Saint
A saint was a holy figure in the Catholic religion.
Saints
Matilda was made a saint after her disappearance in 985. (AUDIO: The Cloisters of Terror)
Vladimir the Great was considered a saint. (PROSE: Bunker Soldiers)
The Loa were a group of deities in Haitian vodoun associated with saints as a means to show respect for the official state religion, the Catholic Church, without compromising any of the worshippers traditional beliefs. In Haiti in 1915, a priest of the Rada Loa, Clairvius Dubois, owned a painting of Saint Patrick. (PROSE: White Darkness)
King Richard I of England knighted Ian Chesterton "in the name of God, Saint Michael, and Saint George". (TV: The Crusade)
Anji Kapoor considered Saint George as her patron saint. (PROSE: Escape Velocity)
Other references
"By all the saints" was an expression used by humans. (TV: Aliens of London) In the 67th century, "oh my saints" was used by Tsurangan staff and the Gifftan. In honour of Eve Cicero of the Keeban, Ronan led an incantation which evoked "the saints of all the stars and constellations". (TV: The Tsuranga Conundrum)
Behind the scenes
- In the nonvalid webcast Death Comes to Time, the Time Lords Valentine and Antenor were described as saints. They had the power "to destroy with a thought" and "kill planets", but they were saints because they chose not to use these powers.
