Saints
- Saint Theodota, mother of the holy Unmercenaries Saints Cosmas and Damian (3rd c.)
- Martyr Sergius, by the sword, at Caesarea in Cappadocia (301)
- Martyr Theopistus (Theopistos), by stoning.
- Hieromartyr Theogenes, Bishop of Parium on the Hellespont (ca.320)
- Saint Sylvester, Pope of Rome (335)
- Martyr Basil of Ancyra, under Julian the Apostate (362)
- Hieromartyr Isidore, Bishop of Syrian Antioch, by the Arians (4th c.)
- Venerable Theopemtus, Monk.
- Venerable Mark the deaf-mute.
- Venerable Ammon of Tabennisi, monk (5th c.)
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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)
“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)
“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.