Famous Saints

• Becket, Thomas

  The archbishop murdered in his own cathedral in 1170

• Bernadette of Lourdes

  The girl who saw the Virgin Mary at Lourdes

• Chad, Saint

  Recently famous Catholic saint

• Gabriel

  The angel who told Mary that Jesus would be born

• Joan of Arc

  The French heroine who was burned at the stake

• Joseph (husband of Mary)

  The husband of Mary, mother of Jesus

• Lazarus of Bethany

  The dead man raised by Jesus of Nazareth

• Magdalene, Mary

  The closest female disciple of Jesus of Nazareth

• Mary

  Virgin mother of Jesus of Nazareth

• More, Sir Thomas

  The author of Utopia

• Patrick, Saint

  Ireland's most famous saint

• Paul of Tarsus

  Author of the biblical letters to Romans and Corinthians

• St. Augustine

  Influential Christian thinker

• St. Catherine of Siena

  Medieval saint of Italy and Doctor of the Church

• St. Jerome

  The medieval scholar behind the Latin translation of the Bible

• Teresa of Avila

  Reforming nun and Patroness of Spain

• Valentine, Saint

  The namesake of Valentine's Day

See: Index by Occupation