Female Saints

Female Saints

St Mary, The Blessed Virgin

Patroness of Motherhood - Born in - Jerusalem  Feast Day - Aug 15 and Dec 8

St Matilda

Queen of  Germany and  Patron of Queens, Widows and others - Born in - Germany  Feast Day - March 14

BD Juliana of Mount Cornillon

Prioress of Convent of Mount Cornillon -  Born in - Retinnes Flanders  Feast Day - April 5

St Bathild

Patroness of Children, Sick People, Widows, and others - Born in - England  Feast Day - Jan 30

St Brigid of Kildare

Patroness of Ireland, Scholars, Poets, Infants, Travelers and others - Born in - Ireland  Feast Day - Feb 1

St Catherine Laboure

Sister of Charity Nun - Born in - France  Feast Day - Dec 31

St Catherine of Siena

Patroness of Italy and Women involved in Catholic Action - Born in - Siena, Italy  Feast Day - April 29

St Christina Mirabilis

Patroness of Mental Health Professionals, and People with Mental Illness - Born in - Belgium  Feast Day - July 24

St Clare of Assisi

Patroness of Embroiderers and Television - Born in - Assissi, Italy  Feast Day - Aug 11

St Cunegund

Patroness of Luxembourg, Lighuania and Poland - Born in - Luxembourg  Feast Day - March 3

St Edburga of Winchester

Nun of Nunnaminster - Born in - England  Feast Day - June 15

St Elizabeth Bichier des Ages

Foundress of Daughters of the Cross - Born in - France  Feast Day - Aug 26

St Elizabeth of Hungary

Patroness of the Homeless, Nursing Service, Charities and others - Born in - Bratislava Hungary  Feast Day - Nov 17

St Frances Xavier Cabrini

Patroness of Immigrants - Born in - Lombardy, Italy  Feast Day - Dec 22

St Gallas

Almsgiver - Born in - Rome Italy  Feast Day - Oct 5

St Genevieve of Paris

Patroness of Paris, Women's Army corps and others - Born in - Nanterre, France  Feast Day - Jan 3

St Helen

Patroness of Converts, empresses, Divorcees and others - Born in - Bithynia  Feast Day - Aug 18

St Jane Frances de Chantal

Foundress of Visitation Order - Born in - France  Feast Day - Dec 12

St Joachima de Mas

Foundress of Carmelites of Charity - Born in - Bacelona Spain  Feast Day - Aug 28

St Joan Antide-Thouret

Foundress of the Sisters of Charity - Born in - France  Feast Day - Aug 24

St Juliana Falconieri

Founderess of the Women Religious of The Servite Order & Patroness of the Sick - Born in - Italy  Feast Day - June 19

St Katharine Drexel

Foundress of Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament - Born in - Philadelphia Pennsylvania  Feast Day - March 3

St Louise de Marillac

Co-Founderess of Daughters of Charity and Patroness of Social Workers - Born in - France  Feast Day - March 15

St Magdalen of Canossa

Foundress of Canossian Daughters of Charity - Born in - Verona Italy  Feast Day - April 10

St Margaret d Youville

(Marguerite You de la Decouverte)

Foundress of the Sisters of Charity - Born in - Varennes, Canada  Feast Day - Dec 23

St Margaret of Scotland

Patroness of Scotland, Queens, Widows and others - Born in - Unknown  Feast Day - Nov 16

St Mary Ann of Quito

Patroness of Americas and the Sick - Born in - Peru  Feast Day - May 26

St Mary Bertilla Boscardin

Sister of the Sisters of St. Dorothy - Born in - Brendola, Italy  Feast Day - Oct 20

St Mary Magdalene

Patroness of Order of Preachers and Penitents - Born in - Magdala,Galilee  Feast Day - July 22

St Mary Mazzarella

Co-founder of Salesian Sisters and Patroness of the Sick - Born in - Mornese, Italy  Feast Day - May 14

St Mary Michaela Desmaisieres

Foundress of the Handmaids of the Blessed Sacrament and the of Charity - Born in - Madrid Spain  Feast Day - Aug 24

St Mary Rose Molas y Vallue

Foundress of Sisters of Our Lady of Consolation - Born in - Reus, Spain  Feast Day - June 11

St Nino of Georgia

Patroness of Georgia - Born in - Unknown - Feast Day - Jan 14

St Notburga

Patroness of Peasants and Domestic Servants - Born in - Austria - Feast Day - Sept 14

St Odilia

Abbess - Born in - Alsace, France - Feast Day - Dec 13

St Praxedes

Martyr - Born in - Rome - Feast Day - Formerly July 21

St Rita of Cascia

Patron of Desperate Cases and others - Born in - Roccapporena, Italy - Feast Day -May 22

St Verena

Hermit - Born in - Egypt - Feast Day - Sept 1

St Veronica

Model of  Compassion - Born in - Jerusalem - Feast Day July 12

St Vincentia Lopez y Dicuna

Foundress of Daughters of Mary Immaculate for the Protection of Working Girls - Born in -Navarre, Spain - Feast Day  - Dec 26

St Zita

Patroness of Lucca, & Domestic Servants - Born in - Monte Sagrati, Italy - Feast Day April 27

SS. Rufina & Secunda

Martyrs - Born in - Rome Italy - Feast Day - July 10

St Afra

Patron Saint of Converts, Penitent Women - Born in - Germany - Feast Day - Aug 7

St Agatha

Martyr and Patroness of Nurses, Jewelers - Born in - Sicily - Feast Day - Feb 5

St Agnes

Patroness of Engaged Couples, Girls, Victims of Rape - Born in - Italy - Feast Day - Jan 21

St Anastasia

Martyr and Patron of Weavers & Widows - Born in - Serbia - Feast Day - Dec 25

St. Apollonia

Patroness of Dentists - Born in - Unknown 

 Feast Day - Feb 9

St Barbara

Patroness of Firefighters, Prisoners, Builders - Born in - Unknown

Feast Day - Formerly Dec 4 

St Blandina

Patroness of Young Girls and the Wrongly Accused - Born in - France

Feast Day - June 2

St Catherine dei Ricci

Patron of Sick People - Born in - Florence Italy

 Feast Day - Feb 2

St Catherine of Alexandria

Lawyers, Maidens, Scholars, Students - Born in - Egypt 

 Feast Day - Formerly Nov 25

St Cecilia

Patron of Music, Composers, Singers, Poets, - Born in - Italy 

 Feast Day Nov 22

St Dorothy of Caesarea

Patroness of Brides, Florists and Gardeners - Born in - Asia Minor 

 Feast Day - Formerly Feb 6

St Elizabeth

Mother of John the Baptist - Born in - Unknown

Feast Day - Nov 5

St Eulalia

Patroness of Runaways, Torture Victims, Widows, Sailors - Born in - Spain 

 Feast Day - Dec 10

St Febronia

Martyr - Born in - Mesopotamia

 Feast Day - June 25

St Flora of Cordoba

Patroness of Converts, Martyrs, Betrayed Victims - Born in - Cordoba, Spain 

 Feast Day - Nov 24

St Irene

Martyr - Born in - Macedonia 

 Feast Day - April 3

St Joan of France

Founderess of the Annociades of Bourges - Born in - France 

 Feast Day - Feb 4

St Julitta

Patroness of  Widows - Born in - Iconium 

 Feast Day - June 16

St Margaret of Antioch

Patroness of Women in Childbirth, Nurses - Born in - Antioch, Asia Minor 

 Feast Day - July 20

St Margaret of Hungary

Nun - Born in - Hungary

 Feast Day - Jan 18

St Mary Cleophas

Witness at Calvary -  Born in - Unknown 

 Feast Day April 9

St Osyth

Martyr - Born in - Buckinghamshire, England 

 Feast Day - Oct 7

St Perpetua

Patroness of Martyrs - Born in - North Africa 

 Feast Day - March 7

St Prisca

Child Martyr - Born in - Unknow 

 Feast Day - Jan 18

St Salome

Followers of Jesus and Patron of Veroli Italy-  Born in - Unknown 

 Feast Day - Oct 22

St Teresa Benedieta of The Cross

Patroness of Europe, Martyrs - Born in - Breslau Germany

Feast Day Aug 9

St Ursula

Matryr - Born in - England 

 Feast Day - Oct 21

St Winifred

Martyr - Born in - Wales 

 Feast Day - Nov 2

St Justina

Martyr and Patroness of Venice - Born in - Unknow

Feast Day Oct 7

St Parasceva

Patroness of Embroiderers - Born in - Iconium

Feast Day - Oct 14

St Susanna

Martyr - born in - Rome Italy

Feast Day - Aug 11

St Adelaide

Patroness of Eye Diseases - Born in - Germany

Feast Day - Feb 5

St Begga

Abbess - born in - Belgium 

 Feast Day Dec 17

St Bertilla

Abbess of Chelles - Born in - Soissons, France 

 Feast Day Nov 5

St Edith of Polesworth

Abbess of Polesworth - Born in - England 

 Feast Day - July 15

St Emma

Benefactress of the Poor - Born in - Unknown 

 Feast Day - June 29

St Ethelburga

Queen of Northumberland Abbess of  Lyminge -  Born in - Kent England 

 Feast Day - April 5

St Hilda of Whitby

Abbess of Whitby - Born in - Northumbria 

 Feast Day -Nov 17

St Humility of Florence

Foundress of Vallombrosan Order of Nuns - Born in - Faenza Italy 

 Feast Day May 22

St Ita of Killeedy

Abbess & Foster Mother of the Saints of Ireland - Born in - Ireland 

 Feast Day - Jan 15

St Joan of Arc

Patroness of Soldiers & France - born in - France 

 Feast Day - May 30

St Marcella

Glory of the Ladies of Rome - Born in - Rome Italy 

 Feast Day - Jan 31

St Mary Euphrasia Pelletier

Foundress of the Institute of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd - Born in - Moirmountier 

 Feast Day April 24

St Olga

Patroness of Converts and Widows - Born in - Unknown 

 Feast Day - July 11

St Weburga

Abbess & Patroness of Chester - Born in - England 

 Feast Day  -Feb 3

St Wiborada

Anchoress and Martyr - Born in - Switzerland

Feast Day - May 2

St Wivina

Abbess - Born in - Belgium

Feast Day - Dec 17