Saints
- Martyrs Chrysanthus and Daria, and those with them in Rome: Claudius, Hilaria, Jason, Maurus, Diodorus the presbyter, and Marianus the deacon
- Martyr Pancharius at Nicomedia
- Saint Innocent of Komel in Vologda, disciple of Saint Nilus of Sora
- Saint Bassa of Pskov, nun
- New martyr Demerrius at Constantinople
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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 gifts he gave were that some would be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, until all of us come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to maturity, to the measure of the full stature of Christ.”
—Bible: New Testament, Ephesians 4:11.
“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)