Wednesday, April 6, 2005
Patron Saint of Blogging
I'm cross-posting this from my personal blog, since this group surely could use a patron.
My friend, radio talk show host, blogger, and Protestant (!) Hugh Hewitt has some ideas on a patron saint for bloggers:
There is, as of yet, no patron saint of blogging. The obvious choice is this man [Ed: i.e., Augustine], but I like this saint as well [Ed: Hugh]. The guide to saints by name is here.
Sorry, Hugh, but the obvious choice is St. John the Apostle who is the only saint whose patronage includes all of the following, among other things: authors; booksellers; compositors; editors; lithographers; printers; publishers; typesetters; writers. Surely bloggers would make a nice fit for that list.
Of course, I suppose you also could make a case for St. Isidore of Seville, whose patronage includes, among other things: computer technicians; computer users; computers; the Internet.
But then there is St. Expeditus (a.k.a., Expedite or Elpidius), whom the Catholic Forum opines is: "Possibly legendary." His official patronage covers only the following: against procrastination, expeditious solutions, merchants, navigators, prompt solutions. Wired magazine, however, reports that "geeks, hackers, repentant slackers, folks who run e-commerce sites and those who rely on brains and sheer luck to survive have all claimed the saint as their own."
https://mirrorofjustice.blogs.com/mirrorofjustice/2005/04/patron_saint_of.html