Saint

person who has been recognized for having an exceptional degree of holiness, sanctity, and virtue; may or may not be a canonised saint

10 dated entries naming Saint, drawn from 10 separate years between 177 CE and 1935 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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2nd century

  • 177Forty-eight Christians are martyred in Lyon (Saint Blandina and Pothinus, bishop of Lyon, are among them).source

4th century

  • 347Paula, Desert Mother and Saint (died 404)source

5th century

  • 408May 4 – Venerius, bishop of Milan and Saintsource
  • 417Peter the Iberian, Georgian theologian and Saint (approximate date)source
  • 452John the Silent, bishop and Saint (died 558)source

16th century

  • 1505February 4 -Joan of France, Catholic saint, Duchess of Berry and briefly Queen of France before her marriage to King Charles VIII was annulled. (b.1464)source

17th century

  • 1616March 11 – English Roman Catholic priest, Thomas Atkinson, is hanged, drawn, and quartered at York, at age 70 (he will be beatified by Pope John Paul II on November 22, 1987).source

19th century

  • 1856Halkyn-born Mormon missionary Dan Jones returns to the United States on conclusion of his second (4-year) mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints with between 550 and 700 Welsh saints bound for Salt Lake City.source
  • 1860January 5 – John Neumann, Saint and Roman Catholic Bishop of Philadelphia (born 1811)source

20th century

  • 193519 May – canonization of Cardinal John Fisher and Sir Thomas More by Pope Pius XI. This year also, Bede is sanctified by the Catholic Church.source

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