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Saints

A saint, in the Catholic Church, is a person who has lived a life of exemplary holiness, virtue, and fidelity to God, and is believed to be in Heaven, interceding for the faithful on Earth. The Catholic Church venerates saints as models of Christian life and as powerful intercessors before God. The process of recognizing a saint, known as canonization, is a formal procedure through which the Church declares an individual to be a saint, confirming their place in Heaven and authorizing their veneration in the liturgy.

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Saint Jude Thaddeus, also known as Jude of James or Lebbaeus (1st century AD), was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus, traditionally identified as the author of the Epistle of Jude in the New Testament, and venerated as the patron of hopeless causes for his intercession in desperate situations.^[1] According to the Synoptic Gospels (Matthew 10:3; Mark 3:18), Jude (or Thaddeus to avoid confusion with Judas Iscariot) was called from Galilee, possibly a relative of Jesus (Mark 6:3), and listed among the Twelve; Acts 1:13 confirms his post-Resurrection presence, though no further ministry details are scriptural.^[2] Patristic traditions from Eusebius and Jerome identify him as the "brother of James" (Jude 1:1), preaching in Mesopotamia, Armenia, and Persia with Simon the Zealot, martyred c. AD 65–72 by axe or club; the Epistle, warning against false teachers, is attributed to him with probabilistic dating AD 65–80.^[3]

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...that Saint Ambrose, a 4th-century bishop, was appointed before he was baptized? His eloquent preaching in Milan influenced the conversion of Saint Augustine of Hippo.
...that Saint Therese of the Andes, a Chilean nun, became a saint at age 24 after writing letters about her spiritual life? Canonized in 1993, she is a patroness of youth in Chile.
...that Saint Polycarp of Smyrna, a 2nd-century martyr, was said to have been a disciple of Saint John the Evangelist? His steadfast faith inspired early Christian writings on martyrdom.
...that Saint Angela Merici, founder of the Ursulines, educated girls in the 16th century when female education was rare? Her work in Italy pioneered women’s religious education.
...that Saint Gregory the Great, a Pope and Doctor of the Church, sent missionaries to convert England? His 6th-century writings on pastoral care shaped the modern papacy.

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SaintName	FeastDay	Profession	ReligiousAffiliation	Patronage	Attributes
Blessed Agnello of Pisa	March 07 (Franciscans), May 07 or September 10 (locally)	Friar, Custos, Minister Provincial	Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans)		Franciscan habit, Book of the Gospels
Blessed Anna of the Angels Monteagudo	January 10	Nun; prioress	Dominican Order	Peruvian Dominicans	Dominican habit
Blessed Edward Poppe	June 10	Priest	Diocesan	Parish priests; Eucharistic adoration; the Eucharist	Monstrance; chalice; host
Blessed Francisca de Paula de Jesus Isabel	June 14	Laywoman; tertiary	Augustinians (tertiary)	Baependi; Minas Gerais; black laywomen	Rosary; veil; lily
Blessed George Haydock	November 22	Priest	Diocesan	Martyrs of England and Wales	Palm of martyrdom; rope (hanging)
Blessed John Licci	November 14	Priest	Dominican Order	head injuries; crushed heads	Dominican habit; beam of wood; loaf of bread
Blessed John of Parma	March 20	Philosopher, Theologian, Minister General	Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans)	Franciscan students and scholars	Franciscan habit, book, cross
Blessed Luke Belludi	February 17	Student	Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans)	Students	Franciscan habit, book (symbolizing education), association with St. Anthony
Blessed María de Jesús de Ágreda	May 24	Nun; mystic	Poor Clares (Conceptionist Franciscan)	Ágreda; mystics; New Mexico missions (informal)	Franciscan habit; book; bilocation
Blessed Mariano de Jesus Euse Hoyos	July 13	Priest	Diocese of Santa Rosa de Osos	Colombian clergy; the poor	priest with peasants
Blessed Marie-Clémentine Anuarite Nengapeta	December 01	Teacher, Cook, Sacristan	Sisters of the Holy Family	Martyrs, Victims of Violence, Congolese Women	Nun's habit, palm branch, image of the Virgin Mary
Blessed Mary of Jesus the Good Shepherd	November 21		Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth	Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth; Poland	habit of the Sisters; book (her writings); model of the Holy Family
Blessed Miguel Pro	November 23	Jesuit priest	Jesuits	Mexico; martyrs; persecuted Christians; Jesuit martyrs; clandestine priests	Crucifix; palm of martyrdom; firing squad
Blessed Villana de'Botti	February 28	Wife; lay Dominican tertiary	Dominicans (Third Order)	Against temptation; conversion; lay Dominicans	Dominican habit; rosary
First Martyrs of the See of Rome	June 30	Various	None	Persecuted Christians	Palm branch, martyr’s crown
Forty Martyrs of Sebaste	March 09 (Eastern Orthodox), March 10 (Roman Catholic)	Soldiers in the Roman Army, Legio XII Fulminata	Early Christians	Soldiers, policemen, memory, resistance to persecution	Group of forty soldiers, often depicted on a frozen lake, sometimes with angels or a crown of martyrdom
Mother Angelica
Pope Saint Anastasius I	December 19	Bishop of Rome			Papal tiara; keys
Pope Saint Clement I	November 23	Bishop of Rome		Mariners; stonecutters; marble workers; sick children	Anchor; papal tiara; fountain
Pope Saint Cletus	April 26	Pope, Bishop		Early Church leadership	Papal vestments, martyr’s palm, keys
Pope Saint Damasus I	December 11	Priest, deacon, bishop, pope	Roman Catholic	Archaeologists	Papal tiara, pallium, episcopal vestments, book, inscription tablet
Pope Saint Eleutherius	May 26	Bishop	Early Christian community		papal tiara; book
Pope Saint Gelasius I	November 21	Deacon; pope	Roman Catholic Church	popes; civil servants; against simony	papal tiara and keys; book (decretals)
Pope Saint Gregory the Great	September 03	Monk, pope	Benedictine Order	Musicians, teachers, popes	Papal tiara, dove, book
St. Barbatus of Benevento	February 19	Bishop, Preacher		Benevento, Italy	Bishop's mitre, crozier, tree, viper
Pope Saint Martin I	April 13	Pope, Bishop		Against oppression, perseverance in faith	Papal tiara, staff, chains (symbolizing exile)
Pope Saint Pius V	April 30	Pope, Bishop, Dominican Friar	Dominican Order	Valletta (Malta), Bosco Marengo, Catholic reform	Papal tiara, Dominican habit, rosary, bull
Pope Saint Soter	April 22	Bishop of Rome		Catholic Church in Corinth	Papal tiara; keys
Rhoda Wise
Saint Abban the Hermit	May 13	Hermit, Preacher		Abingdon	Hermit’s robes, staff
Saint Adalbald of Ostrevant	February 02	Nobleman			sword; martyr’s palm
Saint Adalbert of Magdeburg	June 20	Archbishop; missionary		Slavic missions; Magdeburg	Mitre; book; Slavic cross
Saint Ælfheah of Canterbury	April 19	Bishop; archbishop; martyr		Canterbury; kidnapped children; convulsion in children; against gout	Axe; crozier; head in hands
Saint Agatha	February 05	Virgin, Martyr		Catania, Sicily; against fire; breast cancer; bell-founders; bakers; wet nurses	Shears, tongs, breasts on a dish, palm of martyrdom
Saint Agnes of Bohemia	March 02	Princess, Abbess	Poor Clares (Order of Saint Clare)	Czech Republic, Charity workers, the poor, Prague	Lamb, Crown, Poor Clares habit
Saint Agnes of Montepulciano	April 20	Dominican Nun, Abbess	Dominican Order	Montepulciano, nuns, chastity	Dominican habit, lily, lamb, book
Saint Agnes of Rome	January 21	Virgin, Martyr		Virgins, chastity, girls, engaged couples, rape survivors, gardeners	Lamb, palm branch, long hair, crown of martyrdom
Saint Aileran	December 29	Monk; scholar; lector	Irish monastic	Scholars	Book; quill; monastic habit
Saint Albert the Great	November 15	Philosopher; theologian; bishop; professor	Order of Preachers (Dominicans)	Scientists; philosophers; natural sciences; medical technicians; students	Dominican habit; book; globe; astrolabe
Saint Aldegunais of Maubeuge	January 30	Abbess, Virgin	Benedictine	Against breast cancer, cancer patients, wounds, childhood diseases, fever, headaches, sudden death	Benedictine habit, staff, river
Saint Alexander I	May 03	Bishop	Early Christian community		papal tiara; sword (martyrdom)
Saint Alexis Falconieri	February 17	Merchant, Religious Brother	Order of Servites	Orvieto, Italy	Black habit of the Servites, lily
Saint Alfred the Great	October 26	King; scholar; warrior	Anglo-Saxon Christian	Learning; scholars; universities; the West Country of England	Sword; book; lamp or torch
Saint Aloysius Gonzaga	21 June	None	Society of Jesus	Youth, students, plague victims, Jesuit novices	Lily, cross, skull, Jesuit habit
Saint Alphonsa	July 28	Nun, educator	Franciscan Clarist Congregation	Against illness, Kerala	Nun’s habit, rosary
Saint Alphonsus Liguori	August 01	Lawyer; priest; bishop; foundress	Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (Redemptorists)	Theologians; moralists; confessors; final exams; arthritis sufferers	Bishop's crozier; book (moral theology); chained demon
Saint Alphonsus Marie Liguori	August 01	Priest, lawyer, theologian	Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Theologians, arthritis sufferers, Naples	Redemptorist habit, book, quill
Saint Alphonsus Rodriguez	October 30	Businessman; lay brother	Society of Jesus	Jesuit lay brothers; against scruples	Rosary; lily; book
Saint Amalberga	July 10	Nun	None	Flanders, mothers	Nun’s habit, fish
Saint Ambrose	December 07	Theologian, bishop	None	Milan, beekeepers, bishops, theologians	Bishop’s vestments, beehive, whip
Saint Anacletus	April 26 (traditional); July 13 (current Roman Martyrology)	Bishop	Early Christian community		papal tiara; pallium
Saint Anastasia of Sirmium	December 25 (Catholic) December 22 (Greek Orthodox) September 28 (Syriac Orthodox)	Virgin	Early Christian	Weavers; against storms; widows; nurses	Palm branch; scourge; torch
Saint Andre Bessette	January 06	Religious Brother, Porter	Congregation of Holy Cross	Sick, afflicted, Montreal, Canada	Holy Cross habit, crutches, St. Joseph's Oratory
Saint Andrew Dũng-Lạc	November 24	Priest	Diocesan	Vietnam; martyrs; persecuted clergy	Palm of martyrdom; cross
Saint Andrew Kim Taegon	September 20	Priest	None	Korea; Korean clergy	Priest’s robes, palm branch, cross
Saint Andrew the Apostle	November 30	Fisherman; apostle		Scotland; Russia; Greece; fishermen; fishmongers; rope makers; against sore throat; against gout; brides	Cross saltire; net; fish; book
Saint Angela Merici	January 27	Educator, Foundress, Religious Sister	Company of Saint Ursula (Ursulines)	Educators, orphans, the sick, handicapped, women’s education	Ursuline habit, book, lily
Saint Anne	July 26	Unknown	None	Mothers, grandmothers, pregnant women, childless women, teachers, miners, seamstresses, lace makers, Brittany, Canada, Detroit	Book, door, holding Mary as a child
Saint Anselm of Canterbury	April 21	Archbishop, Theologian, Monk	Benedictine Order	Theologians, philosophers, Canterbury	Bishop’s vestments, book, quill, ontological argument
Saint Anthony Kauleas	May 17	Shepherd, Franciscan lay brother	Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans)	Eucharistic congresses and societies, cooks, shepherds, victims of calumny	Monstrance, rosary, Franciscan habit
Saint Anthony Mary Claret	October 24	Weaver; priest; archbishop; founder	Missionaries of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Claretians)	Catholic press; textile merchants; weavers; against natural disasters; Diocese of the Canary Islands	Mitre; book; rosary
Saint Anthony Mary Zaccaria	July 05	Priest, physician	Barnabites	Physicians, Barnabites, spiritual renewal	Priest’s cassock, lily, cross
Saint Anthony of Padua	June 13	Priest, Franciscan friar, preacher, theologian, Doctor of the Church	Roman Catholic	Lost items, travelers, the poor, Lisbon, Padua, amputees	Franciscan habit, book, lily, Christ Child
Saint Anthony the Abbot	January 17	Hermit, Abbot, Monk		Monks, hermits, against skin diseases (e.g., ergotism), gravediggers, pigs, butchers	Bell, pig, staff, Tau cross, book
Saint Anthony the Hermit	December 28	Hermit; monk	Early Christian	Hermits; miracle-seekers	Hermit staff; desert landscape
Saint Antipas of Pergamum	April 11	Bishop, Martyr		Against toothache	Bishop’s vestments, palm of martyrdom, bronze bull
Saint Anysia of Thessalonica	December 30	Virgin	Early Christian	Thessalonica (Thessaloniki), Greece; against rape and sexual assault	Palm branch; sword thrust to throat
Saint Apollonia	February 09	Deaconess, Virgin		Dentists, dental diseases, toothaches	Pincers holding a tooth, tooth, martyr's palm
Saint Apollonius the Apologist	April 18	Senator, Apologist, Martyr		Apologists, defenders of the faith	Scroll, martyr’s palm, Roman senator’s garb
Saint Argeus	January 02	Soldier	Roman Catholic
Saint Artaldus	October 07	Monk, Bishop	Carthusian Order	Belley; Carthusians	Monk’s habit, bishop’s mitre, staff
Saint Athanasius of Alexandria	May 02 (January 18 in Coptic tradition)	Bishop, Theologian		Theologians, orthodoxy, Alexandria	Bishop’s robes, book, scroll
Saint Auguste Chapdelaine	July 09	Priest; missionary	Paris Foreign Missions Society	Chinese Martyrs	Palm of martyrdom; cross
Saint Augustine of Canterbury	May 26	Monk, missionary, archbishop	Roman Catholic	England	Episcopal vestments, cross, book
Saint Augustine of Hippo	August 28	Teacher, bishop	None	Theologians, printers, brewers	Bishop’s vestments, book, heart
Saint Barbatus of Benevento	February 19	Bishop, Preacher		Benevento, Italy	Bishop's mitre, crozier, tree, viper
Saint Barbea of Edessa	January 29	Christian Convert			Palm branch, sword
Saint Barnabas	June 11	Apostle, missionary, Levite	Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Anglican Communion	Cyprus, Antioch, weavers, hailstorm protection	Olive branch, Gospel book, staff
Saint Bartholomew	August 24	Fisherman	None	Tanners, leatherworkers, butchers, Armenia	Flayed skin, knife, book
Saint Bartolo Longo	5 October	Lawyer, Lay Dominican	Dominican Third Order	Rosary; Pompei; Converts	Rosary, Dominican habit, book
Saint Basil the Great	January 02	Monk, bishop, theologian, Doctor of the Church	Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Anglican Communion	Hospital administrators, reformers, monks, education, exorcists, Cappadocia	Episcopal vestments, book, scroll, dove
Saint Benedict of Aniane	February 12	Courtier; monk; abbot; reformer	Benedictines	Monastic reformers	Benedictine habit; book of the Rule
Saint Benedict of Nursia	July 11	Monk, abbot	Benedictine Order	Europe, monks, students	Monk’s habit, Rule of Saint Benedict, raven
Saint Benjamin	March 31 (Western Christianity), October 13 (Eastern Christianity)	Deacon	Early Christian Church	Preachers	Deacon's vestments, palm of martyrdom
Saint Bernadette Soubirous	April 16	Religious Sister, Visionary	Sisters of Charity of Nevers	Bodily illness, poverty, shepherds, Lourdes, against tuberculosis	Rosary, blue sash, vision of Mary, shepherdess garb
Saint Bernard of Clairvaux	August 20	Monk, theologian	Cistercian Order	Beekeepers, Cistercians, Burgundy	Cistercian habit, book
Saint Bernard of Montjoux	May 28	Priest, archdeacon, missionary	Roman Catholic	Alpinists, mountain climbers, skiers, backpackers, hikers	St. Bernard dog, mountain pass, pilgrim staff
Saint Bernardine of Siena	May 20	Franciscan friar, preacher	Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans)	Advertisers, public relations, gambling addicts, chest problems, Aquila, Italy	IHS monogram, three mitres, Franciscan habit
Saint Bibiana	December 02	Virgin	Early Christian	Those suffering from headaches; against hangovers; widows; those falsely accused	Scourge; palm branch; column; pitcher of water
Saint Blaise	February 03 (Western Church), February 11 (Eastern Church)	Physician, Bishop		Throat illnesses, wool combers, wild animals, Dubrovnik	Candles, crossed candles, iron combs, bishop's mitre and staff
Saint Bonaventure	July 15	Bishop, theologian	Franciscan Order	Theologians, Franciscan Order, intestinal disorders	Cardinal’s hat, book, cross
Saint Boniface of Mainz	June 05	Monk, missionary, bishop, archbishop	Roman Catholic	Germany, brewers, tailors, Netherlands	Axe, book pierced by sword, oak tree
Saint Boniface	June 05	Monk; missionary; bishop	Benedictine	Germany; England; brewers; tailors; Fulda	axe; book pierced by sword; fallen oak
Saint Bridget of Sweden	July 23	Noble, mystic	Bridgettines, Third Order of Saint Francis	Europe, Sweden, widows	Book, pilgrim's staff, crown
Saint Brigid of Ireland	February 01	Nun, Abbess		Ireland, dairymaids, cattle, midwives, Irish nuns, newborn babies, poets, scholars, blacksmiths, and poultry farmers	Crosier, lamp, flame, cow, and Saint Brigid's cross
Saint Brigid of Kildare	February 01	Abbess	Early Irish Church	Ireland; dairy maids; newborns; poets; healers; blacksmiths; livestock	oak leaf; acorn; cow; bowl of fire; woven cross
Saint Bruno of Cologne	October 06	Priest, Monk, Founder	Carthusian Order	Calabria; Carthusians; Solitude	Monk’s habit, skull, cross
Saint Cajetan	August 07	Priest, reformer	Theatines	Unemployed, bankers, Vicenza	Priest’s cassock, lily
Saint Callistus I	October 14	Slave; deacon; pope	Early Christian	Cemetery workers	Papal keys; martyr's palm
Saint Camillus de Lellis	July 18	Soldier; lay brother; foundress	Ministers of the Sick (Camillians)	Nurses; the sick; hospitals; military chaplains	Red cross on habit; patient on bed; lily