This document summarizes information on 14 Catholic saints from the Tridentine period of the Church, including their names, dates, accomplishments, patronages, and feast days. The saints discussed include St. Rose of Lima, St. Vincent dePaul, St. Martin de Porres, St. Juan Diego, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, St. John Neumann, St. Katharine Drexel, St. Julie Billiart, St. Francis de Sales, St. John Bosco, and St. Therese of Liseaux. They served the poor, established religious orders and schools, spread the Catholic faith, and provided examples of holiness through their lives and writings.

1. Saints of
the Tridentine Period
of the Church

2. • St. Rose of Lima – 1586 – 1617
- a member of the Dominican Order
- lived a life of sacrifice and penitence
- patron of embroiderers and gardeners
- feast day August 23

3. • St. Vincent dePaul – 1581 – 1660
- a priest of the who dedicated
himself to serving the poor.
- renowned for his compassion,
humility and generosity
- known as the "Great Apostle of Charity”
- patron of charities and volunteers
- Feast day September 27

4. • St. Martin de Porres - 1579 – 1639
- a member of the Dominican Order
noted for his work on behalf
of the poor
- established an orphanage
and a children's hospital
- patron of race relations and social justice
- feast day November 3

5. • St. Juan Diego - 1474–1548
- had apparitions of Mary on four separate
occasions in December 1531
- an image of the Blessed Mother is said to have
been impressed onto Juan Diego’s cloak
- This is the basis for Mary’s title of Our Lady of
Guadalupe

6. - patron of indigenous people (people of the
Americas before Columbus’s voyage)
- Juan Diego’s feast day –
December 9

7. • St. Elizabeth Ann Seton – 1774 – 1821
- the first native-born citizen of the United States to
be canonized by the Church
- She established the first Catholic school in the
nation
- founded the first American
congregation of
Religious Sisters,
the Sisters of Charity.
- Patron of Catholic Schools and the sate of Maryland
- Feast day January 4

8. • St. John Neumann – 1811 – 1860
- Fourth bishop of
Philadelphia
- the first American bishop
to be canonized
- patron of Catholic
education
- feast day January 5

9. • St. Katharine Drexel - 1858 – 1955
- an American heiress; gave up
wealth to dedicate her life to God
- supported many missions and
in the United States to help
Native Americans
- Patron of philanthropists
- Feast day March 3

10. • St. Julie Billiart - 1751 — 1816
- French religious leader who founded
the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur.
- Patron against poverty
- Feast day April 8

11. • St. Francis de Sales - 1567 – 1622
- bishop of Geneva
- known for his writings on
spiritual formation
- patron of Catholic press and
deaf people
- feast day January 24

12. • St. John Bosco – 1815 – 1888
- dedicated his life to the betterment and education
of disadvantaged youth
- Patron of schoolchildren
and magicians
- Feast day January 31

13. • St. Therese of Liseaux - 1873 – 1897
- popularly known as The Little Flower
- influential model of holiness because of the
simplicity of her approach to the spiritual life
- The impact of The Story of a Soul, a collection of her
autobiographical manuscripts, printed and
distributed a year after her death was great, and
she quickly became one of the most popular saints
of the twentieth century

14. • On October 19, 1997 Pope John Paul II declared
her the thirty-third Doctor of the Church, the
youngest person, and at that time only the third
woman, to be so honored
• Patron of AIDS sufferers,
florists and gardeners
• Feast day
October 1