Who is the patron saint of teachers?
16 saints in this library are patrons of teachers. Each profile below cites its sources, and says where those sources disagree rather than picking between them.

Saint Boniface
c. 675 - June 5, 754
Germany, per Franciscan Media. He is called its Apostle
Feast: June 5Read
Saint Catherine of Alexandria
Died c. 310
Lawyers, librarians, philosophers, students and teachers, per Franciscan Media
Feast: November 25Read
Saint Charles Borromeo
October 2, 1538 - November 3, 1584
Neither source assigns a patronage. He is invoked by bishops, catechists and seminarians
Feast: November 4Read
Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton
August 28, 1774 - January 4, 1821
Catholic schools, educators and teachers, loss of parents, and widows
Feast: January 4Read
Saint Ephrem
c. 306 - June 9, 373
Feast: June 9Read
Saint Gregory the Great
c. 540 - March 12, 604
England, epilepsy, musicians, and teachers
Feast: September 3Read
Saint Hilary of Poitiers
c. 315 - 368
Neither source assigns a patronage. He is invoked by theologians and by Poitiers
Feast: January 13Read
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 Baptist de la Salle
April 30, 1651 - April 7, 1719
Schoolteachers, named by Pope Pius XII in 1950
Feast: April 7Read
Saint John Fisher
1469 - June 22, 1535
Neither source assigns a patronage. He is invoked with Thomas More by lawyers and bishops
Feast: June 22Read
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 Mary MacKillop
January 15, 1842 - August 8, 1909
Feast: August 8Read
Saint Peter Canisius
May 8, 1521 - December 21, 1597
Feast: December 21Read
Saint Peter Chrysologus
c. 406 - c. 450
Neither source assigns a patronage. He is invoked by preachers
Feast: July 30Read
Saint Robert Bellarmine
October 4, 1542 - September 17, 1621
Catechists, in New Advent's editorial note; Franciscan Media adds catechumens
Feast: September 17Read
Saint Thomas Aquinas
c. 1225 - March 7, 1274
Students, teachers, philosophers and theologians, and Catholic universities
Feast: January 28Read
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