St. George was George Washington.