Early Church Saints
This apostle was known as the first pope.
St. Peter
This Italian friar received the stigmata.
St. Francis of Assisi
This Saint was martyred twice.
St. Sebastian
He founded the Jesuit order.
Who is St. Ignatius of Loyola?
Patron saint of travelers.
Who is St. Christopher?
She was a virgin martyr under Emperor Diocletian, symbolized by a lamb.
St. Agnes
She led the French army and was later martyred.
St. Joan of Arc
This Jesuit missionary was martyred in Canada by the Iroquois.
St. Isaac Jogues
This saint founded the Order of preachers.
Who is St. Dominic?
Patron of lost things.
Who is St. Anthony of Padua?
He converted from paganism and wrote Confessions.
St. Augustine
This Dominican wrote the Summa Theologica.
St. Thomas Aquinas
These twin brothers and physicians were martyred in the early 4th century and are considered the patron saints of doctors.
Who are Sts. Cosmas and Damian?
He founded the Sisters of Charity.
Who is St. Vincent de Paul?
Patron saint of impossible causes.
Who is St. Jude?
This bishop of Smyrna was a disciple of St. John the Apostle.
St. Ploycarp
This 13th-century king of France led two Crusades and is the only French monarch officially canonized.
Who is St. Louis IX?
A convert from paganism, he was a philosopher who defended Christianity in his writings and was martyred in Rome around 165 AD.
Who is St. Justin Martyr?
Founder of the Redemptorists, also a Doctor of the Church.
Who is St. Alphonsus Liguori?
Patron of scientists and natural philosophers
Who is St. Catherine of Alexandria?
A Roman deacon, he said, “Turn me over, I’m done on this side.”
St. Lawrence
This Elizabethan priest, martyred in 1581, ministered in secret across England and later wrote letters from the Tower of London.
Blessed Edmund Campion
This young Japanese Catholic was crucified in Nagasaki in 1597 with 25 others.
Who is St. Paul Miki?
This nobleman turned priest founded the Theatines.
Who is St. Cajetan?
He was canonized in 1690 and declared patron of hospitals, the sick, nurses, and firefighters by Pope Leo XIII in 1886.
St. John of God