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.

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Painting of Saint Maximilian Kolbe
martyr
August 14

Saint Maximilian Kolbe

Apostle of Consecration to Mary, Martyr of Charity at Auschwitz

Patron of: drug addicts, political prisoners...

Painting of Saint John the Baptist
martyr
June 24

Saint John the Baptist

Forerunner of Christ, baptizing Jesus, beheaded by Herod

Patron of: baptism, conversion...

Painting of Saint Padre Pio
confessor
September 23

Saint Padre Pio

Stigmata, reading hearts in confession, bilocation

Patron of: civil defense volunteers, adolescents...

Painting of Saint Jude Thaddeus
apostle
October 28

Saint Jude Thaddeus

Patron of desperate cases, author of the Epistle of Jude

Patron of: desperate situations, forgotten causes...

Painting of Saint Benedict of Nursia
confessor
July 11

Saint Benedict of Nursia

Rule of St. Benedict, Father of Western Monasticism, St. Benedict Medal

Patron of: Europe, monks...

Painting of Saint Maria Goretti
martyr
July 6

Saint Maria Goretti

Martyr of Purity, forgiving her attacker on her deathbed

Patron of: youth, teenage girls...

Painting of Saint John Bosco
confessor
January 31

Saint John Bosco

Apostle of Youth, founding the Salesians, prophetic dreams

Patron of: youth, apprentices...

Painting of Saint Kateri Tekakwitha
virgin
July 14

Saint Kateri Tekakwitha

Lily of the Mohawks, first Native American Catholic saint

Patron of: Native Americans, ecology...

Painting of Saint John of the Cross
doctor
December 14

Saint John of the Cross

Dark Night of the Soul, reforming the Carmelites with St. Teresa, mystical poetry

Patron of: contemplatives, mystics...

Painting of Saint Faustina Kowalska
virgin
October 5

Saint Faustina Kowalska

Apostle of Divine Mercy, The Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska

Patron of: Mercy, World Youth Day

Painting of Saint Bernadette Soubirous
virgin
April 16

Saint Bernadette Soubirous

Visionary of Lourdes, Our Lady of Lourdes

Patron of: bodily illness, Lourdes...

Painting of Saint Thomas More
martyr
June 22

Saint Thomas More

Martyrdom under Henry VIII, Utopia, Lord Chancellor of England

Patron of: statesmen, politicians...

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