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Saint Gregory of Nyssa
Basil the Great’s younger brother, called by the Orthodox “the Father of Fathers”
- Patron of
- Western calendar
- 10 January
- Orthodox calendar
- 10 January (23 January on the old calendar)
Gregory was a younger brother of Basil the Great and of Macrina, whom the Church also honours as a saint, and Basil overcame his reluctance and made him bishop of Nyssa, a little town on the Halys in Cappadocia. The Arians had him falsely accused of wasting church property and deposed, and he wandered from town to town until the emperor Valens died in 378, when his flock received him back with joy. He was one of the chief figures of the Council of Constantinople in 381, and the Orthodox, who count him among the most profound Christian thinkers of the fourth century, have called him "the Father of Fathers".
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What is a saint’s feast day?
It is the day each year when the Church remembers a saint in its prayers, and for most saints it is the day they died and went home to God. Many saints here have two dates, because the Western and Orthodox Churches keep their own calendars, and some Orthodox churches still count by the old Julian calendar, which runs thirteen days behind ours.
What is a patron saint?
A patron saint is one we ask to pray for us in a particular place, work or need, as many ask Anthony of Padua for help when something is lost, and as Ireland looks to Patrick. A few patronages were declared by a pope, and most grew from long custom. A card says “Patron of” only where a source we checked names one.
A saint I’m looking for is missing. Can you add it?
Yes. Try the name another way first, or the saint’s feast day, because some saints are better known by a title. If they are still not here, send us the name through our contact page, and we will add the saint once we have checked their life and feast days in sources we trust.
Why did you choose these saints and not others?
We began with the saints people search for most, by name, by need and by date, along with the apostles and the saints Orthodox Christians look for. Then we made sure every day of the year has at least one saint. That gives 378 so far, and we keep adding the saints readers ask for.
Every saint here, by feast day
January
- 2 Saint Seraphim of Sarov
- 2 Saint Basil the Great
- 2 Saint Gregory of Nazianzus
- 3 Saint Genevieve
- 4 Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton
- 5 Saint John Neumann
- 5 Saint Edward the Confessor
- 6 Saint André Bessette
- 7 Saint Raymond of Peñafort
- 8 Saint George the Chozebite
- 10 Saint Gregory of Nyssa
- 11 Saint Theodosius the Cenobiarch
- 12 Saint Tatiana of Rome
- 13 Saint Hilary of Poitiers
- 14 Saint Nina of Georgia
- 16 Saint Honoratus of Arles
- 17 Saint Anthony the Great
- 18 Saint Margaret of Hungary
- 19 Saint Mark of Ephesus
- 19 Saint Macarius the Great
- 20 Saint Sebastian
- 21 Saint Agnes
- 22 Saint Vincent of Saragossa
- 23 Saint Marianne Cope
- 24 Saint Francis de Sales
- 24 Saint Xenia of Petersburg
- 26 Saint Timothy
- 26 Saint Titus
- 28 Saint Thomas Aquinas
- 28 Saint Isaac the Syrian
- 29 Saint Aphraates
- 31 Saint John Bosco
February
- 1 Saint Brigid of Kildare
- 2 Saint Catherine de' Ricci
- 3 Saint Blaise
- 5 Saint Agatha
- 7 Saint Luke of Hellas
- 8 Saint Josephine Bakhita
- 9 Saint Apollonia
- 10 Saint Scholastica
- 12 Saint Meletius of Antioch
- 13 Saint Martinian
- 14 Saint Valentine
- 14 Saints Cyril and Methodius
- 15 Saint Onesimus
- 16 Saint Pamphilus of Caesarea
- 17 The Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order
- 18 Saint Tarasius of Constantinople
- 20 Saints Francisco and Jacinta Marto
- 20 Saint Leo of Catania
- 21 Saint Peter Damian
- 22 Saint Margaret of Cortona
- 23 Saint Polycarp
- 26 Saint Porphyrius of Gaza
- 27 Saint Raphael of Brooklyn
- 27 Saint Gregory of Narek
- 28 Saints Marana and Kyra
March
- 1 Saint David of Wales
- 2 Saint Chad
- 3 Saint Katharine Drexel
- 4 Saint Casimir
- 5 Saint Gerasimus of the Jordan
- 6 Saint Colette
- 7 Saint Perpetua
- 7 Saint Felicity
- 8 Saint John of God
- 9 Saint Dominic Savio
- 9 Saint Frances of Rome
- 10 Saint John Ogilvie
- 11 Saint Sophronius of Jerusalem
- 12 Saint Symeon the New Theologian
- 13 Saint Leander of Seville
- 15 Saint Louise de Marillac
- 16 Saint Aristobulus
- 17 Saint Patrick
- 17 Saint Gertrude of Nivelles
- 18 Saint Cyril of Jerusalem
- 19 Saint Joseph
- 20 Saint Cuthbert
- 20 Saint Photini, the Samaritan Woman
- 21 Saint Nicholas of Flüe
- 22 Saint Basil of Ancyra
- 23 Saint Turibius of Mogrovejo
- 24 Saint Óscar Romero
- 25 Saint Dismas, the Good Thief
- 28 Saint Stephen Harding
- 29 Saint Mark of Arethusa
- 30 Saint John Climacus
- 31 Saint Innocent of Alaska
April
- 1 Saint Mary of Egypt
- 3 Saint Richard of Chichester
- 4 Saint Isidore of Seville
- 4 Saint Benedict the Moor
- 5 Saint Vincent Ferrer
- 6 Saint Peter of Verona
- 7 Saint Tikhon of Moscow
- 9 Saint Demetrius of Thessalonica
- 10 Saint Magdalene of Canossa
- 11 Saint Gemma Galgani
- 11 Saint Stanislaus of Kraków
- 12 Saint Joseph Moscati
- 13 Saints Carpus, Papylus and Agathonica
- 13 Saint Hermenegild
- 15 Saint Damien of Molokai
- 16 Saint Bernadette
- 16 Saint Benedict Joseph Labre
- 16 Saint Drogo
- 17 Saint Kateri Tekakwitha
- 18 Saint John, Disciple of Gregory of Decapolis
- 19 Saint Expeditus
- 20 Saint Zacchaeus
- 21 Saint Anselm of Canterbury
- 22 Saint Theodore of Sykeon
- 23 Saint George
- 24 Saint Fidelis of Sigmaringen
- 24 Saint Salome
- 25 Saint Mark the Evangelist
- 26 Saint Stephen of Perm
- 27 Saint Simeon of Jerusalem
- 28 Saint Gianna Beretta Molla
- 28 Saint Louis de Montfort
- 29 Saint Catherine of Siena
May
- 1 Saint Peregrine Laziosi
- 2 Saint Athanasius of Alexandria
- 2 Saint Matrona of Moscow
- 3 Saint James the Less
- 3 Saint Philip the Apostle
- 4 Saint Florian
- 5 Saint Irene the Great Martyr
- 7 Saint Alexis Toth
- 12 Saint Pancras
- 14 Saint Matthias the Apostle
- 15 Saint Isidore the Farmer
- 16 Saint Brendan the Navigator
- 17 Saint Paschal Baylon
- 18 Saint John I, Pope
- 19 Saint Demetrius Donskoy
- 20 Saint Lydia
- 20 Saint Bernardine of Siena
- 21 Saint Constantine the Great
- 22 Saint Rita of Cascia
- 25 Saint Bede the Venerable
- 26 Saint Philip Neri
- 28 Saint Germain of Paris
- 29 Saint Paul VI
- 30 Saint Dymphna
- 30 Saint Joan of Arc
- 30 Saint Hubert
- 30 Saint Ferdinand III of Castile
- 31 Saint Hermias of Comana
June
- 1 Saint Justin Martyr
- 2 Saint Erasmus
- 3 Saint Kevin of Glendalough
- 5 Saint Boniface
- 6 Saint Norbert
- 7 Saint Daniel of Sketis
- 8 Saint Ephraim of Antioch
- 9 Saint Columba of Iona
- 9 Saint Ephrem the Syrian
- 10 Saint John of Tobolsk
- 11 Saint Barnabas the Apostle
- 11 Saint Luke of Crimea
- 12 Saint Onuphrius
- 13 Saint Anthony of Padua
- 15 Saint Vitus
- 16 Saint Tikhon of Amathus
- 18 Saint Leontius of Tripoli
- 20 Saint Methodius of Olympus
- 21 Saint Aloysius Gonzaga
- 22 Saint Thomas More
- 22 Saint John Fisher
- 22 Saint Paulinus of Nola
- 23 Saint Etheldreda of Ely
- 24 Saint John the Baptist
- 25 Saints Peter and Fevronia of Murom
- 26 Saint Josemaría Escrivá
- 27 Saint Cyril of Alexandria
- 28 Saint Irenaeus of Lyons
- 29 Saint Peter the Apostle
- 29 Saint Paul the Apostle
- 30 The First Martyrs of the Holy Roman Church
July
- 1 Saint Aaron
- 2 Saint John of Shanghai and San Francisco
- 3 Saint Thomas the Apostle
- 4 Saint Pier Giorgio Frassati
- 4 Saint Elizabeth of Portugal
- 5 Saint Anthony Mary Zaccaria
- 6 Saint Maria Goretti
- 8 Saints Aquila and Priscilla
- 8 Saint Procopius
- 9 Saint Augustine Zhao Rong and Companions
- 10 Saint Anthony of the Kiev Caves
- 11 Saint Benedict
- 11 Saint Olga of Kiev
- 12 Saint Veronica
- 12 Saint Paisios of Mount Athos
- 12 Saints Louis and Zélie Martin
- 13 Saint Henry II
- 14 Saint Camillus de Lellis
- 15 Saint Bonaventure
- 15 Saint Vladimir of Kiev
- 16 Saint Athenogenes
- 17 Saint Alexis, the Man of God
- 18 Saint Elizabeth the New Martyr
- 19 Saint Macrina the Younger
- 20 Saint Margaret of Antioch
- 20 Saint Elijah the Prophet
- 21 Saint Lawrence of Brindisi
- 22 Saint Mary Magdalene
- 23 Saint Bridget of Sweden
- 23 Saint John Cassian
- 24 Saint Charbel Makhlouf
- 24 Saints Boris and Gleb
- 25 Saint Christopher
- 25 Saint James the Greater
- 26 Saint Anne
- 26 Saint Joachim
- 26 Saint Paraskevi of Rome
- 26 Saint Jacob Netsvetov of Alaska
- 27 Saint Panteleimon
- 27 Saint Simeon the Stylite
- 29 Saint Lazarus
- 29 Saint Martha
- 29 Saint Olaf of Norway
- 29 Saint Mary of Bethany
- 31 Saint Ignatius of Loyola
August
- 1 Saint Alphonsus Liguori
- 2 Saint Peter Julian Eymard
- 4 Saint John Vianney
- 5 Saint Oswald of Northumbria
- 8 Saint Dominic
- 9 Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein)
- 10 Saint Lawrence
- 11 Saint Clare of Assisi
- 12 Saint Jane Frances de Chantal
- 13 Saint Philomena
- 13 Saint Maximus the Confessor
- 13 Saint John Berchmans
- 14 Saint Maximilian Kolbe
- 15 Saint Stanislaus Kostka
- 15 Saint Tarcisius
- 16 Saint Roch
- 17 Saint Myron of Cyzicus
- 17 Saint Mamas
- 18 Saint Helena
- 19 Saint John Eudes
- 20 Saint Bernard of Clairvaux
- 21 Saint Pius X
- 23 Saint Rose of Lima
- 24 Saint Bartholomew the Apostle
- 25 Saint Louis IX, King of France
- 25 Saint Genesius
- 27 Saint Monica
- 28 Saint Augustine of Hippo
- 28 Saint Moses the Black
- 29 Saint Jeanne Jugan
- 30 Saint Fiacre
- 31 Saint Aidan of Lindisfarne
- 31 Saint Nicodemus
- 31 Saint Joseph of Arimathea
September
- 1 Saint Joshua
- 3 Saint Gregory the Great
- 3 Saint Phoebe
- 4 Saint Moses the Prophet
- 5 Saint Teresa of Calcutta
- 6 Saint Zechariah the Prophet
- 8 Saints Adrian and Natalia
- 8 Saint Thomas of Villanova
- 9 Saint Peter Claver
- 10 Saint Nicholas of Tolentino
- 11 Saint Theodora of Alexandria
- 12 Saint Autonomus
- 13 Saint John Chrysostom
- 14 Saint Albert of Jerusalem
- 15 Saint Niketas the Goth
- 16 Saint Cyprian of Carthage
- 17 Saint Sophia
- 17 Saint Hildegard of Bingen
- 17 Saint Robert Bellarmine
- 18 Saint Joseph of Cupertino
- 19 Saint Januarius
- 20 Saint Andrew Kim Taegon
- 21 Saint Matthew the Apostle
- 22 Saint Maurice
- 23 Saint Elizabeth
- 23 Saint Pio of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio)
- 24 Saint Thecla
- 25 Saint Sergius of Radonezh
- 26 Saints Cosmas and Damian
- 27 Saint Vincent de Paul
- 28 Saint Wenceslaus
- 29 Saint Michael the Archangel
- 29 Saint Raphael the Archangel
- 29 Saint Gabriel the Archangel
- 30 Saint Jerome
October
- 1 Saint Thérèse of Lisieux
- 2 Saints Cyprian and Justina
- 3 Saint Dionysius the Areopagite
- 4 Saint Francis of Assisi
- 5 Saint Faustina Kowalska
- 7 Saints Sergius and Bacchus
- 9 Saint Denis
- 10 Saint Ambrose of Optina
- 11 Saint John XXIII
- 12 Saint Carlo Acutis
- 14 Saint Callistus I
- 15 Saint Teresa of Ávila
- 16 Saint Longinus
- 16 Saint Gerard Majella
- 16 Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque
- 16 Saint Hedwig of Silesia
- 17 Saint Ignatius of Antioch
- 18 Saint Luke the Evangelist
- 19 Saint Isaac Jogues
- 19 Saint Paul of the Cross
- 20 Saint Artemius
- 21 Saint Hilarion
- 22 Saint John Paul II
- 23 Saint John of Capistrano
- 24 Saint Anthony Mary Claret
- 25 Saints Crispin and Crispinian
- 27 Saint Nestor of Thessalonica
- 28 Saint Jude the Apostle
- 28 Saint Simon the Zealot
November
- 2 Saint Marcian of Cyrrhus
- 3 Saint Martin de Porres
- 4 Saint Charles Borromeo
- 6 Saint Leonard of Noblac
- 7 Saint Willibrord
- 9 Saint Nektarios of Aegina
- 10 Saint Leo the Great
- 11 Saint Martin of Tours
- 12 Saint Josaphat
- 14 Saint Gregory Palamas
- 15 Saint Albert the Great
- 16 Saint Margaret of Scotland
- 16 Saint Gertrude the Great
- 17 Saint Elizabeth of Hungary
- 17 Saint Hilda of Whitby
- 18 Saint Romanus of Antioch
- 19 Saint Obadiah the Prophet
- 20 Saint José Sánchez del Río
- 22 Saint Cecilia
- 22 Saint Philemon
- 23 Saint Alexander Nevsky
- 23 Saint Clement of Rome
- 25 Saint Catherine of Alexandria
- 28 Saint Stephen the Younger
- 30 Saint Andrew the Apostle
December
- 1 Saint Eligius
- 2 Saint Porphyrios of Kavsokalyvia
- 3 Saint Francis Xavier
- 4 Saint Barbara
- 4 Saint John of Damascus
- 6 Saint Nicholas of Myra
- 7 Saint Ambrose
- 8 Saints Sosthenes, Apollos and Companions
- 9 Saint Juan Diego
- 10 Saint Eulalia of Mérida
- 11 Saint Damasus I
- 12 Saint Spyridon
- 13 Saint Lucy
- 13 Saint Herman of Alaska
- 14 Saint John of the Cross
- 15 Saint Virginia Centurione Bracelli
- 16 Saint Haggai the Prophet
- 20 Saint John of Kronstadt
- 21 Saint Peter Canisius
- 22 Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini
- 23 Saint John of Kanty
- 25 Saint Anastasia
- 25 Saint Eugenia of Rome
- 26 Saint Stephen
- 27 Saint John the Apostle
- 28 The Holy Innocents
- 29 Saint Thomas Becket
- 30 Saint Anysia of Thessalonica
- 31 Saint Catherine Labouré
Choosing a confirmation saint
Catholics preparing for Confirmation often choose a saint as a patron and take that saint’s name. It is a custom, and a candidate may keep their baptismal name. The norms of the Diocese of Honolulu say that candidates “may use their baptismal name for Confirmation,” and that “by custom” they may take another from the holy men and women of Scripture, the saints or the virtues. Dioceses differ, so ask your parish what it expects.
Ways to find a saint
- Start with your own name. Type your first name in the finder above. Many names belong to more than one saint, and the finder lists them.
- Try a date that matters to you. Type your birthday or baptism day to see whose feast it is.
- Look for what you do or care about. Type a job, a study or a need, or begin with one of the patrons below.
- Read the life before you choose. Each entry gives a short life and the sources it came from, including where the history is uncertain.
- Talk it over with your sponsor. Canon law asks the sponsor to help the person confirmed live “as a true witness of Christ.”
Some patrons to begin with
- Students: Joseph of Cupertino, Gemma Galgani
- Young people: Aloysius Gonzaga, John Bosco
- Teachers: Elizabeth Ann Seton, John Bosco
- Musicians: Cecilia
- Artists: Luke
- Writers: Francis de Sales
- Nurses: Camillus de Lellis, John of God
- Doctors: Gianna Beretta Molla, Cosmas and Damian
- Soldiers: Martin of Tours, George
- Altar servers: John Berchmans, Tarcisius
- Converts: Augustine of Hippo
- The mentally ill: Dymphna
At the ceremony the name is usually said on its own. In the Honolulu norms, the title and the place are left off, so Saint Catherine of Siena becomes “Catherine.”
About this list
What this shows
378 saints of the Western and Orthodox churches: each saint’s feast day in both calendars, what the saint is patron of where a source says so, a short life, and the pages we took it from.
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