ABC's Saints

A is for St. Abraham

• Born-November 13, 354
• Died-August 28, 430
• Feast Day-August 28
• Patron saint of brewers, printers, theologians, sore eyes, and a number of cities and dioceses.
• Fun Facts:

1. His life before conversion included loose living, which included parties, entertainment, and worldly ambitions.
2. He was baptized, became a priest and later a bishop, a famous Catholic writer, and founder of religious priests.
3. His parents are Saint Monica and Patricius Aurelius.

B is for Basil the Great

• Born-330; unknown day
• Died-January 1, 379
• Feast Day-January 1
• Patron saint of nothing
• Fun Facts:

1. Basil was known for his care of the poor and underprivileged.

2. He was from Turkey.

3. He was an early Church Father who defended the orthodox faith against the heretical Arians.

C is for Catherine of Alexandria

• Born-287; day unknown
• Died-305; day unknown
• Feast Day-November 25
• Patron saint of of students, unmarried girls, apologists
• Fun Facts:

1. She was martyred around 305 in Alexandria, Egypt.
2. Christian tradition states she was possibly born a princess.
3. She was arrested and scourged, but despite the torture, she did not abandon her faith.

D is for Pope Saint Damascus I

• Born-305; day unknown
• Died-December 11, 384
• Feast Day-December 11
• Patron saint of nothing
• Fun Facts:

1. Damasus was the pope who told Saint Jerome to translate the Scriptures into Latin.

2. He was a sixty-year-old deacon when he was elected bishop of Rome in 366.

3. He was a writer.  

E is for Elizabeth of Hungary

• Born-July 7, 1207
• Death-November 17, 1231
• Feast Day-November 17
• Patron saint of bakers, beggars, brides, charities, death of children.
• Fun Facts:

1, Her mother was murdered when she was six.

2. She married a man named Ludwig.

3. She lived a life full of pray and service to the poor.

F is for saint Francis of Assisi:

• Born-1811; day unknown
• Died-October 3, 1226
• Feast Day-October 4
• Patron saint of animals, merchants, and ecology
• Fun Facts:

1. His father was rich and had an easy life growing up.

2. Prior to his conversion, he was a leader of a crowd of young people who spent their nights in wild parties.

3. His conversion did not happen overnight.

G is for Saint George:

• Born-280; day unknown
• Died-April 23, 303
• Feast Day-April 23
• Patron saint of England and Catalonia
• Fun Facts:

1, He was decapitated.

2. There are several stories about him fighting dragons.

3. Diocletian tried to save him by attempting to have him convert to the belief in Roman gods.

H is for Saint Helena

• Born-244; day unknown
• Died-330; day unknown
• Feast Day-August 18
• Patron saint of archaeologists  converts, difficult marriages, divorced people, empresses, Helena, and the capital of Montana
• Fun Facts:

1, She built churches in Rome and in the Holy Land.

2. She's the mother of Constantine the Great.

3. She discovered the True Cross on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land.

I is for Saint Ignatius of Loyola:

• Born-October 23, 1941
• Died-July 31, 1556
• Feast Day-July 31
• Patron saint of Catholic soldiers, the Military Ordinariate of the Philippines, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore, the Basque Country, and various towns and cities in his native region.
• Fun Facts:

1, One of the most influential figures in the Catholic Reformation of the 16th century.

2. He was the youngest of thirteen children.

3. He made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land.

J is for Saint Jerome:

• Born-342; day unknown
• Died-September 30, 420
• Feast Day-September 30
• Patron saint of archaeologists, Biblical scholars, librarians, students, and translators
• Fun Facts:

1, He was originally named Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus.

2. He traveled to Rome to study grammar, philosophy and rhetoric at the age of twelve.

3. He had a friend named Bonosus who was a Christian influence to him.