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THE SAINTS PORTAL

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Isidore of Seville, patron saint of the Internet (not official).

A saint (from the Latin sanctus) in Christianity is a human being who has answered the call to holiness. The term is used differently by various denominations. In high-church contexts, such as Roman Catholicism or Anglo-Catholicism, a Saint is generally one to whom has been attributed (and who has generally demonstrated) a high level of holiness and sanctity. In this use, a saint is therefore not simply a believer, but one who has been unusually transformed. On the other hand, many denominations, notably in Protestantism, emphasise the traditional New Testament meaning of the word, preferring to write saint (lower case) to refer to any believer, in continuity with the doctrine of the priesthood of all believers. Several denominations venerate the dead saints, while others vehemently reject this. Some make a distinction between a "Romish" and a "Patristic" doctrine concerning the invocation of saints, permitting the latter.

The use of the term saint is not exclusive to Christianity. In most religious cultures, there are people who have been recognised within that culture as having fulfilled the highest aspirations of religious teaching. In English, the term saint is often used to translate this idea from many world religions.

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The tomb of Blessed Brother Andre Bessette, who was a Holy Cross Brother and a significant figure of the Roman Catholic Church among French-Canadians, credited with thousands of reported miraculous healings.

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...that during the annual romeria from the Guadalajara Cathedral to the Basilica of Our Lady of Zapopan, the statue of Our Lady of Expectation is accompanied by more than 3,000,000 people?
...that José María Robles Hurtado, a martyr during the Cristero War, placed the noose that would be used to hang him around his own neck, telling his executioner "Don't dirty your hands"?
...that Australian bishop Sydney James Kirkby, who presided at the synod to elect the successor of Archbishop John Charles Wright, actively worked to not be given the job himself?
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1 February St Brigid
3 February St Anskar
3 February St Blase
4 February Cornelius the Centurion
5 February Saint Agatha
5 February The Martyrs of Japan
6 February Paul Miki and his Companions
8 February Saint Jerome Emiliani
8 February Saint Josephine Bakhita
10 February Saint Scholastica
10 February Isaac of Armenia
11 February Our Lady of Lourdes
13 February Absalom Jones
14 February Saints Cyril and Methodius
15 February Thomas Bray
15 February St Vartan the Warrior and his Companions
17 February Janani Luwum
17 February Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order
17 February 150 Fathers of the Holy Council of Constantinople
21 February St Peter Damian
22 February Chair of Saint Peter
23 February Polycarp of Smyrna
24 February St Matthias the Apostle
27 February George Herbert

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Æthelberht of Kent (c. 560 – 24 February 616) was King of Kent from about 580 or 590 until his death. In his Ecclesiastical History of the English People, the monk Bede lists Aethelberht as the third king to hold imperium over other Anglo-Saxon kingdoms. In the late 9th century Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Æthelberht is referred to as a bretwalda, or "Britain-ruler". He was the first English king to convert to Christianity. He married Bertha, daughter of Charibert, king of the Franks, thus building an alliance with the most powerful state in Western Europe at that time. The influence of Bertha may have led to Pope Gregory I’s decision to send Augustine as a missionary from Rome. Augustine landed on the Isle of Thanet in east Kent in 597. Shortly thereafter, Æthelberht was converted to Christianity, churches were established and wider-scale conversion to Christianity began. Æthelberht provided the new church with land in Canterbury, at what came to be known as St Augustine's Abbey, thus establishing one of the foundation-stones of what ultimately became the Anglican church. Æthelberht was later canonised for his role in establishing Christianity among the Anglo-Saxons. His feast day was originally February 24, but was changed to February 25.

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The Saints Wikiproject aims primarily at standardizing the articles about people venerated by some Christians as saints or the blessed and ensuring quality articles. If there is an interest in including saints from religions other than Christianity, please propose those changes on our talk page.