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...that shortly after Jonah of Manchuria died in 1925, he is said to have appeared in a dream before a crippled boy saying "Here, take my legs. I don't need them anymore," and the boy woke up completely healed?
...that the Lutheran liturgical calendar includes several biblical personages as “Saint” though it is commonly believed that Lutherans “do not have saints”?
...that the Martyrologium Hieronymianum, though not written by Saint Jerome himself, was the most widely-used martyrology during the Middle Ages?

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... that the spring and village Águas Santas are believed to be named for the spring where Marina of Aguas Santas was beheaded?
...that Anthony of Kiev left his Kiev Monastery of the Caves when it gained 12 members because he felt it was too crowded?
...that the seal of Baruch ben Neriah, a legendary 6th century BCE scribe and disciple of the Biblical prophet Jeremiah, was found imprinted on two clay bullae excavated in 1975 and 1996?

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...that the Chinese government had no objections when the Eastern Orthodox Church canonized Metrophanes, Chi Sung and other martyrs of the Boxer Rebellion, but did object to canonizations by the Roman Catholic Church?
... that after being captured by pirates, Matthew Carrieri offered to remain a captive in place of others, which shocked the pirate captain so much he set them all free?
...that Martha, the mother of Simeon Stylites, is said to have only consented to marriage after John the Baptist appeared to her telling her to do so?

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...that according to legend, when a peasant stole a donkey from Opportuna of Montreuil's abbey, she "left the matter up to God," and the next day, the peasant's field was sown with salt?
...that Amaro spent three hundred years standing at the gate of the Earthly Paradise without being allowed in, according to the Life of Saint Amaro?
...that Daumantas of Pskov, a Lithuanian dynast involved in the assassination of the first Lithuanian king, was later canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church and became a patron saint of Pskov?

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...that Albinus of Angers, who as bishop reportedly used diocesan funds to ransom people captured by pirates, thereafter became the patron saint against pirate attack and of coastal communities as far away as Poland and New Jersey?
...that Dominican Anthony Neyrot renounced Christianity after being captured by Moorish pirates, but publicly reconverted and was stoned to death at Tunis?
...that legend has it that Benjamin I of Alexandria was escorted to heaven by Athanasius of Alexandria, Severus of Antioch, and Theodosius I?

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...that the silver hand and bronze foot of Saint Melor were said to miraculously work as if they were natural appendages?
... that the cities of Viterbo and Narni fought a two-year battle over where the popular nun Lucia Brocadelli of Narni would reside?
...that Anthelm of Belley left his post as bishop of Belley in protest to the lifting of the excommunication of a count who had held one priest captive and murdered a second?

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... that the concentration ability of Augustine Fangi reportedly allowed him to undergo an operation without anesthetic and feel nothing?
... that bishop Barbatus of Benevento is thought to have helped the city's resistance to Byzantine Emperor Constans II by destroying a Temple of Isis in the city, reusing the materials in building the city wall?
... that citizens from the city of Narni, Italy, tried to kidnap Dominican mystic Columba of Rieti for their own city, but she escaped?

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...that Saint Gorgonia reportedly cured herself of a life-threatening illness by anointing herself with elements of the Eucharist mixed with her own tears?
...that Wiborada, a spiritual mentor of Ulrich of Augsburg, was the first female saint to be canonized by the Vatican?
...that Beatus of Lungern, a first century Christian missionary to Switzerland, is often depicted as a monk fighting a dragon?

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... that Bona of Pisa, after seeing a vision of James, son of Zebedee, became a leader of pilgrimages to his shrine at Santiago de Compostella?
... that Germerius is said to have been given as much land as the shadow of his cloak could cover (about a six mile radius) by Clovis I in exchange for his prayers?
... that John Campanius, an early Lutheran missionary to Delaware, transliterated the Lenape language and created one of the first documents to be written in a Native American language?

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... that Mammes of Caesarea is said to have been breast-fed by his father?
... that Maria Bertilla Boscardin, who was rejected by one religious order for her slowness, became a nurse and was eventually canonized a saint in the presence of several of her earlier patients?
... that the recently beatified Paul Joseph Nardini died of pulmonary typhus he contracted while giving the last rites to a member of his parish?

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...that during the annual romeria from the Guadalajara Cathedral to the Basilica of Our Lady of Zapopan, the statue of Our Lady of Expectation is accompanied by more than 3,000,000 people?
...that José María Robles Hurtado, a martyr during the Cristero War, placed the noose that would be used to hang him around his own neck, telling his executioner "Don't dirty your hands"?
...that Australian bishop Sydney James Kirkby, who presided at the synod to elect the successor of Archbishop John Charles Wright, actively worked to not be given the job himself?

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...that it is unclear whether Church of St Abamūn in 13th century Busiris was dedicated to Abamun of Tarnut or Abāmūn of Tukh?
...that Anna of Kashin, a Russian medieval princess, was twice canonized as a holy protectress of women who suffer the loss of relatives?
...that it took four sword strokes for St. Bademus' terrified executioner to sever his head?

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...that a camel is led through the streets of Béziers, France on the feast day of Saint Aphrodisius, a semi-legendary saint said to have come from Egypt?
...that Patriarch Alexander II of Alexandria died trying to escape from the Umayyad government after having been brought before it for refusing to have a lion branded on his hand?
...that Vitalian of Capua refused to return to his post as bishop after being thrown into the Garigliano River in a leather bag?

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...that Alexander of Bergamo is thought to have survived the decimation of the Theban Legion for their conversion to Christianity only to be individually beheaded later for the same reason?
...that Anne-Marie Javouhey, the founder and abbess of a new religious order, was one of the first women to establish missions in Africa?
...how to tell which of the two possible Saint Catherines is shown marrying Jesus in a painting of the Mystic marriage of Saint Catherine?

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...that tradition indicates Nicasius of Rheims completed saying his prayer at his execution after he had been beheaded?
...that Abraham of Farshut founded a new Monophysite monastery at Farshut after the monks of his old monastery at Pbow almost all accepted the decision of the Council of Chalcedon?
... that Justus of Beauvais, a cephalophore saint, is reported to have picked up his head and continued preaching after his beheading?

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...that after Antoninus of Sorrento and Catellus of Castellammare both resigned from the same bishopric, Saint Michael appeared to tell them to found a new church?
... that according to legend, Saint Juthwara was beheaded by her stepbrother, Bana, because he believed her to be pregnant?
...that when John Horden sent his Cree language translation of the Bible back to England, the printers returned it with a printing press but no instructions on how to operate it?

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...that the Calendar of saints of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa includes feasts for a number of individuals from Africa, including Bernard Mizeki, Robert Gray, Manche Masemola, and Charles Frederick Mackenzie?
...that Calimerius, a 3rd century bishop of Milan, was said to have been killed by being thrown into a well after his relics were found submerged in water?
...that in place of execution, Saint Cerbonius was exiled after the bear brought in to kill him instead licked his feet?

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... that Isabella Gilmore reestablished the female diaconate in the Anglican Communion?
...that Pope Anastasius of Alexandria met with the Patriarch of Antioch as they worked to arrange the unification of their two churches?
...that the severed head of St Baudilus bounced three times on the ground, each impact bringing forth a spring of water?

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