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Saints (Pocket Essentials) PDF

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OtherPocketEssentialsbyGilesMorgan: Byzantium Freemasonry TheHolyGrail StGeorge Saints GILESMORGAN POCKETESSENTIALS Thiseditionpublishedin2008byPocketEssentials P.O.Box394,Harpenden,Herts,AL51XJ www.pocketessentials.com Edited:NickRennison Index:RichardHoward ©GilesMorgan2008 TherightofGilesMorgantobeidentifiedastheauthorofthisworkhasbeenassertedin accordancewiththeCopyright,DesignsandPatentsAct1988. Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybereproduced,storedinorintroducedintoa retrievalsystem,ortransmitted,inanyformorbyanymeans(electronic,mechanical,pho- tocopying,recordingorotherwise)withoutthewrittenpermissionofthepublishers. Anypersonwhodoesanyunauthorisedactinrelationtothispublicationmaybeliableto criminalprosecutionandcivilclaimsfordamages. ACIPcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritish Library. ISBN 9781842432389 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1 TypesetbyAvocetTypeset,Chilton,Aylesbury,Bucks PrintedandboundinGreatBritainbyJ.H.HaynesLtd,Sparkford,Somerset ‘HangonStChristopheronthepassengerside openituptonightthedevilcanride’ TomWaits,HangOnStChristopher Contents Introduction 9 EarlyChristianSaintsandMartyrs 13 SaintsinEasternChristianity 31 CelticandEarlyEnglishSaints 45 SaintsandOtherWorldReligions 59 SaintsintheMiddleAges 71 SaintsDuringtheReformation 89 SaintsintheModernEra 101 Appendices: ACalendarofSaintsDays 117 PatronSaintsofOccupations 131 TheSymbolsoftheSaints 134 SaintsAssociatedwithBritish Locations 138 PatronSaintsofCountries, Regions,CitiesandTowns 140 SaintsandHealthProblems 143 WebPages 145 Bibliography 147 Index 149 • 7 •

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For millions of people saints provide comfort, hope and inspiration and act as intercessors to God. But whilst the earliest saints and martyrs served an essentially spiritual role within society their impact and influence can also be found today throughout the modern secular world. The term saint co
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