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The Roman Martyrology, which is a non-exhaustive list of saints venerated by the Catholic Church, includes the following feast days [1] for saints who died before Pentecost, and therefore are considered saints of the Old Covenant. [2] Unlike modern saints, these Biblical figures did not go through any formal process of canonization. [3]
Old Testament refers to the various Christian canons of the Hebrew Bible, in Judaism also known as Tanakh. See Category:Hebrew Bible for topics that are common to Judaism and Christianity. Also included under the categorization of "Old Testament" are the deuterocanonical books of the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox canons.
Not all Christian confessions accept every figure on this list as a martyr or Christian—see the linked articles for fuller discussion. In many types of Christianity, martyrdom is considered a direct path to sainthood and many names on this list are viewed as saints in one or more confessions.
The fourth list contains the names of those described in the Bible as prophets, but who are presented as either misusing this gift or as fraudulent. The final list consists of post-biblical individuals regarded as prophets and of post-biblical individuals who are claimed to have had visionary or prophetic experience.
This is an incomplete list of humans and angels whom the Catholic Church has canonized as saints.According to Catholic theology, all saints enjoy the beatific vision.Many of the saints listed here are to be found in the General Roman Calendar, while others may also be found in the Roman Martyrology; [1] still others are particular to local places and their recognition does not extend to the ...
Christian saints before 450 AD Saint Date of death Aaron the Illustrious: 4th century Abadios: 4th century Abai (martyr) 4th century Abāmūn of Tarnūt: 4th century Abanoub: 4th century Abassad: 4th century Abban the Hermit: 5th century Abda and Abdjesus: 4th century Abda of Kaskhar: 4th or 5th century Abdecalas: 345 Abdias of Babylon: 1st ...
Funerary inscription (AD 525) calling the deceased Maxima an Ancilla Christi (handmaid of Christ). In the Catholic Church, Servant of God is the style used for a person who has been posthumously declared "heroic in virtue" during the investigation and process leading to canonisation as a saint.
This article gives a list of the high priests (Kohen Gadol) of ancient Israel up to the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 AD. Because of a lack of historical data, this list is incomplete and there may be gaps. A traditional list of the Jewish High Priests. The High Priests, like all Jewish priests, belonged to the Aaronic line.