He has become one of my favorite saints, by which I mean, I suppose, one of the saints I pray to most often, though when I say “pray to” I do not mean that I regard him as an end in himself (which is a misconception that often attaches itself to Catholics, and their belief in the ‘communion of saints’) but as an example of a life that is worthy of imitation, and as a soul who has intercessory power before Christ, in the Trinity.