Bibliotheca Catholica
Catholic Authors
Hundreds of Catholic authors from the Apostolic Fathers to today, with dates, eras, short biographies, and links to their works online.
Browse Catholic authors in chronological order, from the Apostolic Fathers to contemporary writers. Each name opens an author page with dates, a short biography, the author’s works online, and any editions in the reading room. Use the search box at the top to find an author or a title quickly.
- Clement of Rome (35–99)
- Ignatius of Antioch (35–108)
- Polycarp of Smyrna (69–155)
- Papias of Hierapolis (60–130)
- Hermas (90–150)
- Justin Martyr (100–165)
- Irenaeus of Lyons (130–202)
- Athenagoras of Athens (133–190)
- Theophilus of Antioch (120–185)
- Tatian (120–180)
- Clement of Alexandria (150–215)
- Tertullian (155–220)
- Hippolytus of Rome (170–235)
- Origen (185–253)
- Cyprian of Carthage (210–258)
- Novatian (200–258)
- Gregory Thaumaturgus (213–270)
- Dionysius of Alexandria (200–265)
- Methodius of Olympus (250–311)
- Lactantius (250–325)
- Arnobius of Sicca (255–330)
- Minucius Felix (150–250)
- Eusebius of Caesarea (260–339)
- Athanasius of Alexandria (296–373)
- Hilary of Poitiers (310–367)
- Ephrem the Syrian (306–373)
- Cyril of Jerusalem (313–386)
- Basil the Great (330–379)
- Gregory of Nazianzus (329–390)
- Gregory of Nyssa (335–395)
- Ambrose of Milan (340–397)
- Jerome (347–420)
- John Chrysostom (347–407)
- Augustine of Hippo (354–430)
- Cyril of Alexandria (376–444)
- Leo the Great (400–461)
- Peter Chrysologus (380–450)
- Ambrosiaster (300–400)
- Rufinus of Aquileia (344–411)
- Sulpicius Severus (363–425)
- Paulinus of Nola (354–431)
- Prudentius (348–413)
- Vincent of Lérins (400–445)
- Prosper of Aquitaine (390–455)
- Theodoret of Cyrrhus (393–458)
- Socrates Scholasticus (380–439)
- Sozomen (400–450)
- Aphrahat (270–345)
- Epiphanius of Salamis (310–403)
- John Cassian (360–435)
- Antony the Great (251–356)
- Pachomius (292–348)
- Evagrius Ponticus (345–399)
- Macarius of Egypt (300–391)
- Palladius of Galatia (363–431)
- Moses the Black (330–405)
- Syncletica of Alexandria (270–350)
- John Climacus (579–649)
- Benedict of Nursia (480–547)
- Boethius (477–524)
- Cassiodorus (485–585)
- Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite (450–550)
- Gregory the Great (540–604)
- Gregory of Tours (538–594)
- Isidore of Seville (560–636)
- Maximus the Confessor (580–662)
- Columbanus (543–615)
- Bede the Venerable (673–735)
- John of Damascus (675–749)
- Alcuin of York (735–804)
- Rabanus Maurus (780–856)
- John Scotus Eriugena (815–877)
- Paschasius Radbertus (785–865)
- Gregory of Narek (951–1003)
- Peter Damian (1007–1072)
- Anselm of Canterbury (1033–1109)
- Bernard of Clairvaux (1090–1153)
- Hugh of Saint Victor (1096–1141)
- Richard of Saint Victor (1110–1173)
- Peter Lombard (1096–1160)
- Hildegard of Bingen (1098–1179)
- Aelred of Rievaulx (1110–1167)
- William of Saint-Thierry (1085–1148)
- Gratian (1100–1150)
- Francis of Assisi (1181–1226)
- Dominic de Guzmán (1170–1221)
- Clare of Assisi (1194–1253)
- Anthony of Padua (1195–1231)
- Albert the Great (1200–1280)
- Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274)
- Bonaventure (1221–1274)
- Robert Grosseteste (1175–1253)
- Roger Bacon (1219–1292)
- Ramon Llull (1232–1316)
- Duns Scotus (1266–1308)
- William of Ockham (1287–1347)
- Jacobus de Voragine (1230–1298)
- Dante Alighieri (1265–1321)
- Mechthild of Magdeburg (1207–1282)
- Gertrude the Great (1256–1302)
- Angela of Foligno (1248–1309)
- Meister Eckhart (1260–1328)
- Johannes Tauler (1300–1361)
- Henry Suso (1295–1366)
- John of Ruysbroeck (1293–1381)
- Catherine of Siena (1347–1380)
- Bridget of Sweden (1303–1373)
- Julian of Norwich (1343–1416)
- Walter Hilton (1340–1396)
- Richard Rolle (1300–1349)
- The Cloud of Unknowing author (1300–1400)
- Thomas à Kempis (1380–1471)
- Jean Gerson (1363–1429)
- Nicholas of Cusa (1401–1464)
- Catherine of Genoa (1447–1510)
- Vincent Ferrer (1350–1419)
- Bernardino of Siena (1380–1444)
- Antoninus of Florence (1389–1459)
- Denis the Carthusian (1402–1471)
- Girolamo Savonarola (1452–1498)
- Thomas Cajetan (1469–1534)
- Thomas More (1478–1535)
- John Fisher (1469–1535)
- Erasmus of Rotterdam (1466–1536)
- Ignatius of Loyola (1491–1556)
- Francis Xavier (1506–1552)
- Peter Faber (1506–1546)
- Francisco de Vitoria (1483–1546)
- Domingo de Soto (1494–1560)
- Melchior Cano (1509–1560)
- John of Ávila (1499–1569)
- Peter of Alcántara (1499–1562)
- Teresa of Ávila (1515–1582)
- John of the Cross (1542–1591)
- Louis of Granada (1504–1588)
- Peter Canisius (1521–1597)
- Charles Borromeo (1538–1584)
- Philip Neri (1515–1595)
- Robert Bellarmine (1542–1621)
- Francisco Suárez (1548–1617)
- Luis de Molina (1535–1600)
- Domingo Báñez (1528–1604)
- Cesare Baronius (1538–1607)
- Lawrence of Brindisi (1559–1619)
- Francis de Sales (1567–1622)
- Jane Frances de Chantal (1572–1641)
- Lorenzo Scupoli (1530–1610)
- Edmund Campion (1540–1581)
- Robert Southwell (1561–1595)
- Alphonsus Rodriguez (1526–1616)
- Pierre de Bérulle (1575–1629)
- Vincent de Paul (1581–1660)
- John Eudes (1601–1680)
- Jean-Jacques Olier (1608–1657)
- Blaise Pascal (1623–1662)
- Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet (1627–1704)
- François Fénelon (1651–1715)
- Brother Lawrence (1614–1691)
- Margaret Mary Alacoque (1647–1690)
- Jean-Pierre de Caussade (1675–1751)
- Louis de Montfort (1673–1716)
- John of Saint Thomas (1589–1644)
- Juan de los Ángeles (1536–1609)
- Mary of Agreda (1602–1665)
- Alphonsus Liguori (1696–1787)
- Leonard of Port Maurice (1676–1751)
- Paul of the Cross (1694–1775)
- Prospero Lambertini (Benedict XIV) (1675–1758)
- Alban Butler (1710–1773)
- Richard Challoner (1691–1781)
- Gregory Martin (1542–1582)
- Jean Mabillon (1632–1707)
- Charles Billuart (1685–1757)
- Joseph de Maistre (1753–1821)
- François-René de Chateaubriand (1768–1848)
- Johann Adam Möhler (1796–1838)
- Juan Donoso Cortés (1809–1853)
- Jaime Balmes (1810–1848)
- Antonio Rosmini (1797–1855)
- Alessandro Manzoni (1785–1873)
- John Henry Newman (1801–1890)
- Henry Edward Manning (1808–1892)
- Frederick William Faber (1814–1863)
- Nicholas Wiseman (1802–1865)
- Orestes Brownson (1803–1876)
- Isaac Hecker (1819–1888)
- James Gibbons (1834–1921)
- Matthias Joseph Scheeben (1835–1888)
- Joseph Kleutgen (1811–1883)
- Prosper Guéranger (1805–1875)
- Jean-Marie Vianney (1786–1859)
- Anne Catherine Emmerich (1774–1824)
- Frédéric Ozanam (1813–1853)
- Henri-Dominique Lacordaire (1802–1861)
- Louis Veuillot (1813–1883)
- Thérèse of Lisieux (1873–1897)
- John Bosco (1815–1888)
- Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889)
- Francis Thompson (1859–1907)
- Coventry Patmore (1823–1896)
- Alice Meynell (1847–1922)
- Léon Bloy (1846–1917)
- Joris-Karl Huysmans (1848–1907)
- Ludwig von Pastor (1854–1928)
- Joseph Deharbe (1800–1871)
- Adolphe Tanquerey (1854–1932)
- Columba Marmion (1858–1923)
- Jean-Baptiste Chautard (1858–1935)
- Elizabeth of the Trinity (1880–1906)
- Faustina Kowalska (1905–1938)
- Maximilian Kolbe (1894–1941)
- Edith Stein (1891–1942)
- Pio of Pietrelcina (1887–1968)
- Josemaría Escrivá (1902–1975)
- G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936)
- Hilaire Belloc (1870–1953)
- Robert Hugh Benson (1871–1914)
- Maurice Baring (1874–1945)
- Ronald Knox (1888–1957)
- Christopher Dawson (1889–1970)
- J. R. R. Tolkien (1892–1973)
- Evelyn Waugh (1903–1966)
- Graham Greene (1904–1991)
- Muriel Spark (1918–2006)
- Flannery O'Connor (1925–1964)
- Walker Percy (1916–1990)
- J. F. Powers (1917–1999)
- Sigrid Undset (1882–1949)
- François Mauriac (1885–1970)
- Georges Bernanos (1888–1948)
- Paul Claudel (1868–1955)
- Charles Péguy (1873–1914)
- Gertrud von le Fort (1876–1971)
- Shūsaku Endō (1923–1996)
- Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846–1916)
- Lew Wallace (1827–1905)
- Willa Cather (1873–1947)
- Caryll Houselander (1901–1954)
- Dorothy Day (1897–1980)
- Peter Maurin (1877–1949)
- Thomas Merton (1915–1968)
- Fulton J. Sheen (1895–1979)
- Frank Sheed (1897–1981)
- Maisie Ward (1889–1975)
- Jacques Maritain (1882–1973)
- Raïssa Maritain (1883–1960)
- Étienne Gilson (1884–1978)
- Réginald Garrigou-Lagrange (1877–1964)
- Antonin-Dalmace Sertillanges (1863–1948)
- Josef Pieper (1904–1997)
- Dietrich von Hildebrand (1889–1977)
- Romano Guardini (1885–1968)
- Karl Adam (1876–1966)
- Henri de Lubac (1896–1991)
- Yves Congar (1904–1995)
- Jean Daniélou (1905–1974)
- Hans Urs von Balthasar (1905–1988)
- Adrienne von Speyr (1902–1967)
- Karl Rahner (1904–1984)
- Bernard Lonergan (1904–1984)
- Louis Bouyer (1913–2004)
- Charles Journet (1891–1975)
- Ludwig Ott (1906–1985)
- Joseph Pohle (1852–1922)
- Heinrich Denzinger (1819–1883)
- Ronald Rolheiser (1947–)
- Henri Nouwen (1932–1996)
- Jacques Philippe (1947–)
- Frank Duff (1889–1980)
- Eugene Boylan (1904–1964)
- Dom Hubert van Zeller (1905–1984)
- Walter Ciszek (1904–1984)
- Alfred Delp (1907–1945)
- Titus Brandsma (1881–1942)
- Jérôme Lejeune (1926–1994)
- Russell Kirk (1918–1994)
- Marshall McLuhan (1911–1980)
- Alasdair MacIntyre (1929–2025)
- Charles Taylor (1931–)
- René Girard (1923–2015)
- Gabriel Marcel (1889–1973)
- Elizabeth Anscombe (1919–2001)
- Peter Geach (1916–2013)
- Germain Grisez (1929–2018)
- John Finnis (1940–)
- Robert P. George (1955–)
- Edward Feser (1968–)
- Peter Kreeft (1937–)
- Ralph McInerny (1929–2010)
- Servais Pinckaers (1925–2008)
- Jean-Pierre Torrell (1927–2023)
- Thomas Joseph White (1971–)
- Matthew Levering (1971–)
- Scott Hahn (1957–)
- Brant Pitre (1975–)
- Jimmy Akin (1967–)
- Karl Keating (1950–)
- Trent Horn
- Robert Barron (1959–)
- Peter Kwasniewski (1971–)
- George Weigel (1951–)
- Michael D. O'Brien (1948–)
- Joseph Pearce (1961–)
- Dana Gioia (1950–)
- Marilynne Robinson (1943–)
- Alice von Hildebrand (1923–2022)
- Benedict Groeschel (1933–2014)
- John Hardon (1914–2000)
- Jacques Barzun (1907–2012)
- Warren H. Carroll (1932–2011)
- Eamon Duffy (1947–)
- Rodney Stark (1934–2022)
- Thomas E. Woods (1972–)
- Mother Teresa of Calcutta (1910–1997)
- John Paul II (1920–2005)
- Joseph Ratzinger (Benedict XVI) (1927–2022)
- Pope Francis (1936–2025)
- Pope Leo XIV (1955–)
- Pope Leo XIII (1810–1903)
- Pope Pius IX (1792–1878)
- Pope Pius X (1835–1914)
- Pope Pius XI (1857–1939)
- Pope Pius XII (1876–1958)
- Pope John XXIII (1881–1963)
- Pope Paul VI (1897–1978)
- Gregory XVI (Mauro Cappellari) (1765–1846)
- Francis Arinze (1932–)
- Robert Sarah (1945–)
- Christoph Schönborn (1945–)
- Avery Dulles (1918–2008)
- John O'Connor (1920–2000)
- Francis Xavier Nguyễn Văn Thuận (1928–2002)
- József Mindszenty (1892–1975)
- John A. O'Brien (1893–1980)
- Leo J. Trese (1902–1970)
- Francis Fernandez-Carvajal (1938–2026)
- Gabriel of St. Mary Magdalen (1893–1953)
- Mary Ann Glendon (1938–)
- Robert Spaemann (1927–2018)
- Rémi Brague (1947–)
- Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881–1955)
- Georges Lemaître (1894–1966)
- Stanley Jaki (1924–2009)
- Gregor Mendel (1822–1884)
- Hugh Ross Williamson (1901–1978)
- Alfred Noyes (1880–1958)
- Siegfried Sassoon (1886–1967)
- David Jones (1895–1974)
- Edith Sitwell (1887–1964)
- Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)
- Ernest Dowson (1867–1900)
- Joyce Kilmer (1886–1918)
- Joseph Fessio (1941–)
- Mike Aquilina (1963–)
- Fr. Mike Schmitz (1974–)
- Jason Evert (1975–)
- Christopher West (1969–)
- Taylor Marshall (1978–)
- Matt Fradd (1983–)
- Patrick Madrid (1960–)
- Tim Staples (1964–)
- Jennifer Fulwiler (1977–)
- Ross Douthat (1979–)
- Sohrab Ahmari (1985–)
- Erik Varden (1974–)
- Aristides of Athens (100–150)
- Epistle of Barnabas (author) (70–135)
- Didache (Teaching of the Twelve Apostles) (50–120)
- Bardaisan (154–222)
- Gaius of Rome (180–220)
- Commodian (250–300)
- Pope Dionysius (200–268)
- Gennadius of Massilia (420–496)
- Sextus Julius Africanus (160–240)
- Movses Khorenatsi (410–490)
- Pamphilus of Caesarea (240–309)
- Peter of Alexandria (250–311)
- Victorinus of Pettau (250–304)
- Alexander of Alexandria (250–326)
- Alexander of Lycopolis (250–320)
- Sophronius of Jerusalem (560–638)
- Andrew of Crete (650–740)
- Germanus I of Constantinople (634–740)
- Theodore the Studite (759–826)
- Romanos the Melodist (490–556)
- Venantius Fortunatus (530–609)
- Fulgentius of Ruspe (462–533)
- Caesarius of Arles (468–542)
- Leander of Seville (534–600)
- Ildephonsus of Toledo (607–667)
- Adomnán (624–704)
- Boniface (675–754)
- Paul the Deacon (720–799)
- Hincmar of Reims (806–882)
- Odo of Cluny (878–942)
- Fulbert of Chartres (960–1028)
- Lanfranc (1005–1089)
- Guigo II the Carthusian (1114–1193)
- Rupert of Deutz (1075–1129)
- Alan of Lille (1128–1202)
- Joachim of Fiore (1135–1202)
- Alexander of Hales (1185–1245)
- Raymond of Penyafort (1175–1275)
- Giles of Rome (1243–1316)
- Henry of Ghent (1217–1293)
- Godfrey of Fontaines (1250–1309)
- Thomas of Celano (1185–1265)
- Jacopone da Todi (1230–1306)
- Margery Kempe (1373–1438)
- John Capistrano (1386–1456)
- Gabriel Biel (1420–1495)
- Johannes Capreolus (1380–1444)
- Francis of Paola (1416–1507)
- Robert Persons (1546–1610)
- Thomas Stapleton (1535–1598)
- William Allen (1532–1594)
- Johann Eck (1486–1543)
- Juan de Maldonado (1533–1583)
- Cornelius a Lapide (1567–1637)
- Leonard Lessius (1554–1623)
- Gabriel Vásquez (1549–1604)
- Juan de Lugo (1583–1660)
- Louis Lallemant (1588–1635)
- Jean-Joseph Surin (1600–1665)
- Angelus Silesius (1624–1677)
- Friedrich Spee (1591–1635)
- Claude La Colombière (1641–1682)
- Jean-Baptiste de La Salle (1651–1719)
- Augustin Calmet (1672–1757)
- Giovanni Battista Scaramelli (1687–1752)
- John Gother (1654–1704)
- Clemens Brentano (1778–1842)
- Friedrich Schlegel (1772–1829)
- Joseph Görres (1776–1848)
- Félicité de Lamennais (1782–1854)
- Augustus Pugin (1812–1852)
- William George Ward (1812–1882)
- Wilfrid Ward (1856–1916)
- Lord Acton (1834–1902)
- Aubrey de Vere (1814–1902)
- Mother Mary Loyola (1845–1930)
- Joseph Gredt (1863–1940)
- Désiré-Joseph Mercier (1851–1926)
- Adrian Fortescue (1874–1923)
- Herbert Thurston (1856–1939)
- Cuthbert Butler (1858–1934)
- John Chapman (monk) (1865–1933)
- Vincent McNabb (1868–1943)
- Bede Jarrett (1881–1934)
- C. C. Martindale (1879–1963)
- Anscar Vonier (1875–1938)
- Josef Jungmann (1889–1975)
- Pius Parsch (1884–1954)
- Odo Casel (1886–1948)
- Charles De Koninck (1906–1965)
- Yves Simon (1903–1961)
- Antonio Royo Marín (1913–2005)
- Jean Leclercq (1911–1993)
- Bernard Häring (1912–1998)
- Romano Amerio (1905–1997)
- Michael Davies (1936–2004)
- Martin Mosebach (1951–)
- Fabrice Hadjadj (1971–)
- Chiara Lubich (1920–2008)
- Luigi Giussani (1922–2005)
- Catherine Doherty (1896–1985)
- Thomas Dubay (1921–2010)
- Mortimer Adler (1902–2001)
- Ralph Martin (1942–)
- Mary Healy (1964–)
- Michael Pakaluk (1957–)
- John Senior (1923–1999)
- Steve Ray (1954–)
- Marcus Grodi (1952–)
- Raymond Arroyo (1970–)
- Mother Angelica (1923–2016)