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Fermin (also Firmin, from Latin Firminus; Spanish Fermín) was a holy man and martyr, traditionally venerated as the co-patron saint of Navarre, Spain.He was born in the mid 3rd century, so his death may be associated with the Diocletianic Persecution (303).
The Spanish meaning as used here connotes all these ideas in one word.' [1] Similar English words occur in other titles of Mary with separate histories, including "Our Lady of Ransom [of captives]" (Nuestra Señora de la Redención de los Cautivos), "Our Lady of Perpetual Help" (Nuestra Señora del Perpetuo Socorro), and "Our Lady of Good ...
A patronal feast or patronal festival [a] [3] (Spanish: fiesta patronal; Catalan: festa patronal; Portuguese: festa patronal; Italian: festa patronale; French: fête patronale) is a yearly celebration dedicated – in countries influenced by Christianity – to the 'heavenly advocate' or 'patron' of the location holding the festival, who is a saint or virgin.
In 1923, Pope Pius XI chose a mosaic version of Bartolomé Esteban Murillo's La Purísima Inmaculada Concepción for installation at the shrine, the image is a mosaic rendition of the venerated Immaculate Conception enshrined at the Royal Palace of Aranjuez, [5] now installed in the largest Roman Catholic church in the United States of America. [6]
Isidore the Laborer, also known as Isidore the Farmer (Spanish: San Isidro Labrador) (c. 1070 – 15 May 1130), was a Mozarab farmworker who lived in medieval Madrid.Known for his piety toward the poor and animals, he is venerated as a Catholic patron saint of farmers, and of Madrid; El Gobernador, Jalisco; La Ceiba, Honduras; and of Tocoa, Honduras.
Elena Patron (1933–2021), Filipino scriptwriter, novelist, poet, dramatist, essayist, and magazine columnist Giselle Patrón (born 1987), Peruvian model and actress Pablo Escobar (1949–1993), Colombian drug lord nicknamed “El Patrón”
In the Spanish Bible it can be read in Luke 1:35 that: "Y el ángel dijo: —El Espíritu Santo vendrá sobre ti y el poder del Altísimo te cubrirá con su sombra. Así que al Santo Niño que va a nacer lo llamarán Hijo de Dios." - [21] In the King James Version, the title "Holy Child" was also applied even if Jesus was already ascended to ...
Honoratus of Amiens is the patron saint of bakers and confectioners. A patron saint, patroness saint, patron hallow or heavenly protector is a saint who in Catholicism, Lutheranism, Anglicanism, Eastern Orthodoxy or Oriental Orthodoxy is regarded as the heavenly advocate of a nation, place, craft, activity, class, clan, family, or person. [1] [2]