Saints
Assisi was the home of several saints. They include:
- Agnes of Assisi
- Clare of Assisi
- Francis of Assisi
- Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows
- Rufinus of Assisi
- Vitalis of Assisi
- Sylvester of Assisi
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Famous quotes containing the word saints:
“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)
“The countless words of saints and sages waken people from their dreams.”
—Chinese proverb.
“The saints with their beau-peers whole worlds outwear,
And things unseen do see, and things unheard do hear.”
—Giles Fletcher, The Younger (1585–1623)