|
|
|
Name*
Feast
Day** |
May
have lived
to age... (approx.) |
Attributes
may include... |
|
St. Eberhard
June
22 |
80 |
Archbishop;
Peacemaker |
|
St.
Ebrulf (Evroult)
December
29 |
80 |
Abbot
& Confessor; Constancy in labor, patience in adversity,
perfect resignation to the will of God, severe penance, built a
monastery |
|
St. Edith Stein
(Teresa Benedicta)
August
9 |
51 |
Convert, writer |
|
St.
Edmund of Abingdon
November
16 |
60 |
Archbishop;
Teaching, preaching |
|
St.
Edward the Confessor
October
13 |
63 |
King;
Piety |
|
St.
Egbert
April
24 |
90 |
Monk;
Holiness, learning |
|
St.
Eligius (Eloi)
December
1 |
70 |
Bishop
& Confessor; Generosity, virtue, wisdom, poverty, prayer |
|
St.
Elizabeth
November
5 |
"old
age" |
Righteous
Woman & Elderly Mother of St. John the Baptist. Cousin of the
Blessed Virgin Mary |
|
St.
Elizabeth
July
4 |
65 |
Queen
of Portugal & Widow; Charity, love of peace |
|
St.
Elizabeth Des Anges
August
26 |
65 |
Teaching,
care of the sick |
|
St.
Ephrem of Edessa (Ephraem the Syrian)
June
9 |
67 |
Doctor
of the Church; Sanctity, writings |
|
St.
Epiphanius
January
21 |
58 |
Bishop;
Sanctity, miracles |
|
St.
Epiphanius of Salamis
May
12 |
88 |
Bishop
& Monk; Scholarship, austerities, written works |
|
St.
Ethbin (Egbin)
October
19 |
83 |
Abbot;
Austerities, miracles |
|
St.
Ethelwold
August
1 |
76 |
Bishop
& Monk; Restoration of monasticism |
|
St.
Eugendus
January
1 |
61 |
Abbot;
Mortifications, almost continual prayer |
|
St.
Eugene de Mazenod
May
21 |
79 |
Bishop;
Founder of religious congregation, pastoral work |
|
St. Euphrasia Pelletier
April
24 |
72 |
Founded convent |
|
St.
Eusebius
August
2 |
"old
age" |
Priest
& Martyr; Zeal in invoking and preaching Christ
|
|
St.
Eustathius
July
16 |
70 |
Bishop;
Writings, orthodoxy, opposed Arianism |
|
St.
Eustochia Calafato
January
2 |
57 |
Piety,
assistance to the poor, penances, austerities |
|
St.
Euthymius
January
20 |
95 |
Abbot;
Constant prayer, humility, miracles, spent sixty eight years in the desert,
defender of the faith |
|
St.
Faro
October
28 |
80 |
Bishop
& Confessor; Virtues, zealous labor for the salvation of souls |
|
St. Faustus
September
28 |
90 |
Bishop;
Defender of the Faith, writer |
|
St.
Felician
January
24 |
95 |
Bishop
& Martyr; Missionary work |
|
St.
Felix
July
7 |
70 |
Bishop;
Learning, virtue, eloquence |
|
St.
Felix of Cantalicio
May
18 |
72 |
Confessor;
Purity, great austerities |
|
St.
Felix of Nola
January
14
|
"old
age" |
Priest
& Confessor; Conversions, miracles |
|
St.
Felix of Thibiuca
October
24 |
56 |
Bishop
and Martyr; Courage |
|
St.
Felix of Valois
November
20 |
85 |
Hermit
& Co-Founder of the Trinitarians; Founded convent in his
seventies
|
|
St. Ferdinand III
May
30 |
53 |
King of Castile, Spain;
Fought against heresy, devotion to Mary |
|
St. Finian of Clonard December
12 |
79 |
Teacher;
Built schools, churches, monasteries |
|
St.
Frances of Rome
March
9 |
56 |
Widow
& Foundress of the Collatines; Humility, obedience, prophecy,
conversation with her guardian angel |
|
St.
Frances Xavier Cabrini
November
13 |
67 |
Virgin;
Founded orphanages, hospitals, schools, charitable organizations.
First American citizen to be canonized. |
|
St. Francis Borgia
October
10 |
62 |
Duke;
Founded monasteries and charitable institutions,
"second founder of the Jesuits" |
|
St. Francis de Sales
January
24 |
55 |
Bishop
& Doctor of the Church; Wisdom, founded schools, writings |
|
St. Francis Jerome (Francis de
Geronimo)
May
11 |
74 |
Preaching |
|
St.
Francis Mary Croese
September
20 |
62 |
Lay
brother; Miracles |
|
St.
Francis of Paola
April
2 |
91 |
Confessor;
Penance, charity, humility, miracles, founder of religious order |
|
St.
Francis Solano
July
13 |
62 |
Confessor;
Extraordinary humility and austerities, prayer, zeal, charity,
sanctity, miracles |
|
St.
Francis Xavier Bianchi
January
31 |
72 |
Miracles,
prophecy |
|
St.
Froilan
October
3 |
73 |
Bishop
& Hermit; Founded monasteries |
|
St.
Fulbert
April
10 |
77 |
Bishop;
Rebuilt cathedral, fought simony, directed cathedral school |
|
St.
Fulgentius
January
1 |
65 |
Bishop
& Confessor; Virtues, mortifications |
|
Top
| Senior Saints
|
|
|
|
Name*
Feast
Day** |
May
have lived
to age... (approx.) |
Attributes
may include... |
|
St. Galdinus April
18 |
76 |
Cardinal;
Rebuilt Milan |
|
St. Gall
July
1 |
68 |
Bishop
& Monk |
|
St. Gall
October
16 |
95 |
Missionary, scholar |
|
St.
Gaspar Bertoni
June
12 |
76 |
Founded
religious congregation, assisted the sick |
|
St.
Gatian
December
18
|
"old
age" |
Bishop
& Confessor; Preaching, credited with nearly fifty years of zealous
labor even amidst frequent sufferings and dangers |
|
St. Gaucherius
(Gaucher)
April
9 |
80 |
Hermit;
Founded monastery |
|
St.
Genevieve
January
3
|
78 |
Virgin:
Prayer, mortification |
|
St.
George Limniotes
August
24 |
95 |
Hermit
& Martyr |
|
St.
Gerald
October
13 |
54 |
Count;
Piety, assistance to the poor |
|
St.
Gerard
October
3 |
"old
age" |
Abbot;
Fervor, restored discipline in religious houses |
|
St. Gerard of Toul
April
23 |
59 |
Bishop;
Piety, preaching |
|
St.
Germanus of Auxerre
July
31 |
70 |
Bishop;
Poverty, austerities, fought against Pelagianism, founded schools |
|
St.
Germanus of Paris
May
28 |
80 |
Bishop;
Great charity to the poor, labor for the conversion of sinners,
miracles, prophecy, zeal, penitential life that continued
even into his old age |
|
St.
Germerius
May
16 |
80 |
Founded
churches and a monastery, assisted the poor |
|
St. Gilbert of Sempringham
February
4 |
106 |
Founder of religious order;
Suffered from blindness in later years |
|
St. Gildas
January
29 |
70 |
Bishop
& Hermit; Writing, wisdom |
|
St.
Godehard
May
4 |
76 |
Bishop
& Abbot; Reform of monasteries, built churches and schools,
assisted the sick & poor |
|
St.
Godrick
May
21 |
101 |
Hermit;
Austerities, patience, humility, authored poetry |
|
St.
Gregory I the Great
September
3 |
64 |
Pope;
Founded monasteries, restored discipline, charitable work,
ransomed captives, protected papal primacy, preaching, writings |
|
St.
Gregory VII
May
25 |
64 |
Pope;
Reforms, excommunicated King Henry |
|
St.
Gregory Barbarigo
June
17 |
72 |
Cardinal;
Charities, learning, worked to end schism of the Greeks |
|
St. Gregory Nazianzus the Elder
January
1 |
98 |
Bishop
& Confessor; All his children became saints |
|
St. Gregory Nazianzus the Younger
May
9 |
59 |
Doctor of the
Church, Father of the Church, Theologian; Defender of the faith,
sacred learning, eloquence |
|
St.
Gregory of Langres
January
4 |
"old
age" |
Widower
& Bishop; Conversion, pastoral labors, assiduous prayer,
mortification, holiness |
|
St. Gregory of Nyssa
March
9 |
60 |
Bishop
& Father of the Church; Theologian, writings |
|
St. Gregory of Tours
November
17 |
55 |
Bishop;
Historian, writings |
|
St. Gregory of Utrecht
August
25 |
73 |
Abbot;
Forgiveness |
|
St.
Gudwal (Gurval)
June
6 |
"old
age" |
Bishop
& Confessor; Sanctity
|
|
St.
Guibert
May
23 |
70 |
Hermit;
Founded a monastery, missionary work |
|
St.
Guntramnus (Contran)
March
28 |
68 |
King
and Confessor; Repentance, piety, generosity, protector of the
oppressed, miracles |
|
St.
Gybrian
May
8
|
"old
age" |
Priest;
Long penitential & contemplative life, credited with assembling a community
of fervent servants of God |
|
St. Hedwig
October
16 |
69 |
Duchess
& Widow |
|
St.
Hegesippus
April
7
|
"old
age" |
Father
of the Church; Church Historian |
|
St.
Helen (Helena)
August
18 |
80
|
Empress;
Mother of Constantine, perfect conversion (in her old age), found
the Holy Cross (in her old age), charity to the poor, adornment of
churches, humility, devotion, piety
|
|
St.
Heliodorus
July
3 |
58 |
Bishop;
Disciple of St. Jerome |
|
St.
Henry II
July
15 |
52 |
Emperor;
Prudence, clemency, humility, prayer, protection of Christendom |
|
St. Herman Joseph
April
7 |
91 |
Mystic |
|
St.
Hilarion
October
21 |
80 |
Abbot;
Austerities (which were redoubled in his old age) |
|
St.
Hilary of Galatea
May
15 |
82 |
Abbot;
Founded a Monastery |
|
St.
Hilda (Hild)
November
17 |
63 |
Abbess;
Charity, prudence, meekness, virtues, peace |
|
St.
Hildegardis
September
17 |
82 |
Virgin
& Abbess; Devotion, mortification, patience, heavenly visions |
|
St.
Hippolytus
August
22 |
"old
age" |
Martyr;
First antipope (he publicly repented and he was reconciled to the
Church before his martyrdom)
|
|
St. Honoratus
January
16 |
79 |
Bishop;
Founded abbey |
|
St. Honoratus of Vercelli
October
28 |
85 |
Bishop |
|
St.
Hugh
April
1 |
79 |
Bishop
& Confessor; Love of heavenly things; penitential works,
preaching
|
|
St.
Hugh of Lincoln
November
17 |
60 |
Bishop
& Confessor; Goodness, learning
|
|
St. Hugh the Great
April
29 |
85 |
Abbot
& Papal Legate; Founded hospital |
|
St.
Humility
May
22 |
84 |
Abbess
& Recluse; Austerity, founded convents |
|
St.
Hyacinth
August
17 |
72 |
Confessor;
Preaching, called "The apostle of the north" |
|
St.
Hyacintha Mariscotti
January
30 |
55 |
Austerities,
penances, founded congregations, charity. Was converted by
illness. |
|
St. Hypatius
June
17 |
84 |
Hermit;
Miracles, prophecies |
|
Top
| Senior Saints
|
|
|
|
Name*
Feast
Day** |
May
have lived
to age... (approx.) |
Attributes
may include... |
|
St. Ignatius Delgado
July
12 |
77 |
Bishop
& Martyr |
|
St.
Ignatius of Constantinople
October
23 |
80 |
Patriarch
& Confessor; Pastoral zeal |
|
St.
Ignatius of Loyola
July
31 |
65 |
Confessor;
Conversion, mortification, labors, wisdom,
founder of the Jesuits, Spiritual Exercises |
|
St. Ildephonsus
January
23 |
60 |
Bishop
& Abbot |
|
St.
Innocent V
June
22 |
51 |
Pope;
Preaching, theologian, assisted in the temporary ending of the
Greek schism, mediation |
|
St.
Irenaeus of Lyons
June
28 |
78 |
Bishop
& Theologian; Written works, opposed heresy |
|
St.
Isaac of Constantinople
May
30 |
92 |
Hermit;
Founded a monastery |
|
St.
Isadore of Scete
January
15 |
"old
age" |
Hermit,
Priest; Meekness, continence, prayer and recollection |
|
St.
Isidore of Seville
April
4 |
76 |
Bishop
& Doctor of the Church; Learning, founded seminaries and
schools, conversion, writings |
|
St.
Isidore the Farmer
May
15 |
60 |
Patron
of Madrid; Sanctity, patience, assiduous labor |
|
St. Ivo of Chartres
May
23 |
75 |
Bishop,
teacher |
|
St.
James of La Marca of Ancona
November
28
|
90 |
Confessor;
Austerities, zeal for the salvation of souls, long service (he
spent 70 years of his life in a religious state) |
|
St. Jane de Lestonnac
February
2 |
84 |
Widow;
Founder of religious institute |
|
St. Jane Delanoue
August
16 |
66 |
Service to the poor, founder of religious houses |
|
St.
Jane Frances de Chantal
August
18 |
69 |
Widow
& Abbess; Foundress of a religious order and many convents
|
|
St.
Jerome
September
30 |
79 |
Priest
& Doctor of the Church; Biblical scholar, learning,
translation of Holy Scripture, writings, defense of the Faith |
|
St. Jerome Emiliani
February
8 |
56 |
Founder of hospitals, orphanages,
and a religious order |
|
St. Jerome of Werden
July
9 |
50 |
Martyr, missionary |
|
St.
Joachim
July 26
|
"old
age" |
Father
of the Blessed Virgin Mary. According to tradition, Mary was born
to her aged parents in answer to years of prayer. |
|
St.
Joan Antide Thouret
August
25 |
61 |
Founded
a school, helped the poor & sick, protected priests from
persecution, founded convents |
|
St.
Joannicius
November
4 |
92
(81-116) |
Abbot
|
|
St.
John
December
27 |
"old
age" |
Apostle
& Evangelist; The beloved disciple of Christ. Was given the
care of Jesus' mother Mary. Only Apostle to survive martyrdom. |
|
St. John Baptist de la Salle
April
7 |
68 |
Educator,
founder of religious institute |
|
St. John Baptist de Rossi
May
23 |
66 |
Missionary,
helper to the needy, miracles |
|
St. John Baptist Vianney (Cure of
Ars)
August
4 |
73 |
Pastoral zeal |
|
St. John Bosco
January
31 |
73 |
Founder of the Salesians, care of boys |
|
St.
John Capistrano
October
23
|
71 |
Confessor;
Defense of Christendom, sanctity, many miracles |
|
St. John Chrysostom
September
13 |
60 |
Doctor of the
Church, theologian, preaching |
|
St.
John Climacus
March
30 |
80 |
Abbot;
Writings, virtues |
|
St. John Damascene
December
4 |
74 |
Doctor of the
Church, Father of the Church; Writings |
|
St.
John de Brebeuf
October
19 |
56 |
Martyr;
Missionary activity to the Indians, holiness, courage |
|
St. John de Massias
September
18 |
60 |
Monk;
Austerities, miracles, care for the poor |
|
St. John de Ribera
January
6 |
79 |
Bishop;
Served for more than forty years |
|
St. John Eudes
August
19 |
79 |
Sacred Heart devotion, founding of seminaries |
|
St.
John Gualbert
July
12 |
78 |
Abbot;
Forgiveness, founded a monastery, virtues, compassion, humility,
charity, prophecies, cures, austerities |
|
St.
John Joseph Calosirto of the Cross
March
5 |
80 |
Confessor;
Holiness austerities, miracles, supernatural gifts |
|
St.
John Kanty (Cantius)
December
23 |
83 |
Confessor;
Charity towards the poor, poverty, austerities, professor of
Sacred Scripture |
|
St. John Leonardi
October
9 |
59 |
Care of sick and prisoners |
|
St.
John of Alvernia
August
13 |
63 |
Hermit;
Mystical experiences, preaching, supernatural gifts |
|
St.
John of Avila
May
10 |
70 |
Missionary
work, preaching, condemnation of evil, assistance to the poor. Was
spiritual adviser to St. Teresa of Avila and other saints. |
|
St.
John of Egypt
March
27 |
90 |
Hermit;
Humility, obedience, preaching, prophecy, miracles |
|
St.
John of God
March
8 |
55 |
Confessor;
Fervent conversion, penance, desire for humiliation, care of the
poor |
|
St.
John of Matha
February
8
|
53 |
Founder
of the Trinitarians, ransomed Christian slaves
|
|
St.
John of Reomay
January
28 |
100
[120] |
Abbot;
Helped institute monastic state in France, miracles |
|
St.
John of Salerno
August
9 |
52 |
Preaching,
founded a friary, supernatural gifts |
|
St.
John the Almoner
January
23
|
64 |
Widower
& Patriarch of Alexandria; Almsdeeds, piety, humility, propriety
in church
|
|
St.
John the Silent
May
13 |
104 |
Bishop
& Confessor; Austerity, love of silence, spiritual direction,
sublime contemplation |
|
St. Joseph
(Various) |
"old
age" |
Foster
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary |
|
St. Joseph Benedict Cottolengo
April
30 |
56 |
Care
of the sick and poor, founder of charitable institutions |
|
St.
Joseph Calasanctius
August
25 |
92 |
Confessor;
Founder of the Poor Regular Clergy of the Pious Schools of the
Mother of God, virtuous since youth, charity, prayer |
|
St.
Joseph of Cupertino
September
18 |
60 |
Confessor;
Humility, austerities, many miracles |
|
St.
Joseph of Leonessa
February
4 |
58 |
Confessor;
Zealous apostolic labors; heroic suffering from cancer at the end
of his life
|
|
St.
Joseph of Palestine
(Count
Joseph)
July
22 |
70 |
Conversion,
zeal, built churches |
|
St. Joseph Oriol
March
23 |
52 |
Miracles, prophecies |
|
St. Joseph Pignatelli
November
11 |
74 |
Confessor;
Holiness, "restorer of the Jesuits" |
|
St.
Juan Diego
December
9 |
74 |
Humble
visionary of Our Lady of Guadalupe |
|
St.
Julia Billiart
April
8 |
65 |
Assisted
persecuted priests, teaching, established convents |
|
St.
Juliana Falconieri
June
19 |
70 |
Virgin;
Mortification, charity |
|
St.
Justin Martyr
June
1 |
65 |
Martyr;
Missionary work, apologetics, opened school, writings |
|
Top
| Senior Saints
|
|
|
|
Name*
Feast
Day** |
May
have lived
to age... (approx.) |
Attributes
may include... |
|
St.
Katharine Mary Drexel
March
3 |
97 |
Assisted
the Indians and African-Americans, founded a religious order |
|
St.
Keivin (Coemgen)
June
3 |
120 |
Bishop
& Confessor; Founded a monastery |
|
St.
Kennocha of Scotland
March
13 |
"old
age" |
Virgin;
Humility, meekness, modesty, devotion
|
|
St.
Lambert of Maestricht
September
17 |
70 |
Bishop;
Pastoral work, evangelization of pagans |
|
St. Lambert Peloquin
May
26 |
74 |
Bishop;
Miracles, learning |
|
St.
Landelinus
June
15 |
61 |
Hermit
& Abbot; Conversion, holiness, founded a monastery and abbey |
|
St.
Laurence Justinian
September
5 |
74 |
Confessor
& Patriarch of Venice; Virtues, great poverty, courage |
|
St. Lawrence of Brindisi
July
21 |
60 |
Doctor of the
Church; Holiness, military victory |
|
St. Lawrence O'Tool
November
14 |
52 |
Bishop,
monk, papal legate |
|
St.
Leander
February
27 |
66 |
Monk;
Opposed Arianism |
|
St.
Leo
February
18 |
"old
age" |
Martyr;
Courage |
|
St.
Leo IX
April
19 |
52 |
Pope;
Reforms, miracles, condemned simony, promoted clerical celibacy |
|
St.
Leonard of Port Maurice
November
27
|
75 |
Preaching,
writings,
successful missionary labors, mortifications, conversions,
promoted devotions, erected many Stations of the Cross |
|
St.
Leopold
November
15 |
63 |
Founded
monasteries, piety, charity |
|
St.
Lewis (Louis IX)
August
25
|
56
|
King
of France; Zeal for the glory of God, service to the poor |
|
St.
Lewis Bertrand
October
9
|
55 |
Confessor;
Humility,
prayer, fruitful preaching |
|
St.
Licinius
February
13
|
65 |
Confessor
& Bishop; Valor, piety, penance |
|
St.
Lioba
September
28
|
"old
age" |
Abbess;
"Model of Christian perfection" |
|
St.
Liphardus
June
3 |
73 |
Hermit
& Abbot; Founded monastery |
|
St. Louise de Marillac
March
15 |
69 |
Founder of orphanages and hospitals |
|
St.
Lucy Filippini
March
26 |
60 |
Founded
schools, assistance to women |
|
St.
Ludmilla (Ludmilla, Lidmilla)
September
16
|
61 |
Duchess
& Martyr; Convert, widowed |
|
St.
Luke the Evangelist
October
18
|
84 |
Evangelist
(wrote third Gospel and the Acts of the Apostles) |
|
St.
Lupus (Leu)
July
29
|
94 |
Bishop
& Confessor; Pastoral zeal, prayer |
|
St.
Lutgardis
June
16 |
64 |
Mystic;
miracles, wisdom |
|
Top
| Senior Saints
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