Some of you may not know that Holy Church considers many Old Testament figures to be saints. You can find them commemorated in the pages of the Martyrologium Romanum.
Today, for example, we have…
2. Commemoratio santi Esdrae, sacerdotis et scribae, qui, tempore Artaxerxis regis Persarum, Babylone in Iudaeam rediens populum dispersum congregavit et omni studio enisus est, ut legem Domini investigaret, impleret et doceret in Israel.
You can give us your own perfect but still smooth and elegant version in English.
Not to be outdone, the New Testament also produced a few saints, though that may not come as much of a surprise.
3. Commemoratio sancti Silae, qui, ab Apostolis ad Ecclesias gentium una cum sanctis Paulo et Barnaba destinatus, praedicationis officum, gratia Dei plenus, instanter consummavit.
