Saints
- Prophet Micah (9th century BC)
- Martyr Theopemptus, bishop of Nicomedia and Theonas (303)
- Saint Syncletica of Alexandria (350)
- Saint Apollinaris, virgin of Egypt (470)
- Saint Gregory of Crete, monk (820)
- Saint Phosterius the Hermit
- Saint Menas of Sinai
- Martyr Theoidus
- Martyr Sais
- Martyr Romanus of Mount Athos
- Saint Tatiana
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“It is an art apart. Saint Francis of Assisi said—”All saints can do miracles, but few of them can keep hotel.””
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“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.”
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“Its imaginary value will increase with the years, and if he [his grandson-in-law] lives to my age, or another half century, he may see it carried in the procession of our nation’s birthday, as the relics of the saints are in those of the church.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)