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Also Known As Abba Salama
Flourished c.301 - c.400
Founder Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church
Ewostatewos
Ethiopian saint
Pedro Páez
Spanish priest
Caravaggio: The Conversion of St. Paul (second version)
St. Paul the Apostle
Christian Apostle
St. Peter the Apostle
St. Peter the Apostle
Christian Apostle
St. Clement of Alexandria
Christian theologian
St. Luke
St. Luke
biblical author
Patron saint of Ireland
St. Patrick
bishop and patron saint of Ireland
St. Stephen being stoned to death
St. Stephen
Christian martyr
Ulfilas teaching Christianity to the Goths, early 20th-century illustration.
Ulfilas
bishop of the Goths
St. Thomas, stained-glass window
St. Thomas
Christian Apostle
Martin of Tours, Saint
St. Martin of Tours
French saint
Saint Germanus of Auxerre
French prelate
copy of Donatello's Saint Mark
Saint Mark
Christian saint
Ninian, St.
St. Ninian
Celtic missionary
Nicetas of Remesiana
bishop, theologian, and composer
St. Silas
Christian prophet
Saint Timothy
bishop of Ephesus
St. Gregory the Illuminator
St. Gregory the Illuminator
Armenian apostle
St. Barnabas
St. Barnabas
biblical figure
Saint Remigius of Reims
French ecclesiast

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