| St.Peter |
Unknown |
A.D. 1535 |
June 29 |
Fishermen, Net Makers, and Ship Builders |
Jesus commissioned him to be the first pope. He asked to be crucified upside-down as he didn't consider himself worthy to die like Jesus did. |
| St. Thomas More |
A.D. 1478 |
A.D. 1535 |
June 22 |
Adopted Children, Lawyers, Civil Servants, Politicians, and Difficult Marriages |
He was Chancellor of England for a time. right before he was beheaded his last words on earth are reported to be "... the king's good servant and God's first." |
| St. Kateri Tekakwitha |
A.D. 1656 |
April 17 A.D. 1680 |
July 14 |
The Environment, Ecology |
She is a Native American who converted to Catholicism at the age of 19. She refused to marry and remained a virgin, committing to marry only Jesus. |
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton |
August 28 A.D. 1774 |
January 4 A.D. |
January 4 |
In-law Problems Against the Death of Children, Widows, Death of Parents, and Opposition of Church Authorities |
She started a religious order which is the origin of six present day religious orders. She established the first free Catholic school in United States. |