Who is the patron saint of students?
12 saints in this library are patrons of students. Each profile below cites its sources, and says where those sources disagree rather than picking between them.
Saint Aloysius Gonzaga
March 9, 1568 - June 21, 1591
Catholic youth, teenagers and seminarians, per Franciscan Media
Feast: June 21Read
Saint Benedict of Nursia
c. 480 - March 21, 547
Europe, monastics, and schoolchildren
Feast: July 11Read
Saint Casimir
October 3, 1458 - March 4, 1484
Poland, Lithuania and Russia, per Franciscan Media. Abraham adds Belgium and Naples
Feast: March 4Read
Saint Catherine of Alexandria
Died c. 310
Lawyers, librarians, philosophers, students and teachers, per Franciscan Media
Feast: November 25Read
Saint Dominic Savio
April 2, 1842 - March 9, 1857
Feast: March 9Read
Saint Isidore of Seville
c. 560 - April 4, 636
Franciscan Media lists internet and computer users - but says he has been suggested for it, not appointed
Feast: April 4Read
Saint John Bosco
August 16, 1815 - January 31, 1888
Young apprentices and Catholic publishers, from his work in trades and printing
Feast: January 31Read
Saint John Henry Newman
February 21, 1801 - August 11, 1890
Proclaimed by Leo XIV "together with Saint Thomas Aquinas, as co-Patron of the Church's educational mission"
Feast: October 9Read
Saint John Paul II
May 18, 1920 - April 2, 2005
Feast: October 22Read
Saint Joseph of Cupertino
June 17, 1603 - September 18, 1663
Pilots, air travelers and astronauts, per Franciscan Media
Feast: September 18Read
Saint Justin Martyr
c. 100 - c. 165
Neither source assigns a patronage. He is invoked by philosophers and apologists
Feast: June 1Read
Saint Thomas Aquinas
c. 1225 - March 7, 1274
Students, teachers, philosophers and theologians, and Catholic universities
Feast: January 28Read
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