| St. Gregory VII, then known as Hildebrand, hadn't yet been ordained when he got made this in 1073 |
the pope |
200 |
June 26, 2015 |
| St. Nuno Alvares Pereira, who led this country's fight for independence from Spain, was canonized in 2009 |
Portugal |
400 |
June 26, 2015 |
| St. Clare of this Italian town was influenced by St. Francis, also from there; she didn't think poverty was for the birds |
Assisi |
600 |
June 26, 2015 |
| St. Stephen earned sainthood the hard way, telling off the Sanhedrin before getting this to death, literally |
stoned |
1000 |
June 26, 2015 |
| St. Cyprian was bishop of this old foe of Rome during a persecution of Christians; make that St. Cyprian the Martyr |
Carthage |
|
June 26, 2015 |
| He's the patron of Scotland & of fishermen |
St. Andrew |
200 |
September 17, 2003 |
| This marytyr who was cooked to death on a gridiron has a river, gulf & seaway named for him |
St. Lawrence |
400 |
September 17, 2003 |
| Born a Jew, he became the "Apostle of the Gentiles" |
Paul |
600 |
September 17, 2003 |
| There are women saints named this of Bologna, of Genoa & of Siena |
Catherine |
800 |
September 17, 2003 |
| Saints from this country include 2 11th century kings, Stephen & Ladislas the First |
Hungary |
1000 |
September 17, 2003 |
| Along with St. Andrew's & St. Patrick's, his cross appears on Britain's Union Jack |
St. George |
200 |
May 9, 2002 |
| T.S. Eliot's "Murder in the Cathedral" deals with the murder of this saint |
Thomas à Becket |
400 |
May 9, 2002 |
| He's the "beloved physician" of Colossians |
Luke |
800 |
May 9, 2002 |
| A follower of St. Francis, this "poor" saint is the patroness of television |
Clare |
1000 |
May 9, 2002 |
| St. Paul shares his June 29 feast day with this man whom he rebukes in Galatians |
St. Peter |
|
May 9, 2002 |
| In 1969 the feast day of this patron saint of lovers was dropped from the liturgical calendar |
St. Valentine |
100 |
April 15, 1999 |
| She was canonized in 1933, 89 years after her birth in Lourdes |
St. Bernadette |
200 |
April 15, 1999 |
| This country's capital was originally Santiago de Leon de Caracas, after Santiago, or Saint James |
Venezuela |
400 |
April 15, 1999 |
| It's how Matthias was chosen to fill the spot among the 12 apostles vacated by Judas Iscariot |
Chosen by lot |
500 |
April 15, 1999 |
| St. Ambrose said, "If you are at" this city "live in (its) style:...elsewhere live as they live elsewhere" |
Rome |
|
April 15, 1999 |
| Saint Adalbert, the "Apostle of the Prussians", became bishop of this Czech capital in 982 |
Prague |
100 |
January 27, 1997 |
| This archangel is the patron saint of messengers |
Gabriel |
200 |
January 27, 1997 |
| Saint Victor I replaced this language with Latin as the official language of the church |
Greek |
300 |
January 27, 1997 |
| Legend says Saint Sylvester I cured this first Christian Roman emperor of leprosy |
Constantine |
400 |
January 27, 1997 |
| She immigrated to New York from Italy in 1889 & in 1946 was the first U.S. citizen canonized |
Mother Cabrini |
500 |
January 27, 1997 |
| St. Ciaran founded an abbey at Clonmacnoise in this country; St. Patrick didn't do everything |
Ireland |
100 |
October 14, 1996 |
| Raphael & Gabriel share this other angel's September 29 feast day |
Michael |
200 |
October 14, 1996 |
| Jesus said to this disciple, "Feed my lambs, feed my sheep" |
Peter |
300 |
October 14, 1996 |
| It might take an Einstein to figure out that he's the patron saint of science students |
Albert |
400 |
October 14, 1996 |
| Over 60 saints have this simple 4-letter name, including one of Jesus' apostles |
John |
500 |
October 14, 1996 |
| In art Saint Agnes is often portrayed holding one of these young sheep, a symbol of innocence |
a lamb |
100 |
May 6, 1996 |
| This saint was held prisoner for about a year in 1202 during a dispute between Assissi & Perugia |
Francis |
200 |
May 6, 1996 |
| Saint Malachy brought about this country's use of the Roman liturgy, instead of the Celtic |
Ireland |
300 |
May 6, 1996 |
| Saint Bruno of Cologne was co-regent of this empire; his brother Otto I was emperor |
the Holy Roman Empire |
400 |
May 6, 1996 |
| This apostle, called Levi in Mark's gospel, is the patron of tax collectors |
Matthew |
500 |
May 6, 1996 |
| 10 days after she joined the French army, it routed the English force besieging Orleans |
Joan of Arc |
100 |
February 6, 1996 |
| In 1093 St. Anselm was named archbishop of this by a gravely ill William II of England |
Canterbury |
200 |
February 6, 1996 |
| Like St. Stephen I, St. Ladislas I was king of this country |
Hungary |
300 |
February 6, 1996 |
| This patron saint of children was bishop of Myra, Lycia |
St. Nicholas |
400 |
February 6, 1996 |
| The principal source of information about this saint is a biography by the Welsh scholar Rhygyfarch |
(St.) David |
500 |
February 6, 1996 |
| This pope has canonized more saints than his 7 predecessors combined |
John Paul II |
100 |
July 11, 1995 |
| In 1224 this saint of Assisi began suffering from stigmata |
St. Francis |
200 |
July 11, 1995 |
| This saint called "the Divine" was a fisherman & brother of St. James the Greater |
St. John (the Divine) |
300 |
July 11, 1995 |
| Saint Athananius was born in & later became bishop of this northern Egyptian city |
Alexandria |
400 |
July 11, 1995 |
| Fellow novices nicknamed this saint born near Aquino, Italy "Dumb Ox" |
St. Thomas of Aquinas |
500 |
July 11, 1995 |
| Before St. George slew this beast, the townspeople had attempted to appease it with sheep |
the dragon |
100 |
February 7, 1995 |
| This apostle may have reached southern India as legend suggests, but some "doubt" it |
(St.) Thomas |
200 |
February 7, 1995 |
| St. Romanus the Melodist wrote 1,000 of these religious songs of praise; about 60 survive |
hymns |
300 |
February 7, 1995 |
| St. John of this Syrian capital is a saint of both the Roman Catholic & Greek Orthodox churches |
Damascus |
400 |
February 7, 1995 |
| St. Catherine of Siena helped convince Pope Gregory XI to return to Rome from this French papal city |
Avignon |
500 |
February 7, 1995 |
| Though he no longer has a Catholic feast day, this patron of travelers is still venerated as a saint |
St. Christopher |
100 |
September 15, 1992 |
| St. Stanislaus of Krakow is the patron saint of this country |
Poland |
200 |
September 15, 1992 |
| Just before he was killed in 1170, he repeated the names of archbishops martyred before him |
St. Thomas Becket |
300 |
September 15, 1992 |
| Legend says St. Sylvester I baptized this Roman emperor who granted toleration to Christianity |
Constantine |
400 |
September 15, 1992 |
| It was to this sister of Lazarus that Jesus declared, "I am the resurrection and the life" |
Martha |
500 |
September 15, 1992 |
| This saint, the Bishop of Myra, is the origin of Father Christmas |
Nicholas |
100 |
May 4, 1992 |
| St. Barnabas persuaded the Christians of Jerusalem to accept among them this apostle from Tarsus |
Paul |
200 |
May 4, 1992 |
| St. Ulric of Augsburg's Feast Day falls on this U.S. patriotic holiday |
4th of July |
300 |
May 4, 1992 |
| His emblem of 2 crossed keys is featured on the Vatican flag |
St. Peter |
400 |
May 4, 1992 |
| St. Francis Xavier's body was enshrined at Goa in this country |
India |
500 |
May 4, 1992 |
| The Penguin Book of Saints calls him the foster father of Jesus Christ |
St. Joseph |
100 |
January 8, 1992 |
| His first successor in the See of Rome was St. Linus |
St. Peter |
200 |
January 8, 1992 |
| Not surprisingly, he's the patron saint of skiers |
St. Bernard |
300 |
January 8, 1992 |
| He was canonized in 1173, just 3 years after he was murdered at Canterbury |
Thomas Becket |
400 |
January 8, 1992 |
| His supposed relics were brought from Alexandria to Venice in the 9th century |
St. Mark |
500 |
January 8, 1992 |
| In 1636 St. Philip of Moscow was canonized by this church, not the Roman Catholic Church |
the Eastern Orthodox Church |
100 |
October 4, 1991 |
| Thomism is a theological school that follows the teachings of this 13th century saint |
St. Thomas Aquinas |
200 |
October 4, 1991 |
| She gave the head of St. John the Baptist to her mother, Herodias |
Salome |
300 |
October 4, 1991 |
| This "Venerable" British saint who died in 735 wasn't canonized until 1899 |
the Venerable Bede |
400 |
October 4, 1991 |
| At his 1535 execution on Tower Hill, he called himself "The king's good servant, but God's first" |
St. Thomas More |
500 |
October 4, 1991 |
| St. Veronica is supposed to have wiped his face & an image of it remained on her cloth |
Jesus |
100 |
September 17, 1991 |
| It's said the altar of the Vatican Basilica stands above his grave |
St. Peter |
200 |
September 17, 1991 |
| The prayers of Genevieve are said to have turned Attila & his Huns away from this city |
Paris |
300 |
September 17, 1991 |
| Saints born in this town include Clare & Francis |
Assisi |
400 |
September 17, 1991 |
| In Ireland she's right up there with St. Patrick; in fact, she's called "The Mary of the Gael" |
St. Brigid |
500 |
September 17, 1991 |
| Martin I, who died in 655, was the last holder of this office to be martyred |
pope |
100 |
September 3, 1991 |
| This patrol saint of artists & physicians wrote the third Gospel |
Luke |
200 |
September 3, 1991 |
| St. Brigid, also known as St. Bride, founded the 1st Women's Religious Community in this country |
Ireland |
300 |
September 3, 1991 |
| St. Helen was the mother of this Roman emperor who decreed the toleration of Christianity |
Constantine |
400 |
September 3, 1991 |
| He's the patron saint of Russians & sailors as well as children |
Nicholas |
500 |
September 3, 1991 |
| The saint who baptized Jesus |
John the Baptist |
100 |
March 2, 1990 |
| In the spiritual, this saint & archangel is asked to "row the boat ashore" |
Michael |
200 |
March 2, 1990 |
| When Pope Leo XIII told this Italian to "go west", she went to America to help immigrants |
Frances Cabrini |
300 |
March 2, 1990 |
| One of the most popular Roman saints, her symbol in art is a lamb |
Agnes |
400 |
March 2, 1990 |
| After the crucifixion this saint buried Christ's body in his own tomb |
Joseph of Arimathea |
500 |
March 2, 1990 |
| Simeon the Stylite sat atop one of these for some 36 years, a Guinness record |
pillar |
100 |
October 10, 1988 |
| We don't know much about St. Bartholomew except that he was 1 of this group's original 12 |
12 Apostles |
200 |
October 10, 1988 |
| The calendar of saints says they were the 1st non-Jews to have worshipped Jesus |
Three Kings (Wisemen) |
300 |
October 10, 1988 |
| The emblem of St. Nicholas; no wonder Christmas puts gift-buying parents in hock |
3 balls |
400 |
October 10, 1988 |
| The name of this South American capital is Spanish for St. James |
Santiago |
500 |
October 10, 1988 |
| Boy Scouts in England know that this man, their patron saint, also holds that post for the country |
Saint George |
100 |
March 25, 1988 |
| Saint who got his name from giving Jesus a piggyback ride across a river |
Saint Christopher |
200 |
March 25, 1988 |
| This saint's feast day is December 6; St. Anastasia got the 25th |
Saint Nicholas |
300 |
March 25, 1988 |
| The patron saint who stands against atheistic communism & for children's aspirin |
Saint Joseph |
400 |
March 25, 1988 |
| In the Roman Church, beatification is the step before this, which makes one a saint |
canonization |
500 |
March 25, 1988 |
| Though you may "doubt" it, this apostle was reportedly killed in India |
Thomas |
100 |
December 8, 1987 |
| Legend says 1 of these mythical beasts swallowed St. Margaret |
a dragon |
200 |
December 8, 1987 |
| The Latin word for this baby animal is "agnus", & St. Agnes is often pictured holding one |
a lamb |
400 |
December 8, 1987 |
| St. Catherine of Siena played a major role in moving the papacy from this French city back to Rome |
Avignon |
500 |
December 8, 1987 |
| It's said this giant's name was Reprobus, but he changed it to this, which means "Christ-bearer" |
St. Christopher |
|
December 8, 1987 |
| It's said that St. Denis actually walked to a church carrying this after he was decapitated |
his head |
100 |
November 12, 1986 |
| The apostle Jude was also called this, though he wasn't the 1 who betrayed Christ |
Judas |
200 |
November 12, 1986 |
| St. Helena once empress of Rome, reputedly discovered this relic centuries after Christ's crucifixion |
Cloth of Christ |
300 |
November 12, 1986 |
| The onion-domed cathedral on Moscow's Red Square is named for this saint |
St. Basil |
400 |
November 12, 1986 |
| This country's crown bears the name of St. Stephen, who became its 1st crowned king in the year 1000 |
Hungary |
500 |
November 12, 1986 |