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Recent Examples on the WebBut Christians believed in the power of the martyrs and, later, other saintly persons to intercede on their behalf with God. Joanne M. Pierce, The Conversation, 4 May 2022 And that's not even including the saintly mamas who have died to light a fire under their sons (hi, Thor and Shang-Chi). Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 13 July 2022 Catholic masses in the all-white- and-gold marble chapel one Friday a month and every religious saintly holiday.ELLE, 6 July 2022 By most accounts a saintly man, Celestine was canonized 17 years after his death, but his pre-papal life as a hermit left him ill-suited to oversee the church's complex bureaucracy. Grayson Quay, The Week, 7 June 2022 As climate collapse looms, bicycles have taken on a saintly quality, extolled as squeaky-clean instruments of penance for wealthy countries’ carbon emissions. Zoë Beery, The Atlantic, 31 May 2022 The life that Alharthi describes is one of almost saintly self-abnegation. Ron Charles, Washington Post, 24 May 2022 Those looking for saintly intercession can choose from a pantheon of holy helpers.Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2022 The memeification of Johnny Depp’s defamation lawsuit against Amber Heard continues on TikTok, as hordes of enthusiastic fans attempt to flatten an ugly, complicated situation into a binary narrative of unhinged aggressor versus saintly victim. Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 30 Apr. 2022 See More