The Saints of the Church

Saint Maximilian Kolbe

Apostle of Consecration to Mary, Martyr of Charity at Auschwitz

Patron of: drug addicts, political prisoners...

Saint John the Baptist

Forerunner of Christ, baptizing Jesus, beheaded by Herod

Patron of: baptism, conversion...

Saint Maria Goretti

Martyr of Purity, forgiving her attacker on her deathbed

Patron of: youth, teenage girls...

Saint Thomas More

Martyrdom under Henry VIII, Utopia, Lord Chancellor of England

Patron of: statesmen, politicians...

Saint Maximilian of Tebessa

First recorded conscientious objector in history

Patron of: conscientious objectors

Saint Stephen

The Protomartyr (First Martyr of the Church), one of the first deacons

Patron of: deacons, stonemasons...

Saint Edith Stein (Teresa Benedicta of the Cross)

Jewish convert, brilliant philosopher, Carmelite nun, martyr at Auschwitz

Patron of: Europe, loss of parents...

Saint Maximilian

Early Christian martyr

Saint Sebastian

Surviving execution by arrows, patron of athletes

Patron of: athletes, archers...

Saint Lawrence

Deacon, gridiron martyrdom, humor under torture

Patron of: comedians, cooks...

Saint Thomas Becket

Martyrdom in Canterbury Cathedral, defending Church rights against the King

Patron of: secular clergy, Portsmouth...

Saint Isaac Jogues

North American Martyr, Jesuit missionary to the Huron and Mohawk

Patron of: the Americas, Canada