Name

Religious
Order

Lived
From

Lived
To

ST. ALBERT THE GREAT.
Patron of natural scientists; called doctor universalis, doctor expertus.

Dominican

1200

1280?

ST. ALPHONSUS LIGUORI.
Patron of confessors and moralists. Founder of his order.

Redemptorists

1696

1787

ST. AMBROSE
One of the four traditional Doctors of the Latin Church. Opponent of Arianism in the West. Bishop of Milan.

340

397

ST. ANSELM
Archbishop of Canterbury. Father of Scholasticism.

1033

1109

ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA
Evangelical Doctor.

Franciscan

1195

1231

ST. ATHANASIUS
Bishop of Alexandria. Dominant opponent of Arianism. Father of Orthodoxy.

297

373

ST. AUGUSTINE
Bishop of Hippo. One of the four traditional Doctors of the Latin Church. Doctor of Grace.

354

430

ST. BASIL THE GREAT.
Father of monasticism in the East.

Cappadocian

329

379

ST. BEDE THE VENERABLE.
Benedictine priest Father of English history.

Benedictine

673

735

ST. BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX.
Called Mellifluous Doctor because of his eloquence.

Cistercian

1090

1153

ST. BONAVENTURE.
Franciscan theologian. Seraphic Doctor.

Franciscan

1217

1274

ST. CATHERINE OF SIENA.
Mystic. Second woman Doctor.

Dominican

1347

1380

ST. CYRIL OF ALEXANDRIA
Patriarch. Opponent of Nestorianism. Made key contributions to Christology.

376

444

ST. CYRIL OF JERUSALEM.
Bishop and opponent of Arianism in the East.

315

387

ST. EPHRAEM THE SYRIAN.
Biblical exegete and ecclesiastical writer. Called Harp of the Holy Spirit.

306

373

ST. FRANCIS DE SALES.
Bishop, leader in Counter- Reformation. Patron of Catholic writers and the Catholic press.

1567

1622

ST. GREGORY I THE GREAT.
Pope. Fourth and last of the traditional Doctors of the Latin Church. Defended papal supremacy and worked for clerical and monastic reform.

540

604

ST. GREGORY OF NAZIANZUS.
Called the Christian Demosthenes because of his eloquence and, in the Eastern Church, The Theologian.

Cappadocian

330

390

ST. HILARY OF POITIERS.
Bishop. Called The Athanasius of the West.

315

368

ST. ISIDORE OF SEVILLE.
Archbishop, theologian, historian. Regarded as the most learned man of his time.

560

636

ST. JEROME.
One of the four traditional Doctors of the Latin Church. Father of biblical science.

343

420

ST. JOHN CHRYSOSTOM.
Bishop of Constantinople. Patron of preachers and called Golden-Mouthed because of his eloquence.

347

407

ST. JOHN DAMASCENE.
Greek theologian. Called Golden Speaker because of his eloquence.

675

749

ST. JOHN OF THE CROSS.
Joint founder of the Discalced Carmelites along with St. Theresa of Avila. Doctor of Mystical Theology

Carmelites
(Discalced)

1542

1591

ST. LAWRENCE OF BRINDISI.
Vigorous preacher of strong influence in the post-Reformation period.

1559

1619

ST. LEO I THE GREAT.
Pope. Wrote against Nestorian and Monophysite heresies and errors of Manichaeism and Pelagianism.

400

461

ST. PETER CANISIUS.
Jesuit theologian. Leader in the Counter-Reformation.

Jesuit

1521

1597

ST. PETER CHRYSOLOGUS.
Bishop of Ravenna. Called Golden-Worded.

400

450

ST. PETER DAMIAN.
Ecclesiastical and clerical reformer.

Benedictine

1007

72

ST. ROBERT BELLARMINE.
Defended doctrine under attack during and after the Reformation. Wrote two catechisms.

Jesuit

1542

1621

ST. TERESA OF AVILA.
Spanish nun and mystic. First woman Doctor. Joint founder of the Discalced Carmelites along with St. John of the Cross.

Carmelites
(Discalced)

1515

1582

ST. THERESE OF LISIEUX.
French Carmelite nun. Known as The Little Flower, her autobiographical "Story of a Soul" has become a spiritual classic, inspiring millions to follow her "Little Way" of holiness. Already Patroness of the Missions, she was proclaimed the third woman Doctor of the Church by Pope John Paul II on October 19th, 1997.

Carmelites

1873

1897

ST. THOMAS AQUINAS.
Philosopher and theologian. Called Angelic Doctor. Patron of Catholic schools and education.

Dominican

1225

1274