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Contents
1 Etymology 2 Genesis narrative
2.1 Birth 2.2 Binding 2.3 Family life 2.4 Migration 2.5 Birthright 2.6 Family tree
3 Burial site 4 Jewish views 5 Christian views
5.1 New Testament
6 Islamic views
6.1 Quran
7 Academic 8 In art 9 See also 10 Citations 11 References 12 External links
Etymology[edit]
The anglicized name
Isaac
Isaac is a transliteration of the Hebrew term
Yiṣḥāq which literally means "He laughs/will laugh."[3] Ugaritic
texts dating from the 13th century BCE refer to the benevolent smile
of the Canaanite deity El.[4] Genesis, however, ascribes the laughter
to Isaac's parents,
Abraham
Abraham and Sarah, rather than El. According to
the biblical narrative,
Abraham
Abraham fell on his face and laughed when God
(Hebrew, Elohim) imparted the news of their son's eventual birth. He
laughed because
Sarah
Sarah was past the age of childbearing; both she and
Abraham
Abraham were advanced in age. Later, when
Sarah
Sarah overheard three
messengers of the Lord renew the promise, she laughed inwardly for the
same reason.
Sarah
Sarah denied laughing when
God
God questioned
Abraham
Abraham about
it.[5][6][7]
In Amos
Isaac
Isaac is spelled not with a צ but with a ש - Amos 7:9
ישחק
Genesis narrative[edit]
Birth[edit]
It was prophesied to the patriarch
Abraham
Abraham that he would have a son
and that his name should be Isaac. When
Abraham
Abraham became one hundred
years old, this son was born to him by his first wife Sarah.[8] Though
this was Abraham's second son[9] it was Sarah's first and only child.
On the eighth day from his birth,
Isaac
Isaac was circumcised, as was
necessary for all males of Abraham's household, in order to be in
compliance with Yahweh's covenant.[10]
After
Isaac
Isaac had been weaned,
Sarah
Sarah saw
Ishmael
Ishmael mocking, and urged her
husband to cast out
Hagar
Hagar the bondservant and her son, so that Isaac
would be Abraham's sole heir.
Abraham
Abraham was hesitant, but at God's order
he listened to his wife's request.[11]
Binding[edit]
The Akedah, mosaic on the floor of Beit Alfa Synagogue
Main article: Binding of Isaac
At some point in Isaac's youth, his father
Abraham
Abraham brought him to
Mount Moriah. At God's command,
Abraham
Abraham was to build a sacrificial
altar and sacrifice his son
Isaac
Isaac upon it. After he had bound his son
to the altar and drawn his knife to kill him, at the very last moment
an angel of
God
God prevented
Abraham
Abraham from proceeding. Rather, he was
directed to sacrifice instead a nearby ram that was stuck in thickets.
The birth of
Esau
Esau and Jacob, as painted by
Benjamin
Benjamin West
Family life[edit]
When
Isaac
Isaac was 40,
Abraham
Abraham sent Eliezer, his steward, into Mesopotamia
to find a wife for Isaac, from his nephew Bethuel's family. Eliezer
chose the
Aramean
Aramean Rebekah for Isaac. After many years of marriage to
Isaac, Rebekah had still not given birth to a child and was believed
to be barren.
Isaac
Isaac prayed for her and she conceived. Rebekah gave
birth to twin boys,
Esau
Esau and Jacob.
Isaac
Isaac was 60 years old when his
two sons were born.[12]
Isaac
Isaac favored Esau, and Rebekah favored
Jacob.[13]
Isaac
Isaac is unique among the patriarchs for remaining faithful to his
wife, and for not having concubines.[14][15]
Migration[edit]
Isaac
Isaac moved to Beer-lahai-roi after his father died.[16] When the land
experienced famine, he removed to the Philistine land of
Gerar where
his father once lived. This land was still under the control of King
Abimelech
Abimelech as it was in the days of Abraham. Like his father, Isaac
also deceived
Abimelech
Abimelech about his wife and also got into the well
business. He had gone back to all of the wells that his father dug and
saw that they were all stopped up with earth. The
Philistines
Philistines did this
after
Abraham
Abraham died. So,
Isaac
Isaac unearthed them and began to dig for more
wells all the way to Beersheba, where he made a pact with Abimelech,
just like in the day of his father.[17]
Isaac
Isaac blessing his son, as painted by Giotto di Bondone
Birthright[edit]
Isaac
Isaac grew old and became blind. He called his son
Esau
Esau and directed
him to procure some venison for him, in order to receive Isaac's
blessing. While
Esau
Esau was hunting, Jacob, after listening to his
mother's advice, deceived his blind father by misrepresenting himself
as
Esau
Esau and thereby obtained his father's blessing, such that Jacob
became Isaac's primary heir and
Esau
Esau was left in an inferior position.
According to Genesis 25:29–34,
Esau
Esau had previously sold his
birthright to
Jacob
Jacob for "bread and stew of lentils". Thereafter, Isaac
sent
Jacob
Jacob into
Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia to take a wife of his mother's brother's
house. After 20 years working for his uncle Laban,
Jacob
Jacob returned
home. He reconciled with his twin brother Esau, then he and Esau
buried their father, Isaac, in
Hebron
Hebron after he died at the age of
180.[18][19]
Family tree[edit]
Terah
Sarah[20]
Abraham
Hagar
Haran
Nahor
Ishmael
Milcah
Lot
Iscah
Ishmaelites
7 sons[21]
Bethuel
1st daughter
2nd daughter
Isaac
Rebecca
Laban
Moabites
Ammonites
Esau
Jacob
Rachel
Bilhah
Edomites
Zilpah
Leah
1. Reuben 2. Simeon 3. Levi 4. Judah 9. Issachar 10. Zebulun Dinah (daughter)
7. Gad 8. Asher
5. Dan 6. Naphtali
11. Joseph 12. Benjamin
Burial site[edit]
According to local tradition, the graves of
Isaac
Isaac and Rebekah, along
with the graves of
Abraham
Abraham and
Sarah
Sarah and
Jacob
Jacob and Leah, are in the
Cave of the Patriarchs.
Jewish views[edit]
In rabbinical tradition, the age of
Isaac
Isaac at the time of binding is
taken to be 37, which contrasts with common portrayals of
Isaac
Isaac as a
child.[22] The rabbis also thought that the reason for the death of
Sarah
Sarah was the news of the intended sacrifice of Isaac.[22] The
sacrifice of
Isaac
Isaac is cited in appeals for the mercy of
God
God in later
Jewish traditions.[23] The post-biblical Jewish interpretations often
elaborate the role of
Isaac
Isaac beyond the biblical description and
primarily focus on Abraham's intended sacrifice of Isaac, called the
aqedah ("binding").[4] According to a version of these
interpretations,
Isaac
Isaac died in the sacrifice and was revived.[4]
According to many accounts of Aggadah, unlike the Bible, it is Satan
who is testing
Isaac
Isaac as an agent of God.[24] Isaac's willingness to
follow God's command at the cost of his death has been a model for
many Jews who preferred martyrdom to violation of the Jewish law.[22]
According to the Jewish tradition,
Isaac
Isaac instituted the afternoon
prayer. This tradition is based on Genesis chapter 24, verse 63[25]
("
Isaac
Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide").[22]
Isaac
Isaac was the only patriarch who stayed in
Canaan
Canaan during his whole
life and though once he tried to leave,
God
God told him not to do so.[26]
Rabbinic tradition gave the explanation that
Isaac
Isaac was almost
sacrificed and anything dedicated as a sacrifice may not leave the
Land of Israel.[22]
Isaac
Isaac was the oldest of the biblical patriarchs at
the time of his death, and the only patriarch whose name was not
changed.[4][27]
Rabbinic literature also linked Isaac's blindness in old age, as
stated in the Bible, to the sacrificial binding: Isaac's eyes went
blind because the tears of angels present at the time of his sacrifice
fell on Isaac's eyes.[24]
Christian views[edit]
Isaac
Isaac embraces his father
Abraham
Abraham after the Binding of Isaac, early
1900s
Bible
Bible illustration
The early Christian church continued and developed the New Testament
theme of
Isaac
Isaac as a type of Christ and the Church being both "the son
of the promise" and the "father of the faithful".
Tertullian
Tertullian draws a
parallel between Isaac's bearing the wood for the sacrificial fire
with Christ's carrying his cross.[28] and there was a general
agreement that, while all the sacrifices of the Old Law were
anticipations of that on Calvary, the sacrifice of
Isaac
Isaac was so "in a
pre-eminent way".[29]
The
Eastern Orthodox Church
Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman
Catholic Church
Catholic Church consider
Isaac
Isaac as a Saint along with other biblical patriarchs.[30] Along with
those of other patriarchs and the Old Testament Righteous, his feast
day is celebrated in the
Eastern Orthodox Church
Eastern Orthodox Church and the Byzantine
rite of the
Catholic Church
Catholic Church on the Second Sunday before Christmas
(December 11–17), under the title the Sunday of the
Forefathers.[31][32]
New Testament[edit]
The
New Testament
New Testament states
Isaac
Isaac was "offered up" by his father Abraham,
and that
Isaac
Isaac blessed his sons.[27] Paul contrasted Isaac,
symbolizing Christian liberty, with the rejected older son Ishmael,
symbolizing slavery;[4][33]
Hagar
Hagar is associated with the Sinai
covenant, while
Sarah
Sarah is associated with the covenant of grace, into
which her son
Isaac
Isaac enters. The
Epistle of James
Epistle of James chapter 2, verses
21–24,[34] states that the sacrifice of
Isaac
Isaac shows that
justification (in the Johannine sense) requires both faith and
works.[35]
In the Epistle to the Hebrews, Abraham's willingness to follow God's
command to sacrifice
Isaac
Isaac is used as an example of faith as is
Isaac's action in blessing
Jacob
Jacob and
Esau
Esau with reference to the future
promised by
God
God to Abraham[36] In verse 19, the author views the
release of
Isaac
Isaac from sacrifice as analogous to the resurrection of
Jesus, the idea of the sacrifice of
Isaac
Isaac being a prefigure of the
sacrifice of
Jesus
Jesus on the cross.[37]
Islamic views[edit]
Main article:
Isaac
Isaac in Islam
Cave of the Patriarchs, Hebron
Islam
Islam considers
Isaac
Isaac as a prophet of Islam, and describes him as the
father of the
Israelites
Israelites and a righteous servant of God.
Isaac, along with Ishmael, is highly important for Muslims for
continuing to preach the message of monotheism after his father
Abraham. Among Isaac's children was the follow-up
Israelite
Israelite patriarch
Jacob, who too is venerated an Islamic prophet.
Isaac
Isaac is mentioned fifteen times by name in the Quran, often with his
father and his son, Jacob.[38] The
Quran
Quran states that
Abraham
Abraham received
"good tidings of Isaac, a prophet, of the righteous", and that God
blessed them both (37: 12). In a fuller description, when angels came
to
Abraham
Abraham to tell him of the future punishment to be imposed on Sodom
and Gomorrah, his wife, Sarah, "laughed, and We gave her good tidings
of Isaac, and after
Isaac
Isaac of (a grandson) Jacob" (11: 71–74); and it
is further explained that this event will take place despite Abraham
and Sarah's old age. Several verses speak of
Isaac
Isaac as a "gift" to
Abraham
Abraham (6: 84; 14: 49–50), and 24: 26–27 adds that
God
God made
"prophethood and the Book to be among his offspring", which has been
interpreted to refer to Abraham's two prophetic sons, his prophetic
grandson Jacob, and his prophetic great-grandson Joseph. In the
Qur'an, it later narrates that
Abraham
Abraham also praised
God
God for giving him
Ishmael
Ishmael and
Isaac
Isaac in his old age (14: 39–41).
Elsewhere in the Quran,
Isaac
Isaac is mentioned in lists: Joseph follows
the religion of his forefathers Abraham,
Isaac
Isaac and
Jacob
Jacob (12: 38) and
speaks of God's favor to them (12: 6); Jacob's sons all testify their
faith and promise to worship the
God
God that their forefathers, "Abraham,
Ishmael
Ishmael and Isaac", worshiped (2: 127); and the
Qur'an
Qur'an commands
Muslims to believe in the revelations that were given to "Abraham,
Ishmael, Isaac,
Jacob
Jacob and the Patriarchs" (2: 136; 3: 84). In the
Quran's narrative of Abraham's near-sacrifice of his son (37: 102),
the name of the son is not mentioned and debate has continued over the
son's identity, though many feel that the identity is the least
important element in a story which is given to show the courage that
one develops through faith.[39]
Quran[edit]
The
Quran
Quran mentions
Isaac
Isaac as a prophet and a righteous man of God.
Isaac
Isaac and
Jacob
Jacob are mentioned as being bestowed upon
Abraham
Abraham as gifts
of God, who then worshipped
God
God only and were righteous leaders in the
way of God:
And We bestowed on him
Isaac
Isaac and, as an additional gift, (a grandson),
Jacob, and We made righteous men of every one (of them).
And We made them leaders, guiding (men) by Our Command, and We sent
them inspiration to do good deeds, to establish regular prayers, and
to practise regular charity; and they constantly served Us (and Us
only).
— Quran, sura 21 (Al-Anbiya), ayah 72–73[40]
And WE gave him the glad tidings of Isaac, a Prophet, and one of the righteous. — Quran, sura 37 (As-Saaffat), ayah 112[41]
Academic[edit]
Some scholars have described
Isaac
Isaac as "a legendary figure" or "as a
figure representing tribal history, or "as a seminomadic leader."[42]
The stories of Isaac, like other patriarchal stories of Genesis, are
generally believed to have "their origin in folk memories and oral
traditions of the early Hebrew pastoralist experience."[43] The
Cambridge Companion to the
Bible
Bible makes the following comment on the
biblical stories of the patriarchs:
Yet for all that these stories maintain a distance between their world
and that of their time of literary growth and composition, they
reflect the political realities of the later periods. Many of the
narratives deal with the relationship between the ancestors and
peoples who were part of Israel's political world at the time the
stories began to be written down (eighth century B.C.E.). Lot is the
ancestor of the Transjordanian peoples of
Ammon
Ammon and Moab, and Ishmael
personifies the nomadic peoples known to have inhabited north Arabia,
although located in the Old Testament in the Negev.
Esau
Esau personifies
Edom (36:1), and Laban represents the
Aramean
Aramean states to Israel's
north. A persistent theme is that of difference between the ancestors
and the indigenous Canaanites… In fact, the theme of the differences
between Judah and Israel, as personified by the ancestors, and the
neighboring peoples of the time of the monarchy is pressed effectively
into theological service to articulate the choosing by
God
God of Judah
and Israel to bring blessing to all peoples."[44]
According to Martin Noth, a scholar of the Hebrew Bible, the
narratives of
Isaac
Isaac date back to an older cultural stage than that of
the West-Jordanian Jacob.[42] At that era, the
Israelite
Israelite tribes were
not yet sedentary. In the course of looking for grazing areas, they
had come in contact in southern
Philistia
Philistia with the inhabitants of the
settled countryside.[42] The biblical historian A. Jopsen believes in
the connection between the
Isaac
Isaac traditions and the north, and in
support of this theory adduces Amos 7:9 ("the high places of
Isaac").[42]
Albrecht Alt
Albrecht Alt and
Martin Noth hold that, "The figure of
Isaac
Isaac was
enhanced when the theme of promise, previously bound to the cults of
the '
God
God the Fathers' was incorporated into the
Israelite
Israelite creed during
the southern-Palestinian stage of the growth of the Pentateuch
tradition."[42] According to Martin Noth, at the Southern Palestinian
stage of the growth of the Pentateuch tradition,
Isaac
Isaac became
established as one of the biblical patriarchs, but his traditions were
receded in the favor of Abraham.[42]
In art[edit]
The earliest Christian portrayal of
Isaac
Isaac is found in the Roman
catacomb frescoes.[45] Excluding the fragments, Alison Moore Smith
classifies these artistic works in three categories:
"
Abraham
Abraham leads
Isaac
Isaac towards the altar; or
Isaac
Isaac approaches with the
bundle of sticks,
Abraham
Abraham having preceded him to the place of offering
....
Abraham
Abraham is upon a pedestal and
Isaac
Isaac stands near at hand, both
figures in orant attitude ....
Abraham
Abraham is shown about to sacrifice
Isaac
Isaac while the latter stands or kneels on the ground beside the
altar. Sometimes
Abraham
Abraham grasps
Isaac
Isaac by the hair. Occasionally the
ram is added to the scene and in the later paintings the Hand of God
emerges from above."[45]
See also[edit]
Judaism
Judaism portal
Christianity portal
Islam
Islam portal
Biblical narratives and the Qur'an
Testament of Isaac
Wife–sister narratives in the
Book of Genesis
Book of Genesis – three such
narratives involving
Abraham
Abraham (two) and
Isaac
Isaac (one)
Citations[edit]
^ a b c deClaise-Walford 2000, p. 647.
^ Craig A. Evans; Joel N. Lohr;
David
David L. Petersen (20 March 2012). The
Book of Genesis: Composition, Reception, and Interpretation. BRILL.
p. 64. ISBN 90-04-22653-2.
^ Strong's Concordance, Strong, James, ed., Isaac, Isaac's, 3327
יִצְחָק 3446, 2464.
^ a b c d e Encyclopedia of Religion, Isaac.
^ Genesis 17:15–19 18:10–15
^ Singer, Isidore; Broydé,
Isaac
Isaac (1901–1906). "Isaac". In Singer,
Isidore; Adler, Cyrus; et al. Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk
& Wagnalls.
^ Hirsch, Emil G.; Bacher, Wilhelm; Lauterbach,
Jacob
Jacob Zallel; Jacobs,
Joseph; Montgomery, Mary W. (1901–1906). "
Sarah
Sarah (Sarai)". In Singer,
Isidore; Adler, Cyrus; et al. Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk
& Wagnalls.
^ Genesis 18:10–12
^ Genesis 16:15
^ Genesis 21:1–5
^ Genesis 21:8–12
^ Genesis 25:26
^ Genesis 25:20–28
^ Title= Encyclopaedia Judaica Volume 10 pg=34
^ Genesis 35:22
^ Genesis 25:11
^ Genesis 26
^ Jewish Encyclopedia, Isaac.
^ Genesis 35:28–29
^ Genesis 20:12:
Sarah
Sarah was the half–sister of Abraham.
^ Genesis 22:21-22: Uz, Buz, Kemuel, Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, and
Jidlaph
^ a b c d e The New Encyclopedia of Judaism, Isaac.
^ Encyclopædia Britannica, Isaac.
^ a b Brock, Sebastian P., Brill's New Pauly, Isaac.
^ Genesis 24:63
^ Genesis 26:2
^ a b Easton, M. G., Illustrated
Bible
Bible Dictionary, 3rd ed., Isaac.
^ Cross and Livingstone, Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church,
1974, art Isaac
^ Kelly, J.N.D. Early Christian Doctrines, A & C Black, 1965. p.
72
^ The patriarchs, prophets and certain other Old Testament figures
have been and always will be honored as saints in all the Church's
liturgical traditions. – Catechism of the
Catholic Church
Catholic Church 61
^ http://orthodoxwiki.org/Sunday_of_the_Forefathers
^ Liturgy > Liturgical year >The Christmas Fast – Byzantine
Catholic Archeparchy of Pittsburgh
^ Galatians 4:21–31
^ James 2:21–24
^ Encyclopedia of Christianity, Bowden, John, ed., Isaac.
^ Hebrews 11:17–20
^ see F.F. Bruce, The
Epistle to the Hebrews
Epistle to the Hebrews Marshall. Morgan and
Scott, 1964 pp. 308–13 for all this paragraph.
^ Encyclopedia of Islam, W. Montgomery Watt, Isaac
^ Concise Encyclopedia of Islam, C. Glasse, Isaac
^ Quran 21:72
^ Quran 37:112
^ a b c d e f Eerdmans Encyclopedia of Christianity, Isaac, p. 744.
^ Columbia Encyclopedia, Isaac.
^ The Cambridge Companion to the Bible, p. 59.
^ a b Smith, Alison Moore (1922). "The Iconography of the Sacrifice of
Isaac
Isaac in Early Christian Art". American Journal of Archaeology. 26
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Confessors
Anatolius Chariton the Confessor Edward the Confessor Maximus the Confessor Michael of Synnada Paphnutius the Confessor Paul I of Constantinople Salonius Theophanes the Confessor
Disciples
Apollos Mary Magdalene Priscilla and Aquila Silvanus Stephen Timothy Titus Seventy disciples
Doctors
Gregory the Great
Ambrose
Augustine of Hippo
Jerome
John Chrysostom
Basil of Caesarea
Gregory of Nazianzus
Athanasius of Alexandria
Cyril of Alexandria
Cyril of Jerusalem
John of Damascus
Bede
Bede the Venerable
Ephrem the Syrian
Thomas Aquinas
Bonaventure
Anselm of Canterbury
Isidore of Seville
Peter Chrysologus
Leo the Great
Peter Damian
Bernard of Clairvaux
Hilary of Poitiers
Alphonsus Liguori
Francis de Sales
Peter Canisius
John of the Cross
Robert Bellarmine
Albertus Magnus
Anthony of Padua
Lawrence of Brindisi
Teresa of Ávila
Catherine of Siena
Thérèse of Lisieux
John of Ávila
Hildegard of Bingen
Gregory of Narek
Evangelists
Matthew Mark Luke John
Church Fathers
Alexander of Alexandria
Alexander of Jerusalem
Ambrose
Ambrose of Milan
Anatolius
Athanasius of Alexandria
Augustine of Hippo
Caesarius of Arles
Caius
Cappadocian Fathers
Clement of Alexandria
Clement of Rome
Cyprian
Cyprian of Carthage
Cyril of Alexandria
Cyril of Jerusalem
Damasus I
Desert Fathers
Desert Mothers
Dionysius of Alexandria
Dionysius of Corinth
Dionysius
Ephrem the Syrian
Epiphanius of Salamis
Fulgentius of Ruspe
Gregory the Great
Gregory of Nazianzus
Gregory of Nyssa
Hilary of Poitiers
Hippolytus of Rome
Ignatius of Antioch
Irenaeus
Irenaeus of Lyons
Isidore of Seville
Jerome
Jerome of Stridonium
John Chrysostom
John of Damascus
Maximus the Confessor
Melito of Sardis
Quadratus of Athens
Papias of Hierapolis
Peter Chrysologus
Polycarp
Polycarp of Smyrna
Theophilus of Antioch
Victorinus of Pettau
Vincent of Lérins
Zephyrinus
Martyrs
Canadian Martyrs Carthusian Martyrs Forty Martyrs of England and Wales Four Crowned Martyrs Great Martyr The Holy Innocents Irish Martyrs Joan of Arc Lübeck martyrs Korean Martyrs Martyrology Martyrs of Albania Martyrs of China Martyrs of Japan Martyrs of Laos Martyrs of Natal Martyrs of Otranto Martyrs of the Spanish Civil War Maximilian Kolbe Perpetua and Felicity Saints of the Cristero War Stephen Three Martyrs of Chimbote Uganda Martyrs Vietnamese Martyrs
Patriarchs
Adam Abel Abraham Isaac Jacob Joseph Joseph (father of Jesus) David Noah Solomon Matriarchs
Popes
Adeodatus I Adeodatus II Adrian III Agapetus I Agatho Alexander I Anacletus Anastasius I Anicetus Anterus Benedict II Boniface I Boniface IV Caius Callixtus I Celestine I Celestine V Clement I Cornelius Damasus I Dionysius Eleuterus Eugene I Eusebius Eutychian Evaristus Fabian Felix I Felix III Felix IV Gelasius I Gregory I Gregory II Gregory III Gregory VII Hilarius Hormisdas Hyginus Innocent I John I John XXIII John Paul II Julius I Leo I Leo II Leo III Leo IV Leo IX Linus Lucius I Marcellinus Marcellus I Mark Martin I Miltiades Nicholas I Paschal I Paul I Peter Pius I Pius V Pius X Pontian Sergius I Silverius Simplicius Siricius Sixtus I Sixtus II Sixtus III Soter Stephen I Stephen IV Sylvester I Symmachus Telesphorus Urban I Victor I Vitalian Zachary Zephyrinus Zosimus
Prophets
Agabus Amos Anna Baruch ben Neriah David Dalua Elijah Ezekiel Habakkuk Haggai Hosea Isaiah Jeremiah Job Joel John the Baptist Jonah Judas Barsabbas Malachi Melchizedek Micah Moses Nahum Obadiah Samuel Seven Maccabees and their mother Simeon Zechariah (prophet) Zechariah (NT) Zephaniah
Virgins
Agatha of Sicily Agnes of Rome Bernadette Soubirous Brigid of Kildare Cecilia Clare of Assisi Eulalia of Mérida Euphemia Genevieve Kateri Tekakwitha Lucy of Syracuse Maria Goretti Mother Teresa Narcisa de Jesús Rose of Lima
See also
Military saints Virtuous pagan
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WorldCat Identities VIAF: 143826097 LCCN: n82057