Catholic Saints to Pray To

All saints A–Z

• St. Agatha — Virgin and martyr of Catania, 3rd century
• St. Alphonsus Liguori — Bishop, Doctor of the Church, founder of the Redemptorists
• St. Anne — Mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary, grandmother of Jesus
• St. Anthony of Padua — Franciscan priest, preacher and Doctor of the Church
• St. Augustine — Bishop of Hippo and Doctor of the Church, 354–430
• St. Benedict — Abbot, father of Western monasticism, patron of Europe
• St. Benedict Joseph Labre — Pilgrim and beggar of Rome, patron of the homeless
• St. Cajetan — Priest, founder of the Theatines, patron of the unemployed
• St. Camillus de Lellis — Priest, founder of the Ministers of the Sick, patron of the sick and of nurses
• St. Carlo Acutis — Teenager, web designer and lover of the Eucharist, 1991–2006
• St. Christopher — Martyr of the third century, patron of travelers, the bearer of Christ
• St. Dismas — The Good Thief, crucified beside Jesus and promised paradise
• St. Dymphna — Virgin and martyr, patroness of people with mental illness
• St. Elizabeth Ann Seton — Wife, mother, widow, convert, and foundress of the Sisters of Charity of St. Joseph's
• St. Expeditus — Martyr of Melitene by tradition, invoked for urgent causes
• St. Faustina Kowalska — Virgin, Sister of Our Lady of Mercy, “secretary” of Divine Mercy, 1905–1938
• St. Francis de Sales — Bishop of Geneva, Doctor of the Church, the gentle saint
• St. Francis of Assisi — Founder of the Friars Minor, patron of ecology and of Italy
• St. Gerard Majella — Redemptorist lay brother, the mothers’ saint
• St. Germaine Cousin — Shepherdess of Pibrac, an abused child who became a saint
• St. Gianna Beretta Molla — Pediatrician, wife and mother, canonized 2004
• Our Lady of Guadalupe — The Virgin Mary as she appeared at Tepeyac, Mother and Patroness of the Americas
• St. Ignatius of Loyola — Founder of the Society of Jesus, author of the Spiritual Exercises, patron of retreats
• St. Jane Frances de Chantal — Widow, mother, and co-founder of the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary
• St. John Bosco — Priest, founder of the Salesians, father and teacher of the young
• St. John of the Cross — Discalced Carmelite friar, poet, and Mystical Doctor of the Church
• St. John Paul II — Pope from 1978 to 2005, founder of World Youth Day
• St. Joseph — Husband of Mary, guardian of the Redeemer, patron of the Universal Church
• St. Joseph of Cupertino — Conventual Franciscan priest and mystic, 1603–1663
• St. Josephine Bakhita — Enslaved as a child, Canossian sister, 1869–1947
• St. Jude Thaddeus — Apostle and martyr, patron of hopeless causes
• Sts. Louis and Zélie Martin — Watchmaker and lacemaker of Alençon, husband and wife, parents of St. Thérèse of Lisieux
• Our Lady of Lourdes — The Blessed Virgin Mary, Health of the Sick, as she appeared at Lourdes in 1858
• St. Maria Goretti — Virgin and martyr, 1890–1902
• St. Martha — Disciple of the Lord, sister of Mary and Lazarus
• St. Martin de Porres — Dominican lay brother of Lima, called Martin of Charity
• St. Mary Magdalene — Disciple of the Lord, first witness of the Resurrection, apostle of the apostles
• Venerable Matt Talbot — Dublin laborer and recovered alcoholic, 1856–1925
• St. Maximilian Kolbe — Conventual Franciscan priest and martyr of charity, 1894–1941
• St. Michael the Archangel — Archangel, prince of the heavenly host
• St. Monica — Mother of St. Augustine, wife of Patricius, model of patient prayer
• St. Nicholas — Bishop of Myra, 4th century, protector of children and sailors
• St. Peregrine Laziosi — Servite priest, healed of cancer, patron of cancer patients
• St. Pier Giorgio Frassati — Student, mountaineer and friend of the poor, 1901–1925
• St. Pio of Pietrelcina — Capuchin priest, confessor, bearer of the stigmata
• St. Raphael the Archangel — Archangel, “God has healed,” guide of Tobias
• St. Raymond Nonnatus — Mercedarian friar who ransomed captives; patron of expectant mothers and the falsely accused
• St. Rita of Cascia — Wife, mother, widow and Augustinian nun, saint of the impossible
• Our Lady of Sorrows — The Blessed Virgin Mary at the foot of the cross, mother of those who mourn
• St. Teresa of Ávila — Teresa of Jesus, reformer of Carmel, first woman Doctor of the Church
• St. Teresa of Calcutta — Mother Teresa, foundress of the Missionaries of Charity, 1910–1997
• St. Thérèse of Lisieux — Carmelite of Lisieux, Doctor of the Church, patroness of the missions
• St. Thomas Aquinas — Dominican priest and Doctor of the Church, patron of Catholic schools
• St. Thomas More — Lawyer, Lord Chancellor of England, husband and father, martyr
• St. Thomas the Apostle — Apostle and martyr, called the Twin, who asked to see before he believed