Doctors Of The Church

“Doctor of The Church” is a title bestowed on a saint by the Holy Catholic Church after determining that the writings of the saint are of universal importance.

The saints honored with this honorific title are:

• St. Albert
• St. Alphonsus Liguori
• St. Ambrose
• St. Anselm
• St. Anthony of Padua
• St. Athanasius
• St. Augustine
• St. Basil
• St. Bede, the Venerable
• St. Bernard of Clairvaux
• St. Bonaventure
• St. Catherine of Siena
• St. Cyril of Alexandria
• St. Cyril of Jerusalem
• St. Ephraem of Syria
• St. Francis de Sales
• St. Gregory Nazianzus
• St. Gregory the Great
• St. Hilary of Poitiers
• St. Hildegard of Bingen
• St. Isidore
• St. Jerome
• St. John of Avila (soon to be declared a Doctor, perhaps in 2012 A.D.)
• St. John Chrysostom
• St. John Damascene
• St. John of the Cross
• St. Lawrence of Brindisi
• St. Leo the Great
• St. Peter Canisius, SJ
• St. Peter Chrysologus
• St. Peter Damian, SJ
• St. Robert Bellarmine, SJ
• St. Teresa of Avila
• St. Therese of Lisieux
• St. Thomas Aquinas, OP