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(Encyclopedia) Gregory the Great, Saint: see Gregory I, Saint. ...

(Encyclopedia) Peter Canisius, Saint kənĭshˈēəs [key], 1521–97, Dutch Jesuit, Doctor of the Church, b. Nijmegen. He spent his life traveling widely strengthening wavering Roman Catholics, preaching, and instr...

(Encyclopedia) Leo the Great, Saint: see Leo I, Saint. ...

(Encyclopedia) Francis of Sales, Saint: see Francis de Sales, Saint. ...

(Encyclopedia) Saint Christopher and Nevis: see Saint Kitts and Nevis. ...

(Encyclopedia) Saint-Hilaire, Étienne Geoffroy: see Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Étienne. ...

(Encyclopedia) Bruno the Great, Saint: see Bruno, Saint (d. 965). ...

(Encyclopedia) Lawrence or Laurence, Saint, d. 258, Roman deacon and martyr. According to legend he was roasted to death on a gridiron. The Latin Fathers praise him in their writings for his role in the conversion o...

(Encyclopedia) Cyril of Jersualem, Saint: see Cyril, Saint (St. Cyril of Jerusalem). ...

(Encyclopedia) Nicholas, Saint, patron of children and sailors, of Greece, Sicily, and Russia, and of many other places and persons. Little is known of him, but he is traditionally identified as a 4th-century bishop...