NEW WORLD SAINTS
This saint is said to have cut her hair and rubbed ashes on her face in order to conceal her beauty.
Who is St. Rose of Lima?
This once rebellious man became a bishop and wrote City of God and The Confessions.
Who is St. Augustine?
Her autobiography, Story of a Soul, has been translated into more than 60 languages.
Who is St. Therese de Lisieux?
This pious boy who died at 14 was a student of Don Bosco.
Who is St. Dominic Savio?
This saint is the patron of fathers, workers, realtors, the Catholic Church, and a happy death.
Who is St. Joseph?
Though born in Italy, this nun was the first U.S. citizen canonized.
Who is St. Frances Xavier Cabrini?
One of Jesus’ apostles, he is the patron saint of lost causes.
Who is St. Jude Thaddeus?
An early Church martyr, she is the patron saint of music.
Who is St. Cecilia?
This 11-year-old girl forgave the attacker who killed her, bringing about his conversion.
Who is St. Maria Goretti?
Those who have cancer pray novenas to this saint, whose infected leg was miraculously healed.
Who is St. Peregrine?
After being widowed, this woman converted and started the first free Catholic school in the U.S.
Who is St. Elizabeth Ann Seton?
He founded a Salesian order and started schools for at-risk boys in Italy.
Who is St. John Bosco?
The BVM appeared to this 14-year-old girl in Lourdes, France.
Who is St. Bernadette Soubirous?
Because of her name, which is close to the Latin word for lamb, she is often depicted with one.
Who is St. Agnes of Rome?
She is the patron saint of teeth and dentists.
Who is St. Appolonia?
This Peruvian lay Dominican brother worked many miracles.
Who is St. Martin de Porres?
This saint and the society named after him are known for service to the poor.
Who is St. Vincent de Paul?
This widow and Augustinian nun bore a partial stigmata, a thorn wound in her head.
Who is St. Rita?
This boy died in 1919, not long after Mary appeared to him and his sister in Fatima.
Who is St. Francisco Marto?
This bishop and doctor of the church is the patron saint of bees, beekeepers, honey, and candlemakers.
Who is St. Ambrose?
Her prayers once resulted in a tornado destroying a KKK headquarters.
Who is St. Katherine Drexel?
The patron saint of hunters, he saw Christ crucified between the antlers of a stag.
Who is St. Hubert?
This saint was executed by her own father, who forbade her to be Christian. He was then struck by lightning.
Who is St. Barbara?
This 11-year-old girl received her 1st Communion when the host came to her. She then died of happiness.
Who is Bl. Imelda Lambertini?
The patron of Scotland is remembered on the flag with the x-shape, a symbol for his crucifixion.
Who is St. Andrew?