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100 · Early Church

In human anatomy, the wrist is variously defined as (1) the carpus or carpal bones, the complex of eight bones forming the proximal skeletal segment of the hand; (2) the wrist joint or radiocarpal joint, the joint between the radius and the carpus and; (3) the anatomical region s…

50–100 · Early Church

Carpus of Beroea (Greek: Κάρπος) of the Seventy Disciples is commemorated by the Church on 26 May with St. Alphaeus, and on 4 January with the rest of the Seventy Disciples.

500–600 · Medieval

Saint Carthage the Elder (or Carthach) was an Irish bishop and abbot in the sixth century. His feast day is 5 March. The saint is mainly known as a disciple and successor of Ciaran of Saighir (the Elder) and the tutor and fosterer of his greater namesake, Saint Carthage of Lismo…

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Catulinus (Cartholinus, Latin: Catulinus, Cartholinus, d. 303) was a deacon and a hieromartyr of Carthage. His feast day is July 15. On the same day as Catulinus (July 15), other martyrs suffered, notably Felix, Bishop of Thibiuca, whose relics also rested in the Church of St.

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Saint Casilda of Toledo (Latin: Sancta Casilda Toletensis Spanish: Santa Casilda de Toledo) (950–1050) is venerated as a saint of the Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church. Her feast day is 9 April.

350 · Early Church

Saint Cassian of Benevento was born in 350. He served as a presbyter and later held the position of bishop.

240–303 · Early Church

Cassian, or Saint Cassian of Imola, or Cassius was a Christian saint of the 4th century. His feast day is August 13. Little is known about his life, although the traditional accounts converge on some of the details of his martyrdom.

300–298 · Early Church

Saint Cassian of Tangier (or of Tangiers or of Tingis) was a Christian saint of the 3rd century. He is traditionally said to have been beheaded on 3 December, AD 298, during the reign of Diocletian.

350 · Early Church

Saint Cassian of Autun (French: Cassien) (died c. 350 AD) was a 4th-century bishop of Autun. He may have been an Egyptian by birth. He traveled to Autun and was a follower of Saint Reticius, bishop of Autun.

1607–1638 · Reformation · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Cassien of Nantes, OFM Cap. (born Gonzalve Vaz Lopez-Netto; 1607 – 1638) was a French Capuchin missionary priest in Africa during the 17th century.

487–583 · Medieval

Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator (c. 485 – c. 585), commonly known as Cassiodorus , was a Roman statesman, scholar, and writer who served in the administration of Theodoric the Great, king of the Ostrogoths. Senator was part of his surname, not his rank.

304 · Early Church

Cassius was a soldier who died in 304 in Bonn. He is recognized as a saint.

264 · Early Church

Saint Cassius of Clermont is venerated as a Christian martyr of the 3rd century. He was a senator who was converted to Christianity by Austromoine.

550–558 · Medieval

Saint Cassius was a bishop of Narni in Umbria from 537 to 558, the date of his death. He was praised by St. Gregory the Great, and was noted for his charity.

350–426 · Early Church

Castor of Apt (died c. 423) was a bishop of Apt, in Gaul, perhaps the 4th bishop. He was born in Nîmes and may have been the brother of Bishop Leontius of Fréjus. He was educated at Arles, and, after the death of his father, he became a lawyer.

400–400 · Early Church

Saint Castor of Karden (German: Kastor von Karden) was a priest and hermit of the 4th century who is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church. Castor was a pupil of Maximinus of Trier around 345 AD, and was ordained as a priest by Maximinus.

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Castorius of Tarsus was one of the Christians of Cilicia, in modern-day Turkey, who died for the Christian faith in Tarsus. Nothing else is known about his history, but he has been venerated as a martyr saint since ancient times. His feast day is celebrated on March 28.

450–500 · Medieval

Born in North Africa in 450, Castrese di Sessa served as a Catholic priest and bishop. He died in Sessa Aurunca in 500 and is recognized as a hieromartyr of the Catholic Church.

300–300 · Early Church

Castritian (Latin: Castritianus, Italian: Castriziano) was Bishop of Milan in mid 3rd-century. He is honoured as a Saint in the Catholic Church and his feast day is on December 1.

300–286 · Early Church

Castulus (died 286) is venerated as a martyr and saint. According to tradition, he was the chamberlain (or officer, valet) of Emperor Diocletian and the husband of Irene of Rome.

700–685 · Medieval

Catald of Taranto (also Cataldus, Cathaluds, Cathaldus, Cat(t)aldo, Cathal; fl. 7th century) was an Irish monk. Cataldus was born in Munster and became the disciple and successor of Carthage in the famous School of Lismore, County Waterford.

1664–1735 · Modern · Augustinian nuns

Catalina Maura y Pou, also known as Catalina of Saint Thomas of Villanova (Palma de Mallorca, 1664–1735), was a Spanish philosopher and Augustinian nun. She was proclaimed a Servant of God by the Catholic Church.

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Catalina Solaguti was a Spanish nun and virgin. She is recognized as a blessed.

1531–1574 · Reformation · Augustinians

Catherine of Palma (1531–1574, born Caterina Tomàs i Gallard) was a Spanish canon and mystic from Mallorca. She is venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church and her feast day is commonly celebrated on 5 April although in her home town of Valldemossa she is remembered on t…

1544–1594 · Reformation · Order of Discalced Nuns of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel

Catalina de Balmaseda y San Martín, religious name Catalina de Cristo, (1544-1594) was a Carmelite nun and associate of Teresa of Ávila. She was born into a noble family in Madrigal de las Altas Torres, being the third of four siblings, She was the daughter of Cristóbal de Balma…

1648–1695 · Reformation

Catalina de Balboa Ugarte, in religion Catalina de San Mateo de la Concepción (Santa María de Guía de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, April 30, 1648 – Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, May 26, 1695), was a Canarian Poor Clare nun.

1321 · Medieval · Franciscans

Català Fabri i Pere Pasqual was a Franciscan friar who died in 1321. He is recognized as a saint.

501–900 · Medieval

Saint Catellus of Castellamare (Italian: San Catello) (9th century) was a bishop of Castellamare di Stabia. He was a close friend of Saint Antoninus of Sorrento.

1466–1529 · Reformation · Franciscans

Caterina Aliprandi was a Catholic religious of the Franciscan order born in Asti in 1466. She lived and died in Asti in 1529 and is recognized as a saint.

1801–1857 · Modern

Caterina Cittadini (28 September 1801 – 5 May 1857) was an Italian Roman Catholic religious from Bergamo who established the Ursuline Sisters of Saint Jerome Emiliani.

1839–1894 · Modern · Franciscans

Caterina Volpicelli (21 January 1839 – 28 December 1894) was an Italian Roman Catholic professed religious and the foundress of the Maids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church.

1519–1577 · Reformation

Venerable Caterina de Cardona was born in 1519 to Ramón de Cardona in Barcelona, Naples, and held citizenship in the Crown of Aragon. A monk, she died in 1577 in Casas de Benítez and is buried in Villanueva de la Jara.

400 · Early Church

Saint Catervus (Italian: San Catervo) (possibly 4th century) is the patron saint of Tolentino. Catervus is said to have brought the Christian faith to the city. Tolentino is known to have had bishops by the fifth century.

1489–1529 · Reformation

Catharina Brugora was born in 1489 and died in 1529. She is recognized as a blessed.

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Catharina van Park was a nun. She is recognized as a blessed.

1817–1846 · Modern

Catherine Chong Chor-yom (Korean: 정철염 가타리나) was a Korean Christian laywoman born around 1816 or 1817 in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, Korea, who died in prison in Seoul on September 20, 1846.

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Saint Cathen was the daughter of Cawrdaf.

1733–1794 · Modern

Blessed Catherine Cottanceau was born in 1733 in Bressuire and died in 1794 in Avrillé. She was a member of the Catholic Church.

1896–1985 · Contemporary

Catherine de Hueck Doherty (née Ekaterina Fyodorovna Kolyschkina; August 15, 1896 – December 14, 1985) was a Russian-born Catholic activist who founded the Madonna House Apostolate in 1947.

1754–1836 · Modern · Third Order of Saint Dominic

Catherine Jarrige (4 October 1754 – 4 July 1836) – known as Catinon Menette in her local dialect – was a French Roman Catholic and Dominican tertiary who was beatified in 1996.

1806–1876 · Modern · Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul

Catherine Labouré, DC (May 2, 1806 – December 31, 1876) was a French member of the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul and a Marian visionary.

1778–1841 · Modern · Sisters of Mercy

Catherine Elizabeth McAuley, RSM (29 September 1778 – 11 November 1841) was an Irish Catholic religious sister who founded the Sisters of Mercy in 1831.

1783–1839 · Modern

Catherine Yi (Korean: 이 가타리나) was a Korean Christian laywoman, martyr, and saint, born around 1783 in Seoul, Korea, and died in September or October 1839 in Seoul.

1620–1689 · Reformation

Catherine de Francheville, born September 21, 1620, at the Château de Truscat in Sarzeau and died March 3, 1689, in Vannes, was a 17th-century Breton religious woman who, after completing the Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius of Loyola herself, founded the first retreat house…

1437–1478 · Medieval

Caterina Moriggi (1437 - 6 April 1478) was an Italian Roman Catholic who became a professed religious and adhered to the teachings and traditions of Augustine of Hippo.

1758–1794 · Modern

Catherine du Verdier de La Sorinière, born on July 30, 1758, at the Château de la Sorinière in the province of Anjou, died on February 10, 1794, after being executed by firing squad at Avrillé by soldiers of General Turreau's infernal columns.

1413–1463 · Medieval · Poor Clares

Catherine of Bologna (Bolognese: Caterina de' Vigri; 8 September 1413 – 9 March 1463) was an Italian Poor Clare, writer, teacher, mystic, artist, and saint.

1425–1478 · Medieval · Third Order of Saint Francis

Catherine of Bosnia was Queen of Bosnia as the wife of King Thomas, the penultimate Bosnian sovereign. She was born into the powerful House of Kosača, staunch supporters of the Bosnian Church.

1447–1510 · Reformation · Third Order of Saint Francis

Catherine of Genoa (born Caterina Fieschi Adorno; 1447 – 15 September 1510) was an Italian Catholic saint and mystic, known for her work among the sick and the poor and remembered because of various writings describing both these actions and her mystical experiences.

1300 · Medieval · Cistercians

Blessed Catherine of Parc-aux-Dames (13th century, born in Leuven, modern-day Belgium) was a Catholic blessed, nun, mystic, and virgin. She was of Jewish origin and was originally named Rachel.