Bishop · January 8
St. Peter Thomas
Peter Thomas was a French Carmelite friar, bishop, and papal diplomat who became Latin patriarch of Constantinople.
France · Present-day geography
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Saints from France
Read the full stories of 129 saints whose birth or early family origins are associated with present-day France.
Showing 109–120 of 129. Read each story’s origin note for traditional or disputed accounts.
Martyr · November 24
St. Pierre Dumoulin-Borie
Pierre-Rose-Ursule Dumoulin-Borie was a French Catholic missionary priest and a member of the Paris Foreign Missions Society.
France · Family origin
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Bishop · January 13
St. Remigius
Remigius was the Bishop of Reims and "Apostle of the Franks ".
France · Present-day geography
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Martyr
St. René Goupil
René Goupil, , was a French Jesuit lay missionary who became a lay brother of the Society of Jesus shortly before his death.
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Priest · 26 January
St. Robert of Molesme
Robert of Molesme was an abbot, and a founder of the Cistercian Order. He is venerated as a Christian saint.
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Lay saint · 16 August
St. Roch
Roch is remembered as a Catholic pilgrim and a companion in times of illness. His traditional story tells of caring for people suffering from plague and enduring illness himself.
France · Traditional attribution
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Monastic / Hermit · November 18
St. Rose Philippine Duchesne
Rose Philippine Duchesne, RSCJ , was a French religious sister and educator whom Pope John Paul II canonized in 1988.
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Bishop · August 21
St. Sidonius Apollinaris
Sidonius Apollinaris was a poet, diplomat, and bishop.
France · Present-day geography
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Martyr · 2 September
St. Solomon Leclercq
Solomon Leclercq, FSC was a French religious brother of the Institute of the De La Salle Brothers.
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Monastic · 8 February
St. Stephen of Muret
Stephen of Muret was the founder of the Order of Grandmont and its motherhouse of Grandmont Abbey.
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Monastic · 8 March
St. Stephen of Obazine
Stephen of Obazine also known as Stephen of Vielzot (French: Étienne de Vielzot, Étienne d'Obazine;, was a French priest and hermit, famed for his pious nature, even from a young age.
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Monastic / Hermit · October 3
St. Théodore Guérin
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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