Alternate Saints

That is thread about real people, not random ATL persons, who could in different circumstances became Catholic or Eastern/Oriental Orthodox Saints. Prefferably with PODs after their deaths.
For example it was suggested on this site, that more successfull, longer reign of Mary Tudor could result in canonisation of Catherine of Aragon. Henry VI in 'England stays Catholic' is also somethimes mentioned as possible saint.
IMHO good candidate for Catholic Saint would be Henry the Pious (Henryk Pobożny), Piast Duke killed by Mongols at Battle of Legnica in 1241. It is surprising he isn't one already-devout duke with devout wife, son of devout parents (his mother Hedwig is Catholic Saint) who died fighting pagan invaders. Perhaps if Silesian Piast, his descendants, were successful in reuniting Poland, they would put effort as Kings of Poland into making their ancestor a Saint? Longer lasting Piast Monarchy also could result in Mieszko I being canonised, like monarchs who baptised their countries used to be.
Any other propositions?
 
Alexios, John, or Manuel Komnenos could have been made into Eastern Orthodox saints due to their role fighting holy wars. For Alexios it is more difficult because he melted down golden church artifacts, but it could be re-branded as a move of humility/anti-idolatry, or ignored in favor of his role against Bogomil and Paulician heresies and defending the empire from Seljuks and Normans.
 
Joachim of Fiore. He had all the conditions to be an earlier Francis of Assissi. Maybe if some stronger popular devotion had happened after his death he would have been declared a saint.
 
Jan Hus or Girolamo Savonarola - since Luther's already been mentioned. His railings against the church could be regarded as a fore-warning, and the pope who dismissed him could be regarded as corrupt (Alexander VI was regarded as such OTL, so why Julius II or one of the counter-reformation popes didn't jump on that bandwagon I'm not sure).
 
Saint Charlemagne, if Emperor Frederick Barbarossa had gotten his way and the Apostolic See hadn't annulled all of Antipope Paschal III's ordinances at the Third Lateran Council in 1179, among them Charlemagne's canonisation. His remains have never the less been threated as holy relics IOTL as his reliquaries from the Aachen Cathedral Treasure demonstrate.

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Head and arm reliquary of "Saint" Charlemagne in the Aachen Catherdral Treasury
 
Joachim of Fiore. He had all the conditions to be an earlier Francis of Assissi. Maybe if some stronger popular devotion had happened after his death he would have been declared a saint.

I've been looking for something like this, a proto-Franciscan of sorts... Thanks
 
In "Agent of Byzantium" by Harry Turtledove the prophet Muhammad converts to Christianity instead of developing Islam and becomes a saint. I always thought that could be an interesting timeline to really delve into, especially if St. Muhammad was known for his writings and you could sneak bits of Islamic thought into Christianity, Byzantine iconoclasm for instance would get an interesting twist.
 
Nicolas of Cuza or Petrarch were both in the clergy (Petrarch later left IIRC) so St. Nicolas or St. Petrarch could make for fun times.

Not sure how/why they would wind up canonized though.
Charles I, Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette and Mme Élisabeth could make some nice additions too.
 
In the post apocalyptic video game Fallout 3, Abraham Lincoln seems to be treated as a saint by former slaves. Maybe a more Catholic America would regard him as one?
 
In the post apocalyptic video game Fallout 3, Abraham Lincoln seems to be treated as a saint by former slaves. Maybe a more Catholic America would regard him as one?

Only if Abe himself was a Catholic.

(Could a Catholic get elected in 1860s America? Maybe he converts after becoming President.)
 
Alfred the Great: famed for his piety and learning, and for defending England against the pagan hordes. As a matter of fact I'm slightly surprised he wasn't canonised IOTL, as he seems like exactly the sort of person who would be.

Dante, perhaps, if people start saying, "The Divine Comedy is such a great work of Catholic devotion, surely the man who wrote this must be a saint!"

James II & VII, the man who would not abandon the Faith even at the cost of his throne. As a matter of fact I think there were claims of miraculous healings at his tomb shortly after he died, but the Pope didn't canonise him for political reasons (the Papal States were allied with England against France at the time). Change the Papacy's diplomatic stance slightly, and we could have King St. James II.
 
St.Erasmus of Rotterdam, St. Michael Wadding, St. Alexander of Hales, St. John Duns (Duns Scotus), St. Jean Gerson, St. John Newman, St. Frederick Faber, St. Robert Grosseteste, St. Edith Stein.
 
Alfred the Great: famed for his piety and learning, and for defending England against the pagan hordes. As a matter of fact I'm slightly surprised he wasn't canonised IOTL, as he seems like exactly the sort of person who would be.

Alfred the Great already is a saint, his feast day is October 26th. Although admittedly he's a saint from that period where the only real qualification was "be widely known and reasonably holy" so as far as I know there's not miracles or anything attributed to him and I don't think Rome has ever made a decision on him either way.
 
Other idea: Bartolomé de las Casas. Maybe he would've become saint only in 19th or 20th century, but his sainthood would have political importance in Latin America.
 
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