Albrecht Dürer, The Landauer Altarpiece, commissioned by a wealthy Nuremberg merchant Martin Landauer (who appears in the painting introduced by a cardinal on the lower left) for the All Saints chapel attached to a hospital for indigent elderly men which he founded; Landauer would end his days in that hospital.Here are some of my favorite saints (official and unofficial). What are yours?
St. Francis of Assisi
St. Mary Magdalene
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Oscar Romero
Julian of Norwich
Mychal Judge
Jonathan Swift
Benedict of Nursia
Mahalia Jackson
Deacon Thomas Clarkson
Frederick Denison Maurice
John WesleyLive this life and do what ever is done in a spirit of thanksgiving. Abandon attempts to achieve security, they are futile. Give up the search for wealth, it is demeaning. Quit the search for salvation, it is selfish. And come to comfortable rest in the certainty that those who participate in this life with an attitude of thanksgiving will receive its full promise. -- St. Benedict
And being the Universalist heretic that I am, here are some very unofficial people, including some non-Christians, who I would consider saintly.
Albert Camus
Josephine Baker
Martin Buber
William Blake
Paul Tillich
Buddha
Michael Callen
Mohandas Gandhi
Chief Joseph
Harriet Tubman
Yitzakh Rabin