Which St. Michael? Every Saint Named Michael

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Which St. Michael? 9 saints and blesseds named Michael have full entries in this encyclopedia, counting the name in other languages (Miguel). They are listed below with their dates, feast days and a line on who each one was, arranged century by century.

A name carries a story, and many holy men and women have carried this one. Whether you are choosing a baptismal or confirmation name, looking for the saint behind a parish or a feast, or simply trying to tell one St. Michael from another, we hope this page helps you find the right one, and that you will ask that saint's prayers along the way. Among the best loved are St. Michael the Archangel, Blessed Michael J. McGivney and Blessed Michael Rua.

16th century

  • St. Michael Kozaki c. 1551–1597 · Feast day February 6

    St. Michael Kozaki (about 1551–1597) was a Japanese bow maker and carpenter from Ise who helped build the Franciscan friars' churches and convents in Kyoto and Osaka.

17th century

  • St. Michael de Sanctis 1591–1625 · Feast day April 10

    St. Michael de Sanctis (1591–1625), also called Michael of the Saints, was a Discalced Trinitarian priest from Vic in Catalonia, famous for his ecstasies before the Blessed Sacrament.

  • St. Michael de Aozaraza 1598–1637 · Feast day September 28

    St. Michael de Aozaraza (1598–1637) was a Basque Dominican priest from Oñati, Spain, who served in the Bataan mission in the Philippines and in 1636 sailed for Japan with St. Lorenzo Ruiz and four companions.

19th century

  • St. Michael Garicoits 1797–1863 · Feast day May 14

    St. Michael Garicoits (1797–1863) was a Basque shepherd boy from Ibarre who became a priest, reformed the seminary at Bétharram near Lourdes and founded the Priests of the Sacred Heart of Jesus of Bétharram.

  • Blessed Michael J. McGivney 1852–1890 · Feast day August 13

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20th century

  • St. Miguel Febres Cordero 1854–1910 · Feast day February 9

    St. Miguel Febres Cordero (1854–1910), known in Ecuador as Hermano Miguel, was the first Ecuadorian to join the Brothers of the Christian Schools.

  • Blessed Michael Rua 1837–1910 · Feast day April 6

    Blessed Michael Rua (1837–1910) was a poor Turin boy who grew up at St. John Bosco's side and, in 1888, became Don Bosco's first successor as head of the Salesians, who grew under him to about 4,000 members.

  • Blessed Miguel Pro 1891–1927 · Feast day November 23

    Blessed Miguel Pro (1891–1927) was a Mexican Jesuit priest who ministered in secret during the persecution under President Calles.

Date not recorded

  • St. Michael the Archangel Feast day September 29

    St. Michael the Archangel is the angel the Bible names as the great prince who protects God's people and leads the heavenly armies against Satan (Daniel 12, Jude 9, Revelation 12).

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