saint

The controversy began after media reports that figures in the Catholic Church were concerned about the future status of the saint, who is depicted in Brazil as a black woman.

From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026

But the movie does not make him out to be a saint.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

Davies also paid tribute to the Marie Curie nurses who supported Smith during the final weeks of his life and said their support was like having a "saint visiting the house".

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

This involves choosing a patron saint, and Michael speaks with the wild enthusiasm of a Marvel movie fanboy about his likely decision, St. George, who endures various grisly tortures but remains steadfast.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

Beau sat still like a saint in the duffel at my feet.

From "The Honest Truth" by Dan Gemeinhart

Did Jutta’s death undermine her causes or, in the way of martyred saints, give them immortality?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Every religion needs its saints, and mine wore number 12.

From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026

As a society, we’ve been surrounded by European depictions of saints, angels and other sacred figures for generations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

Vietnam has had 117 people beatified and later canonised as saints, but the Church said this was the first time a beatification ceremony had been held in the country rather than at the Vatican.

From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026

Over me, to bring me “through,” the saints sang and rejoiced and prayed.

From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin

Cheering would have been the sainted Leon Panetta, former congressman, defense secretary and CIA chief.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2025

Every few years, Americans across the country are beleaguered with a Herculean task usually reserved for the sainted: They must think about Canada.

From Slate ● Jan. 7, 2025

Francis, now retired in the Sierra foothills, is quite mindful of the Carter narrative — lousy president, sainted ex-president — and reacted to its mention in a tone that mixed weariness with resignation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 29, 2024

Even the sainted John McCain and Ronald Reagan failed in their first attempts.

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2024

Her sainted professor is talking about the same science-y facts I did in the carriage.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland

Here is ... the sainting of two horrid conspirators!

From The Trial of Theodore Parker For the "Misdemeanor" of a Speech in Faneuil Hall against Kidnapping, before the Circuit Court of the United States, at Boston, April 3, 1855, with the Defence by Theodore Parker

O, such a pretty knack at painting, And all for soft’ning, and for sainting!

From Moores Fables for the Female Sex by Edward Caldwell Moore