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French Roman Catholic saints

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Joan of Arc
French folk heroine (1412–1431), military leader who crowned Charles VII and Roman Catholic saint, canonized 500 years after her death
Bernard of Clairvaux
Burgundian saint, abbot and theologian (1090-1153)
Thérèse of Lisieux
French Discalced Carmelite nun, Doctor of the Church (1873–1897)
Francis de Sales
French bishop, saint, writer and Doctor of the Church (1567-1622)
Bernadette Soubirous
French saint (1844–1879)
Vincent de Paul
French priest, founder and saint (1581-1660)
Jean-Marie Vianney
French priest and saint (1786–1859)
Roch
Christian saint
Genevieve of Paris
Genevieve (; ; and Genofeva; 419/422 AD – 502/512 AD) was a consecrated virgin, and is one of the two patron saints of Paris in the Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church. Her feast day is on 3 January.
Margaret Mary Alacoque
Catholic Saint and Mystic (1647-1690)
Jean-Baptiste de La Salle
French priest and Catholic saint (1651–1719)
Denis
3rd-century Bishop of Paris and saint
Louis de Montfort
French Catholic saint, priest, and confessor
Peter Faber
Jesuit priest and evangelist
Catherine Labouré
French Daughter of Charity and saint
Prosper of Aquitaine
5th-century Roman Christian writer
Jane Frances de Chantal
French nun and saint (1572-1641)
Jean Eudes
French Catholic priest (1601–1680)
Peter Chanel
Catholic priest, missionary, and martyr (1803-1841)
Jean de Brébeuf
Jesuit missionary and martyr (1593-1649)
Benedict Joseph Labre
French mendicant and saint
Louise Marillac
co-founder, with Vincent de Paul, of the Daughters of Charity (1591-1660)
Marcellin Champagnat
French priest and Catholic saint
Charles-Joseph-Eugene de Mazenod
French Roman Catholic bishop and saint (1782-1861)
Marie Guyart
French foundress of the Ursuline Monastery in Quebec
John Francis Regis
French Jesuit priest
Madeleine Sophie Barat
Founder of the Society of the Sacred Heart
Marguerite Bourgeoys
French colonist and foundress
Julian the Hospitaller
Roman Catholic saint
Marie-Eugénie de Jésus
Catholic Saint and Founder of religious order (1817–1898)
Martyrs of Compiègne
Carmelite nuns guillotined during the French Revolution and Catholic saints
Peter Julian Eymard
Catholic priest - Saint
Peter Fourier
French canon regular
Jeanne Émilie de Villeneuve
French nun and saint (1811–1854)
François de Laval
Catholic saint, First Bishop of Quebec
Jeanne de Lestonnac
French saint
Louis Martin and Azélie-Marie Guérin
parents of Thérèse of Lisiéux, and Roman Catholic Saints
Saint Colette
15th c. French abbess: founded Colettine Poor Clares
Rose Philippine Duchesne
French Catholic Religious Sister and missionary in the United States
Théodore Guérin
Catholic saint and nun from France (1798-1856)
Julie Billiart
French religious leader
Judoc
Saint Judoc, otherwise known as Jodoc, Joyce or Josse (; traditionally 600 – 668 AD) was a seventh-century Breton noble considered to be a saint. Judoc was a son of Juthael, King of Brittany. He renounced his wealth and position to become a priest and lived alone for the rest of his lifetime in the coastal forest near the mouth of the River Canche.
Mary Euphrasia Pelletier
19th‑century French nun and foundress of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd (1796–1868)
Laurent-Joseph-Marius Imbert
French Catholic missionary and saint
Severus of Vienne
Indian-born French saint
Isaac Jogues
Beatified Martyred Jesuit Priest
Joan Antidea Thouret
French saint
Michael Garicoits
Basque priest
Jacques Berthieu
French Jesuit missionary (1838–1896)
Jean-Gabriel Perboyre
French Vincentian missionary, martyr and saint (1802-1840)
William of Æbelholt
Danish Roman Catholic saint
Franz Regis Clet
French presbyter
Emily de Vialar
French saint (1797–1856)
Siméon-François Berneux
French Roman Catholic missioner, bishop and saint (1814-1866)
Claudine Thévenet
French saint
Joseph Marchand
French missionary (1803-1835)
Thérèse Couderc
Co-founder of the Sisters of Cenacle
Leonie Aviat
French religious (1844-1914)
Marie-Nicolas-Antoine Daveluy
French missionary and saint (1818-1866)
Jean-Charles Cornay
French missionary and martyr (1809–1837)