Saints
- Hieromartyr Clement of Ancyra, bishop, and martyr Agathangelus (312)
- Saint Paulinus the Merciful, Bishop of Nola (431)
- Saint Mausimas the Syrian, monk (4th century)
- Saint Salamanes the Silent of the Euphrates, monk (400)
- Saint Gennadius of Kostroma, monk (1565)
- Saint Eusebius, recluse of Mount Coryphe near Antioch (4th century)
- Saint Dionysius of Olympus
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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)
“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)
“Is America a land of God where saints abide for ever? Where golden fields spread fair and broad, where flows the crystal river? Certainly not flush with saints, and a good thing, too, for the saints sent buzzing into man’s ken now are but poor- mouthed ecclesiastical film stars and cliché-shouting publicity agents.
Their little knowledge bringing them nearer to their ignorance,
Ignorance bringing them nearer to death,
But nearness to death no nearer to God.”
—Sean O’Casey (1884–1964)