a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization

person of exceptional holiness

model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal

hold sacred

declare (a dead person) to be a saint

a Christian holy day

(Roman Catholic Church) Roman priest who became bishop of Milan; the first Church Father born and raised in the Christian faith; composer of hymns; imposed orthodoxy on the early Christian church and built up its secular power; a saint and Doctor of the Church (340?-397)

(New Testament) disciple of Jesus; brother of Peter; patron saint of Scotland

(New Testament) disciple of Jesus; brother of Peter; patron saint of Scotland

an Italian who was a Benedictine monk; was archbishop of Canterbury from 1093 to 1109; one of the founders of scholasticism; best known for his proof of the existence of God

any of several inflammatory or gangrenous skin conditions

(Roman Catholic Church) Greek patriarch of Alexandria who championed Christian orthodoxy against Arianism; a church father, saint, and Doctor of the Church (293-373)

(Roman Catholic Church) one of the great Fathers of the early Christian church; after a dramatic conversion to Christianity he became bishop of Hippo Regius in North Africa; St. Augustine emphasized man's need for grace (354-430)

a resort city in northeastern Florida; the oldest city in the United States

(Roman Catholic Church) English monk and scholar (672-735)

(Roman Catholic Church) English monk and scholar (672-735)

(Roman Catholic Church) English monk and scholar (672-735)

Italian monk who founded the Benedictine order about 540 (480-547)

a Swiss alpine breed of large powerful dog with a thick coat of hair used as a rescue dog

(Roman Catholic Church) Anglo-Saxon missionary who was sent to Frisia and Germany to spread the Christian faith; was martyred in Frisia (680-754)

Irish abbess; a patron saint of Ireland (453-523)

Irish abbess; a patron saint of Ireland (453-523)

Irish abbess; a patron saint of Ireland (453-523)

(Roman Catholic Church) a French cleric (born in Germany) who founded the Carthusian order in 1084 (1032-1101)

Christian martyr and patron saint of travellers (3rd century)

the largest of the islands comprising Saint Christopher-Nevis

a country on several of the Leeward Islands; located to the east southeast of Puerto Rico; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1983

a town in central Minnesota on the Mississippi River; granite quarries

patron saint of shoemakers; he and his brother were martyred for trying to spread Christianity (3rd century)

Greek missionary; the invention of the Cyrillic alphabet is attributed to him (826-869)

patron saint of Wales (circa 520-600)

United States dancer and choreographer who collaborated with Ted Shawn (1877-1968)

(Roman Catholic Church) Spanish priest who founded an order whose members became known as Dominicans or Black Friars (circa 1170-1221)

son of Ethelred the Unready; King of England from 1042 to 1066; he founded Westminster Abbey where he was eventually buried (1003-1066)

King of England who was a son of Edgar; he was challenged for the throne by supporters of his half-brother Ethelred II who eventually murdered him (963-978)

United States religious leader who was the first person born in the United States to be canonized (1774-1821)

an electrical discharge accompanied by ionization of surrounding atmosphere

an electrical discharge accompanied by ionization of surrounding atmosphere

full-bodied red wine from around the town of Saint Emilion in Bordeaux

an island in the Netherlands Antilles

(Roman Catholic Church) an Italian and the Roman Catholic monk who founded the Franciscan order of friars (1181-1226)

a tributary of the Mississippi River that rises in Missouri and flows southeastward through Arkansas

(Roman Catholic Church) an Italian and the Roman Catholic monk who founded the Franciscan order of friars (1181-1226)

a tributary of the Mississippi River that rises in Missouri and flows southeastward through Arkansas

Spanish missionary and Jesuit who establish missionaries in Japan and Ceylon and the East Indies (1506-1552)

Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)

(Roman Catholic Church) an Italian pope distinguished for his spiritual and temporal leadership; a saint and Doctor of the Church (540?-604)

bishop of Antioch who was martyred under the Roman Emperor Trajan (died 110)

Spaniard and Roman Catholic theologian and founder of the Society of Jesus; a leading opponent of the Reformation (1491-1556)

a disease caused by deficiency of niacin or tryptophan (or by a defect in the metabolic conversion of tryptophan to niacin); characterized by gastrointestinal disturbances and erythema and nervous or mental disorders; may be caused by malnutrition or alcoholism or other nutritional impairments