Female Saints Catholic Church

Anna for mothers and st.

Female saints catholic church. A female catholic patron saints are one who has been appoint by the vatican as special guardian of a country church trade person etc. Dorothy for brides st. The history of the church is full of many female women catholic saints who received recognition for great deeds or meritorious conduct.

There are hundreds of patron saints protector and namesake that are great christian role models for us today. Anne for grandmothers st. Theresa of avila in an 1886 illustration from butler s lives of the saints.

Saint marguerite bourgeoys the first female saint from the catholic church in canada was a religious sister who helped care for and educate many native americans and canadian colonists. Camillus for nurses st. Living during the the early persecution of the church in africa by the emperor severus perpetua was a young noblewoman nursing a newborn and felicity was her slave.

Female catholic patron saints there are many female catholic saints who are patron saints of various causes including st. Ss felicity and perpetua. Juliana for poor people.

Many lost their lives in defense of the faith while others were themselves the mothers of important saints. Female women saints a z. As two of the earliest roman martyrs the pair are honoured together for their heroism in the face of barbarism.

They are heroic figures that lived virtues lives despite the difficult circumstances they might have dealt with during their lives. Margaret for pregnant women st. Many were also honored for their contributions to the church and their community.