2015-01-28 17:12 GMT+01:00 André Pirard <a.pirard.pa...@gmail.com>: > Speaking of Vatican, i.e. Roman Catholic Church, Mary is Blessed, not >> Saint. Her title is Beata Virgo Maria (Beata Vergine Maria in Italian, >> Blessed Virgin Mary in English). She is an unordinary Blessed, as she and >> her feasts are more important than those of the Saints; anyway, "Saint >> Mary" is nothing but a popular name :-) > > > > Are you sure about this? Because I have heard about "Santissima Madre di > Dio" (holiest mother of God) > > My reply was of course kidding. That, in Simone's terms, the Vatican use a > popular language ;-) > The fact is that in French, we use no such words as "Blessed". >
the correct term in French is "bienheureux ou bienheureuse, le qualificatif donné à une personne qui a été béatifiée" http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9atification cheers, Martin
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