Holy figures (6)

I believe the answer is:

saints

(Other definitions for saints that I've seen before include "Pancras and Alban, for example" , "Such paragons of virtue" , "They're canonised" , "Canonised men or women" , "Holy persons" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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