confessorJune 21Saint Aloysius GonzagaAngelic purity, giving up a noble title, dying while caring for plague victimsPatron of: youth, students...
confessorNovember 17Saint Elizabeth of HungaryRoyal princess serving the poor, miracle of the roses, Franciscan tertiaryPatron of: bakers, beggars...
confessorAugust 4Saint John VianneyThe Curé of Ars, patron of parish priests, spending 16 hours a day in confessionPatron of: parish priests, confessors
confessorMay 26Saint Philip NeriApostle of Rome, humor, founding the Oratorians, enlarged heartPatron of: Rome, US Special Forces...
confessorSeptember 5Saint Teresa of Calcutta (Mother Teresa)Founding the Missionaries of Charity, serving the poorest of the poor, Nobel Peace PrizePatron of: World Youth Day, Missionaries of Charity...
confessorOctober 23Saint John of CapistranoFranciscan preacher, leading the crusade at the Siege of Belgrade at age 70Patron of: military chaplains, judges...
confessorMay 10Saint Damien of MolokaiApostle to the Lepers, volunteering to live in the leper colony of KalaupapaPatron of: people with leprosy, outcasts...
confessorDecember 9Saint John Paul II (Repeated check)Visionary of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the TilmaPatron of: Indigenous peoples of the Americas