Saints called “the Great”

 Saints given the appellation “the Great”

[An unofficial title given by popular acclamation, not an official proclamation of the Church. Note the one female saint, although Mary is acknowledged as "Blessed be the Great Mother of God" and so might be included in this list as well.]

James the Great-er/Major: one of the Twelve, as opposed to James the Less

Anthony the Great (c.251-356): father of monasticism

Basil the Great (330-379) honored on January 2^nd w/Gregory of Nazianzen; brother to Gregory of Nyssa: Byzantine Greek theologians

Armenians:

Nerses I the Great (c.310-373)patriarch

Isaac the Great (c.345-439) catholicos leader

Euthymius the Great (377-473) monk

 

Arsenius the Great (c.354 -c.455) Orthodox Egyptian monk

Bruno the Great (925-65) archbishop of Cologne, Germany

Albert Magnus (1193-1280) philosopher, scientist, teacher of St. Thomas Aquinas

Gertrude the Great (1256-1301) German Cistercian nun, mystic and stigmatist

Popes

Leo I (reigned 440-461)

Gregory I (c.540 – reigned 590-604)

Nicholas (c.800 - reigned 858-67)

?! John Paul II (1920 - reigned 1978 -2005)

In studying about Pope Saint Gregory the Great during Tuesday morning "Coffee with the Saints," the question of how many "Great" saints came up! And here is the list in answer!