Patron Saint of Education

7 saints found

Angela Merici

Feast Day: January 27

Patron of: Education, disabled people, illness, learning disabilities, single laywomen, teachers, young girls

Visionary educator who founded the Ursulines to teach girls despite her blindness.

Feast Day: November 13

Patron of: Immigrants, hospitals, education, Italy, missionary work, those ridiculed for their accent

Italian-American nun who revolutionized immigrant care through hospitals, schools, and orphanages.

Feast Day: June 8

Patron of: Poland, queens, widows, education, the poor

Polish queen canonized for her exceptional charity, piety, and educational patronage.

Feast Day: April 7

Patron of: Teachers, education, Christian schools

French priest who revolutionized education and founded schools for the poor.

Feast Day: August 24

Patron of: education, schools, teachers, Greece

Greek Orthodox monk martyred for founding 200+ schools under Ottoman occupation.

Feast Day: January 14

Patron of: Serbia, education, spiritual renewal, social justice

Medieval Serbian archbishop who built the Orthodox Church and unified his fractured nation.

Feast Day: September 25

Patron of: Russia, monasticism, education, reconciliation, spiritual seekers

Russian monastic reformer whose spiritual vision unified and strengthened medieval Russia.