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We all think of Saints as quiet and holy people - but history is full of some pretty amazing and curious people who came to be canonized. This list looks at ten of the toughest saints to have walked the earth - men and women who not only lived holy lives, but kicked some serious butt at the same time. For those of you who don't know the specifics of what sainthood is, here is a brief summary before we start on the list. A saint is a person who lived a life of virtue. Many saints from the early Church are saints by general acclamation - in other words, they were so popular that they simply...

Throughout the history of law, there have been trials of animals, convictions (and even occasional executions) of innocent people. Not so well known are

St. Joan of Arc is the patroness of soldiers and of France. On January 6, 1412, Joan of Arc was born to pious parents of the French peasant class in the obscure village of Domremy, near the province of Lorraine. At a very early age, she was said to have heard the voices of St. Michael, St. ...