female saints
Canonized devout women
Female saints are women officially recognized by a religious tradition—especially the Catholic, Orthodox, or Anglican churches—as holy persons worthy of veneration.
The designation typically follows a formal canonization process requiring evidence of exceptional virtue and miracles.
She wrote her thesis on female saints of the medieval period.
Joan of Arc is among the most famous female saints.
- CeciliaFemale given name
- patron saintHoly figure guarding devotees
- Hildegard of BingenMedieval polymath and abbess
- mystic visionsTranscendent spiritual experiences
- Mary MagdaleneFemale disciple, early witness
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female saintschurch fathers
Early Christian theological authorities
desert fathers · patriarchs · holy men · monks · friars
female saintswitches
Practitioners of dark magic
fallen women · temptresses · jezebels · harlots · succubi