Celebrate the month that prepares for the BIG FEAST OF SAINTS by partyin' down with the awesome heavenly citizens known as the Doctors of The Church!
These men and women are called DOCTORS because they have contributed to our morals, theology and faith in radical ways. THEY SCHOOLED US!!
Here they are in alphabetical order. Feed your mind! Increase your soul!
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| St Albert the Great |
Patron of natural scientists; called doctor universalis, doctor expertus. Dominican 1200-1280?
ST. ALPHONSUS LIGUORI
Patron of confessors and moralists. Founder of his order. Redemptorists 1696-1787
ST. AMBROSE
One of the four traditional Doctors of the Latin Church. Opponent of Arianism in the West. Bishop of Milan. 340 -397
ST. ANSELM
Archbishop of Canterbury. Father of Scholasticism. 1033-1109
ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA
Evangelical Doctor. Franciscan 1195-1231
ST. ATHANASIUS
Bishop of Alexandria. Dominant opponent of Arianism. Father of Orthodoxy. 297-373
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| St Augustine |
ST. AUGUSTINE
Bishop of Hippo. One of the four traditional Doctors of the Latin Church. Doctor of Grace. 354-430
ST. BASIL THE GREAT
Father of monasticism in the East. Cappadocian 329-379
ST. BEDE THE VENERABLE
Benedictine priest Father of English history. Benedictine 673-735
ST. BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX
Called Mellifluous Doctor because of his eloquence. Cistercian 1090-1153
ST. BONAVENTURE
Franciscan theologian. Seraphic Doctor. Franciscan 1217-1274
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| St Catherine of Siena |
Mystic. Second woman Doctor. Dominican 1347-1380
ST. CYRIL OF ALEXANDRIA
Patriarch. Opponent of Nestorianism. Made key contributions to Christology. 376-444
ST. CYRIL OF JERUSALEM
Bishop and opponent of Arianism in the East. 315-387
ST. EPHRAEM THE SYRIAN
Biblical exegete and ecclesiastical writer. Called Harp of the Holy Spirit. 306-373
ST. FRANCIS DE SALES
Bishop, leader in Counter- Reformation. Patron of Catholic writers and the Catholic press. 1567-1622
ST. GREGORY I THE GREAT
Pope. Fourth and last of the traditional Doctors of the Latin Church. Defended papal supremacy and worked for clerical and monastic reform. 540-604
ST. GREGORY OF NAZIANZUS
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| St Gregory Nazianzus |
ST. HILARY OF POITIERS
Bishop. Called The Athanasius of the West. 315-368
ST. ISIDORE OF SEVILLE
Archbishop, theologian, historian. Regarded as the most learned man of his time. 560-636
ST. JEROME
One of the four traditional Doctors of the Latin Church. Father of biblical science. 343-420
ST. JOHN CHRYSOSTOM
Bishop of Constantinople. Patron of preachers and called Golden-Mouthed because of his eloquence. 347- 407
ST. JOHN DAMASCENE
Greek theologian. Called Golden Speaker because of his eloquence. 675-749
ST. JOHN OF THE CROSS
Joint founder of the Discalced Carmelites along with St. Theresa of Avila. Doctor of Mystical Theology Carmelites
(Discalced) 1542-1591
ST. LAWRENCE OF BRINDISI
Vigorous preacher of strong influence in the post-Reformation period. 1559-1619
ST. LEO I THE GREAT
Pope. Wrote against Nestorian and Monophysite heresies and errors of Manichaeism and Pelagianism. 400-461
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| St Peter Damian |
Jesuit theologian. Leader in the Counter-Reformation. Jesuit 1521-1597
ST. PETER CHRYSOLOGUS
Bishop of Ravenna. Called Golden-Worded. 400-450
ST. PETER DAMIAN
Ecclesiastical and clerical reformer. Benedictine 1007-72
ST. ROBERT BELLARMINE
Defended doctrine under attack during and after the Reformation. Wrote two catechisms. Jesuit 1542-1621
ST. TERESA OF AVILA
Spanish nun and mystic. First woman Doctor. Joint founder of the Discalced Carmelites along with St. John of the Cross. Carmelites
(Discalced) 1515-1582
ST. THERESE OF LISIEUX
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| St Therese Lisieux |
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS
Philosopher and theologian. Called Angelic Doctor. Patron of Catholic schools and education. Dominican 1225-1274
From: http://www.ourladyswarriors.org/saints/doctlist.htm
