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List Of Children Of Orthodox Priests
List of noted children of clergy is a list of notable persons concerned with individuals whose status as a child of a cleric is important, preferably critical, to their fame or significance. Western religions Christian Pre-Schism * Saint Patrick, Patron Saint of Ireland, son of a British deacon and grandson of a priest Catholic * George Bariț – son of an Eastern-rite Catholic priest who once trained for the priesthood. * Amy Coney Barrett, United States Supreme Court justice, daughter of a Catholic deacon. * Cesare BorgiaHerfried Münkler and Marina Münkler, ''Lexikon der Renaissance'', Munich: Beck, 2000, pp. 43ff. * Lucrezia Borgia * George Coșbuc – Romanian poet, 14 generations of his family were Eastern-rite priests including his father * Pier Luigi Farnese, Duke of Parma * Marcion of Sinope – son of the Bishop of Sinope, propagator of Marcionism, an early Christian heresy * Pope Silverius – legitimate son of a pope * Thomas I of York – Archbishop of York in Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Patrick
Saint Patrick ( la, Patricius; ga, Pádraig ; cy, Padrig) was a fifth-century Romano-British Christian missionary and bishop in Ireland. Known as the "Apostle of Ireland", he is the primary patron saint of Ireland, the other patron saints being Brigit of Kildare and Columba. Patrick was never formally canonised, having lived prior to the current laws of the Catholic Church in these matters. Nevertheless, he is venerated as a Saint in the Catholic Church and in the Eastern Orthodox Church, where he is regarded as equal-to-the-apostles and Enlightener of Ireland. The dates of Patrick's life cannot be fixed with certainty, but there is general agreement that he was active as a missionary in Ireland during the fifth century. A recent biography on Patrick shows a late fourth-century date for the saint is not impossible. Early medieval tradition credits him with being the first bishop of Armagh and Primate of Ireland, and regards him as the founder of Christianity in Ireland, con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
