Statistics for Doctors of the Catholic Church

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Year Declared	Hint	Doctor	% Correct
1298	Bishop, known for his conversion story and his "Confessions"	St. Augustine	100%
1567	Medieval Dominican monk, known as the "Angelic Doctor"	St. Thomas Aquinas	75%
1298	Pope who is credited with starting the tradition of Gregorian Chant	Pope St. Gregory the Great	63%
1298	Milanese bishop, helped to convert Augustine	St. Ambrose	63%
1298	Known for penning the Latin Vulgate	St. Jerome	63%
1720	British bishop known for his "Ontological Argument"	St. Anselm of Canterbury	50%
1946	Widely venerated Franciscan friar known for his patronage of lost things	St. Anthony of Padua	50%
1568	Greek father known for his "golden mouth"	St. John Chrysostom	50%
1754	Pope known for his Christological doctrine	Pope St. Leo the Great	38%
1871	18th century Italian bishop, founded the Redemptorists	St. Alphonsus Liguori	38%
1899	British bishop known as the "Father of English History," and for his calculation of calendar dates	St. Bede the Venerable	38%
1970	Medieval Italian nun who exerted great political influence on the Popes of her day	St. Catherine of Siena	38%
1883	Egyptian patriarch, known for combating Nestorianism	St. Cyril of Alexandria	38%
1970	Spanish nun known for her doctrine on prayer and for founding the Discalced Carmelites	St. Teresa of Avila	38%
1997	"The Little Flower" known for her "Little Way"	St. Therese of Lisieux	38%
1568	Cappadocian father known as "the great"	St. Basil the Great	25%
1830	Abbot, revivalist of monasticism, closely associated with the Cistercians	St. Bernard of Clairvaux	25%
1877	French bishop, known for reconciling Protestants and his "Introduction to the Devout Life"	St. Francis de Sales	25%
2012	German nun known for her art, writing, and music	St. Hildegard of Bingen	25%
1926	Spanish Discalced Carmelite monk, known as the "Mystical Doctor"	St. John of the Cross	25%
1931	Medieval Dominican friar known as the "Doctor Expertus"	St. Albert the Great	13%
1568	Known for opposing the Arian heresy	St. Athanasius	13%
1883	Bishop of Jerusalem, known for writings on instructing catechumens and the order of the liturgy	St. Cyril of Jerusalem	13%
2015	Armenian monk known for his poetry and theology	St. Gregory of Narek	13%
1722	Spanish bishop known for his etymologies	St. Isidore of Seville	13%
1890	Syrian bishop and polymath known for his defense of icons	St. John Damascene	13%
2012	Spanish priest who was imprisoned by the Inquisition, noted preacher	St. John of Avila	13%
1959	Franciscan friar who brought many Jews and Protestants to Catholicism due to his extensive knowledge of language	St. Lawrence of Brindisi	13%
1729	4th century bishop known for his homilies	St. Peter Chrysologus	13%
1588	Medieval Franciscan monk, known as the "Seraphic Doctor"	St. Bonaventure	0%
1920	Syrian bishop known for his extensive writing of hymns	St. Ephrem the Syrian	0%
1568	Close associate of the above	St. Gregory of Nazianzus	0%
1851	4th century French bishop known as the "Hammer of the Arians"	St. Hilary of Poitiers	0%
2021	Very early bishop, known for his work "Adversus Haereses"	St. Irenaeus of Lyon	0%
1925	Jesuit priest known for restoring the German Church after the Reformation	St. Peter Canisius	0%
1828	Benedictine monk known for his reforms during the 11th century	St. Peter Damian	0%
1931	Jesuit Cardinal known for his role in the Galileo affair and for his defense of the Council of Trent	St. Robert Bellarmine	0%