In religion, a saint is an individual who had a particular relationship with divinity and who demonstrated impeccable ethics.
The Latin term sanctus came into our language as saint . This adjective refers to the person who lacks all guilt and is full of kindness .
For example: “My husband is a saint: every time I return from work, he is waiting for me with dinner prepared” , “I congratulate you, your son behaved like a saint” , “I don't think Benito is a saint, but I don't think he's a bad person either."
Saints in religion
In the context of religion , saints are defined as people who stand out for their impeccable ethics or for maintaining a particular link with a divinity . In this way, in a certain way the saints are “elevated” above the rest of human beings.
In the case of Catholicism , the saints are declared by the Catholic Church . Each saint constitutes a moral model or guide whose behavior must be followed or imitated by the faithful.
For an individual to be declared a saint, a process called canonization must take place. This name is linked to the fact that the saints are part of a canon (a list that lists the saints accepted by the Catholic Church ). Once a person has been canonized, the faithful can worship them and dedicate liturgical festivals to them.
The canonization is carried out by the Pope after analyzing whether the subject in question had heroic virtues in terms of his Christian qualities or if he suffered, for his faith, martyrdom. Additionally, the candidate must have performed at least two miracles .
The saints stand as models or guides to follow.
A TV series and a movie
We cannot ignore either that one of the best-known and most successful television series of all time responded to the title of “El Santo” . It was an American production that aired during the 1960s and was an adaptation of a series of books of the same title. These literary works had been written by the British Leslie Charteris and revolved around the figure of Simon Templar.
This was a most ingenious thief who received the nickname “El Santo” , because the acronym of his name in English coincided with the abbreviation of Santo: ST. But he was also called that because the crimes he committed had a certain solidarity aspect, he became a kind of Robin Hood, since what he did was steal from the corrupt, from big swindlers and thieves, from heartless people who became millionaires. illegally, such as, for example, with drugs or carrying out white slavery.
The actor Roger Moore was the one who gave life to that figure in the aforementioned series, which managed to become a milestone on the small screen both in the United States and in other countries. Later, in the 90s, exactly in 1997, the film adaptation of it was presented, which was also called “El Santo” . The protagonist was represented by Val Kilmer, who also had the support of other actors of the stature of Elizabeth Shue.