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Saint - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (2847 words) |
 | The Saint is held up by the community as an example of how we all should act, and his or her life story is usually recorded for the edification of future generations. |
| Sorting out exactly which Saints are ahistorical is difficult, because of the larger difficulty of proving a negative: the absence of independent records of a Saint's existence doesn't prove she or he never existed; indeed there are no specific records of the existence of many people who lived before the 20th century. |
| Saints are believed to have a power of intercession with God (Allah), and thus the ability to perform miracles and to give power or blessings known as baraka. |
| Encyclopedia: Saint (6728 words) |
| Canonization is the process of declaring someone a saint and involves proving that a candidate has lived in such a way that he or she is worthy of sainthood. |
| Saint Brigid of Ireland Saint Brigid of Ireland (Bridget, Bridgit, Brigit, Bride) (451- 525) was born at Faughart near Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland. |
| Intercession of the saints is a Christian doctrine common to the non-Protestant churches (mainly the Catholic Church and Orthodox Churches). |
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