Aegidius Mary of Saint Joseph
A humble Alcantarine Franciscan friar, Aegidius Mary of Saint Joseph (1729-1812) dedicated his life to the poor and sick…
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Pape Léon XIII
pape à qui elle demanda, lors d'une audience à Rome en 1887, l'autorisation d'entrer au Carmel
22 saints linked
Alain-Marie Guynot de Boismenu
Alain-Marie Guynot de Boismenu (1870-1953) was a French missionary, bishop in Papua New Guinea, recognized as Venerable …
Alix Le Clerc
Alix Le Clerc (1576-1622) was a religious sister from Lorraine, who founded the Congregation of Our Lady (Canonesses of …
Anton Maria Schwartz
Austrian priest and founder of the Calasanctine Congregation, Anton Maria Schwartz dedicated his life to the spiritual a…
Antonio Bonfadini
A Franciscan friar of the Observance and itinerant preacher, Blessed Antonio Bonfadini (c. 1400-1482) is venerated in Co…
Étienne Pernet
A French Assumptionist priest, Étienne Pernet (1824-1899) founded the Congregation of the Little Sisters of the Assumpti…
Felix of Nicosia
An illiterate Sicilian Capuchin friar, Felix of Nicosia spent more than forty years as a questing friar, radiating humil…
Frances Xavier Cabrini
Italian religious sister (1850-1917), foundress of the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and apostle to It…
Francesco Lombardi
An Italian diocesan priest, Francesco Lombardi was the "priest of the earthquake" of Bussana, dedicating himself to the …
Francis Xavier Mary Bianchi
Italian Barnabite (1743-1815) nicknamed the Apostle of Naples, Francis Xavier Mary Bianchi was a professor and renowned …
Gerard Majella
An Italian Redemptorist lay brother who died at twenty-nine in 1755 with a reputation for holiness, Gerard Majella was b…
Gertrude Comensoli
Gertrude Comensoli (1847-1903) was an Italian religious sister, foundress in Bergamo of the Sacramentine Sisters, dedica…
John of Avila
A 16th-century Spanish priest, known as the "Apostle of Andalusia", John of Avila was a great preacher and spiritual mas…
Louis de Montfort
Breton missionary priest (1673-1716), apostle of the "True Devotion" to the Virgin Mary and founder of the Company of Ma…
Louise-Thérèse de Montaignac
Louise-Thérèse de Montaignac (1820-1885) was a French religious sister, foundress of the Oblates of the Heart of Jesus, …
Maria Crescentia Höss
A German Franciscan religious, Maria Crescentia Höss overcame poverty and bullying to become the superior of her convent…
Maria Theresa Ledóchowska
An Austrian blessed of Polish origin, Maria Theresa Ledóchowska (1863-1922) was the foundress of the Missionary Sisters …
Mary of the Passion
Hélène de Chappotin (Mary of the Passion) is the foundress of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary, a missionary institut…
Matthew Makil
A Syro-Malabar bishop and founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Visitation, Matthew Makil was declared vener…
Michael Rua
The first successor of Don Bosco, Blessed Michael Rua structured and developed the Salesian congregation worldwide.
Pompilio Maria Pirrotti
Italian Piarist priest (1710-1766), educator and preacher nicknamed "the Apostle of the Abruzzo", beatified by Leo XIII …
Thérèse of Lisieux
A French Carmelite who died at 24, Thérèse of Lisieux taught the "little way" of spiritual childhood. Canonized in 1925,…