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February Saints Crossword Puzzle

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A puzzle featuring saints honoured in February. The first mention for each saint includes their feast day. There are two labelled anagram clues to help solve tricky answers. Enjoy!
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      1. Disdain OR attitude shown by St Brigid of Kildare (Feb. 1) towards worldly possessions
      5. St Ignatius (Feb 1) was a "God bearer"; alternatively he's another word for an extreme enthusiast
      9. Oppressed, persecuted; St Josephine Bakhita (Feb. 8) is the patron of human trafficking survivors
      11. Glorification, purpose of 21D
      12. Belief; St Agatha of Sicily (Feb. 5) was martyred for professing her faith
      13. Baptise; St Paul Miki (Feb. 6) was a martyred Japanese preacher who converted many to Catholicism
      15. Call for quiet (Scot. and Irish)
      16. Call for help (init.)
      18. Ploys
      21. Friend
      23. Easter preceder, weather-wise
      24. As a priest, Blessed Pope Pius IX (Feb. 7) helped with ____ work in Chile and Peru
      25. Energy and vigour
      28. Use for support (4,2)
      30. An ____ (drive) of St Oswald of Worcester (Feb. 29 or 28) was educating the clergy (10th century)
      31. Italian Giovanni ____ Mastai-Ferretti shared a name with Jesus' mother, later becoming Pope Pius IX
      32. Catchphrase
      33. Many ____ are attributed to St Blaise of Sebaste, including healing of illnesses of the throat
      34. Deny (arch.)
      35. From Feb. 11, 1858, St Bernardette Soubirous ____ (claimed) she saw the Virgin Mary at Lourdes

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      1. Brothers and saints Cyril and Methodius (Feb. 14) are also venerated in the Eastern Orthodox ____
      2. Low points
      3. Way out
      4. Caring, supporting; many saints suffered for their faith but helped others
      6. A terrestrial
      7. Dubhthach, father of St Brigid of Kildare, was a chieftain of the Irish province of ____
      8. Formal writing; some of the earliest about saints concerns St Agatha of Sicily
      10. Old Testament opener (abbr.)
      11. Sunday seat
      14. Minuscule amounts the Greeks knew of
      17. St Brigid is a patron of these people whose work includes milking animals
      19. "Aha!" (3,2)
      20. 316 CE: Roman Emperor Licinius began to persecute and ____ (confine) Christians, including St Blaise
      21. DOM PLAYS rearrangement during hymn singing (anag.)
      22. PLAIT MAO turned into a benign tumour of fatty tissue (anag.)
      25. Countenance; St Josephine Bakhita's was known for her ever-present smile
      26. Cereal crop important in semi-arid areas of Asia and Africa
      27. Unaccustomed (to)
      29. Palindromic British grandma
      30. Goal