We have a summary section for each Saint that lists, if available, their year of birth, death, and canonization. It includes, if they are celebrated in and when they were added to the Roman Calendar (if available). Also it lists whether or not they are in the Roman Canon and any other significant information (i.e. doctor of the Church). Finally, there is a brief biography of the Saint.

The Process of Canonization

In 993, Pope John XV elevated Uric of Augsburg formally and universally as we do today to the level of Saint. Before that time, local bishops would decide which candidates would have honorable mention and feast days. Originally, only martyrs were honored and "recommended" to the public.

Pope Alexander III in the 12th century was the first pope to restrict the prerogative of canonization to the Holy See. In 1983 the process was modified, with one of the changes being to reduce the process to ten years. The person must have died at least five years prior to the beginning of the process.

The levels in the process are Venerable, Blessed, and Saint.

Venerable - The congregation researches the candidate's virtues to verify if the person practiced virtue to a heroic degree, or died a martyr's death, and either does or does not recommend their cause. When the pope accepts the report, the candidate in termed "Venerable."

Blessed - The second (apostolic) process continues the first. Now is a very lengthy process of scrutiny over the person's life, virtues, writings and reputation for holiness. Customarily one miracle must be credited to the candidate's intercession with God. The venerable candidate would then be "beatified" by the pope at a ceremony in St. Peter's Basilica.

Saint - Canonization means being "raised to the full honors of the altar." A second miracle, after beatification is required. In the ceremonies, the name of the saint is mentioned in the Eucharistic prayer of the Mass, and is usually accorded triduum, often in another church in Rome.

Beatification allows veneration, canonization requires it. The beatified are recommended to a city/region or religious order for veneration, the Canonized are recommended to the whole Church.

Prayer for any Saints Day from Catholic Dispatch

Grant, we beseech Thee, almighty God, that the examples of Saint _______ may effectually move us to reform our lives; that while we celebrate his festival, we may also imitate his actions. Through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

Look upon our weakness, almighty God, and since the burden of our own deeds weighs heavily upon us, may the glorious intercession of Saint _______ protect us. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Patron Saints by Category

Alphabetical by Topic - Uppercase=Martyr - Bold=New Roman Calendar A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Topic	Saint	Feast Day
A
Abandoned Infants	St. Jerome Emiliani	02/08
Accountants	ST. MATTHEW	09/21
Advertisers	St. Bernardine of Siena	05/20
Altar Servers	St. John Berchmans	08/13
Animals	St. Francis of Assisi	10/04
Animals, Domestic	St. Anthony	01/17
Animals, Domestic	ST. CORNELIUS	09/16
Animals, Domestic	St. Ambrose	12/07
Apologists	ST. JUSTIN	06/01
Archers	ST. SEBASTIAN	01/20
Architects	ST. THOMAS	07/03
Armorers	ST. SEBASTIAN	01/20
Armories	ST. LAWRENCE	08/10
Artists	St. Michael	09/29
Artists	ST. LUKE	10/18
Astronomers	St. Dominic	08/08
Athletes	ST. SEBASTIAN	01/20
Authors	St. Francis de Sales	01/24
Authors	ST. LUCY	12/13
Automobilists	St. Frances of Rome	03/09
Aviators	Thérèse of the Child Jesus	10/01
Aviators	Our Lady of Loretto	12/10
B
Bakers	St. Elizabeth of Hungary	11/17
Bakers	St. Nicholas of Myra	12/06
Bakers	ST. PETER	06/29
Bankers	ST. MATTHEW	09/21
Barbers	St. Louis of France	08/25
Barbers	SS. COSMAS AND DAMIAN	09/26
Barren Women	ST. FELICITY	03/07
Barren Women	St. Anthony of Padua	06/13
Basket-makers	St. Anthony	01/17
Beekeepers	St. Bernard of Clairvaux	08/20
Beekeepers	St. Ambrose	12/07
Beggars	St. Martin of Tours	11/11
Beggars	St. Elizabeth of Hungary	11/17
Blind	SS. COSMAS AND DAMIAN	09/26
Blind	St. Raphael	09/29
Blind	ST. LUCY	12/13
Bodily Ills	Our Lady or Lourdes	02/11
Bookkeepers	ST. MATTHEW	09/21
Booksellers	Thomas Aquinas	01/28
Booksellers	St. John of God	03/08
Booksellers	St. John the Evangelist	12/27
Boy Scouts	ST. GEORGE	04/23
Brewers	ST. BONIFACE	06/05
Brewers	St. Augustine	08/28
Brewers	ST. LUKE	10/18
Brewers	St. Nicholas of Myra	12/06
Bricklayers	ST. STEPHEN	12/26
Brides	St. Nicholas of Myra	12/06
Broadcasters	St. Gabriel	09/29
Brush-makers	St. Anthony	01/17
Builders	St. Vincent Ferrer	04/05
Builders	ST. THOMAS	07/03
Butchers	St. Anthony	01/17
Butchers	ST. LUKE	10/18
C
Cabinet-makers	St. Anne, Mother of Mary	07/26
Cancer Patients	St. Peregrine Laziosi	05/02
Canonist	St. Raymond of Penyafort	01/07
Candle Makers	St. Ambrose	12/07
Captives	St. Nicholas of Myra	12/06
Carpenters	St. Joseph, Husband of Mary	03/19
Catechists	St. Robert Bellarmine	09/17
Catechists	St. Charles Borromeo	11/04
Catechumens	St. Robert Bellarmine	09/17
Catechumens	St. Charles Borromeo	11/04
Catholic Action	St. Francis of Assisi	10/04
Catholic Action	ST. PAUL	06/29
Catholic Charities	St. Elizabeth of Portugal	07/04
Catholic Charities	St. Elizabeth of Hungary	11/17
Catholic Schools	Thomas Aquinas	01/28
Catholic Writers/Press	St. Francis de Sales	01/24
Catholic Youth	St. Charles Lwanga	06/03
Catholic Youth	St. Aloysius Gonzaga	06/21
Cattle	ST. CORNELIUS	09/16
Cavalrymen	ST. GEORGE	04/23
Chandlers	St. Bernard of Clairvaux	08/20
Chandlers	St. Ambrose	12/07
Charitable Societies	St. Vincent de Paul	09/27
Child Birth	St. Gerard Majella	10/16
Children	ST. PANCRAS	05/12
Children	St. Nicholas of Myra	12/06
Children, Abandoned	St. Jerome Emiliani	02/08
Children of Mary	ST. AGNES	01/21
Children of Mary	ST. MARIA GORETTI	07/06
Childless Women	St. Anne, Mother of Mary	07/26
Chivalry	ST. GEORGE	04/23
Church	St. Joseph, Husband of Mary	03/19
Christian Mothers	St. Anne, Mother of Mary	07/26
Clock makers	ST. PETER	06/29
Communications	St. Gabriel	09/29
Confessors	St. Alphonsus Liguori	08/02
Convulsion in Children	St. Scholastica	02/10
Cooks	St. Martha	07/29
Cooks	ST. LAWRENCE	08/10
Coopers	St. Nicholas of Myra	12/06
Cursillo Movement	ST. PAUL	06/29
Custom Officials	ST. MATTHEW	09/21
D
Deaf	St. Francis de Sales	01/24
Desperate Situations	ST. JUDE THADDEUS	10/28
Doctors	ST. LUKE	10/18
Druggists	ST. JAMES THE LESS	05/03
Druggists	SS. COSMAS AND DAMIAN	09/26
Dying	St. Joseph, Husband of Mary	03/19
Dying	ST. JAMES THE LESS	05/03
E
Ecology	St. Francis of Assisi	10/04
Editors	St. John Bosco	01/31
Elderly	St. Anthony of Padua	06/13
Emigrants	St. Francis Xavier Cabrini	11/13
Engaged Couples	ST. AGNES	01/21
Engineers	St. Joseph, Husband of Mary	03/19
Expectant Mothers	St. Gerard Majella	10/16
Eye Disorders	St. Clare of Assisi	08/11
Eye Trouble	ST. LUCY	12/13
F
Family	St. Joseph, Husband of Mary	03/19
Farmers	St. Isidore, the Farmer	05/15
Farmers	ST. GEORGE	04/23
Farriers	ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST	08/29
Fathers	St. Joseph, Husband of Mary	03/19
Florists	St. Rose of Lima	08/23
Florists	Thérèse of the Child Jesus	10/01
Fire Prevention	St. Catherine of Siena	04/29
Fires	ST. AGATHA	02/05
Fishermen	ST. PETER	06/29
Fishermen	ST. ANDREW	11/30
Florists	Thérèse of the Child Jesus	10/01
Fullers	ST. JAMES THE LESS	05/03
G
Gardeners	St. Rose of Lima	08/23
Geometricians	ST. THOMAS	07/03
Girls	ST. AGNES	01/21
Glass-workers	ST. LUKE	10/18
Glaziers	ST. MARK	04/25
Grave-diggers	St. Anthony	01/17
Grocers	St. Michael	09/29
Guardian Angles	St. Raphael	09/29
H
Hairdressers	St. Martin de Porres	11/03
Harvest	St. Anthony of Padua	06/13
Hatters	ST. JAMES THE LESS	05/03
Headaches	St. Teresa of Avila	10/15
Heart Ailments	St. John of God	03/08
Hospitals	St. John of God	03/08
Hospitals	ST. JUDE THADDEUS	10/28
Housewives	St. Anne, Mother of Mary	07/26
Housewives	St. Martha	07/29
I
Inn-keepers	St. Martin de Porres	11/03
Interior souls	St. Joseph, Husband of Mary	03/19
Immigrants	St. Francis Xavier Cabrini	11/13
Ironmongers	ST. SEBASTIAN	01/20
J
Journalists	St. Francis de Sales	01/24
Jurists	St. John of Capistrano	10/23
K
Knights	St. Michael	09/29
L
Laborers	St. Isidore, the Farmer	05/15
Laborers	ST. JAMES	07/25
Lawyers	St. Thomas More	06/22
Lay Apostate	ST. PAUL	06/29
Learning	St. Ambrose	12/07
Librarians	St. Jerome	09/30
Lost Articles	St. Anthony of Padua	06/13
Lovers	St. Raphael	09/29
M
Marble-workers	ST. CLEMENT I	11/23
Mariners	St. Nicholas of Myra	12/06
Mariners	St. Michael	09/29
Married Women	St. Monica	08/27
Masons	St. Louis of France	08/25
Merchants	St. Francis of Assisi	10/04
Merchants	St. Nicholas of Myra	12/06
Messengers	St. Gabriel	09/29
Military Chaplains	St. John of Capistrano	10/23
Miners	St. Anne, Mother of Mary	07/26
Missions	Thérèse of the Child Jesus	10/01
Missions	St. Francis Xavier	12/03
Missions (Negro)	St. Peter Claver	09/09
Mothers	St. Anne, Mother of Mary	07/26
Mothers	St. Monica	08/27
Musicians	ST. PAUL	06/29
Musicians	St. Gregory the Great	09/03
Musicians	ST. CECILIA	11/22
N
Notaries	ST. MARK	04/25
Notaries	ST. LUKE	10/18
Nurses	St. John of God	03/08
Nurses	ST. AGATHA	02/05
Nurses	St. Raphael	09/29
O
Old Maids	ST. ANDREW	11/30
Orators	St. John Chrysostom	09/13
Organ Builders	ST. CECILIA	11/22
Orphans	St. Jerome Emiliani	02/08
P
Painters	ST. LUKE	10/18
Painters	St. John the Evangelist	12/27
Paratroopers	St. Michael	09/29
Pawnbrokers	St. Nicholas of Myra	12/06
Penitents	St. Mary Magdalene	07/22
Pharmacists	SS. COSMAS AND DAMIAN	09/26
Philosophers	St. Thomas Aquinas	01/28
Philosophers	ST. JUSTIN	06/01
Physicians	SS. COSMAS AND DAMIAN	09/26
Physicians	ST. LUKE	10/18
Physicians	St. Raphael	09/29
Pilgrims	ST. JAMES	07/25
Plasterers	ST. BARTHOLOMEW	08/24
Plumbers	St. Vincent Ferrer	04/05
Poets	ST. CECILIA	11/22
Poisoning	St. Benedict	07/11
Policemen	St. Michael	09/29
Poor	St. Anthony of Padua	06/13
Poor	ST. LAWRENCE	08/10
Possessed	St. Bruno	10/06
Possessed	ST. DENIS	10/09
Postal Employees	St. Gabriel	09/29
Preachers	St. John Chrysostom	09/13
Priests	St. John Mary Vianney	08/04
Printers	St. John of God	03/08
Printers	St. Augustine	08/28
Printers	ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST	08/29
R
Radio-workers	St. Gabriel	09/29
Radiologists	St. Michael	09/29
Retreats	St. Ignatius of Loyola	07/31
Rome	ST. PETER	06/29
Rome	ST. PAUL	06/29
Rome	ST. LAWRENCE	08/10
Rome	St. Philip Neri	05/26
Rheumatism	ST. JAMES	07/25
Rural Communities	St. Isidore, the Farmer	05/15
S
Sacred Music	ST. CECILIA	11/22
Sailors	St. Nicholas of Myra	12/06
Schools	St. Thomas Aquinas	01/28
Schools for the Poor	St. Joseph Calasanz	08/25
Schoolboys	St. Benedict	07/11
Schoolboys	ST. LAWRENCE	08/10
Scientists	St. Albert the Great	11/15
Scripture Scholars	St. Jerome	09/30
Sculptors	St. Louis of France	08/25
Sculptors	ST. LUKE	10/18
Seminarians	St. Charles Borromeo	11/04
Servants	St. Martha	07/29
Sick	St. John of God	03/08
Sick	ST. BARTHOLOMEW	08/24
Sick	St. Michael	09/29
Sick Pilgrims	St. Pius X	08/21
Singers	St. Gregory the Great	09/03
Singers	ST. CECILIA	11/22
Singles	ST. ANDREW	11/30
Skin Diseases	St. Anthony	01/17
Snake Bites	St. Hilary of Poitiers	01/13
Social Justice	St. Joseph, Husband of Mary	03/19
Social Justice	St. Martin de Porres	11/03
Soldiers	ST. SEBASTIAN	01/20
Soldiers	ST. GEORGE	04/23
Soldiers	St. Ignatius of Loyola	07/31
Soldiers	St. Michael	09/29
Soldiers	St. Martin of Tours	11/11
Sore Throat	ST. BLAISE	02/03
Speakers	St. John Chrysostom	09/13
Stomach Disorders	St. Timothy	01/26
Stone-cutters	ST. CLEMENT I	11/23
Stone-masons	ST. STEPHEN	12/26
Students	St. Thomas Aquinas	01/28
Students	St. Jerome	09/30
Surgeons	SS. COSMAS AND DAMIAN	09/26
Surgeons	ST. LUKE	10/18
Swine herds	St. Anthony of Padua	06/13
T
Tailors	ST. BONIFACE	06/05
Tailors	St. Martin of Tours	11/11
Tailors	St. Homobonus	11/13
Tanners	ST. LAWRENCE	08/10
Tax-gathers	ST. MATTHEW	09/21
Teachers	St. Gregory the Great	09/03
Teachers (Principal)	St. John Baptist de la Salle	04/07
Teenage Girls	ST. MARIA GORETTI	07/06
Telecommunications	St. Gabriel	09/29
Telegraph/Telephone	St. Clare of Assisi	08/11
Telegraph/Telephone	St. Gabriel	09/29
Television	St. Clare of Assisi	08/11
Tent makers	ST. PAUL	06/29
Tertiaries	St. Louis of France	08/25
Tertiaries	St. Elizabeth of Hungary	11/17
Theology	St. Thomas Aquinas	01/28
Theology	St. Augustine	08/28
Theology (Moral)	St. Alphonsus Liguori	08/01
Travelers	St. Anthony of Padua	06/13
Travelers	St. Raphael	09/29
U
Universal Church	St. Joseph, Husband of Mary	03/19
Universities	Thomas Aquinas	01/28
V
Vintners	ST. VINCENT	01/22
Volcanic Eruptions	ST. AGATHA	02/05
Vocations	St. Alphonsus Liguori	08/01
W
Waiters\Waitresses	St. Martha	07/29
Widows	St. Frances of Rome	03/09
Wine-growers	ST. VINCENT	01/22
Wine-growers	St. Martin of Tours	11/11
Women in Labor	St. Anne, Mother of Mary	07/26
Workers	St. Joseph, Husband of Mary	03/19
Writers	St. Francis de Sales	01/24
Writers	ST. LUCY	12/13
Y
Young Girls	ST. AGNES	01/21
Youth	St. Aloysius Gonzaga	06/21
Youth	ST. MARIA GORETTI	07/06