320 lives of faith. Showing 85–96.
Priest / Deacon · 9 September
Peter Claver was a Spanish Jesuit priest and missionary born in Verdú, Spain, Spanish Empire, who, due to his life and work, became the patron saint of slaves, Colombia, and ministry to African Americans.
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Doctor of the Church
Robert Bellarmine was an Italian Jesuit and a cardinal of the Catholic Church.
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Priest / Deacon · 18 September
Joseph of Cupertino, OFMConv was an Italian Conventual Franciscan friar and mystic and venerated as a saint.
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Martyr · September 28
Lorenzo Ruiz , also called Saint Lorenzo of Manila, was a Filipino Catholic layman and a member of the Third Order of Saint Dominic.
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Priest / Deacon · 23 September
Pio of Pietrelcina , widely known as Padre Pio was an Italian friar of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, priest, stigmatist and mystic.
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Doctor of the Church
John Henry Newman was an English Catholic theologian, academic, philosopher, historian, writer, and poet.
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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 · 5 October
Maria Faustyna Kowalska of the Blessed Sacrament, OLM was a Polish Catholic religious sister and mystic.
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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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Priest / Deacon
Francis Borgia, was a Spanish Jesuit priest.
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Priest / Deacon
John of Capistrano, OFM was an Italian Franciscan friar and Catholic priest from the town of Capestrano, Abruzzo.
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Priest / Deacon · 11 May
Anthony of St. Ann Galvão , more commonly known as Frei Galvão, was a Brazilian friar of the Franciscan Order.
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