Saint Augustine
1: (Roman Catholic Church) one of the great fathers of the early Christian church; after a dramatic conversion to Christianity he became Bishop of Hippo Regius in North Africa; St. Augustine emphasize...
Saint Baeda
1: (Roman Catholic Church) English monk and scholar (672-735) [syn: {Bede}, {Saint Bede}, {St. Bede}, {Baeda}, {St. Baeda}, {Beda}, {Saint Beda}, {St. Beda}, {the Venerable Bede}]
Saint Beda
1: (Roman Catholic Church) English monk and scholar (672-735) [syn: {Bede}, {Saint Bede}, {St. Bede}, {Baeda}, {Saint Baeda}, {St. Baeda}, {Beda}, {St. Beda}, {the Venerable Bede}]
Saint Bede
1: (Roman Catholic Church) English monk and scholar (672-735) [syn: {Bede}, {St. Bede}, {Baeda}, {Saint Baeda}, {St. Baeda}, {Beda}, {Saint Beda}, {St. Beda}, {the Venerable Bede}]
Saint Benedict
1: Italian monk who founded the Benedictine order about 540 (480-547) [syn: {Benedict}, {St. Benedict}]
Saint Bernard
1: a Swiss alpine breed of large powerful thick-coated dog used as a rescue dog [syn: {St Bernard}]
Saint Boniface
1: (Roman Catholic Church) Anglo-Saxon missionary who was sent to Frisia and Germany to spread the Christian faith; was martyred in Frisia (680-754) [syn: {Boniface}, {St. Boniface}, {Winfred}, {Wynfr...
Saint Bride
1: Irish abbess; a patron saint of Ireland (453-523) [syn: {Bridget}, {Saint Bridget}, {St. Bridget}, {Brigid}, {Saint Brigid}, {St. Brigid}, {Bride}, {St. Bride}]
Saint Bridget
1: Irish abbess; a patron saint of Ireland (453-523) [syn: {Bridget}, {St. Bridget}, {Brigid}, {Saint Brigid}, {St. Brigid}, {Bride}, {Saint Bride}, {St. Bride}]
Saint Brigid
1: Irish abbess; a patron saint of Ireland (453-523) [syn: {Bridget}, {Saint Bridget}, {St. Bridget}, {Brigid}, {St. Brigid}, {Bride}, {Saint Bride}, {St. Bride}]
Saint Bruno
1: (Roman Catholic Church) a French cleric (born in Germany) who founded the Carthusian order in 1084 (1032-1101) [syn: {Bruno}, {St. Bruno}]
Saint Christopher
1: Christian martyr and patron saint of travellers (3rd century) [syn: {Christopher}, {St. Christopher}] 2: the largest of the islands comprising Saint Christopher-Nevis [syn: {St. Christopher}, {Sain...
Saint Christopher-Nevis
1: a country on several of the Leeward Islands; located east southeast of Puerto Rico; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1983 [syn: {Saint Kitts and Nevis}, {Federation of Saint Kitts a...
Saint Cloud
1: a town in central Minnesota on the Mississippi River; granite quarries [syn: {St. Cloud}]
Saint Crispin
1: patron saint of shoemakers; he and his brother were martyred for trying to spread Christianity (3rd century) [syn: {Crispin}, {St. Crispin}]
Saint David
1: patron saint of Wales (circa 520-600) [syn: {David}, {St. David}]
Saint Denis
1: United States dancer and choreographer who collaborated with Ted Shawn (1877-1968) [syn: {St. Denis}, {Ruth Saint Denis}, {Ruth St. Denis}]
Saint Dominic
1: (Roman Catholic Church) Spanish priest who founded an order whose members became known as Dominicans or Black Friars (circa 1170-1221) [syn: {Dominic}, {St. Dominic}, {Domingo de Guzman}]
Saint Edward the Confessor
1: son of Ethelred the Unready; King of England from 1042 to 1066; he founded Westminster Abbey where he was eventually buried (1003-1066) [syn: {Edward the Confessor}, {St. Edward the Confessor}]
Saint Edward the Martyr
1: 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) [syn: {Edward the Martyr}, {St. Edward t...
Saint Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton
1: United States religious leader who was the first person born in the United States to be canonized (1774-1821) [syn: {Seton}, {Elizabeth Seton}, {Mother Seton}]
Saint Elmo's fire
1: an electrical discharge accompanied by ionization of surrounding atmosphere [syn: {corona discharge}, {corona}, {corposant}, {St. Elmo's fire}, {Saint Elmo's light}, {Saint Ulmo's fire}, {Saint Ulm...
Saint Elmo's light
1: an electrical discharge accompanied by ionization of surrounding atmosphere [syn: {corona discharge}, {corona}, {corposant}, {St. Elmo's fire}, {Saint Elmo's fire}, {Saint Ulmo's fire}, {Saint Ulmo...
Saint Emilion
1: full-bodied red wine from around the town of Saint Emilion in Bordeaux
Saint Eustatius
1: an island in the Netherlands Antilles [syn: {St. Eustatius}]
Saint Francis
1: (Roman Catholic Church) an Italian and the Roman Catholic monk who founded the Franciscan order of friars (1181-1226) [syn: {Francis of Assisi}, {Saint Francis of Assisi}, {St. Francis of Assisi}, ...
Saint Francis of Assisi
1: (Roman Catholic Church) an Italian and the Roman Catholic monk who founded the Franciscan order of friars (1181-1226) [syn: {Francis of Assisi}, {St. Francis of Assisi}, {Saint Francis}, {St. Franc...
Saint Francis River
1: a tributary of the Mississippi River that rises in Missouri and flows southeastward through Arkansas [syn: {Saint Francis}, {St. Francis}, {St. Francis River}]
Saint Francis Xavier
1: Spanish missionary and Jesuit who establish missionaries in Japan and Ceylon and the East Indies (1506-1552) [syn: {Xavier}]
Saint George
1: 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) [syn: {George}, {St. George}]
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Saint Gregory I
1: (Roman Catholic Church) a pope distinguished for his spiritual and temporal leadership; a saint and Doctor of the Church (540?-604) [syn: {Gregory}, {Gregory I}, {St. Gregory I}, {Gregory the Great...
Saint Ignatius
1: bishop of Antioch who was martyred under the Roman Emperor Trajan (died 110) [syn: {Ignatius}, {St. Ignatius}]
Saint Ignatius of Loyola
1: Spaniard and Roman Catholic theologian and founder of the Society of Jesus; a leading opponent of the Reformation (1491-1556) [syn: {Ignatius of Loyola}, {St. Ignatius of Loyola}, {Loyola}]
Saint Ignatius' itch
1: 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 ...
Saint James
1: (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; brother of John; author of the Epistle of James in the New Testament [syn: {James}, {St. James}, {Saint James the Apostle}, {St. James the Apostle}]
Saint James the Apostle
1: (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; brother of John; author of the Epistle of James in the New Testament [syn: {James}, {Saint James}, {St. James}, {St. James the Apostle}]
Saint Jerome
1: (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 Joan
1: 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 ...
Saint John
1: (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally said to be the author of the 4th Gospel and three epistles and the book of Revelation [syn: {John}, {St. John}, {Saint John the Apostle}, {St. John ...
Saint John River
1: a river that rises in Maine and flows northeastward through New Brunswick to empty into the Bay of Fundy [syn: {Saint John}, {St. John}, {St. John River}]
Saint John the Apostle
1: (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally said to be the author of the 4th Gospel and three epistles and the book of Revelation [syn: {John}, {Saint John}, {St. John}, {St. John the Apostle}...
Saint John's
1: a port and provincial capital of Newfoundland [syn: {St. John's}] 2: the capital and largest city of Antigua and Barbuda; located on the island of Antigua [syn: {St. John's}, {capital of Antigua an...
Saint Johns
1: a river in northeastern Florida that flows northward to Jacksonville and then eastward to empty into the Atlantic Ocean [syn: {Saint Johns River}, {St. Johns}, {St. Johns River}]
Saint Johns River
1: a river in northeastern Florida that flows northward to Jacksonville and then eastward to empty into the Atlantic Ocean [syn: {Saint Johns}, {St. Johns}, {St. Johns River}]
Saint Joseph
1: a Christian holy day [syn: {St Joseph}, {March 19}] 2: a town in northwest Missouri on the Missouri River; in the 19th century it became the eastern terminus of the pony express [syn: {St. Joseph}]
Saint Jude
1: (New Testament) supposed brother of St James; one of the Apostles who is invoked in prayer when a situation seems hopeless [syn: {Jude}, {St. Jude}, {Judas}, {Thaddaeus}]
Saint Kitts
1: the largest of the islands comprising Saint Christopher-Nevis [syn: {Saint Christopher}, {St. Christopher}, {St. Kitts}]
Saint Kitts and Nevis
1: a country on several of the Leeward Islands; located east southeast of Puerto Rico; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1983 [syn: {Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis}, {Saint Christo...
Saint Lawrence
1: Roman martyr; supposedly Lawrence was ordered by the police to give up the Church's treasure and when he responded by presenting the poor people of Rome he was roasted to death on a gridiron (died ...
Saint Lawrence River
1: a North American river; flows into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the North Atlantic [syn: {Saint Lawrence}, {St. Lawrence}, {St. Lawrence River}]
Saint Lawrence Seaway
1: a seaway involving the Saint Lawrence River and the Great Lakes that was developed jointly by Canada and the United States; oceangoing ships can travel as far west as Lake Superior [syn: {St. Lawre...
Saint Louis
1: king of France and son of Louis VIII; he led two unsuccessful crusades; considered an ideal medieval king (1214-1270) [syn: {Louis IX}, {St. Louis}] 2: the largest city in Missouri; a busy river po...
Saint Lucia
1: a country on the island of Saint Lucia; gained independence from Great Britain in 1979 [syn: {St. Lucia}] 2: a volcanic island in the Windward Isles south of Martinique [syn: {St. Lucia}]
Saint Luke
1: (New Testament) the Apostle closely associated with St Paul and traditionally assumed to be the author of the third Gospel [syn: {Luke}, {St. Luke}]
Saint Maarten
1: an island in the western Leeward Islands; administered jointly by France and the Netherlands [syn: {Saint Martin}, {St. Martin}, {St. Maarten}]
Saint Mark
1: Apostle and companion of Saint Peter; assumed to be the author of the second Gospel [syn: {Mark}, {St. Mark}]
Saint Martin
1: an island in the western Leeward Islands; administered jointly by France and the Netherlands [syn: {St. Martin}, {Saint Maarten}, {St. Maarten}]
Saint Matthew
1: (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally considered to be the author of the first Gospel [syn: {Matthew}, {St. Matthew}, {Saint Matthew the Apostle}, {St. Matthew the Apostle}, {Levi}]
Saint Matthew the Apostle
1: (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally considered to be the author of the first Gospel [syn: {Matthew}, {Saint Matthew}, {St. Matthew}, {St. Matthew the Apostle}, {Levi}]
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