saintly

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Saintly old Horton who saved Who-ville’s whole world,

From New York Times • Jul. 19, 2015

The film screens as part of the museum’s "Sinful Saints & Saintly Sinners" exhibition.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2014

Link to video: Welcome to the coldest football club in Europe Barney Ronay reports on the Saintly silence at Southampton over the departure of Nigel Adkins.

From The Guardian • Jan. 22, 2013

"I felt Jim had persuaded us all, audiences, fans, television professionals, even the Pope, to create a myth around Saintly Jim so that he became untouchable," Rantzen wrote in the Daily Mail on Monday.

From The Guardian • Oct. 1, 2012

Saintly, zealous and supported by Oswald’s influence, he brought Northumbria generally to accept the gospel.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 4 "England" to "English Finance" by Various