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I am the patron saint of Ireland and Nigeria. I was taken by slavers and brought to Ireland. I was forced to work as a shepherd for 6 years before escaping. I became a missionary trying to convert pagans. My feast day is March 17th and is a very popular holiday.
St. Patrick
I am not yet a saint but I am still the patron of alcoholics and those suffering from addiction. I am from Ireland where I struggled with addiction before my conversion when I became heavily devoted to the rosary.
Matt Talbot
I am the foster father of Jesus and this feast day remembers my life as a worker. I was a carpenter and my Son joined me in his early years.
St. Joseph
I am the patron saint of farmers and Spain. I rose early in the morning to go to church and spent many a holiday visiting the churches of Madrid. All day long, as I walked behind the plow, I communed with God.
St. Isidore the Farmer
I am the patron saint of educators and teachers. From France, I created schools for poor boys across the country and later founded the Brothers of Christian Schools.
St. John Baptist de la Salle
I am the patron saint of France and military members. At the age of 12, I received visions and heard the voices of Catherine of Alexandria, Michael the Archangel, and Margaret of Antioch. During the Hundred Years War, I commanded the French Army and recaptured Orleans and Troyes from the English. Later I was burned at the stake for heresy and witchcraft.
St. Joan of Arc
I am the patron saint of African Americans. I was freed from slavery at the age of 18 and did farm work while getting paid until I could buy my own oxen. Later I joined a group of hermits before becoming a member of the Franciscans. After my death, the king of Spain ordered a special tomb in my honor.
St. Benedict the African
My father was a Muslim leader in Spain, but I was kind to Christian prisoners. When I became sick, I sought the healing waters at San Vincenzo shrine and left relieved of my illness.
St. Casilda
Little is known about my life except for one mention in the Acts of the Apostles where I was selected as the 12th apostle after the betrayal of Judas.
St. Matthias
I am the patron saint of choirboys and juvenile delinquents. I am from Italy and was a student of St. John Bosco at the Oratory where I founded the Company of the Immaculate Conception. I died at the age of 15 due to lung problems and my feast day is March 9th.
St. Dominic Savio
I am from France and another patron saint of educators and teachers. When I was 30, I developed an illness that left me paralyzed where I would teach religion classes from my bed. After the French Revolution, I created the Sisters of Notre Dame and was able to walk for the first time in over 20 years.
St. Julie Billiart
I am the patron saint of Oceania after becoming the first martyr from that region. Originally from France, I joined the Society of Mary (Marists) and traveled to the Fiji area as a missionary. When the chieftain was frustrated with my conversions, I was clubbed to death.
St. Peter Chanel
I am the patron saint of computers and the internet. I am from Spain who lived during the Visigoth invasion when Spain was split in two. I reunited Spain and made it a center of culture and learning. I became the bishop of Seville and was called the Schoolmaster of the Middle Ages.
St. Isidore of Seville
I am the patron saint of Poland. I was born in Krakow, was ordained a priest, then the bishop of Krakow. Later I became involved in the political situation of Poland, excommunicated the king, and then the king executed me with his own hands.
St. Stanislaus
I am the patron saint of Malta and Valetta. I was the pope tasked with implementing the historic Council of Trent, trying to fix the broken and shattered church.
St. Pius V
I led a life dedicated to the church and fought against heresy before being named a doctor of the church. I became bishop of Alexandria and fought against Arianism before being exiled to Gaul by Constantine.
St. Athanasius
I was born in Viterbo, Italy and entered a convent after my fiancee passed away. I was a born teacher and opened a free school for girls. My group of women that prayed the rosary with me became a religious congregation now known as the Venerini Sisters.
St. Rose Venerini
I am from Italy and am the patron saint of infertility, parenthood, and difficult marriages. After my cruel husband died, I joined the Augustinian nuns and later developed wounds on my forehead that resembled the crown of thorns of Christ.
St. Rita of Cascia
I devoted my life to God and was a major player at the Council of Trent and won friends from all levels of society. I later became a priest and founded the Oratory.
St. Philip Neri
I am not yet a saint but I represent the virtue of love for the month of May. Born in Mississippi, I converted to Catholicism and became the only African American to join the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration. I taught at all grade levels, earning a doctorate and promoted cultural awareness during the Civil Rights Movement in the 60s.
Sister Thea Bowman