Doctors of the Church

St. Athanasius (298-373), Egyptian, Patriarch of Alexandria

St. Hilary of Poitiers (300-367), French, Bishop of Poitiers

St. Ephrem (306-373), Syrian, deacon, hymn-writer

St. Cyril of Jerusalem (315-386), from Jerusalem, Bishop of Jerusalem

St. Gregory Nazianzen (329-389), Cappadocian, Patriarch of Constantinople

St. Basil (330-379), Cappadocian, Bishop of Caesarea

St. Ambrose (c. 340-397), Italian, Bishop of Milan

St. John Chrysostom (347-407), Syrian, Patriarch of Constantinople

St. Jerome (c. 347-420), Dalmatian, Priest and monk

St. Augustine [“Doctor Gratiae”] (354-430), Numidian, Bishop of Hippo

St. Cyril of Alexandria [“Doctor Incarnationis”] (376-444), Egyptian, Patriarch of Alexandria, theologian

St. Leo the Great (400-461), Italian, Pope and theologian

St. Peter Chrysologus (406-450), Italian, Archbishop of Ravenna

St. Gregory the Great (c. 540-604), Italian, Pope

St. Isidore (560-636), Spanish, Bishop of Seville

St. Bede the Venerable (672-735), Northumbrian [English], priest, monk, historian, theologian

St. John Damascene (676-749), Syrian, priest, monk, theologian

St. Peter Damian (1007-1072), Italian, Cardinal Bishop of Ostia, Benedictine monk

St. Anselm [“Doctor Magnificus”] (1033/34-1109), Italian, Archbishop of Canterbury, Benedictine monk and theologian

St. Bernard [“Doctor Mellifluus”] (1090-1153), French, Cistercian monk

St. Albertus Magnus [“Doctor Universalis”] (1193-1280), German, Bishop of Köln, Dominican theologian

St. Antony of Padua [“Doctor Evangelicus”] (1195-1231), Portuguese, Franciscan preacher

St. Bonaventure [“Doctor Seraphicus”] (1221-1274), Italian, Cardinal Bishop of Albano, Franciscan theologian and Minister General

St. Thomas Aquinas [“Doctor Angelicus”, “Doctor Communis”] (1225-1274), Italian, Dominican priest and theologian

St. Catherine of Siena (1347-1380), Italian, Dominican mystic

St. Teresa of Ávila (1515-1582), Spanish, Carmelite mystic

St. Peter Canisius (1521-1597), Dutch, Jesuit

St. John of the Cross [“Doctor Mysticus”] (1542-1591), Spanish, Carmelite priest and mystic

St. Robert Bellarmine (1542-1621), Italian, Archbishop of Capua, Jesuit theologian

St. Lawrence of Brindisi [“Doctor Apostolicus”] (1559-1619), Italian, Franciscan priest and diplomat

St. Francis de Sales (1567-1622), French, Bishop of Geneva

St. Alphonsus Liguori [“Doctor Zelantissimus”] (1696-1787), Italian, Bishop of Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Redemptorist

St. Thérèse de Lisieux [“Doctor Amoris”] (1873-1897), French, Carmelite