Monastic / Hermit · November 18
St. Rose Philippine Duchesne
Rose Philippine Duchesne, RSCJ , was a French religious sister and educator whom Pope John Paul II canonized in 1988.
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Monastic / Hermit · November 23
St. Columbanus
Columbanus was an Irish missionary notable for founding a number of monasteries after 590 in the Frankish and Lombard kingdoms, most notably Luxeuil Abbey in present-day France and Bobbio Abbey in present-day Italy.
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Apostle / Disciple · November 30
St. Andrew the Apostle
Andrew the Apostle was an apostle of Jesus.
Holy Land (historical region) · Historical region
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Martyr · December 1
St. Charles de Foucauld
Charles de Foucauld, born as Charles Eugène, vicomte de Foucauld de Pontbriand , in religion Charles of Jesus, was a French monk, Catholic priest and hermit who lived among the Tuareg people in the Sahara in Algeria.
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Priest / Deacon · December 3
St. Francis Xavier
Francis Xavier , venerated as Saint Francis Xavier, was a Navarrese cleric and missionary.
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Priest / Deacon · June 9
St. Columba
Columba or Colmcille was an Irish abbot and missionary credited with spreading Christianity at the start of the Hiberno-Scottish mission in what became Scotland.
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Bishop · August 31
St. Aidan of Lindisfarne
Aidan of Lindisfarne was an Irish monk and missionary credited with converting the Anglo-Saxons to Christianity in Northumbria.
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Martyr · October 21
St. Pedro Calungsod
Pedro Calungsod , also known as Peter Calungsod and Pedro Calonsor, was a Catholic Filipino-Visayan migrant, sacristan and missionary catechist who, along with the Spanish Jesuit missionary Diego Luis de San Vitores, proselytized and converted the…
Philippines · Disputed locality
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Martyr · November 24
St. Théophane Vénard
Jean-Théophane Vénard was a
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Martyr · October 19
St. Jean de Brébeuf
Jean de Brébeuf was a French Jesuit missionary who travelled to New France in 1625.
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Martyr · October 19
St. Isaac Jogues
Isaac Jogues was a French missionary and martyr who traveled and worked among the Haudenosaunee, Wendat , and other Native populations in North America.
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Martyr · October 19
St. René Goupil
René Goupil, , was a French Jesuit lay missionary who became a lay brother of the Society of Jesus shortly before his death.
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