Saints

Hidden in the highlands of Guatemala, a small shrine venerates a forbidden folk saint.

Legend has it this spring formed at the spot where a medieval Swedish king was killed.

Hundreds of notes give thanks to the patron saint of lost causes.

A small town lost in the mountains of southern Italy hosts the childhood home of one of the most famous saints of the 20th century.

An image of the legendary saint stands in the shadow of a cathedral she liberated.

A set of medieval stained-glass windows tell the gruesome story of a Viking siege.

A plaque marks the spot where the saint was shoved off the Charles Bridge and into the river.

Hanging within this medieval church are the bones of a beast allegedly slain by a fourth-century saint.

These unusual paintings give thanks to the saints and deities who granted people favors and miracles.

One of the holiest Shi'i shrines in Iran honors the life and death of a learned noblewoman who became a saint.

This crumbling medieval basilica once attracted pilgrims by the thousands to collect a miraculous dust that formed above the saint's tomb.

This monastery built into a cliff hides a perfectly preserved hermit in a glass coffin.

Medieval ruins nestled within a breathtaking swath of Spanish nature.