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Saint Theodosius of Palestine ; feast day January 11) was a principal proponent of orthodoxy in the Christological......
Saint Theophanes the Confessor ; feast day March 12) was a Byzantine monk, theologian, and chronicler, and a principal......
Saint Theophilus of Alexandria ; feast day, Egyptian Coptic Church, October 15; in the Syrian Church, October 17)......
Theophilus of Antioch was a Syrian saint, the sixth bishop of Antioch, and one of the Christian Apologists of the......
St. Thomas ; Western feast day December 21, feast day in Roman and Syrian Catholic churches July 3, in the Greek......
St. Thérèse of Lisieux ; canonized May 17, 1925; feast day October 1) was a Carmelite nun whose service to her......
Saint Timothy ; Western feast day January 24 [in Roman church January 26 with Titus], Eastern feast day January......
Saint Titus ; Western feast day January 26 [with Timothy], Eastern feast day August 25) was a disciple of St. Paul......
Saint Ulrich ; canonized 993; feast day July 4) was a bishop and patron saint of Augsburg, the first person known......
Saint Urban I ; feast day May 25) was the pope from 222 to 230. Succeeding that of St. Calixtus I, his pontificate......
Urban II was the head of the Roman Catholic Church (1088–99) who developed ecclesiastical reforms begun by Pope......
Urban III was the pope from 1185 to 1187. Of noble birth, he was made cardinal and archbishop of Milan in 1182......
Urban IV was the pope from 1261 to 1264. Urban was of humble origin. He was first a priest at Lyon and then professor......
Blessed Urban V ; beatified March 10, 1870) ; feast day December 19) was the pope from 1362 to 1370. Of noble birth,......
Urban VI was the pope from 1378 to 1389 whose election sparked the Western Schism (1378–1417). Archbishop first......
Urban VII was the pope from Sept. 15 to Sept. 27, 1590. Of noble birth, he held several key church offices, including......
Urban VIII was the pope from 1623 to 1644. The son of an aristocratic Florentine family, Barberini filled many......
Saint Ursula ; feast day October 21) was a legendary leader of 11 or 11,000 virgins reputedly martyred at Cologne,......
Valentine was a pope for about 40 days during August–September 827. He became archdeacon under Pope St. Paschal......
St. Valentine ; feast day February 14) was the name of one or two legendary Christian martyrs whose lives seem......
St. Vardan Mamikonian ; feast day the last Thursday before Lent (in February or March)) was an Armenian military......
St. Veronica ; feast day July 12) was a renowned legendary woman who, moved by the sight of Christ carrying his......
St. John Vianney ; canonized May 31, 1925; feast day August 4 [formerly August 9]) was a French priest who was......
St. Victor I ; feast day July 28) was the pope from about 189 to 198/199. After succeeding St. Eleutherius in 189,......
Victor II was the pope from 1055 to 1057. Victor was of noble birth and was appointed bishop of Eichstätt in 1042.......
Blessed Victor III ; beatified July 23, 1887) ; feast day September 16) was the pope from 1086 to 1087. Of noble......
Vigilius was the pope from 537 to 555, known for his major role in what later was called the “Three Chapters Controversy,”......
St. Vincent de Paul ; canonized 1737; feast day September 27) was a French saint, founder of the Congregation of......
St. Vincent Ferrer ; canonized 1455; feast day April 5) was an Aragonese friar and renowned preacher who helped......
Saint Vincent of Lérins ; feast day May 24) was a Gallo-Roman saint, the chief theologian of the Abbey of Lérins,......
Saint Vitalian ; feast day January 27) was the pope from 657 to 672. Consecrated as St. Eugenius I’s successor......
Vladimir I ; feast day July 15) was the grand prince of Kyiv and the first Christian ruler in Kievan Rus. His military......
Saint Walburga ; feast day February 25) was an abbess and missionary who, with her brothers Willibald of Eichstätt......
Wenceslas I ; feast day September 28) was the prince of Bohemia, a martyr, and the patron saint of the Czech Republic.......
Saint Wilfrid ; feast day October 12) was one of the greatest English saints, a monk and bishop who was outstanding......
Saint Willibrord ; feast day November 7) was an Anglo-Saxon bishop and missionary, apostle of Friesland, and a......
Saint Wulfstan was the bishop of Worcester from 1062, the last surviving English holder of a bishopric after the......
St. Francis Xavier ; canonized March 12, 1622; feast day December 3) was the greatest Roman Catholic missionary......
Saint Antonio Maria Zaccaria ; canonized May 27, 1897; feast day July 5) was an Italian priest, physician, and......
Saint Zacharias ; feast day March 15) was the pope from 741 to 752. The last of the Greek popes, Zacharias was......
St. Zephyrinus ; feast day August 26) was the pope from about 199 to 217. Of humble birth, he succeeded Pope St.......
Saint Zosimus ; feast day December 26) was the pope from March 417 to December 418. He was consecrated as Pope......
Śāntirakṣita was an Indian Buddhist teacher and saint who was instrumental in the development of Tibetan Buddhism.......
ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī was the traditional founder of the Qādirīyah order of the mystical Ṣūfī branch of Islām.......