Saints of the Catholic Church

The list Saints of the Catholic Church includes Pope John Paul II, Mary Magdalene, Pope John XXIII, Maria Goretti and Hildegard von Bingen. The list consists of 1,000 members.

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Pope John Paul II

Polish, Religion

Overview: Pope John Paul II (Latin: Ioannes Pauli II; Italian: Giovanni Paolo II; Polish: Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła 18 May 1920 – 2 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the ...

Date of birth: 18 May 1920

Date of death: 2 April 2005

Age: 84 (age at death)

Nationality: Polish

Occupation: Religion

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

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Polish Roman Catholic writers 26T

Patrons of World Youth Day 13T

Members of the underground Labor Party 4T
2.

Mary Magdalene

Overview: Mary Magdalene (original Greek Μαρία ἡ Μαγδαληνή), or Mary of Magdala and sometimes The Magdalene, is a religious figure in Christianity. She has been called the second-most important woman in the New ...

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New Testament people 4T

Mary Magdalene 29T

Women in the Bible 6T
3.

Pope John XXIII

Pope

Overview: Pope John XXIII (Latin: Ioannes; Italian: Giovanni; born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, 25 November 1881 – 3 June 1963) was Bishop of Rome and hence head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican ...

Date of birth: 25 November 1881

Date of death: 3 June 1963

Age: 81 (age at death)

Nationality: Italian

Occupation: Religion

Gender: Male

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Apostolic Nuncios to Greece 10T

Venerated Catholics by Pope John Paul II 362T

20th-century popes 7T
4.

Maria Goretti

Italian saint

Overview: Maria Goretti (October 16, 1890 – July 6, 1902) is an Italian virgin-martyr of the Roman Catholic Church, and one of the youngest canonized saints. She was born to a farming family. Her father died when ...

Date of birth: 16 October 1890

Date of death: 6 July 1902

Age: 11 (age at death)

Nationality: Italian

Gender: Female

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1900s murders in Italy 1T

1902 murders in Europe 4T

1902 crimes in Italy 1T
5.

Hildegard von Bingen

German Benedictine, composer and writer (c. 1098–1179)

Overview: Hildegard of Bingen (German: Hildegard von Bingen; Latin: Hildegardis Bingensis; 1098 – 17 September 1179), also known as Saint Hildegard and the Sibyl of the Rhine, was a German Benedictine abbess, writer ...

Date of birth: 1098

Date of death: 17 September 1179

Age: 81 (age at death)

Nationality: German

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Female

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12th-century German philosophers 1T

Physicians from Rhineland-Palatinate 5T

12th-century women composers 6T
6.

Teresa of Ávila

Roman Catholic saint (1515-1582)

Overview: Teresa of Ávila (born Teresa Sánchez de Cepeda Dávila y Ahumada; 28 March 1515 – 4 or 15 October 1582), also called Saint Teresa of Jesus, was a Carmelite nun and prominent Spanish mystic and re ...

Date of birth: 28 March 1515

Date of death: 4 October 1582

Age: 67 (age at death)

Nationality: Spanish

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Female

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Teresa of Ávila 3T

Women mystics 93T

16th-century Spanish women writers 4T
7.

Pope Pius X

Catholic Pope and saint

Overview: Pope Saint Pius X (Italian: Pio X) born Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto, (2 June 1835 – 20 August 1914), was Pope from 4 August 1903 to his death in 1914. He was canonized in 1954. Pius X is known for ...

Date of birth: 2 June 1835

Date of death: 20 August 1914

Age: 79 (age at death)

Nationality: Vatican

Occupation: Religion

Gender: Male

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19th-century Italian Roman Catholic archbishops 57T

Cardinals created by Pope Leo XIII 148T

Grand Masters of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre 12T
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Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster

Italian Roman Catholic prelate

Overview: Blessed Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster, O.S.B. (18 January 1880 – 30 August 1954), was a Benedictine monk and served as Cardinal and Archbishop of Milan during World War II.

Date of birth: 18 January 1880

Date of death: 30 August 1954

Age: 74 (age at death)

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20th-century Italian Roman Catholic archbishops 116T

20th-century Italian cardinals 232T

Members of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre 89T
9.

Therese of Lisieux

French Discalced Carmelite nun and saint (1873–1897)

Overview: Thérèse of Lisieux (French: sainte Thérèse de Lisieux), born Marie Françoise-Thérèse Martin (2 January 1873 – 30 September 1897), also known as Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face, was ...

Date of birth: 2 January 1873

Date of death: 30 September 1897

Age: 24 (age at death)

Nationality: French

Occupation: Religion

Gender: Female

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19th-century French nuns 54T

Tuberculosis deaths in France 125T

19th-century Christian mystics 71T
10.

Anselm Of Canterbury

Archbishop of Canterbury; Abbot of Bec; Philosopher

Overview: Saint Anselm of Canterbury (1033/4–1109), also called (Italian: Anselmo d'Aosta) after his birthplace and (French: Anselme du Bec) after his monastery, was an Italian Benedictine monk, abbot, philosopher ...

Date of birth: 1033

Date of death: 21 April 1109

Age: 75 (age at death)

Nationality: French

Occupation: Critic

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11th-century Italian philosophers 2T

12th-century Italian philosophers 4T

12th-century English Roman Catholic archbishops 18T
11.

Anna Schäffer

Catholic saint

Overview: Saint Anna Schäffer (February 18, 1882 – October 5, 1925) was a German woman who lived in Mindelstetten in Bavaria. She was canonized by Pope Benedict XVI on October 21, 2012.

Date of birth: 18 February 1882

Date of death: 5 October 1925

Age: 43 (age at death)

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20th-century German women 40T

19th-century German women 41T

Venerated Catholics by Pope John Paul II 362T
12.

Korean Martyrs

Christian victims of persecution in 19th-century Korea; some canonized in 1984

Overview: The Korean Martyrs were the victims of religious persecution against Catholic Christians during the 19th century in Korea. At least 8,000 (as many as 10,000) adherents to the faith were killed during this ...

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Groups of Roman Catholic saints 29T

Roman Catholic child saints 28T

Beatifications by Pope Francis 141T
13.

Narcisa de Jesús

Ecuadoran laywoman

Overview: Narcisa de Jesús Martillo y Morán (29 October 1832 – 8 December 1869) is a Roman Catholic saint from Nobol, Ecuador. She was a laywoman known for her charitable giving and strict devotion, becoming a lay ...

Date of birth: 29 October 1832

Date of death: 8 December 1869

Age: 37 (age at death)

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19th-century Ecuadorian women 12T

Venerated Catholics by Pope John Paul II 362T

19th-century Ecuadorian people 19T
14.

John of the Cross

Spanish priest and mystic (1542–1591)

Overview: John of the Cross (born Juan de Yepes y Álvarez; Spanish: Juan de la Cruz; 24 June 1542 — 14 December 1591), venerated as Saint John of the Cross, was a Spanish Catholic priest, mystic, and a Carmelite ...

Date of birth: 24 June 1542

Date of death: 14 December 1591

Age: 49 (age at death)

Nationality: Spanish

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Male

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Spanish Christian mystics 5T

16th-century Christian mystics 46T

Venerated Carmelites 64T
15.

Three Martyrs of Chimbote

Group of two Polish Franciscan priests and one Italian missionary priest

Overview: The Three Martyrs of Chimbote were a group of two Polish Franciscan priests and one Italian missionary priest murdered in Peru in 1991 by the Shining Path communist guerillas. Michał Tomaszek and Zbigniew ...

Date of death: 9 August 1991

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August 1991 events in South America 1T

Peruvian terrorism victims 3T

Roman Catholic missionaries in Peru 20T
16.

Carmen Salles y Barangueras

Spanish nun,Foundress and Saint

Overview: Carmen Sallés y Barangueras or María del Carmen Sallés y Barangueras (born 9 April 1848, Barcelona – d. 25 July 1911, Madrid) was a Spanish nun who is noted for founding the Order of the RCM Sisters Sisters ...

Date of birth: 9 April 1848

Date of death: 25 July 1911

Age: 63 (age at death)

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Venerated Catholics by Pope John Paul II 362T

Canonizations by Pope Benedict XVI 46T

Christian female saints of the Late Modern era 91T
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Augustin-Marie of the Blessed Sacrament

German-Jewish pianist and Carmelite priest

Overview: Hermann Cohen (also known as Augustine Mary of the Blessed Sacrament, O.C.D., French: Augustin-Marie du Très Saint-Sacrement, better known as Father Hermann; 10 November 1820 – 20 January 1871) was a noted ...

Date of birth: 10 November 1820

Date of death: 20 January 1871

Age: 50 (age at death)

Nationality: German

Occupation: Composer

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Male classical pianists 1,919T

19th-century German composers 323T

Burials in Nouvelle-Aquitaine 3T
18.

Drina Martyrs

Catholic martyrs

Overview: The Drina Martyrs (Serbo-Croatian: Drinske mučenice) are the professed Sisters of the Congregation of the Daughters of Divine Charity, who lost their lives during World War II. Four were killed when they ...

Date of death: 23 December 1941

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1941 in Bosnia and Herzegovina 8T

Beatifications by Pope Benedict XVI 128T

World War II crimes in Yugoslavia 5T
19.

Uganda Martyrs

19th-century group of Christian martyrs

Overview: The Uganda Martyrs are a group of 23 Anglican and 22 Catholic converts to Christianity in the historical kingdom of Buganda, now part of Uganda, who were executed between November 1885 and January 1887 ...

Date of death: 1918

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Groups of Roman Catholic saints 29T

Converts to Roman Catholicism from pagan religions 54T

Roman Catholic child saints 28T
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Anthony of Padua

Portuguese Franciscan friar

Overview: Saint Anthony of Padua (born Fernando Martins de Bulhões; 1195 – 13 June 1231), also known as Anthony of Lisbon, was a Portuguese Catholic priest and friar of the Franciscan Order. He was born and raised ...

Date of birth: 15 August 1195

Date of death: 13 June 1231

Age: 35 (age at death)

Nationality: Portuguese

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Disease-related deaths in Veneto 5T

Fish in religion 8T

13th-century Christian mystics 27T