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Saint Oliver Plunket
The last Catholic martyr to die at Tyburn, he was canonized by Pope Paul VI in 1975 by Ann-Marie Imbornoni St. Oliver Plunket (1629–1681) Born in County Meath, Oliver Plunket went to Rome to be…Mount Saint Helens
May 18, 1980 Mount St. Helens in Washington spews smoke, soot and ash into the sky in April, 1980. Its eruption that May devestated an area of about 150 square miles. Related Links…Cecilia, Saint Biography
Cecilia, SaintRoman martyr Born: 2nd or 3rd century A Roman martyr, St. Cecilia is the patron saint of music in the Catholic tradition. Her name is often taken by musical associations. In…The Devil's Dictionary: Saint
by Ambrose Bierce SAFETY-CLUTCHSALACITYSAINT -n. A dead sinner revised and edited. The Duchess of Orleans relates that the irreverent old calumniator, Marshal Villeroi, who in his youth had…Brewer's: Frost Saints
(See Ice Saints.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894FrothFrost A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Related…Brewer's: Pillar Saints
or Stylites. A class of ascetics, chiefly of Syria, who took up their abode on the top of a pillar, from which they never descended. (See Stylites.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and…Brewer's: Sunday Saint
One who observes the ordinances of religion, and goes to church on a Sunday, but is worldly, grasping, indifferently honest, and not “too moral” the following six days. Source:…Brewer's: Weeping Saint
(The). St. Swithin. So called from the tradition of forty days' rain, if it rains on July 15th. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham…Brewer's: Island of Saints
So Ireland was called in the Middle Ages. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Island of St. BrandanIslamite A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R…Brewer's: City of Saints
Montreal, in Canada, is so named because all the streets are named after saints. “Mr. Geo. Martin ... said he came from [Montreal] a city of saints, where all the streets were named after…Trending
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