Life of Saints

Reading and studying lives of saints has been a strong and popular tradition in the Church for centuries. It has also been something that SDC and its founder St George Preca have been very keen to do and promote. By presenting lives of saints on this website we intend to carry on with that tradition.

Saints were people like us who lived the gospel values and put what Jesus said into practice. There have been all sorts or saints over the centuries. Male and female, white and black, people of any nationality. Rich and poor… people who did all sorts of jobs. The saints whose lives are included in this website are only a selection. We intend to add more in the future.

We hope they will be an inspiration for anyone who reads them. Saints are models for our imitation. We hope they will be of interest to adults and young people. They can also be used by Confirmation candidates who want to choose a confirmation name.

All saints’ profiles can be read and printed out as they are shown online but there is also a PDF version available for each of them (A4 printout). They are all written in the first person, as if the saints themselves are narrating their journey to sainthood. For each saint there is information about their lives, a quote, picture and date when their feast is celebrated.

We will welcome your help, comments and suggestions. They will be used as a guide for future developments.

Feast Day	Saint
4 January	St Ann Elizabeth Seton (1774-1821)
21 January	St Agnes of Rome (d. 302)
23 January	St Joseph Cafasso (1811-1860)
27 January	St Angela Merici (1474-1540)
28 January	St Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274)
31 January	St John Bosco (1815 - 1888)
6 February	St Paul Miki and Companions (d. 1597)
8 February	St Josephine Bakhita (1869-1947)
12 February	St Teresa of Los Andes (1900-1920)
23 February	St Polycarp (70-156)
3 March	St Katherine Drexel (1858-1955)
7 March	St Perpetua and St Felicity (d. 203)
9 March	St Frances of Rome (1384-1440)
17 March	St Patrick (389?-461?)
2 April	St Francis of Paola (1416-1507)
4 April	St Benedict Joseph Labre (1748-1783)
5 April	St Vincent Ferrer (1350?-1419)
6 April	Blessed Pierina Morosini (1931-1957)
16 April	St Bernadette Soubirous (1844-1879)
23 April	St George (c284-303)
29 April	St Catherine of Siena (1347-1380)
4 May	St Margaret Clitherow (1556-1586))
6 May	St Dominic Savio (1842-1857)
9 May	St George Preca (1880-1962)
10 May	St Damien of Molokai (1840-1889)
18 May	St Virginia Centurione Bracelli (1587-1651)
25 May	St Madeleine Sophie Barat (1779-1865)
26 May	St Philip Neri (1515-1595)
27 May	St Augustine of Canterbury (1020-1085)
3 June	St Charles Lwanga (1865-1886)
22 June	St John Fisher (1469-1535)
22 June	St Thomas More (1478-1535)
24 June	St John the Baptist (0-30)
4 July	St Elizabeth of Portugal (1271-1336)
6 July	St Maria Goretti (1890-1902)
9 July	St Augustine Zhao Rong (1746-1815)
11 July	St Benedict of Nursia (c480-c547)
14 July	St Kateri Tekakwitha (1656-1680)
31 July	St Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556)
1 August	St Alphons Maria Liguori (1696-1787)
7 August	St Cajetan (1480-1587)
9 August	St Edith Stein (1891-1942)
11 August	St Clare (1194-1253)
14 August	St Maximilian Kolbe (1894-1941)
23 August	St Rose of Lima (1568-1617)
27 August	St Monica (322?-387)
3 September	St Gregory the Great (540?-604?)
5 September	St Teresa of Calcutta (1910-1997)
21 September	St Matthew (1st Century)
23 September	St Pio of Pietrelcina (1887-1968)
27 September	St Vincent de Paul (1580-1660)
28 September	St Lawrenz Ruiz (1600?-1637)
1 October	St Therese of Lisieux (1873-1897)
6 October	St Marie-Rose Durocher (1811-1849)
10 October	St Daniel Comboni (1831-1881)
15 October	St Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)
17 October	St Margaret Mary Alacoque (1647-1690)
3 November	St Martin de Porres (1579-1639)
13 November	St Frances Xavier Cabrini (1850-1917)
16 November	St Giuseppe Moscati (1880-1927)
16 November	St Margaret of Scotland (1050?-1093)
23 November	St Columban (543?-615)
25 November	St Catherine Laboure (1806-1876)
1 December	St Edmond Campion (1540-1581)
3 December	St Francis Xavier (1506-1552)
6 December	St Nicholas (280?-343?)
12 December	St Jane Frances de Chantal (1572-1641)
13 December	St Lucy (283?-303?)
14 December	St John of the Cross (1542-1591)
27 December	St John the Evangelist (?-100?)

We welcome your help, comments and suggestions regarding these and other resources on this website. They will be used as a guide for improvements and future developments. Please write to us on info@sdc.me.uk or fill in the form here.