218 lives of faith. Showing 37–48.
Priest / Deacon · 2 August
Peter Julian Eymard[1] was a French Catholic priest, saint and founder of two religious institutes: the Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament for men and the Servants of the Blessed Sacrament for women.
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Monastic / Hermit
Jane Frances de Chantal, VHM was a French Catholic noble widow and nun who was beatified in 1751 and canonized in 1767.
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Bishop
Stephen I, also known as King Saint Stephen , was the last grand prince of the Hungarians between 997 and 1000 or 1001, and the first king of Hungary from 1000 or 1001 until his death in 1038.
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Priest / Deacon · 19 August
John Eudes, CIM was a French Catholic priest and the founder of both the Order of Our Lady of Charity in 1641 and Congregation of Jesus and Mary, also known as the Eudists, in 1643.
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Priest / Deacon
Joseph Calasanz , also known as Joseph Calasanctius and Josephus a Matre Dei, was a Spanish Catholic priest, educator and the founder of the Pious Schools, which provided free education to poor boys.
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Monastic / Hermit · 30 August
Jeanne Jugan, LSP , in religion Mary of the Cross, was a French Catholic religious sister who became known for the dedication of her life to the neediest of the elderly poor.
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Monastic / Hermit · October 3
Théodore Guérin was a French-American Catholic religious sister who founded the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, based in Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana.
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Monastic / Hermit · 6 October
Bruno of Cologne , venerated as Saint Bruno, was the founder of the Carthusians.
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Anthony Mary Claret, was a Spanish Catholic prelate and missionary who served as Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba and was the confessor of Queen Isabella II.
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Monastic / Hermit
Frances Xavier Cabrini , also known as Mother Cabrini, was a prominent Italian-American religious sister in the Catholic Church.
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Monastic / Hermit · November 18
Rose Philippine Duchesne, RSCJ , was a French religious sister and educator whom Pope John Paul II canonized in 1988.
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Monastic / Hermit · 23 November
Columbanus was an Irish missionary notable for founding a number of monasteries after 590 in the Frankish and Lombard kingdoms, most notably Luxeuil Abbey in present-day France and Bobbio Abbey in present-day Italy.
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