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TIL that in Christian tradition, Zacchaeus, the short guy who climbed a sycamore tree to see Jesus, and who Christian kids usually call a "wee little man", later became the first Bishop of Caesarea
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Today I learned Saint Patrick of Ireland is also considered a saint within the Orthodox Church because he lived before the Great Schsim of 1054 between the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches.
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TIL Saint Philosophus, before he was martyred, was tied to a bed by his persecutors. They then sent in a prostitute, in an attempt to take away his chastity before he died. With no other options, he bit off his tongue and spat it at the prostitute, who was so horrified that she ran from the room.