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 Joan of Arc
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May 30

Saint Joan of Arc

Voices from God, leading French army, martyrdom at the stake, national heroine of France

Patron of: France, soldiers...

Painting of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux
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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...

Painting of Saint Kateri Tekakwitha
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July 14

Saint Kateri Tekakwitha

Lily of the Mohawks, first Native American Catholic saint

Patron of: Native Americans, ecology...

Painting of Saint Faustina Kowalska
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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
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April 16

Saint Bernadette Soubirous

Visionary of Lourdes, Our Lady of Lourdes

Patron of: bodily illness, Lourdes...

Painting of Saint Catherine of Alexandria
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November 25

Saint Catherine of Alexandria

Defeating pagan philosophers in debate, the Catherine Wheel, mystical marriage to Christ

Patron of: philosophers, students...

Painting of Saint Clare of Assisi
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August 11

Saint Clare of Assisi

Founding the Poor Clares, defending Assisi with the Eucharist, first woman to write a monastic rule

Patron of: television, eye disease...

Painting of Saint Rose of Lima
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August 23

Saint Rose of Lima

First saint of the Americas, extreme penance, mystic

Patron of: the Americas, Peru...

Painting of Saint Lucy
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December 13

Saint Lucy

Virgin martyr, eyes gouged out, patron of the blind

Patron of: the blind, eye illness...

Painting of Saint Cecilia
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November 22

Saint Cecilia

Patroness of music, singing to God while dying

Patron of: musicians, composers...

Painting of Saint Gemma Galgani
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April 11

Saint Gemma Galgani

Stigmatist, Mystic, 'Daughter of Passion'

Patron of: students, pharmacists...