Saints
We have provided this page for those of you that wish to learn more about the saints or novenas. Many religions feature saints, the most notable is the Catholic Saints but because I am Coptic Orthodox I have also included the list of specific Coptic Saints.
NOTE: Please be advised that links for Coptic Saints below are directed to www.wikipedia.org the free Internet Encyclopedia. The links for Popular Catholic Saints are sent to www.catholic.org.
COPTIC ORTHODOX SAINTS
- Abanoub
- Abdel Messih El-Makari
- Abraam Bishop of Fayoum
- Pope Abraham of Alexandria
- Saint Andrew
- Anianus of Alexandria
- Anthony the Great
- Athanasius of Alexandria
- Bartholomew
- Bishoy
- Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria
- Saint Demiana
- Frumentius
- Saint James the Great
- Saint James the Less
- John the Apostle
- John the Baptist
- Saint Jude
- Mark the Evangelist
- Matthew the Evangelist
- Saint Matthias
- Mercurius, Martyr of the Lord
- Saint Mina
- Moses the Black
- Saint Nicholas
- Pakhom
- Paul of Tammah
- Saint Peter
- Peter of Alexandria
- Philip the Apostle
- Saint James the Just
- Simon the Tanner
- St. Simon
- Thomas (Apostle)
- Saint Verena
POPULAR CATHOLIC SAINTS
- St. Joan of Arc
- St. Juan Diego
- St. James the Greater
- St. Jude
- St. Christopher
- St. John of Damascus
- Bl. Kateri Tekakwitha
- St. Mary Magdalene
- St. Luke
- St. Matthew
- St. Anthony the Abbot
- St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
- St. Jerome
- St. Valentine
- St. Dominic
- St. Nicholas
- St. Padre Pio
- St. Monica
- St. Thomas Becket
- St. Roque de Santa Cruz
- St. Rose of Lima
- St. Philomena
- St. Anthony of Padua
- St. Teresa of Avila
- St. Therese of Lisieux
- St. Bernadette
- St. Francis of Assisi
- St. Josemaria de Balaguer
- St. Martin de Porres
- St. Martin of Tours
- St. Lucy
- St. Ambrose
- St. John the Baptist
- St. Clare
- St. Rita
- St. John the Apostle
- St. Victoria
- St. Augustine of Hippo
- St. Thomas Aquinas
- St. Angela Merici
- St. Bernard of Clairvaux
- St. Thomas More
- St. Leo the Great
- St. Hilary of Poitiers
- St. Peter
A
| accountants | Matthew |
| actors | Genesius |
| adultery | Elizabeth of Portugal |
| African-Americas | Benedict the Moor, Peter Claver |
| AIDS | Peregrine Laziosi |
| air travelers | Joseph of Cupertino |
| airborne | Michael |
| alcoholism | Matthias |
| alpinists | Bernard of Montjoux |
| altar servers | John Berchmans |
| Americas | Our Lady of Guadalupe, Rose of Lima |
| ammunition | Elmo |
| anesthetists | Rene Goupil |
| animals | Francis of Assisi |
| apologists | Justin |
| archers | Sebastian |
| architects | Barbara, Thomas |
| art | Catherine of Bologna |
| arthritis | James the Apostle |
| artillerymen | Barbara |
| artists | Angelico (BL), Catherine of Bologna, Luke |
| astronomers | Dominic |
| athletes | Sebastian |
| authors | Francis de Sales |
| aviators | Our Lady of Loreto, Joseph of Cupertino, Therese of Lisieux |
B
| babies | Holy Innocents |
| bachelors | Casimir of Poland |
| bad weather | Madard, Scholastica |
| bakers | Elizabeth of Hungary, Nicholas of Myra |
| bankers | Matthew |
| Baptism | John the Baptist |
| barbers | Cosmas & Damian, Louis IX, Martin de Porres |
| barren women | Anthony of Padua, Felicity |
| basket makers | Anthony the Abbot |
| bee keepers | Ambrose |
| beggars | Alexis of Rome, Giles |
| bellmakers | Agatha |
| blackbirds | Kevin |
| blacksmiths | Dunstan |
| blind | Lucy,OdeliaRaphael the Archangel |
| blood banks | Januarius |
| bodily ills | Bernadette, Jacinta Marta, Our Lady of Lourdes |
| bookbinders | Christopher, Peter Celestine |
| bookkeepers | Matthew |
| booksellers | John of God |
| boys | John Bosco |
| Boy Scouts | George |
| breast disease | Agatha |
| breast feeding | Giles |
| brewers | Augustine of Hippo, Luke, Nicholas of Myra |
| bricklayers | Stephen |
| brides | Nicholas of Myra |
| bridge builders | Benezet |
| broadcasters | Gabriel the Archangel |
| builders | Barbara, Vincent Ferrer |
| business women | Margaret Clitherow |
| butchers | Anthony the Abbot, Luke |
C
| cab drivers | Fiacre |
| Canada | Anne, Joseph |
| cancer victims | Peregrine Laziosi |
| candle makers | Ambrose |
| canonists | Raymond of Penyafort, Robert Bellarmine |
| carpenters | Joseph, Matthias |
| catechists | Charles Borromeo, Robert Bellarmine, Viator |
| Catholic youth | Aloysius Gonzaga |
| charities | Vincent de Paul |
| childbirth | Gerard Majella, Raymond Nonnatus |
| children | Nicholas of Myra |
| children of Mary | Agnes, Philomena |
| Chile | James the Apostle, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel |
| choir boys | Dominic Savio, Holy Innocents |
| Christian mothers | Anne |
| church | Joseph |
| civil servants | Thomas More |
| clerics | Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows |
| Colombia | Peter Claver |
| comedians | Lawrence, Vitus |
| communication workers | Gabriel the Archangel |
| computers | Isidore of Seville |
| computer users | Isidore of Seville |
| computer programmers | Isidore of Seville |
| contemplatives | John of the Cross |
| cooks | Lawrence, Martha |
| court clerks | Thomas More |
| cows | Perpetua |
| crops | Ansovinus |
| cures from pain | Madron |
D
| dairy workers | Brigid of Ireland |
| dancers | Vitus |
| deaf | Francis de Sales |
| death of children | Elizabeth Ann Seton |
| dentists | Apollonia |
| desperate causes | Jude Thaddeus |
| desperate situations | Jude Thaddeus |
| diabetics | Josemaría Escrivá |
| difficult marriages | Edward the Confessor |
| disabled | Giles |
| disasters | Geneviève |
| discretion | John of Nepomuk |
| doctors | Luke |
| dogs | Roch |
| dog lovers | Roch |
| domestic animals | Antony |
| domestic workers | Zita |
| drought relief | Godeberta, Herbert, Solange |
| druggists | Cosmas & Damian, Gemma Galgani |
| dying | Joseph |
E
| earaches | Polycarp |
| ecologists | Francis of Assisi |
| Ecuador | Sacred Heart |
| editors | John Bosco |
| embroiderers | Clare |
| emigrants | Frances Xavier Cabrini |
| engineers | Ferdinand III, Patrick |
| England | George |
| epidemics | Godeberta |
| epilepsy | Christopher, Dymphna, John Chrysostom, Genesius, Vitus, Willibrord |
| expectant mothers | Gerard Majella, Raymond Nonnatus |
| explosive workers | Elmo |
| eye disorders | Clare, Lucy |
F
| falsely accused | Dominic Savio, Raymond Nonnatus |
| famine | Walburga |
| farmers | Isidore the Farmer |
| fathers | Joseph |
| fire fighters | Florian, John of God |
| fire prevention | Agatha, Barbara, Catherine of Siena, Lawrence |
| first communicants | Tarcisius |
| fishermen | Andrew, Peter |
| floods | John of Nepomuk |
| florists | Rose of Lima, Therese of Lisieux |
| foundlings | Holy Innocents |
| France | Joan of Arc, Lawrence, Martin of Tours |
| Franciscan Lay | Didacus |
| funeral directors | Joseph of Arimathea |
G
| gardeners | Adelard, Christopher, Fiacre |
| girls | Agnes, Maria Goretti |
| glassworkers | Luke |
| goldsmiths | Anastasius, Dunstan |
| gout | Maurice |
| governors | Ferdinand III |
| government employees | Thomas More |
| gravediggers | Anthony the Abbot |
| greetings | Valentine |
| grocers | Michael |
H
| hairdressers | Martin de Porres |
| hat makers | James the Apostle |
| headaches | Denis, Teresa of Avila |
| healers | Bridget |
| heart patients | John of God |
| homeless | Benedict Joseph Labre |
| horsemen | Martin of Tours |
| hospitals | Camillus de Lellis, John of God |
| hotelkeepers | Amand |
| housewives | Anne, Martha |
| Hungary | Stephen |
| hunters | Eustachius, Hubert |
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| immigrants | Frances Xavier Cabrini |
| impossible cases | Rita of Cascia |
| Indies | Rose of Lima |
| infantrymen | Maurice |
| infants | Nicholas of Tolentino |
| in-law problems | Elizabeth Ann Seton |
| Internet | Isidore of Seville |
| invalids | Roch |
| Ireland | Columba, Kevin, Patrick |
| Italy | Catherine of Siena |
J
| jealousy | Elizabeth of Portugal |
| jewelers | Eligius |
| journalists | Francis de Sales |
| judges | John of Capistrano |
| jurists | John of Capistrano |
K
| kidney desease | Benedict |
| knee problems | Roch |
L
| laborers | Isidore the Farmer, James the Apostle |
| lambs | John the Baptist |
| lawyers | Mark, Raymond of Penyafort, Thomas More, Yves |
| learning | Ambrose |
| leather workers | Bartholomew |
| lecturers | Justin |
| librarians | Jerome |
| longevity | Peter |
| loss of parents | Elizabeth Ann Seton |
| lost articles | Anthony of Padua, Jude Thaddeus |
| lost causes | Jude Thaddeus |
| lost keys | Zita |
| love | Raphael the Archangel |
| lovers | Valentine |
M
| maids | Zita |
| marble workers | Clement I |
| mariners | Christopher, Nicholas of Tolentino |
| married women | Monica |
| medical technicians | Albert the Great |
| meningitis | Padre Pio |
| mentally ill | Dymphna |
| merchants | Francis of Assisi, Nicholas of Myra |
| mercy | Maria Faustina Kowalska |
| messengers | Gabriel the Archangel |
| metalworkers | Eligius |
| Mexico | Our Lady of Guadalupe |
| midwives | Raymond Nonnatus |
| milliners | James the Apostle |
| miscarriage prevention | Catherine of Sweden |
| missions | Peter Claver, Therese of Lisieux |
| missions (foreign) | Francis Xavier |
| Moscow | Boris |
| mothers | Bl. Gianna Beretta Molla, Monica |
| motorists | Frances of Rome |
| musicians | Cecilia, Dunstan, Genesius, Gregory the Great |
| mystics | John of the Cross |
N
| Naples | Januarius |
| Netherlands | Willibrord |
| Negro missions | Benedict the Moor, Peter Claver |
| neurological disorders | Dymphna |
| notaries | Mark |
| nurses | Agatha, Camillus de Lellis, John of God |
O
| orators | John Chrysostom |
| ordnance | Elmo |
| orphans | Jerome Emiliani |
P
| painters | Luke |
| paralysis | Osmund |
| Paraguay | Our Lady of the Assumption |
| paratroopers | Michael |
| Paris | Geneviève |
| parish missions | Leonard of Port Maurice |
| pawnbrokers | Nicholas of Myra |
| Peru | Joseph, Rose of Lima |
| pestilence | Christopher, Roch |
| pharmacists | Cosmas & Damian, Gemma Galgani |
| Phillipines | Rose of Lima |
| philosophers | Catherine of Alexandria, Justin |
| physicians | Cosmas & Damian, Bl. Gianna Beretta Molla, Luke |
| plasterers | Bartholomew |
| poets | Columba, David |
| poison sufferers | Benedict, John the Apostle |
| Poland | Florian |
| police officers | Michael |
| polio | Margaret Mary Alacoque |
| political prisoners | Maximilian Kolbe |
| poor | Anthony of Padua, Giles, Lawrence |
| Popes | Peter |
| postal workers | Gabriel the Archangel |
| prayer | Philippine-Rose Duchesne |
| preachers | Catherine of Alexandria, John Chrysostom |
| pregnant women | Anne, Gerard Majella, Margaret, Raymond Nonnatus |
| priests | John Vianney |
| printers | Augustine of Hippo, Genesius, John of God |
| prisoners | Dismas, Jacinta Marta, Mark |
| public relations | Bernadine of Siena |
| publishers | John of God, John the Apostle, Paul, Thomas Aquinas |
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R
| racial harmony | Martin de Porres |
| rape victims | Joan of Arc, Maria Goretti, Solange |
| radio workers | Gabriel the Archangel |
| retreats | Ignatius of Loyola |
| rheumatism | James the Apostle |
| Rome | Peter, Philip Neri |
| Rosary | Padre Pio |
| Russia | Therese of Lisieux |
S
| sailors | Brendan, Elmo, Francis of Paola |
| scholars | Brigid of Ireland |
| schoolchildren | Benedict |
| schools | Thomas Aquinas |
| scientists | Albert the Great |
| sculptors | Claude |
| secretaries | Catherine of Alexandria, Genesius |
| scribes | Catherine of Alexandria |
| seminarians | Charles Borromeo |
| Serbian peoples | Sava |
| servants | Martha, Notburga |
| shepherds | Bernadette |
| skin disease | Peregrine Laziosi |
| sick | Camillus de Lellis, John of God |
| silversmiths | Andronicus |
| sinners | Mary Magdalene |
| skaters | Lidwina |
| skiers | Bernard of Montjoux |
| slander | John of Nepomuk |
| snake bite victims | Hilary, Paul |
| snakes | Patrick |
| social justice | Joseph |
| social workers | Louise de Marillac |
| soldiers | George, Ignatius of Loyola, Joan of Arc, Martin of Tours |
| souls in Purgatory | Nicholas of Tolentino |
| speakers | John Chrysostom |
| stenographers | Catherine of Alexandria, Genesius |
| stomach disorders | Timothy, Wolfgang |
| stone masons | Stephen |
| students | Benedict, Catherine of Alexandria, Gregory the Great, Jerome, John Bosco, Thomas Aquinas |
| surgeons | Cosmas & Damian, Luke |
| Sweden | Bridget |
| swordsmiths | Maurice |
T
| tax collectors | Matthew |
| taxi drivers | Fiacre |
| teachers | Gregory the Great, John Baptist de la Salle |
| teenagers | Aloysius Gonzaga |
| television | Clare |
| theatrical performers | Genesius |
| theologians | Alphonsus Liguori, Augustine of Hippo |
| throat ailments | Blaise, Ignatius of Antioch |
| thunder-storms | Barbara, Christopher, Scholastica |
| travelers | Anthony of Padua, Christopher, Nicholas of Myra, Raphael the Archangel |
U
| undertakers | Joseph of Arimathea |
| United States | Immaculate Conception of Mary |
| unity of East & West Churches | Cyril, Methodius |
| universal church | Albert the Great, Joseph |
| universities | Contardo Ferrini (BL) |
| Uruguay | Blessed Virgin Mary |
V
| veterinarians | Blaise |
| vintners | Amand, Vincent of Saragossa |
| vocations | Alphonsus Liguori |
| volunteers | Vincent de Paul |
W
| Wales | David |
| war | Elizabeth of Portugal |
| weavers | Anastasia |
| West Indies | Gertrude |
| widows | Anastasia, Elizabeth Ann Seton, Frances of Rome, Louise de Marillac, Paula |
| winegrowers | Vincent of Saragossa |
| wives | Frances of Rome |
| women in labor | Anne, Elmo |
| writers | John the Apostle, Francis de Sales |
X
Y
| youth | Aloysius Gonzaga, Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows, John Berchmans, John Bosco, Maria Goretti, Stanislaus Kostka |