Patron Saints of students
19 saints serve as patrons of students.

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 Benedict of Nursia
Feast: July 11
Saint Benedict of Nursia, also known as Benedict of Narsia, Benedict of Norsia, and Benedetto da Norcia, was a prominent figure in Catholicism as the founder of Western Monasticism. Born to the Roman...

Saint Cassian of Imola
Feast: August 13
Saint Cassian of Imola, also known as Cassiano, was a renowned schoolmaster at Imola, Italy during the early 4th century. He was known for his expertise in teaching handwriting, but he also took...

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 Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows
Feast: February 27
Saint Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows, also known as Francesco Possenti, was born on 1 March 1838 in Assisi, Italy. He was one of thirteen children in a devout Catholic family. In his youth, Gabriel...

Saint Gemma Galgani
Feast: April 11
Saint Gemma Galgani, also known as the Flower of Lucca, was born on 12 March 1878 in Borgo Nuovo di Camigliano, Lucca, Tuscany, Italy. She was the eldest daughter of a poor pharmacist, but her life...

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 Joseph of Cupertino
Feast: September 18
Saint Joseph of Cupertino, also known as Giuseppe da Copertino, Joseph Desa, Joseph of Copertino, the Flying Friar, and the Gaper, was born on June 17, 1603, in Cupertino, in the kingdom of Naples,...

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 Philomena
Feast: August 11
Saint Philomena, also known as Filomena, Filumena, Philumena, Philomene, Thaumaturga of the Nineteenth Century, and Wonder Worker of the Nineteenth Century, is a Catholic Saint whose life remains...

Saint Symphorian of Autun
Feast: August 22
Saint Symphorian of Autun, also known as Symphorianus, was born to the imperial Roman nobility as the son of Senator Faustus and Blessed Augusta. He was born during a time when Christianity was not...

Saint Tatiana of Rome
Feast: January 12
Saint Tatiana of Rome, also known as Martina, Tatienne, or Taziana, was a prominent figure during the early Christian era. She was born in Rome, Italy, to parents who held high positions in Roman...

Saint Thomas Aquinas
Feast: January 28
Saint Thomas Aquinas, also known as Thomas Aquino, Thomas of Aquino, Angel of the Schools, Angelic Doctor, Doctor Angelicus, Doctor Communis, Great Synthesizer, The Dumb Ox, The Universal Teacher,...

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 students
Dear patron saints of students, 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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