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* As shown in her biographical film ''[[Soul Surfer]]'', Bethany Hamilton.
* In the ''[[Daredevil (film)|Daredevil]]'' movie, Matt Murdock is shown to have a regular habit of going to Catholic confession to atone for his violence.
* In ''[[The Avengers (film)|The Avengers]]'', Black Widow advises Captain America to stay out of a fight between Thor and Loki, on account of their being "[[Norse Mythology|pretty much gods.]]" Cap jumps in anyway:
{{quote|'''Captain America:''' There's only one God, ma'am, and I'm pretty sure He doesn't dress like that. }}
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* ''[[The Dresden Files]]'': Michael Carpenter, Knight of the Cross. Known as "The Fist of God" to his ''friends''. We don't know what his enemies call him.
* [[Badass Preacher|Father Callahan]] of ''[[The Dark Tower]]'' series and ''[[
* [[Badass Spaniard|Don Blas Vivar]] in ''[[Sharpe|Sharpe's Rifles]]''. With just five hundred men -- only one third of them actual soldiers -- he attacks a city held by 2,000 French soldiers, and wins. Why? So he can pray in the cathedral there.
* Gordon McSweeny in Harry Turtledove's ''[[Timeline-191]]'' storyline (specifically the Great War series) is the most fierce soldier on either side during the Great War, willingly leads any raid that he is ordered to make, and won the Medal of Honor at least once, possibly twice. He is also a fanatical Christian, constantly scolds his men for the slightest of offences (once putting himself on report for failing to clean his mess kit, then chewing out his CO for ignoring the complaint) and prefers to use a flamethrower to "give [the Confederates and Mormons] a nice foretaste of hell before they get there."
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* Promise Keepers runs on this trope.
* Salah-ad-Din Yusuf Ibn Ayyub the Great was the Muslim version of this. As were many Muslim commanders of the Crusades and onwards.
* Most, if not all, Muslim military personnel are the Islamic version of this trope.
* Khalid Ibn Walid is the king of the trope (the Muslim king, at least). A fiercely devout and zealous Muslim, a companion of the Muslim Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH), under his military leadership, the entire Arabian peninsula was united under the Muslim Khalifat. He is likely one of the most brilliant generals in history, being one of the three to have ''never suffered a defeat''. He was a terrifying warrior as well, a tale states that during the Battle of Muta that he shattered nine swords. For his faithfulness and skill, he was named Saif-ul-Allah, meaning the 'Sword of God'. Upon his deathbed, he lamented only that he would not die a martyr for Islam.
* Filipino boxer Manny Paquiao. A devout catholic who is currently considered as one of the best boxers, pound-for-pound wise.
* St Ladislaus of Hungary, has ascended to [[Memetic Badass]] status even during his rule. Among other things, he is said to have cleaved a mountain in two thus creating the Gorge of Torda, and coming back from the dead for one last battle.
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