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Born 240 • Armenia
Died 332 (aged 92) • Armenia

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biblical author
Patron saint of Ireland
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bishop and patron saint of Ireland
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Ulfilas teaching Christianity to the Goths, early 20th-century illustration.
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copy of Donatello's Saint Mark
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St. Ninian
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Nicetas of Remesiana
bishop, theologian, and composer
St. Silas
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Ethiopian bishop
Saint Timothy
bishop of Ephesus
St. Barnabas
St. Barnabas
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Saint Remigius of Reims
French ecclesiast