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