35 Doctors of the Church

35 Doctors of the Church

What is a Doctor of the Church?
This is a very special title accorded by the Church to certain saints. This title indicates that the writings and preaching’s of such a person are useful to Christians "in any age of the Church."

SNO	Name	Religious Order	Lived From	Lived To
1	ST. ALBERT THE GREAT Patron of natural scientists; called doctor universalis, doctor expertus.	Dominican	1200	1280
2	ST. ALPHONSUS LIGUORI Patron of confessors and moralists. Founder of his order.	Redemptorists	1696	1787
3	ST. AMBROSE One of the four traditional Doctors of the Latin Church. Opponent of Arianism in the West. Bishop of Milan.		340	397
4	ST. ANSELM Archbishop of Canterbury. Father of Scholasticism.		1033	1109
5	ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA Evangelical Doctor.	Franciscan	1195	1231
6	ST. ATHANASIUS Bishop of Alexandria. Dominant opponent of Arianism. Father of Orthodoxy.		297	373
7	ST. AUGUSTINE Bishop of Hippo. One of the four traditional Doctors of the Latin Church. Doctor of Grace.		354	430
8	ST. BASIL THE GREAT Father of monasticism in the East.	Cappadocian	329	379
9	ST. BEDE THE VENERABLE Benedictine priest Father of English history.	Benedictine	673	735
10	ST. BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX Called Mellifluous Doctor because of his eloquence.	Cistercian	1090	1153
11	ST. BONAVENTURE Franciscan theologian. Seraphic Doctor.	Franciscan	1217	1274
12	ST. CATHERINE OF SIENA Mystic. Second woman Doctor.	Dominican	1347	1380
13	ST. CYRIL OF ALEXANDRIA Patriarch. Opponent of Nestorianism. Made key contributions to Christology.		376	444
14	ST. CYRIL OF JERUSALEM Bishop and opponent of Arianism in the East.		315	387
15	ST. EPHRAEM THE SYRIAN Biblical exegete and ecclesiastical writer. Called Harp of the Holy Spirit.		306	373
16	ST. FRANCIS DE SALES Bishop, leader in Counter- Reformation. Patron of Catholic writers and the Catholic press.		1567	1622
17	ST. GREGORY I THE GREAT Pope. Fourth and last of the traditional Doctors of the Latin Church. Defended papal supremacy and worked for clerical and monastic reform.		540	604
18	ST. GREGORY OF NAZIANZUS Called the Christian Demosthenes because of his eloquence and, in the Eastern Church, The Theologian.	Cappadocian	330	390
19	ST. HILARY OF POITIERS Bishop. Called The Athanasius of the West.		315	368
20	ST. ISIDORE OF SEVILLE Archbishop, theologian, historian. Regarded as the most learned man of his time.		560	636
21	ST. JEROME One of the four traditional Doctors of the Latin Church. Father of biblical science.		343	420
22	ST. JOHN CHRYSOSTOM Bishop of Constantinople. Patron of preachers and called Golden-Mouthed because of his eloquence.		347	407
23	ST. JOHN DAMASCENE Greek theologian. Called Golden Speaker because of his eloquence.		675	749
24	ST. JOHN OF THE CROSS Joint founder of the Discalced Carmelites along with St. Theresa of Avila. Doctor of Mystical Theology	Carmelites (Discalced)	1542	1591
25	ST. LAWRENCE OF BRINDISI Vigorous preacher of strong influence in the post-Reformation period.		1559	1619
26	ST. LEO I THE GREAT Pope. Wrote against Nestorian and Monophysite heresies and errors of Manichaeism and Pelagianism.		400	461
27	ST. PETER CANISIUS Jesuit theologian. Leader in the Counter-Reformation.	Jesuit	1521	1597
28	ST. PETER CHRYSOLOGUS Bishop of Ravenna. Called Golden-Worded.		400	450
29	ST. PETER DAMIAN Ecclesiastical and clerical reformer.	Benedictine	1007	72
30	ST. ROBERT BELLARMINE Defended doctrine under attack during and after the Reformation. Wrote two catechisms.	Jesuit	1542	1621
31	ST. TERESA OF AVILA Spanish  nun and mystic. First woman Doctor. Joint founder of the Discalced Carmelites along with St. John of the Cross.	Carmelites (Discalced)	1515	1582
32	ST. THERESE OF LISIEUX French Carmelite nun. The Little Flower, her autobiographical "Story of a Soul" has become a spiritual classic, inspiring millions to follow her "Little Way" of holiness. he third woman Doctor of the Church by Pope John Paul II on October 19th, 1997.	Carmelites	1873	1897
33	ST. THOMAS AQUINAS Philosopher and theologian. Called Angelic Doctor. Patron of Catholic schools and education.	Dominican	1225	1274

   34 .   St John  of Avila  **  Declared on 7th Oct 2012        

                     
             35 .   St. Hildegard of Bingen **  Declared on 7th Oct 2012
                      This German mystic was a poet and a prophet, a physician and a moralist.
                       She fearlessly rebuked popes and bishops, princes and lay people

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