St. Louis
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~ king of France and son of Louis VIII; he led two unsuccessful Crusades; considered an ideal medieval king (1214-1270)
St. Ignatius of Loyola
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~ Spaniard and Roman Catholic theologian and founder of the Society of Jesus; a leading opponent of the Reformation (1491-1556)
St. Gregory I
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~ (Roman Catholic Church) an Italian pope distinguished for his spiritual and temporal leadership; a saint and Doctor of the Church (540?-604)
St. Augustine grass
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~ low mat-forming grass of southern United States and tropical America; grown as a lawn grass
St. Bruno
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~ (Roman Catholic Church) a French cleric (born in Germany) who founded the Carthusian order in 1084 (1032-1101)
St. Bridget
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~ Irish abbess; a patron saint of Ireland (453-523)
St. Augustine
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~ (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 emphasized man's need for grace (354-430)
St. George
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~ 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)
St. Bede
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~ (Roman Catholic Church) English monk and scholar (672-735)
St. David
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~ patron saint of Wales (circa 520-600)
St. Ambrose
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~ (Roman Catholic Church) Roman priest who became bishop of Milan; the first Church Father born and raised in the Christian faith; composer of hymns; imposed orthodoxy on the early Christian church and built up its secular power; a saint and Doctor of the Church (340?-397)
St. Francis of Assisi
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~ (Roman Catholic Church) an Italian and the Roman Catholic monk who founded the Franciscan order of friars (1181-1226)
St. Christopher
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~ Christian martyr and patron saint of travellers (3rd century)
St. Barbara's herb
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~ any plant of the genus Barbarea: yellow-flowered Eurasian cresses; widely cultivated for winter salad
St. Francis River
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~ a tributary of the Mississippi River that rises in Missouri and flows southeastward through Arkansas
St. Brigid
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~ Irish abbess; a patron saint of Ireland (453-523)
St. Benedict
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~ Italian monk who founded the Benedictine order about 540 (480-547)
St. Basil
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~ (Roman Catholic Church) the bishop of Caesarea who defended the Roman Catholic Church against the heresies of the 4th century; a saint and Doctor of the Church (329-379)
St. Crispin
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~ patron saint of shoemakers; he and his brother were martyred for trying to spread Christianity (3rd century)
St. Christopher
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~ the largest of the islands comprising Saint Christopher-Nevis