Secular Franciscans
Famous, Little-Known & Forgotten
St Frances Xavier Cabrini MSC
Founder of the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Antoni Gaudí
Architect & Designer, known as “The architect of God”
St Louis and Zelie Martin
Parents of St. Thérèse of Lisieux, known as 'The Little Flower'
St Elizabeth of Hungary
Feast day is on November 17th
St John Vianney
known as the Curé of Ars, feast day is on August 4th
Mary Elizabeth Herbert
Baroness Herbert of Lea, English Roman Catholic writer, translator, philanthropist, and influential social figure.
Franz Liszt
Hungarian composer, virtuoso pianist, conductor
St Joan of Arc
Feast day is on May 30th
St Margaret of Cortona
Feast day is on February 22nd
St Thomas More
Feast day is on June 22nd
St Pius X, Pope
Feast day is on August 21st
St Bridget of Sweden
Feast day is on July 23rd
Giotto di Bondone
Italian painter and architect
Saint John XXIII, Pope
Feast day is on October 11th
Michelangelo
Sculpture, painting, architecture and poetry
Charles Gounod
French composer
Louis Pasteur
French chemist, pharmacist, and microbiologist
Andre-Marie Ampere
French physicist and mathematician
Pius XII, Pope
Pope Benedict XVI declared Pius XII venerable on December 19, 2009
Assunta Goretti
Mother of St. Maria Goretti
Christopher Columbus
Italian Explorer and Navigator
Parents of St. Maximilian Kolbe
Maria Dabrowska, Juliusz Kolbe
Dante Alighieri
Italian poet, writer, and philosopher.
St John Bosco
Feast day is on January 31st
Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino
Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance
St Louis IX of France
King of France from 1226 to 1270
St Elizabeth of Portugal
Queen of Portugal
St Catherine of Genoa
Lay mystic and reformer
St Charles Borromeo
Cardinal and Archbishop of Milan
St Ferdinand III King of Castile
King of Castile, King of León and King of Galicia
St Frances of Rome
Italian Catholic mystic
St Jane of Valois
Queen of France
St. Joseph Benedict Cottolengo
Founder of the Little House of Divine Providence
St Roch of Montpellier
Patron saint of dogs, invalids, falsely accused people, bachelors
St Rose of Verterbo
Achieved sainthood in only 18 years of life
Blessed Luchesio of Poggibonsi
The first member of the Franciscan Order of Penance
Blessed Angela of Fologino
Italian Franciscan Mystic
Blessed Gregory X – Pope
The pope, the leader of the Roman Catholic Church, from 1271 to 1276
Blessed Vincent Pallotti
Italian Catholic priest, founder of the Society of the Catholic Apostolate (the Pallottines)
Blessed Waldo of San Gimignano
Confessor, Third Order
Blessed Pius IX – Pope
Head of the Catholic Church from 1846 to 1878
John Cimabue
Italian painter and designer of mosaics from Florence
Giotto de Bondone
Italian painter and architect from Florence
Bartholomew Murillo
Spanish Baroque painter
Charles Gounod
French composer
Jens Johannes Jørgensen
Danish writer, best known for his biographies of Catholic saints
Pope Leo XIII
Head of the Catholic Church from 1878 until his death in 1903
Philip & Virginia Pacelli
Parents of Pope Pius XII
Countess Pecci
Mother of Leo XIII
Pius XI – Pope
Head of the Catholic Church from 6 February 1922 until his death in February 1939
Margaret Sarto
Mother of St Pius X
Pierre Soubirous
Brother of St Bernadette
Francis Joseph Thompson
English poet and Catholic mystic
