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Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States
Saint Louis County, Minnesota (FIPS 27137), a county in the Arrowhead region of northeastern Minnesota established March 1, 1856 and named for the St. Louis River; county seat Duluth. Largest Minnesota county by area (6,247.57 sq mi), population 200,231 (2020), home to the Iron Range and Port of Duluth-Superior. Distinct from St. Louis County, Missouri.
Saint Louis of Toulouse (Donatello)
Saint Louis of Toulouse is a gilded bronze statue of the saint and bishop by Donatello, made for Orsanmichele in Florence between 1418 and 1425.
Saint Louis School
Saint Louis School (Honolulu, Hawaii): all-male Catholic Marianist K-12 college-preparatory day school, founded 1846 as College of ʻĀhuimanu, second oldest private school in Hawai'i, on Kalaepōhaku campus since 1928, 801 students in 2023-2024.
Saint Louis University
Saint Louis University (SLU) is a private Jesuit research university in St. Louis, Missouri, founded in 1818 and chartered in 1832 as the first university west of the Mississippi River.
Saint Louis Zoo
Saint Louis Zoo: free-admission AZA-accredited zoological park in Forest Park, St. Louis, Missouri, founded 1913, over 700 species on 90 acres, funded partly by Zoo-Museum District tax, expanding with WildCare Park safari park opening 2027.
Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia: independent Eastern Caribbean island nation, capital Castries, area 616 km², population about 180,000. Independent from Britain February 22, 1979; parliamentary democracy under Prime Minister Philip J. Pierre; tourism-dependent economy with high climate vulnerability.
Saint Lucia Island
Saint Lucia Island: volcanic Lesser Antilles island between Martinique and St Vincent, 616 km2, capital Castries. Known for the Pitons domes, the Qualibou caldera of the Soufriere Volcanic Centre, last eruption 1766, independence 1979.
Saint Lucian literature
Saint Lucian literature is the poetry, drama, and fiction of Saint Lucia, written chiefly in English and Kwéyòl and anchored by Derek Walcott's 1992 Nobel Prize.
Saint Lucie County
Saint Lucie County, Florida: Treasure Coast county with seat at Fort Pierce; named by the Spanish for Saint Lucia (fort begun December 13, 1565); created 1905 from Brevard County; population 402,449 (2025 estimate).
Saint Lucy
Saint Lucy, or Lucia of Syracuse, is a virgin martyr of Syracuse, Sicily, traditionally killed in 304; her feast on 13 December is a festival of light in Sweden.
Saint Lucy's Day
Saint Lucy's Day, also known as Luciadagen, is a Christian feast day on 13 December honoring Lucia of Syracuse, marked in Scandinavia by candle-bearing processions.
Saint Malachy
Saint Malachy (Maelmhaedhoc Ua Morgair) was a 12th-century Irish church reformer, Archbishop of Armagh, who founded Mellifont Abbey and is linked to the Prophecy of the Popes.
Saint Margaret of Scotland
Saint Margaret of Scotland, also called Margaret of Wessex, was queen of Scotland as the wife of King Malcolm III, a reformer and patron saint canonized in 1250.
Saint Marie (fictional island)
Saint Marie (Saint-Marie) is the fictional Caribbean British Overseas Territory and setting of the BBC series Death in Paradise, filmed on Guadeloupe with Deshaies standing in for the main town Honoré, named after Agatha Christie's St Honoré.
Saint Martin (island)
Saint Martin (Sint Maarten) is a Caribbean island divided since the 1648 Treaty of Concordia between French Saint-Martin in the north and Dutch Sint Maarten in the south, the smallest inhabited island shared by two states, with a 10 km border settled by a 2023 agreement.
Saint Mary's College of California
Saint Mary's College of California is a private Lasallian Catholic college in Moraga, founded 1863 in San Francisco, moved to Moraga in 1928, a Colleges That Change Lives school placed on WSCUC accreditation warning in 2026.
Saint Mary's Gaels men's basketball
Saint Mary's Gaels men's basketball, the West Coast Conference team from Moraga, California, also called the Gaels. 2025-26: 27-6, shared WCC title with Gonzaga, fourth straight regular-season crown, No. 7 NCAA seed, out in round one.
Saint Maud
Saint Maud is Rose Glass's 2019 British psychological horror debut, starring Morfydd Clark as a devout palliative nurse obsessed with saving dying dancer Jennifer Ehle's soul; premiered at TIFF 2019, released 2020-2021, record 17 BIFA nominations.
Saint Maurice
Saint Maurice is a Christian martyr venerated as leader of the Theban Legion, 6,600 Egyptian soldiers said to have been executed at Agaunum, Switzerland, in the late third century.
Saint Michael in the Catholic Church
Saint Michael in the Catholic Church describes Michael the Archangel, chief of the heavenly host who fights Satan, one of three angels the Church names, honored on 29 September.
Saint Michael, Barbados
Saint Michael is Barbados's most populous and most urban parish, containing the capital Bridgetown, the Historic Bridgetown and its Garrison UNESCO site, St. Michael's Cathedral, and the Nidhe Israel Synagogue; area 39 km².
Saint Monica
Saint Monica (c. 331 – 387) was a Berber Christian of Roman North Africa and the mother of Augustine of Hippo, venerated as a saint since the thirteenth century.
Saint Motel
Saint Motel is an American indie pop band formed in 2007 by A/J Jackson and Aaron Sharp in Los Angeles, known for My Type, Saintmotelevision (the first VR album), and the 2025 albums Symphony in the Sky and Afterglow.
Saint Nicholas (Άγιος Νικόλαος)
Saint Nicholas (Άγιος Νικόλαος), also called Nicholas of Myra, was a fourth-century bishop of Myra in Lycia whose gift-giving cult became the origin of Santa Claus.
Saint Nicholas Day
Saint Nicholas Day, also called the Feast of Saint Nicholas, is a Christian feast on 6 December honoring Nicholas of Myra, the fourth-century bishop who inspired Santa Claus.
Saint Nino
Saint Nino (წმინდა ნინო) was a fourth-century female evangelist from Cappadocia, venerated as Equal of the Apostles and Enlightener of Georgia, who converted King Mirian III and the Kingdom of Iberia to Christianity.
Saint of Killers
The Saint of Killers is a fictional gunslinger in the comic book series Preacher, created by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon and first published by DC in 1995.
Saint Ouen
Saint Ouen, also known as Audoin or Dado (c. 609 to 683 or 684), was referendary to King Dagobert I and later Archbishop of Rouen, where he promoted monasticism.
Saint Patrick
Saint Patrick, born Maewyn Succat, is the fifth-century British missionary bishop honored as Ireland's principal patron saint; kidnapped at sixteen, he escaped slavery and returned as a bishop.
Saint Patrick's Battalion
Saint Patrick's Battalion (Batallón de San Patricio, the San Patricios): Mexican army unit of 1846-48, mostly Irish Catholic US Army deserters led by John Riley of Clifden, defeated at Churubusco 1847, fifty hanged, commemorated in Mexico on 12 September.