Religious · 13 May
St. Maria Domenica Mazzarello
Maria Domenica Mazzarello, FMA was an Italian Catholic nun who co-founded the Salesian Sisters of Don Bosco.
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Saints from Italy
Read the full stories of 245 saints whose birth or early family origins are associated with present-day Italy.
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Religious · 7 December
St. Maria Giuseppa Rossello
Maria Giuseppa Rossello was an Italian religious sister who founded the Daughters of Our Lady of Mercy. She has been declared a saint by the Catholic Church.
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Martyr
St. Maria Goretti
Maria Teresa Goretti was an Italian virgin martyr of the Catholic Church, and one of the youngest saints to be canonized.
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Religious · October 6
St. Mary Frances of the Five Wounds
Mary Frances of the Five Wounds was an Italian Third Order Franciscan who is honoured as a saint in the Catholic Church.
Italy · Present-day geography
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Religious · 25 May
St. Mary Magdalene de' Pazzi
Mary Magdalene de' Pazzi, OCarm, was an Italian Carmelite nun and mystic. She has been declared a saint by the Catholic Church.
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Pope
St. Nicholas I
Pope Nicholas I , also known as Nicholas the Great, was the bishop of Rome and leader of the Papal States from 24 April 858 until his death on 13 November 867.
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Priest · September 10
St. Nicholas of Tolentino
Nicholas of Tolentino, OSA known as the "Patron of Holy Souls", was an Italian Catholic mystic who is invoked as an advocate for the souls in Purgatory, especially during Lent and the month of November.
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Lay saint · 5 May
St. Nunzio Sulprizio
Nunzio Sulprizio was an Italian Roman Catholic from Pescara who worked as an apprentice blacksmith.
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Priest · 24 September
St. Pacificus of San Severino
Pacificus of San Severino, born Carlo Antonio Divini, was an Italian Roman Catholic priest known for being a miracle-worker.
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Priest / Deacon · 23 September
St. Padre Pio
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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Lay Saint · July 7
St. Pantaenus
Pantaenus was a Sicilian theologian and a significant figure in the Catechetical School of Alexandria from around AD 180.
Italy · Present-day geography
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Religious
St. Paola Elisabetta Cerioli
Paola Elisabetta Cerioli, born Costanza Cerioli, was an Italian Roman Catholic widow and the founder of both the Institute of Sisters of the Holy Family and the congregation of the Family of Bergamo.
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