St Augustine of Hippo was a theologian, philosopher, the bishop of Hippo Regius in Numidia, Roman North Africa in AD 354-430. 

• Saint Augustine of Hippo  

St Augustine Zhao Rong was a Catholic priest and martyr who preached the gospel in the western Sichuan Province of China in the early 18th century.  

• Saint Augustine Zhao Rong

Saint Charbel was a Maronite Catholic priest, monk, and hermit who lived in 19th Century Lebanon and was beatified by Pope Paul VI in 1965.

• Saint Charbel

Nalini Nathan from the Christian Network Against Caste Discrimination explains why St Teresa of Calcutta - Mother Teresa - is a saint close to her heart.

• St Teresa of Calcutta

Kizito was beatified by Pope Benedict XV in 1920 and canonised by Pope Paul VI on 18 October 1964. Kizito is the patron saint of children and primary schools.

• Saint Kizito

Saint Matthew Ayariga was martyred for his faith by Islamic State militants alongside 20 Coptic Orthodox construction workers on a beach in Libya in 2015.

• St Matthew Ayariga

Blessed Michael Cyprian Iwene Tansi was born in September 1903 in Igboezunu Aguleri, a village in south-eastern Nigeria in the present day Anambra State.

• Blessed Michael Iwene Tansi

Oscar Romero was the Archbishop of San Salvador and a champion of diversity and social justice in the 20th Century. 

• Saint Oscar Romero

Credited as the founder of Catholic Charities New York, Venerable Pierre Toussaint was a model of selflessness whose life's work was to help others.

• Venerable Pierre Toussaint

Sister Thea Bowman transcended racism to leave a lasting mark on US Catholic life in the late 20th century.

• Sister Thea Bowman

Saint Josephine Bakhita was the first black woman to be canonised in the modern era.

• St Josephine Bakhita