Talk:List of child saints

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I'm assessing as Stub, because the article has no content other than the list, and thus tells the reader no more than that some saints are children. It might better be moved to List of child saints if there is no other content to add. It also appears somewhat to overlap Category:Child saints, but there are articles in that category that are not here and articles listed here that are not in that category. GRBerry 19:53, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

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Age

Why is someone 25 years old considered a child saint? So far I've found an ex-soldier, a former army medic, a seminarian, a diocesan priest, and a union worker. It looks like someone has defined the term "child" a tad broadly. I doubt if any of these individuals would have considered themselves a child. Manannan67 (talk) 21:10, 24 September 2021 (UTC)

This is a good point - maybe a separate page for "Young Saints" could be created. I think "child" should be limited to those under 18. What would you propose as the cut-off age? Alexandriensis (talk) 16:27, 1 November 2021 (UTC)

Citations

This list could use some sourcing, especially in the section under "Catholic Church" of "Candidates for Sainthood." Some of the purported "Candidates" don't have any mention online outside of this list. There should be at least a link to a news article or a blog post at the very least. Alexandriensis (talk) 16:25, 1 November 2021 (UTC)

Division

Why not divide this list into two: one for the child saints and one for the young saints, since the name does not match the content? This would avoid confusion as there are many listed who have reached the age of 23/24 and are therefore no longer “children”. I believe that those listed at eighteen years of age or younger can remain, only making a difference to young people, who are more listed than children. Jpmarques (talk) 11:32, 19 November 2023 (UTC)