saint

In recent days, Brazil's beloved patron saint, Our Lady of Aparecida, depicted as a Black Madonna, became the focus as rumours erupted that Flavio Bolsonaro planned to strip her of her post if elected.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

In his statement in court, Francisco Texeira da Mota, representing Pinto, accepted that his client was "not a hero and not a saint" but said he had brought "advantages for society".

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 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

Each entering saint, before he could take part in the service, must commune for a moment alone with the Lord.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin

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

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

None of them are saints, and they’re not necessarily Goody Two-shoes.

From Slate ● Jun. 2, 2026

It had neither statues of saints or Christ nor an image of the Virgen de Guadalupe, like the church that my family and I attended when we could.

From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez

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

This she did share with Queen Victoria, who held séances, yearning for a little chat with her beloved ectoplasmic late husband, the sainted Prince Albert.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2024

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

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2024

Water Island is supposed to be a part of the United States Virgin Islands, but we were never sainted like Saint Thomas or Saint John or Saint Croix, and so everyone forgets we exist.

From "Hurricane Child" by Kheryn Callender

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

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