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Lucy, Saint
(Encyclopedia)Lucy, Saint, d. 304?, Sicilian virgin martyr. According to legend, at an early age she vowed herself to God. She rejected a pagan suitor, who then denounced her during the persecutions under Diocletia...Little Saint Bernard
(Encyclopedia)Little Saint Bernard, pass: see Saint Bernard. ...Mount Saint Helens
(Encyclopedia)Mount Saint Helens: see Saint Helens, Mount. ...Saint Michel, Mont
(Encyclopedia)Saint Michel, Mont: see Mont-Saint-Michel. ...Climax, Saint John
(Encyclopedia)Climax, Saint John: see John Climax, Saint. ...Great Saint Bernard
(Encyclopedia)Great Saint Bernard, pass: see Saint Bernard. ...Gregory Theologus, Saint
(Encyclopedia)Gregory Theologus, Saint: see Gregory Nazianzen, Saint. ...Aquinas, Saint Thomas
(Encyclopedia)Aquinas, Saint Thomas: see Thomas Aquinas, Saint. ...Xavier, Saint Francis
(Encyclopedia)Xavier, Saint Francis: see Francis Xavier, Saint. ...Simeon Stylites, Saint
(Encyclopedia)Simeon Stylites, Saint stīlīˈtēz [key] [Gr.,= of a pillar], d. 459?, Syrian hermit. He lived for more than 35 years on a small platform on top of a high pillar. He had many imitators (called styli...Browse by Subject
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