saintly figures
Revered religious persons
Saintly figures are people regarded as exceptionally holy, virtuous, or morally exemplary.
The phrase typically refers to religious saints or those who embody saint-like qualities—selflessness, purity, devotion.
In art and religious contexts, saintly figures appear in paintings, sculptures, and icons: The cathedral's stained glass depicted saintly figures from the Bible.
The term can also describe anyone perceived as unusually good: She surrounded herself with saintly figures who made her feel inadequate.
- Hildegard of BingenMedieval polymath and abbess
- St. FrancisMedieval Italian friar-saint
- Francis of AssisiFounder of Franciscans
- Mother TeresaCanonized Albanian missionary
- John of the CrossSpanish mystic and reformer
Rumi · Ignatius of Antioch · St. Augustine · St. Patrick · Desmond Tutu · Teresa of Avila · holy men · St. Paul · St. Benedict · Albert Schweitzer · St. Peter · Mahatma Gandhi · Nelson Mandela · Florence Nightingale · Harriet Tubman · Malala Yousafzai · Martin Luther King Jr. · moral compass
saintly figuressinners
Moral law violators
villains · evildoers · monsters · scoundrels · reprobates
saintly figuresdevils
Evil supernatural beings
demons · fallen angels · Lucifer · Satan · Antichrist
saintly figuresAdolf Hitler
Joseph Stalin · mass murderers · war criminals · tyrants · despots
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