- ...that the Chinese government had no objections when the Eastern Orthodox Church canonized Metrophanes, Chi Sung and other martyrs of the Boxer Rebellion, but did object to canonizations by the Roman Catholic Church?
- ... that after being captured by pirates, Matthew Carrieri offered to remain a captive in place of others, which shocked the pirate captain so much he set them all free?
- ...that Martha, the mother of Simeon Stylites, is said to have only consented to marriage after John the Baptist appeared to her telling her to do so?