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St. Angelelmus Fra Angelico St. Angelo Bl. Angelo of Chivasso St. Angilbert St. Angilbert St. Anianus St. Anianus Bl. Anicet Hryciuk St. Anicetus St. Anna the Prophetess St. Anna Dierk (Maria Adolfina) St. Anna Kim St. Anna Nan-Sinn-Cheu St. Anna Pak A-gi St. Anna Wang Sts. Joachim and Anne Bl. Anne Catherine Emmerick Bl. Anne of Saint Bartholomew Bl. Anne Jahouvey St. Anne Line St. Annemund St. Anno St. Ansanus St. Ansbert St. Ansegisus St. Anselm St. Anselm of Lucca St. Anselm of Lucca St. Ansfrid St. Ansgar St. Anskar St. Ansovinus St. Anstrudis St. Ansurius St. Anterus St. Anthelm St. Anthimus Bl. Anthony Baldinucci St. Anthony the Abbot Bl. Anthony Baldinucci St. Anthony Daniel St. Anthony Daveluy Bl. Anthony della Chiesa St. Anthony Dich Nguyen St. Anthony the Hermit St. Anthony Kauleas St. Anthony Kim Son-u St. Anthony Mary Claret St. Anthony Mary Pucci St. Anthony Mary Zaccaria Bl. Anthony Middleton St. Anthony Nam-Quynh Bl. Anthony Neyrot St. Anthony of Padua St. Anthony Pechersky St. Anthony Peter Dich St. Antipas Bl. Antonia Mesina St. Antoninus St. Antoninus St. Antoninus of Sorrento Bl. Antonio de Sant'Anna Galvao St. Antonio Vieira Bl. Anton Martin Slomsek Bl. Anwarite Nangapeta St. Anysia St. Aphraates St. Aphrodisius St. Apollinaris St. Apollinaris Sidonius St. Apollonia St. Apollonius the Apologist Apostle of the Gentiles The Apostles Apostles of England Apostles of Erin (Ireland) Apostles of Rome St. Apronia St. Aprus St. Aquilina St. Aquilinus St. Arbogast St. Arcadius St. Arcadius St. Arcangelo Tadini Bl. Archangela Girlani St. Ariadne St. Arigius St. Aristides St. Armentarius St. Arnold Jansen St. Arnulf of Eynesbury St. Arnulf of Soissons St. Arsenius St. Arsenius the Great St. Artaldus St. Artemas St. Artemius St. Arthelais St. Arwald St. Asaph St. Ascelina Bl. Ascension of the Heart of Jesus Nicol Goni St. Asicus St. Aspasius St. Aspren St. Astius St. Athanasia of Aegina St. Athanasius St. Athanasius the Athonite St. Athelm St. Athenogenes St. Atilano Cruz Alvarado St. Attalas St. Atticus of Constantinople St. Attilanus St. Attracta St. Augustine of Canterbury St. Augustine of Hippo St. Augustine Huy Viet Phan St. Augustine Moi St. Augustine Moi Van Nguyen St. Augustine of Huy St. Augustine Pak Chong-won St. Augustine Tchao St. Augustine Webster St. Augustine Yi Chin-gil St. Augustine Yi Kwang-hon Bl. Augusto Czartoryski St. Augustus Chapdelaine St. Augustus Schoffler St. Aurea St. Aurea St. Aurelia of Strasbourg St. Aurelian of Limoges St. Aurelius St. Auspicius St. Austreberta St. Austregisilus St. Austremonius St. Auxentius of Bithynia St. Ava St. Aventinus of Tours St. Avitus St. Avitus of Vienne St. Avitus I of Clermont St. Avitus II of Clermont St. Babylas St. Baglan St. Balbina St. Balderic St. Baldred St. Baradates St. Barbara St. Barbara Cho Chung-i St. Barbara Ch'oe Yong-i St. Barbara Han Agi St. Barbara Kim St. Barbara Ko Suni St. Barbara Kwon Hui St. Barbara Ts'Oei-Lien-Cheu St. Barbara Yi Chong-hui St. Barbatus of Benevento St. Barhadbesciabas St. Barnabas St. Barsanuphius St. Bartholomea Capitanjo St. Bartholomew St. Bartholomew Chong Munho St. Bartholomew of Farne St. Bartholomew of Rossano St. Basil the Great St. Basilides St. Basilissa St. Basil of Ancyra St. Basolus St. Bassian St. Bathildis St. Baudolino St. Bavo St. Beatrice da Silva Meneses St. Beatrix da Silva St. Beatus of Lungern St. Beatus of Vendome Venerable Bede St. Bega St. Begga St. Belina St. Bellinus St. Benedict Benedict I Benedict X Bl. Benedict X Benedict XII St. Benedict II Benedict III Benedict IV Benedict V Benedict VI Benedict VII Benedict VIII Benedict IX St. Benedicta Hyon Kyongnyon St. Benedict Biscop St. Benedict the Black St. Benedict Crispus St. Benedict Joseph Labré St. Benedict of Nursia St. Benedict of Aniane St. Benedict of Cagliari St. Benedict the Moor St. Benezet St. Benignus St. Benilde St. Benilde Romancon St. Benjamin St. Benno St. Benvenutus Scotivoli St. Berach St. Bercharius Bl. Berka Zdislava St. Berlinda St. Bernadette St. Bernadette Soubirous St. Bernard of Clairvaux St. Bernard degli Uberti St. Bernard Due St. Bernardine of Siena St. Bernardino Realino St. Bernard of Montjoux St. Bernard of Calvo St. Bernard of Carinola St. Bernard of Valdeiglesias Bl. Bernhard Lichtenberg St. Berno of Cluny St. Bernward of Hildesheim St. Bertha of Kent St. Bertha of Val d'Or St. Bertha of Artois St. Bertharius St. Berthoald St. Berthold St. Bertilla Boscardin St. Bertinus St. Bertulf of Bobbio St. Beuno St. Bibiana St. Birillus St. Birinus

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St. Luke

Luke, the writer of the Gospel and the Acts of the Apostles, has been identified with St. Paul's "Luke, the beloved physician" (Colossians 4:14). We know few other facts about ... continue reading | shop

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St. John the Apostle

St. John, Apostle and Evangelist St. John the Apostle, the son of Zebedee and Salome, was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. John was called to be an Apostle by our Lord in the first ... continue reading

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St. Monica

Saint Monica, also known as Monica of Hippo, is St. Augustine of Hippo's mother. She was born in 331 A.D. in Tagaste, which is present-day Algeria. When she was very young, she was married ... continue reading | shop

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St. Clare of Montefalco

Clare was born at Montefalco, Italy, around 1268. As a young woman she joined a convent of Franciscan tertiaries. This group established Holy Cross Convent at Montefalco in 1290, adopting the Rule of ... continue reading

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St. Christina

Few details are known of St. Christina but she lived during the third century and was the daughter of a rich and powerful magistrate believed to have been named Urbain. He was deep in the practices of heathenism and had a number of golden idols, which he distributed ... continue reading

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St. Michael the Archangel

Saint Michael the Archangel isn't a saint, but rather he is an angel, and the leader of all angels and of the army of God. This is what the title "Archangel" means, that he is above all the others in rank. St. Michael has four main responsibilities or offices, as we ... continue reading

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St. Gabriel, the Archangel

St. Gabriel is an angel who serves as a messenger for God to certain people. He is one of the three archangels. Gabriel is mentioned in both the Old and the New Testaments of the Bible. First, in the Old Testament, Gabriel appears to the prophet Daniel to explain his ... continue reading

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St. Casimir

Casimir grew up in a world where his life was not his own. As a prince of Poland, the second son of King Casimir IV and Elizabeth of Austria, his life was scheduled to cement his father's authority and increase Poland's power. Casimir realized from an early age ... continue reading

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St. Catherine of Alexandria

Saint Catherine of Alexandria is a canonized saint in the Catholic Church who, per Christian tradition, was martyred around 305 in Alexandria, Egypt. Of course, the Church of the first Millennium was undivided. She is also recognized as the Great Martyr and Saint by ... continue reading

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Why is the Assumption important? First, lets look at what this dogma is all about. On 1 November, 1950, Pope Pius XII issued the Apostolic Constitution Munificentissimus Deus in which he proclaimed the dogma of the Assumption: "Mary, the immaculate perpetually Virgin ... continue reading

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