List of African Saints Name Year of Death Description Feast Day St. Fulgentius 533 Bishop of Ruspe, Tunisia January 1 Egyptian Hermit and founder of St. Paul 342 January 15 Monastic life in Thebes Founder of monastic life in the St. Anthony 356 January 17 desert of Egypt St. John the Alms Giver 619 Patriarch of Alexandria January 23 Bishop of Rome and third African St. Gelasius 496 Pope (492-496) Martyred in Carthage along with 6 SS. Perpetua and Felicity 202 March 7 other companions Martyred at Theveste, Numidia after St. Maximilian (Marmilian) 295 March 12 refusing to serve in the Roman army Sicilian, son of African parents; the St. Benedict the Black 1585 first African to be canonized through April 12 the regular canonical process Born at Cherchell, Algeria; St. Zeno 380 missionary in Verona, Italy, where he April 12 become Bishop of Verona (c.362) He was an African missionary to St. Marcellinus 4th Cent. April 20 France St. Athanasius 373 Bishop of Alexandria May 2 Husband and wife martyred in SS. Timothy and Maura 298 May 3 Southern Egypt Alexandrian army officer beheaded St. Isdore of Chios 251 May 15 for his faith 1 | P a g e Sudanese slave girl who joined the Canossian Sisters, Italy, lived a holy life, Blessed Josephine Bakhita 1947 and beatified May 17, 1992. Canonization of Josephine Bakhita by Pope John Paul II is scheduled on October 1, 2000 St. Julia of Tunisia ? Slave girl crucified for her faith May 22 Martyrs, canonized by Pope Paul VI in 1964. The 22 young court servant were St. Charles Lwanga and 1886 martyred for their faith by the Buganda June 3 Companions King Mwanga in 1886. Along with them were 80 young Anglicans St. Onuphrius 4th Cent. Egyptian hermit June 12 St. Orsiesius c.380 Abbot of Tabennisi Monastery, Egypt June 15 St. Cyril of Alexandria 444 Patriarch of Alexandria (412-444) June 27 St. Shenute c.450 Founder of monastic life in Egypt July 1 St. Anatolius c.282 Philosopher and scientist of Alexandria July 3 Head of Alexandrian Catechetical School St. Pantaenus 190 July 9 and missionary to Persia (Iran) St. Eugenius 5th Cent. Archbishop of Carthage, Tunisia July 20 The 12 martyrs of Scillum, Carthage, St. Speratus and Companions 180 July 17 Tunisia St. Aurelius 5th Cent. Archbishop of Carthage, Tunisia July 20 Bishop of Rome and first African Pope St. Victor I 199 July 23 (189-199) St. Rutilius 4th Cent. North African martyr August 2 Blessed Isidore Bakanja 1909 A Congolese laborer and catechist August 17 2 | P a g e martyred for his faith Foundress of the Catholic Action in Blessed Victoire Rasoamanarivo 1894 August 21 Madagascar, beatified in 1989 Thrown into a pit of quicklime in Utica, 153 martyrs of Utica c.260 August 24 Tunisia Mother of St. Augustine of Hippo, widowed St. Monica 387 August 27 at age 40 A desert monk known for his holiness, and St. Poemen c.400 August 27 who encouraged frequent Communion Bishop of Hippo Regius (modern Annaba) St. Augustine of Hippo 354-430 August 28 on coast of Algeria, Doctor of the Church A slave, gang leader, who after conversion died a martyr of non-violence on August St. Moses the Black 395 28, his feast day. The date providentially August 28 coincides with the march to Washington by 200,000 African Americans in 1963 Blessed Ghebre Mikha'el 1855 Ethiopian priest and martyr September 2 9 Bishops, several deacons and lay persons St. Donatian and Companions 257 September 10 who died in a marble quarry in North Africa Martyrs, who were killed at Agauno, St. Maurice and his Theban 287 Switzerland for refusing to sacrifice to September 22 Legion (from Egypt) pagan divinities Apostle and Evangelist. According to one St. Matthew 1st Cent. ancient tradition, he was the first September 21 evangelizer of Nubia (modern Sudan) St. Raissa c.300 Virgin and martyr from Alexandria September 22 Twin Brothers; Aizan was the first Christian SS. Aizan and Sazan 360 October 1 Emperor of the Kingdom of Axum, Ethiopia St. Thais c.350 Egyptian penitent, converted after many October 8 3 | P a g e years as a prostitute St. Cerbonius 573 African missionary Bishop in Italy October 10 St. Michael Aragave 4th Cent. One of the first Ethiopian Monks October 11 A disciple of St. Anthony of Egypt, martyred St. Sarmata 357 October 11 by Saracens in the Egyptian desert 5000 African martyrs and African martyrs deported and killed for 483 October 12 confessers of the faith their faith by the Vandal King Huneric Commemoration of the Saints of the Ethiopian Church: St. Syriac monks and founders of the Church in 380 October 27 Frumentius (Abba Salama) and Ethiopia Aedesius An Ethiopian King who died as a monk in St. Elesbaan 555 October 27 Jerusalem St. Lalibala (Ghebre Mesgel) 1255 An Ethiopian Emperor revered for his faith October 27 St. Tekla Hymanot 1313 A great Ethiopian reformer of monasticism October 27 Born in Peru, son of a Spanish father and an African slave mother, who became a pharmacist at an early age and later joined St. Martin de Porres 1639 the Dominican Order, where he continued November 3 to dispense medicine to the poor, while living a humble and austere life, with great devotion to the Eucharist Head of the Catechetical School in St. Pierius 4th Cent. November 4 Alexandria St. Achilias 312 Head of religious instruction in Alexandria November 7 An Egyptian soldier in Phygia, who fled St. Nennas c.300 November 11 from persecution and became a hermit Martyrs, victims of the Arian Kind of the St. Arcadius and Companions 437 November 13 Vandals, Genseric 4 | P a g e Bishop of Rome and third African Pope (492-496), liturgical reformer, who ordered St. Gelasius 496 November 21 the reception of Communion under both species Virgin and martyr who suffered martyrdom St. Catherine of Alexandria 4th Cent. in Alexandria. Her relics are said to be kept November 25 in the monastery of St. Catherine on Sinai Patriarch of Alexandria during the Roman St. Peter Martyr of Alexandria 311 November 25 persecution Virgin and martyr, a member of the Holy Blessed Anuarite Nengapeta 1964 Family Sister in Congo Kinshasa, martyred December 1 by the Simba rebels A lawyer who resigned and became St. Cassian of Tangiers 298 December 3 Christian and died as a martyr Bishop of Rome and second African Pope St. Melchiades 314 December 10 (311-314) List prepared by: J. Mutiso-Mbinda, 1998. 5 | P a g e .