Saint Francis of Assisi
Poverty, love of nature, founding the Franciscan Order, stigmata
Patron of: Italy, animals...
Communion of Saints
The Saints of the Church
Explore the lives of those who walked before us in holiness — martyrs, doctors, confessors, and virgins — now interceding for us in heaven.
Showing 12 of 60 saints
doctor
October 15
Saint Teresa of Ávila
Mystical prayer, reform of the Carmelites, Doctor of the Church, Interior Castle
Patron of: Spain, chess players...
doctor
January 28
Saint Thomas Aquinas
Scholastic theology, Summa Theologica, Five Ways proofs for God, Doctor Angelicus
Patron of: students, Catholic schools and universities...
virgin
May 30
Saint Joan of Arc
Voices from God, leading French army, martyrdom at the stake, national heroine of France
Patron of: France, soldiers...
doctor
August 28
Saint Augustine of Hippo
Confessions, City of God, theology of grace and predestination, Bishop of Hippo
Patron of: brewers, printers...
doctor
April 29
Saint Catherine of Siena
Mystical marriage with Christ, stigmata, persuading Pope Gregory XI to return to Rome, Doctor of the Church
Patron of: Italy, Europe...
confessor
July 31
Saint Ignatius of Loyola
Founding the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), Spiritual Exercises, Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam
Patron of: Jesuits, soldiers...
pope
October 22
Saint John Paul II
Longest-reigning modern pope, World Youth Day, Theology of the Body, fall of communism
Patron of: World Youth Day, families...
virgin
October 1
Saint Thérèse of Lisieux
Little Way of spiritual childhood, Story of a Soul, Doctor of the Church, showering roses from heaven
Patron of: missions, France...
apostle
June 29
Saint Peter the Apostle
First Pope, Rock of the Church, Fisherman, crucified upside down
Patron of: popes, fishermen...
confessor
March 19
Saint Joseph
Foster father of Jesus, Husband of Mary, Patron of the Universal Church
Patron of: fathers, workers...
doctor
June 13
Saint Anthony of Padua
Evangelical Doctor, finding lost things, miraculous preaching
Patron of: lost items, lost people...