Strange Question

Tazmcg · Derestricted Danger Joined: 16 Nov 2008 Karma :

Heys guys,

Here is a strange question...but who is the patron saint of bikers?

..... · Quote Me Happy Joined: 15 Jan 2005 Karma :

Ain't Google great?

Patron Saint Of Motorcycling

The Vatican has offically endorsed an early Irish saint, Columbanus of Bobbio as the patron saint of motorcyclists. He was born on the Carlow/Wicklow border in the year 543 ad, and died at the monastery he founded in Bobbio, in what is now Northern Italy in 615 AD, after many years of travelling around Europe. His bones still lie interred in his church there.

A handsome rugged kind of chap, he left Ireland to escape the clutches of lascivious women who were irresistibly attracted to him. According to the biography of his life written by Jonas, one of the many miracles attributed to him involved the multiplication of bread and beer, as follows:

"A while after, Columban went to the monastery of Fontaines and found sixty brethren hoeing the ground and preparing the fields for the future crop. When he saw them breaking up the clods with great labor, he said, "May the Lord prepare for you a feast, my brethren." Hearing this the attendant said, "Father, believe me, we have only two loaves and a very little beer." Columban answered, "Go and bring those." The attendant went quickly and brought the two loaves and a little beer. Columban, raising his eyes to heaven, said, "Christ Jesus, only hope of the world, do Thou, who from five loaves satisfied five thousand men in the wilderness, multiply these loaves and this drink." Wonderful faith! All were satisfied and each one drank as much as he wished. The servant carried back twice as much in fragments and twice the amount of drink. And so he knew that faith is more deserving of the divine gifts than despair, which is wont to diminish even what one has."

His Feast day is the 23rd November

The secind one is:
Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church grounds in Colebrook, New Hampshire. Our Lady of Grace, aka Our Lady of Crete and Our Lady of Centaurs was declared to be the Patron Saint of Motorcyclists by Pius XII in the 1940s.

radical · Spanner Monkey Joined: 02 Jul 2010 Karma :

St. Colombanus is the patron Saint of motorcyclists although as far as I am concerned its Sir Joseph Dunlop O.B.E M.B.E.

Tazmcg · Derestricted Danger Joined: 16 Nov 2008 Karma :

Hey Joe, yep google is great but when i googled it i came up with another guy as well for patron saint of motorcycles ( Blessed Sebastian of Aparicio). so just really wanted clarification from some fellow BCF'ers, as who beta else to ask Very Happy

Cheers for the info thou Very Happy

The Original Muzza · World Chat Champion Joined: 09 Jan 2009 Karma :

Saint Wankel XVII
____________________
Current Bikes: Husqvarna Svartpilen 401 (2020)
Former Bikes: Honda MSX125 (2014), BMW Funduro (1996), Honda VT500 (1983), Yamaha FZR250 (1989), Suzuki GZ125 Marauder(2005),:Triumph TT600 (2002) (stolen)
From then on, I and the bicycle feelings deeper.

yen_powell · World Chat Champion Joined: 22 Jun 2008 Karma :

The amount of people falling off their bikes on here, surely it should be St John?
____________________
Blackmail is a nasty word........but not as nasty as phlegm!
XT1200Z and a DR350 in bits

keggyhander · World Chat Champion Joined: 30 Nov 2008 Karma :

Everybody knows it's Saint Barry of Sheene. Very Happy

MarJay · But it's British! Joined: 15 Sep 2003 Karma :

I think its Saint Valentino of Rossi.
____________________
British beauty: Triumph Street Triple R; Loony stroker: KR1S; Track fun: GSXR750 L1; Commuter Missile: GSX-S1000F; Cheap project: CBR900RR FireBlade
Remember kids, bikes aren't like lego. You can't easily take a part from one bike and then fit it to another.