| Blessed Francisca de Paula de Jesus Isabel |
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Healing of a young boy from a terminal illness (beatification) |
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June 14 |
Laywoman; tertiary |
Augustinians (tertiary) |
Baependi; Minas Gerais; black laywomen |
Rosary; veil; lily |
Sanctuary of Nhá Chica, Baependi, Brazil |
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Baependi, Minas Gerais, Empire of Brazil (now Brazil) |
Natural causes |
Baependi, Minas Gerais, Republic of Brazil (now Brazil) |
| Blessed Marie-Clémentine Anuarite Nengapeta |
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Healing of a child with severe illness in 1982 |
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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 |
Isiro Cathedral, Isiro, Democratic Republic of Congo |
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Wamba, Haut-Uélé, Democratic Republic of Congo |
Martyrdom |
Isiro, Haut-Uélé, Democratic Republic of Congo |
| Saint Angela Merici |
Pope Pius VII |
Rome, Papal States |
Healing of a blind woman in 1767 |
Healing of Teresa Ponzoni’s paralyzed limbs in 1806 |
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January 27 |
Educator, Foundress, Religious Sister |
Company of Saint Ursula (Ursulines) |
Educators, orphans, the sick, handicapped, women’s education |
Ursuline habit, book, lily |
Church of Saint Angela Merici, Brescia, Italy |
Anglican Communion |
Desenzano del Garda, Republic of Venice (now Italy) |
Natural causes |
Brescia, Republic of Venice (now Italy) |
| Saint Anne |
Unknown |
Unknown |
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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 |
Basilica of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Quebec, Canada |
Eastern Orthodox Church, Anglican Communion, Islam |
Unknown, traditionally Bethlehem, Judea |
Natural causes |
Unknown, traditionally Jerusalem, Judea |
| Saint Colette |
Pope Pius VII |
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March 06 |
Nun, Abbess, Reformer |
Poor Clares (Order of Saint Clare) |
Women seeking to conceive, expectant mothers, sick children, against eye trouble, and the city of Corbie |
Nun's habit, lily, book, rosary |
Church of St. Peter in Ghent, Belgium |
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Corbie, Picardy, France |
Natural Causes |
Ghent, Flanders (now Belgium) |
| Saint Dominic of Silos |
Pope Innocent IV |
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Restoration of a child's life to a barren couple (traditional) |
Multiple healings at his tomb in Silos |
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December 20 |
Monk; abbot |
Benedictine |
Aragon; Castile; pregnant women; the unborn; captives; prisoners |
Benedictine habit; chains (for prisoners); child in arms |
Monastery of San Sebastián de Silos, Silos, Spain |
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San Millán de la Cogolla, Navarre (now La Rioja, Spain) |
Natural causes |
Silos Abbey, Silos, Province of Burgos, Castile (now Spain) |
| Saint Elizabeth |
Early Church |
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November 05 |
Housewife |
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Expectant mothers; women in labor; difficult childbirth |
Pregnant figure; infant John the Baptist; house |
Church of the Visitation, Ein Karem, Israel |
Eastern Orthodox Church; Anglican Communion |
Judea, Roman Empire (likely Ein Karem, now Israel) |
Natural causes |
Judea, Roman Empire (now Israel) |
| Saint Emily de Vialar |
Pope Pius XII |
Rome |
Healing a sick girl |
Healing a woman’s head injury |
Posthumous cures |
June 17 |
Nun, missionary, foundress |
Roman Catholic |
Single laywomen, abandoned children, the sick, Sisters of St. Joseph of the Apparition |
Religious habit, cross, book |
Église Saint-Pierre, Gaillac, France |
Roman Catholic Church |
Gaillac, Tarn, France |
Hernia complications |
Marseille, France |
| Saint Felicity of Carthage |
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Traditional survival of tortures |
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November 25 (joint with Perpetua) |
Mother; martyr |
Early Christian |
Mothers; pregnant women; childbirth; widows; Carthage, Tunisia |
Palm branch; infant; chains |
Basilica of Damous El Karita, Carthage, Tunisia |
Eastern Orthodox Church |
Carthage, Africa Proconsularis, Roman Empire (now Tunisia) |
Martyrdom |
Carthage, Africa Proconsularis, Roman Empire (now Tunisia) |
| Saint Joan of Arc |
Pope Benedict XV |
St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City |
Two miracles for beatification (1908) |
Two miracles for canonization (1919) |
Unknown |
May 30 |
Peasant, military leader, visionary |
Roman Catholic |
France, soldiers, prisoners, women in the military |
Armor, banner, sword, visions of saints |
Basilica of Sainte-Jeanne-d’Arc, Domrémy, France |
None |
Domrémy, Duchy of Bar, France |
Execution by burning |
Rouen, Normandy (under English control) |
| Saint Leonard of Noblac |
Early Church |
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Liberation of prisoners through broken chains |
Safe deliveries for women in labor |
Healing of cattle diseases |
November 06 |
Noble courtier; hermit; abbot |
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Prisoners; captives; horses; farmers; women in labor; barrel makers; blacksmiths; childbirth; coal miners; coppersmiths |
Broken chains; fetters; horse; manacles |
Collegiate Church of Saint Leonard, Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat, France |
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Vendôme, Orléans, Gaul (now France) |
Natural causes |
Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat, Limousin, Gaul (now France) |
| Saint Margaret Clitherow |
Pope Paul VI |
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March 25 (in England), August 30 (in the Roman Calendar) |
Housewife, Businesswoman |
Roman Catholic Church |
Businesswomen, converts, martyrs, pregnant women, York, and those in difficult marriages |
Stone, martyr's palm, sometimes depicted with her children |
St. Margaret Clitherow's Shrine, The Shambles, York, England |
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York, England |
Martyrdom (Pressed to death) |
York, England |
| Saint Margaret of Antioch |
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July 20 |
Virgin, martyr |
None |
Pregnant women, nurses, martyrs |
Dragon, cross, palm branch |
None |
Orthodox Christianity, Anglican Communion |
Antioch, Roman Empire |
Martyrdom (beheading) |
Antioch, Roman Empire |
| Saint Mary Magdalene |
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July 22 |
Disciple |
None |
Penitents, perfumers, women |
Jar of ointment, long hair |
Basilica of Saint Mary Magdalene, Vézelay, France |
Orthodox Christianity, Anglican Communion |
Magdala, Galilee, Roman Empire |
Natural causes |
Ephesus, Roman Empire |
| Saint Monica |
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Conversion of her son Augustine, 387 AD |
Healing of a sick child in Ostia (posthumous) |
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August 27 |
Homemaker |
Roman Catholic, Orthodox Christianity, Anglican Communion |
Mothers, wives, abused women, alcoholics |
Veil, tears, praying hands, book |
Basilica of Sant’Agostino, Rome, Italy |
Orthodox Church, Anglican Communion |
Thagaste, Numidia, Roman Africa |
Natural causes (fever) |
Ostia, Roman Empire |
| Saint Raymond Nonnatus |
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Safe delivery of a child in Barcelona |
Healing of a captive in Algiers |
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August 31 |
Shepherd |
Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy |
Childbirth, midwives, pregnant women |
Padlock, Mercedarian habit |
Chapel of Saint Raymond Nonnatus, Alguaire, Spain |
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Portell, Spain |
Natural causes |
Cardona, Spain |
| Saint Rita of Cascia |
Pope Leo XIII |
Vatican City |
Healing of a blind girl in 1626 |
Cure of a woman’s cancer in 1899 |
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May 22 |
Augustinian Nun, Widow |
Augustinian Order |
Lost causes, impossible cases, abused women, widows, against infertility, sickness |
Nun’s habit, forehead wound, roses, bees, crucifix |
Basilica of Santa Rita da Cascia, Cascia, Italy |
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Roccaporena, Umbria, Papal States (now Italy) |
Natural causes (tuberculosis and old age) |
Cascia, Umbria, Papal States (now Italy) |
| Saint Ursula |
Early Church |
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Traditional healings at the Cologne shrine |
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October 21 |
Virgin |
Early Christian |
archers; educators; orphans; schoolchildren; students; teachers; University of Cologne; young Catholic women; Cologne, Germany |
arrow; banner with virgins; ship; virgin martyrs |
Basilica of St. Ursula, Cologne, Germany |
Eastern Orthodox Church; Anglican Communion |
Britain (traditional) |
Martyrdom |
Cologne, Germania Inferior (now Germany) |
| Saint William of York |
Pope Honorius III |
Rome |
Oil flowing from tomb curing infirmities |
Resurrection of three dead persons |
Restoration of sight to five blind individuals |
June 08 |
Priest, bishop, archbishop |
Roman Catholic |
York, England; pregnant women; craftsmen; prisoners; bachelors |
Archbishop’s vestments, crosier, chalice |
York Minster, York, England |
None |
York, England |
Illness, possibly poisoning |
York, England |
| Saints Joachim and Anne |
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July 26 |
None |
None |
Grandparents, parents, barren women |
Joachim with a staff, Anne with a book |
Church of Saint Anne, Jerusalem |
Orthodox Christianity, Anglican Communion |
Jerusalem, Judea |
Natural causes |
Jerusalem, Judea |