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:
“Is America a land of God where saints abide for ever? Where golden fields spread fair and broad, where flows the crystal river? Certainly not flush with saints, and a good thing, too, for the saints sent buzzing into man’s ken now are but poor- mouthed ecclesiastical film stars and cliché-shouting publicity agents.
Their little knowledge bringing them nearer to their ignorance,
Ignorance bringing them nearer to death,
But nearness to death no nearer to God.”
—Sean O’Casey (1884–1964)
“For all the saints who from their labors rest,
Who, to the world their steadfast faith confessed,
your name, O Jesus, be forever blessed
Alleluia!”
—William Walsham How (1823–1897)
“We know of no scripture which records the pure benignity of the gods on a New England winter night. Their praises have never been sung, only their wrath deprecated. The best scripture, after all, records but a meagre faith. Its saints live reserved and austere. Let a brave, devout man spend the year in the woods of Maine or Labrador, and see if the Hebrew Scriptures speak adequately to his condition and experience.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)