Priest / Deacon · 31 January
St. John Bosco
John Melchior Bosco, SDB , popularly known as Don Bosco , was an Italian Catholic priest, educator, and writer.
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218 lives of faith. Showing 13–24.
Monastic / Hermit
St. Colette of Corbie
Colette of Corbie, PCC was a French abbess and the foundress of the Colettine Poor Clares, a reform branch of the Order of Saint Clare, better known as the Poor Clares.
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Founder
St. Gerolamo Emiliani
Gerolamo Emiliani, CRS was an Italian humanitarian, founder of the Somaschi Fathers, and is considered a saint by the Catholic Church.
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Monastic / Hermit · 10 February
St. Scholastica
Scholastica was an Italian Christian consecrated virgin and the sister of Benedict of Nursia.
Italy · Traditional attribution
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Priest / Deacon · 4 February
St. Gilbert of Sempringham
Gilbert of Sempringham was an English Catholic who founded the Gilbertine Order.
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Priest / Deacon
St. John Cassian
John Cassian , also known as John the Ascetic and John Cassian the Roman, was a Christian monk and theologian celebrated in both the Western and Eastern churches for his mystical writings.
Origin uncertain · Disputed birthplace
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Monastic / Hermit · 13 November
St. Agnes of Bohemia
Agnes of Bohemia, OSC , also known as Agnes of Prague, was a medieval Bohemian princess who opted for a life of charity, mortification of the flesh and piety over a life of luxury and comfort.
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Monastic / Hermit · March 3
St. Katharine Drexel
Katharine Drexel, SBS was an American Catholic religious sister and educator.
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Priest / Deacon · 30 March
St. Ludovico of Casoria
Ludovico da Casoria - born Arcangelo Palmentieri - was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Order of Friars Minor.
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Monastic / Hermit · 2 April
St. Francis of Paola
Francis of Paola, O.M. , was a Catholic friar from the town of Paola in Calabria who founded the Order of Minims. He was named after Francis of Assisi and like him Francis of Paola was never ordained a priest.
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Priest / Deacon
St. Jean-Baptiste de La Salle
Jean-Baptiste de La Salle was a French priest, educational reformer, and founder of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools.
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Monastic / Hermit · 8 April
St. Julie Billiart
Julie Billiart, SNDdeN was a French Catholic nun, educator, and cofounder of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur.
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