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SAINTS & DEVOTIONS

Walk where
the saints walked.

Every saint and devotion here is buried, honored or lived out somewhere we go. Start with the person, or the devotion, and follow it to the place.

SAINTS

The people.

The Chair of St. Peter (Cathedra Petri) by Bernini, with the Holy Spirit window, in the apse of St. Peter's Basilica
Feast · June 29

St. Peter

Apostle, first Bishop of Rome

The facade and dome of St. Peter's Basilica from St. Peter's Square, with Maderno's fountain in the foreground
Feast · June 29

St. Paul

Apostle to the Gentiles

The Basilica of St. Francis above the Umbrian landscape
Feast · October 4

St. Francis of Assisi

Founder of the Franciscans

The Basilica of St. Francis above the Umbrian landscape
Feast · August 11

St. Clare of Assisi

Foundress of the Poor Clares

The Basilica of St. Francis above the Umbrian landscape
Feast · October 12

St. Carlo Acutis

Layman, 1991–2006

A street fresco of the Madonna and Child with St. Anne set into a brick wall in Rome, dated 1614
Feast · September 23

St. Padre Pio

St. Pio of Pietrelcina, Capuchin priest

A gold mosaic of the Madonna delle Grazie under a stone pediment reading AVE MARIA GRATIA PLENA, near the Vatican
Feast · July 11

St. Benedict

Father of Western monasticism, patron of Europe

Daylight over the main square and St. Mary’s Basilica in Kraków
Feast · October 22

St. John Paul II

Pope, 1978–2005

Daylight over the main square and St. Mary’s Basilica in Kraków
Feast · October 5

St. Faustina Kowalska

Apostle of Divine Mercy

The sanctuary basilicas beside the river in Lourdes
Feast · October 1

St. Thérèse of Lisieux

Carmelite, Doctor of the Church

The sanctuary basilicas beside the river in Lourdes
Feast · April 16

St. Bernadette Soubirous

Visionary of Lourdes

The cathedral façade in Santiago de Compostela
Feast · July 25

St. James the Greater

Apostle, patron of Spain

The outer arches of the Colosseum in Rome seen from below against a bright sky
Feast · July 31

St. Ignatius of Loyola

Founder of the Jesuits

The cathedral façade in Santiago de Compostela
Feast · October 15

St. Teresa of Ávila

Carmelite reformer, Doctor of the Church

The historic Old Basilica at the Guadalupe sanctuary in Mexico City
Feast · December 9

St. Juan Diego

Visionary of Guadalupe

An early medieval fresco of Christ with saints in a ruined apse at Santa Maria Antiqua in the Roman Forum
Feast · April 29

St. Catherine of Siena

Dominican tertiary, Doctor of the Church, co-patroness of Europe

The statue of St. Andrew Kim Taegon, Korean priest and martyr, in a niche on the exterior of St. Peter's Basilica
Feast · September 20

St. Andrew Kim Taegon

First Korean priest, martyr; patron of World Youth Day Seoul 2027

The church of San Lorenzo in Miranda built inside the Temple of Antoninus and Faustina in the Roman Forum
Feast · July 4

St. Pier Giorgio Frassati

Layman, mountaineer, 1901–1925

DEVOTIONS

The ways Catholics pray.

Discern your journey
The historic Old Basilica at the Guadalupe sanctuary in Mexico City
Feast · December 12

Our Lady of Guadalupe

Patroness of the Americas

The sanctuary basilicas beside the river in Lourdes
Feast · February 11

Our Lady of Lourdes

The Grotto of Massabielle, 1858

The limestone tower of the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary in Fátima
Feast · May 13

Our Lady of Fátima

The Cova da Iria, 1917

Daylight over the main square and St. Mary’s Basilica in Kraków
Feast · Divine Mercy Sunday, the Second Sunday of Easter

Divine Mercy

The message given to St. Faustina

The Clementine Chapel in the Vatican Grottoes, with the mosaic of Christ above the altar closest to St. Peter's tomb
Feast · Corpus Christi, the Thursday after Trinity Sunday (kept on the following Sunday in the United States)

The Eucharist

The Body and Blood of Christ

The sanctuary basilicas beside the river in Lourdes
Feast · The Friday after the Second Sunday after Pentecost

The Sacred Heart of Jesus

Paray-le-Monial, 1673–1675

EVERY PILGRIMAGE BEGINS WITH A FIRST STEP

Where is your faith
calling you?

Tell us what you have in mind. A place, a prayer intention, a parish, or simply a desire to go.

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