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Brigid, Saint

(Encyclopedia)Brigid, Saint: see Bridget, Saint. ...

Birgitta, Saint

(Encyclopedia)Birgitta, Saint: see Bridget of Sweden, Saint. ...

Bernard, Saint

(Encyclopedia)Bernard, Saint: see Bernard of Clairvaux, Saint; Bernard of Menthon, Saint. For the two Alpine passes, see Saint Bernard. ...

Zacharias, Saint

(Encyclopedia)Zacharias or Zachary, Saint zăkərīˈəs, zăkˈərē [key], pope (741–52), a Calabrian Greek; successor of St. Gregory III. He was the first pope after Gregory the Great not to seek confirmation ...

Basil, Saint

(Encyclopedia)Basil, Saint: see Basil the Great, Saint. ...

Swithin, Saint

(Encyclopedia)Swithin or Swithun, Saint both: swĭᵺˈən [key], fl. 860, English bishop of Winchester. He was buried, according to his wishes, outside his church, but his relics were later removed to the new cath...

Teresa, Saint

(Encyclopedia)Teresa, Saint. For most saints thus named use Theresa, Saint. See also Teresa, Mother. ...

Václav, Saint

(Encyclopedia)Václav, Saint: see Wenceslaus, Saint. ...

Valentine, Saint

(Encyclopedia)Valentine, Saint, d. c.270, Roman martyr priest. The customs connected with him in English-speaking countries are probably a survival from a period when a pagan festival associated with love occurred ...

Bede, Saint

(Encyclopedia)Bede, Saint bēˈdə [key] (St. Bede the Venerable), 673?–735, English historian and Benedictine monk, Doctor of the Church, also called the Venerable Bede. He spent his whole life at the monasterie...