Becoming a Saint
A candidate for sainthood needs two of these attributed to their name before they can become a Saint.
What are miracles?
These saints all have this in common: Saints Benedict and Scholastica, Saints Cosmas and Damian, and Saints Peter and Andrew.
What are siblings?
This is the patron of lost things.
Who is Saint Anthony of Padua?
This Saint was captured from Ireland and enslaved at the age of 16. When he escaped and returned, he became a priest then Bishop. He is known for driving the snakes out of Ireland.
Who is St. Patrick?
This biblical saint would be the rock on which Christ's Church is built. He was later crucified upside down.
Who is Saint Peter?
How long does a bishop have to wait after the death of a candidate for sainthood before their cause can officially be opened, naming them a Servant of God?
How many is five years?
St. Paul, St. Augustine, St. Mary Magdalene, and St. Camillus de Lellis all share these experiences in their faith journey.
What is a conversion?
This is the patron Saint of students.
Who is St. Thomas Aquinas?
This Saint is known for his devotion to living a life of poverty, and for creating the creche, or Nativity scene.
Who is Saint Francis of Assisi?
These Saints are sisters who were disciples of Jesus and who often welcomed him into their home.
Who are Saints Mary and Martha?
Any person who is considered this is also considered to be a saint, even without a cause for canonization.
What is a martyr?
This is what St. Stephen, St. Joan of Arc, St. Sebastian, and St. Agnes all have in common.
What are martyrs?
This is the patron Saint of children.
Who is Saint Nicholas?
This Saint is known for her "little way" and is one of 4 Saints canonized in her immediate family.
Who is St. Therese of Lisieux?
This Saint is known most for his conversion and for his contributions to the New Testament.
This is the name given to the process of becoming a saint.
What is canonization?
What are Marian apparitions? What are visions of Mary?
This is the patron Saint of the Americas.
Who is Saint Rose of Lima?
Saint Damien of Molokai spent his life caring for the sick in Hawaii, even though he knew he would catch and eventually die from this contagious disease.
What is leprosy?
This woman was one of Jesus' closest disciples, and the first person to encounter him after the Resurrection.
Who is St. Mary Magdalene?
The title given to someone who has reached the second stage of becoming a Saint - beatification.
What is Blessed?
St. Francis of Assisi, St. Padre Pio, St. Catherine of Siena, and St. Gemma Galgani all share the experience of this.
What is the stigmata?/What are the wounds of Christ?
This is the patron of youth and young adults, athletes, and mountain climbers.
Who is St. Pier Giorgio Frassati?
This American saint is known for her service to Black and Indigenous Americans with the religious order she founded, the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament.
Who is St. Katharine Drexel?
This woman was Paul's first convert in Philippi. She was a seller of purple cloth who welcomed Paul into her home, and her whole house was baptized.
Who is Saint Lydia?