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Many martyrs are recognized as saints based upon what [[Jesus]] said: the greatest commandments are to love God with your whole heart and soul and to love your neighbor as yourself. He also told His disciples that 'greater love than this no man hath, that a man lay down his life for his friends.'
Many martyrs are recognized as saints based upon what [[Jesus]] said: the greatest commandments are to love God with your whole heart and soul and to love your neighbor as yourself. He also told His disciples that 'greater love than this no man hath, that a man lay down his life for his friends.'
Among Roman Catholics, the Queen of Saints is the Blessed Virgin [[Mary]], the Mother of Jesus Christ the savior. Her special and filial reverence as the Mother of Christ is commended to all Catholics "[t]o foster the sanctification of the people of God." <ref>[http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG1104/__P4D.HTM Canon 1186]</ref> Notable Saints include the [[Twelve Apostles]], St. [[Paul]], St. [[Augustine]], [[St. Patrick]], [[St. Francis of Assisi]], St. [[Theresa of Avila]] and St. [[Pius X]].
Among Roman Catholics, the Queen of Saints is the Blessed Virgin [[Mary]], the Mother of Jesus Christ the savior. Her special and filial reverence as the Mother of Christ is commended to all Catholics "[t]o foster the sanctification of the people of God." <ref>[http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG1104/__P4D.HTM Canon 1186]</ref> Notable Saints include the [[Twelve Apostles]], St. [[Paul]], St. [[Augustine]], [[St. Patrick]], [[St. Francis of Assisi]], St. [[Theresa of Avila]] and St. Pius X.
==Saints in Protestant Tradition==
==Saints in Protestant Tradition==