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Benevolent Figures

 * Elijah (or Elias) (fl. 9th century BC), prophet during the reign of Ahab.

Benevolent Figures

 * Jesus Christ (or Jesus of Nazareth; Hebrew, Yeshua)
 * Mary (or Virgin Mary, Mother Mary, Madonna), mother of Jesus Christ.
 * Saint Anne (Hebrew, Hannah), mother of the Virgin Mary and grandmother of Jesus Christ.
 * Saint Joachim, husband of Saint Anne and the father of Mary, the mother of Jesus.
 * Saint John the Baptist, prophet who led a movement of baptism at the Jordan River.
 * Saint Joseph, the husband of Mary and foster-father of Jesus Christ.
 * Saint Veronica, gave Jesus her veil to wipe his forehead, as he carried his cross to Golgotha.

The Twelve Apostles

 * Saint Peter (or Simon Cephas), Galilean fisherman who was fishing off the Lake of Gennesaret when he was called to follow Jesus. He denied Jesus thrice before the Sanhedrin, cut off the ear of Malchus, and is claimed to have been jealous of Mary Magdalene.
 * Saint James, son of Zebedee, Galilean fisherman, brother of John the Evangelist, executed by the sword under King Herod (Acts). He, along with John, are known as Boanerges.
 * Saint John the Apostle, author of the Gospel of John and the only apostle present during the crucifixion of Jesus, along with the three Marys (Mary Magdalene, Mother Mary & Mary, sister of Lazarus and Martha).
 * Saint Andrew, the Protocletos (first-called), younger brother of Saint Peter, originally a disciple of John the Baptist.
 * Saint Philip the Apostle, from Bethsaida, connected with Andrew and Peter, introduced Bartholomew to Jesus, introduced the Greek-speaking Jews to Jesus, and asked to "see the Father" during the Last Supper.
 * Saint Bartholomew (or Nathanael), always mentioned together with Philip, known for having said, "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?"; was told by Jesus "Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you"; Jesus referred to him as an "Israelite indeed, in whom is no deceit"; one of the apostles to whom Jesus appeared at the Sea of Tiberias after the Resurrection.
 * Saint Matthew the Evangelist, publican (tax-collector), who made a 'great feast' for Jesus on the day that he was called to be an apostle.
 * Saint Thomas the Apostle (or Doubting Thomas, or Didymus),
 * Saint James the Less,
 * Saint Jude (or Thaddaeus),
 * Saint Simon the Zealot,
 * Judas Iscariot, scholar and treasurer of the apostles who betrays Jesus for 30 pieces of silver.