Saints
- Hieromartyr Simeon of Persia, bishop, and those with him: martyrs Abdechalas and Ananias, presbyters; Usthazancs, Fusicus (Pusicius), Ascitrea, and Azat the Eunuch
- Martyr Adrian of Corinth
- Saint Acacius of Melitene, bishop
- Saints Sabbarius and Zosimas of Solovki
- Pope Agapetus I of Rome
- Saint Macarios of Corinth
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Famous quotes containing the word saints:
“If man were happy, he would be the more so, the less he was diverted, like the saints and God.”
—Blaise Pascal (1623–1662)
“O cunning enemy, that to catch a saint,
With saints doth bait thy hook! Most dangerous
Is that temptation that doth goad us on
To sin in loving virtue.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“It is an art apart. Saint Francis of Assisi said—”All saints can do miracles, but few of them can keep hotel.””
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)