Monastic or Hermit · March 3
St. Teresa Eustochio Verzeri
Teresa Eustochio Verzeri was an Italian Roman Catholic who became a Benedictine nun and established the Daughters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
Italy · Present-day geography
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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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Monastic or Hermit · September 1
St. Teresa Margaret of the Sacred Heart
Teresa Margaret of the Sacred Heart was an Italian Discalced Carmelite nun.
Italy · Present-day geography
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Doctor of the Church
St. Thomas Aquinas
Thomas Aquinas was an Italian Dominican friar and priest, theologian, and philosopher.
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Priest or Deacon · January 11
St. Tommaso da Cori
Tommaso da Cori was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Order of Friars Minor who lived as a hermit for much of his religious life.
Italy · Present-day geography
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Bishop · May 16
St. Ubald
Ubald was a medieval bishop of Gubbio, in Umbria, today venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church.
Italy · Present-day geography
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Monastic or Hermit · February 1
St. Verdiana
Verdiana was an Italian anchorite who lived in prayer and seclusion at Castelfiorentino.
Italy · Present-day geography
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Religious · 9 July
St. Veronica Giuliani
Veronica Giuliani was an Italian Capuchin Poor Clares nun and mystic. She was canonized by Pope Gregory XVI in 1839.
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Priest / Deacon · 22 January
St. Vincent Pallotti
Vincent Pallotti, SAC was an Italian Catholic cleric and the founder of the Society of the Catholic Apostolate, later known as the Pious Society of Missions .
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Priest or Deacon · December 20
St. Vincent Romano
Vincent Romano was an Italian Roman Catholic priest born in Torre del Greco in Naples.
Italy · Present-day geography
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Bishop
St. Vincent Strambi
Vincenzo Strambi was an Italian Passionist. He was appointed prelate and served as the Bishop of Macerata-Tolentino from 1801 until his resignation in 1823.
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Religious · June 28
St. Vincenza Gerosa
Vincenza Gerosa was an Italian Roman Catholic professed religious and the co-foundress of the Sisters of Charity of Lovere that she founded alongside Bartolomea Capitanio.
Italy · Present-day geography
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Priest · 7 November
St. Vincenzo Grossi
Vincenzo Grossi was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and the founder of the Daughters of the Oratory.
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