Do Catholics And The Anglican Church Share Saints?

[taffinnorfol]

Would it cause offence to an active Anglican to receive a garden statute of a Catholic Saint as a gift? The statue concerned is of Saint Fiacre who is Patron Saint of Gardeners (amongst other things). The intended recipient of the statue is a keen gardener.

[boxtops]

I would hope it wouldn't give offence - many saints are common to more than one branch of Christianity, and indeed are recognised in other religions too (but not as saints, just good people).

[AB Editor]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiacre

Seems pretty safe. The background described above is that it's a pre-Christian folk character anyway so anyone can have him :)

I think you're right to check though, there's the occasional saint who went about slaughtering the "other side" (whoever that might have been at the time).

[Peter Pedant]

No it is OK
or Yes it is OK

St Fiacre is in both canons - clearly 670 is before 1540 when those damned prots stopped making saints.

When Diana died, the Dean of Windsor did duty outside the Palace comforting and healing etc and someone warbled into a microphone:
" WAS she a saint ? " He the Dean had a few false starts also picked up by microphone muttering she was a protestant and saints hadnt been made for 500 y and even perhaps a 'what? while she was alive ?'

so perhaps it would be good if you asked if he wanted one

Protestants are a bit funny about images of saints and even funnier about praying to [dead] saints.