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26St. Catherine Labouréhn. ImX-do³ e qÀNative PlaceFain-lès-Moutiers, FranceDate of Birth1806 May 2Died on1876 December 31Feast dayDecember 31A sister of the Daughters of Charity and a Marian visionary who relayed therequest from the Blessed Virgin Mary to create the Miraculous Medal worn bymillions of Catholics and even non-Catholics today.27St. Catherine of Alexandriahn. ImX-do³ ( Ae-Ivkm³{Un-b)Native PlaceAlexandria, EgyptYear of Birth282Died in305Feast dayNovember 25Also known as Saint Catherine of the Wheel and The Great Martyr Saint Catherineis a Christian saint and martyr who is claimed to have been a noted scholar in theearly 4th century. According to her legend she attempted to convert the paganemperor Maximinus Daia, who had her imprisoned and later executed. 1,100 yearslater, Joan of Arc said that Catherine appeared to her many times.28St. Catherine of Riccihn. ImX-do³ (dn n)Native PlaceFlorence, ItalyDate of Birth1522 April 23Died on1590 February 2Feast dayFebruary 13A Dominican nun, of the Third Order. She is chiefly known to the world for herhighly mystical and miraculous life, and especially as the subject of a marvellous,but fully and most carefully authenticated ecstasy, into which she was rapt everyweek, from Thursday at noon till 4 p.m. on Friday, for several years. In this stateshe went through all the stages of Our Lord's Passion29St. Catherine of Sienahn. I{Xo\ (kn-sb-¶)Native PlaceSiena, ItalyDate of Birth1347 March 25Died on1380 April 29Feast dayApril 29A tertiary of the Dominican Order, and a Scholastic philosopher and theologian.She also worked to bring the papacy of Gregory XI back to Rome from itsdisplacement in France, and to establish peace among the Italian city-states. Shewas proclaimed a Doctor of the Church in 1970. She is one of the two patron saintsof Italy, together with St. Francis of Assisi.www.catholicgk.comSaintsPage 7 of 33

30St. Catherine of Swedenhn. ImX-do³ (kzo-U³)Native PlaceSwedenDate of Birth1331 / 1332Died on1381 March 24Feast dayMarch 24Also known as Catherine of Vadstena. She has been called the patron saint ofprotection against abortion and miscarriage. Her father was Ulf Gudmarsson, Lordof Ulvåsa, and her mother was the better known Saint Birgitta31St. Ceciliahn. knknenNative PlaceRomeDied in230Feast dayNovember 22Saint Cecilia is the patron saint of musicians and Church music because as shewas dying she sang to God. It is also written that as the musicians played at herwedding she "sang in her heart to the Lord". She is one of seven women,excluding the Blessed Virgin, commemorated by name in the Canon of the Mass. Itwas long supposed that she was a noble lady of Rome who, with her husbandValerian, his brother Tiburtius, and a Roman soldier Maximus, suffered martyrdomunder the Emperor Alexander Severus.32St. Celestine V (Pope)hn. ]oäÀ ske-Ìn³Native PlaceNear Isernia, Kingdom of Sicily, ItalyYear of Birth1215Died on1296 May 19Feast dayMay 19Pope Saint Celestine V, also known as Pietro da Morrone was elected pope in theyear 1294, the last non-conclave in the history of the Roman Catholic Church.Despite his brief and disastrous papacy, Celestine V is recognized by the Churchas a saint. No subsequent Pope has taken the name "Celestine".33St. Charles Borromeohn. NmÄkv s tdm-antbmNative PlaceCastle of Arona, Duchy of Milan, FranceDate of Birth1538 October 2Died on1584 November 3Feast dayNovember 4Charles Borromeo was the cardinal archbishop of Catholic Archdiocese of Milanfrom 1564 to 1584. He was a leading figure during the Counter-Reformation andwas responsible for significant reforms in the Catholic Church, including thefounding of seminaries for the education of priests.www.catholicgk.comSaintsPage 8 of 33

34St. Clare of Assisihn. IvfmcNative PlaceAssisi, ItalyDate of Birth1194 July 16Died on1253 August 11Feast dayAugust 11An Italian saint and one of the first followers of Saint Francis of Assisi. Shefounded the Order of Poor Ladies, a monastic religious order for women in theFranciscan tradition, and wrote their Rule of Life—the first monastic rule known tohave been written by a woman. Following her death, the order she founded wasrenamed in her honor as the Order of Saint Clare, commonly referred to today asthe Poor Clares.35St. Clement VII Popehn. s aâv ]m mNative PlaceFlorence, ItalyDate of Birth1478 May 26Died on1534 September 25Cousin of Leo X. Rome plundered by imperial troops ("Sacco di Roma"), 1527. Heforbade the divorce of Henry VIII and crowned Charles V Emperor at Bolognain1530. His niece Catherine de' Mediciwas married to the future Henry II of France.36St. Cletus Pope (Pope Anacletus)hn. Ivfoäkv ]m mNative PlaceRome, ItalyDate of BirthNot knownDied inBetween 88 and 92Feast dayApril 26St. Cletus was the third Roman Pope (after St. Peter and St. Linus).37St. Cornelius Popehn. sImÀtW-en-bqkv ]m Native PlaceRome, ItalyDate of Birth-Died in253 JuneFeast daySeptember 16Pope Saint Cornelius was pope from his election on 6 or 13 March 251 to hismartyrdom in June 253.38St. Cyprianhn. kn{]n-bm³Native PlaceCarthage, Africa Province, Roman EmpireDied on258 September 14Feast daySeptember 16Cyprian (Thascius Caecilius Cyprianus) was bishop of Carthage and an importantEarly Christian writer, many of whose Latin works are extant. He was born aroundthe beginning of the 3rd century in North Africa, perhaps at Carthage, where hereceived a classical education. After converting to Christianity, he became abishop in 249 and eventually died a martyr at Carthage.www.catholicgk.comSaintsPage 9 of 33

39St. Cyril of Alexandriahn. kndnÂNative PlaceAlexandria, EgyptYear of Birth376Died on444Feast dayJune 27Cyril of Alexandria was the Patriarch of Alexandria from 412 to 444. He was acentral figure in the First Council of Ephesus in 431, which led to the deposition ofNestorius as Patriarch of Constantinople. He was declared a doctor of the Churchby Pope Leo XIII in 1882.40St. Cyril of Jerusalemhn. kndnÂNative PlaceJerusalemYear of Birth315Died on386 March 18Feast dayMarch 18Cyril of Jerusalem was a distinguished theologian of the early Church. Cyril wasdeclared a Doctor of the Church by Pope Leo XIII. He is highly respected in thePalestinian Christian Community.41St. DamienNative PlaceTremelo, BelgiumDate of Birth1840 January 3Died on1889 April 15Feast dayMay 10Father Damien or Saint Damien of Molokai, SS.CC. was a Roman Catholic priestfrom Belgium and member of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus andMary,a missionary religious order. He won recognition for his ministry to peoplewith leprosy, who had been placed under a government-sanctioned medicalquarantine on the island of Molokai in the Kingdom of Hawai. He is widelyconsidered a "martyr of charity". Father Damien was canonized by Pope BenedictXVI on Sunday October 11, 2009. The Catholic Encyclopedia calls him "theApostle of the Lepers", and elsewhere he is known as the "leper priest".42St. Dominichn. sUman-\nIvNative PlaceSpainYear of Birth1170Died on1221 August 6Feast dayAugust 8Saint Dominic, also known as Dominic of Osma was the founder of the FriarsPreachers, popularly called the Dominicans or Order of Preachers (OP), a Catholicreligious order. Dominic is the patron saint of astronomers.www.catholicgk.comSaintsPage 10 of 33

43St. Dominic Saviohn. sUman-\nIv kmhntbmNative PlaceItalyDate of Birth1842 April 2Died on1857 March 9Feast dayMay 6Dominic Savio was an Italian adolescent student of Saint John Bosco. He wasstudying to be a priest when he became ill and died at the age of 14. His teacher,John Bosco, had very high regard for Savio, and wrote a biography of his youngstudent, He was declared to be a saint not on the basis of his having been amartyr, but on the basis of having lived what was seen as a holy life. He wascanonised a Saint on June 12, 1954 by Pope Pius XII, making him the youngestnon-martyr to be canonised in the Catholic Church.44St. Don Bosco (St. John Bosco)hn. tUm t mkvtIm (tPm t mkvtIm)Native PlaceItalyDate of Birth1815 August 16Died on1888 January 31Feast dayJanuary 31St. Don Bosco (St. John Bosco) was an Italian Catholic priest, educator and writerof the 19th century, who put into practice the convictions of his religion, dedicatinghis life to the betterment and education of street children, juvenile delinquents, andother disadvantaged youth and employing teaching methods based on love ratherthan punishment, a method that is known as the preventive system. A follower ofthe spirituality and philosophy of Francis de Sales, Bosco dedicated his works tohim when he founded the Society of St. Francis de Sales (more commonly knownas the Salesian Society or the Salesians of Don Bosco). Together with MariaDomenica Mazzarello, he founded the Institute of the Daughters of Mary Help ofChristians, a religious congregation of nuns dedicated to the care and education ofpoor girls, and popularly known as Salesian Sisters. In 1876 Bosco founded amovement of laity, the Salesian Cooperators, with the same educational mission tothe poor. He was canonized by Pope Pius XI in 1934.45St. Elizabeth Ann SetonNative PlaceNew York CityYear of Birth1774 August 28Died on1821 January 4Feast dayJanuary 4Saint Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton was the first native-born citizen of the UnitedStates canonized by the Roman Catholic Church. She established Catholiccommunities in Emmitsburg, Maryland. She was canonized on September 14,1975 by Pope Paul VI.46St. Elizabeth of Hungaryhn. Fen-k- vNative PlaceHungaryDate of Birth1207Died on1231 November 17Feast dayNovember 17Also called St. Elizabeth of Thuringia, born in Hungary, probably at Pressburg,1207; died at Marburg, Hesse, 17 November (not 19 November), 1231.www.catholicgk.comSaintsPage 11 of 33

47St. Ephrem (the Syrian)hn. At{]wNative PlaceNisibis (modern-day Turkey)Year of Birth306Died on373 June 9Feast dayJune 9Ephrem wrote a wide variety of hymns, poems, and sermons in verse, as well asprose biblical exegesis. These were works of practical theology for the edificationof the church in troubled times. He has been called the most significant of all ofthe fathers of the Syriac-speaking church tradition.48St. Euphrasia Eluvathingalhn. Fhp{]mky½Native PlaceDate of BirthDied onFeast dayEdathuruthy/Kattoor, Thrissur, Kerala, India1877 October 17, at Ollur Trissur1952 August 29August 29Saint Euphrasia Eluvathingal or Euphrasia of the Sacred Heart of Jesus is the fifthSyro-Malabar Catholic Church nun and a member of Carmelites of MaryImmaculate On December 3, 2006, who was beatified in St. Anthony's ForaneChurch, Ollur, Thrissur, with the declaration of the Major Archbishop, VarkeyVithayathil on behalf of the Pope Benedict XVI. She was canonized on November23, 2014 at Rome by Pope Francis I.49St. Frances of RomeSt. Francesca S. Cabrinihn. { m³skkvNative PlaceRome, ItalyYear of Birth1384Died on1440 March 9Feast dayMarch 9Saint Frances of Rome, Obl.S.B., (Italian: Santa Francesca Romana) is an Italiansaint who was a wife, mother, mystic, organizer of charitable services and aBenedictine oblate who founded a religious community of vowed oblates. She wasCanonized in 1608 at Rome by Pope Paul V50St. Frances Xavier Cabrinihn. { m³kokv tkhyÀ I{ o\nNative PlaceLombardi, ItalyDate of Birth1850 July 15Died on1917 December 22Feast dayNovember 13Saint Francesca Xavier Cabrini, M.S.C., also called Mother Cabrini, was the firstcitizen of the United States to be canonized by the Roman Catholic Church. shefounded the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart to care for poor children inschools and hospitals. Then at the urging of Pope Leo XIII she came to the UnitedStates with six nuns in 1889 to work among the Italian immigrants. She wascanonized on July 7, 1946 by Pope Pius XII.www.catholicgk.comSaintsPage 12 of 33

51St. Francis Borgiahn. { m³kokv t mÀPnbmNative PlaceDuchy of Gandía, Valencia, Kingdom of SpainDate of Birth1510 October 28Died on1572 September 30Feast dayOctober 10Saint Francis Borgia, 4th duke of Gandía, 3rd Father General of the Jesuit Order,Grandee of Spain, was a Spanish Jesuit and third Superior General of the Societyof Jesus. He was canonized on 20 June 1670.52St. Francis de Saleshn. { m³kokv skbnÂkvNative PlaceChateau de Thorens, Savoy, FranceDate of Birth1567 August 21Died on1622 December 28Feast dayJanuary 24Francis de Sales was Bishop of Geneva and is a Roman Catholic saint. He workedto convert Protestants back to Catholicism, and was an accomplished preacher.He is known also for his writings on the topic of spiritual direction and spiritualformation, particularly Introduction to the Devout Life, along with his Treatise on theLove of God. His writings on the perfections of the Heart of Mary as the model oflove for God influenced Jean Eudes to develop the devotion to the Hearts of Jesusand Mary. He was Canonized on April 8, 1665 at Rome by Pope Alexander VII.53St. Francis of Assisihn. { m³kokv AÊoknNative PlaceAssisi in Umbria, ItalyYear of Birth1182 Septemebr 26Died on1226 October 3Feast dayOctober 4Saint Francis of Assisi (Giovanni Francesco di Bernardone) was an Italian Catholicfriar and preacher. He founded the men's Franciscan Order, the women’s Order ofSt. Clare, and the lay Third Order of Saint Francis. St. Francis is one of the mostvenerated religious figures in history. On July 16, 1228, he was pronounced a saintby Pope Gregory IX. He is known as the patron saint of animals, the environmentand one of the two patrons of Italy (with Catherine of Siena).54St. Francis Xavierhn. { m³kokv tkhyÀNative PlaceXavier, Kingdom of Navarre, SpainDate of Birth1506 April 7Died on1552 December 3Feast dayDecember 3Francis Xavier was a pioneering Roman Catholic missionary born in Spain and cofounder of the Society of Jesus. He was a student of Saint Ignatius of Loyola andone of the first seven Jesuits, dedicated at Montmartre in 1534. He led anextensive mission into Asia, mainly in the Portuguese Empire of the time. He wasinfluential in the spreading and upkeep of Catholicism most notably in India, butalso ventured into Japan, Borneo, the Moluccas, and other areas which had thusfar not been visited by Christian missionaries. He was Canonized in 1622 byGregory XV. The body of the saint is still enshrined at Goa in the church. He isconsidered to be a patron saint of Roman Catholic missionaries in foreign lands.www.catholicgk.comSaintsPage 13 of 33

55St. Gemma Galganihn. P½m KÂKm\nNative PlaceBorgo Nuovo, Camigliano, ItalyDate of Birth1878 March 12Died on1903 April 11Feast dayApril 11Maria Gemma Umberta Pia Galgani was an Italian mystic, venerated as a saint inthe Roman Catholic Church since 1940.[1] She has been called the "Daughter ofPassion" because of her profound imitation of the Passion of Christ56St. Georgehn. Koh-À okv (skâv tPmÀÖv)Native PlaceLydda, Syria Palaestina, Roman EmpireDate of BirthBetween 275 and 281Died on303 April 23Feast dayApril 23According to tradition, a Roman soldier from Syria Palaestina and a priest in theGuard of Diocletian, who is venerated as a Christian martyr. He is immortalized inthe tale of Saint George and the Dragon and is one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers.He is regarded as one of the most prominent military saints.57St. Gertrude (Gertrude the Great)hn. sPÀ{XqZvNative PlaceGermanyDate of Birth1256 January 6Died on1302 November 17Feast dayNovember 16Saint Gertrude (or Saint Gertrude of Helfta) was a German Benedictine, mystic,and theologian. She is recognized as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church, andis inscribed as "Saint Gertrude" in the General Roman Calendar, for celebrationthroughout the Latin-Rite Catholic Church on November 1658Saint Gianna Beretta MollaNative PlaceMagenta, ItalyDate of Birth1922 October 4Died on1962 April 28Feast dayApril 28Saint Gianna Beretta Molla was an Italian pediatrician, wife and mother who is bestknown for refusing both an abortion and a hysterectomy when she was pregnantwith her fourth child, despite knowing that continuing with the pregnancy couldresult in her death. She was canonized on May 16, 2004 by Pope John Paul II.www.catholicgk.comSaintsPage 14 of 33

59St. Gonsalo Garciahn. tKm kmtem KmÀknbNative PlaceVasai, Bombay (of a Portuguese father)Year of Birth1556Died on1597 February 5Feast dayFebruary 5First person from India canonized with partial Indian origin. Born of a Portuguesefather and a Canarese mother in Bassein, near Bombay (the first Indian to attainsainthood). On February 5, Garcia was crucified on Nagasaki Hills with twenty sixof his companions. He is the Patron of the city of Bombay, India.60St. Gregory (Pope)hn. {KnKdn ]m mNative PlaceRomeYear of Birth540Died on604 March 12Feast daySeptember 3Pope Gregory I, better known in English as Gregory the Great, was pope from 3September 590 until his death. Gregory is well known for his writings, which weremore prolific than those of any of his predecessors as pope. Throughout the MiddleAges he was known as “the Father of Christian Worship” because of hisexceptional efforts in revising the Roman worship of his day. He was the first of thepopes to come from a monastic background. Gregory is a Doctor of the Churchand one of the Latin Fathers. He is the patron saint of musicians, singers,students, and teachers61St. Helenahn. sle\mNative PlaceBithynia, Asia MinorDied in328 / 330Feast dayAugust 18Saint Helena also known as Saint Helen, Helena Augusta or Helena ofConstantinople was the consort of Emperor Constantius, and the mother ofEmperor Constantine I. She is traditionally credited with finding the relics of theTrue Cross, with which she is invariably represented in Christian iconography.62St. Hilary (of Poitiers)hn. lnecnNative PlacePictavium, Gaul, FranceDied on368 January 13Feast dayJanuary 13Hilary of Poitiers was Bishop of Poitiers and is a Doctor of the Church. He wassometimes referred to as the "Hammer of the Arians" and the "Athanasius of theWest." His name comes from the Latin word for happy or cheerful. He is the patronagainst snake bites.www.catholicgk.comSaintsPage 15 of 33

63St. Hugh of Grenoblehn. lyqKvNative PlaceChâteauneuf-sur-Isère, FranceYear of Birth1053Died on1132 April 1Feast dayApril 1Saint Hugh of Châteauneuf was the Bishop of Grenoble from 1080 to his death. Hewas a partisan of the Gregorian reform. Hugh was canonised on 22 April 1134 byPope Innocent II, only two years after his death.64St. Hyacinthhn. lnbm-kn vNative PlaceLanka,

the Catholic Church, these claims were eventually declared to be worthy of belief after a canonical investigation, and the apparition is known as Our Lady of Lourdes. On 8 December 1933, she was canonized as a saint by the Catholic Church. She is considered a Christian mystic. Saint