Saints
- Apostle Hermes of Philippopolis (Hermas), of the Seventy Apostles (1st c.)
- Martyr Hermias of Comana (160)
- Martyr Magus (the Magician), who converted upon witnessing the martyrdom of Hermias (160)
- Martyr Philosophus at Alexandria (252)
- Martyrs Eusebios and Charalampos, in Nicomedia, by fire.
- Five Martyrs of Ashkelon, dragged to death.
- Saint Eustathius, Patriarch of Constantinople (1025)
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Famous quotes containing the word saints:
“Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds. Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged sword in their hand; to execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people; to bind their kings with chains and their nobles with fetters of iron; to execute upon them the judgment written.”
—Bible: Hebrew Psalms 149:5-9.
“The Saints come,
as human as a mouth,
with a bag of God in their backs,
like a hunchback,
they come,
they come marching in.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)
“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)