Doctor of the Church · January 24
St. Francis de Sales
A bishop and spiritual writer who taught that holiness belongs in every vocation.
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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 49–60 of 129. Read each story’s origin note for traditional or disputed accounts.
Martyr
St. Gabriel-Taurin Dufresse
Gabriel-Taurin Dufresse, MEP was a French Catholic prelate who served as Vicar Apostolic of Se-Ciuen from 1801 to 1815. He was member of the Paris Foreign Missions Society.
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Martyr · August 25
St. Genesius of Arles
Genesius of Arles was a notary martyred under Maximianus in 303 or 308.
France · Present-day geography
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Lay Saint · January 3
St. Genevieve
Genevieve was a consecrated virgin, and is one of the patron saints of Paris in the Catholic Church, and she is also venerated in the Eastern Orthodox Church.
France · Present-day geography
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Monastic or Hermit · April 5
St. Gerald of Sauve-Majeure
Gerald of Sauve-Majeure was a Benedictine abbot.
France · Present-day geography
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Lay Saint · June 15
St. Germaine Cousin
Germaine Cousin was a young French shepherdess remembered for her faith and generosity amid illness and hardship.
France · Present-day geography
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Bishop · 31 July
St. Germanus of Auxerre
Germanus of Auxerre was a western Roman clergyman who was bishop of Autissiodorum in Late Antique Gaul. He abandoned a career as a high-ranking government official to devote his formidable energy towards the promotion of the church and the protection of his flock in dangerous times, personally confronting, for instance, the barbarian king Goar.
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Bishop
St. Gregory of Langres
Gregory of Langres, also called Gregory of Autun, was a Gallo-Roman prelate, born around 446, count of Autun, in Saone-et-Loire then once widowed, towards 500, he becomes bishop of Langres, from 506 to his death in 539.
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Martyr
St. Guillaume Courtet
Guillaume Courtet, O.P. was a French Dominican friar, Catholic priest, and missionary. One of the first Frenchman to have visited Japan, he died as a martyr by beheading in Nagasaki at the hands of the Tokugawa Shogunate on Michaelmas Day 1637 after three…
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Doctor of the Church
St. Hilary of Poitiers
Hilary of Poitiers or St Hilarius was Bishop of Poitiers and a Doctor of the Church.
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Bishop · 3 November
St. Hubert of Liège
Hubert of Liège was a Christian saint who became the first bishop of Liège in 708 A.D. He is a patron saint of hunters, mathematicians, opticians and metalworkers.
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Bishop · April 1
St. Hugh of Châteauneuf
Hugh of Châteauneuf was the Bishop of Grenoble from 1080 to his death.
France · Present-day geography
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