| HAGIOGRAPHY | Biography of a saint or saints; from Greek, 'holy writing' (11) |
| HAGLOLOGY | Biography of a saint |
| SHASTRA | Has performed star turn in holy writing (7) |
| ATHOS | Greek 'holy mountain', location of a semi-autonomous monastic community, a World Heritage Site since 1988 (5) |
| AUREOLA | In art, a golden or luminous cloud represented encircling the body or head of a saint or other sacred personage; or, a halo around the sun or moon (7) |
| HALO | Word for a circle of light round the Sun or the Moon originally, later the nimbus of a saint; or, the figurative aura of glory of a venerated person (4) |
| ICON | From the Greek for "likeness", an image of a saint or other holy personage, painted on a panel (4) |
| RELIC | The physical remains of a saint or other holy person, treated as an object of veneration (5) |
| FASHIONICON | Dior or Saint Laurent |
| NIMBUS | A dark grey rain-cloud; an artistic representation of an aureole, gloriole, halo or luminous mist encircling an angel, deity or saint; or, any surrounding colour or light (6) |
| ATTRIBUTE | In art, a conventional symbol associated with a mythical figure or saint, such as the bow/arrows of Diana, the dove of Aphrodite, the lyre of Apollo or the peacock of Juno (9) |
| HOLYTERROR | Awe inspired by a saint - or a little devil (4,6) |
| BEAST | Remain a saint or a monster! (5) |
| SHRINE | Place of worship to a saint or deity (6) |
| STRIDE | Step out like a saint or take some transport (6) |
| BEST | Be a saint or as good as one can manage (4) |
| AVESTA | A jacket on a collection of holy writings (6) |
| DEDICATE | To assign ceremonially a church or other building to a deity or saint (8) |
| PURESHORES | 2000 number one single by All Saints from the soundtrack of The Beach (4,6) |
| GENET | "Saint ___" (Sartre biography of a literary colleague) |
