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St. Teresa of Ávila. In traditional Christian iconography, saints are often depicted with halos as a symbol of holiness.

A saint is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of holiness or likeness or closeness to God. However, the use of the term "saint" depends on the context and denomination. In Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Anglican, Oriental Orthodox, and Lutheran doctrine, all of their faithful deceased in Heaven are considered to be saints, but some are considered worthy of greater honor or emulation; official ecclesiastical recognition, and consequently veneration, is given to some saints through the process of canonization in the Catholic Church or glorification in the Eastern Orthodox Church.

While the English word saint originated in Christianity, historians of religion now use the appellation "in a more general way to refer to the state of special holiness that many religions attribute to certain people", with the Jewish tzadik, the Islamic walī, the Hindu rishi or Sikh guru, the Shintoist kami, and the Buddhist arhat or bodhisattva also being referred to as saints. Depending on the religion, saints are recognized either by official ecclesiastical declaration, as in the Catholic faith, or by popular acclamation (see folk saint).

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Selected biography

Sister Mary of the Divine Heart (Münster, September 8, 1863 – Porto, June 8, 1899), born Maria Droste zu Vischering, was a person of old German nobility (Uradel) and Roman Catholic nun of the Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd, best known for having influenced Pope Leo XIII to make the consecration of the world to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Pope Leo XIII himself called this solemn consecration "the greatest act of my pontificate".

In 1964, Sister Mary of the Divine Heart, the countess of Droste zu Vischering, officially received the title of Venerable by the Catholic Church. On November 1, 1975, she was declared blessed by Pope Paul VI.

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...that after Antoninus of Sorrento and Catellus of Castellammare both resigned from the same bishopric, Saint Michael appeared to tell them to found a new church?
... that according to legend, Saint Juthwara was beheaded by her stepbrother, Bana, because he believed her to be pregnant?
...that when John Horden sent his Cree language translation of the Bible back to England, the printers returned it with a printing press but no instructions on how to operate it?

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Selected saint days

1 September Saint Giles
3 September St Gregory the Great
4 September Birinus
9 September Charles Fuge Lowder
13 September John Chrysostom
15 September Cyprian
16 September Saint Ninian
16 September Edward Bouverie Pusey
17 September St Hildegard
19 September Theodore of Tarsus
20 September John Coleridge Patteson
21 September St Matthew
23 September Padre Pio
25 September Lancelot Andrewes
25 September Sergius of Radonezh
26 September Wilson Carlile
27 September Vincent de Paul
28 September Saint Lorenzo Ruiz and his Companions
29 September St Michael
30 September St. Jerome

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The following are images from various saint-related articles on Wikipedia.

The symbols of the four Evangelists are here depicted in the Book of Kells. The four winged creatures symbolize, clockwise from top left, Matthew, Mark, John, and Luke.
On 4 November 1992, the Holy Synod of the Church of Greece unanimously declared Christians that were tortured and massacred by the Turks in the Great fire of Smyrna in 1922 as saints.
Dutch Book of Prayers from the mid-fifteenth century. Group of five saints. From left to right, Saint Joseph, Saint James the Great, Saint Eligius, Saint Hermes, and Saint Ghislain, with their emblems.
Pope Pius II canonizes Catherine of Siena
Icon of St. Cyprian of Carthage, who urged diligence in the process of canonization
St. Teresa of Ávila. In traditional Christian iconography, saints are often depicted with halos as a symbol of holiness.
"Scripture does not teach calling on the saints or pleading for help from them. For it sets before us Christ alone as mediator, atoning sacrifice, high priest, and intercessor."—A.C. Article XXI.
A portrait depicting Saint Francis of Assisi by the Italian artist Cimabue (1240–1302)
The Turkish atrocities in Bulgaria (1876). On 3 April 2011, Batak massacre victims were canonized as saints.

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