SAINTS OF THE MONTH: LISTING

Feast Day: November 16
Canonized: 1677

There are several saints who have the words “the great” after their names, but St. Gertrude the Great is the only female to have that honor.

Gertrude of Helfta was a Benedictine nun, a mystic, a writer, and a theologian who was born in what is now Germany in 1256. Some histories say she was an orphan who came to the monastery as a young girl of...
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Feast Day: November 16 (formerly June 10)
Canonized: 1251

Margaret was an English princess who was born around the year 1045. When her country was invaded, her family escaped by boat. They were headed for Hungary, but a storm crashed their ship on the rocky shore of Scotland. The Scottish king, Malcolm III, invited the family to stay at his castle until their boat could...
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Feast Day: November 16
Canonized: 1753

Agnes was born in Assisi, Italy, around 1197 or 1198. She was the younger daughter of a royal family, and she might have been born with the name Caterina. She was very close to her older sister,...
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Feast Day: November 17
Canonized: May 27, 1235

Every person faces good times and bad times. We see this truth in the life of Elizabeth of Hungary. Born in 1207, Elizabeth was the daughter of King Andrew II of Hungary. She grew up a very religious child and married Ludwig, the king of Thuringia (in Germany), when she was only 14. The two worked at their marriage...
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Feast Day: November 17
Canonized: 1988

Three missionaries went to Paraguay to share the Good News of Jesus with the native people. These Jesuit priests preached about Jesus and God’s saving plan for all people. Many Paraguay...
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Feast Day: November 18
Canonized: July 3, 1988
Beatified: May 12, 1940
Venerated: March 17, 1935

Rose Philippine Duchesne was born in 1769 in Grenoble, France. Against her parents’ wishes, she entered the convent at age 19. During the French Revolution, the convent closed, so she cared for the poor and sick. After the war, she joined the Society of the Sacred Heart...
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Feast Day: November 22
Canonized: Pre-Congregation

With many of the early church martyrs, there are often stories and legends but not...
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Feast Day: November 23
Beatified: September 25, 1988
Venerated: November 10, 1986

After a happy childhood in a loving and religious family in Guadalupe, Mexico...
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Feast Day: November 24
Canonized: June 19, 1998

Portuguese Jesuit priests first came to Vietnam in 1533 to preach the word of God to the people of the kingdom. These missionaries also brought the sacraments to Japanese Catholics who had been forced to leave their land because of persecutions. However, a law was passed in Vietnam that made it illegal for people to belong to the Christian Church. The Jesuits had to minister in secret until 1615, when they were allowed to build a permanent mission for Catholic worship.

Andrew Dung-Lac was born in Vietnam in 1795. He grew...
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Feast Day: November 25
Beatified: October 21, 2001

Luigi Beltrame Quattrocchi was born in 1880 in Italy. He went to school to become a lawyer. By the time he retired, he was the attorney general of Italy. He was friends with many political leaders. After World War II he worked to rebuild Italy.

Maria Corsini was born in 1884...
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