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[Cazzle]

Frances is a woman’s name. Francis is a man’s name.

[JRDelirious]

@Eliahna

I can’t believe he’s the first Francis. It seems like a name that would already have been done.

I mentioned in another thread, there are some otherwise major saintly names that have never been used, including several apostles and founders:

@JRDelirious

if I’m counting right there’s also:** No Joseph, Anthony, Dominic, Ignatius or Bernard; no Louis or Didacus(Diego)**. There are 23 Johns, 6 Pauls, a Mark and a Stephen, but not one Matthew or Luke, no James, Philip, Andrew, or Bartholomew.

No Thomas, either, or Timothy; no Damian or Cosimas(Cosmo), nor Augustine, Jerome or Polycarp, apparently.

And until now, no Francis.

I suspect partly because for most of the flock, “Francis” calls up one specific saint: Francis of Assisi. And to imply that this is who you are going to model yourself after… is to task yourself mightily.

[Kolak_of_Twilo]

@JRDelirious

I mentioned in another thread, there are some otherwise major saintly names that have never been used, including several apostles and founders:

No Thomas, either, or Timothy; no Damian or Cosimas(Cosmo), nor Augustine, Jerome or Polycarp, apparently.

And until now, no Francis.

I suspect partly because for most of the flock, “Francis” calls up one specific saint: Francis of Assisi. And to imply that this is who you are going to model yourself after… is to task yourself mightily.

I realize the assumption seems to be it is Francis of Assisi but since he is a Jesuit, why couldn’t he be taking the name because of Francis Xavier?

[Infovore]

I was at a meeting tonight and they were talking about the Pope. One person said, “He’s from Argentina,” and then another replied, “Yes, but he’s got a little Italian in his genes.”

This was not the sort of group where I could bust out laughing because my inner 12-year-old heard “jeans” and thought, “I hope not–that’s been the problem.” I sure wanted to, though.