Monastic or Hermit · March 3
St. Teresa Eustochio Verzeri
Teresa Eustochio Verzeri was an Italian Roman Catholic who became a Benedictine nun and established the Daughters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
Italy · Present-day geography
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Saints from Italy
Read the full stories of 245 saints whose birth or early family origins are associated with present-day Italy.
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Monastic or Hermit · September 1
St. Teresa Margaret of the Sacred Heart
Teresa Margaret of the Sacred Heart was an Italian Discalced Carmelite nun.
Italy · Present-day geography
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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 or Deacon · January 11
St. Tommaso da Cori
Tommaso da Cori was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Order of Friars Minor who lived as a hermit for much of his religious life.
Italy · Present-day geography
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Bishop · May 16
St. Ubald
Ubald was a medieval bishop of Gubbio, in Umbria, today venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church.
Italy · Present-day geography
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Monastic or Hermit · February 1
St. Verdiana
Verdiana was an Italian anchorite who lived in prayer and seclusion at Castelfiorentino.
Italy · Present-day geography
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Religious · July 9
St. Veronica Giuliani
Veronica Giuliani was an Italian Capuchin Poor Clares nun and mystic. She was canonized by Pope Gregory XVI in 1839.
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Priest / Deacon · January 22
St. Vincent Pallotti
Vincent Pallotti, SAC was an Italian Catholic cleric and the founder of the Society of the Catholic Apostolate, later known as the Pious Society of Missions .
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Priest or Deacon · December 20
St. Vincent Romano
Vincent Romano was an Italian Roman Catholic priest born in Torre del Greco in Naples.
Italy · Present-day geography
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Bishop · September 24
St. Vincent Strambi
Vincenzo Strambi was an Italian Passionist. He was appointed prelate and served as the Bishop of Macerata-Tolentino from 1801 until his resignation in 1823.
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Religious · June 28
St. Vincenza Gerosa
Vincenza Gerosa was an Italian Roman Catholic professed religious and the co-foundress of the Sisters of Charity of Lovere that she founded alongside Bartolomea Capitanio.
Italy · Present-day geography
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Priest · November 7
St. Vincenzo Grossi
Vincenzo Grossi was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and the founder of the Daughters of the Oratory.
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