Saints
- Amador of Portugal (Early Christianity)
- Anthony of Lisbon (1195–1231)
- Basileus (1st century)
- Beatriz da Silva Menezes (1424–1490)
- Elizabeth of Portugal (1271–1336)
- Felix the Hermit (9th century)
- Fernando, the Saint Prince (1402–1443)
- Fructuosus of Braga (7th century)
- Irene of Tomar (7th century)
- João Baptista Machado (16th/17th century)
- John de Brito (1647–1693)
- John of God (1495–1550)
- Julia (3rd century)
- Mafalda of Portugal (1190–1256)
- Mancius (Early Christianity)
- Martin of Braga (520–580)
- Maxima (3rd century)
- Nuno Álvares Pereira (1360–1431)
- Peter of Rates (1st century)
- Quiteria (5th century)
- Rita Amada de Jesus (1848–1913)
- Rudesind (10th century)
- Saint Ovidius (1st and 2nd centuries)
- Sancha of Portugal (1180–1229)
- Teresa of Portugal (1181–1250)
- Verissimus (3rd century)
- Victor (3rd century)
- Wilgefortis (folk saint)
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Ruled by the God Apollo’s golden mean—”
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—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)