Each day the Church remembers a saint — a life given to God. Here is every one we have honoured, with their story and a prayer. Today's saint →
November 1 is the Solemnity of All Saints, honoring every saint in heaven, known and unknown, rather than a single indi…
John du Lau was Archbishop of Arles during the French Revolution. He and more than 190 bishops and priests were impriso…
This day is dedicated to the remembrance and prayer for all the faithful departed, especially those in Purgatory. It is…
On November 9 the Church celebrates the Dedication of the Basilica of Saint John Lateran in Rome, consecrated by Pope S…
While there is no specific saint commemorated on this day in the General Roman Calendar, December 18th is significant f…
On January 1 the Church celebrates the Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God, the oldest Marian feast. Mary of Naza…
On May 13, 1917, the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to three shepherd children — Lucia dos Santos and Francisco and Jacin…
Our Lady of Guadalupe appeared to Saint Juan Diego in December 1531 on Tepeyac Hill in Mexico City. As proof of her app…
This memorial honors the Blessed Virgin Mary under the title of Loreto, tied to the Holy House in Loreto, Italy, venera…
On February 11, 1858, the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to fourteen-year-old Bernadette Soubirous at the grotto of Massa…
The feast of Our Lady of Mercy (or Our Lady of Ransom) commemorates the founding of the Mercedarian Order in 1218. Sain…
July 16 honors the Blessed Virgin Mary under her title Our Lady of Mount Carmel, the patroness of the Carmelite Order. …
On September 15, the day after the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, the Church keeps the memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows, …
October 7 is the memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary, honoring the Blessed Virgin Mary under the title tied to the praye…
On August 5 the Church celebrates the Dedication of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major in Rome, the oldest church in the …
May 24 is the memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary under the title Help of Christians, an invocation included in the Lit…
Born Bruno of Egisheim in Alsace in 1002, he served as bishop of Toul before being elected pope in 1049. As Leo IX he t…
Saint Adela was the daughter of Dagobert II, King of the Franks. She founded the monastery of Pfalzel near Trier, where…
Saint Adelaide was a 10th-century Holy Roman Empress, known for her piety and political influence. She was the daughter…
Saint Adrian was a North African-born monk who became abbot of a monastery near Naples in the seventh century. Twice of…
Saint Agatha was a young Christian woman of Sicily who consecrated her life to Christ and was martyred in Catania aroun…
Saint Agnes was a young Roman girl, about twelve or thirteen years old, who was martyred for her faith around the year …
Agnes of Assisi (c. 1197–1253) was the younger sister of Saint Clare, whom she joined shortly after Clare left home in …
Agnes of Bohemia (1211–1282) was a princess, daughter of King Ottokar I, who refused marriage offers from kings and an …
Saint Agnes of Montepulciano (c. 1268–1317) was a Dominican nun in Tuscany who entered religious life as a young girl a…
Adam Chmielowski was born in Poland in 1845 and lost a leg as a young man fighting in an uprising for his country's fre…
Saint Albert the Great (c. 1200–1280) was a German Dominican friar, bishop of Regensburg, and one of the most learned m…
Aloysius Gonzaga (1568–1591) was born into a noble Italian family and renounced his inheritance to enter the Society of…
Saint Alphonsus Liguori (1696–1787) was an Italian bishop, moral theologian, and founder of the Congregation of the Mos…
Saint Ambrose (c. 340–397) was governor of the region around Milan when, still an unbaptized catechumen, he was acclaim…
Saint Anastasius I was the Pope from 399 to 401 AD. He condemned Origenism and was praised by his contemporaries, inclu…
Saint Andrew was a fisherman from Bethsaida, the brother of Simon Peter, and one of the first apostles called by Jesus.…
Saint Andrew Dũng-Lạc was a Vietnamese diocesan priest, born around 1795 to a poor non-Christian family, who became a t…
Saint André Bessette (1845–1937) was a Holy Cross brother in Montreal, Canada, who served for decades as a humble doork…
Saint Angela Merici was born around 1474 in Desenzano, near Lake Garda in northern Italy, and was left an orphan at a y…
Saint Anselm was born in Aosta, Italy, around 1033 and became a Benedictine monk at the abbey of Bec in Normandy, where…
Born in Sallent, Spain, in 1807, Anthony Mary Claret was a weaver before becoming a priest. He founded the Congregation…
Saint Anthony Mary Zaccaria (1502–1539) was born in Cremona, Italy, trained as a physician, and later became a priest d…
Saint Anthony (c. 251–356) was born in Egypt and, after hearing the Gospel call to sell all and follow Christ, gave awa…
Saint Anthony (1195–1231) was born Fernando in Lisbon, Portugal, and after first joining the Augustinians he became a F…
Saint Apollinaris is traditionally revered as the first bishop of Ravenna, Italy. He is believed to have preached the G…
Saint Apollonia was an elderly deaconess of Alexandria in Egypt who was martyred around the year 249 during an anti-Chr…
Saint Apollonius was a learned Roman Christian of the second century, remembered as one of the early Church's apologist…
Saint Athanasius (c. 296–373) was Bishop of Alexandria in Egypt and is honored as a Doctor of the Church. He devoted hi…
Saint Augustine of Hippo (354–430) was born in Tagaste, North Africa, to Saint Monica, who prayed for years for his con…
Augustine was a Benedictine monk in Rome whom Pope Saint Gregory the Great sent in 596 to bring the Gospel to the Anglo…
Augustine Zhao Rong was a Chinese soldier who was so moved by the faith of the Christians he escorted to prison that he…
Saint Barnabas was an early Christian apostle, a Levite from Cyprus originally named Joseph, whom the apostles called B…
Saint Bartholomew was one of the twelve Apostles of Jesus, traditionally identified with Nathanael, whom Philip brought…
Saint Bede (c. 673–735) was an English Benedictine monk who spent nearly his whole life at the monastery of Wearmouth-J…
Saint Benedict (c. 480–547) was born in Nursia, Italy, and after living as a hermit at Subiaco, founded the great monas…
Saint Benjamin was a deacon in fifth-century Persia during a time of fierce persecution of Christians. Imprisoned for h…
Bernadette Soubirous was born in 1844 in Lourdes, France, to a poor miller's family. In 1858, at age fourteen, she rece…
Saint Bernard (1090–1153) was a French abbot who entered the young Cistercian order and founded the great monastery of …
Saint Bernardine of Siena (1380–1444) was an Italian Franciscan friar and one of the most renowned preachers of the fif…
Saint Bibiana was a young virgin martyr of Rome, honored by the Church since ancient times as one who gave her life for…
Saint Blaise was a fourth-century bishop of Sebaste in Armenia, martyred around the year 316 during a persecution under…
Saint Bonaventure was born in Bagnoregio, Italy, around 1221 and entered the Franciscan Order, where his holiness and l…
Saint Boniface was born Winfrid in England around 675 and became a Benedictine monk before leaving as a missionary to t…
Saint Bridget was a noblewoman, wife, and mother of eight children in 14th-century Sweden. After her husband's death, s…
Saint Brigid (c. 451–525) was an abbess in early Christian Ireland who founded the famous monastery of Kildare, a doubl…
Saint Bruno was born in Cologne around 1030 and became a renowned teacher and chancellor of the cathedral school at Rei…
Saint Callistus I was a former slave who became a deacon in Rome, entrusted with overseeing the Christian burial ground…
Camillus de Lellis (1550–1614) was an Italian soldier and gambler whose conversion led him to devote his life to caring…
Saint Casilda lived in eleventh-century Spain, the daughter of a Muslim ruler of Toledo. Tradition holds that she secre…
Saint Casimir (1458–1484) was a prince of Poland, son of King Casimir IV, raised in Kraków and known from his youth for…
Catherine de' Ricci (1522–1590) was a Dominican nun in Prato, Italy, who entered the convent as a young teenager and la…
Saint Catherine of Alexandria is honored as a young virgin martyr of the early fourth century, who according to traditi…
Catherine was born in Siena, Italy, in 1347 and became a Dominican tertiary known for her deep prayer and mystical unio…
Saint Cecilia was a Roman virgin martyr, venerated since ancient times. She is one of the most famous virgin martyrs of…
Born Pietro Angelerio in Italy around 1215, he lived for decades as a humble hermit in the mountains of Abruzzo and fou…
Saint Charles Borromeo (1538–1584) was the Cardinal Archbishop of Milan and a leading figure of the Catholic Reformatio…
Charles de Foucauld (1858–1916) was a French soldier and explorer who, after years away from the faith, experienced a p…
Charles Lwanga was a young Ugandan catechist who served as head of the royal pages at the court of King Mwanga II of Bu…
Christopher (Cristóbal) Magallanes was a Mexican parish priest born in 1869 in Totatiche, Jalisco, who founded a semina…
Saint Clare (1194–1253) was born to a noble family in Assisi, Italy, and at eighteen left everything to follow the way …
Saint Claude de la Colombière (1641–1682) was a French Jesuit priest known for his preaching and wise spiritual directi…
Saint Clement I was the fourth Pope, succeeding St. Peter, St. Linus, and St. Cletus. He is known for his letter to the…
Saint Cleophas was one of the two disciples to whom Jesus appeared on the road to Emmaus after His resurrection. He is …
Saint Cloud, also known as Clodoald, was born around 522, a grandson of King Clovis I and Saint Clotilde of the Franks.…
Colette was born in Corbie, France, in 1381, the daughter of a carpenter at the town's abbey. After years living as a h…
Conrad was a nobleman of Piacenza, Italy, born around 1290. While hunting he ordered brush set alight to flush game, an…
Saint Cuthbert (c. 634–687) was a monk of Melrose in northern Britain who became prior and later bishop of Lindisfarne,…
Saint Cyril (c. 376–444) became Patriarch of Alexandria in 412 and led that Church for over thirty years. He presided a…
Saint Cyril (c. 313–386) was bishop of Jerusalem during the turbulent years of the Arian controversy, and was exiled fr…
Saint Damasus I was pope from 366 to 384, a native of Rome born around 305. He commissioned Saint Jerome to revise the …
Saint Damien de Veuster (1840–1889) was a Belgian priest of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts who volunteered to se…
Saint David was a sixth-century monk and bishop in Wales, where he founded monasteries known for their simplicity, pray…
Saint Denis was a third-century bishop sent from Rome to preach the Gospel in Gaul, where he became the first bishop of…
Saint Desiderius was bishop of Vienne in Gaul in the late sixth and early seventh centuries. Known for his learning and…
Dionysius was a member of the Areopagus, the learned court of Athens, who heard Saint Paul preach about the 'unknown Go…
Saint Dismas is the penitent thief crucified beside Jesus on Calvary, known from the Gospel of Luke, where he rebuked h…
Saint Dominic (c. 1170–1221) was a Spanish priest who founded the Order of Preachers, known as the Dominicans. Moved by…
Saint Dominic of Silos (c. 1000–1073) was a Spanish Benedictine monk who became abbot of the monastery of Silos in Cast…
Dominic Savio was born in Riva, Italy, in 1842 and became a student of Saint John Bosco at the Oratory in Turin, where …
Saint Edmund was King of East Anglia in the 9th century. He was martyred by the Great Heathen Army in 869 for refusing …
Saint Edward the Confessor was King of England from 1042 to 1066, remembered for his deep piety, gentleness, and genero…
Saint Egwin was an Anglo-Saxon bishop of Worcester in the late 7th and early 8th centuries. He is known for founding Ev…
Saint Eleutherius was a sixth-century abbot of the monastery of Saint Mark near Spoleto, Italy, and later lived at Sain…
Elisha was a prophet in ninth-century-BC Israel, called from his plow when the prophet Elijah cast his mantle over him.…
Elizabeth Ann Seton (1774–1821) was born in New York City, married William Seton, and raised five children before being…
Elizabeth (1207–1231) was a Hungarian princess who married Ludwig IV, Landgrave of Thuringia, and was widowed at just t…
Elizabeth (1271–1336) was a princess of Aragon who became Queen of Portugal through her marriage to King Denis, and was…
Saint Ephrem (c. 306–373) was a deacon in Nisibis and later Edessa in Syria, renowned for his hymns and biblical commen…
Ethelbert was King of Kent in southern England and the first Anglo-Saxon king to embrace Christianity. In 597 he welcom…
Saint Eulalia was a young Christian girl of Barcelona, believed to be about thirteen years old, who was martyred around…
Eulogius was a priest and scholar in ninth-century Córdoba, Spain, during a time when Christians lived under harsh rest…
Eusebius was born in Sardinia around the year 283 and became the first bishop of Vercelli in northern Italy. He was the…
Saint Evaristus was the fifth Bishop of Rome, succeeding Saint Clement I, and served during the reigns of Emperors Domi…
Saint Faustina Kowalska (1905–1938) was a Polish nun of the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy who receiv…
Saint Felix was a third-century priest of Nola, near Naples in Italy. During the persecution under Emperor Decius he wa…
Fidelis was born in Sigmaringen, Germany, in 1578 and first worked as a lawyer, becoming known as the 'advocate of the …
Saint Florian was a Roman army officer in Noricum (present-day Austria) who served during the persecutions of Emperor D…
Frances was born in Rome in 1384 and, though drawn to religious life, faithfully lived her vocation as a wife and mothe…
Frances Xavier Cabrini was born in Italy in 1850 and founded the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Sent …
Francis Borgia (1510–1572) was a Spanish nobleman, Duke of Gandía, who served in the court of Emperor Charles V. After …
Saint Francis Caracciolo (1563–1608) was an Italian priest from Abruzzo who, after recovering from a grave illness in h…
Saint Francis de Sales (1567–1622) was Bishop of Geneva during a time of great religious division, known for his patien…
Francis was born in Assisi, Italy, around 1181, the son of a wealthy cloth merchant. After a conversion experience, he …
Saint Francis of Paola (1416–1507) was an Italian hermit from Calabria who founded the Order of Minims, a community dev…
Saint Francis Xavier (1506–1552) was a Spanish priest from Navarre and one of the first companions of Saint Ignatius of…
Saint Frumentius was a Syrian Christian who, along with his brother Aedesius, was shipwrecked on the coast of Aksum (mo…
Saint Genevieve was born around 422 in Nanterre, near Paris, and consecrated her life to God as a young girl after meet…
Saint George was an early Christian martyr who died around the year 303 at Lydda in Palestine, during the persecution o…
Saint Germanus (c. 496–576) was a French monk who became Bishop of Paris around the year 555, serving during the turbul…
Saint Gildas (c. 500–570) was a British monk and one of the earliest historians of Britain, best known for his work De …
Saint Giles was a hermit who lived in the seventh and eighth centuries in southern France, near the mouth of the Rhône,…
Saint Gregory of Narek (c. 950–1003) was an Armenian monk, priest, and mystical poet who spent nearly his whole life at…
Saint Gregory of Nyssa (c. 335–395) was a bishop and theologian from Cappadocia, the younger brother of Saint Basil the…
Gregory (c. 540–604) was born into a noble Roman family, served as Prefect of Rome, then became a monk and was elected …
Saint Guntramnus (also called Gontran) was a sixth-century king of Burgundy, a grandson of Clovis, who died in 592. Ami…
Saint Helena (c. 246–330) was the mother of the Roman Emperor Constantine the Great and an early Christian convert. Lat…
Saint Henry II (973–1024) was Duke of Bavaria and later Holy Roman Emperor, crowned in 1014. With his wife, Saint Cuneg…
Saint Heribert (c. 970–1021) was Archbishop of Cologne from 999 and served as chancellor to Emperor Otto III. He was re…
Saint Hilarion was an anchorite who lived in the 4th century. He was born in Tabatha, near Gaza, and after studying in …
Saint Hilary was born around the year 400 and gave up wealth and worldly ambition to become a monk at the island monast…
Saint Hilary (c. 310–367) was a convert from paganism who became bishop of Poitiers in Gaul around 350. He defended the…
Saint Hugh (1053-1132) was bishop of Grenoble in France for over fifty years, working tirelessly to reform his diocese …
Saint Hyacinth (c. 1185–1257) was a Polish priest who entered the Dominican Order in Rome, according to tradition recei…
Saint Ignatius was bishop of Antioch in Syria in the earliest generation after the apostles, traditionally remembered a…
Saint Ignatius of Laconi (1701–1781) was a Capuchin lay brother from Sardinia who spent some forty years walking the st…
Ignatius of Loyola (1491–1556) was a Basque soldier whose leg was shattered by a cannonball at the Battle of Pamplona; …
Saint Irenaeus (c. 130–c. 202) was born in Smyrna, where he learned the faith from Saint Polycarp, a disciple of the Ap…
Saint Isidore (c. 560–636) was Archbishop of Seville in Spain for more than three decades and is honored as a Doctor of…
Saint Isidore was a poor farm laborer born near Madrid, Spain, around 1070, who spent his whole life working the fields…
James, the son of Zebedee and brother of John, was a fisherman on the Sea of Galilee when Jesus called him to leave his…
Saint James Intercisus was a Persian Christian and favored courtier of King Yazdegerd I who, fearing to lose the king's…
Saint James of the Marches (1394–1476) was born in Monteprandone, Italy, and became a Franciscan friar and priest, a co…
Jane Frances de Chantal (1572–1641) was a French wife and mother of four who was widowed at twenty-eight when her husba…
Saint Januarius was a bishop of Benevento, Italy, who was martyred during the Diocletianic Persecution in the early 4th…
Saint Jerome was born in Stridon, Dalmatia, around 347 AD. He was a priest, theologian, and historian, best known for t…
Joan of Arc was born around 1412 to a peasant family in Domrémy, France. As a young girl she experienced visions of sai…
John Baptist de la Salle (1651–1719) was a priest from Reims, France, who gave up his wealth and canonry to educate poo…
John Bosco (1815–1888) was an Italian priest from Turin who devoted his life to educating and caring for poor and aband…
Saint John Cantius was a Polish priest, theologian, and professor at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków. He lived in…
Saint John Chrysostom (c. 347–407) was born in Antioch and became Archbishop of Constantinople in 398. Renowned as the …
Saint John Climacus was a seventh-century monk and later abbot of the monastery at Mount Sinai, where he lived many yea…
Saint John Damascene (c. 675–749) was born in Damascus, where he served for a time as an official in the court of the c…
John de Britto was born in Lisbon, Portugal, in 1647 and left a promising life at the royal court to become a Jesuit mi…
Saint John Eudes (1601–1680) was a French priest who spent decades preaching parish missions across Normandy and caring…
Saint John Francis Regis (1597–1640) was a French Jesuit priest who spent his life preaching missions among the poor an…
Saint John I was pope from 523 to 526, during the rule of the Arian king Theodoric in Italy. Theodoric sent him to Cons…
Saint John Joseph of the Cross was born on the island of Ischia, Italy, in 1654 and entered the Franciscans of the Alca…
John Neumann was born in Bohemia in 1811, emigrated to the United States, and was ordained a priest in New York before …
Born in Capistrano, Italy, in 1386, John was a lawyer and governor before becoming a Franciscan friar. He was a student…
Saint John of God (1495–1550) was born in Portugal and lived a wandering life as a shepherd and soldier before a profou…
Saint John of Matha was a French priest who, after his ordination, felt called to a special mission. He had a vision du…
John was born in Sahagún, Spain, around 1430 and, after serving as a diocesan priest, entered the Augustinian friars in…
Saint John of the Cross was a Spanish mystic, a Carmelite friar, and a priest. He was a major figure of the Counter-Ref…
Saint John of Ávila (1499–1569) was a Spanish priest and preacher so tireless in Andalusia that he became known as the …
John Ogilvie was born in Scotland in 1579, converted to Catholicism as a young man, and became a Jesuit priest in Europ…
Born Karol Józef Wojtyła in Wadowice, Poland, he was elected Pope in 1978, the first non-Italian Pope in over 450 years…
Saint John Vianney (1786–1859) was a French parish priest who served the small village of Ars for over forty years. Tho…
Born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli in 1881 to a farming family in Sotto il Monte, Italy, he served as a papal diplomat in Bu…
Saint John was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus, often referred to as 'the beloved disciple.' He was the son of Zebe…
Saint Josaphat Kuncewicz was born around 1580 in Volodymyr, in present-day Ukraine, and became a monk of the Order of S…
Saint Josemaría Escrivá was born in Barbastro, Spain, in 1902 and was ordained a priest in 1925. In 1928 he founded Opu…
Saint Joseph was the husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the foster father of Jesus, a carpenter of Nazareth descend…
Saint Joseph Cafasso (1811–1860) was an Italian priest from Castelnuovo in Piedmont who taught moral theology and forme…
Saint Joseph of Cupertino was an Italian Conventual Franciscan friar who lived in the 17th century. He was known for hi…
Saint Joseph, the husband of the Virgin Mary and foster father of Jesus, was a carpenter in Nazareth who provided for t…
Josephine Bakhita was born around 1869 in Darfur, Sudan, kidnapped as a child, and sold into slavery. Brought to Italy,…
Juan Diego (1474–1548) was an indigenous Mexican convert to Christianity, a humble farmer and weaver who lived near pre…
Julie Billiart (1751–1816) was born in Cuvilly, France, and despite being paralyzed for over twenty years, she taught c…
Julius I was Bishop of Rome from 337 to 352, during the height of the Arian controversy. He gave refuge to Saint Athana…
Saint Justin was a second-century philosopher born in Flavia Neapolis in Samaria who searched through the great schools…
Kateri Tekakwitha, known as the Lily of the Mohawks, was born in 1656 in present-day upstate New York to a Mohawk fathe…
Katharine Drexel (1858–1955) was born into a wealthy Philadelphia banking family and gave away her entire fortune to se…
Saint Landericus, known in French as Saint Landry, was Bishop of Paris in the mid-seventh century, serving from about 6…
Saint Lawrence was a deacon of Rome who served under Pope Sixtus II, entrusted with the care of the Church's treasury a…
Lawrence O'Toole (Lorcán Ua Tuathail) was born in Ireland around 1128, became abbot of the monastery of Glendalough as …
Saint Lawrence was a Capuchin friar and a gifted preacher and theologian. He served in various leadership roles within …
Saint Lea was a wealthy Roman widow of the fourth century who, after her husband's death, gave up her comfortable life …
Leander (c. 534–600) was Archbishop of Seville and the elder brother of Saint Isidore of Seville. He worked tirelessly …
Saint Leo the Great served as pope from 440 to 461 and is honored as a Doctor of the Church. His famous Tome, affirming…
Saint Leonard was a sixth-century Frankish hermit who, according to tradition, was baptized by Saint Remigius and refus…
Saint Leonard of Port Maurice (1676–1751) was an Italian Franciscan friar and one of the greatest mission preachers of …
Louis IX (1214–1270) became King of France at age twelve and reigned for over four decades, becoming known for his fair…
Louise de Marillac (1591–1660) was a French wife and mother who, after being widowed, placed herself under the spiritua…
Saint Lucy was a virgin martyr who lived in Syracuse, Sicily, during the early 4th century. She consecrated her virgini…
Saint Ludger was born in Frisia around 742 and studied under Alcuin of York before returning home as a missionary to th…
Saint Luke, a physician by profession and a companion of Saint Paul on his missionary journeys, wrote the Gospel that b…
Lydia was a seller of purple cloth from Thyatira, living in Philippi, whom Saint Paul met by the riverside where women …
Saint Macrina the Younger (c. 327–379) was born in Caesarea in Cappadocia, the eldest child of a remarkable Christian f…
Saint Marcellus I served as Bishop of Rome from about 308 to 309, taking office after the see had stood vacant during t…
Saint Marcellus was a centurion in the Roman army stationed in Tangier, modern-day Morocco. During a celebration of Emp…
Margaret Mary Alacoque (1647–1690) was a French Visitation nun at the monastery of Paray-le-Monial. Beginning in 1673 s…
Margaret (1242–1270) was the daughter of King Béla IV of Hungary, who vowed her to God if the country was delivered fro…
Margaret (c. 1045–1093) was an English princess raised partly in exile in Hungary who became queen of Scotland through …
Marguerite Bourgeoys was born in Troyes, France, in 1620 and sailed to the small settlement of Ville-Marie — today's Mo…
Maria Goretti was born in 1890 to a poor farming family in Corinaldo, Italy, and died in 1902 at just eleven years old,…
Born in Germany in 1838 and raised in New York, Marianne Cope joined the Sisters of Saint Francis in Syracuse and helpe…
Saint Mark, also called John Mark, was an early Christian and companion of both Saint Peter and Saint Paul, and is hono…
Martha of Bethany was the sister of Mary and Lazarus, and a close friend of Jesus who welcomed him into her home. The G…
Martin de Porres was born in Lima, Peru, in 1579, the son of a Spanish nobleman and a freed African woman, and he enter…
Saint Martin I was elected pope in 649 and quickly convened the Lateran Council, which condemned the Monothelite heresy…
Saint Martin was born around 316 in Pannonia and served as a Roman soldier before his baptism. He is remembered for cut…
Saint Martina was a virgin martyr of Rome, venerated since ancient times and traditionally said to have given her life …
Mary Magdalene was a devoted follower of Jesus, whom the Gospels say he freed from seven demons. She stood by him at th…
Saint Matilda (c. 895–968) was a Saxon noblewoman who became Queen of Germany as the wife of King Henry I and the mothe…
Saint Matthew was one of the twelve apostles of Jesus and is traditionally identified as the author of the first Gospel…
Saint Matthias was chosen by the apostles to take the place of Judas Iscariot, as recounted in the Acts of the Apostles…
Maximilian Kolbe (1894–1941) was a Polish Conventual Franciscan priest with a deep devotion to Mary, founding the Milit…
Maximilian was a young Christian of Tebessa in Roman North Africa who, in the year 295 at age twenty-one, refused consc…
Michael de Sanctis (1591–1625) was born in Vic, in Catalonia, Spain, and joined the Discalced Trinitarians as a young m…
Saint Monica (c. 331–387) was born in Tagaste in North Africa and is best known as the mother of Saint Augustine of Hip…
Saint Narcissus served as the Bishop of Jerusalem in the late 2nd and early 3rd centuries. He was known for his holines…
Saint Nicholas was a fourth-century bishop of Myra in Lycia, in present-day Turkey. He was known for his generosity to …
Nicholas of Flüe (1417–1487) was a Swiss farmer, soldier, and judge who, with the consent of his wife Dorothea and thei…
Nicholas of Tolentino (1245–1305) was an Augustinian friar from the Marche region of Italy who spent some thirty years …
Saint Norbert of Xanten (c. 1080–1134) was a German nobleman who, after a dramatic conversion, gave away his wealth and…
Oliver Plunkett (1625–1681) was the Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland during a time of harsh persecution …
Onesimus was a slave of Philemon of Colossae who fled his master and encountered Saint Paul in prison, where he was con…
Oscar Romero (1917–1980) was Archbishop of San Salvador who became a fearless voice for the poor and for victims of vio…
Saint Pachomius was born in Egypt around the year 292 and encountered Christ through the kindness of Christians who bro…
Saint Pantaleon (also known as Panteleimon) was a physician in Nicomedia who was martyred around the year 305 during th…
Saint Paschal Baylón (1540–1592) was a Spanish shepherd who became a humble Franciscan lay brother, serving his communi…
Saint Patrick (5th century) was born in Roman Britain and, at about sixteen, was captured by raiders and enslaved in Ir…
Paul Lê Bảo Tịnh was a Vietnamese priest, seminary teacher, and martyr, born around 1793 in Thanh Hóa province. Impriso…
Paul Miki was a Japanese Jesuit seminarian, born around 1562 to a noble family, who became a gifted preacher of the Gos…
Saint Paul of the Cross, born Paolo Francesco Danei, was an Italian mystic and founder of the Passionists. He dedicated…
Paul of Thebes (c. 226–341) fled to the Egyptian desert as a young man during the persecution of Decius and remained th…
Born Giovanni Battista Montini in Concesio, Italy, in 1897, he served the Church as a priest, Vatican diplomat, and Arc…
Saint Peter Canisius was a Dutch Jesuit priest who lived in the 16th century. He was a prominent theologian and an impo…
Saint Peter Chanel (1803–1841) was a French priest who joined the newly founded Society of Mary (Marists) and was sent …
Saint Peter Chrysologus (c. 380–450) was bishop of Ravenna, Italy, during the fifth century, when the city was the capi…
Saint Peter Claver (1580–1654) was a Spanish Jesuit priest who spent over forty years in Cartagena, in present-day Colo…
Saint Peter Damian (1007–1072) was born in Ravenna, Italy, orphaned young, and became a Benedictine monk and later prio…
Saint Peter of Tarentaise (c. 1102–1174) was a French Cistercian monk who became Archbishop of Tarentaise in the Alps i…
Saint Philip Neri (1515–1595) was born in Florence and spent most of his life in Rome, where he founded the Congregatio…
Born Francesco Forgione, he joined the Capuchin Franciscans and became a priest. He was known for his piety, charity, a…
Antonio Ghislieri was born in 1504 in Bosco, Italy, entered the Dominican order at fourteen, and was elected pope in 15…
Born Giuseppe Sarto in 1835 to a poor family in Riese, Italy, he served as a parish priest, bishop, and Patriarch of Ve…
Saint Polycarp (c. 69–155) was Bishop of Smyrna in Asia Minor and a disciple of Saint John the Apostle, making him a di…
Porphyry was born in Thessalonica around 347 and spent years as a monk in the Egyptian desert and as a hermit near the …
Rafael Arnáiz Barón (1911–1938) was a young Spanish architecture student who left a comfortable life to enter the Trapp…
Saint Raymond Nonnatus was born around 1204 in Catalonia, Spain, and was called 'Nonnatus' (not born) because he was de…
Saint Raymond of Penyafort was born in Catalonia, Spain, around 1175 and became a Dominican friar renowned for his mast…
Richard de Wych (c. 1197–1253) studied at Oxford and served as chancellor to Saint Edmund of Abingdon before being made…
Saint Rita (1381–1457) was born near Cascia, Italy, and lived first as a wife and mother before losing her husband and …
Saint Robert Bellarmine (1542–1621) was an Italian Jesuit cardinal, theologian, and Doctor of the Church who taught at …
Saint Robert of Newminster (c. 1100–1159) was an English priest who joined the monks who founded Fountains Abbey and la…
Saint Romanus (c. 390–460) left everything at about age thirty-five to live as a hermit in the forests of the Jura moun…
Saint Romuald was born in Ravenna, Italy, around 951 and became a Benedictine monk after witnessing his father kill a r…
Saint Rosalia was born around 1130 into a noble Norman family in Sicily and left a life of privilege to live as a hermi…
Saint Rose of Lima (1586–1617) was born in Lima, Peru, and became a Dominican tertiary, living a hidden life of intense…
Rose Philippine Duchesne (1769–1852) was a French religious sister of the Society of the Sacred Heart who sailed to Ame…
Rose Venerini was born in Viterbo, Italy, in 1656 and devoted her life to the education of girls and young women. In 16…
Saint Rupert was a bishop of Worms in the late seventh century who was invited into Bavaria, where he preached the Gosp…
Saint Sabas (439–532) was born in Cappadocia and became a monk while still young, eventually settling in the Judean des…
Saint Saturninus (also known as Sernin) was the first bishop of Toulouse in Gaul, serving during the third century. Acc…
Saint Scholastica, born in Nursia, Italy around the year 480, was the sister of Saint Benedict and is honored as the mo…
Saint Sebastian was an early Roman martyr who died around the year 288 during the persecution of Emperor Diocletian. An…
Saint Severinus was a fifth-century monk and missionary who came to Noricum, along the Danube in present-day Austria, a…
Saint Sharbel Makhlouf was a Maronite monk and priest from Lebanon. He lived as a hermit for the last 23 years of his l…
Silverius, the son of Pope Saint Hormisdas, became Pope in 536 during the turbulent years of the Byzantine reconquest o…
Simeon was a righteous and devout man of Jerusalem to whom, Saint Luke tells us, the Holy Spirit had revealed that he w…
Saint Simeon was a kinsman of Jesus, traditionally identified as the son of Clopas, and succeeded Saint James as the se…
Saint Simon Stock was a thirteenth-century English Carmelite who served as prior general of the Carmelite Order, guidin…
Sixtus II was Bishop of Rome from 257 until 258, during the persecution of the Emperor Valerian. On August 6, 258, he w…
Saint Stanislaus was born around 1030 in Szczepanów, Poland, and became Bishop of Kraków in 1072, where he was known fo…
Saint Stephen (c. 975–1038) was the first King of Hungary, crowned around the year 1000 with a crown sent by Pope Sylve…
Saint Stephen was one of the first seven deacons chosen by the Apostles to serve the early Christian community in Jerus…
Saint Sylvester I served as Bishop of Rome from 314 to 335, during the reign of the emperor Constantine, when the Churc…
Saint Tarasius (c. 730–806) was a layman and imperial secretary in Constantinople who was chosen Patriarch of Constanti…
Edith Stein was born into a Jewish family in Breslau in 1891 and became a brilliant philosopher before her conversion t…
Born Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu in Skopje in 1910, she left her homeland as a young woman to serve as a religious sister in…
Sixteen Carmelite nuns of Compiègne, France, led by their prioress Teresa of Saint Augustine, were arrested during the …
Teresa of Ávila (1515–1582) was a Spanish Carmelite nun and mystic who reformed her order, founding the Discalced Carme…
Saint Theodosius (c. 423–529) was born in Cappadocia and became a monk in the Holy Land, founding a great monastery nea…
Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) was an Italian Dominican friar, priest, and theologian, born near Aquino and educated …
Thomas Becket (c. 1118–1170) served as Lord Chancellor of England under King Henry II before becoming Archbishop of Can…
Saint Thomas of Villanova was born in Fuenllana, Spain, in 1488. He became an Augustinian friar and was known for his p…
Saint Thomas was one of the twelve apostles of Jesus, remembered for doubting the Resurrection until he saw and touched…
Born Marie Françoise-Thérèse Martin in Alençon, France, in 1873, she entered the Carmelite monastery in Lisieux at the …
Saint Turibius of Mogrovejo (1538–1606) was a Spanish layman and law professor who was appointed Archbishop of Lima, Pe…
Saint Vincent de Paul was a French priest who dedicated himself to serving the poor. He founded the Congregation of the…
Saint Vincent Ferrer was born in Valencia, Spain, around 1350 and entered the Dominican Order as a young man. He became…
Vincent served as a deacon in Saragossa, Spain, assisting Bishop Valerius by preaching in his place. During the persecu…
Saint Virginia Centurione Bracelli was born in Genoa, Italy, in 1587. After being widowed at a young age, she dedicated…
Saint Vitus was a young Christian of Sicily, martyred around the year 303 during the persecution of the Emperor Dioclet…
Saint Wenceslaus was Duke of Bohemia in the 10th century. He was educated by his grandmother, Saint Ludmila, and sought…
Saint Wilfrid (c. 633–709) was a bishop of York in Anglo-Saxon England, educated at Lindisfarne and in Rome. At the Syn…
William was born in Vercelli, Italy, around 1085 and was orphaned as a young child. After a pilgrimage to Santiago de C…
William FitzHerbert served as treasurer of York and was elected its archbishop in 1141, but his election was bitterly c…
Saint Willibald (c. 700–787) was an English monk, brother of Saints Winebald and Walburga and a kinsman of Saint Bonifa…
Saint Willibrord (c. 658–739) was a Northumbrian monk who left England to bring the Gospel to the Frisian people in wha…
Saint Wolfgang was a German bishop of Regensburg in the 10th century. He was known for his reforms within the Church an…
Zephyrinus was Bishop of Rome from about the year 199 until his death in 217, guiding the Church through years of perse…
Saint Zita (c. 1212–1272) was born near Lucca, Italy, and from the age of twelve served as a domestic servant in the ho…
Saint Andrew Kim Taegon was the first native Korean Catholic priest, martyred in 1846. Saint Paul Chong Hasang was a la…
Aquila and Priscilla were a married Jewish couple, tentmakers by trade, who left Rome after the emperor Claudius expell…
Basil of Caesarea and Gregory of Nazianzus were fourth-century bishops in Cappadocia, close friends from their student …
Saint Cornelius was Bishop of Rome from 251 to 253, defending mercy for Christians who had lapsed under persecution and…
Saints Cosmas and Damian were twin brothers, born in Arabia, who practiced medicine in Syria during the 3rd century. Th…
Crispin and Crispinian were brothers who were martyred during the reign of Emperor Diocletian in the late 3rd century. …
Cyril and Methodius were brothers from Thessalonica in the ninth century who became missionaries to the Slavic peoples …
Felix was a Roman priest martyred around the year 304 during the persecution of Diocletian. As he was being led to exec…
Francisco and Jacinta Marto were young shepherd children from Fatima, Portugal, who in 1917 witnessed the apparitions o…
Joachim and Anne are honored by ancient Christian tradition as the parents of the Virgin Mary and the grandparents of J…
John de Brébeuf and Isaac Jogues were French Jesuit priests who traveled to New France in the seventeenth century to br…
John Fisher was Bishop of Rochester and a renowned scholar; Thomas More was a lawyer, father, and Lord Chancellor of En…
Jonas and Barachisius were brothers and monks in fourth-century Persia who, during the persecution of King Shapur II ar…
Louis Martin (1823–1894), a watchmaker, and Zélie Guérin (1831–1877), a lacemaker, married in Alençon, France, in 1858 …
Marcellinus, a priest, and Peter, an exorcist, were martyred in Rome around the year 304 during the persecution of Dioc…
According to ancient tradition, they were a Persian family — husband, wife, and two sons — who traveled to Rome around …
Mark and Marcellian were twin brothers from a noble Roman family, martyred around the year 286 during the persecution o…
September 29 is the feast of the three Archangels named in Scripture, kept since ancient times as Michaelmas. Michael, …
Nazarius and Celsus were early Christian martyrs put to death at Milan, venerated there since the earliest centuries of…
Nereus and Achilleus were Roman soldiers of the Praetorian Guard in the early centuries of the Church who converted to …
Perpetua, a young noblewoman and new mother, and Felicity, her servant who gave birth just days before her death, were …
Saint Peter, a fisherman from Galilee, was called by Jesus to be the leader of the apostles and, according to ancient t…
Philip, from Bethsaida in Galilee, was among the first apostles Jesus called, and at the Last Supper he asked, 'Lord, s…
Pontian was Bishop of Rome and Hippolytus a learned Roman priest and theologian who had for a time been estranged from …
Processus and Martinian were early Christian martyrs of Rome, venerated since ancient times. According to tradition the…
Protus and Hyacinth were early Christian martyrs of Rome, remembered together since at least the fourth century, when t…
Saints Simon and Jude were two of the twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ. Simon is often called 'the Zealot,' distinguishi…
Soter and Caius were early bishops of Rome, honored together on this day since ancient times. Soter, pope in the second…
Valerian, the husband of Saint Cecilia, and his brother Tiburtius were Roman noblemen converted to Christianity through…
Timothy and Titus were beloved companions and co-workers of Saint Paul in the first century, entrusted by him with shep…
Zechariah, a priest of the Temple in Jerusalem, and his wife Elizabeth, a kinswoman of the Virgin Mary, were the parent…
Mary of Nazareth, the mother of Jesus, said yes to God at the Annunciation and stayed faithful through her Son's whole …
Simon Peter was a fisherman from Bethsaida on the Sea of Galilee, called by Jesus to leave his nets and become a fisher…
Saul of Tarsus was a devout Pharisee who fiercely persecuted the earliest Christians, until the risen Christ appeared t…
September 14 in the General Roman Calendar is not a saint's memorial but the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross,…
These were the Christians of Rome put to death under the emperor Nero after the great fire of 64 AD, which Nero blamed …
The Four Crowned Martyrs (Quattuor Coronati) were early Christian martyrs venerated in Rome since ancient times, tradit…
The feast of the Holy Guardian Angels celebrates the belief that God assigns each person a guardian angel to protect an…
The Holy Innocents were the infant boys of Bethlehem, two years old and under, killed by order of King Herod in his att…
On December 8 the Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, the truth that Mary was preserved free …
September 12 is the memorial of the Most Holy Name of the Blessed Virgin Mary, honoring the name given to the mother of…
John was born to Zechariah and Elizabeth in their old age, his birth foretold by the angel Gabriel six months before th…
On September 8 the Church celebrates the birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary, nine months after the feast of her Immaculat…
Jesus Christ is the Son of God, born of the Virgin Mary in Bethlehem. His birth fulfilled ancient prophecies, marking t…
John the Baptist, son of Zechariah and Elizabeth, was the forerunner of Christ who preached repentance and baptized Jes…
On November 21 the Church keeps the Memorial of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, recalling the ancient trad…
On February 2 the Church celebrates the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, when Mary and Joseph brought the infant …
On this day, eight days after the Assumption, the Church honors Mary, the mother of Jesus, as Queen of Heaven and Earth…
The Seven Holy Brothers — Januarius, Felix, Philip, Silvanus, Alexander, Vitalis, and Martial — were martyred in Rome i…
In 1233, seven young merchants of Florence left their prosperous lives to devote themselves to prayer and penance on Mo…
On August 6 the Church celebrates not a saint but a feast of the Lord: the Transfiguration, when Jesus took Peter, Jame…
On May 31 the Church celebrates the Feast of the Visitation, when the Blessed Virgin Mary, carrying Jesus in her womb, …
More saints are added every day as the Church's calendar turns.