Saints
| Name | Place | Life | Comments | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margaret Clitherow | born York | 1556–1586 | saint, martyr | |
| Edwin of Northumbria | 585-633 | saint, King of Northumbria | ||
| John of Beverley | Harpham and Beverley | d. 721 | bishop, founder & patron saint of Beverley | |
| John Fisher | Beverley | 1469–1535 | bishop, cardinal, saint, martyr | |
| Hilda of Whitby | 614-680 | princess, nun, nurse, founding abbess of Whitby Abbey and patron saint of Whitby | ||
| Blessed Nicholas Postgate | Egton | 1596–1679 | martyr |
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Famous quotes containing the word saints:
“All saints revile her, and all sober men
Ruled by the God Apollo’s golden mean—”
—Robert Graves (1895–1985)
“The Saints come,
as human as a mouth,
with a bag of God in their backs,
like a hunchback,
they come,
they come marching in.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)
“Up the Rebels, To Hell with the Pope,
And God Save—as you prefer—the King or Ireland.
The land of scholars and saints:
Scholars and saints my eye, the land of ambush,
Purblind manifestoes, never-ending complaints,”
—Louis MacNeice (1907–1963)