Everyone in Salem, saint and sinner alike, is swept up by it.

What interests him, he tells Rieux, is how to become a saint, even though he does not believe in God .</ br > Later in the novel, Tarrou tells Rieux, with whom he has become friends, the story of his life.

A common theory about the building is that the rounded feature to the left of centre, terminating at the top in a turret and cross, represents the lance of Saint George ( patron saint of Catalonia, Gaudi's home ), which has been plunged into the back of the dragon.

The Mariner's Cross is also referred to as St. Clement's Cross, in reference to the way this saint was martyred ( being tied to an anchor and thrown from a boat into the Black Sea in 102 ).

Saint Alcuin ( Alcuin of York ) is considered as a saint by all the main branches of Christianity: Roman Catholic, Anglican and Eastern Orthodox Churches.

He is venerated as a saint, on the day of his death — 18 February.

( 1193 / 1206 – November 15, 1280 ), also known as Albert the Great and Albert of Cologne, is a Catholic saint.

He is honored as a saint by the Camaldolese Order.

In the Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion, he is a saint and pre-eminent Doctor of the Church, and the patron of the Augustinians ; his memorial is celebrated 28 August, the day of his death.

He is the patron saint of brewers, printers, theologians, the alleviation of sore eyes, and a number of cities and dioceses.

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One well known member of this religious and ethnic community is Saint Abo, martyr and the patron saint of Tbilisi, Georgia.

St. Titus is the patron saint of the United States Army Chaplain Corps.

Apollos is regarded as a saint by several Christian churches, including the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, which hold a commemoration for him, Aquila and Priscilla on February 13.

Ambrose is venerated as a saint by some branches of Christianity.

Athanasius is venerated as a Christian saint, whose feast day is 2 May in Western Christianity, 15 May in the Coptic Orthodox Church, and 18 January in the other Eastern Orthodox Churches.

Athanasius is venerated as a saint by the majority of major Christian denominations which officially recognize saints.

The patron saint of the Bulgarian Army is St. George.

Benedict of Nursia () ( c. 480 – 543 ) is a Christian saint, honored by the Roman Catholic Church as the patron saint of Europe and students.

Gregory ’ s account of this saint ’ s life is not, however, a biography in the modern sense of the word.

A succinct description of the " perfect man " is one who " combines the qualities of saint, scholar, and gentleman.

Canonization ( or canonisation ) is the act by which a Catholic or Orthodox church declares a deceased person to be a saint, upon which declaration the person is included in the canon, or list, of recognized saints.

On a day to which no obligatory celebration is assigned, the Mass may be of any saint mentioned in the Roman Martyrology for that day.

For example, when the hitherto unknown profession of photography appeared in the 19th Century and needed a patron saint, this role was assigned to Saint Veronica.

In 1484, Pope Innocent VIII gave permission for Catherine's veneration as a saint and her feast was assigned to 22 March in the Roman martyrology.

In 1765, the newly assigned priest, however, suggested to the inhabitants that they change the name of Pindangan to San Fernando, after the Catholic King of Spain, retaining San Guillermo as their patron saint.

The hagiographical second reading with its responsory is proper to the saint, but if no proper reading is assigned, the reading is either taken from the Common or is the patristic reading of the weekday

The only difference is precisely that an optional memorial need not be observed, and, with the limitations indicated for the second part of Advent and for Lent, there is the possibility of celebrating instead the Mass either of another memorial assigned to that day, or of the weekday, or of any saint mentioned in the Roman Martyrology for that day, or indeed ( except during the first part of Advent, the days from 2 January to the day before Epiphany, and Eastertide ), a Mass for Various Needs, or a Votive Mass.

* Matriz Church of São Martinho-the parochial church is located in the middle of the main village, and includes two minor alters ( with an image of Nossa Senhora do Rosário and Nosso Senhor Crucificado ) and a main alter ( with an image of its patron saint São Martinho ); the ecclesiastical parish of Alfaião pertained to the Monastery of Castro de Avelãs since 1490, the archbishop of Braga assigning the abbot at the time ; between 1501 – 1514, its clergy were served from the monastery ; the construction of the current church occurred in the 17th century ; the first baptisms were registered in 1627 ; the first marriage was documented in 1628 ; in 1706, its second parish priest Father Carvalho da Costa, who was assigned by a canon at the Sé Church in Miranda, earned 150 $ 000 réis, the parish included 66 neighbours ; the first death was recorded in 1724 ; by 21 April 1758, the parish which was located between two mounts and pertained to the bishop of Miranda do Douro, comarca and seat of Bragança, and was subject to the House of Braganza.

According to the rules in the present-day Roman Missal, the saint may now be celebrated everywhere on his feast day with a " Memorial ", unless in some locality an obligatory celebration is assigned to that day.

He is a saint of the Eastern Orthodox Churches, with a feast day on 29 February, a date assigned also in the liturgical calendar of the Episcopal Church ( USA ).

In 1969, this date was assigned to a saint of the Apostolic Age, Saint Ignatius of Antioch, and the memorial of Saint Margaret Mary was moved to the previous day, 16 October.

The most recently discovered work of Agresti came to light in June 2009 in Cesena Cathedral, an oil on copper in depicting the patron saint of the city, Saint John the Baptist, assigned to the old master by Alex Cavallucci.

According to the Indian ’ s laws, Rocamora cleared the land, took the measurement, assigned the public places, distributed 85 pieces of land, chose the members of the Primer Cabildo ( the first town council ) and appointed San José as the patron saint.

He is known as the patron saint of animals, the environment and one of the two patrons of Italy ( with Catherine of Siena ), and it is customary for Catholic and Anglican churches to hold ceremonies blessing animals on his feast day of 4 October.

The Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria also recognizes John Chrysostom as a saint ( with feast days on 16 Thout and 17 Hathor ).

After his death, Justus was regarded as a saint, and was given a feast day of 10 November.

Pope John XXIII removed this feast from the General Roman Calendar in 1960, along with various other second feasts of a single saint.

He is venerated as Saint Luke, patron saint of artists, physicians, surgeons, students, butchers ; his feast day is 18 October.

He became revered as a saint after his death, and was allotted the feast day of 24 April.

Mary Magdalene is considered by the Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican, and Lutheran churches to be a saint, with a feast day of July 22.

The bones are now found in the small Sicilian city of Sutera, where they dedicate a feast day, and conduct a procession for the saint at Easter each year.

His feast day is celebrated annually in Nola during " La Festa dei Gigli " ( the Feast of the Lilies ), in which Gigli, several large statues in honor of the saint, placed on towers, are carried upon the shoulders of the faithful around the city.

Boniface IV is commemorated as a saint in the Roman Martyrology on his feast day, 25 May.

Julius is considered a saint in the Catholic Church, with his feast day on 12 April.

Especially in Germany, these celebrations had a distinctly political note to them and often stressed Boniface as a kind of founder of Europe, such as when Konrad Adenauer, the ( Catholic ) German chancellor, addressed a crowd of 60, 000 in Fulda, celebrating the feast day of the saint in a European context: " Das, was wir in Europa gemeinsam haben, gemeinsamen Ursprungs " (" What we have in common in Europe comes from the same source ").

The patron saint of the city is Saint Lucy ; she was born in Syracuse and her feast day, Saint Lucy's Day, is celebrated on 13 December.

This was replaced by Edward IV in 1476 with two 5-day fairs, two days before and two days after the feast of St Philip and St James in May, and similarly in October on the feast of St Edward the Confessor ( the saint associated with the town ).

Timothy is venerated as an apostle, saint and martyr by the Eastern Orthodox Church, with his feast day on 22 January.

La Scala's season traditionally opens on 7 December, Saint Ambrose's Day, the feast day of Milan's patron saint.

On 8 November 1912 ( 26 October Old Style ), the feast day of the city's patron saint, Saint Demetrius, the Greek Army accepted the surrender of the Ottoman garrison at Thessaloniki.

When the feast day of the patron saint of the parish church or monastery falls on a weekday of Great Lent, there is no Liturgy ( other than the Presanctified ), but fish is allowed at the meal.