| A | B |
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| Mary, the mother of Jesus | considered the mother of the Church. |
| Mary Magdelene | commisioned to tell the good news to the disciples. |
| Saint Peter and other apostles | courageously witnessed to Jesus in word and deed. |
| Saint Paul | had the earliest written testimonies to the faith of the early church. |
| Saint Lydia | dealer in purple goods |
| Saint Ignatius of Antioch | martyred around 110 AD. |
| Saint Perpetua and Felicity, martyrs | suffered martyrdom in 202 AD. |
| Saint Jerome | studies Holy Scriptures. |
| Saint Monica | a devout christian. |
| Saint Augustine | led an unsettled and restless life. |
| Saint Patrick | man of great prayer and penance. |
| Saint Charles Lwanga | young Christian page in the service of a pagan emperor. |
| Pope Leo XIII | pope of the 19th century. |
| Saint Maximilian Klobe | _Polish catholic priest. |
| Thomas Merton | a trappist monk and gifted writer. |
| Dorothy Day | convert to Catholicism; founder of the catholic worker movement. |
| Saint Teresa of Avila | 16th century Spanish nun and mystic. |
| Saint Thomas More | father and English statesman. |
| Saint Angela Merici | founded a group of lay women in Italy. |
| Saint Ignatius of Loyola | young Basque soldier of noble birth. |
| Saint Paul Miki | became a jesuit in 1586. |
| Saint Thomas Aquinas | one of the greatest philosophers known. |
| Francis Xavier | died while seeking admittance to China to spread the gospel there. |
| Martin DePorres | spent many hours in meditation. |
| Therese of Lisieux | became a Carmelite nun at the age of 15. |
| Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton | founded the Sisters of Charity in 1809. |
| John Henry Newman | became a Roman Catholic in 1845. |
| Saint Francis Xavier Cabrini | born in Italy in 1850. |
| Maria Goretti | took care of her siblings as a child. |
| Saint Dominic | established an order of men who traveled throughout Europe to preach and teach. |
| Saint Frances of Assisi | founded the Franciscan order. |
| Saint Clare | founded an order of cloistered nuns who are known as the Poor Clares. |
| Saint Catherine of Siena | counselor opf popes. |
| Saint Francis of Rome | noted for great charity to the poor and sick in rome during the 15th century. |
| Saint Ignatius of Antioch | wrote letters to some early christian communities |
| Saint Perpetua and Felicity, Martyrs | suffered martyrdrom in 202 A.D |
| Saint Jerome | Best known for his delight in studying holy scripture and translating the bible |
| Saint Monica | Model of a prayerful women and virtous mother |
| Saint Augistine | Most influencial theologian in the western church |
| Saint Patrick | Famous for his missionary activity among the Irish |
