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:
“I know we’re not saints or virgins or lunatics; we know all the lust and lavatory jokes, and most of the dirty people; we can catch buses and count our change and cross the roads and talk real sentences. But our innocence goes awfully deep, and our discreditable secret is that we don’t know anything at all, and our horrid inner secret is that we don’t care that we don’t.”
—Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)
“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)
“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)