Saint Sarah
![[Abraham, Sarah, and the Angel]](saintab8.jpg "44kb jpg detail of 'Abraham, Sarah, and the Angel' by Jan Provost, c.1500, Musée du Louvre, Paris; please do not write to ask about the image")
- Also known as
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Sari
Sarai
Sara
- Memorial
- 19 August
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- Jewish Old Testament Matriarch.
Wife of the Patriarch Abraham.
A convert from paganism, she was the first female convert to the faith of Abraham.
Nomad in the desert of Canaan.
When she was aged 90, she heard angels say she would finally become a mother.
She laughed at the idea, and when her son was born, she named him Isaac from the word for laughter.
- Died
- of natural causes at age 127
- Canonized
- Pre-Congregation
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