There are several thousand saints recognized by the Catholic Church for their heroic virtues and dedication to their relationship with Christ and with God’s people. Over the past few years at Queen of Angels, almost a hundred of these saints have been chosen by candidates to do research about and take as a personal patron through their Confirmation names. Basic information about those saints, gathered by past Confirmation candidates, can be accessed in the table below.
During our Confirmation class “Saintapalooza,” the stories of these saints are examined by the candidates for Confirmation to spark their own search for just the right Confirmation Name.
If you are seriously considering one of these saints as a source for your Confirmation name, please do further research using the resources recommended on the Confirmation Name essay assignment sheet (Track A | Track B). Remember that because these bios are written by individual students, they are not as reliable as the reputable sources that were recommended to you on the assignment sheet.
While your search might start with Googling, draw your research notes from CatholicSaints.info, CatholicOnline (Catholic.org), or a similar Catholic website. Wikipedia is NOT the best place to draw information about saints from because it is so comprehensive about historical detail that it rarely gets to the heart of who the person was and why this person is a saint. For example, if you wanted to make muffins, you would look up the recipe on a cooking website, not just investigate the history or variety of muffins on Wikipedia.
You are asked to report to your catechist/group on your early progress as part of the class the week of Monday, November 3. Bring in the names of 2 saints with notes on what you like or find interesting about each of them. This should be written on a Notes page in your Confirmation Journal so it is less easy to lose. (Flyer with full details on homework from class the week of October 27)
Click on a saint’s name to read their short biography and see Christian art or photographs of that saint. For explanations of what different terms mean, see the Saintapalooza class outline.
| Saint Name | Feast Day | Ask this saint to pray for (or against)… |
| Saint Adrian of Nicomedia | September 8 | soldiers, butchers, against plague |
| Saint Agnes of Rome | January 21 | engaged couples, gardeners, Girl Scouts, assault victims |
| Saint Aidan of Lindesfarne * | August 31 | Northumbria, firefighters |
| Saint Albertus Magnus | November 15 | philosophers, students, scientists |
| Saint Alena (Alène, Ellen) | June 24 | against eye problems and toothaches |
| Saint Alexander of Jerusalem * | March 18 | against persecution for the faith |
| Saint Alice (Aleydis) of Schaerbeek | June 15 | persons with blindness |
| Saint Anastasia of Sirmium | December 25 | weavers, widows |
| Saint Andrew the Apostle | November 30 | Scotland, Greece, fishermen, singers |
| Saint Anthony the Abbot | January 17 | pigs, farmers, hermits, butchers, basket makers, against skin diseases |
| Saint Anthony of Padua (version 1) Saint Anthony of Padua (version 2) |
June 13 | finding lost objects, travelers, expectant mothers, public speakers |
| Holy Child of Atocha (Niño de Atocha) * | December 25 or January 1 |
children, pilgrims, travellers, prisoners |
| Saint Aurelia of Strasbourg | October 15 | recluses |
| Saint Ava of France | April 29 | persons with blindness |
| Saint Benedict of Nursia * | July 11 | Europe, cave explorers, civil engineers, Benedictines, monks |
| Saint Bernadette Soubirous | April 16 | the poor, people ridiculed for their piety |
| Saint Blaise | February 3 | healthy throats, veterinarians, wool-combers |
| Saint Bonaventure of Bagnoregio | July 15 | against intestinal problems |
| Saint Brigid of Ireland | February 1 | infants, dairy and poultry farmers |
| Saint Camilla Battista Varano | May 31 | visual learners |
| Blessed Saturnina Rodriguez de Zavalia (Catalina of Mary) | April 5 | Argentina, heart patients (beatified in 2017) |
| Saint Catherine of Alexandria | November 25 |
cart-makers, wheel-wrights, potters, librarians, maidens, mechanics |
| Saint Catherine of Bologna | March 9 | artists, against temptations |
| Saint Catherine of Siena | April 29 | Europe, nurses, firefighters, Italy |
| Saint Cecilia | November 22 | musicians, composers, poets |
| Saint Christina the Astonishing | July 24 | psychiatrists and therapists, against mental illness |
| Saint Clare of Assisi | August 11 | television, telephones, embroidery |
| Saint Colette * | March 6 | servants, craftspeople, Poor Clares, against headaches |
| Saint Crispin * | October 25 | leather workers, weavers, lace makers, cobblers |
| Daniel the Prophet * | July 21 | government officials |
| Saint Dominic de Guzman | August 8 | astronomers, the Rosary, Dominican Republic, falsely accused people |
| Saint Edward the Confessor * | October 13 | difficult marriages, separated spouses, British royal family, kings |
| Saint Elizabeth | November 5 | expectant mothers |
| Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton | January 4 | widows, opposition to authority, Catholic schools |
| Saint Euphemia of Chalcedon | September 16 |
survivors of drowning, those in need of healing, Croatia |
| Saint Fara (Burgundofara) | April 3 | Faremoutiers, France |
| Saint Felicity of Rome | November 23 | widows, against the death of children |
| Saint Ferdinand of Castile | May 30 | engineers, large families, rulers |
| Saint Fina (Serafina) * | March 12 | persons with disabilities, spinners |
| Saint Francis of Assisi | October 4 | peace, the environment, animals, Italy |
| Saint Francis Xavier | December 3 |
missionaries, navigators, China, India, Japan, Australia, New Zealand |
| Saint Gemma Galgani * | April 11 | pharmacists, students, against tuberculosis |
| Saint Genesius of Rome | August 25 | actors, lawyers, dancers, comedians, torture victims, against epilepsy |
| Saint Genevieve | January 3 | Paris, against disasters and fevers |
| Saint George | April 23 | England, Boy Scouts, knights, farmers, against skin diseases |
| Saint Germaine Cousin * | June 15 | victims of abuse, persons with disabilities, against the loss of parents |
| Saint Gianna Beretta Molla | April 28 | pediatricians, expectant mothers, against abortion |
| Saint Gildas the Wise | January 29 | students, historians |
| Saint Gregory the Great | September 3 | singers & musicians, popes, students & teachers |
| Our Lady of Guadalupe | December 12 | The Americas, Mexico, Central America |
| Saint Helena of the Cross | August 18 | archaeologists, divorced people, difficult marriages |
| Saint Henry II | July 13 | persons with disabilities, kings |
| Saint Hope | August 1 | those who suffer for their faith |
| Saint Ignatius of Loyola * | July 31 | Jesuits, soldiers, World Youth Day 2011 |
| Blessed Isabel Ferrer Sabrià | November 20 | Valencia, Spain |
| Blessed Isabella of France | February 26 | sick people |
| Saint Joan of Arc (version 1) Saint Joan of Arc (version 2) |
May 30 | France, soldiers, prisoners |
| Saint John the Almoner | January 23 |
Knights Hospitaller |
| Saint John the Apostle | December 27 | writers, editors, burn victims, friendships, against poisoning |
| Saint John Bosco | January 31 | young people, students, editors |
| Saint John Wall | August 22 | people who are falsely accused |
| Saint Joseph | March 19 and May 1 |
fathers, immigrants, laborers, carpenters, the dying |
| Saint Joseph Calasanz | August 25 | students, universities, schools for the poor |
| Saint Josephine Bakhita | February 8 | Sudan, immigrants, against slavery, against human trafficking |
| Saint Juan Diego | December 9 | indigenous (native) peoples |
| Saint Jude Thaddeus | October 28 | impossible or forgotten causes, hospitals |
| Saint Julia of Corsica | May 22 | victims of torture |
| Saint Juliana Falconieri | June 19 | against sickness |
| Saint Katharine Drexel | March 3 | philanthropists, heart attack survivors |
| Saint Lawrence of Rome * | August 10 | Sri Lanka, chefs/cooks, librarians, comedians, archivists |
| Saint Lea of Rome | March 22 | widows |
| Saint Leo the Great | November 10 | popes, Church unity |
| Saint Louise de Marillac | March 15 | widows, social workers, loss of parents, disappointing children |
| Our Lady of Lourdes | February 11 | miracles of healing |
| Saint Madeline Sophie Barat * | May 25 | schools for girls, Barat College, Society of the Sacred Heart |
| Saint Margaret of Scotland | November 16 | Scotland, queens, parents of large families |
| Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska | October 5 | troubled young women |
| Saint Mark the Evangelist * | April 25 | Egypt, prisoners, lawyers, stained glass artists, lions |
| Saint Martha | July 29 | single women, homemakers, cooks, hotel-keepers |
| Saint Martin de Porres | November 3 | African-Americans, people of mixed race, barbers |
| Saint Martin of Tours | November 11 | soldiers, beggars, innkeepers, geese, France, against alcoholism |
| Saint Mary di Rosa | December 15 | those who care for the sick |
| Saint Mary, Holy Mother of God | January 1 and many other dates |
United States, enlightenment, bicyclists, pilots |
| Saint Matthew | September 21 | accountants, bankers, security guards, stockbrokers |
| Saint Matthias the Apostle * | May 14 | tailors, against smallpox, against alcoholism |
| Saint Maximilian Kolbe | August 14 | journalists, prisoners, against drug addiction |
| Saint Mesrop the Teacher | February 19 | translators, civil service workers, Armenia |
| Saint Michael the Archangel | September 29 | England, Germany, soldiers, grocers, paramedics |
| Saint Natalie | July 27 | converts, martyrs |
| Saint Nicholas of Myra * | December 6 | Germany, Russia, Greece, children, pharmacists, merchants |
| Saint Otto of Bamberg | July 2 | against rabies |
| Saint Patrick of Ireland | March 17 | Ireland, excluded people, engineers, against snakes |
| Saint Paul the Apostle * | January 25 and a few other dates |
journalists, writers, public relations workers, against hailstorms |
| Saint Peter the Apostle | June 29 and a few other dates |
popes, locksmiths, masons, against foot problems |
| Saint Philip Howard | October 19 | separated spouses, falsely accused people |
| Saint Philip the Apostle | May 3 | Uruguay, pastry chefs, hat makers |
| Saint Pio of Pietrelcina | September 23 | civil defense volunteers, stress relief |
| Saint Rita of Cascia | May 22 | victims of abuse, lost causes, against loneliness |
| Saint Rosalia | September 4 | Sicily, against plague |
| Saint Rose of Lima | August 23 | Latin America, florists and gardeners, embroiderers, against vanity |
| Saint Roseline of Villeneuve | January 17 | prisoners of war |
| Saint Sebastian (version 1) Saint Sebastian (version 2) |
January 20 | athletes, archers, soldiers, gardeners, the dying |
| Blessed Stephanie (Stephana) de Quinzanis | January 2 | young mystics |
| Saint Stephen Protomartyr | December 26 | horses, coffin makers, stonemasons and bricklayers, against headaches |
| Saint Symphorian of Autun | August 22 | children, students, against eye problems |
| Saint Teresa Margaret Redi | March 7 | divine love |
| Saint Teresa of the Andes * | April 12 | young people, sick people, against illness |
| Saint Teresa of Avila | October 15 | Spain, lace makers, against the death of parents |
| Saint Teresa of Calcutta (version 1) Saint Teresa of Calcutta (version 2) |
September 5 | World Youth Day |
| Blessed Terrence Albert O’Brien | June 20 | Limerick, Ireland |
| Saint Thomas the Apostle | July 3 | Pakistan, architects, India, builders, people in doubt |
| Saint Valentine of Rome * | February 14 | engaged couples, happy marriages, against epilepsy, beekeepers |
| Saint Veronica | July 12 | photographers, laundry workers |
| Saint Vincent de Paul | September 27 | volunteers, charities, hospitals, against leprosy |
| Saint William of Vercelli | June 25 | stonemasons, animal tamers |
| Saint Winifred of Wales * | November 3 | Wales, victims of incest, martyrs |
* Starred links are not student-written but go directly to the saint’s profile on the Patron Saints Index, www.CatholicSaints.info.