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A small selection of Christian saints are listed below in alphabetical order by Christian name, but if necessary by surname, the place or attribute part of name as well. Wikipedia also contains a calendar of saints listed by the day of the year on which they are traditionally venerated.

There are more than 10,000 Roman Catholic saints and beatified people. Among the Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox Communions, the numbers may be even higher, since there is no fixed process of "canonization" and each individual jurisdiction within the two Orthodox communions independently maintains parallel lists of saints that have only partial overlap.

Note that the Anglican Communion has only ever canonized one saint--King Charles I of England (see Society of King Charles the Martyr). However, it recognizes pre-Reformation saints. Persons who have led lives of celebrated sanctity or missionary zeal are included in the Calendar of the Prayer Book "without thereby enrolling or commending such persons as saints of the Church".

The list

A


Saint Anglican Oriental
Orthodox
Eastern
Orthodox
Roman
Catholic
Abraham the Syrian   Yes    
Adalbert of Magdeburg       Yes
Adalbert of Prague       Yes
Adamo Abate       Yes
Addai   Yes Yes Yes
Adelaide of Italy       Yes
Adelaide, Abbess of Vilich       Yes
Pope Adeodatus I     Yes Yes
Adrian of Nicomedia     Yes Yes
Pope Adrian III       Yes
Agape (Charity or Love)   Yes Yes Yes
Pope Agapitus I   Yes Yes Yes
Agathius     Yes Yes
Pope Agatho     Yes Yes
Agnes Yes   Yes Yes
Agnes of Assisi Yes   Yes Yes
Aidan of Lindisfarne Yes   Yes Yes
Alban Yes   Yes  
Alban of Mainz     Yes Yes
Alberic       Yes
Alberto Hurtado       Yes
Albertus Magnus       Yes
Alda       Yes
Alcuin Yes   Yes Yes
Pope Alexander I   Yes Yes Yes
Tsaritsa Alexandra     Yes  
Tsarevich Alexei of Russia     Yes  
Alexis of Wilkes-Barre     Yes  
Alfred the Great Yes   Yes Yes
Aloysius Gonzaga       Yes
Alphege Yes   Yes Yes
Ambrose Yes Yes Yes Yes
Pope Anacletus   Yes Yes Yes
Tsarevna Anastasia     Yes  
Pope Anastasius I   Yes Yes Yes
Andrei the Iconographer     Yes  
Andrew Yes Yes Yes Yes
Pope Anicetus   Yes Yes Yes
Anne Yes Yes Yes Yes
Anselm of Canterbury Yes     Yes
Ansgar Yes   Yes Yes
Pope Antheros   Yes Yes Yes
Anthony the Great Yes Yes Yes Yes
Anthony of Padua       Yes
Arnold Janssen       Yes
Athanasius of Alexandria Yes Yes Yes Yes
Augustine of Hippo Yes Yes Yes Yes
Augustine of Canterbury Yes   Yes Yes

B

Saint Anglican Oriental
Orthodox
Eastern
Orthodox
Roman
Catholic
Barbara   Yes Yes Yes1
Barnabas Yes Yes Yes Yes
Bartholomew Yes Yes Yes Yes
Basil the Great Yes Yes Yes Yes
Basil the Fool for Christ     Yes  
Basil of Ostrog     Yes  
The Venerable Bede Yes   Yes Yes
Benedict of Nursia Yes Yes Yes Yes
Benedict of Aniane     Yes Yes
Pope Benedict II     Yes Yes
Benedict Joseph Labre       Yes
Bernard of Clairvaux Yes     Yes
Bernard of Menthon       Yes
Bernardo Tolomei       Yes
Bernardino of Siena       Yes
Birgitta (Bridget of Sweden) Yes4     Yes
Birinus Yes   Yes Yes
Blaise Yes Yes Yes Yes
Brigid of Ireland (Sometimes called "Bridget") Yes4   Yes Yes
Bonaventure of Bagnoregio       Yes
Boniface Yes Yes Yes Yes
Pope Boniface I   Yes Yes Yes
Pope Boniface IV     Yes Yes
Brendan the Navigator     Yes Yes
Bruno of Cologne       Yes
Bruno of Querfurt     Yes Yes
Bruno of Segni       Yes

C

Saint Anglican Oriental
Orthodox
Eastern
Orthodox
Roman
Catholic
Caesarius of Arles       Yes
Pope Caius   Yes Yes Yes
Catejan       Yes
Pope Callistus I   Yes Yes Yes
Camillus de Lellis       Yes
Casimir       Yes
Catald       Yes
Catherine of Alexandria Yes4 Yes Yes Yes
Catherine of Siena Yes     Yes
Cecilia   Yes Yes Yes
Pope Celestine I   Yes Yes Yes
Pope Celestine V       Yes
Chad of Mercia Yes   Yes Yes
Charbel       Yes
Charles I of England Yes      
Christina       Yes
Christina the Astonishing       Yes
Christopher     Yes Yes1
Chrysanthus   Yes Yes Yes
Clare of Assisi Yes     Yes
Peter Claver       Yes
Pope Clement I Yes Yes Yes Yes
Colette       Yes
Columba Yes Yes Yes Yes
Columbanus     Yes Yes
Conrad of Parzham       Yes
Conrad of Piacenza       Yes
Constantine the Great   Yes Yes Yes6
Constantine of Murom     Yes  
Pope Cornelius   Yes Yes Yes
Cosmas   Yes Yes  
Cosmas and Damian Yes Yes Yes Yes
Cunigunde of Luxemburg       Yes
Cuthbert of Lindisfarne Yes   Yes Yes
Cuthbert Mayne       Yes
Cynllo Yes     Yes
Cyprian Yes Yes Yes Yes
Cyril equal to the Apostles, teacher of the Slavs Yes   Yes Yes
Cyril of Alexandria Yes4 Yes Yes Yes
Cyril of Jerusalem Yes4 Yes Yes Yes

D

Saint Anglican Oriental
Orthodox
Eastern
Orthodox
Roman
Catholic
King Dagobert II       Yes
Pope Damasus I   Yes Yes Yes
Daniel Comboni       Yes
Danilo II     Yes  
Daria     Yes Yes
David (Dewi) of Wales Yes   Yes Yes
Declan     Yes Yes
Demetrius of Alexandria   Yes Yes Yes
Demetrius of Thessaloniki   Yes Yes Yes
Denis (Denys, Dionysius) Yes4 Yes Yes Yes
Deusdedit of Canterbury Yes     Yes
Didier of Cahors (Desiderius)       Yes
Dionysius the Areopagite   Yes Yes Yes
Pope Dionysius   Yes Yes Yes
Dismas     Yes Yes
Dominic de Guzman Yes     Yes
Dominic Loricatus       Yes
Dominic Savio       Yes
Dorotheus of Tyre   Yes Yes Yes
Douai Martyrs       Yes
Dunstan Yes   Yes Yes
Dymphna     Yes Yes

E

Saint Anglican Oriental
Orthodox
Eastern
Orthodox
Roman
Catholic
Edburga of Bicester     Yes Yes
Edith Stein       Yes
Edmund of East Anglia Yes   Yes Yes
Edward the Confessor Yes   Yes Yes
Edward the Martyr ??   Yes Yes
Egbert Yes   Yes Yes
Pope Eleutherius   Yes Yes Yes
Eligius     Yes Yes
Elisabeth of Hungary Yes     Yes
Elizabeth of Portugal       Yes
Elizabeth of Russia     Yes  
Elizabeth Ann Seton       Yes
Elpis (Hope)   Yes Yes Yes
Emelia     Yes  
Emeric of Hungary       Yes
Emma     Yes Yes
Emmeram of Regensburg       Yes
Engelbert of Cologne       Yes
Ephrem the Syrian Yes4 Yes Yes Yes
Epiphanius of Salamis     Yes Yes
Ermengol       Yes
Ethelbert of Kent     Yes Yes
Etheldreda of Ely Yes   Yes Yes
Eucherius of Lyon   Yes Yes Yes
Pope Eugene I   Yes Yes Yes
Pope Eusebius   Yes Yes Yes
Eusebius of Vercelli     Yes Yes
Pope Eutychian   Yes Yes Yes
Pope Evaristus   Yes Yes Yes

F

Saint Anglican Oriental
Orthodox
Eastern
Orthodox
Roman
Catholic
Pope Fabian Yes Yes Yes Yes
Faith Yes     Yes
Faustina       Yes
Feichin Yes     Yes
Pope Felix I   Yes Yes Yes
Pope Felix II     Yes Yes
Pope Felix III     Yes Yes
Pope Felix IV     Yes Yes
Ferréol     Yes Yes
Fidelis of Sigmarengen       Yes
Filan Yes     Yes
Firmilian   Yes   Yes
Frances Cabrini       Yes
Francis Caracciolo       Yes
Francis of Assisi Yes     Yes
Francis of Paola       Yes
Francis de Sales Yes     Yes
Francis Xavier Yes4     Yes

G

Saint Anglican Oriental
Orthodox
Eastern
Orthodox
Roman
Catholic
Gabriel the Archangel   Yes Yes Yes
Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows       Yes
Gall     Yes Yes
Gaudentius of Ossero     Yes Yes
Pope Gelasius I   Yes Yes Yes
Gemma Galgani       Yes
Genesius of Arles       Yes
Genesius of Clermont       Yes
Genesius of Rome       Yes
George Yes2 Yes Yes Yes
Giovanni da Capistrano       Yes
Giuseppe (Joseph) Pignatelli       Yes
Godehard (Gotthard) of Hildesheim     Yes Yes
Godric of Finchale       Yes
Gratus of Aosta       Yes
Gregory of Tours   Yes Yes Yes
Gregory the Illuminator   Yes Yes Yes
Gregory Nazianzus Yes Yes Yes Yes
Gregory of Nyssa Yes Yes Yes Yes
Gregory Palamas     Yes Yes6
Gregory of Spoleto     Yes Yes
Pope Gregory I (the Great) Yes   Yes Yes
Pope Gregory II     Yes Yes
Pope Gregory III     Yes Yes
Pope Gregory VII       Yes
Grellan       Yes

H

Saint Anglican Oriental
Orthodox
Eastern
Orthodox
Roman
Catholic
Hedwig of Andechs       Yes
Hallvard       Yes
Helena Yes4 Yes Yes Yes
Helier Yes   Yes Yes
Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor       Yes
Herman of Alaska     Yes  
Pope Hilarius   Yes Yes Yes
Hilarion of Cyprus     Yes  
Hilary of Poitiers Yes Yes Yes Yes
Hilda of Whitby Yes   Yes Yes
Pope Hildebrand       Yes
Hildegard of Bingen Yes     Yes
Holy Innocents Yes Yes Yes Yes
Pope Hormisdas   Yes Yes Yes
Hubertus     Yes Yes
Hugh of Lincoln Yes     Yes
Humphrey     Yes Yes
Hyacintha Mariscotti       Yes
Pope Hyginus   Yes Yes Yes

I

Saint Anglican Oriental
Orthodox
Eastern
Orthodox
Roman
Catholic
Ignatius of Antioch Yes Yes Yes Yes
Ignatius of Laconi       Yes
Ignatius Loyola Yes4     Yes
Pope Innocent I     Yes Yes
Innocent of Alaska     Yes  
Irenaeus of Lyons Yes Yes Yes Yes
Isidore of Seville     Yes Yes
Ita     Yes Yes

J

Saint Anglican Oriental
Orthodox
Eastern
Orthodox
Roman
Catholic
Jadwiga       Yes
James, son of Zebedee Yes Yes Yes Yes
James, son of Alphaeus Yes Yes Yes Yes
James of the Marches       Yes
Jason   Yes Yes Yes
Jean-Baptiste-Marie Vianney       Yes
Jean de Brebeuf       Yes
Jerome Yes4 Yes Yes Yes
Joachim Yes Yes Yes Yes
Joan of Arc       Yes
John the Baptist Yes Yes Yes Yes
John Baptist de La Salle       Yes
John Bosco       Yes
John Chrysostom Yes Yes Yes Yes
John Climacus   Yes Yes Yes
John of the Cross Yes     Yes
John of Damascus Yes4 Yes Yes Yes
John of Matha       Yes
John of Nepomuk       Yes
John Neumann       Yes
John the Evangelist Yes Yes Yes Yes
John Fisher       Yes
John Maron       Yes
John Ogilvie       Yes
John of Shanghai and San Francisco     Yes  
John of Tobolsk     Yes  
Pope John I     Yes Yes
Josaphat Kuncevyc       Yes
Josemaría Escrivá       Yes
Józef Bilczewski       Yes
Joseph Freinademetz       Yes
Joseph the Betrothed or Joseph of Nazareth Yes Yes Yes Yes
Joseph of Cupertino       Yes
Juan Diego       Yes
Jude Yes Yes Yes Yes
Julian of Norwich Yes     Yes
Juliana of Nicomedia   Yes Yes Yes
Julie Billiart       Yes
Pope Julius I     Yes Yes
Justin Martyr Yes Yes Yes Yes

K

Saint Anglican Oriental
Orthodox
Eastern
Orthodox
Roman
Catholic
Katharine Drexel       Yes
Keven (Comegen) of Glendalough Yes Yes Yes Yes
Kyriaki     Yes  
Kyriakos     Yes  

L

Saint Anglican Oriental
Orthodox
Eastern
Orthodox
Roman
Catholic
Ladislaus of Hungary       Yes
Laurent-Marie-Joseph Imbert       Yes
Laurence Yes Yes Yes Yes
Lazar     Yes  
Lazarus Yes Yes Yes Yes
Pope Leo the Great Yes   Yes Yes
Pope Leo II     Yes Yes
Pope Leo III     Yes Yes
Pope Leo IV     Yes Yes
Pope Leo IX       Yes
Leodegar of Autun     Yes Yes
Leopold Mandic       Yes
Pope Linus   Yes Yes Yes
Lorcán Ua Tuathail       Yes
Lorenzo Ruiz       Yes
Louis       Yes
Pope Lucius I     Yes Yes
Lucy of Syracuse Yes Yes Yes Yes
Luke the Evangelist Yes Yes Yes Yes
Loup (Lupus)       Yes

M

Saint Anglican Oriental
Orthodox
Eastern
Orthodox
Roman
Catholic
Macrina the Elder Yes Yes Yes Yes
Macrina the Younger Yes Yes Yes Yes
Malachy       Yes
Marcellin Champagnat       Yes
Pope Marcellinus   Yes Yes Yes
Pope Marcellus I   Yes Yes Yes
Marcouf       Yes
Margaret of Antioch (or Pisidia) aka Margarita aka Saint Marina aka Saint Pelagia Yes4 Yes Yes Yes
Margaret Clitherow       Yes
Margaret of Hungary Yes     Yes
Margaret of Scotland (Queen) Yes     Yes
Marguerite D'Youville       Yes
Maria Goretti       Yes
Pope Mark   Yes Yes Yes
Mark of Ephesus     Yes  
Mark the Evangelist Yes Yes Yes Yes
Martha Yes Yes Yes Yes
Martin of Tours Yes Yes Yes Yes
Martin de Porres       Yes
Pope Martin I   Yes Yes Yes
The Virgin Mary (Blessed Virgin Mary) Yes Yes Yes Yes
Mary Magdalene Yes Yes Yes Yes
Mary of the Gael     Yes Yes
Mary sister of Lazarus Yes Yes Yes  
Mary of Egypt Yes Yes Yes Yes
Matheos the Poor   Yes    
Matthew the Evangelist Yes Yes Yes Yes
Matthias Yes Yes Yes Yes
Maurice   Yes Yes Yes
Tsarevna Maria     Yes  
Maximillian Kolbe Yes     Yes
Methodius equal to the Apostles, teacher of the Slavs Yes ?? Yes Yes
Michael the Archangel Yes3 Yes Yes Yes
Pope Miltiades   Yes Yes Yes
Monica of Hippo Yes Yes Yes Yes
Moses   Yes Yes Yes

N

Saint Anglican Oriental
Orthodox
Eastern
Orthodox
Roman
Catholic
Neot     Yes Yes
Nicephorus     Yes Yes
Nicholas of Myra Yes Yes Yes Yes
Pope Nicholas I   Yes Yes Yes
Tsar Nicholas II     Yes  
Nikolai of Japan     Yes  
Nikolai of Žiča     Yes  
Nil Sorsky     Yes  
Nilus the Younger     Yes Yes
Nimattullah Kassab Al-Hardini       Yes
Ninian Yes   Yes Yes
Nino Enlightener of Georgia   Yes Yes Yes
Nothelm of Canterbury Yes   Yes Yes

O

Saint Anglican Oriental
Orthodox
Eastern
Orthodox
Roman
Catholic
Odile     Yes Yes
Odo of Cluny     Yes Yes
Olaf II Haraldsson       Yes
Grand Duchess Olga     Yes  
Onuphrius   Yes Yes Yes
Oswald of Northumbria Yes   Yes Yes
Osyth     Yes Yes
Ouen (Dado) of Rouen     Yes Yes

P

Saint Anglican Oriental
Orthodox
Eastern
Orthodox
Roman
Catholic
Pantaleon (Panteleimon) Yes Yes Yes Yes
Pope Paschal I     Yes Yes
Patrick Yes Yes Yes Yes
Paul Yes Yes Yes Yes
Paul of the Cross       Yes
Pope Paul I     Yes Yes
Paul Miki     &bsps; Yes
Paulinus of Nola     Yes Yes
Paulinus of York Yes   Yes Yes
Pavel of Taganrog     Yes  
Perpetua and her companions Yes Yes Yes Yes
Peter Yes Yes Yes Yes
Peter the Aleut     Yes  
Peter of Alexandria   Yes Yes Yes
Peter Canisius       Yes
Peter Chanel       Yes
Peter Claver       Yes
Peter Julian Eymard       Yes
Peter of Sebaste     Yes  
Petroc Yes   Yes  
Philip Yes Yes Yes Yes
Philip of Agira     Yes Yes
Philomena   Yes Yes Yes
Patriarch Photios I     Yes  
Pierre Borie       Yes
Pio of Pietrelcina       Yes
Piran     Yes Yes
Pistis (Faith)   Yes Yes Yes
Pope Pius V       Yes
Pope Pius X       Yes
Polycarp Yes Yes Yes Yes
Polyxene     Yes Yes
Pontius Pilate   Yes5    
Pope Pontian     Yes Yes
Porphyry of Gaza     Yes  

Q

Saint Anglican Oriental
Orthodox
Eastern
Orthodox
Roman
Catholic
Quentin     Yes Yes

R

Saint Anglican Oriental
Orthodox
Eastern
Orthodox
Roman
Catholic
Rafael Guizar Valencia       Yes
Rafqa Pietra Choboq Ar-Rayès       Yes
Raphael the Archangel   Yes Yes Yes
Raphael of Brooklyn     Yes  
Remigius of Reims     Yes Yes
Remigius of Rouen       Yes
Richard of Chichester Yes     Yes
Romedius       Yes
Romuald     Yes Yes
Rosalia       Yes
Rufino       Yes

S

Saint Anglican Oriental
Orthodox
Eastern
Orthodox
Roman
Catholic
Chaldean
Catholic
Sava   Yes Yes  
Seraphina     Yes  
Seraphim of Sarov     Yes  
Sergius   Yes Yes Yes
Pope Sergius I   Yes Yes Yes
Servatius     Yes Yes
Sharbel Makhluf       Yes
Pope Silverius   Yes Yes Yes
Simeon the Righteous   Yes Yes Yes
Simeon Mirotocivi     Yes  
Simeon Stylites   Yes Yes Yes
Simon Yes   Yes Yes
Pope Simplicius     Yes Yes
Pope Siricius     Yes Yes
Pope Sixtus I   Yes Yes Yes
Pope Sixtus II     Yes Yes
Pope Sixtus III     Yes Yes
Spyridon of Trimythous   Yes Yes Yes
Sophia (Wisdom)   Yes Yes Yes
Pope Soter     Yes Yes
Stephen Yes Yes Yes Yes
Stephen of Hungary     Yes Yes
Stephen of Piperi     Yes  
Pope Stephen I   Yes Yes Yes
Stylianos of Paphlagonia     Yes  
Susanna   Yes Yes Yes
Swithun of Winchester Yes   Yes Yes
Pope (or Bishop of Roma) Sylvester I   Yes Yes Yes
Symeon Metaphrastes   Yes Yes  
Symeon the New Theologian     Yes  
Pope Symmachus   Yes Yes Yes

T

Saint Anglican Oriental
Orthodox
Eastern
Orthodox
Roman
Catholic
Tekle Haymanot   Yes    
Tarasius     Yes Yes
Tsarevna Tatiana     Yes  
Pope Telesphorus     Yes Yes
Teresa of Avila Yes     Yes
Thecla of Iconium   Yes Yes Yes
Theobald       Yes
Theodore Guerin       Yes
Theodore of Amasea (the Recruit)   Yes Yes Yes
Theodore the Studite   Yes; Yes  
Theodosius of Kiev     Yes  
Theophan the Recluse     Yes  
Thérèse de Lisieux       Yes
Apostle Thomas Yes Yes Yes Yes
Thomas Aquinas Yes     Yes
Thomas Beckett Yes     Yes
Thomas More Yes4     Yes
Tikhon of Moscow     Yes  
Tikhon of Zadonsk     Yes  
Timothy the Apostle Yes Yes Yes Yes
Titus (Companion of Paul) Yes Yes Yes Yes
Tydfil Yes     Yes

U

Saint Anglican Oriental
Orthodox
Eastern
Orthodox
Roman
Catholic
Ulrich of Augsburg     Yes Yes
Pope Urban I     Yes Yes
Ursula     Yes Yes
Ursula(Julia Urszula Ledóchowska, (1865 - 1939, Canon. 2005))       Yes

V

Saint Anglican Oriental
Orthodox
Eastern
Orthodox
Roman
Catholic
Veronica       Yes
Pope Victor I   Yes Yes Yes
Vincent Ferrer       Yes
Vincent of Lerins Yes   Yes Yes
Vincent de Paul Yes     Yes
Pope Vitalian     Yes Yes
Vitus   Yes Yes Yes
Vladimir of Kiev     Yes Yes

W

Saint Anglican Oriental
Orthodox
Eastern
Orthodox
Roman
Catholic
Werburgh     Yes Yes
Wilfrid of Ripon Yes   Yes Yes
Willibrord Yes   Yes  
Wolfeius Yes Yes Yes Yes
Wolfgang ?? ?? Yes Yes

X

Saint Anglican Oriental
Orthodox
Eastern
Orthodox
Roman
Catholic
Xanthippe     Yes Yes

Y

Saint Anglican Oriental
Orthodox
Eastern
Orthodox
Roman
Catholic
Yrieix     Yes Yes

Z

Saint Anglican Oriental
Orthodox
Eastern
Orthodox
Roman
Catholic
Pope Zachary     Yes Yes
Pope Zephyrinus     Yes Yes
Pope Zosimus     Yes Yes

Notes

1 The saint has been removed from the Roman Catholic calendar of saints due to a lack of historical evidence. The removal does not mean he did not exist. It is sometimes wrongly believed he was "de-canonized" or declared not to be a saint, but this is not the case and he is still so recognized.
2 St George is specifically mentioned in the English Book of Common Prayer from 1662, and Common Worship of 2000. However, other Anglican churches have since removed reference to him, or never included him in the past.
3 The Anglican feast is "Michael and All Angels".
4 Common Worship has "Commemoration".
5 Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church only, based on a local tradition of his conversion and martyrdom.
6 Eastern Rite Catholic Churches only.

See also