139 lives of faith. Showing 13–24.
Martyr · February 9
Saint Apollonia was one of a group of virgin martyrs who suffered in Alexandria during a local uprising against the Christians prior to the persecution of Decius.
Origin uncertain · Birthplace unknown
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Lay saint · March 4
Casimir Jagiellon was a prince of the Kingdom of Poland and of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
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Lay saint · May 6
Dominic Savio was a 19th-century Italian teenager who was a student of John Bosco and became a Catholic saint.
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Lay saint · March 25
The penitent thief, also known as the good thief, wise thief, grateful thief, or thief on the cross, is one of two unnamed thieves in Luke the Evangelist's account of the crucifixion of Jesus in the New Testament.
Origin uncertain · Birthplace unknown
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Lay saint · September 15
Catherine of Genoa was an Italian saint and mystic, known for her work among the sick and the poor and remembered because of various writings describing both these actions and her mystical experiences.
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Martyr · April 23
Saint George , also George of Lydda, was an early Christian martyr who is venerated as a saint in Christianity.
Turkey · Traditional attribution
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Lay saint · April 27
Zita , also known as Sitha or Citha, is an Italian saint, the patroness saint of maids and domestic servants.
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Doctor of the Church · April 29
Caterina di Jacopo di Benincasa, TOSD , known as Catherine of Siena, was an Italian Catholic mystic and diplomat who engaged in papal and Italian politics through extensive letter-writing and advocacy.
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Lay saint · May 15
Isidore the Laborer, born Isidro de Merlo y Quintana, also known as Isidore the Farmer , was a Mozarab farmworker who lived in medieval Madrid.
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Martyr · June 1
Justin Martyr , also known as Justin the Philosopher, was an early Christian apologist and philosopher.
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Martyr · July 6
Maria Teresa Goretti was an Italian virgin martyr of the Catholic Church, and one of the youngest saints to be canonized.
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Lay saint · July 13
Henry II , also known as Saint Henry, Obl.
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