Saints
- Prophet Jeremiah (6th-7th c. b.c.)
- Saint Philosophos at Alexandria (252)
- Martyr Batas of Nisibis (Bata the Persian) (ca. 364)
- Saint Isidora the Fool-for-Christ, of Tabennisi, Egypt (ca. 365)
- New Monk-martyr Romanus of Raqqa (780)
- St. Michael, ascetic of Chalcedon (8th-9th c.)
- Saint Symeon of Syracuse (or of Mount Sinai or Trier) (1035)
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Famous quotes containing the word saints:
“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)
“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.
“Up the Rebels, To Hell with the Pope,
And God Save—as you prefer—the King or Ireland.
The land of scholars and saints:
Scholars and saints my eye, the land of ambush,
Purblind manifestoes, never-ending complaints,”
—Louis MacNeice (1907–1963)