Example sentences for: saints

How can you use “saints” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The Filippo Strozzi Chapel (right of the altar) is decorated with Filippino Lippi’s frescoes of saints Philip and John, rich in color and anecdotal detail: In the monumental Exorcism of Demons in the Temple of Mars, notice the three bystanders holding their noses at the smell.

  • The rich sculptural effects on the façade mix Eastern and Western symbols: familiar saints, Chinese dragons, and a Portuguese caravel.

  • St. Anthony’s feastday is June 13, when the saints’ relics (otherwise kept on display in the basilica’s Cappella del Tesoro) are paraded through town.

  • Fairs and festivities for the People’s Saints, honoring St. Anthony (13 June), St. John (24 June), and St. Peter (29 June).

  • In the grandiose interior, the luminous 12th- and 13th-century mosaics of the nave and apse depict the complete cycle of the Old Testament, replete with a 66-ft high Christ Pantocrator with saints, while the aisle mosaics narrate the miracles of Jesus.


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