1,046 saints, from the Apostles who first walked with Christ to the men and women canonised this decade — each with biography, miracles, relics, iconography and patronages. The Apostles, the Fathers and the Archangels are below; everyone else is a page away, by office or by century.
By office
Pages that gather the saints of one kind, with what only that kind can carry
The Sainted Popes
79The successors of Peter who are saints — forty-eight of the first fifty, and then a thousand years in which the office produced almost none.
The Doctors of the Church
38The thirty-eight whose writing the Church declares of universal teaching authority, in the order they were named.
The Prophets
16The prophets of the Old Covenant, placed on the map and dated into the timeline.
The Martyrs
224Everyone in the catalogue who died for the faith, and the thirteen companies canonised together.
Patron Saints
Who the Church asks about what: more than three thousand patronages, gathered by theme.
The Incorruptibles
Seventy-seven cases, filed by what is actually known rather than what is repeated.
Blesseds & Venerables
180The road to sainthood: the Servants of God, the Venerables and the Blesseds, with what each title actually requires.
By century
990 saints across four eras, each divided by the century of their death
Early Church
408Renaissance & Catholic Reformation
129The Apostles
The Twelve and the Apostle to the Gentiles
early 1st century, Bethsaida or Galilee — 44
St. James the Greater
Santiago — Patron of Spain
Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
3 miracles · 2 relics→
early 1st century, Bethsaida — 60
St. Andrew the Apostle
The First-Called (Protokletos)
Cathedral of St. Andrew, Patras, Greece
2 miracles · 3 relics→
early 1st century — 1st century, traditionally Jerusalem
St. James the Less
Son of Alphaeus — Apostle
Basilica of the Holy Apostles, Rome, Italy
1 miracles · 1 relics→
early 1st century, Bethsaida — 64♕ Pope #1
St. Peter the Apostle
Prince of the Apostles — first Bishop of Rome
St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican, Vatican City
4 miracles · 3 relics→
early 1st century — 1st century, traditionally Persia or Beirut
St. Jude Thaddeus
Apostle of the Impossible — patron of hopeless causes
Altar of St. Joseph, St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican, Vatican City
2 miracles · 2 relics→
early 1st century — 1st century, traditionally Persia
St. Simon the Zealot
The Cananaean — Apostle
Altar of St. Joseph, St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican, Vatican City
1 miracles · 1 relics→
5 — 64
St. Paul the Apostle
Apostle to the Gentiles
Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls, Italy
4 miracles · 2 relics→
early 1st century — 1st century, traditionally Armenia
St. Bartholomew the Apostle
Nathanael — Apostle of Armenia and India
Basilica of St. Bartholomew on the Island, Rome, Italy
2 miracles · 2 relics→
early 1st century — 1st century, traditionally Ethiopia
St. Matthew the Apostle and Evangelist
Author of the First Gospel
Cathedral of Salerno (San Matteo), Italy
2 miracles · 1 relics→
early 1st century — 72
St. Thomas the Apostle
Didymus — Apostle of India
San Thome Basilica, Chennai, India
3 miracles · 2 relics→
early 1st century, Bethsaida — 80
St. Philip the Apostle
Apostle of the Gentiles in Asia
Martyrium of St. Philip, Hierapolis (Pamukkale), Turkey
2 miracles · 2 relics→
early 1st century — 1st century
St. Matthias the Apostle
Chosen by lot to complete the Twelve
Abbey of St. Matthias, Trier, Germany
1 miracles · 2 relics→
early 1st century, Bethsaida — 100
St. John the Apostle and Evangelist
The Beloved Disciple — author of the Fourth Gospel
Basilica of St. John, Ephesus (Selçuk), Turkey
4 miracles · 1 relics→
The Church Fathers
From the apostolic age to Gregory the Great
1st century — 99♕ Pope #4
St. Clement of Rome
Apostolic Father — fourth Bishop of Rome
Basilica of San Clemente, Rome, Italy
2 miracles · 2 relics→
35 — 107
St. Ignatius of Antioch
Theophorus, 'God-bearer' — Apostolic Father
Basilica of San Clemente, Rome, Italy
2 miracles · 1 relics→
69 — 155
St. Polycarp of Smyrna
Apostolic Father — disciple of St. John
St. Polycarp Church, Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey
2 miracles · 2 relics→
130 — 202✠ Doctor
St. Irenaeus of Lyon
Doctor of Unity — declared 2022, the first Doctor named from the age before Nicaea
Church of Saint-Irénée, Lyon, France
2 miracles · 1 relics→
310 — 367✠ Doctor
St. Hilary of Poitiers
Hammer of the Arians — Doctor of the Church
Église Saint-Hilaire-le-Grand, Poitiers, France
2 miracles · 1 relics→
296 — 373✠ Doctor
St. Athanasius of Alexandria
Pillar of the Church — Doctor of the Church
Cathedral of St. Athanasius, Alexandria, Egypt
2 miracles · 1 relics→
306 — 373✠ Doctor
St. Ephrem the Syrian
Harp of the Holy Spirit — Doctor of the Church
Edessa (Şanlıurfa, Turkey), Turkey
2 miracles · 1 relics→
330 — 379✠ Doctor
St. Basil the Great
Father of Eastern monasticism — Doctor of the Church
Cathedral of Caesarea, Cappadocia (Kayseri), Turkey
2 miracles · 2 relics→
313 — 386✠ Doctor
St. Cyril of Jerusalem
Catechist of Jerusalem — Doctor of the Church
Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem, Israel
2 miracles · 1 relics→
329 — 390✠ Doctor
St. Gregory of Nazianzus
The Theologian — Doctor of the Church
Cathedral of the Patriarch, Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey
2 miracles · 1 relics→
335 — 395
St. Gregory of Nyssa
Cappadocian Father — Mystical Theologian
Nyssa (modern Nevşehir region), Turkey
0 miracles · 0 relics→
339 — 397✠ Doctor
St. Ambrose of Milan
Doctor of the Church — one of the Four Latin Doctors
Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio, Milan, Italy
4 miracles · 1 relics→
347 — 407✠ Doctor
St. John Chrysostom
Golden-mouthed — Doctor of the Church
Patriarchal Cathedral of St. George, Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey
2 miracles · 2 relics→
342 — 420✠ Doctor
St. Jerome
Translator of the Vulgate — Doctor of the Church
Basilica of the Nativity, Bethlehem, West Bank
2 miracles · 1 relics→
354 — 430✠ Doctor
St. Augustine of Hippo
Doctor of Grace — Doctor of the Church
Basilica of San Pietro in Ciel d'Oro, Pavia, Italy
3 miracles · 1 relics→
376 — 444✠ Doctor
St. Cyril of Alexandria
Pillar of Faith — Doctor of the Incarnation
Alexandria, Egypt
2 miracles · 1 relics→
380 — 450✠ Doctor
St. Peter Chrysologus
The Golden-Worded — Doctor of the Church
Cathedral of Imola, Italy
1 miracles · 1 relics→
400 — 461♕ Pope #45✠ Doctor
St. Leo the Great
Doctor of the Church — Pope who turned back Attila
St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican, Vatican City
3 miracles · 1 relics→
540 — 604♕ Pope #64✠ Doctor
St. Gregory the Great
Servant of the Servants of God — Doctor of the Church
St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican, Vatican City
3 miracles · 2 relics→
560 — 636✠ Doctor
St. Isidore of Seville
Last Father of the Latin Church — patron of the Internet
Basilica of San Isidoro, León, Spain
2 miracles · 1 relics→
580 — 662
St. Maximus the Confessor
Greatest Greek Theologian of the Seventh Century — Defender of Christ's Two Wills
Monastery of Chrysopolis, Bosphorus, Turkey
1 miracles · 1 relics→
672 — 735✠ Doctor
St. Bede the Venerable
Father of English History — Doctor of the Church
Durham Cathedral, England
3 miracles · 1 relics→
675 — 749✠ Doctor
St. John of Damascus
Doctor of the Assumption — defender of the icons
Monastery of Mar Saba, Judaean Desert, West Bank
3 miracles · 2 relics→
780 — 856
St. Hrabanus Maurus
Praeceptor Germaniae — Theologian, Encyclopedist, Archbishop of Mainz
Cathedral of Mainz, Germany
0 miracles · 1 relics→
The Archangels
The three angels Scripture names — Michael, Gabriel and Raphael — who share one feast on September 29
Created before the world — Immortal
St. Michael the Archangel
Prince of the Heavenly Host
Sanctuary of Monte Sant'Angelo, Gargano, Italy
3 miracles · 1 relics→
Created before the world — Immortal
St. Gabriel the Archangel
The Messenger of the Incarnation
Basilica of the Annunciation, Nazareth, Israel
1 miracles · 1 relics→
Created before the world — Immortal
St. Raphael the Archangel
The Medicine of God
Triunfo de San Rafael, Cordoba, Spain
2 miracles · 1 relics→
Additional Sainted Popes
9 popes for whom the historical record is too thin to support a full profile — listed for completeness. The list is filtered against the catalogue itself, so a pope who gains a profile leaves this table rather than appearing twice.
- #22St. Lucius I253 – 254📍 Rome· Feast: March 4Brief reign during persecution
- #34St. MarkJanuary – October 336📍 Rome· Feast: October 7Founded the basilica of San Marco al Campidoglio
- #38St. Siricius384 – 399📍 Rome· Feast: November 26First pope to use the title 'Pope' (papa) for himself
- #39St. Anastasius I399 – 401📍 Rome· Feast: December 19Friend of Jerome and Paulinus of Nola
- #47St. Simplicius468 – 483📍 Rome· Feast: March 10Saw the fall of the Western Empire (476)
- #48St. Felix III483 – 492📍 Rome· Feast: March 1Excommunicated Patriarch Acacius (Acacian Schism)
- #68St. Adeodatus I (Deusdedit)615 – 618📍 Rome· Feast: November 8
- #80St. Leo II682 – 683📍 Rome· Feast: July 3Sicilian; confirmed condemnation of Monothelitism
- #81St. Benedict II684 – 685📍 Rome· Feast: May 7