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Saint John A. Coleman S.J., associate professor of religion and sociology at the Graduate Theological Union, Berkely, wrote in 1987 that saints across various cultures and religions have the following family resemblances 1. exemplary model 2. extraordinary teacher 2. wonder worker or source of benevolent power, 4. intercessor 5. possessor of a special and revelatory relation to the holy.