List of saints from Africa

Before the Arab Conquest

Popes

• Pope Saint Victor I
• Pope Saint Miltiades
• Pope Saint Gelasius I

  Doctors

• Saint Augustine of Hippo, from present-day Algeria
• Saint Athanasius of Alexandria, from present-day Egypt
• Saint Cyril of Alexandria, from present-day Egypt

  Writers and theologians

• Saint Mark the Evangelist, author of the Gospel that bears his name and founder of the Patriarchate of Alexandria
• Saint Apollos, may be author of the Epistle to Hebrews
• Saint Ammon the Abbot
• Saint Anatolius of Laodicea, of Egypt
• Saint Aurelius, of Tunisia
• Saint Clement of Alexandria, author of several works, whose cult in the Latin Rite has been suppressed
• Saint Cyprian of Carthage, author of several works
• Saint Didymus the Blind
• Saint Fulgentius of Ruspe, of Tunisia
• Saint Isidore of Pelusium, author of several letters
• Saint Optatus, author against Donatism
• Saint Pierius
• Saint Possidius, author of a life of St. Augustine
• Saint Quodvultdeus

  Others

• Saint Abraham the Poor, of Egypt
• Saint Abraham of Alexandria, of Egypt
• Saint Achillas of Alexandria, of Egypt
• Saint Adrian of Canterbury, of North Africa
• Saints Aizan and Sazan, of Ethiopia
• Saint Alexander of Alexandria, of Egypt
• Saint Alypius of Thagaste, of Algeria
• Saints Ammon the Martyr and companions, of Egypt
• Saint Anastasius Sinaita, of Egypt
• Saint Anthony the Great, of Egypt
• Saints Apollonia of Alexandria and companions, of Egypt
• Saint Arcadius of Mauretania, of Algeria
• Saints Arethas, Ruma and companions, of Ethiopia
• Saints Armogastes and Saturus, of Tunisia
• Saints Athanasia and Andronicus, of Egypt
• Saint Bessarion of Egypt
• Saint Caecilius, spiritual father to Saint Cyprian of Carthage, of Tunisia
• Saint Cassian of Tangier, of Morocco
• Saint Catherine of Alexandria, of Egypt
• Saint Cerbonius, of North Africa
• Saint Crispina, of Algeria
• Saint Cucuphas, of Tunisia
• Saint Damian of Alexandria, of Egypt
• Saint Demetrius of Alexandria, of Egypt
• Saint Deogratias of Carthage, of Tunisia
• Saints Denise, Dativa, Leontia, Tertius, Emilianus, Boniface, Majoricus, and Servus, of Tunisia
• Saint Dionysius of Alexandria, of Egypt
• Saints Donatian and companions, of North Africa
• Saint Epenetus of Carthage, of Tunisia
• Saint Eugenius of Carthage, of Tunisia
• Saint Fabius, of Algeria
• Saints Felix of Abbir, Cyprian of Unizzibir, and companions, of Libya
• Saint Felix of Hadrumetum, of Tunisia
• Saint Felix of Thibiuca, of Tunisia
• Saint Frumentius, of Ethiopia
• Saint Gaudiosus of Naples, of Tunisia
• Saint Isidore of Alexandria, of Egypt
• Saint Isidore of Chios, of Egypt
• Saint John of Egypt, of Egypt
• Saint Julia of Corsica, of Tunisia
• Saint Kaleb of Axum, of Ethiopia
• Saint Lucius of Cyrene, of Libya
• Saint Marciana of Mauretania, of Algeria
• Saint Macarius of Alexandria, of Egypt
• Saint Macarius of Egypt, of Egypt
• Saint Marcellinus of Carthage, of Tunisia
• Saints Marcellinus, Vincent, and Domninus, of North Africa
• Saint Marcellus of Tangier, of Morocco
• Saints Marianus, James, and companions, of Algeria
• The Martyrs of the Plague of Cyprian in Alexandria, Egypt
• The Martyrs of Utica, of Tunisia
• Saint Mary of Egypt, of Egypt
• Saints Maurice and the Theban Legion, of Egypt
• Saint Maximilian of Tebessa, in Algeria
• Saint Matthew I of Alexandria, of Egypt
• Saint Monica of Hippo, of Algeria
• Saint Moses the Black, of Egypt
• Saints Nabor and Felix, of Morocco
• Saints Nemesian and companions, of Algeria
• Saint Onuphrius, of Egypt
• Saint Orsiesius of Tabenna, of Egypt
• Saint Pachomius the Great, founder of monasticism, of Egypt
• Saint Pambo, of Egypt
• Saint Pantaenus, of Egypt
• Saint Paphnutius the Ascetic, of Egypt
• Saint Paphnutius of Thebes, of Egypt
• Saint Paul of Thebes, of Egypt
• Saints Perpetua, Felicity, and companions, in Tunisia
• Saint Peter of Alexandria, of Egypt
• Saint Poemon, of Egypt
• Saint Quintian of Rodez, of Tunisia
• Saint Restituta, of Tunisia
• Saint Saizana, of Ethiopia
• Saint Sarmata, of Egypt
• Saints Saturninus, Dativus, Victoria, and Companions, of Tunisia
• Saint Serapion of Thmuis, of Egypt
• Saint Shenoute, of Egypt
• Saint Simon of Cyrene, of Libya
• Saints Speratus and companions, of Tunisia
• Saint Thaïs, of Egypt
• Saint Theodorus of Tabennese, of Egypt
• Saints Timothy the Reader and his wife Maura, of Egypt
• Saint Typasius, of Algeria
• Saint Valerian of Abbenza, of Tunisia
• Saint Victor Maurus, of Morocco
• Saint Victor of Utica, of Tunisia
• Saints Victorian, Frumentius and Companions, of Tunisia
• Saint Zeno of Verona, of Algeria

  Modern times

List of saints

• St. Serapion of Algiers, Mercedarian religious and martyr
• St. Anthony Mary Claret, Claretian Bishop
• The Martyrs of Uganda. They include:

• St. Justin de Jacobis, Lazarist Bishop
• St. Josephine Bakhita, Canossian Religious
• St. Peter of Saint Joseph Betancur, layman
• St. Daniel Comboni, Bishop
• St. Jacques Berthieu, Jesuit priest and martyr
• St. José de Anchieta, Jesuit priest

  List of blesseds

• Bl. Benedict Daswa, layman and martyr
• Bl. Agathange de Vendome, Capuchin priest and martyr
• Bl. Isidore Bakanja, layman and martyr
• Bl. Jan Beyzym, Jesuit priest
• Bl. Lucien Botovasoa, layman and martyr
• Bl. Cassien de Nantes, Capuchin priest and martyr
• Bl. Charles I of Austria, layman
• Bl. Lorenza Diaz Bolanos, Daughter of Charity martyred in Spain
• Bl. Michele Fasoli, Franciscan priest and martyr
• Bl. Charles de Foucauld, Religious and martyr
• Bl. Joseph Gérard, priest
• Bl. Jildo Irwa, layman and martyr
• Bl. Jacques-Désiré Laval, Spiritan priest
• Bl. Martyrs of Algeria, Trappists and martyrs
• Bl. Samuele Marzorati, Franciscan priest and martyr
• Bl. Eliza Liduina Meneguzzi, Salesian sister
• Bl. Ghebre Michael, priest and martyr
• Bl. Marie-Clémentine Anuarite Nengapeta, Holy Family Sister and martyr
• Bl. Daudi Okelo, layman and martyr
• Bl. Raphael Rafiringa, De La Salle Brother
• Bl. Victoire Rasoamanarivo, laywoman
• Bl. Jean-Bernard Rousseau, De La Salle Brother
• Bl. Francesco Spoto, Missionary Servant of the Poor priest and martyr
• Bl. Irene Stefani, Consolata Missionary Sister
• Bl. Cyprian Michael Iwene Tansi, Cistercian priest
• Bl. Maria Caterina Troiani, Franciscan sister
• Bl. Liberat Weiss, Franciscan priest and martyr
• Bl. Francesco Zirano, Franciscan priest and martyr

  List of venerables

• Ven. Zeinab Alif, Poor Clare sister
• Ven. Jerzy Ciesielski, layman
• Ven. Felix Mary Ghebreamlak, Cistercian priest
• Ven. Edel Quinn, laywoman
• Ven. Maria Teresa Scandola, Comboni sister
• Ven. Mary Jane Wilson, Franciscan sister
• Ven. Teresa Chikaba, West African nun

  List of Servants of God

• Servants of God the Martyrs of Kikwit, Sisters of the Poor and martyrs
• Servant of God Maurice Michael Cardinal Otunga
• Servants of God Cyprien and Daphrose Rugamba

  Other open causes

• Anna Ali, religious in the order of The Most Holy Eucharist and reported mystic. The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Eldoret has appointed a task force to investigate the life of the late Sr. Anna Ali. Hundreds of pilgrims visit her burial place every year to commemorate the nun who received messages from Our Lord for 25 years. The nun is reported to have photographed Jesus. Her story has shocked many believers. Her messages have been approved and published.
• Bernadeta Mbawala, Tanzanian nun
• Julius Kambarage Nyerere, first president of Tanzania.

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