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• Saint John Damascene —     St. John Damascene     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. John Damascene     Born at Damascus, about 676; died some time between 754 and 787. The only extant life of the saint is that by John, Patriarch of Jerusalem, which dates from the tenth… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Saint Macarius —     St. Macarius     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. Macarius     Bishop of Jerusalem (312 34). The date of Macarius s accession to the episcopate is found in St. Jerome s version of Eusebius s Chronicle (ann. Abr. 2330). His death must have been… …   Catholic encyclopedia

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• Theophanes the Branded — Infobox Saint name=Saint Theophanes birth date=775 death date=845 feast day=December 27 venerated in=Eastern Orthodox Church imagesize= caption= birth place=Palestine death place=Nicea titles=the Branded (Graptus) beatified date= beatified place …   Wikipedia

• Theophanes the Cretan — For the Byzantine icon painter who worked in Muscovy, see Theophanes the Greek. Theophanis Strelitzas (Θεοφάνης Στρελίτζας), also known as Theophanes the Cretan (Θεοφάνης ο Κρης) or of Crete or Theophanes Bathas , was a leading icon painter of… …   Wikipedia

• Saint Nicholas — This article is about the 4th century saint. For the popular figure in Western folk legend, see Santa Claus. For other uses, see Saint Nicholas (disambiguation). Saint Nicholas …   Wikipedia

• Theophanes the Confessor, Saint — ▪ Byzantine monk born c. 752 died c. 818, island of Samothrace, Greece; feast day March 12       Byzantine monk, theologian, and chronicler, a principal adversary of the heterodox in the Iconoclastic Controversy (concerning the destruction of… …   Universalium

• Rublyov, Saint Andrey — ▪ Russian painter born c. 1360–70 died c. 1430; canonized 1988; feast day January 29       one of the greatest medieval Russian painters, whose masterpiece is a magnificent icon of “The Old Testament Trinity,” now in the Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow …   Universalium

• John the Baptist — Saint John the Baptist John the Baptist by Bartolomeo Veneto 16th century Prophet, Preacher, Forerunner, Martyr Born c. 5 BC Died 3 …   Wikipedia

• Mark the Evangelist — Saint Mark the Evangelist Coptic icon of Saint Mark Evangelist, Martyr Born 1st century AD Cyrene, Pentapolis of North Africa[1] …   Wikipedia