Painting of the Virgin Mary rising into heaven on clouds, her arms raised toward a burst of golden light

SAINTDEX

A growing collection of the lives, stories, and witness of the Catholic saints.

The Blessed Virgin Mary at the Annunciation in a rose-pink dress, white veil and blue mantle, her hands crossed over her breast and her face lifted toward a shaft of silvery light, a white lily at her side

The Blessed Virgin Mary

Saint Joseph cradling the sleeping infant Jesus against his chest and gazing down at him, a staff of white lilies behind his shoulder and a carpenter's square and wood shavings on the workbench beside him

Saint Joseph

Saint Peter the Apostle, an old fisherman in an ochre mantle, gazing upward in repentance with his hands clasped around two keys, one gold and one iron, beside a heap of fishing net on a stone ledge

Saint Peter the Apostle

Saint Paul the Apostle as a bald, grey-bearded old man in a brown cloak, looking up from a letter he is writing with a reed pen at a rough table in a prison cell, a sword leaning against the table

Saint Paul the Apostle

Saint Francis of Assisi in a patched grey-brown habit with the hood drawn up, his eyes lowered to a small brown sparrow resting in his cupped hands, against a plain black ground

Saint Francis of Assisi

Saint John the Baptist seated in the desert at night in a camel-hair garment and a red cloak, gazing fiercely upward, one hand gripping a tall cross of bound reeds and the other resting on his knee

Saint John the Baptist

Saint Michael the Archangel with great white-and-grey wings, raising a sword high in his right hand and holding a round shield, his head bowed calmly over the defeated dragon at his feet

Saint Michael the Archangel

Saint Joan of Arc in armour, her hands resting on the hilt of her sword and her face lifted toward the light, with her white fleur-de-lis banner behind her

Saint Joan of Arc

Saint Teresa of Calcutta in her white sari with blue stripes, a small crucifix pinned at her shoulder, her worn hands folded over a wooden rosary as she looks calmly toward the viewer against a grey stone wall

Saint Teresa of Calcutta

Saint John Paul II seated in a white cassock and red velvet mozzetta, holding upright a tall silver pastoral staff topped with a crucifix and looking calmly toward the viewer

Saint John Paul II

Saint Patrick, an old bishop with a long grey beard in a cream mantle edged with green, standing on a windswept Irish hillside under a stormy sky, holding up a shamrock in one hand and gripping a shepherd's crook in the other, with sheep grazing below

Saint Patrick

Saint Nicholas of Myra, a white-bearded bishop in a crimson and gold cope and mitre, holding out a purse of gold coins and a golden crozier, with a stormy sea and a ship seen through the arched window behind him

Saint Nicholas of Myra

Saint Pio of Pietrelcina as an old white-bearded Capuchin in a brown habit, leaning in his confessional with head bowed to listen, his hands in brown fingerless half-gloves resting on the ledge with a wooden rosary

Saint Pio of Pietrelcina

Saint Thérèse of Lisieux as a young Carmelite in a brown habit and white veil beside a leaded window, smiling down at the pink roses in her hands with a small crucifix at her breast

Saint Thérèse of Lisieux

Saint Mary Magdalene seated in the dark with her long auburn hair loose, looking down at the alabaster ointment jar she holds in her lap, lit by a single candle on the table beside her

Saint Mary Magdalene

Saint Augustine of Hippo, a bearded bishop in a black habit and red cope, looking up from the page he is writing with a quill, his white mitre and a candlestick on the desk beside him

Saint Augustine of Hippo

Saint Thomas Aquinas as a heavy-set Dominican friar in a white habit and black cloak, writing with a white quill in a large open book on a wooden desk, a small gold monstrance beside him against a dark ground

Saint Thomas Aquinas

Saint Anthony of Padua as a young Franciscan friar in a grey-brown habit, gazing upward as he holds a worn book of psalms to his chest with white lilies in the crook of his arm

Saint Anthony of Padua

Saint Valentine of Terni, a grey-bearded bishop in a rose-red cloak, kneeling with his hands pressed together and his face lifted toward a shaft of silver light breaking through the clouds, a folded hair shirt on the stone ledge beside him

Saint Valentine of Terni

Saint George as a young soldier in steel armour and a crimson cloak, gazing toward the light, a torn edict crumpled in one fist and his other hand resting on a white shield with a red cross

Saint George

Saint Carlo Acutis as a fifteen-year-old boy in a red polo shirt, seated by a window at a carpet-covered table with an open laptop, smiling toward the viewer with a wooden rosary in his clasped hands

Saint Carlo Acutis

Saint John the Apostle on Patmos in a rose-pink tunic and grey cloak, looking up from the open book on his knee with a reed pen in hand, an eagle on the rock behind him against a grey sky

Saint John the Apostle

Saint Matthew the tax collector seated at his table, turning his startled face up toward the light with one hand pressed to his chest, his other hand beside a heap of silver coins and a leather money purse

Saint Matthew the Apostle

Saint Mark the Evangelist, a bearded man in a linen head-cloth and a brown-red mantle, writing his Gospel on a long scroll with a reed pen, a clay jug and an inkpot beside him on the table

Saint Mark the Evangelist

Saint Luke the Evangelist in an off-white tunic and slate-blue cloak, seated at a table writing on a papyrus scroll with a reed pen and looking up, a bronze mortar and pestle and a bundle of dried herbs beside him against a dark ground

Saint Luke the Evangelist

Saint Andrew the Apostle as an aged fisherman in a brown tunic and ochre cloak, looking up with his hands clasped around the timber of an X-shaped cross, a fishing net hanging beside him

Saint Andrew the Apostle

Saint Thomas the Apostle in a faded red mantle, lifting his wondering face toward the light with one finger raised and his other hand pressed to his chest, a spear leaning behind his shoulder

Saint Thomas the Apostle

Saint James the Great in a blue-grey tunic and rose mantle with a scallop shell at his shoulder, gazing up to heaven with one hand on his heart and the other on the hilt of a sword, against a cloudy sky

Saint James the Great

Saint Jude Thaddeus in a green tunic and a rose-red cloak, one hand on his breast and a small book in the other, gazing up in quiet trust against a cloudy evening sky

Saint Jude Thaddeus

The Archangel Gabriel in a white alb and rose-gold sash, his wings folded and one hand raised in greeting, holding white lilies against his shoulder before dusky rose clouds

Saint Gabriel the Archangel

Saint Raphael the Archangel as a young traveller with golden curls and great wings, in a billowing crimson and gold mantle, gripping a tall pilgrim's staff and holding out a small silver fish on a cord

Saint Raphael the Archangel

Saint Christopher, a bearded giant with a rough wooden staff, wading through a dark river with the Christ Child seated on his shoulders holding a small golden orb

Saint Christopher

Saint Benedict of Nursia as an old white-bearded monk in a black Benedictine habit, holding his open handwritten Rule and raising one hand as he looks up toward the light

Saint Benedict of Nursia

Saint Teresa of Ávila in her Carmelite habit, black veil and cream mantle, seated at a writing table with a quill over an open manuscript and looking up as if listening, before a crimson curtain

Saint Teresa of Ávila

Saint Catherine of Siena in the white habit and black mantle of a Dominican tertiary, gazing upward in ecstasy with one hand on her breast and the other resting on a stack of sealed letters beside a quill, a white lily behind her

Saint Catherine of Siena

Saint Ignatius of Loyola in a black cassock and a crimson and gold chasuble, gazing upward with his hand on his heart and an open book in his other hand, his old sword and dagger laid on the ledge before him

Saint Ignatius of Loyola

Saint Francis Xavier in a black Jesuit cassock and cape on the deck of a ship, gazing up with longing as he holds a small crucifix to his chest, the sea and a distant coastline behind him at dusk

Saint Francis Xavier

Saint Dominic de Guzmán in the white habit and black cloak of the Order of Preachers, holding a closed book to his chest and a wooden rosary with a small crucifix, against a plain grey stone wall

Saint Dominic de Guzmán

Saint Faustina Kowalska in the black habit and veil of her congregation, seated by a leaded window writing in her diary, a bowl of potatoes, a jug and a small black book on the table beside her

Saint Faustina Kowalska

Saint Maximilian Kolbe with a shaved head and round spectacles, in a striped prisoner's jacket, praying with his head bowed over a rosary by the light of a single small candle

Saint Maximilian Kolbe

Saint Anne in a white veil, a red-brown dress and a green mantle, seated with an open book on her lap and her hand on its pages, looking up with tender warmth beside a sewing basket

Saint Anne

Saint Joachim as an old man with a white beard and a cream striped prayer shawl over his head, his head bowed as he holds a small white lamb against his russet robe

Saint Joachim

Saint Stephen as a young deacon in a white tunic and dark red mantle, his face lifted in wonder toward the light, gripping a green palm branch with one hand and resting the other on his chest, three rough stones on the ledge before him

Saint Stephen the Protomartyr

Saint Jerome, a gaunt old hermit with a long white beard and a red cloth over one shoulder, writing in a large open book with a quill beside an unrolled scroll in his dark cave

Saint Jerome

Saint Thomas More in prison in the Tower of London, grey-bearded in a black cap and fur-collared black gown, seated by the cell window with a small open prayer book in his hands

Saint Thomas More

Saint Clare of Assisi in a grey Poor Clare habit, white wimple and black veil, holding a gold sunburst monstrance before her against a black ground

Saint Clare of Assisi

Saint Bernadette Soubirous as a young peasant girl in a white wool hood, kneeling in the shadow of the grotto with a wooden rosary in her clasped hands and gazing upward, a bundle of gathered firewood beside her

Saint Bernadette Soubirous

Saint Rita of Cascia, an Augustinian nun in a black habit and white wimple with a wound on her forehead, praying over a small wooden crucifix by candlelight, two red roses on the table before her

Saint Rita of Cascia

Saint Monica in a dark veil and brown dress, her hands clasped in prayer and tears on her cheeks as she looks up toward the light from a high window

Saint Monica

Saint John of the Cross in a brown Carmelite habit and white mantle, seated in a dark prison cell and looking up toward a narrow shaft of light, a quill and paper in one hand and a small crucifix in the other

Saint John of the Cross

Saint Francis de Sales, a balding, bearded bishop in a lace rochet and violet mozzetta with a gold pectoral cross, seated at his table writing in an open book with a quill, under a cool clouded sky

Saint Francis de Sales

Saint John Bosco, a smiling priest in a black cassock, his hands resting on a worn book on a workshop table beside a spinning top, juggling balls and a carpenter's plane, with daylight from a window

Saint John Bosco

Saint Vincent de Paul as a smiling old priest in a black cassock, cape and skullcap, holding a round loaf of bread to give away, standing before a grey stone niche

Saint Vincent de Paul

Saint Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin in a white cotton tunic, gazing upward at dawn as he holds his cream maguey-fibre cloak gathered up and filled with red and pink roses

Saint Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin

Saint Martin de Porres in the white tunic and black cloak of a Dominican lay brother, holding a straw broom and bending to set down a dish where a dog, a cat and a mouse eat together

Saint Martin de Porres

Saint Rose of Lima in a white Dominican habit and black veil with a circlet of pink roses on her head, gazing upward in prayer and holding pink roses and a wooden crucifix against a grey-blue sky

Saint Rose of Lima

Saint Kateri Tekakwitha as a young Mohawk woman with a blue blanket drawn over her head like a shawl, eyes lowered in prayer, holding a wooden rosary and white lilies among birch trees by a river

Saint Kateri Tekakwitha

Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton seated in a black silk widow's dress and white-frilled bonnet, her hands resting on an open schoolbook with a black rosary looped over her wrist, before a grey-blue evening sky

Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton

Saint Pier Giorgio Frassati as a smiling young climber in a grey tweed jacket and tie, a coil of rope over his shoulder, sitting on a rocky Alpine ridge with an ice axe and a pipe, snowy peaks behind him

Saint Pier Giorgio Frassati

Saint Josemaría Escrivá, a young priest in a black cassock, looking up with his hands clasped over scattered handwritten notes on his desk, a plain wooden cross on the wall behind him

Saint Josemaría Escrivá