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The contemporary poet Jorie Graham features Saint Teresa in the poem Breakdancing in her volume The End of Beauty. [81] Bárbara Mujica's novel Sister Teresa, while not strictly hagiographical, is based upon Teresa's life. [web 18] Timothy Findley's 1999 novel Pilgrim features Saint Teresa as a minor character. [82]
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 ...
African Catholic Youth Action, converts, torture victims Charles Lwanga ( Luganda : Kaloli Lwanga ; 1 January 1860 [ 3 ] – 3 June 1886) was a Ugandan convert to the Catholic Church who was martyred with a group of his peers and is revered as a saint by both the Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion .
Gemma Umberta Maria Galgani (12 March 1878 – 11 April 1903), also known as Gemma of Lucca, was an Italian mystic, venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church since 1940. She has been called the "daughter of the Passion" because of her profound imitation of the Passion of Christ. [2]
In the Catholic Church, Venerable is the title used for a person who has been posthumously declared "heroic in virtue" during the investigation and process leading to beatification. The following is an incomplete list of people declared to be venerable. The list is in alphabetical order by Christian name but, if necessary, by surname or the ...
Orthodox images more often contained inscriptions with the names of saints, so the Eastern repertoire of attributes is generally smaller than the Western. [c] Many of the most prominent saints, like Saint Peter and Saint John the Evangelist can also be recognised by a distinctive facial type.
Orthodox images more often contained inscriptions with the names of saints, so the Eastern repertoire of attributes is generally smaller than the Western. [c] Many of the most prominent saints, like Saint Peter and Saint John the Evangelist can also be recognised by a distinctive facial type.
Saint Aelred Catholic Church, located in Bishop, Georgia, part of The Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter is named after him. A Catholic primary school and church in York are named after him. [52] A Catholic church in Harrogate is named for him. A secondary school named after him in Glenburn, Renfrewshire, Scotland closed in 1990. [53]