Modern martyr · August 14
St. Maximilian Kolbe
A Franciscan priest who offered his life for another prisoner at Auschwitz.
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Doctor of the Church · June 13
St. Anthony of Padua
A Franciscan preacher who made the Gospel clear and challenged injustice.
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Founder · July 31
St. Ignatius of Loyola
A wounded soldier whose conversion became a school of prayer and discernment.
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Founder · September 27
St. Vincent de Paul
A priest who organized enduring works of charity around the dignity of people in need.
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Bishop · January 7
St. Raymond of Peñafort
Raymond of Penyafort was a Catalan friar with the Dominicans who was a canon lawyer.
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Martyr · January 16
St. Berard of Carbio
Berard of Carbio was a thirteenth-century Franciscan friar who was executed in Morocco for attempting to promote Christianity.
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Martyr · January 22; January 23
St. Vincent of Saragossa
Vincent of Saragossa was a deacon of the Church of Zaragoza .
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Doctor of the Church · January 28
St. Thomas Aquinas
Thomas Aquinas was an Italian Dominican friar and priest, theologian, and philosopher.
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Priest / Deacon · January 31
St. John Bosco
John Melchior Bosco, SDB , popularly known as Don Bosco , was an Italian Catholic priest, educator, and writer.
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Priest / Deacon · February 4
St. Gilbert of Sempringham
Gilbert of Sempringham was an English Catholic who founded the Gilbertine Order.
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Priest / Deacon · July 23
St. John Cassian
John Cassian , also known as John the Ascetic and John Cassian the Roman, was a Christian monk and theologian celebrated in both the Western and Eastern churches for his mystical writings.
Origin uncertain · Disputed birthplace
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Priest / Deacon · March 5
St. John Joseph of the Cross
John Joseph of the Cross, OFM was an Italian Catholic priest and professed member of the Order of Friars Minor who hailed from the island of Ischia.
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