Female Martyrs
Her name means light, she was stabbed to death and is patron saint of the blind.
Who was Saint Lucy?
Patron Saint of teachers
Who is John Bosco or St. Thomas Aquinas?
Mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Who is Saint Anne.
“Pray, hope, and don’t worry.”
Who was Padre Pio?
The three fatima children.
Who were Francisco, Jacinta, and Lucia.
Convinced King Charles VII that leading the French in battle was truly her mission from God. He gave her a small army and personal armor at the age of 16. Shortly after she was captured by the English and tried for heresy. She was burned at the stake at the age of 19.
Who is Joan of Arc
Who is Saint Maria Goretti?
A true pro-life pioneer, she was a pediatrician in Italy when she became pregnant with her fourth child. During her pregnancy, cancer was discovered on her uterus. She was guaranteed recovery with a hysterectomy, which would end her pregnancy. She chose to protect her unborn child. She gave birth to her daughter but died shortly thereafter.
Who is Saint Gianna Molla
"I am not afraid. I was born to do this."
A young altar server who was beat to death while transporting the eucharist to imprisoned Christians.
Who was Saint Tarcisius?
Spent her time preaching and converted over four hundred people in her lifetime. She was arrested and condemned to be suffocated in the baths, but after 24 hours she didn't even sweat. Then an executioner struck her three times but was unable to decapitate her so he left her bleeding and she lived for three days. Officials exhumed her body in 1599 and found her to be incorrupt, the first of all incorrupt saints.
Who was Saint Cecelia?
Patron Saint of Students
Who is Dominic Savio?
Mother of Saint John the Baptist. She was at least 60 years old when she gave birth.
Who is Saint Elizabeth
“Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song.”
Who was John Paul II?
After being stabbed 14 times by a young man who tried to rape her, this saint forgave the young man who attacked her, before she died. She was 12 years old.
Who was Saint Maria Goretti?
Sisters in Christ who were imprisoned and martyred together for their Christian faith. Both were mothers.
Patron Saint of nurses and caregivers.
Who is Saint Catherine of Sienna?
She married a pagan man and prayed for his conversion for the entirety of their marriage. He converted one year before his death.
Who is St. Monica
"Christ beside me, Christ before me, Christ behind me, Christ within me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me."
Who was Saint Patrick?
The first millennial saint who created a website that documented Eucharistic miracles and approved Marian apparitions, before his death from leukemia.
Saint Carlos Acutis
Along with Saint Cecilia, she was one of the earliest martyrs whose name was honored by its insertion into the Roman Canon. Her name in Latin means “lamb.”
Who was Saint Agnes
Patron Saint of families.
Who is St. Joseph?
She initially wanted to become a nun but was turned away due to health problems. Instead, she became a very successful lacemaker and fell in love with Louis Martin (also a saint). The couple had nine children, but only five of them survived infancy. When each of her children were born, she begged the Lord to either preserve them from the stain of even a single mortal sin, or to take them to Heaven at once.
Who is Saint Zelie Martin
"To sing is to pray twice."
Who was Saint Augustine?
Entered the convent at age 9. Ate age 11, fervently pleaded to receive the Eucharist but was told to wait until age 14. The other sisters found her in prayer with the Eucharist, veiled by light, floating above her head. She was given her first communion and then promptly died.
Who was Blessed Imelda Lambertini?