Patron Saints of schoolchildren
10 saints serve as patrons of schoolchildren.

Pope Saint Gregory The Great
Feast: September 3
Pope Saint Gregory the Great, also known as Gregory I, Gregory Dialogos, Gregory the Dialogist, Father of the Fathers, and Gregorius I Magnus, was born around the year 540 in Rome, Italy. He came...

Saint Albert The Great
Feast: November 15
Saint Albert The Great, also known as Albert of Lauingen, Albertus Magnus, Doctor Expertus, and Doctor Universalis, was born in 1206 in Lauingen an der Donau, Swabia, which is part of modern-day...

Saint Ambrose of Milan
Feast: December 7
Saint Ambrose of Milan, also known as Ambreuil, Ambrogio, Ambroise, Ambrosius, Ambrun, Embrun, and The Honey Tongued Doctor, was born to the Roman nobility in Trier, southern Gaul (modern Germany)...

Saint Catherine of Alexandria
Feast: November 25
Saint Catherine of Alexandria, also known as Katherine of Alexandria, Ekaterina of Alexandria, and Katharina von Alexandrien, was born into a noble family. She was highly educated in the areas of...

Saint Isidore of Seville
Feast: April 4
Saint Isidore of Seville, also known as Isidore the Bishop and the Schoolmaster of the Middle Ages, was born around 560 in Cartagena, Spain. He came from a pious family, as his parents Severianus and...

Saint Jerome
Feast: September 30
Saint Jerome, also known as Eusebius Hieronymus Sophronius, Girolamo, Hieronymus, and Jerom, was born in the year 347 in Strido, Dalmatia. He belonged to a wealthy pagan family and spent his youth in...

Saint Joseph Calasanz
Feast: August 25
Saint Joseph Calasanz, also known as Joseph Calasanctius, Joseph of Our Lady, Joseph Calsanza, and José de Calasanz, was born on September 11, 1556, in his family's castle in Peralta, Barbastro,...

Saint Lawrence of Rome
Feast: August 10
Saint Lawrence of Rome, also known as Laurence, Laurentius, Lorenço, and Lorenzo, was a third-century archdeacon of Rome. He was a devout Christian who dedicated his life to caring for the poor, the...

Saint Nicholas of Myra
Feast: December 6
Saint Nicholas of Myra, also known as Nicholas of Bari, Nicholas of Lpnenskij, Nicholas of Lipno, Nicholas of Sarajskij, Nicholas the Miracle Worker, Klaus, Mikulas, Nikolai, Nicolaas, Nicolas,...

Saint Ursula
Feast: October 21
Saint Ursula, also known as Saint Ursula of Cologne, was a legendary princess and martyr of the early Christian Church. She was born in the 3rd century, the daughter of a Christian British king and...
Prayer for the Intercession of the Patron Saints of schoolchildren
Dear patron saints of schoolchildren, we humbly ask for your intercession before our Lord. Guide and protect all those who seek your help. Through your holy examples, help us to grow in faith and virtue. Amen.
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