Saint John Baptist de La Salle
The educational innovations of Saint John Baptist de La Salle (1651-1719) were so important that he became a giant in the history of pedagogy. It is no coincidence that Pius XII proclaimed him patron saint of educators and teachers.
Saint Peter of Verona
He was born from parents involved with Catharism, the heresy that he fought throughout his life, accomplishing numerous conversions.
Saint Vincent Ferrer
His contemporaries called him “the Angel of Judgement”.
Saint Isidore of Seville
The first encyclopaedia was born from the genius of Saint Isidore of Seville (c. 560-636) and it is for this reason that during the pontificate of John Paul II he was proposed as patron saint of the Internet and those who work on it, based on an initiative of a group of Internet users.
Saint Richard of Chichester
He defended the Church from the king's interference and promoted a robust reform of the clergy in his diocese.
Saint Francis of Paola
Mystic and founder of the Order of Minims, he was called “the other Francis” for his charity.
Saint Hugh of Grenoble
His name is linked to the Carthusian Order, whose foundation he facilitated, and to the Gregorian Reform, which he wholeheartedly supported.
Saint Benjamin
The saint celebrated today bears the name of the youngest of Jacob's sons. Saint Benjamin, deacon and martyr, lived between the fourth and fifth centuries AD. His martyrdom took place during the persecutions in Persia.
Saint Leonard Murialdo
Before being a man of action, Saint Leonard Murialdo was a man of prayer, sure that “the man who prays is the most powerful in the world”.
Saint Mark of Arethusa
He was imprisoned and tortured. The way he endured his ordeal was such that even his persecutors admired him and it earned him the title of "Confessor of the Faith".
Saint Stephen Harding
He was one of the co-founders of the Cistercian Order, became the third abbot of Citeaux and wrote the famous Charta Caritatis.
Saint Rupert of Salzburg
Founder of churches and monasteries, he carried out an important part of his apostolate in the lands inhabited by the ancestors of Austrians and Bavarians.
