Patron Saint of Teachers

11 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: May 25

Patron of: Scholars, historians, teachers, England

English Benedictine monk whose historical writings shaped medieval learning and Church tradition.

Feast Day: November 25

Patron of: philosophers, students, teachers, unmarried girls, wheels, knife grinders, spinners

4th-century martyr saint known for wisdom, eloquence, and courageous faith.

Feast Day: February 14

Patron of: Philosophers, teachers, Slavic peoples, languages

Byzantine missionary created Slavic alphabet, bringing the faith to Eastern European peoples.

Feast Day: January 2

Patron of: Theologians, orators, poets, teachers

Byzantine theologian whose brilliant orations defended Trinitarian doctrine with unsurpassed eloquence.

Feast Day: September 3

Patron of: Scholars, teachers, musicians, singers, students, Rome, tanners

Pope and Doctor of the Church who reformed clergy and evangelized England.

Feast Day: April 4

Patron of: Scholars, theologians, students, computers, internet, Spain, Seville, teachers

Spanish archbishop whose encyclopedic writings shaped medieval Christian learning and theology.

Feast Day: April 7

Patron of: Teachers, education, Christian schools

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

Feast Day: August 25

Patron of: Catholic education, schools, teachers, poor schoolchildren, Christian education

Founder of free schools for the poor, pioneering Catholic education for society's most vulnerable.

Feast Day: August 24

Patron of: education, schools, teachers, Greece

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

Feast Day: February 14

Patron of: Slavic peoples, languages, teachers, missionaries

Missionary monk brought Slavic-language liturgy and Christian faith to Eastern European peoples.