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A great cloud of witnesses — each one a short, sourced life with their feast day, what they’re patron of, and the prayers connected to them. Search by name, meet the saint of the day, or find the one behind yours.

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A saint to knowSt. Pius XIIFeast day · Oct 9

Known forPope · Peace Advocate

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In much of the Catholic world, the feast of the saint you’re named for is celebrated like a second birthday. Type a first name to find the saint behind it and the day it falls.

Local name-day calendars vary by country and diocese; we show the saint’s universal feast. Several names share a day — and several saints may share a name.

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St. Margaret Mary AlacoqueDevotion to the Sacred HeartOct 16Read

St. MonicaMothers · patience · perseveranceAug 27Read

St. Francis of AssisiAnimals · ecology · ItalyOct 4Read

St. Thérèse of LisieuxMissions · the Little WayOct 1Read

St. Anthony of PaduaLost things · the poorJun 13Read

St. JosephFathers · workers · a holy deathMar 19Read

St. Michael the ArchangelProtection · spiritual battleSep 29Read

St. Faustina KowalskaDivine MercyOct 5Read

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Two ways in — by name, or by the kind of saint you’re looking for.

Sorted by name, the way the Church remembers them — St. Francis under F, St. Thérèse under T. 82 featured saints shown.

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St. Ambrose St. Angela Merici St. Anthony of Padua St. Augustine of Hippo St. Agnes St. Andrew the Apostle St. Anne

St. Bernadette Soubirous St. Blaise of Sebaste St. Bonaventure St. Brother Lawrence St. Benedict of Nursia St. Bernadette Soubirous The Blessed Virgin Mary

St. Catherine Labouré St. Catherine of Siena St. Charles Borromeo St. Clare of Assisi Saint Casimir Saint Christopher

St. Dominic Savio St. Dominic

St. Edith Stein St. Elizabeth Ann Seton

St. Francis de Sales St. Francis of Assisi St. Faustina Kowalska

St. Gemma Galgani

St. Hildegard of Bingen

St. Ignatius of Loyola St. Isaac Jogues St. Isidore of Seville

St. Joan of Arc St. John Henry Newman St. John of the Cross St. John Paul II St. John XXIII St. Josephine Bakhita St. James the Apostle St. Joachim St. John the Evangelist St. Joseph St. Jude Thaddaeus

St. Kateri Tekakwitha

St. Lawrence of Brindisi Saint Lucy St. Lucy

St. Margaret of Cortona St. Margaret of Hungary St. Martin de Porres St. Maximilian Kolbe St. Margaret Mary Alacoque St. Mary Magdalene St. Matthew St. Michael the Archangel St. Monica

St. Nicholas of Tolentino St. Nicholas

St. Peter Canisius St. Peter Damian St. Philip Neri St. Pius IX St. Pius V St. Pius X St. Pius XII St. Padre Pio St. Patrick St. Paul the Apostle St. Peter the Apostle

St. Robert Bellarmine St. Rose of Viterbo St. Rita of Cascia St. Rose of Lima

Saint Sebastian St. Solanus Casey St. Stephen St. Stanislaus Kostka

St. Thérèse of Lisieux St. Thomas Aquinas St. Teresa of Ávila St. Thomas Becket St. Thomas More

Showing 82 featured saints — the full index has 2,862.

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For your family

Saints your family will love

The ones with the best stories — a knight and a dragon, a friend of wolves and birds, a teenager who led an army. Holiness a child can picture.

St. Anthony of Padua

The saint you ask when something's lost — and the one whose preaching even fish stopped to hear.

St. Francis of Assisi

Preached to the birds, tamed a wolf, and gave the world its first Nativity scene.

St. Joan of Arc

A teenage shepherd who heard saints' voices and led an army to save her country.

Saint Christopher

The giant who carried a child across a river — and found he carried the whole world.

St. Michael the Archangel

The warrior angel who guards against evil — a brave prayer for bedtime.

St. Thérèse of Lisieux

Showed that doing small things with great love is a path to becoming a saint.

Bring it home

Knowing a saint is the start. Asking them to pray with you is the prayer.

A saint doesn’t replace your prayer — they pray alongside you, carrying your intention to God. Here’s how to ask their intercession, find the patron for what you’re carrying, and pray it together as a family.

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