saint benedict

Italian monk who founded the Benedictine order about 540 (480-547) ;

saint bernard

a Swiss alpine breed of large powerful dog with a thick coat of hair used as a rescue dog ;

saint boniface

(Roman Catholic Church) Anglo-Saxon missionary who was sent to Frisia and Germany to spread the Christian faith; was martyred in Frisia (680-754) ;

saint bride

Irish abbess; a patron saint of Ireland (453-523) ;

saint bridget

Irish abbess; a patron saint of Ireland (453-523) ;

saint brigid

Irish abbess; a patron saint of Ireland (453-523) ;

saint bruno

(Roman Catholic Church) a French cleric (born in Germany) who founded the Carthusian order in 1084 (1032-1101) ;

saint christopher

the largest of the islands comprising Saint Christopher-Nevis ; Christian martyr and patron saint of travellers (3rd century) ;

saint christopher-nevis

a country on several of the Leeward Islands; located east southeast of Puerto Rico; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1983 ;

saint cloud

a town in central Minnesota on the Mississippi River; granite quarries ;

saint crispin

patron saint of shoemakers; he and his brother were martyred for trying to spread Christianity (3rd century) ;

saint david

patron saint of Wales (circa 520-600) ;

saint denis

United States dancer and choreographer who collaborated with Ted Shawn (1877-1968) ;

saint dominic

(Roman Catholic Church) Spanish priest who founded an order whose members became known as Dominicans or Black Friars (circa 1170-1221) ;

saint edward the confessor

son of Ethelred the Unready; King of England from 1042 to 1066; he founded Westminster Abbey where he was eventually buried (1003-1066) ;

saint edward the martyr

King of England who was a son of Edgar; he was challenged for the throne by supporters of his half-brother Ethelred II who eventually murdered him (963-978) ;

saint elizabeth ann bayley seton

United States religious leader who was the first person born in the United States to be canonized (1774-1821) ;

saint elmo's fire

an electrical discharge accompanied by ionization of surrounding atmosphere ;

saint elmo's light

an electrical discharge accompanied by ionization of surrounding atmosphere ;

saint emilion

full-bodied red wine from around the town of Saint Emilion in Bordeaux ;

saint eustatius

an island in the Netherlands Antilles ;

saint francis

a tributary of the Mississippi River that rises in Missouri and flows southeastward through Arkansas ; (Roman Catholic Church) an Italian and the Roman Catholic monk who founded the Franciscan order of friars (1181-1226) ;

saint francis of assisi

(Roman Catholic Church) an Italian and the Roman Catholic monk who founded the Franciscan order of friars (1181-1226) ;

saint francis river

a tributary of the Mississippi River that rises in Missouri and flows southeastward through Arkansas ;

saint francis xavier

Spanish missionary and Jesuit who establish missionaries in Japan and Ceylon and the East Indies (1506-1552) ;

saint george

Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303) ;

saint gregory i

(Roman Catholic Church) an Italian pope distinguished for his spiritual and temporal leadership; a saint and Doctor of the Church (540?-604) ;

saint ignatius

bishop of Antioch who was martyred under the Roman Emperor Trajan (died 110) ;

saint ignatius' itch

a disease caused by deficiency of niacin or tryptophan (or by a defect in the metabolic conversion of tryptophan to niacin); characterized by gastrointestinal disturbances and erythema and nervous or mental disorders; may be caused by malnutrition or alcoholism or other nutritional impairments ;

saint ignatius of loyola

Spaniard and Roman Catholic theologian and founder of the Society of Jesus; a leading opponent of the Reformation (1491-1556) ;

saint irenaeus

Greek theologian who was bishop of Lyons and an antiheretical writer; a saint and Doctor of the Church (circa 130-200) ;

saint james

(New Testament) disciple of Jesus; brother of John; author of the Epistle of James in the New Testament ;

saint james the apostle

(New Testament) disciple of Jesus; brother of John; author of the Epistle of James in the New Testament ;

saint jerome

(Roman Catholic Church) one of the great fathers of the early Christian Church whose major work was his translation of the Scriptures from Hebrew and Greek into Latin (which became the Vulgate); a saint and Doctor of the Church (347-420) ;

saint joan

French heroine and military leader inspired by religious visions to organize French resistance to the English and to have Charles VII crowned king; she was later tried for heresy and burned at the stake (1412-1431) ;

saint john

a port in eastern Canada; the largest city in New Brunswick ; a river that rises in Maine and flows northeastward through New Brunswick to empty into the Bay of Fundy ; (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally said to be the author of the 4th Gospel and three epistles and the book of Revelation ;

saint john's

the capital and largest city of Antigua and Barbuda; located on the island of Antigua ; a port and provincial capital of Newfoundland ;

saint john river

a river that rises in Maine and flows northeastward through New Brunswick to empty into the Bay of Fundy ;

saint john the apostle

(New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally said to be the author of the 4th Gospel and three epistles and the book of Revelation ;

saint johns

a river in northeastern Florida that flows northward to Jacksonville and then eastward to empty into the Atlantic Ocean ;