Monastic · July 11
St. Benedict of Nursia
The father of Western monasticism who formed communities around prayer and work.
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Founder · August 11
St. Clare of Assisi
A contemplative whose radical poverty shone with quiet strength.
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Doctor of the Church · October 15
St. Teresa of Ávila
A Carmelite reformer who taught the Church the depth of interior prayer.
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Doctor of the Church · October 1
St. Thérèse of Lisieux
A quiet Carmelite whose “little way” found holiness in ordinary love.
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Monastic / Hermit · January 4
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton was an American Catholic educator, known as a founder of the country's parochial school system.
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Monastic / Hermit · 9 January
St. Adrian of Canterbury
Adrian, also spelled Hadrian , was a Berber scholar in Anglo-Saxon England and the abbot of Saint Peter's and Saint Paul's in Canterbury.
North Africa (historical region) · Historical region
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Monastic / Hermit · 12 January
St. Marguerite Bourgeoys
Marguerite Bourgeoys, CND , was a French religious sister and founder of the Congregation of Notre Dame of Montreal in the colony of New France, now part of Québec, Canada.
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St. Anthony the Great
Anthony the Great was a Christian monk from Egypt, revered since his death as a saint.
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Monastic / Hermit · 6 January
St. Charles of Sezze
Charles of Sezze - born Giancarlo Marchioni - was an Italian professed religious from the Order of Friars Minor.
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St. Marianne Cope
Marianne Cope, OSF, also known as Marianne of Molokaʻi , was a German-born American member of the Sisters of St.
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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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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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