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saint(encyclopedia)
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Leo I, Saint(encyclopedia)

do-gooder (iou) and Agatha, Saint (sh)


do-gooder (iou)



do-gooder noun. colloq. E20.
[formed as DO-GOOD + -ER1.]
A person who actively tries to help Other people, esp. one regarded as unrealistic or officious.
do-goodery noun the activities or attitudes of do-gooders M20.
do-gooding adjective & noun (a) adjective behaving as a do-gooder; (b) noun the activities of a do-gooder: M20.
do-goodism noun = do-goodery M20.

Agatha, Saint (sh)




flourished 3rd century AD?, Sicily; feast day February 5

Legendary Christian martyr.

Born in Palermo or Catania, she resisted the advances of a Roman prefect sent to govern Sicily. After brutal torture she was sent to the stake, but as the fire was lit a great earthquake occurred, and the crowd demanded her release. She was led away to prison, where she died. Though she appears in lists of martyrs as early as the 6th century, the legend may be unfounded.