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The Saints
The saints the Church has canonized, from the apostles and the martyrs of the first centuries to those raised to the altars in our own day. Each record holds the feast day and, where they are known, the places of the life and the causes for which the saint is invoked. Begin with a name, with today, or with one of the ways in.
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Patron SaintsEvery cause, and who is invoked for it.Saints by CountryBy the country of birth or of the work.Saints & Blesseds by Religious TraditionBy religious order and tradition.Liturgical CalendarThe year's feasts, season by season.My SaintThe saint who shares your name or your birthday.A to ZEvery record by name, one letter at a time.
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Blesseds Stanisław Mysakowski and Franciszek RosłaniecIn the shadow of the Third Reich’s machinery of death, two men offered the ultimate witness to the Gospel, their lives extinguished not by…Pope Saint Sergius IAfter completing his education, he was ordained in Rome and became a canon regular of Saint John Lateran.Pope Saint SilverioHe was the son of Pope Hormisdas, who had entered religious life after raising a family.Pope Saint SimpliciusHe is widely recognized for his significant contributions during the end of the Roman Empire as the Pope and his works to defend the…Pope Saint SiriciusLittle is known about his early life, but he became a lector and deacon, and he developed a close friendship with Saint Ambrose of Milan.Pope Saint Sixtus IUnfortunately, little is known about his life before he was chosen as the successor to Pope Alexander I in the year 116.Pope Saint Sixtus IIBorn in Greece, Sixtus was a philosopher and adult convert to Christianity before becoming a deacon in Rome, Italy.Pope Saint Sixtus IIIHe was chosen as the 44th pope on the 31st of July in the year 432.Pope Saint SoterUnfortunately, very little is known about his life before he was chosen as pontiff around the year 166.Pope Saint Stephen ILittle else is known about his early life before he became an important figure in the Catholic Church.Pope Saint Sylvester IHe was the son of Rufinus and is believed to have been of noble descent.Pope Saint SymmachusHe was the son of Fortunatus and was baptized in Rome, Italy.Saint Saba The YoungerHe dedicated his life to the monastic ideals and worked alongside his brother to spread the monastic life in the Calabria and Lucania…Saint SabasSaint Sabas Reyes SalazarGrowing up in a deeply religious family, he felt a strong calling to serve God and entered the seminary in Guadalajara, Mexico.Saint Sabas The Goth of RomeSabas, along with 70 unnamed companions, was brutally tortured and murdered for the crime of visiting Christians in prison.RomeSaint Sabas The LectorMartyrBorn in the year 334 in an area of modern Wallachia, Romania, he would go on to become a courageous and devout martyr for his faith.Saint Sabaudus of TrierWhile not much information is available about his early life, it is believed that Sabaudus was born in the 6th century, and he died around…TrierSaint Sabbas of Mar SabaHe was a spiritual student of Saint Euthymius the Great at the age of 20 and quickly developed a deep devotion to the Christian faith.Mar SabaSaint Sabbas the GothMartyrSabbas the Goth, Romanian: Sava Gotul, Greek: Σάββας ο Γότθος (died April 12, 372), was a Christian martyr venerated as a saint.
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