Which Saint? Saints Who Share a Name
Which saint is which? Many saints share a first name: there are dozens of St. Johns, and almost as many saints named Mary, Peter or Joseph. Choose a name below to see every saint and blessed of that name in this encyclopedia side by side, with dates, feast days and a line on who each one was.
- St. John87 saints and blesseds named John
- St. Mary49 saints and blesseds named Mary
- St. Peter33 saints and blesseds named Peter
- St. Joseph29 saints and blesseds named Joseph
- St. Francis21 saints and blesseds named Francis
- St. Paul16 saints and blesseds named Paul
- St. Gregory15 saints and blesseds named Gregory
- St. Margaret15 saints and blesseds named Margaret
- St. Alexander13 saints and blesseds named Alexander
- St. Anthony13 saints and blesseds named Anthony
- St. Nicholas13 saints and blesseds named Nicholas
- St. Thomas13 saints and blesseds named Thomas
- St. Andrew12 saints and blesseds named Andrew
- St. Catherine12 saints and blesseds named Catherine
- St. Anne11 saints and blesseds named Anne
- St. Charles11 saints and blesseds named Charles
- St. Louis11 saints and blesseds named Louis
- St. William11 saints and blesseds named William
- St. Elizabeth9 saints and blesseds named Elizabeth
- St. George9 saints and blesseds named George
- St. James9 saints and blesseds named James
- St. Michael9 saints and blesseds named Michael
- St. Stephen9 saints and blesseds named Stephen
- St. Basil8 saints and blesseds named Basil
- St. Dominic8 saints and blesseds named Dominic
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