Find a saint to walk with
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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Find your name day
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.
Most-loved saints
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 Browse the saints
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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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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.
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.