Early Church

The 5th century

32 saints, in the order they died
St. Paula of Rome
347 — 404

St. Paula of Rome

Roman Widow — Founder of Bethlehem Pilgrimage Sites with Jerome
Church of St. Catherine, Bethlehem, West Bank
0 miracles · 1 relics→
St. Olympias
368 — 408

St. Olympias

Roman Patrician Deaconess of Constantinople — Friend of John Chrysostom
Constantinople (her foundation of the Constantinopolitan Diaconal Convent — destroyed during the Latin sack of 1204), Turkey
0 miracles · 1 relics→
St. Marcella of Rome
325 — 410

St. Marcella of Rome

First of the Aventine Roman Patrician Women's Religious Circle — Friend and Hostess of Jerome
Aventine Hill, Rome (site of her patrician house-monastery), Italy
0 miracles · 0 relics→
St. Maron
350 — 410

St. Maron

Mar Maroun — Foundational Father of the Maronite Catholic Church
Site of the Monastery of Beth-Maroun (Bet Maron), Apamene, Syria — destroyed; foundational shrine now at Bkerké, Lebanon (Maronite Patriarchate), Lebanon
0 miracles · 1 relics→
Pope St. Innocent I
360 — 417♕ Pope #40

Pope St. Innocent I

Defender of Roman Primacy — Pope of the Sack of Rome
Tomb in St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City
0 miracles · 1 relics→
Pope St. Zosimus
Mid-4th century, Greek (per the Liber Pontificalis — of Greek-Jewish family in Mesoraca, Calabria) — 418♕ Pope #41

Pope St. Zosimus

Forty-First Successor of Peter — Pope (417–418) — Greek-Born Pope of the Pelagian Crisis
Basilica of San Lorenzo fuori le Mura, Rome, Italy
0 miracles · 1 relics→
St. Eustochium
368 — 419

St. Eustochium

Daughter of Paula — Pupil and Successor of Jerome at Bethlehem
Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem — Jerome's monastic complex (now part of the Catholic Church of St. Catherine adjacent to the Basilica), Palestinian Authority
0 miracles · 1 relics→
St. Mary of Egypt
344 — 421

St. Mary of Egypt

The Penitent of the Desert — Type of Repentance
Monastery of St. Mary of Egypt, near the Jordan, Palestine
2 miracles · 0 relics→
Pope St. Boniface I
Late 4th century, Rome (son of the presbyter Jocundus) — 422♕ Pope #42

Pope St. Boniface I

Forty-Second Successor of Peter — Pope (418–422) — Defender of the Roman Primacy in the Eulalian Schism
Cemetery of Maximus (near the Catacombs of San Felicità), Via Salaria, Rome, Italy
0 miracles · 1 relics→
St. Honoratus of Arles
350 — 429

St. Honoratus of Arles

Founder of the Monastery of Lérins — Foundational Father of Provençal Catholic Monasticism
Abbey of Lérins, Île Saint-Honorat, Côte d'Azur (off Cannes), France
0 miracles · 1 relics→
St. Paulinus of Nola
354 — 431

St. Paulinus of Nola

Bishop and Poet — First Christian Lyrical Poet of the West
Nola, Campania, Italy
0 miracles · 0 relics→
Pope St. Celestine I
376 — 432♕ Pope #43

Pope St. Celestine I

Pope of the Council of Ephesus — Sender of Patrick to Ireland
Basilica of Santa Prisca, Aventine, Rome, Italy
0 miracles · 1 relics→
St. Ninian
360 — 432

St. Ninian

Apostle of the Southern Picts — First Bishop of Whithorn
Whithorn Priory (medieval pilgrimage site, founded over Ninian's original Candida Casa church), Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
0 miracles · 1 relics→
St. John Cassian
360 — 435

St. John Cassian

Bridge between Eastern Monasticism and the Latin West
Abbey of St. Victor, Marseille, France
0 miracles · 1 relics→
St. Sahak the Great
354 — 439

St. Sahak the Great

Isaac the Great — Catholicos of All Armenians — Father of the Armenian Bible
Holy Etchmiadzin Cathedral, Vagharshapat, Armenia (the Mother See of the Armenian Apostolic Church), Armenia
0 miracles · 1 relics→
St. Mesrop Mashtots
362 — 440

St. Mesrop Mashtots

Inventor of the Armenian Alphabet — Foundational Father of Armenian Literature
Church of Saint Mesrop Mashtots, Oshakan, Armenia (his original tomb), Armenia
0 miracles · 1 relics→
Pope St. Sixtus III
Late 4th century, Rome — 440♕ Pope #44

Pope St. Sixtus III

Forty-Fourth Successor of Peter — Pope (432–440) — Builder of Santa Maria Maggiore
Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome (the basilica he built and dedicated to the Theotokos), Italy
0 miracles · 1 relics→
St. Possidius of Calama
370 — 440

St. Possidius of Calama

Bishop of Calama — Biographer of St. Augustine of Hippo
Calama, Roman Numidia (modern Guelma, Algeria), Algeria
0 miracles · 0 relics→
St. Vincent of Lérins
Late 4th century, Gaul — 445

St. Vincent of Lérins

Theologian — Author of the Vincentian Canon
Lérins Abbey, Île Saint-Honorat, France
0 miracles · 0 relics→
St. Proclus of Constantinople
Late 4th century, Constantinople — 446

St. Proclus of Constantinople

Patriarch of Constantinople — Disciple of John Chrysostom — Foundational Defender of the Theotokos
Hagia Sophia, Constantinople (the Patriarchal cathedral), Turkey
1 miracles · 1 relics→
St. Eucherius of Lyon
370 — 449

St. Eucherius of Lyon

Lérins-Trained Bishop of Lyon — Foundational Hagiographer of the Theban Legion
Cathedral of Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lyon — original episcopal seat, France
0 miracles · 1 relics→
St. Pulcheria
398 — 453

St. Pulcheria

Aelia Pulcheria — Augusta of the Eastern Roman Empire — Empress at the Council of Chalcedon
Church of the Hodegon, Constantinople — destroyed; Marian iconographic shrine the Hodegetria, Turkey
0 miracles · 1 relics→
St. Simeon Stylites the Elder
390 — 459

St. Simeon Stylites the Elder

Pillar Saint — Father of the Stylite Tradition
Church of Saint Simeon Stylites, Aleppo, Syria
1 miracles · 0 relics→
St. Patrick of Ireland
387 — 461

St. Patrick of Ireland

Apostle of Ireland — Bishop and Confessor
Saint Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh, United Kingdom
1 miracles · 1 relics→
St. Palladius
Late 4th century, Roman Gaul — 461

St. Palladius

First Bishop Sent to the Irish (431) — Pre-Patrician Apostle to Ireland
Fordoun, Aberdeenshire, Scotland (his traditional burial site), United Kingdom
0 miracles · 1 relics→
St. Shenoute the Great
348 — 466

St. Shenoute the Great

Shenoute of Atripe — Abbot of the White Monastery — Foundational Father of Coptic-Egyptian Christianity
White Monastery (Deir Anba Shenouda), Sohag, Upper Egypt, Egypt
0 miracles · 1 relics→
Pope St. Hilarius
Late 4th century, Sardinia — 468♕ Pope #46

Pope St. Hilarius

Forty-Sixth Successor of Peter — Pope (461–468) — Sardinian-Born Successor of Leo the Great
Lateran Baptistery, Rome — chapel of St. John the Baptist (the Oratory of the Holy Cross built by Hilarius), Italy
0 miracles · 1 relics→
St. Euthymius the Great
377 — 473

St. Euthymius the Great

Abba Euthymius — Foundational Father of the Palestinian Lavra Monastic Tradition
Lavra of Euthymius (Khirbet el-Khan), Judean Desert, near Jerusalem, Israel
0 miracles · 1 relics→
St. Severin of Noricum
410 — 482

St. Severin of Noricum

Apostle of Noricum — 'The Last Roman' of the Danube Frontier
Naples — Castel dell'Ovo (the relics were translated from Noricum to Naples in 488 during the collapse of the Western Empire), Italy
0 miracles · 1 relics→
St. Sidonius Apollinaris
430 — 489

St. Sidonius Apollinaris

Bishop of Clermont — Roman Patrician Poet — Foundational Witness of the End of Roman Gaul
Cathedral of Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption, Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne, France
0 miracles · 1 relics→
St. Daniel the Stylite
409 — 493

St. Daniel the Stylite

Successor of Simeon Stylites — The Constantinopolitan Pillar-Saint of Anaplus
Anaplus, on the Bosphorus shore north of Constantinople (medieval pilgrim-site, now lost), Turkey
0 miracles · 1 relics→
Pope St. Gelasius I
Late 4th century, North Africa (Berber descent, per the Liber Pontificalis) — 496♕ Pope #49

Pope St. Gelasius I

Fiftieth Successor of Peter — Pope (492–496) — Architect of the 'Two Powers' Doctrine
St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican — early papal tombs, Vatican City
0 miracles · 1 relics→