Doctors of the Church

Listed in Chronological Order (some years are approximate)

Saint Irenaeus of Lyon (125-202)

Saint Athanasius (298-373)

Saint Ephrem (306-373)

Saint Cyril of Jerusalem (313-386)

Saint Hilary of Poitiers (310-367)

Saint Gregory Nazianzen (329-390)

Saint Basil the Great (330-379)

Saint Ambrose of Milan (339-397)

Saint Jerome (347420)

Saint John Chrysostom (347-407)

Saint Augustine (354-430)

Saint Cyril of Alexandria (376-444)

Pope Saint Leo the Great (391-461)

Saint Peter Chrysologus (380-450)

Pope Saint Gregory the Great (540-604)

Saint Isidore of Seville (560-636)

Saint Bede the Venerable (673-735)

Saint John Damascene (676-749)

Saint Gregory of Narek(950-1011)

Saint Peter Damian (1007-1073)

Saint Anselm of Canterbury (1034-1109)

Saint Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153)

Saint Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179)

Saint Anthony of Padua (1195-1231)

Saint Albert the Great (1200-1280)

Saint Bonaventure (1221-1274)

Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274)

Saint Catherine of Siena (1347-1380)

Saint John of Avila (1499-1569)

Saint Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)

Saint Peter Canisius (1521-1597)

Saint Robert Bellarmine (1542-1621)

Saint John of the Cross (1542-1591)

Saint Lawrence of Brindisi (1559-1619)

Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622)

Saint Alphonsus Liguori (1696-1787)

Saint John Henry Newman (1801-1890)

Saint Therese of Lisieux (1873-1897)

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