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The Saint I chose is Saint Matthew. I chose Saint Matthew because my fathers name is Matthew and Saint Matthew was a tax collector and I am good at math so this represents me. Matthew is remembered for a few things such as being one of Jesus's 12 disciples and the first author of the New Testament. Matthew was born in Palestine in the 1st century A.D. and his cause of death was in the Orthodox Church, tradition says that St. Matthew refused to die even after several attempts. He was first placed upside down and lit on fire, then sunk in a coffin in the sea overnight. The ruler of Ethiopia, who tried to kill Matthew, apologized to the apostle and converted to Christianity. His ethnicity was the Middle East and he was a catholic. Also,

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