Saint Catherine of Siena, O.P. (25 March 1347 – 29 April 1380) was a tertiary of the Dominican Order, and a Scholastic philosopher and theologian. She also worked to bring the Papacy back to Rome from its displacement in France, and to establish...

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x Agatha of Sicily

Saint Agatha of Sicily (died traditionally 251) is a Christian saint. Her memorial is on 5 February. Agatha was born at Catania and she was martyred in approximately 251. She is one of seven women, excluding the Blessed Virgin Mary, commemorated by...

x Jeanne d' Arc

Saint Joan of Arc (French: Jeanne d'Arc; ca. 1412 – 30 May 1431) is a national heroine of France and a Catholic saint. A peasant girl born in eastern France, she led the French army to several important victories during the Hundred Years' War,...

x Saint Joseph

Saint Joseph (Hebrew יוֹסֵף, also known as Joseph of the House of David, Joseph the Betrothed, Joseph of Nazareth, or Joseph the Worker) is known from the New Testament as the husband of Mary, mother of Jesus. Although according to Christian...

x Saint Lucy

Saint Lucy, also known as Saint Lucia or Saint Lukia, (283 – 304) was a wealthy young Christian martyr who is venerated as a saint by both Catholic and Orthodox Christians. Her feast day in the West is 13 December, by the unreformed Julian calendar...

x Basil of Caesarea

Basil of Caesarea, also called Saint Basil the Great, (330 – January 1, 379) (Greek: Άγιος Βασίλειος ο Μέγας) was the bishop of Caesarea Mazaca in Cappadocia, Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey). He was an influential 4th century Christian theologian and...

x Brigid of Kildare

Saint Brigid of Kildare or Brigid of Ireland (Brigit, Bridget, Bridgit, Bríd or Bride) (Irish: Naomh Bríd) (c. 451 – 525) is considered one of Ireland's patron saints along with Saints Patrick and Columba. Her feast day is February 1, the...

x Honoratus

Saint Honoratus (French: Saint Honorat or Saint Honoré)(ca. 350 – January 6, 429) was Archbishop of Arles. There is some disagreement concerning his place of birth, and the date of his death is still disputed, being according to certain authors,...

x Teresa of Ávila

Saint Teresa of Ávila, also called Saint Teresa of Jesus, baptized as Teresa Sánchez de Cepeda y Ahumada, (March 28, 1515, at Gotarrendura (Ávila), Old Castile, Spain – October 4, 1582, at Alba de Tormes, Salamanca, Spain) was a prominent Spanish...

x Genevieve

St Genevieve (Sainte Geneviève) (Nanterre, c. 419/422 - Paris 502/512), in Latin Sancta Genovefa, from Germanic keno (kin) and wefa (wife), is the patron saint of Paris in Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox tradition. Her feast is kept on 3 January...

x Bartholomew

Saint Bartholomew was one of the twelve Apostles of Jesus. Bartholomew (Greek: Βαρθολομαίος, transliterated "Vartholomeos") comes from the Aramaic bar-Tôlmay (תולמי‎‎‎‎‎-בר‎‎), meaning son of Tolmay (Ptolemy) or son of the furrows (perhaps a...

x Isidore of Seville

Saint Isidore of Seville (Spanish: San Isidro or San Isidoro de Sevilla, Latin: Isidorus Hispalensis) (c. 560 – April 4, 636) was Archbishop of Seville for more than three decades and is considered, as Montalembert put it in an oft-quoted phrase, ...

x Francis of Assisi

Saint Francis of Assisi (Giovanni Francesco Bernardone; born 1181/1182 – October 3, 1226) was a deacon and the founder of the Order of Friars Minor, more commonly known as the Franciscans. He is known as the patron saint of animals, the environment...

x Saint Margaret of Scotland

Saint Margaret (c. 1045 – 16 November 1093), was the sister of Edgar Ætheling, the short-ruling and uncrowned Anglo-Saxon King of England. She married Malcolm III, King of Scots, becoming his Queen consort. Saint Margaret was the daughter of the...

x Saint Nicholas

Saint Nicholas (Greek: Άγιος Νικόλαος , Agios Nikolaos, "victory of the people") (270 - 6 December 346) is the common name for Nicholas of Myra, a saint and Bishop of Myra (in Lycia, part of modern-day Turkey). Because of the many miracles...

x Saint Peter

Saint Peter (Greek: Πέτρος, Pétros “Rock”, Kephas in Hellenized Aramaic) (c.1–AD 64) was a leader of the early Christian church, who features prominently in the New Testament Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles. According to Biblical accounts, he...

x Saint George

Saint George (ca. 275/281 – 23 April 303) was, according to tradition, a Roman soldier in the Guard of Diocletian, who is venerated as a Christian martyr. In hagiography Saint George is one of the most venerated saints in the Roman Catholic Church,...

x Saint Patrick

Saint Patrick (c. 390 – 460) (Latin: Patricius, Irish: Naomh Pádraig) was a British Christian missionary and is the patron saint of Ireland, along with Brigid of Kildare and Columba. He was educated at a monastery and school of divinity founded by...

x Augustine of Hippo

Augustine of Hippo (pronounced /ˈɔːɡəstiːn/ or /ɒˈɡʌstɨn/) (Latin: Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis;) (November 13, 354 – August 28, 430), Bishop of Hippo Regius, also known as St. Augustine or St. Austin , was a Berber philosopher and theologian....

x Saint James the Great

Saint James, son of Zebedee (d. 44) or Yaakov Ben-Zebdi/Bar-Zebdi, was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. He was a son of Zebedee and Salome, and brother of John the Apostle. He is called Saint James the Greater to distinguish him from James, son...

x Saint Andrew

Saint Andrew (Greek: 'Ανδρέας, Andreas; early first century - mid to late first century AD), called in the Orthodox tradition Protocletos, or the First-called, is a Christian Apostle and the brother of Saint Peter. The name "Andrew" (from Greek : ...

x Columba

Saint Columba (7 December 521 – 9 June 597 AD), also known as Colum Cille (meaning "Dove of the church") was an outstanding figure among the Gaelic missionary monks who, some of his advocates claim, introduced Christianity to the Picts during the...

x Michael

Michael (Hebrew: מִיכָאֵל‎, Micha'el or Mîkhā'ēl; Greek: Μιχαήλ, Mikhaḗl; Latin: Michael or Míchaël; Arabic: میکائیل‎, Mikā'īl) is an archangel in Jewish, Christian and Islamic tradition. He is viewed as the field commander of the Army of God. He is...

x Saint Jude

Saint Jude was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. He is generally identified with Thaddeus, and is also variously called Jude of James, Jude Thaddaeus , Judas Thaddaeus or Lebbaeus. He is sometimes identified with Jude, brother of Jesus, but is...

x Saint Lawrence

Saint Lawrence (c. 225 – 258) (Latin: Laurentius, meaning "laurelled") was one of the seven deacons of ancient Rome who were martyred during the persecution of Roman Emperor Valerian in the year 258. The "Acts" of St Lawrence were lost by the time...

x Saint Anne

Saint Anne (also Ann or Anna, from Hebrew Hannah חַנָּה or Channah‎, meaning "favor" or "grace.") of David's house and line, was the mother of the Virgin Mary, according to Christian tradition. Her name Anne is the Greek rendering of the Hebrew name...

x Saint Giles

Saint Giles (Greek: Αιγίδιος, Latin: Ægidius, French: Gilles, Italian: Egidio, Spanish: Egidio, Catalan: Gil; c. 650 - c. 710) was a Greek Christian hermit saint from Athens, whose legend is centered in Provence and Septimania. The tomb in the abbey...

x Saint Sava

Saint Archbishop Sava (or Saint Sabbas; Serbian: Свети Сава, Sveti Sava) (cca 1175, Ras - January 14, 1235, Trnovo, Bulgaria), baptised name Rastko Nemanjić (Serbian: Растко Немањић) was the youngest son of Serbian ruler Stefan Nemanja, Eastern...

x Saint Boniface

Saint Boniface (Latin: Bonifacius; c. 672 – June 5, 754), the Apostle of the Germans, born Winfrid or Wynfrith at Crediton in the kingdom of Wessex (now in Devon, England), was a missionary who propagated Christianity in the Frankish Empire during...

x Saint Dominic

Saint Dominic (Spanish: Domingo), also known as Dominic of Osma, often called Dominic de Guzmán and Domingo de Guzmán Garcés (1170 – August 6, 1221) was the founder of the Friars Preachers, popularly called the Dominicans or Order of Preachers (OP),...

x Saint David

Saint David (c. 500–589) (Welsh: Dewi Sant) was a church official; he was later regarded as a saint and as the patron saint of Wales. In contrast with the other national patron saints of the British Isles, Saints George, Andrew and Patrick, David is...

x Saint Cyril

Saint Cyril (Greek: ￎﾚￏﾍￏﾁￎﾹￎﾻￎﾻￎ﾿ￏﾂ, Church Slavonic: ￐ﾚ￐ﾸ￑ﾀ￐ﾸ￐ﾻ￑ﾊ) (827 - February 14, 869) was a Byzantine monk, scholar, theologian, and linguist. He is best known today for his work in Christian the Slavs and, with his brother Saint Methodius,...

x Saint Lambert

Saint Lambert or Landebertus (c. 636 - c. 700) was the bishop of Maastricht (Tongeren) from about 670 until his death. Lambert was from a noble family of Maastricht, a protegé of his uncle, Bishop Theodard of Maastricht. When Theodard was murdered...

x Saint Christopher

Saint Christopher (Greek: Άγιος Χριστόφορος) is a saint venerated by Roman Catholics and Orthodox Christians, listed as a martyr killed in the reign of the 3rd century Roman emperor Decius (reigned 249–251). The Eastern Orthodox Church venerates...

x Saint Stephen

Saint Stephen (Koine Greek: Στέφανος, Stephanos), known as the Protomartyr of Christianity, is venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches. Stephen means "wreath" or "crown" in Greek. He was one of the first in the early...

x Saint Matthias

Saint Matthias (d. 80), according to the Acts of the Apostles, was the apostle chosen by the remaining eleven apostles to replace Judas Iscariot following Judas' betrayal of Jesus and his suicide. There is no mention of a Matthias among the lists of...

x Saint Cecilia

Saint Cecilia (Latin: Sancta Caecilia) is the patron saint of musicians and Church music because when she was dying she sang to God.St. Cecilia was an only child. Her feast day is celebrated in the Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and Eastern...

x Saint Eligius

Saint Eligius or Loye (French: Éloi) (c. 588 - December 1, 660) is the patron saint of goldsmiths and other metalworkers. He is also the patron saint of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME), a corps of the British Army, but he is...

x Saint Valentine

Saint Valentine (in Latin, Valentinus) is the name of several martyred saints of ancient Rome. The name "Valentine", derived from valens (worthy), was popular in Late Antiquity. Of the Saint Valentine whose feast is on February 14, nothing is known...

x Saint Ursula

Saint Ursula ("little female bear" in Latin) is a British Christian saint. Her feast day in the Catholic Church is October 21. Because of the lack of sure information about the anonymous group of holy virgins who on some uncertain date were killed...

x Benedict of Nursia

Benedict of Nursia (Italian: San Benedetto da Norcia) (480 - 547) was a saint from Italy, the founder of Western Christian monasticism, and a rule-giver for cenobitic monks. His purpose may be gleaned from his Rule, namely that "Christ ... may bring...

x Bonaventure

Saint Bonaventure of Bagnoregio (Italian: San Bonaventura; 1221 – July 15, 1274), born John of Fidanza (Italian: Giovanni di Fidanza), was an Italian medieval scholastic theologian and philosopher, the eighth Minister General of the Order of Friars...

x Saint Swithun

Saint Swithun (or Swithin) (died 2 July 862) was an early English Bishop of Winchester, now best known for the popular British weather lore proverb that if it rains on Saint Swithun's day, 15 July, it will rain for 40 days and 40 nights. Swithun was...

x Thomas Becket

Thomas Becket (1118 – 29 December 1170) was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 to his death. He is venerated as a saint and martyr by both the Roman Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion. He engaged in conflict with Henry II of England over the...

x Felice da Nicosia

Saint Felice da Nicosia, or Felix of Nicosia (November 5, 1715 – May 31, 1787), was a Capuchin friar, and is a saint in the Roman Catholic Church. Born in Nicosia, Sicily, as a young boy Felix worked in the workshop of a shoemaker, close to a nearby...

x Augustine Fangi

Blessed Augustine Fangi (also, Augustine of Biella, or, in Italian, Beato Agostino Fangi) (1430 – 22 July 1493) was an Italian Dominican friar and priest. He was commonly regarded in his time as a miracle worker, and as prior of several houses, was...

x Raymond Nonnatus

Saint Raymond Nonnatus (Catalan: Sant Ramon Nonat, Spanish: San Ramón Nonato, French: Saint Raymond Nonnat, Maltese: San Rajmondo Nonnato) (1204—1240) was a saint from Catalonia in Spain. His surname (Latin: Nonnatus, "not born") is derived from the...

x Margaret Clitherow

Margaret Clitherow (1556 – March 25, 1586) is an English saint and martyr of the Roman Catholic Church. She is sometimes called "the Pearl of York". She was born as Margaret Middleton, the daughter of a wax-chandler, after Henry VIII of England had...

x Oliver Plunkett

Saint Oliver Plunkett (1 November 1629 – 1 July 1681) was the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland. He maintained his duties in Ireland in the face of English persecution and was eventually arrested and tried for treason at...

x Peter of Rates

Saint Peter of Rates (Portuguese: São Pedro de Rates), also known in English as Saint Peter of Braga, is traditionally considered to be the first bishop of Braga between the years 45 and 60. He is said to have been ordered to preach the Christian...

x Eanfled of Deira

Eanflæd (19 April 626 – 11 December 704) was queen of Bernicia and later, the abbess of an influential Christian monastery in Whitby, England. She was the daughter of King Edwin of Deira and Æthelburg, daughter of King Æthelberht of Kent. In about...

x Saint Taurinus

Saint Taurinus of Évreux (d. ca. 410), also known as Saint Taurin, is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church. His legend states that he was the first bishop of Évreux. He evangelized the region and died a martyr. His largely legendary life is...

x Mamertus

Saint Mamertus (died c. 475) was the Archbishop of Vienne in Gaul and is a saint in the Roman Catholic Church. His primary contribution to ecclesiastical practice was the introduction of litanies prior to Ascension Day as an intercession against...

x Austrebertha

Austrebertha (Austreberta, Eustreberta, Austreberta of Pavilly) (French: Austreberthe) (630-704) is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church. The daughter of Saint Framechildis and the Count Palatine Badefrid, she became a nun after she refused...

x St. Peregrine, martyr

St. Peregrine the martyr was an early Christian martyr who died because he and others refused to worship the Roman Emperor Commodus on his birthday.

x Quodvultdeus

Saint Quodvultdeus (died c. 450) was a fifth century church father and bishop of Carthage who was exiled to Naples. He was known to have been living in Carthage around 407 and became a deacon in 421 AD. He corresponded with Saint Augustine of Hippo,...

x Ursicinus of Saint-Ursanne

Saint Ursicinus (Hursannus, Ursitz, Oschanne) (d. 625 AD) was an Irish missionary to present-day Switzerland. A friend and disciple of Saint Columbanus at the monastery of Luxeuil, he accompanied his master into exile around 610 after Columbanus was...

x Bruno of Querfurt

Saint Bruno of Querfurt (c. 970 – February 14 1009) (also known as Brun and Boniface) is a sainted missionary bishop and martyr, who was beheaded near the border of Kievan Rus and Lithuania while trying to spread Christianity in Eastern Europe. He...

x Victor of Marseilles

Saint Victor of Marseilles was a Christian Martyr. He is venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church. Saint Victor is said to have been a Roman army officer in Marseilles, who publicly denounced the worship of...

x Saint Anstrudis

Saint Anstrudis (Anstrude, Austru, or Austrude) (b. unknown - 688). Anstrudis was the daughter of Saint Blandinus and Saint Salaberga, who were the founders of the Saint John the Baptist Convent at Laon. She was also the sister of Saint Baldwin....

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