Saints, Martyrs and Other Holy Persons
St. Thomas The Apostle Church, Saints Alive Index
Church History in the light of the Saints
Saints: B - Z on this page.
St.Bartholomew, Apostle (1st Century)
St. Basil the Great (379)
St. Bathildes, Queen of France
St. Bede the Venerable (735), Historian, Priest, Doctor of the Church
Saint Benedict of Nursia(ca. 480 - ca. 547)
Prayers for Benedictine Saints and CelebrationsSt. Benedict by Whittaker Chambers
St. Benedicta of the Cross(Edith Stein)
Co-Patronesses of Europe: Apostolic Letter of Pope John Paul II
Rhythmical Prayer to the Sacred Members of Jesus Hanging on the Cross
St. Bernard of Clairvaux: Father of Western MysticismSt.Bernard of Menthon: Apostle of the Alps
St. Bernard of Menthon or Montjoux (11th century)
St. Blase Novena
St. Boniface: Tamer of Tribes, Timeline
Saint Brigid: The Mary of the Gael
Audio Story of St. Bridget for children by Amy SteedmanCo-Patronesses of Europe: Apostolic Letter of Pope John Paul II
St. Camillus de Lellis (1550-1614)
St. Catherine Laboure (1870), Virgin, Saint of the Miraculous Medal
Co-Patronesses of Europe: Apostolic Letter of Pope John Paul II
Saint Catherine of Siena: The Seraph-Hearted, TimelineSt. Cecilia (230), Virgin & Martyr, Patroness of Musicians
St. Chad, Bishop and Confessor
St. Clare of Assisi (1253)
Pope St. Clement I (100), Martyr
St. Columba (597), Abbot
SAINT COLUMBAN: Vagrant of Heaven, Timeline
St. David, Archbishop Patron of Wales
St. Demetrius Patron of Wales
St. Dominic (1170-1221)
Sts.Domitilla, Achilleus and Nereus (First Century?)
Sts. Donatian and Rogatian (3rd century)
St. Dymphna and Gerebernus (Seventh Century)
St. Edith Stein (Teresa Benedicta of the Cross)
St. Edmund Campion (1581), Priest & Martyr
St. Edward the Confessor Cambridge University Library
Cambridge University Library MS. Ee.3.59 contains the only copy of an illustrated Anglo-Norman verse Life of St Edward the Confessor, written in England probably in the later 1230s or early 1240s, and preserved in this manuscript, executed c. 1250-60.
St. Edward the Confessor by Amy Steedman (written for children)
SAINT EDWARD THE CONFESSOR: Sans Peur et Sans Reproche, TimelineSt. Egwin (Traditional calendar) by Todd Drain
St. Elizabeth of Hungary (1231)
The Legend of Saint Elizabeth by Ruth Sawyer
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton National Shrine
St. Elizabeth Bayley Seton by Todd Drain
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Saint of New York by Cardinal John O'ConnorSaint Ephrem the Syrian Library
PRINCIPI APOSTOLORUM PETRO, On St. Ephrem the Syrian, Encyclical of Pope Benedict XV promulgated on October 5, 1920
St. Etheldra or Audrey (+679)
St. Ethelbert of Kent (+679)
St. Eugene de Mazenod
St. Eugene De Mazenod On December 3, 1995, Pope John Paul II canonized Eugene De Mazenod a saint and recognized his example of untiring dedication to the poor. St. Eugene De Mazenod’s feast day is celebrated on May 21, the anniversary of his death.
St. Fabian, Pope and Martyr
St. Faustina Kowalska
Divine Mercy - Sr. Faustina Kowalska
The Passion of the Holy Martyrs Perpetua and Felicitas (Palm DOC), Tertullian
St. Felicity and the Seven Holy Brothers
Sts. Aurelius, Natalia, Felix and Companions
St. Flavian, Martyr, Archbishop of Constantinople
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini (1850-1917)
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini - "Now with the archbishop's blessing she raised money to buy a house for a convent and orphanage. Soon afterward she began the small hospital that was to become Columbus Hospital and later Cabrini Health Care Center. The remaining twenty-eight years of her life were taken up with personal apostolate, direction of her sisters, travels and building. Like all the saints, she had an insatiable hunger for the spreading of Christ's kingdom. Her strength was in prayer and unshakable trust in God."
St. Frances Cabrini - from The Saints: A Concise Biographical Dictionary.
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini: Mother of Immigrants - This is the site for Saint Francesca Saverio Cabrini made by people from Sant'Angelo Lodigiano where she was born.
St. Francis of Assisi
St. Francis Preaches to the Birds
St. Francis and His Brethren - Johannes Jorgensen
St. Francis Receives the Stigmata - Felix Timmermans
Immaculate Conception Novena Prayer - St. Francis of Assisi.
Le Jongleur de Dieu - G.K. Chesterton
Sanctitatis nova signa, translation of Sequence of St. Francis of Assisi
St. Francis of Assisi by Paul Gallico
St. Francis of Assisi by Vincent Sheean
A Rule of Life by St. Francis of AssisiSt. Francis de Sales (1622)
The Exercise of Virtues - St. Francis de Sales
St. Francis de Sales- Butler's Lives of the Saints
St. Francis de Sales, Gerald HeardFather Francis X. Seelos, C.Ss.R., Servant of God - On this site, we hope to: -introduce this great man of God to you--his life and story; (and while this longer life is in process, here is a short, delightful account: A Roving Redemptorist ) -**NEW** to invite you to read about modern day miracles in New Orleans--through the intercession of Father Seelos; -pray for his beatification and canonization to the glory of God---some prayers for these intentions; -let his holiness radiate out to still more people and to find in this Redemptorist priest, simple, cheerful and faithful, the "secrets" of his sanctity--his inner life and pastoral love; -follow better in the footsteps of yet another hero of God so close to our own times--the universal call to holiness....
St. Francis Xavier (1552), Patron of Foreign Missions
St. Francis Xavier by Kate O'Brien.
St. Frederick of Utrecht (838)
St. Gaspar
St. Genevieve (512)
St. Gerard Majella by John Carr - St. Gerard Majella (1726-1755) ... preferred to suffer the consequences of a shameful calumny in silence rather than appear to disobey the rules of the order.
St. Germaine of Pibrac (c. 1579-1601)
St. Gildas the Wise, or Badonicus, Abbot
Pope St. Gregory VII (c. 1023-1085), Doctor of the Church
St. Gregory the Great
St. Gregory the Great by St. Bede the Venerable.
St. Gregory Nazianzen (389)
St. Grimbald (903) Abbot of Westminster
St. Harvey or Hervé Abbot (6th century)
St. Hedwig c.1174-1243
Hedwig and her husband, Henry I of Silesia, did much to promote religion in Silesia, founding many monasteries, including the great Cistercian nunnery at Trebnitz (near Breslau) whither Hedwig retired for the last thirty years of her life.
St. Helena Empress by Evelyn Waugh
Sts. Pontian and Hippolytus (3rd Century)
St. Honoratus, Archbishop of Arles
St. Ignatius of Loyola (c. 1491-1556)
St. Isaac Jogues
Isaac Jogues - 1607-1646 - "His eight years in America included six years during which he lived with, and converted many Hurons. Certainly none of these or their ancestors would say it had been for naught. As for Pere Jogues himself, his desire was to be a martyr for Indian souls. Knowing this, his confreres, upon hearing of his death, celebrated a Mass of thanksgiving instead of the usual Requiem."
The Escape of St. Jogues by Francis Talbot - "Father Isaac Jogues (1607-1646) was captured by the Mohawks on August 3, 1642 and taken to the Indian village of Ossernenon (now Auriesville, N.Y.). Here he remained in slavery, constantly threatened with death and suffering from innumerable tortures, for thirteen months, until the Dutch at Fort Orange (Albany) were able to effect his escape. After a short stay in Europe, he resumed his missionary activities, and was martyred by the Mohawks at the place of his captivity in 1646. Along with other Jesuit martyrs, Father Jogues was canonized in 1930."
St. James the Greater, Apostle (first century)
St. Jane Frances de Chantal (1572-1641)
Sts. Joachim and Anne, Parents of the Virgin Mary
St. John I - He succeeded St. Hormisdas as pope in 523. His lack of success on a mission to the Emperor Justin I at Constantinople aroused the suspicions of Theodoric the Goth (who was then ruling Italy), and John was imprisoned at Ravenna.
St. John (100), Apostle and Evangelist
St. John, by Alfred Noyes
St. John the Almsgiver - Patriarch of Alexandria
St. John Baptist Rossi (1698-1764)
The Secret of Don John Bosco by Henri Gheon (excerpt)
The Secret of Don John Bosco by Henri Gheon (complete)St. John Cantius (1474) Priest
St. John Chrysostom (c. 347-407)
St. John of Capistrano (c. 347-407)
Dark Night of the Soul
Spiritual Canticle of the Soul
St. John of the Cross by Kurt Reinhardt
St. John of the Cross by Thomas MertonSt. John of Damascus (c. 690-c. 749)
St. John Eudes (1601-1680)
St. John Fisher (1469-1535) Bishop Canonised by Pope Pius XI in 1935
St. John Francis Regis (1597-1640)
St. John Nepomucene Neumann and St. Telesphorus by Todd Drain
St. John of God - After a dissolute youth in the army John was stung by remorse and settled down in Granada to sell objects of piety. He was so affected by a sermon given by John of Avila that he was carried off to a lunatic asylum. Eventually he decided to devote himself to the care of the poor and the sick, and carried out this task with enthusiasm and surprising efficiency, founding the Brothers Hospitallers.St. John Vianney, the Curé of Ars
The Curé of Ars by Bruce Marshall
St. Josaphat, Bishop and Martyr (1623)
St. Joseph - March 19, Prayers to the guardian of Jesus.
The World's Happiest Marriage by Fulton Sheen
Thirty Days' Prayer to St. Joseph for any special intention (Palm DOC)
Hymn to St. Joseph, by St. Louis de MontfortSaint Justin Martyr: Preeminent Apologist
Kateri Tekakwitha delcared Blessed
Kateri Tekakwitha - Children's version (illustrated).
Kateri Tekakwitha: North American Indian - Tekakwitha Conference
Kateri Tekakwitha - Prayer for her canonization.
Litany of Blessed Kateri TekawithaSt. Lawrence (258), Martyr
St. Lawrence of Brindisi (1619), Priest, Doctor of the Church
St. Lawrence O'Toole Bishop (1180)
St. Louis de Montfort
An Overview of the Life and Spirituality of St. Louis de Montfort - Fr. Patrick Gaffney, S.M.M.
Litany of Saint Louis de Montfort
Montfort Spirituality Mail List Highlights
Desires for Holy Communion, Hymn 112 by St. Louis de Montfort
New Hymn in Honor of Our Lady of All Patience, Hymn #145, St. Louis de MontfortSt. Margaret of Cortona (1247-1297)
St. Margaret of Cortona (Butler's)
St. Margaret of Scotland - for children, by Amy Steedman.
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque
THE SECRET OF SAINT MARGARET MARY by Henri Gheon. "[H]e asked me for my heart which I prayed him to take; which he did, and placed it in his own adorable heart wherein he showed it to me like a tiny atom being consumed in that blazing furnace; and he drew it forth again like a burning flame in the form of a heart, and set it once more in the place whence he had taken it . . ."
An Act of Consecration to the Sacred Heart by St. Margaret Mary Alacoque.
Bl. Maria Lopez of Jesus: Discalced Carmelite (September 12), by Father Pius.
St. Maria Goretti, Virgin Martyr (1902)
St. Mary Euphrasia
Rose-Virginie Pelletierfounded her faith on Jesus Christ as on a rock - Pope John Paul II July 9, 1996, To Reverend Mother Liliane Tauvette Superior General of the Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd. "The Lord makes use of a fraternal community, enlivened by great goodness and great charity, to set right what has been damaged, to treat the injured and to show that even the lost sheep has a share in the banquet when the person is disposed to respond to love. Every person is called to holiness by way of conversion and spiritual progress. We have a remarkable example of it in the Gospel. Mary Magdalen, the sinner who showed such love for Jesus, was also the first to meet Christ on Easter morning and was to announce his Resurrection to the Apostles."St. Mary Euphrasia - Rose Virginie Pelletier, foundress of the Good Shepherd Sisters, for the 200th anniversary of her birth.
St. Mary Magdalen de Pazzi (1566-1607)
St. Matthew: Apostle and Evangelist
St. Maximilian Kolbe, Priest and Martyr
St. Maximinus (4th Century)
St. Mechtilde (Mathilda) (1298), Benedictine Nun
Sts. Aurelius, Natalia, Felix and Companions
Sts. Nereus, Achilleus and Domitilla (First Century?)
St. Nicholas of Bari (350) Bishop, Patron of Children, Russia
St. Olaf (c. 995-1030)
The "Confessio" of St. Patrick - for March 17
Audio Story of St. Patrick for Children (1)
Audio Story of St. Patrick for Children (2)
The Lorica of St. Patrick: Apostle to the Emerald Isle
Saint Patrick: Light of the North, TimelineThe Road to Damascus by Fulton Oursler
The Conversion of St. PaulSt. Paul Miki and Companions, Martyrs of Japan
The Passion of the Holy Martyrs Perpetua and Felicitas (Palm DOC), Tertullian
St. Peter Canisius (1520-1597)
St. Peter Claver
A Saint in the Slave Trade - by Arnold Lunn (St. Peter Claver, September 9)
Padre Pio Foundation of America
- Padre Pio, a humble Capuchin priest from San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy, was blessed by God in many wonderful and mysterious ways. The most dramatic was the stigmata. Padre Pio bore the wounds of Christ for fifty years! Among his other gifts were perfume, bilocation, prophecy, conversion, reading of souls, and miraculous cures. People are still being cured through his intercession in ways that cannot be explained by medicine or science. More important, if less spectacular, are the spiritual healings that take place in all parts of the world! Padre Pio is a powerful intercessor!!"The most beautiful credo is that which comes from your lips in darkness, in sacrifice, in pain, in supreme effort of an unbending will for good. It is this which like a stroke of lightning, penetrates the darkness of the soul; it is this which in a flash of the tempest lifts you and leads you to God." (The Voice of Padre Pio)
He Learned Love at the Foot of the Cross, Pope John Paul II, Homily given by the Holy Father at the beatification of Padre Pio on May 2, 1999
St. Pius V, Pope, D.B. Wyndham Lewis
St. Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna
The Encyclical Epistle of the Church at Smyrnam Concerning the Martyrdom of the Holy Polycarp (Palm DOC)
Sts. Pontian and Hippolytus (3rd Century)
St. Pretextatus or Prix, Archbishop of Rouen
A Life of Heroic Humility and Obedience, St. Rita of Cascia: 100th anniversary of her canonization, Pope John Paul II, May 20, 2000
Ss. Romanus and Lupicinus, Abbots
St. Romuald c. 950-1027
A member of the family of the dukes of Ravenna, he founded many monasteries, among them one at Camaldoli near Arezzo in Tuscany. Camaldoli is a collection of little stone hermitages which gave its name to a new congregation of Benedictines, the Camaldolese, whose members wear a white habit and live as hermits, but in a community.
St. Rose of Lima, 1568-1617
St. Salvator of Horta +1567
A suffering Franciscan priest to whom came the blind, lame, and deaf for healing. He was venerated as a saint during his lifetime, died at 47 in 1567, and was canonized in 1938. [from Carrie Toth]
St. Sebastian, Martyr
St. Silverius, Martyr
St. Simeon Stylites by George Lamb
St. Stanislaus of Cracow, 1030-1079
St. Stephen (36), The First Martyr
St. Stephen of Hungary (11th century)
St. Sylvester I (335) Pope by Todd Drain
St. Symphorosa and her Seven Sons (120) Martyrs
St. Tarasius, Confessor, Patriarch of Constantinople
St. Teresa of Avila
The Seventh Mansion (Excerpt) by St. Teresa of Avila. "A king is living in His palace: many wars are waged in his kingdom and many other distressing things happen there, but he remains where he is despite them all. So it is here: although in the other Mansions there are many disturbances and poisonous creatures, and the noise of all this can be heard, nobody enters this Mansion and forces the soul to leave it; and, although the things which the soul hears cause it some distress, they are not of a kind to disturb it or to take away its peace, for the passions are already vanquished, and thus are afraid to enter there because to do so would only exhaust them further."St. Teresa Margaret of the Heart of Jesus
Saint Teresa Margaret of the Heart of Jesus - Carmelite Saint (September 1), by Father Pius.
St. Thérèse of Lisieux
The Secret of the Little Flower - by Henri Gheon
RealAudio 1A - RealAudio 1B - RealAudio 2
St. Thérèse of Lisieux by Karl Stern
Divini Amoris Scientica, Apostolic Letter, Pope John Paul II, St. Therese of the Child Jesus (Lisieux) is Proclaimed a Doctor of the Universal ChurchThe Runaway Abbot by G.K. Chesterton
St. Thomas of Aquin by Robert Farren
Santo Tomás de Aquino - Site dedicated to Saint Thomas Aquinas. Many links. In English and Spanish.
Saint Thomas of Aquino: Europe’s Greatest Thinker, Timeline Prayer of St. Thomas AquinasSt. Thomas Becket (Canterbury) (1170), Bishop and Martyr
The Murder of Becket by Alfred Duggan
St. Thomas Becket by Todd DrainSt. Thomas More
The Story of Thomas More - by John Farrow
St. Thomas More by Barbara WardSt. Titus (1st Century)
St. Turibius of Lima (Mogrovejo)
Sts. Tyrannio, Zenobius and Others, Martyrs in Phoenicia
St. Ulric of Augsburg (890-793)
St. Ursula and her companionsSt. Veronica Giuliani (1660-1727)
St. Vincent de Paul
St. Vincent de Paul by Theodore Maynard.
Many descriptions taken from The Saints: A Concise Biographical Dictionary, ed. John Coulson (Angelus, 1958)
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