There are a number of people venerated as
saint
In Christianity, Christian belief, a saint is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of sanctification in Christianity, holiness, imitation of God, likeness, or closeness to God in Christianity, God. However, the use of the ...
s within the
Christian Church
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who are named only as ''Companions'' of another named saint. The following is an incomplete list of examples:
*Saints
Perpetua and Felicity and Companions
*Saints
Donnan and Companions
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*Saint
Ursula and (Eleven Thousand Virgin Martyr) Companions
The reason why the Companions are not named in convention vary. In some instances, such as with Donnan, it may be that the Companions' names are simply not known, although the acts for which they are venerated as saints have been documented. In the case of the Companions of Perpetua her and Felicity's three companions are known (Revocatus, Saturninus, and Saturus, their teacher). In this case the reason is that
Perpetua and Felicity are the most prominent names in the story of their martyrdom (due to their associations with their young babies).
References
Types of saints
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