Litany of Saints is a free, independent guide to the saints and holy men and women of the Catholic Church: every Saint, Blessed, Venerable and Servant of God we can find a record for — 12,414 names so far. It is not an official site of the Holy See.
Why this dictionary exists — the reason it was made.
The Church's own records come first. Beatifications, canonisations, heroic-virtue decrees and approved miracles are taken from the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints (causesanti.va), the Holy See (vatican.va), Vatican News and the religious orders and dioceses that led each cause. Every researched page lists its sources at the foot.
For the lives of the saints, the site draws on the Church's own books and the standard Catholic references:
The starting list of names, dates and pictures comes from Wikidata. Where no Church source covers a person, the page may carry a short summary from Wikipedia (English or, translated, another language) or from Santi, beati e testimoni (santiebeati.it), each labelled with its source; Wikipedia text is used under the Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0 licence. Pictures come from Wikimedia Commons, each credited with its artist and licence.
Where the sources disagree, the page says so rather than choosing one. Where nothing reliable is known — true of many early saints — the page says “Limited information is available on this saint so far” instead of repeating legend as fact. The site is worked on all the time: pages are updated as new information comes to light.
Each saint on the universal Roman calendar shows two feast days: the current calendar (the Missal of Paul VI) and the calendar of the 1962 Missal.
Once a month the site is checked against the Dicastery's list of newly published decrees, so new Venerables, approved miracles, beatifications and canonisations appear as soon as possible. Last checked: 21 September 2026.
Tell us below. Every correction is checked against the Church's records before it goes up. A source (a Vatican page, a diocese, a religious order) helps most.
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