Editing Saint (section)

== Celebration of Saints ==
* Feast days are the day of their death, called their "heavenly birthday"
** sometimes, the date may be changed, depending on other Feasts and liturgical (worship) celebrations 
*** ex. Saint Thomas More's feast day is June 22, while he was martyred on July 5 for refusing to take an oath proclaiming the King of England, Henry VIII, head of the Church in England (i.e. breaking with the Catholic Church)
*** he was beheaded on July 6, but his Feast day was set initially for July 9 (?), then moved to June 22 to align with the martyrdom of his fellow champion of the Church, Saint John Fisher, who was martyred on June 22 for the same reasons as St. Thomas More. 
**** see: [https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/saint/st-thomas-more-499 St. Thomas More (catholicnewsagency.com)]
* Saint symbols are related to their charism and/or means of death, such as:
** St. Roch is depicted with a Pilgrim's staff and/or a wound on his thigh
** Saint Thomas more was beheaded, so one of his symbols is double-headed axe
* Saints may be "patrons" or protectors, symbols for, or representative of a cause, profession, illness, body part, etc.
** St. Roch, patron saint of dogs, the plague, and invalids, (among things)
*** because after curing the sick, he became sick himself and retreated to the woods, where a dog brought him food and healed his wounds by licking them

*for more: 
**"Reading the Church Fathers: A History of the Early Church and the Development of Doctrine," by James L. Papandrea, p 80
**[https://www.catholic.org/saints/patron.php Patron Saints A-Z - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online]