Saints Who Got Things Done
(Reformers, Founders & Educators)
(Reformers, Founders & Educators)
The French village where St. John Vianney spent his priestly ministry gives him the nickname “Curé d'___.”
Ars
The February 22 Feast of the Chair of St. Peter celebrates the authority associated with this office, held by the Bishop of Rome.
The papacy (or office of the pope)
In 1955, Pope Pius XII established a May 1 celebration honoring a Biblical saint under this specific title, to be a model of Christian workers.
St. Joseph the Worker
Crowned around the year 1000, this saint is remembered as the first Christian king and founder of a Central European country known for its love of paprika.
St. Stephen of Hungary
Because of his extraordinary eloquence, St. John Chrysostom was given a Greek nickname meaning “golden” this part of the body.
Tongue
St. Pius V established a feast honoring Our Lady of Victory following this famous 1571 naval battle between the Holy League and the Ottoman Empire.
The Battle of Lepanto
The twin saints Cosmas and Damian practiced this profession, famously refusing to charge those who asked their services.
Medicine
This specific angel announced John the Baptist's birth to his father in the Temple.
St. Gabriel the Archangel
The religious congregation founded by St. Anthony Mary Claret in 1849 is commonly known by this name.
The Claretians
This fifteenth-century Franciscan preacher and saint shares his name with a famous Spanish mission in Orange County, California.
St. John of Capistrano
St. Vincent de Paul collaborated with this female saint in founding the Daughters of Charity.
St. Louise de Marillac
Traditionally a disciple of St. John the Apostle, this second-century bishop of Smyrna refused to renounce Christ and was martyred in old age.
St. Polycarp
This apostle was chosen by casting lots to replace Judas Iscariot among the Twelve.
St. Matthias
St. Josephine Bakhita, who escaped a life of slavery and eventually became a religious sister in Italy, was born in this African country.
Sudan
This encyclopedist, Doctor of the Church, and a patron saint of the internet, was archbishop of a southern Spanish city which is famous today for its cathedral.
St. Isidore of Seville
This sixteenth-century Italian saint founded the Company of St. Ursula, helping establish a tradition of religious education for girls.
St. Angela Merici
In 203, Perpetua and Felicity suffered martyrdom in the amphitheater of this major Roman city in North Africa.
Carthage
Two New Testament letters traditionally attributed to St. Paul are addressed to this younger missionary companion, whose feast is in late January.
St. Timothy
This pope sent St. Augustine of Canterbury and other monks from Rome to evangelize the Anglo-Saxons in 597.
Pope St. Gregory the Great
St. Lawrence of Brindisi, a celebrated polyglot and Doctor of the Church, belonged to this branch of the Franciscan family, named for its distinctive hood.
The Capuchins
Before dedicating himself to caring for the sick, the future St. John of God worked in Granada selling these objects.
Books
St. Apollinaris is regarded as the first bishop of this Italian city, renowned for its spectacular early Christian and Byzantine mosaics.
Ravenna
The apostles gave a man originally named Joseph this nickname, meaning “son of encouragement.”
St. Barnabas
After missionary work in India and Japan, St. Francis Xavier died on an island just off the coast of this country, which he had hoped to enter and evangelize.
China
St. Hilary of Poitiers defended the full divinity of Christ against this fourth-century theological movement.
Arianism