SAINTS hnip-²À {InkvXphnsâ amXrI ASp-¯-\p-I-cn¨v kzÀ¤ k½m-\-¯n\v AÀl-cm-Ip-¶-h-sc-bmWv ‘hnip-²À’ (Saints) F¶p hnfn- ¡p-¶-Xv. {InkvXp-hn-epÅ hn-izm-k-¯n\pw Ahn-Sps¯ BZÀi-§Ä¡pw th−n Poh³t]mepw _en -I-gn-¨n-«pÅ ss{IkvX-h-sc-bmWv k` càkm-£n-I-fmbn (Martyr) _lp-am-\n-¡p-¶-Xv. 1 St. Alphonsa hn. AÂt^m³km Native Place Kudamaloor, Kerala, India Date of Birth 1910 August 19 Died on 1946 July 28 Feast day July 28 First official Indian Saint - The first person of Indian origin canonized as a saint by the Catholic Church and the first canonized saint of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, Beautified on 8th Feb 1986 at Kottayam by Pope John Paul II and Canonised on 12th October 2008 at Vatican City by Pope Benedict XVI. (First name of St. Alphonsa - Annamkutty, Parents-Joseph and Mary Muttathupadathu, School education Arpookara, Muttuchura, Vazhappally and Changanacherry. Nun in Clares convent at Bharananganam) 2 St. Agnes (Agnes of Rome) hn. Bákv Native Place Rome Year of Birth 290 / 291 / 292 Died in 304 Feast day January 21 She is one of seven women, excluding the Blessed Virgin, commemorated by name in the Canon of the Mass. She is the patron saint of chastity, gardeners, girls, engaged couples, rape victims, and virgins. 3 St. Albert of Jerusalem hn. BÂ_À«v Native Place Parma, Italy Year of Birth 1149 Died on 1214 September 25 Feast day September 25 Albert was the bishop of Bobbio. In 1205, he was appointed patriarch of Jerusalem, He was stabbed in Akka by a man he had discharged as head of Holy Ghost hospital there. 4 St. Albertus Magnus hn. BÂ_À«v Native Place Cologne, Germany Year of Birth 1206 Died on 1280 November 15 Feast day November 15 Also known as Albert the Great and Albert of Cologne. He was a German Dominican friar and a bishop, who achieved fame for his comprehensive knowledge of and advocacy for the peaceful coexistence of science and religion. The Catholic Church honours him as a Doctor of the Church, one of only 34 persons with that honor. www.catholicgk.com Saints Page 1 of 33 5 St Aloysius Gonzaga hn. Atem-jykv tKm¬kmKm Native Place Castiglione delle Stiviere, Italy Date of Birth 1568 March 9 Died on 1591 June 21 Feast day June 21 A patron saint of young students, Christian youth, Jesuit novices, People with AIDS and their caregivers. He was canonized by Benedict XIII in 1726. 6 St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori hn. AÂt^m¬kv entKmcn Native Place Marianella, Campania, Kingdom of Naples, Italy Date of Birth 1696 Sept. 27 Died on 1787 Aug. 1 Feast day August 1 Saint Alphonsus Maria de Liguori was an Italian Catholic bishop, spiritual writer, scholastic philosopher and theologian, and founder of the Redemptorists, an influential religious congregation. He was canonized in 1839 by Pope Gregory XVI. 7 St. Ambrose hn. Awt{_mkv Native Place Trier, Germany Year of Birth 339 / 340 Died on 397 April 4 Feast day December 7 Saint Ambrose was a bishop of Milan who became one of the most influential ecclesiastical figures of the 4th century. He was one of the four original doctors of the Church. 8 St. Angela Merici hn. Bs©em saco¨n Native Place Lombardy, Italy Date of Birth 1474 March 21 Died on 1540 January 27 Feast day January 27 Angela Merici, or Angela de Merici was an Italian religious leader and saint. She founded the Order of Ursulines in 1535 in Brescia. 9 St. Anselm of Canterbury hn. B³skew Native Place Aosta, Kingdom of Burgundy Year of Birth 1033 Died on 1109 April 21 Feast day April 21 a Benedictine monk, a philosopher, and a prelate of the church who held the office of Archbishop of Canterbury from 1093 to 1109. Called the founder of scholasticism, he is famous as the originator of the ontological argument for the existence of God. Anselm was proclaimed a Doctor of the Church in 1720 by "Papal Bulla" of Pope Clement XI. www.catholicgk.com Saints Page 2 of 33 10 St. Anthony Mary Claret hn. BâWn tacn ¢mcäv Native Place Sallent, Catalonia, Kingdom of Spain Date of Birth 1807 December 23 Died on 1870 October 24 Feast day October 24 a Catalan Spanish Roman Catholic archbishop and missionary, and was confessor of Isabella II of Spain. 11 St. Anthony Zaccaria hn. BâWn k¡-dnb Native Place Cremona, Duchy of Milan, (now Italy) Year of Birth 1502 Died on 1539 July 5 Feast day July 5 Cofounder of the Barnabites. Born in 1502 in Cremona, Italy, Anthony became a medical doctor. In 1528 he was ordained a priest and cofounded the Barnabites, the religious congregation so called because it was headquartered in St. Barnabas Monastery in Milan. The Barnabites occupied the monastery in 1538, having been approved in 1533. Anthony popularized the forty-hour prayer ceremony, promoted the use of altar sacraments, and introduced the ringing of church bells on Friday. He is depicted in liturgical art in habit. 12 St. Antony (Anthony of Padua) hn. At´m-Wokv (]m-Zp-hm) Native Place Lisbon, Portugal Date of Birth 1195 August 15 Died on 1231 June 13 Feast day June 13 Anthony of Padua or Anthony of Lisbon, O.F.M., was a Portuguese Catholic priest and friar of the Franciscan Order. Though he died in Padua, Italy, he was born to a wealthy family in Lisbon, Portugal, which is where he was raised. Noted by his contemporaries for his forceful preaching and expert knowledge of Scripture, he was declared a saint almost immediately after his death and proclaimed a Doctor of the Church in January 16, 1946. 13 St. Antony of Egypt hn. BâWn (Cu-Pn-]vXv) Native Place Herakleopolis Magna, Egypt Year of Birth 251 Died in 356 Feast day January 17 Known as Anthony the Abbot, Anthony of Egypt, Anthony of the Desert, Anthony the Anchorite, Abba Antonius and Father of All Monks, was a Christian saint from Egypt, a prominent leader among the Desert Fathers. www.catholicgk.com Saints Page 3 of 33 14 St. Athanasius (Athanasius of Alexandria) hn. A¯-t\-jykv Native Place Alexandria, Roman Egypt Year of Birth 296 Died on 373 May 2 Feast day May 2 Confessor and Doctor of the Church, 20th bishop of Alexandria. His long episcopate lasted 45 years, of which over 17 years were spent in five exiles ordered by four different Roman emperors. He is considered to be a renowned Christian theologian, a Church Father, the chief defender of Orthodoxy against Arianism, and a noted Egyptian leader of the fourth century. 15 St. Augustine of Canterbury hn.AK-Ìn³ (ImâÀ_-dn) Native Place Rome, Italy Year of Birth 6th Centuary Died in 604 May Feast day May 27 A Benedictine monk who became the first Archbishop of Canterbury in the year 597. He is considered the "Apostle to the English" and a founder of the English Church. 16 St. Augustine (of Hippo) hn. AK-Ìn³ Native Place Thagaste, Algeria, North Africa. Date of Birth 354 November 13 Died on 430 August 28 Feast day August 28 Son of St. Monica, Bishop of Hippo, Confessor and "Doctor of the Church" 17 St. Basil the Great hn. _mkn Native Place Caesarea, Cappadocia, Asia Minor (Turkey) Year of Birth 330 Died on 379 January 1 Feast day January 2 Basil of Caesarea, also called Saint Basil the Great, was the bishop of Caesarea Mazaca in Cappadocia, Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey). He was an influential 4th century Christian theologian. Theologically, Basil was a supporter of the Nicene faction of the church, in opposition to Arianism on one side and the followers of Apollinaris of Laodicea on the other. His ability to balance his theological convictions with his political connections made Basil a powerful advocate for the Nicene position. The Roman Catholic Church has also named him a Doctor of the Church. He is also referred to as "the revealer of heavenly mysteries" www.catholicgk.com Saints Page 4 of 33 18 St. Benedict of Nursia hn. s_\-UnIvSv Native Place Norcia, Italy Year of Birth 480 Died in 543 Feast day July 11 Saint Benedict of Nursia is a the patron saint of Europe and students. Benedict founded twelve communities for monks at Subiaco, about 40 miles (64 km) to the east of Rome, before moving to Monte Cassino in the mountains of southern Italy. He was Canonized in 1220 at Rome by Pope Honorius III. 19 St. Bernadette Soubirous hn. s_À®Zo¯ Native Place Lourdes, France Date of Birth 1844 January 7 Died on 1879 April 16 Feast day April 16 (Feb. 18 in France) Saint Marie-Bernarde Soubirous was a miller's daughter born in Lourdes. From 11 February to 16 July 1858, she reported 18 apparitions of "a small young lady" who asked for a chapel to be built at that site at Lourdes. Despite initial scepticism from the Catholic Church, these claims were eventually declared to be worthy of belief after a canonical investigation, and the apparition is known as Our Lady of Lourdes. On 8 December 1933, she was canonized as a saint by the Catholic Church. She is considered a Christian mystic. 20 St Bernard of Clairvaux hn. s_À®mÀZv Native Place Fontaines, near Dijon, France Year of Birth 1090 Died on 1153 August 20 Feast day August 20 Bernard of Clairvaux, was a French abbot and the primary builder of the reforming Cistercian order.