What is a famous female saint besides the virgin mary?

Question

what date is she celebrated on?

Answer 1

Brighid. Usually honored around February 2nd.

She is known as the Goddess of healers, poets, smiths, childbirth and inspiration, fire and hearth.

Saint Brighid of Kildare (c451 to 523ce) is venerated as the patroness of farm work and cattle, and protector of the household from fire and calamity. She is often called, “Foster Mother of Christ” and “Mary of the Gael”.

Brighid meaning, “Exalted One” is known by many names including, Breda. Bree, Breeshey, Bride, Bridie, Bridhe, Brigdu, Bridget, Brighde, Brigid, Brighid, Brigit, Brigantia, Briginda and Ffraid.

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Answer 2

St. Catherine is a famous one; she was martyred on a big wheel, and statues and painting of her with her wheel are seen in churches all over Europe. A spinning fireworks wheel is called a "Saint Catherine's Wheel".

There's certainly a lot of female saints. Mary's and St. John the Baptists mothers are counted as saints; among some others are st. Maria Goretti (recent); St. Margaret of Scotland, St. Catherine of Assisi; St. Joan of Arc. The trouble is there wasn't a lot of creativity in girls' names, so we end up with several St. Catherines - of Assisi, Siena, of Alexandria, etc...

About 30 years ago, the Catholic church cleaned up the Saint calendar and "dumped" a large number of saints who were little more than legends. They only kept the ones where there was some documented evidence of their existance.

Sister Theresa (of Calcutta) is "Blessed" which puts her on the first step toward official sainthood. There's a whole process that has to happen, including documentation of miracles occurring due to her intervention after prayer.

See this for a list of all saints and their feast days:
http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/saints/bydate.asp?SODmonth=Oct

Answer 3

Saint Brigid (Bridget)... but that was originally a Pagan Goddess. I forget the date she is celebrated on, but I'm sure a google search will show you. Also, Joan of Arc is now considered a saint... after being burned alive as a witch. Weird how those things turn out.

Answer 4

Saint Faustina is celebrated on October 5th-7th. Usually.
She is the Divine Mercy Saint.

Answer 5

Mary Magdalene

Answer 6

Sister Theresa

http://catholicism.about.com/od/femalesaints/

Answer 7

Mary Magdalene's feast day is July 22.

Mary Magdalene was a devoted disciple of Jesus. She is considered to be a saint in the Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and Anglican churches. Her name means "Mary of Magdala", after the town of "Magdala" on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee.

Answer 8

TRY THIS SITE:

Saints and Angels - Catholic Online
Searchable directory of saint profile pages. Also includes a saint calendar, feast day list, and information on patron saints.
Category: Christian Saints > Web Directories
www.catholic.org/saints

Answer 9

Saint Maria Goretti (July 6)
She was killed by a man that attempted to rape her
and she said: "I prefer death than to sin and give in."

Saint Fides: Look Up on Patron Saints Index.
She swore her life of virginity to God. A roman pagan try to force her into prostitution, but God protected her, and finally she was tortured and died.

Saint Rose of Lima, Peru:
Very Virtuous (considered the first social worker saint of her day)

Answer 10

Eh, I don't know when they celebrate her, but Joan of Arc is without a doubt one of the greatest of saints.

Check out the index of saints here:

http://www.catholic.org/saints/faq.php