New World (The Americas) Saints
Saint Juan Diego experienced multiple visions of the blessed mother, leading to one of the most important miraculous images in history being imprinted on a tilma. This event led to the conversion of millions. The apparitions were known under the title...
Who is Our Lady of Guadalupe?
This saint created a website catalogue of eucharistic miracles, wore Nike shoes, played video games, and was a millennial! This saint died from Leukemia.
Saint Carlo Acutis
This saint is known for experiencing the apparitions of Our Lady of Lourdes at a cave-grotto. This saint's body remains internally incorrupt. Exhumed 3 times with little to no decomposition.
Saint Bernadette Soubirous, also known as Bernadette of Lourdes
This is the first known Christian martyr; he died by stoning.
Who is Saint Stephen?
This third-century bishop of Myra is best known as the patron saint of children; however, he is also known as the patron saint of brides because he secretly slipped bags of gold into a poor family's house during the night so the girls would have enough money to get married.
Who is Saint Nicholas?
This Native American saint is known as the "Lily of the Mohawks." This saint took a vow of perpetual virginity, and survived smallpox.
Saint Kateri Tekakwitha
This saint was an avid athlete, mountain climber, and vocal opponent of Mussolini. This saint came from a wealthy and prominent family but gave away his own money, clothes, and shoes to help the poor, sick and marginalized.
Saint Pier Giorgio Frassati
This saint was exhumed years after her death and found to be remarkably flexible and fragrant. This saint was a Carmelite nun and is the patron saint of chess players and people in religious orders.
St. Teresa of Ávila
In what way was The Apostle Peter martyred.
What was crucifixion upside down?
In a classic work on health and healing (titled Physica), this saint talks about the ability of cinnamon to brighten a bad mood, and praises the ingredients of nutmeg and cloves for their warmth.
Who is Saint Hildegard Von Bingen... patron saint of pumpkin spice!
This saint was the first native-born citizen of the United States to be canonized a saint. This saint is the patron saint of Catholic schools, educators, widows, and orphans
Saint Elizabeth Ann Seaton
This saint was a Capuchin priest famous for bearing the stigmata. This saint experienced various supernatural phenomena including physical attacks from demons and bilocation.
St. Padre Pio
This saint was exhumed decades after burial and found to be incorrupt. This saint is notable for experiencing apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary that led to the creation of the Miraculous Medal. This saint spent 40 years caring for the aged and infirm, known as the patron saint of seniors.
Saint Catherine Labouré
While imprisoned in the concentration camp at Auschwitz, this Franciscan priest stepped forward to request that he die rather than another man who had a wife and children. He comforted his nine companions as they were starved to death in an underground bunker.
Who is SAINT MAXIMILIAN KOLBE?
This is who St. Joseph of Cupertino became patron saint for, due to his tendency to levitate (rise into the air) when he prayed.
Who are air travelers?
This saint was a Franciscan priest and missionary who established many Spanish missions in California from San Diego to San Francisco.
Saint Junípero Serra
This saint refused to give up her virginity and was stabbed 14 times and died. This saint forgave the person who offended her and is one of the youngest ever saints to be canonized.
Saint Maria Goretti
Saint Anthony of Padua was known for captivating homilies, is a Doctor of the Church, and had an experience with an apparition of the child Jesus. What parts of his body were found incorrupt upon exhumation.
What are the tongue and jawbone?
(This saint was found with a perfectly intact tongue and jawbone, despite the rest of the body turning to dust.)
This saint was tried and convicted of being a heretic. Then condemned to death by being burned at the stake. The case was retried decades later and the saint was acquitted.
Who is St. Joan of Arc
Saint Lawrence became the patron saint of these people because as he was being roasted alive by the Romans, he is said to have cheerfully commented, "This side is well done; turn me over!"
Who are cooks?
This saint was an immigrant to the United States and helped impoverished Italian immigrants in American cities. This person is the patron saint of immigrants.
Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini
Saint Josemaria Escriva founded an organization of lay people and priests dedicated to the principal of everyday holiness. The name of this organization is...
What is Opus Dei?
This saint was an early Christian virgin and martyr whose body was found miraculously incorrupt 8 centuries later. This saint is the patron saint of breast cancer patients, nurses, fire protection, earthquakes, and bell-founders.
Saint Agatha of Sicily
These two women were attacked by wild beasts and then killed with swords during the Roman persecution of Christians in the third century. The account of their martyrdom is one of the more popular texts of the early Church.
Who are SAINTS PERPETUA AND FELICITY?
St. Genisius became patron saint of these people after he converted to Christianity while performing in a play mocking Christians.
Who are actors (and comedians)?