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InChristian belief, asaint, also known as ahallow, is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree ofholiness,likeness, or closeness toGod. However, the use of the termsaint depends on the context anddenomination. Officialecclesiastical recognition, andveneration, is conferred on some denominational saints through the process ofcanonization in theCatholic Church orglorification in theEastern Orthodox Church after their approval. The saints are honored in the liturgical calendars ofEvangelical Lutheranism andAnglicanism. In other nonconformist denominations, such as thePlymouth Brethren, and following fromPauline usage,saint refers broadly to any holyChristian without special recognition or selection.

While the English wordsaint (deriving from theLatinsanctus) originated in Christianity,historians of religion tend to use the appellation "in a more general way to refer to the state of special holiness that many religions attribute to certain people", referring to the Hindurishi, Sikhbhagat orguru, the Shintoistkami, the Taoistimmortal orzhenren, the Jewishtzadik, the Islamicwalī/fakir, and the Buddhistarhat orbodhisattva also as saints. Depending on the religion, saints are recognized either by official declaration, as in Roman Catholicism, Oriental Orthodoxy or Eastern Orthodoxy, or by popular acclamation (seefolk saint). (Full article...)

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Statue of Æthelberht. Interior of Rochester Cathedral

Saint Æthelberht (alsoÆthelbert,Aethelberht,Aethelbert, orEthelbert) (c. 560 – 24 February 616) wasKing ofKent from about 580 or 590 until his death. In hisEcclesiastical History of the English People, the monkBede lists Aethelberht as the third king to holdimperium over otherAnglo-Saxon kingdoms. In the late 9th centuryAnglo-Saxon Chronicle Æthelberht is referred to as abretwalda, or "Britain-ruler". He was the first English king to convert to Christianity. He was the son ofEormenric, whom he succeeded as king, according to the Chronicle. He marriedBertha, daughter ofCharibert, king of theFranks, thus building an alliance with the most powerful state inWestern Europe at that time; the marriage probably took place before Æthelberht came to the throne. The influence of Bertha may have led toPope Gregory I’s decision to sendAugustine as amissionary fromRome. Augustine landed on theIsle of Thanet in east Kent in 597. Shortly thereafter, Æthelberht was converted to Christianity, churches were established and wider-scale conversion toChristianity began. Æthelberht provided the new church with land in Canterbury, at what came to be known asSt Augustine's Abbey, thus establishing one of the foundation-stones of what ultimately became the Anglican church. Æthelberht was latercanonised for his role in establishingChristianity among the Anglo-Saxons. Hisfeast day was originally February 24, but was changed to February 25.

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1 FebruarySaint Brigid
3 FebruarySaint Anskar
3 FebruarySaint Blaise
4 FebruarySaint Cornelius
5 FebruarySaint Agatha
5 FebruaryMartyrs of Japan
6 FebruarySaint Paulo Miki and his Companions
6 FebruarySaint Vedast
8 FebruarySaint Gerolamo Emiliani
8 FebruarySaint Josephine Bakhita
9 FebruarySaint Maron
10 FebruarySaint Scholastica
10 FebruarySaint Isaac of Armenia
11 FebruaryOur Lady of Lourdes
13 FebruarySaint Absalom Jones
14 FebruarySaint Valentine
14 FebruarySaints Cyril and Methodius
15 February21 Coptic Martyrs of Libya
15 FebruarySaint Thomas Bray
15 FebruarySaint Vartan the Warrior and his Companions
17 FebruaryJanani Luwum
17 FebruarySeven Holy Founders of theServite Order
17 February150 Fathers of theHoly Council of Constantinople
21 FebruarySaint Peter Damian
23 FebruarySaint Polycarp
24 FebruarySaint Matthias the Apostle
27 FebruarySaint Augustus Chapdelaine

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Image 1Canonization ofElizabeth of Hungary in 1235, bySándor Liezen-Mayer (1863) (fromCanonization)
Image 2On 4 November 1992, theHoly Synod of theChurch of Greece unanimously declared saints those Christians who had been tortured and massacred by the Turks in theGreat fire of Smyrna in 1922. (fromCanonization)
Image 3John the Baptist pictured with ahalo. InChristian iconography, saints may also be depicted withwreaths,palm branches,white lilies andother attributes. (fromSaint)
Image 4The symbols of thefour Evangelists are here depicted in theBook of Kells. The winged man, lion, eagle and bull symbolize, clockwise from top left,Matthew,Mark,John, andLuke. (fromSaint symbolism)
Image 5Dutch Book of Prayers from the mid-fifteenth century showing a group of five saints, with their emblems:Saint James the Great (wearing a pilgrim's hat);Saint Joseph;Saint Ghislain (holding a church);Saint Eligius (bishop with a crosier, holding a hammer);Saint Hermes (with the armor and the sword) (fromSaint symbolism)
Image 6A portrait depictingSaint Francis of Assisi by the Italian artistCimabue (1240–1302) (fromSaint)
Image 7Icon ofSt. Cyprian of Carthage, who urged diligence in the process of canonization (fromCanonization)
Image 8Eremitic Saint Onuphrius byEmmanuel Tzanes, 1662 (fromSaint)
Image 9Portrait of the saintlyKanua, a Hindubaba ofMathura, India, also pictured with a halo encircling his head. (fromSaint)
Image 10Saint, 12th-century fresco inStaraya Ladoga (fromSaint)
Image 11Pope Pius II canonizesCatherine of Siena. (fromCanonization)
Image 12"Scripture does not teach calling on the saints or pleading for help from them. For it sets before us Christ alone as mediator, atoning sacrifice, high priest, and intercessor."—A.C. Article XXI. (fromSaint)
Image 13The month of November in the Czech calendar for 1867 (detail). The calendar of saints is given for both Catholics and Protestants. (fromSaint)
Image 14The Turkishatrocities in Bulgaria (1876). On 3 April 2011, Batak massacre victims were canonized as saints. (fromCanonization)

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