Martin Scorsese Presents: The Saints

Joan of Arc believed saints told her to save France from the Hundred Years' War.

In 1st Century Galilee, John baptizes followers, urging repentance. He baptizes Jesus, recognizing him as the prophesied Messiah.

Sebastian, a secret Christian in the Praetorian Guard, is exposed and shot with arrows. He survives miraculously in 3rd century Rome.

Maximilian Kolbe, a Catholic priest, is arrested in 1941 and sent to Auschwitz. He offers to take another prisoner's place for death by starvation.

In the early 13th century, Francis, a transformed war soldier, answers Jesus' call, creating a brotherhood and preaching a Christ-like life.

In 4th century Egypt, bandit Moses transforms after a faith moment, renouncing violence to follow Christ at a desert monastery.