|
|
|
Name*
Feast
Day** |
May
have lived
to age... (approx.) |
Attributes
may include... |
|
St.
Macarius of Alexandria (Macarius the Younger)
January
2
|
"old
age" |
Anchoret;
Contemplation,
penance, virtue, extraordinary austerities, miracles |
|
St.
Macarius of Egypt (Macarius the Great, Macarius the Elder)
January
15
|
90 |
Hermit;
Compunction,
humility, prayer, spiritual direction |
|
St.
Macedonius
January
24
|
90 |
Anchoret;
Abstentious, many
miraculous cures |
|
St.
Madeleine Sophie Barat
May
25 |
86 |
Superior;
Founded numerous houses and schools |
|
St.
Maglorius (Maelor)
October
24
|
"old
age" |
Bishop
& Confessor; Apostolic labors, founded a monastery, miracles |
|
St. Majolus
May
11 |
88 |
Abbot |
|
St.
Malachy
November
3 |
53 |
Bishop;
Founded monastery, restored discipline and morality, miracles.
Famous papal prophecies are attributed to him. |
|
St.
Malrubius
April
21
|
80 |
Martyr;
Austerities |
|
St.
Marcellus Akimetes
December
29
|
"old
age" |
Abbot;
Good works
|
|
St. Margaret of Cortona
February
22 |
50 |
Penitent, founder of hospital, miracle worker |
|
St. Marguerite Bourgeoys
January
19 |
80 |
Founder of religious houses |
|
St. Maria Francesca Gallo
October
6 |
76 |
Prophecy, mystic,
stigmata |
|
St.
Marie Marguerite D'Youville
December
23 |
70 |
Care
of the poor, charitable works |
|
St.
Mark of Montegallo
March
20 |
71 |
Preacher,
missionary work, mortification |
|
St.
Martin de Porres
November
3
|
60 |
Confessor;
Holiness, assistance
to the poor and sick, penances, miracles, care for animals |
|
St. Martin of Braga
March
20 |
60 |
Bishop |
|
St.
Martin of Tours
November
11
|
81
|
Bishop
& Confessor; "The
glory of Gaul and the light of the western church in the fourth
age", compassion, charity |
|
St.
Martinian
February
13
|
50
|
Hermit;
Sanctity, miracles
|
|
St.
Martius (Mars)
April
13 |
90 |
Hermit
& Abbot; Founded a community, holiness |
|
St.
Maruthas
December
4
|
"old
age"
|
Bishop
& Confessor
|
|
St.
Mary Frances Schervier
December
15 |
57 |
Assisted
the sick and poor, founded a hospital, nursing centers, and homes |
|
St.
Mary Magdalen Postel
July
16 |
90 |
Religious
Superior; Assisted persecuted priests, assisted in religious
education, holiness, miracles |
|
St.
Mary Michalea Desmaisieres
August
25 |
56 |
Religious
education, assistance to the sick and poor |
|
St. Matilda
March
14 |
73 |
Queen;
Charity |
|
St.
Mauront
May
5
|
72 |
Abbot;
Founder of abbey
|
|
St. Maxentius
(Maixent)
June
26 |
70 |
Abbot;
Miracles |
|
St.
Maximus of Turin
June
25 |
87 |
Bishop;
Preaching, writings |
|
St.
Maximus the
Confessor
August
13
|
80 |
Abbot;
Defender
of faith, virtue |
|
St.
Medard
June
8
|
90 |
Bishop
& Confessor; Missionary labors, austerities (continued even in
old age) |
|
St. Melania the Elder
June
8 |
68 |
Founded monastery |
|
St.
Melania the Younger
December
31
|
57 |
Abbess;
Patroness of monasteries, churches, abbeys, freed many slaves
|
|
St.
Methodius
February
14
|
"old
age" |
Monk
& "Apostle of the Slavs" (with St. Cyril)
|
|
St.
Mochta
August
19 |
90 |
Bishop;
Founded a monastery. Disciple of St. Patrick. |
|
St.
Mochua (Cuan)
January
1
|
99 |
Abbot;
"Model
of perfection", founded many churches and monasteries |
|
St. Monica
May
4 |
55 |
Widow;
Prayers, virtue, mother of St. Augustine |
|
St.
Munde
April
15
|
"old
age" |
Abbot;
Founded monasteries, "left behind him many great models of Christian
perfection"
|
|
St.
Narcissus
October
29
|
126 |
Became
bishop at about 80 years old, strict discipline |
|
St.
Narses
November
20
|
80 |
Bishop
& Martyr; Fidelity from youth
|
|
St.
Nicephorus
March
13
|
71 |
Patriarch
of Constantinople & Confessor; Intellect, eloquence, defense
of holy images, founded monastery |
|
St.
Nicetas of Remesiana
June
22 |
79 |
Bishop;
Missionary work, writings |
|
St. Nicholas Factor
December
23 |
62 |
Preacher;
Mortification |
|
St. Nicholas of Tolentino
September
10 |
60 |
Preacher;
Miracles, care of the poor and sick |
|
St. Nicholas Studites
February
4 |
70 |
Monk;
Defense of holy images |
|
St.
Nicholas Von Flue
March
22 |
70 |
Holiness,
wisdom. Lived on the Holy Eucharist for years. |
|
St.
Nilus
November
12
|
"old
age" |
Anchoret
&
Confessor; Virtue,
written works |
|
St.
Nilus the Younger
September
26
|
96 |
Abbot;
Austerity, holiness, prophecy |
|
St.
Norbert
June
6
|
53 |
Archbishop
& Confessor; Conversion, mortification, piety, zeal, devotion
to the Holy Eucharist |
|
Top
| Senior Saints
|
|
|
|
Name*
Feast
Day** |
May
have lived
to age... (approx.) |
Attributes
may include... |
|
St.
Odilo of Cluny (Olon)
January
1
|
87 |
Abbot;
Austerities, care for the poor, contemplation, feast of All Soul's
Day, devotion to the Incarnation and the Blessed Virgin |
|
St.
Odo (Odo of Canterbury, Odo the Good)
July
4
|
"old
age" |
Archbishop;
Holiness, pastoral work, miracles |
|
St.
Odo of Cluny
November
18 |
63 |
Abbot;
Reformed abbeys, peacemaker, writings |
|
St.
Odulph (Odulf)
June
12
|
"old
age" |
Canon & Confessor;
Piety, intelligence, meekness, labors, zeal, charity, prophecies,
founded a monastery |
|
St.
Ollegarius
March
6 |
77 |
Archbishop;
Preached a crusade, assisted the sick |
|
St.
Omer
September
9
|
75 |
Bishop
& Confessor; Piety,
assiduous prayer, devotion, care for the sick and poor, miracles,
continued pastoral concern even in blindness (was blind some years
before death) |
|
St.
Onuphrius
June
12
|
"old age"
|
Hermit;
Prayers, solicitude, overcame grave temptations, spent sixty years
"unknown to the world" |
|
St. Otto of Bamberg
July
2 |
77 |
Bishop;
Conversions |
|
St.
Ouen
August
24 |
74 |
Archbishop;
Austerities, support of missionary work, charity |
|
St.
Pachomius
May
9
|
57 |
Abbot;
Service
to the sick, miracles, monastic discipline |
|
St.
Pacifico Divini
September
24 |
68 |
Teaching,
missionary work, prayer, mortification, holiness, prophecy |
|
St.
Padre Pio of Pietrelcina (Pius)
September
23
|
81
|
Priest;
Holiness, devotion to the Holy Eucharist and the Blessed Virgin
Mary, stigmata (first stigmatized priest in the history of the
Church), spiritual direction, intense suffering, prayers, mystical
gifts
|
|
St.
Pambo of Nitria
July
18
|
70 |
Abbot;
Wisdom, austerities |
|
St.
Paschal Baylon
May
17
|
52 |
Confessor;
Devotion to the Holy Eucharist and the Blessed Virgin, piety,
poverty, penance, miracles |
|
St.
Patrick
March
17
|
72
[76] |
Bishop
& Confessor; "Converted Ireland" |
|
St.
Paturnus of Avranches
April
16
|
"old
age" |
Bishop
& Confessor; Missionary work, conversions |
|
St.
Paul
(Various) |
62
[52] |
Tireless
Apostle to the Gentiles & Martyr. Persecuted the Church before
being called directly by Christ. Martyred in Rome on the same day
as St. Peter. |
|
St.
Paul Aurelian (Pol)
March
12
|
100 |
Bishop
& Confessor; Fervor, goodness, many conversions |
|
St. Paul of the Cross
October
19 |
81 |
Founder of the Passionists;
Austerities, miracles, spiritual
direction |
|
St.
Paul the First Hermit
January
15
|
113 |
Hermit;
Holy solicitude (ninety years of solicitude), miraculously fed
each day by a raven |
|
St.
Paul the Simple
March
7
|
"old
age" |
Anchoret;
Extraordinary humility, cures |
|
St.
Paula
January
26
|
56 |
Widow;
Virtue,
humility, austerities, assisted St. Jerome, built churches |
|
St.
Paulinus
January
28 |
78 |
Priest;
Preaching, supported missionary work, opposed heresy |
|
St. Paulinus of Nola
June
22 |
77 |
Bishop;
Care of the poor and sick, writings |
|
St. Paulinus of York
October
10 |
60 |
Bishop;
Conversions |
|
St. Peregrinus Laziosi (Peregrine)
May
1 |
85 |
Monk;
Conversion, mystic, miraculously cured of cancer |
|
St. Peter
(Various) |
60
[63] |
Apostle
& First Pope. Jesus personally invested St. Peter with the
keys to the kingdom of heaven (see Mt. 16:17-19). Was martyred in
Rome. |
|
St. Peter Armengol
April
27 |
66 |
Conversion,
ransomed Christian slaves |
|
St. Peter Canisius
(Kanis)
December
21 |
76 |
Doctor of the
Church; Preaching, defense of the Faith, writings |
|
St.
Peter Celestine (Celestine V)
May
19
|
86 |
Hermit,
Pope & Confessor; Austerities,
humility, founder of Celestines |
|
St. Peter Claver
September
9 |
74 |
"Apostle of the Negroes", assistance to slaves |
|
St.
Peter Damian
February
21
|
65 |
Cardinal,
Bishop, Doctor of the Church; Austerities, writings |
|
St.
Peter Fioretti
May
23 |
82 |
Friendliness,
wisdom, miracles, prophecy |
|
St. Peter Julian Eymard
August
3 |
57 |
Founder of
religious congregation, preaching, devotion to the Eucharist |
|
St. Peter Nolasco
January
28 |
67 |
Ransomed Christian slaves |
|
St.
Peter of Alcantara
October
19
|
63 |
Confessor;
Extraordinary mortifications, prayer, spiritual direction |
|
St.
Peter of Chavanon
September
11 |
77 |
Priest;
Built monastery, reformed cathedral chapters |
|
St.
Peter of Pisa
June
17
|
80 |
Founder
of the Hermits of St. Jerome, virtues, prayer, austerities,
miracles |
|
St.
Peter of Savoy
May
8
|
73 |
Archbishop;
Many miracles |
|
St.
Peter Paschal
December
6
|
72 |
Bishop
& Martyr; Preaching, intelligence, found
convents, sought to ransom captives |
|
St.
Peter Regalati
May
13
|
66 |
Confessor;
Extraordinary
fervor, penance, contemplation, virtues |
|
St.
Phaebadius
April
25
|
"old
age" |
Bishop;
Fought against heresies |
|
St.
Philibert
August
20 |
77 |
Abbot
& Monk; Founded religious houses |
|
St.
Philip
May
3
|
"old
age" |
Apostle |
|
St.
Philip Benizi
August
23 |
52 |
Priest
& Prior general; Preaching, miracles |
|
St.
Philip Neri
May
26
|
80 |
Confessor;
Conversion, charity, prayer, penance, zeal, learning, spiritual
advisor, "Apostle of Rome", enlarged heart after a
vision (verified after death), founder of the Orations |
|
St.
Philip of Heraclea
October
22
|
"old
age" |
Bishop
& Martyr; Courage
|
|
St.
Pius V
May
5
|
68 |
Pope
& Confessor; Zeal, prayer, assiduous mortification,
austerities, large alms, credited the military victory at Lepanto
to Our Lady, perpetually 'canonized' the 'Tridentine' (old Latin)
Mass |
|
St.
Pius X
September
3
|
79 |
Pope; Champion against Modernism, "pastoral genius",
protection of the faith, commitment to orthodoxy, encouraged
frequent Communion, faithfulness to tradition, love of
poverty |
|
St.
Polycarp of Smyrna
February
23
|
86 |
Bishop
& Martyr; Apostolic Father, immediate disciple of the apostles, courage, apostolic
spirit, charity, zeal, defender of orthodoxy |
|
St.
Poppo
January
25
|
70 |
Abbot;
Virtues, restorer of monastic discipline |
|
St.
Porphyry (Porphyrius)
February
26
|
60 |
Bishop;
Pastoral
zeal, penitential life |
|
St.
Pothinus
June
2
|
90 |
Bishop
& Martyr; Courage |
|
St.
Prior
June
17
|
100 |
Hermit
|
|
St.
Pulcheria
September
10
|
68
|
Virgin
& Empress; Extreme generosity, built hospitals and many
churches
|
|
Top
| Senior Saints
|
|
|
|
Name*
Feast
Day** |
May
have lived
to age... (approx.) |
Attributes
may include... |
|
St.
Quirinus
June
4
|
"old
age" |
Bishop
& Martyr; Courage |
|
St.
Raymond of Pennafort
January
7
|
100 |
Confessor;
Zeal,
devotion, apostolic labors, sweetness, conversions, generosity to
the poor, associate of St. Thomas Aquinas |
|
St.
Remaclus
September
3
|
"old
age" |
Bishop
& Confessor; Sanctity, missionary zeal, austerities (redoubled
in old age), founded monastery |
|
St.
Remigius
October
1 |
96 |
Bishop;
Preaching. Called the "Apostle of the Franks" |
|
St.
Richard of Chichester
April
3
|
56 |
Bishop
& Confessor; Charity, devotion, successful preaching |
|
St.
Rictrudes
May
12
|
74 |
Abbess;
Mother
of saints, founded an abbey of monks and a nunnery |
|
St.
Rita of Cascia
May
22 |
76 |
Became
a religious after her husband's death. Known for prayers,
austerities, penances, visions. Had a miraculous thorn wound on
her forehead |
|
St. Robert Bellarmine
September
17 |
79 |
Doctor of the
Church; Theologian, defender of the Faith |
|
St.
Robert of Molesmes
April
29
|
83 |
Abbot;
Spirituality, founded abbey |
|
St. Roch
August
16 |
83 |
Care of the afflicted, miracles |
|
St.
Romuald
June
19
|
77 |
Abbot
and Confessor; Prayer,
austerities, miraculous cures, built and reformed monasteries |
|
Top
| Senior Saints
|
|
|
|
Name*
Feast
Day** |
May
have lived
to age... (approx.) |
Attributes
may include... |
|
St.
Sabas (Sabbas)
December
5
|
94 |
Abbot;
Sanctity, humility, mortification, prayer |
|
St. Samson
July
28 |
80 |
Bishop
& Missionary; Founded monasteries |
|
St. Scholastica
February
10 |
63 |
Abbess |
|
St.
Seraphino
October
12 |
64 |
Lay
Brother; Holiness, devotion to the Holy Eucharist, assistance to
the poor, wisdom |
|
St.
Sexburgh (Sexburga)
July
6
|
"old
age" |
Abbess
& Widow; Sanctity |
|
St.
Simeon (Simon)
February
18
|
120
|
Bishop of Jerusalem
& Martyr; Relative
of the holy family; patient suffering, holiness |
|
St.
Simeon
Salus
July
1
|
65 |
Hermit;
Extreme austerities, love of humility, miracles |
|
St.
Simeon Stylites
January
5 |
69 |
Monk
& Hermit; Holiness, preaching, severe mortifications. Lived on
top of a pillar for many years |
|
St.
Simeon Stylites the Younger
September
3 |
75 |
Known
for holiness, preaching, wisdom, miracles. Lived on pillars |
|
St.
Simon Stock
May
16
|
100 |
Hermit;
Mortification, virtue, miracles, prophecy, founded religious houses,
given the Scapular by the Blessed Virgin Mary, instituted the Confraternity
of the Scapular |
|
St.
Stephen of Grandmont (Muret)
February
8
|
78 |
Abbot;
Austerities, contemplation, miracles, |
|
St.
Stephen of Hungary
August
16
|
60 |
King
of Hungary; Promoter of the Faith, heroic
acts, virtues, justice, devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary, care
of the poor
|
|
St.
Swithbert
March
1 |
66 |
Monk,
Missionary, Bishop |
|
St.
Sylvester
December
31
|
"old
age" |
Pope
& Confessor; Credited with building the first St. Peter's Basilica as well as
other great churches
|
|
St.
Sylvester Gozzolini
November
26
|
90 |
Abbot;
Founded more than two dozen monasteries |
|
St.
Syncletica
January
5
|
84 |
Virgin;
Virtues,
mortification, prayer, patient suffering |
|
St.
Tarachus
October
11
|
65 |
Martyr;
Courage,
fidelity |
|
St.
Teilo
February
9
|
"old
age" |
Bishop
& Confessor; Charity, courage, piety, learning, pastoral zeal,
successful preaching |
|
St.
Teresa Couderc
September
26 |
80 |
Assistance
to the sick, retreats |
|
St.
Teresa of Avila
October
15
|
67
|
Doctor
of the Church; Prayer, visions, writings, mystic, founded convents |
|
St.
Thalelaeus the Hermit
February
27
|
"old
age" |
Hermit;
Compunction, ascetical life, zeal, conversions, frequent weeping |
|
St.
Theodore
December
27 |
66 |
Bishop
& Monk; Opposed iconoclasm (for which he was tortured) |
|
St.
Theodore of Tarsus
September
19
|
88 |
Archbishop;
Zealous labors, established
schools, Penitential (Code of Canons, prescribing
the term of public penance for penitents) |
|
St.
Theodore the Sanctified (Theodore of Tabenna)
December
28
|
53 |
Abbot;
Austerities,
virtues, maintaining order, miracles |
|
St.
Theodorus the Studite
November
11
|
68 |
Abbot;
Holiness, austerities, courage, preaching, defense of holy images, many
miracles |
|
St.
Theodosius the Cenobiarch
January
11
|
105 |
Abbot;
Opposition to heresy, zeal, preaching |
|
St.
Theodulus
February
17
|
"old
age"
|
Martyr
|
|
St.
Theophanes
March
12
|
"old
age" |
Abbot
& Confessor; Founder of monasteries, defended use of icons, patient
suffering |
|
St.
Thillo
(Theau,
Tilloine, Tilman, Tillo)
January
7
|
94 |
Monk;
Simplicity,
devotion, austerities, missionary work |
|
St.
Thomas More
June
22
|
57 |
"One
of the most powerful men in England"; Opposed King Henry VIII's
divorce, intellectual ability, writings, founded a
home to take care of the old, the poor, and the sick
|
|
St.
Thomas of Hereford
October
3
|
63 |
Bishop
& Confessor; Virtue,
wisdom, prudence, courage, justice |
|
St. Thomas of Villanova
September
22 |
67 |
Bishop;
Holiness, austerities, assistance to the poor |
|
St.
Thorlac
June
29
|
60
|
Bishop;
Opposed corruption
|
|
St.
Tigernach
April
4
|
"old
age" |
Bishop;
Founded abbey, continual prayer and contemplation. Lost his sight
in old age |
|
St.
Titus
January
24
|
"old
age" |
Bishop
& Disciple
of St. Paul the Apostle |
|
St.
Turibius Alphonsus Moorobejo (St. Toribio)
April
27
|
68 |
Zeal
for souls, preaching, piety, devotion to the Blessed Virgin,
mastery of languages |
|
Top
| Senior Saints
|
|
|
|
Name*
Feast
Day** |
May
have lived
to age... (approx.) |
Attributes
may include... |
|
St.
Ulric of Augsberg
July
4
|
80 |
Bishop;
Pastoral labors, almsgiving, first saint officially canonized by
the pope
|
|
St.
Valerian
December
15 |
80 |
Bishop
& Martyr |
|
St.
Vandrille (or Wandregesilus)
July
22
|
68 |
Abbot;
Founded monastery |
|
St.
Veronica Giuliani
July
10 |
67 |
Abbess;
Mystical experiences, supernatural gifts |
|
St.
Victor III
September
16 |
60 |
Was
a hermit, papal legate, abbot, and papal vicar before being
elected Pope. He ruled monks strictly, engaged in diplomatic
missions, and upheld papal rights |
|
St.
Victricius
August
7 |
77 |
Bishop;
Missionary work |
|
St.
Vigilius
June
26 |
52 |
Bishop;
Evangelization, opposition to usury, assisted the poor |
|
St.
Vincent de Paul
September
27
|
80
|
Founder
of the Lazarites and Sisters of Charity; Charitable works, zealous
preaching, service to others, humility, prayer |
|
St.
Vincent Ferrer
April
5
|
69 |
Preacher;
Zealous apostolic labors, successful preaching, conversions,
miracles |
|
St. Vincent Madelgarus
September
20 |
62 |
Abbot;
Founded monasteries, sainted children |
|
St.
Vincent Strambi
September
25 |
79 |
Bishop;
Assisted his flock, reforms, advised Pope Leo XII |
|
St.
Vincentia Gerosa
July
4 |
63 |
Assistance
to the poor and sick |
|
St.
Vindician
March
11 |
80 |
Bishop;
Encouraged conversions, supported the founding of monasteries,
reproved the King |
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| Senior Saints
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Name*
Feast
Day** |
May
have lived
to age... (approx.) |
Attributes
may include... |
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St. Walburga
February
25 |
69 |
Virgin
& Abbess; Charity, meekness, piety |
|
St.
Willehad
November
8
|
"old
age" |
Bishop
& Confessor; Devotion,
austerities (not mitigated even in his old age) |
|
St. William of Gellone
May
28 |
57 |
Monk
& Knight; Chivalry |
|
St.
Willibald
July
7
|
87 |
Bishop;
Missionary work, founded monastery |
|
St.
Willibrord
November
7
|
81 |
Bishop;
Zeal, successful preaching |
|
St.
Winoc (Winnoc)
November
6
|
"old
age" |
Abbot;
Sanctity,
miracles, service to others, founded monastery, manual labor |
|
St.
Winwaloe (Gwenno)
March
3
|
"old
age" |
Abbot;
Austerities,
piety, founded monastery |
|
St.
Wiro
May
8
|
"old
age" |
Bishop;
Preaching, austerities, founded monastery |
|
St.
Wolfgang
October
31 |
64 |
Bishop;
Missionary work, preaching, reforms, care for the poor |
|
St.
Wulfstan
January
19
|
87 |
Bishop;
Care for the poor,
sanctity, charity
|
|
St.
Yvo (Ivo Helory, Ivo of Brittany)
May
19
|
50 |
Confessor;
Preaching, virtues, austerities, defended the poor, protected orphans and widows |
|
St.
Zachariah
November
5 |
"old
age" |
Righteous
Man & Elderly Father of St. John the Baptist |
|
St.
Zenobius
May
25 |
80 |
Bishop;
Holiness, miracles. Aided Pope St. Damasus and was a friend of St.
Ambrose |
|
St.
Zita
April
27
|
54
[60] |
Virgin;
Virtue,
generosity, patience, many miracles |
|
St. Zosimus
March
30 |
90 |
Bishop
& Abbot; Care of the poor, educating |
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| Senior Saints
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