|
|
|
Name*
Feast
Day** |
May
have lived
to age... (approx.) |
Attributes
may include... |
|
St.
Abraham
March
16
|
50 |
Hermit;
Prayers, penance, conversions |
|
St.
Anselm
March
18 |
50 |
Bishop
& Monk; Holiness, learning, fought against lay investiture |
|
St.
Basil
January
2 |
50 |
Archbishop
& Doctor of the Church; Fought Arianism, preaching, helped the
sick & poor, fought simony, holiness, writings |
|
St.
Catherine of Bologna
March
9 |
50 |
Virgin
& Abbess; Zeal for souls, heroic patience, written works |
|
St.
Catherine of Sweden
March
24 |
50 |
Assistance
to religious congregation. Daughter of St. Bridget of Sweden |
|
St. Jerome of Werden
July
9 |
50 |
Martyr, missionary |
|
St. Margaret of Cortona
February
22 |
50 |
Penitent, founder of hospital, miracle worker |
|
St.
Martinian
February
13
|
50
|
Hermit;
Sanctity, miracles
|
|
St.
Yvo (Ivo Helory, Ivo of Brittany)
May
19
|
50 |
Confessor;
Preaching, virtues, austerities, defended the poor, protected orphans and widows |
|
St.
Caspar del Bufalo
January
2 |
51 |
Missionary
and charitable works, founded a missionary congregation |
|
St.
Dominic
August
8 |
51 |
Confessor
& Founder of the Dominicans; Apostolic labors, propagation of
the Holy Rosary |
|
St. Edith Stein
(Teresa Benedicta)
August
9 |
51 |
Convert, writer |
|
St.
Innocent V
June
22 |
51 |
Pope;
Preaching, theologian, assisted in the temporary ending of the
Greek schism, mediation |
|
St.
Antony of Lerins
December
28 |
52 |
Monk;
Holiness, miracles |
|
St.
Berthold
July
27 |
52 |
Abbot;
Founded hospital, preaching, holiness, austerities, care for the
poor |
|
St.
Henry II
July
15 |
52 |
Emperor;
Prudence, clemency, humility, prayer, protection of Christendom |
|
St.
John of Salerno
August
9 |
52 |
Preaching,
founded a friary, supernatural gifts |
|
St. Joseph Oriol
March
23 |
52 |
Miracles, prophecies |
|
St. Lawrence O'Tool
November
14 |
52 |
Bishop,
monk, papal legate |
|
St.
Leo IX
April
19 |
52 |
Pope;
Reforms, miracles, condemned simony, promoted clerical celibacy |
|
St.
Paschal Baylon
May
17
|
52 |
Confessor;
Devotion to the Holy Eucharist and the Blessed Virgin, piety,
poverty, penance, miracles |
|
St.
Philip Benizi
August
23 |
52 |
Priest
& Prior general; Preaching, miracles |
|
St.
Vigilius
June
26 |
52 |
Bishop;
Evangelization, opposition to usury, assisted the poor |
|
St.
Bonaventure
July
14 |
53 |
Doctor
of the Church; Virtue, great intellect, devotion, charity,
virtues, "the greatest light and ornament of the holy order
of St. Francis", called the "Seraphic Doctor" |
|
St. Ferdinand III
May
30 |
53 |
King of Castile, Spain;
Fought against heresy, devotion to Mary |
|
St.
John of Matha
February
8
|
53 |
Founder
of the Trinitarians, ransomed Christian slaves
|
|
St.
Malachy
November
3 |
53 |
Bishop;
Founded monastery, restored discipline and morality, miracles.
Famous papal prophecies are attributed to him. |
|
St.
Norbert
June
6
|
53 |
Archbishop
& Confessor; Conversion, mortification, piety, zeal, devotion
to the Holy Eucharist |
|
St.
Theodore the Sanctified (Theodore of Tabenna)
December
28
|
53 |
Abbot;
Austerities,
virtues, maintaining order, miracles |
|
St.
Aldegundis
January
30 |
54 |
Hermitess;
Founded a convent |
|
St.
Chrodegang of Metz
March
6 |
54 |
Bishop;
Defense of the Papacy, reforms, restored churches &
monasteries, founder of famous choir school |
|
St.
Gerald
October
13 |
54 |
Count;
Piety, assistance to the poor |
|
St.
Zita
April
27
|
54
[60] |
Virgin;
Virtue,
generosity, patience, many miracles |
|
St.
Boniface
February
19 |
55 |
Bishop |
|
St.
Corbinian
September
8 |
55 |
Missionary
work |
|
St. Francis de Sales
January
24 |
55 |
Bishop
& Doctor of the Church; Wisdom, founded schools, writings |
|
St. Gregory of Tours
November
17 |
55 |
Bishop;
Historian, writings |
|
St.
Hyacintha Mariscotti
January
30 |
55 |
Austerities,
penances, founded congregations, charity. Was converted by
illness. |
|
St.
John of God
March
8 |
55 |
Confessor;
Fervent conversion, penance, desire for humiliation, care of the
poor |
|
St.
Lewis Bertrand
October
9
|
55 |
Confessor;
Humility,
prayer, fruitful preaching |
|
St. Monica
May
4 |
55 |
Widow;
Prayers, virtue, mother of St. Augustine |
|
St. Agnes of Assisi
November
16 |
56 |
Abbess;
Sister of St. Clare of Assisi, miracles |
|
St.
Aldric
January
7 |
56 |
Bishop;
Built monasteries and churches, assisted the poor |
|
St.
Ambrose Barlow
September
11 |
56 |
Convert,
Priest & Martyr |
|
St.
Colman of Lann Elo
September
26 |
56 |
Bishop
& Abbot; Built a monastery |
|
St.
Felix of Thibiuca
October
24 |
56 |
Bishop
and Martyr; Courage |
|
St.
Frances of Rome
March
9 |
56 |
Widow
& Foundress of the Collatines; Humility, obedience, prophecy,
conversation with her guardian angel |
|
St. Jerome Emiliani
February
8 |
56 |
Founder of hospitals, orphanages,
and a religious order |
|
St.
John de Brebeuf
October
19 |
56 |
Martyr;
Missionary activity to the Indians, holiness, courage |
|
St. Joseph Benedict Cottolengo
April
30 |
56 |
Care
of the sick and poor, founder of charitable institutions |
|
St.
Lewis (Louis IX)
August
25
|
56
|
King
of France; Zeal for the glory of God, service to the poor |
|
St.
Mary Michalea Desmaisieres
August
25 |
56 |
Religious
education, assistance to the sick and poor |
|
St.
Paula
January
26
|
56 |
Widow;
Virtue,
humility, austerities, assisted St. Jerome, built churches |
|
St.
Richard of Chichester
April
3
|
56 |
Bishop
& Confessor; Charity, devotion, successful preaching |
|
St.
Aelred
February
3
|
57 |
Abbot;
Prayer, humility, fidelity |
|
St.
Ambrose
December
7
|
57 |
Bishop
& Doctor of the Church; Defender of the Faith; miracles,
writings
|
|
St.
Antony Gianelli
June
7 |
57 |
Bishop;
Preaching, founded a religious congregation |
|
St.
Eustochia Calafato
January
2 |
57 |
Piety,
assistance to the poor, penances, austerities |
|
St.
Mary Frances Schervier
December
15 |
57 |
Assisted
the sick and poor, founded a hospital, nursing centers, and homes |
|
St.
Melania the Younger
December
31
|
57 |
Abbess;
Patroness of monasteries, churches, abbeys, freed many slaves
|
|
St.
Pachomius
May
9
|
57 |
Abbot;
Service
to the sick, miracles, monastic discipline |
|
St. Peter Julian Eymard
August
3 |
57 |
Founder of
religious congregation, preaching, devotion to the Eucharist |
|
St.
Thomas More
June
22
|
57 |
"One
of the most powerful men in England"; Opposed King Henry VIII's
divorce, intellectual abilities, writings, founded a
home to take care of the old, the poor, and the sick
|
|
St. William of Gellone
May
28 |
57 |
Monk
& Knight; Chivalry |
|
St.
Alexander Sauli
October
11 |
58 |
Bishop;
Preaching, reforms, miracles. Was spiritual advisor to St. Charles
Borromeo and the future Pope Gregory XIV |
|
St.
Alphege
April
19 |
58 |
Monk
& Hermit; Attempted reform of monasteries |
|
St.
Cyprian
September
16 |
58 |
Bishop
& Martyr; Conversion, piety, charity, writings |
|
St.
Epiphanius
January
21 |
58 |
Bishop;
Sanctity, miracles |
|
St.
Heliodorus
July
3 |
58 |
Bishop;
Disciple of St. Jerome |
|
St.
Joseph of Leonessa
February
4 |
58 |
Confessor;
Zealous apostolic labors; heroic suffering from cancer at the end
of his life
|
|
St.
Abbo of Fleury
November
13 |
59 |
Abbot;
Settled disputes, known for scholarly work |
|
St.
Alban Bartholomew Roe
October
25 |
59 |
Monk
& Martyr; Convert, imprisoned for many years |
|
St. Gerard of Toul
April
23 |
59 |
Bishop;
Piety, preaching |
|
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. John Leonardi
October
9 |
59 |
Care of sick and prisoners |
|
Top
| Senior Saints
|
|
|
|
Name*
Feast
Day** |
May
have lived
to age... (approx.) |
Attributes
may include... |
|
St.
Clare
August
12 |
60 |
Virgin
& Abbess; Escaped from home to enter religious life;
austerities, patient suffering, love of poverty, humility, prayer,
foundress of the Poor Clares |
|
St.
Edmund of Abingdon
November
16 |
60 |
Archbishop;
Teaching, preaching |
|
St. Gregory of Nyssa
March
9 |
60 |
Bishop
& Father of the Church; Theologian, writings |
|
St.
Hugh of Lincoln
November
17 |
60 |
Bishop
& Confessor; Goodness, learning
|
|
St. Ildephonsus
January
23 |
60 |
Bishop
& Abbot |
|
St.
Isidore the Farmer
May
15 |
60 |
Patron
of Madrid; Sanctity, patience, assiduous labor |
|
St. John Chrysostom
September
13 |
60 |
Doctor of the
Church, theologian, preaching |
|
St. John de Massias
September
18 |
60 |
Monk;
Austerities, miracles, care for the poor |
|
St.
Joseph of Cupertino
September
18 |
60 |
Confessor;
Humility, austerities, many miracles |
|
St. Lawrence of Brindisi
July
21 |
60 |
Doctor of the
Church; Holiness, military victory |
|
St.
Lucy Filippini
March
26 |
60 |
Founded
schools, assistance to women |
|
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. Nicholas of Tolentino
September
10 |
60 |
Preacher;
Miracles, care of the poor and sick |
|
St. Paulinus of York
October
10 |
60 |
Bishop;
Conversions |
|
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.
Porphyry (Porphyrius)
February
26
|
60 |
Bishop;
Pastoral
zeal, penitential life |
|
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.
Thorlac
June
29
|
60
|
Bishop;
Opposed corruption
|
|
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. Aldericus
October
10 |
61 |
Bishop;
Scholar |
|
St.
Eugendus
January
1 |
61 |
Abbot;
Mortifications, almost continual prayer |
|
St.
Joan Antide Thouret
August
25 |
61 |
Founded
a school, helped the poor & sick, protected priests from
persecution, founded convents |
|
St.
Landelinus
June
15 |
61 |
Hermit
& Abbot; Conversion, holiness, founded a monastery and abbey |
|
St.
Ludmilla (Ludmilla, Lidmilla)
September
16
|
61 |
Duchess
& Martyr; Convert, widowed |
|
St.
Ammon (Amun)
October
4
|
62 |
Hermit;
Great austerity, many miracles |
|
St. Benedict Biscop January
12 |
62 |
Abbot;
Founded abbey, mentor of St. Bede the Venerable |
|
St.
Catherine of Genoa
September
15 |
62 |
Widow;
Service to the sick, austerities |
|
St. Francis Borgia
October
10 |
62 |
Duke;
Founded monasteries and charitable institutions,
"second founder of the Jesuits" |
|
St.
Francis Mary Croese
September
20 |
62 |
Lay
brother; Miracles |
|
St.
Francis Solano
July
13 |
62 |
Confessor;
Extraordinary humility and austerities, prayer, zeal, charity,
sanctity, miracles |
|
St. Nicholas Factor
December
23 |
62 |
Preacher;
Mortification |
|
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. Vincent Madelgarus
September
20 |
62 |
Abbot;
Founded monasteries, sainted children |
|
St.
Ansegius
July
20 |
63 |
Abbot;
Rehabilitated abbeys |
|
St.
Anthony Mary Claret
October
24 |
63 |
Archbishop;
Founder of Claretians, preaching, missionary work |
|
St.
Baithen
October
6 |
63 |
Abbot;
Writings |
|
St.
Bede the Venerable
May
27 |
63 |
Monk
& Doctor of the Church; Learning, writings, scholarship |
|
St.
Benedict the Moor
April
4 |
63 |
Holiness,
miracles |
|
St. Bernard of Clairvaux
August
20 |
63 |
Abbot
& Doctor the Church; Defense of the Faith, devotion to the
Blessed Virgin, learning, purity, mortification, assiduous meditation and prayer,
writings, miracles |
|
St.
Bernardino of Sienna
May
20 |
63 |
Confessor;
Preaching, humility, miraculous cures |
|
St.
Didacus
November
13 |
63 |
Missionary
work, miracles |
|
St.
Edward the Confessor
October
13 |
63 |
King;
Piety |
|
St.
Hilda (Hild)
November
17 |
63 |
Abbess;
Charity, prudence, meekness, virtues, peace |
|
St.
John of Alvernia
August
13 |
63 |
Hermit;
Mystical experiences, preaching, supernatural gifts |
|
St.
Leopold
November
15 |
63 |
Founded
monasteries, piety, charity |
|
St.
Odo of Cluny
November
18 |
63 |
Abbot;
Reformed abbeys, peacemaker, writings |
|
St.
Peter of Alcantara
October
19
|
63 |
Confessor;
Extraordinary mortifications, prayer, spiritual direction |
|
St. Scholastica
February
10 |
63 |
Abbess |
|
St.
Thomas of Hereford
October
3
|
63 |
Bishop
& Confessor; Virtue,
wisdom, prudence, courage, justice |
|
St.
Vincentia Gerosa
July
4 |
63 |
Assistance
to the poor and sick |
|
St.
Ansgar (Anskar)
February
3 |
64 |
Archbishop
& Monk; Missionary work, preaching, austerity, miracles |
|
St.
Bernard
January
23 |
64 |
Archbishop
& Abbot; Founded monastery, holiness, discipline |
|
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.
John the Almoner
January
23
|
64 |
Widower
& Patriarch of Alexandria; Almsdeeds, piety, humility, propriety
in church
|
|
St.
Lutgardis
June
16 |
64 |
Mystic;
miracles, wisdom |
|
St.
Seraphino
October
12 |
64 |
Lay
Brother; Holiness, devotion to the Holy Eucharist, assistance to
the poor, wisdom |
|
St.
Wolfgang
October
31 |
64 |
Bishop;
Missionary work, preaching, reforms, care for the poor |
|
St.
Albert of Jerusalem
September
25 |
65 |
Bishop;
Mediated disputes, drafted first rule of the Carmelites |
|
St.
Anastasius
October
16 |
65 |
Monk
& Hermit |
|
St.
Andrew Dotti
September
4 |
65 |
Hermit;
Missionary work, prayer, penance, visions |
|
St.
Anno
December
4 |
65 |
Archbishop;
Established and reformed monasteries, assisted the poor |
|
St.
Basolus (Basle)
November
26 |
65 |
Monk;
Miracles |
|
St.
Camillus de Lellis
July
18 |
65 |
Confessor;
Conversion, compunction, penance, purity, care for the sick
(credited with being the first to use a red cross as a symbol for caring for the
sick)
|
|
St.
Dominic (Loricatus)
October
13 |
65 |
Confessor;
Rigorous penance (even in old age) |
|
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.
Fulgentius
January
1 |
65 |
Bishop
& Confessor; Virtues, mortifications |
|
St.
Ignatius of Loyola
July
31 |
65 |
Confessor;
Conversion, mortification, labors, wisdom,
founder of the Jesuits, Spiritual Exercises |
|
St.
Julia Billiart
April
8 |
65 |
Assisted
persecuted priests, teaching, established convents |
|
St.
Justin Martyr
June
1 |
65 |
Martyr;
Missionary work, apologetics, opened school, writings |
|
St.
Licinius
February
13
|
65 |
Confessor
& Bishop; Valor, piety, penance |
|
St.
Peter Damian
February
21
|
65 |
Cardinal,
Bishop, Doctor of the Church; Austerities, writings |
|
St.
Simeon
Salus
July
1
|
65 |
Hermit;
Extreme austerities, love of humility, miracles |
|
St.
Tarachus
October
11
|
65 |
Martyr;
Courage,
fidelity |
|
St.
Agilus (Aile)
August
30
|
66 |
Abbot;
Fervor, humility, penance |
|
St.
Andrew Bobola
May
16 |
66 |
Martyr;
Missionary activity |
|
St. Jane Delanoue
August
16 |
66 |
Service to the poor, founder of religious houses |
|
St. John Baptist de Rossi
May
23 |
66 |
Missionary,
helper to the needy, miracles |
|
St.
Leander
February
27 |
66 |
Monk;
Opposed Arianism |
|
St. Peter Armengol
April
27 |
66 |
Conversion,
ransomed Christian slaves |
|
St.
Peter Regalati
May
13
|
66 |
Confessor;
Extraordinary
fervor, penance, contemplation, virtues |
|
St.
Swithbert
March
1 |
66 |
Monk,
Missionary, Bishop |
|
St.
Theodore
December
27 |
66 |
Bishop
& Monk; Opposed iconoclasm (for which he was tortured) |
|
St.
Antony Cauleas
February
12
|
67 |
Confessor
& Patriarch of Constantinople; Prayer, mortification |
|
St.
Apollinaris
October
8 |
67 |
Bishop |
|
St.
Benedict of Nursia
March
21 |
67 |
Abbot;
Holiness, austerities, miracles, founded monasteries |
|
St.
Cajetan
August
7 |
67 |
Reforms,
assistance to the poor |
|
St.
Colette
March
6 |
67 |
Virgin
& Abbess;
Humility, piety, sweetness, modesty, love of poverty |
|
St.
Ephrem of Edessa (Ephraem the Syrian)
June
9 |
67 |
Doctor
of the Church; Sanctity, writings |
|
St.
Frances Xavier Cabrini
November
13 |
67 |
Virgin;
Founded orphanages, hospitals, schools, charitable organizations.
First American citizen to be canonized. |
|
St. Peter Nolasco
January
28 |
67 |
Ransomed Christian slaves |
|
St.
Teresa of Avila
October
15
|
67
|
Doctor
of the Church; Prayer, visions, writings, mystic, founded convents |
|
St. Thomas of Villanova
September
22 |
67 |
Bishop;
Holiness, austerities, assistance to the poor |
|
St.
Veronica Giuliani
July
10 |
67 |
Abbess;
Mystical experiences, supernatural gifts |
|
St.
Adelaide
December
16 |
68 |
Founded
& restored monasteries, worked for the conversion of Slavs |
|
St.
Catherine Dei Ricci
February
13 |
68 |
Prioress;
Mystic, prayer, assistance to the poor |
|
St. Cyril of Alexandria
February
9 |
68 |
Doctor of the
Church; Defender of the Faith |
|
St. Gall
July
1 |
68 |
Bishop
& Monk |
|
St.
Guntramnus (Contran)
March
28 |
68 |
King
and Confessor; Repentance, piety, generosity, protector of the
oppressed, miracles |
|
St. John Baptist de la Salle
April
7 |
68 |
Educator,
founder of religious institute |
|
St. Melania the Elder
June
8 |
68 |
Founded monastery |
|
St.
Pacifico Divini
September
24 |
68 |
Teaching,
missionary work, prayer, mortification, holiness, prophecy |
|
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.
Pulcheria
September
10
|
68
|
Virgin
& Empress; Extreme generosity, built hospitals and many
churches
|
|
St.
Theodorus the Studite
November
11
|
68 |
Abbot;
Holiness, austerities, courage, preaching, defense of holy images, many
miracles |
|
St.
Turibius Alphonsus Moorobejo (St. Toribio)
April
27
|
68 |
Zeal
for souls, preaching, piety, devotion to the Blessed Virgin,
mastery of languages |
|
St.
Vandrille (or Wandregesilus)
July
22
|
68 |
Abbot;
Founded monastery |
|
St. Hedwig
October
16 |
69 |
Duchess
& Widow |
|
St.
Jane Frances de Chantal
August
18 |
69 |
Widow
& Abbess; Foundress of a religious order and many convents
|
|
St. Louise de Marillac
March
15 |
69 |
Founder of orphanages and hospitals |
|
St.
Simeon Stylites
January
5 |
69 |
Monk
& Hermit; Holiness, preaching, severe mortifications. Lived on
top of a pillar for many years |
|
St.
Vincent Ferrer
April
5
|
69 |
Preacher;
Zealous apostolic labors, successful preaching, conversions,
miracles |
|
St. Walburga
February
25 |
69 |
Virgin
& Abbess; Charity, meekness, piety |
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