|
|
|
Name*
Feast
Day** |
May
have lived
to age... (approx.) |
Attributes
may include... |
|
St.
Alphonsus Liguori
August
1 |
90 |
Bishop
& Doctor of the Church; Founder of the Redemptorists, heroic
virtue |
|
St. Apollo
January
25 |
90 |
Hermit;
Miracles, founded a community of monks at age 80 |
|
St.
Brieuc
May
1 |
90 |
Bishop
& Confessor
|
|
St.
Clodulf (Cloud)
June
8 |
90 |
Bishop
& Confessor; Zeal for the glory of God, love for people,
compassion for the poor |
|
St.
Egbert
April
24 |
90 |
Monk;
Holiness, learning |
|
St. Faustus
September
28 |
90 |
Bishop;
Defender of the Faith, writer |
|
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.
John of Egypt
March
27 |
90 |
Hermit;
Humility, obedience, preaching, prophecy, 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.
Martius (Mars)
April
13 |
90 |
Hermit
& Abbot; Founded a community, holiness |
|
St.
Mary Magdalen Postel
July
16 |
90 |
Religious
Superior; Assisted persecuted priests, assisted in religious
education, holiness, miracles |
|
St.
Medard
June
8
|
90 |
Bishop
& Confessor; Missionary labors, austerities (continued even in
old age) |
|
St.
Mochta
August
19 |
90 |
Bishop;
Founded a monastery. Disciple of St. Patrick. |
|
St.
Pothinus
June
2
|
90 |
Bishop
& Martyr; Courage |
|
St.
Sylvester Gozzolini
November
26
|
90 |
Abbot;
Founded more than two dozen monasteries |
|
St. Zosimus
March
30 |
90 |
Bishop
& Abbot; Care of the poor, educating |
|
St.
Francis of Paola
April
2 |
91 |
Confessor;
Penance, charity, humility, miracles, founder of religious order |
|
St. Herman Joseph
April
7 |
91 |
Mystic |
|
St.
Isaac of Constantinople
May
30 |
92 |
Hermit;
Founded a monastery |
|
St.
Joannicius
November
4 |
92
(81-116) |
Abbot
|
|
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.
Brendan the Elder
May
16 |
94 |
Abbot;
Founded schools & monasteries |
|
St.
Lupus (Leu)
July
29
|
94 |
Bishop
& Confessor; Pastoral zeal, prayer |
|
St.
Sabas (Sabbas)
December
5
|
94 |
Abbot;
Sanctity, humility, mortification, prayer |
|
St.
Thillo
(Theau,
Tilloine, Tilman, Tillo)
January
7
|
94 |
Monk;
Simplicity,
devotion, austerities, missionary work |
|
St.
Amand
February
6
|
95 |
Bishop
& Confessor; Bravery, preaching, raising a dead man to life,
built churches, found monasteries |
|
St.
Anian (Agnan, Anianus)
November
17
|
95 |
Bishop
& Confessor; Courage |
|
St.
Arsenius
July
19
|
95 |
Anchoret;
Austerities, humility, fervor |
|
St.
Deicolus
January
18 |
95 |
Hermit;
Founded a monastery |
|
St.
Euthymius
January
20 |
95 |
Abbot;
Constant prayer, humility, miracles, spent sixty eight years in the desert,
defender of the faith |
|
St.
Felician
January
24 |
95 |
Bishop
& Martyr; Missionary work |
|
St. Gall
October
16 |
95 |
Missionary, scholar |
|
St.
George Limniotes
August
24 |
95 |
Hermit
& Martyr |
|
St.
Alexander
August
28 |
96 |
Patriarch;
Wisdom, holiness, opposed Arianism |
|
St.
Atto
May
22 |
96 |
Bishop |
|
St.
Benno of Meissen
June
16 |
96 |
Bishop;
politics |
|
St.
Nilus the Younger
September
26
|
96 |
Abbot;
Austerity, holiness, prophecy |
|
St.
Remigius
October
1 |
96 |
Bishop;
Preaching. Called the "Apostle of the Franks" |
|
St.
Katharine Mary Drexel
March
3 |
97 |
Assisted
the Indians and African-Americans, founded a religious order |
|
St. Gregory Nazianzus the Elder
January
1 |
98 |
Bishop
& Confessor; All his children became saints |
|
St.
Mochua (Cuan)
January
1
|
99 |
Abbot;
"Model
of perfection", founded many churches and monasteries |
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| Senior Saints
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|
|
Name*
Feast
Day** |
May
have lived
to age... (approx.) |
Attributes
may include... |
|
St. Aldebrandus
May
1 |
100 |
Bishop;
Preaching |
|
St.
Aper (Eyre)
September
15
|
100 |
Bishop;
Austerity, devotion, miracles |
|
St.
Basil the Younger
March
26 |
100 |
Hermit;
Survived attempted martyrdom, miracles, holiness |
|
St.
Dotto
April
9
|
100 |
Abbot;
Founded monastery |
|
St.
John of Reomay
January
28 |
100
[120] |
Abbot;
Helped institute monastic state in France, miracles |
|
St.
Paul Aurelian (Pol)
March
12
|
100 |
Bishop
& Confessor; Fervor, goodness, many conversions |
|
St.
Prior
June
17
|
100 |
Hermit
|
|
St.
Raymond of Pennafort
January
7
|
100 |
Confessor;
Zeal,
devotion, apostolic labors, sweetness, conversions, generosity to
the poor, associate of St. Thomas Aquinas |
|
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.
Godrick
May
21 |
101 |
Hermit;
Austerities, patience, humility, authored poetry |
|
St.
John the Silent
May
13 |
104 |
Bishop
& Confessor; Austerity, love of silence, spiritual direction,
sublime contemplation |
|
St.
Antony
January
17
|
105 |
Abbot;
Humility, charity, prayer, virtues, visibly assaulted by Satan,
miracles, many conversions, faithfulness from youth to extreme old
age
|
|
St.
Demetrius
October
9 |
105 |
Bishop |
|
St.
Theodosius the Cenobiarch
January
11
|
105 |
Abbot;
Opposition to heresy, zeal, preaching |
|
St. Gilbert of Sempringham
February
4 |
106 |
Founder of religious order;
Suffered from blindness in later years |
|
St.
Alexis Falconieri
February
17 |
110 |
Hermit;
Marian visions, helped found the Servites |
|
St.
Bertin
September
5 |
112 |
Abbot;
"Model of monastic perfection" |
|
St.
Paul the First Hermit
January
15
|
113 |
Hermit;
Holy solicitude (ninety years of solicitude), miraculously fed
each day by a raven |
|
St.
Alferius
April
12 |
120 |
Monk
& Hermit; Attempted reform of monasteries |
|
St.
Amicus
November
3 |
120 |
Hermit
& Monk |
|
St.
Keivin (Coemgen)
June
3 |
120 |
Bishop
& Confessor; Founded a monastery |
|
St.
Simeon (Simon)
February
18
|
120
|
Bishop of Jerusalem
& Martyr; Relative
of the holy family; patient suffering, holiness |
|
St.
Narcissus
October
29
|
126 |
Became
bishop at about 80 years old, strict discipline |
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| Senior Saints
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|
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Name*
Feast
Day** |
May
have lived
to age... (approx.) |
Attributes
may include... |
|
St.
Albeus
September
12
|
"old
age" |
Bishop
& Confessor; Charity, conversions, miracles, founded a monastery |
|
St.
Alipius
August
18
|
"old
age" |
Bishop
& Confessor; Integrity, preaching, writing |
|
St.
Amphilochius
November
23
|
"old
age" |
Bishop
& Confessor; Defender of the faith
|
|
St.
Anna
September
1 |
"old
age" |
Widow
& Prophetess; Told of Jesus' Birth (in her old age) |
|
St. Anne
July
26
|
"old
age" |
Mother
of the Blessed Virgin Mary. According to tradition, Mary was born
to her aged parents in answer to years of prayer. |
|
St.
Aphraates ("the Persian Sage")
April
7
|
"old
age" |
Anchoret;
Sanctity, miracles
|
|
St.
Apollonia
February
9
|
"old
age" |
Virgin
& Martyr; Courage
|
|
St.
Asterius
October
30
|
"old
age" |
Bishop;
Pastoral service, humility, charity, piety |
|
St.
Babolen
June
6
|
"old
age" |
Monk;
Founded many churches & hospitals |
|
St.
Barhadbesciabas
July
15
|
"old
age" |
Deacon
& Martyr; Faithfulness from youth to old age, courage
|
|
St.
Bertille
November
5 |
"old
age" |
Abbess;
Fervor, humility, penitential life (even into old age) |
|
The
Blessed Virgin Mary
(Various) |
Believed
to have lived on earth (before the Assumption) to a "very
advanced age" |
The
Mother of God; Immaculately conceived, sinless, humble, obedient,
perfect model of all virtues [Also see Mary,
Our Mother section]
|
|
St.
Boniface I
September
4 |
"old
age" |
Pope; Mildness, character, lover of peace |
|
St.
Botulph
June
17 |
"old
age" |
Abbot;
Founded religious houses & schools of virtue |
|
St.
Ceada (Chad)
March
2 |
"old
age" |
Bishop
and Confessor
|
|
St.
Conon
May
29
|
"old
age" |
Martyr;
Courage
|
|
St.
David (Dewi)
March
1 |
"old
age" |
Archbishop;
Founded numerous monasteries, spiritual father of many
saints |
|
St.
Deogratias
March
22 |
"old
age" |
Bishop
& Confessor; Redeemed and cared for captives, regularly visited the sick (even in weak old-age) |
|
St.
Dionysius of Alexandria
November
17 |
"old
age" |
Archbishop
& Confessor; Virtues, writings, teaching, surnamed "the
Great" by St. Basil |
|
St.
Drostan
July
11 |
"old
age" |
Abbot;
Of royal blood, became a recluse in his old age |
|
St.
Elizabeth
November
5 |
"old
age" |
Righteous
Woman & Elderly Mother of St. John the Baptist. Cousin of the
Blessed Virgin Mary |
|
St.
Eusebius
August
2 |
"old
age" |
Priest
& Martyr; Zeal in invoking and preaching Christ
|
|
St.
Felix of Nola
January
14
|
"old
age" |
Priest
& Confessor; Conversions, miracles |
|
St.
Gatian
December
18
|
"old
age" |
Bishop
& Confessor; Preaching, credited with nearly fifty years of zealous
labor even amidst frequent sufferings and dangers |
|
St.
Gerard
October
3 |
"old
age" |
Abbot;
Fervor, restored discipline in religious houses |
|
St.
Gregory of Langres
January
4 |
"old
age" |
Widower
& Bishop; Conversion, pastoral labors, assiduous prayer,
mortification, holiness |
|
St.
Gudwal (Gurval)
June
6 |
"old
age" |
Bishop
& Confessor; Sanctity
|
|
St.
Gybrian
May
8
|
"old
age" |
Priest;
Long penitential & contemplative life, credited with assembling a community
of fervent servants of God |
|
St.
Hegesippus
April
7
|
"old
age" |
Father
of the Church; Church Historian |
|
St.
Hippolytus
August
22 |
"old
age" |
Martyr;
First antipope (he publicly repented and he was reconciled to the
Church before his martyrdom)
|
|
St.
Isadore of Scete
January
15 |
"old
age" |
Hermit,
Priest; Meekness, continence, prayer and recollection |
|
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.
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. Joseph
(Various) |
"old
age" |
Foster
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary |
|
St.
Kennocha of Scotland
March
13 |
"old
age" |
Virgin;
Humility, meekness, modesty, devotion
|
|
St.
Leo
February
18 |
"old
age" |
Martyr;
Courage |
|
St.
Lioba
September
28
|
"old
age" |
Abbess;
"Model of Christian perfection" |
|
St.
Macarius of Alexandria (Macarius the Younger)
January
2
|
"old
age" |
Anchoret;
Contemplation,
penance, virtue, extraordinary austerities, miracles |
|
St.
Maglorius (Maelor)
October
24
|
"old
age" |
Bishop
& Confessor; Apostolic labors, founded a monastery, miracles |
|
St.
Marcellus Akimetes
December
29
|
"old
age" |
Abbot;
Good works
|
|
St.
Maruthas
December
4
|
"old
age"
|
Bishop
& Confessor
|
|
St.
Methodius
February
14
|
"old
age" |
Monk
& "Apostle of the Slavs" (with St. Cyril)
|
|
St.
Munde
April
15
|
"old
age" |
Abbot;
Founded monasteries, "left behind him many great models of Christian
perfection"
|
|
St.
Nilus
November
12
|
"old
age" |
Anchoret
&
Confessor; Virtue,
written works |
|
St.
Odo (Odo of Canterbury, Odo the Good)
July
4
|
"old
age" |
Archbishop;
Holiness, pastoral work, miracles |
|
St.
Odulph (Odulf)
June
12
|
"old
age" |
Canon & Confessor;
Piety, intelligence, meekness, labors, zeal, charity, prophecies,
founded a monastery |
|
St.
Onuphrius
June
12
|
"old age"
|
Hermit;
Prayers, solicitude, overcame grave temptations, spent sixty years
"unknown to the world" |
|
St.
Paturnus of Avranches
April
16
|
"old
age" |
Bishop
& Confessor; Missionary work, conversions |
|
St.
Paul the Simple
March
7
|
"old
age" |
Anchoret;
Extraordinary humility, cures |
|
St.
Phaebadius
April
25
|
"old
age" |
Bishop;
Fought against heresies |
|
St.
Philip
May
3
|
"old
age" |
Apostle |
|
St.
Philip of Heraclea
October
22
|
"old
age" |
Bishop
& Martyr; Courage
|
|
St.
Quirinus
June
4
|
"old
age" |
Bishop
& Martyr; Courage |
|
St.
Remaclus
September
3
|
"old
age" |
Bishop
& Confessor; Sanctity, missionary zeal, austerities (redoubled
in old age), founded monastery |
|
St.
Sexburgh (Sexburga)
July
6
|
"old
age" |
Abbess
& Widow; Sanctity |
|
St.
Sylvester
December
31
|
"old
age" |
Pope
& Confessor; Credited with building the first St. Peter's Basilica as well as
other great churches
|
|
St.
Teilo
February
9
|
"old
age" |
Bishop
& Confessor; Charity, courage, piety, learning, pastoral zeal,
successful preaching |
|
St.
Thalelaeus the Hermit
February
27
|
"old
age" |
Hermit;
Compunction, ascetical life, zeal, conversions, frequent weeping |
|
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.
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.
Willehad
November
8
|
"old
age" |
Bishop
& Confessor; Devotion,
austerities (not mitigated even in his old age) |
|
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.
Zachariah
November
5 |
"old
age" |
Righteous
Man & Elderly Father of St. John the Baptist |
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| Senior Saints
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