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[[File:Saint Augustine by Philippe de Champaigne.jpg|right|thumbnail|250px|[[Saint Augustine]] ]]

[[File:Saint Augustine by Philippe de Champaigne.jpg|right|thumbnail|250px|[[Saint Augustine]] ]]

A '''saint''' (from Old French ''saint''; from Latin ''sanctus'', from ''sancire'' to be set apart) in general is a [[holy]] or godly person.<ref>''The Reader's Digest Great Encyclopedic Dictionary: including Funk & Wagnalls Standard College Dictionary'', 1966, The Reader's Digest Association, Inc., Pleasantville, New York. Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 66-216606. | S | saint | page 1184a</ref> In [[religion]] as a whole there are recognized [[Christianity|Christian]], [[Hinduism|Hindu]], [[Buddhism|Buddhist]], [[Islam|Moslem]] and [[Sufi]] saints.  See: [[Sacred]]

A '''saint''' (from Old French ''saint''; from Latin ''sanctus'', from ''sancire'' to be set apart) in general is a [[holy]] or godly person.<ref>''The Reader's Digest Great Encyclopedic Dictionary: including Funk & Wagnalls Standard College Dictionary'', 1966, The Reader's Digest Association, Inc., Pleasantville, New York. Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 66-216606. | S | saint | page 1184a</ref> In [[religion]] as a whole there are recognized [[Christianity|Christian]], [[Hinduism|Hindu]], [[Buddhism|Buddhist]], [[Islam|Moslem]] and [[Sufi]] saints.   

 

Related concept: Sacred]] is the state of being [[Holiness|holy]], reserved for [[worship]] or associated with worship in a given [[culture]] or [[religion]], as contrast with [[profane]] which is of the earth, daily, and common. 

==Saints in Catholicism==

==Saints in Catholicism==