Bibliotheca Catholica
Doctors of the Church
The Doctors of the Church, with their principal works and where to read them free online.
The Church has named these saints Doctors of the Church for the eminence of their teaching and the holiness of their lives. Each name opens the author page, with dates, a short biography, and links to read their works free online.
- Irenaeus of Lyons (130–202)
- 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)
- 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)
- Gregory the Great (540–604)
- Isidore of Seville (560–636)
- Bede the Venerable (673–735)
- John of Damascus (675–749)
- Gregory of Narek (951–1003)
- Peter Damian (1007–1072)
- Anselm of Canterbury (1033–1109)
- Bernard of Clairvaux (1090–1153)
- Hildegard of Bingen (1098–1179)
- Anthony of Padua (1195–1231)
- Albert the Great (1200–1280)
- Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274)
- Bonaventure (1221–1274)
- Catherine of Siena (1347–1380)
- John of Ávila (1499–1569)
- Teresa of Ávila (1515–1582)
- John of the Cross (1542–1591)
- Peter Canisius (1521–1597)
- Robert Bellarmine (1542–1621)
- Lawrence of Brindisi (1559–1619)
- Francis de Sales (1567–1622)
- Alphonsus Liguori (1696–1787)
- John Henry Newman (1801–1890)
- Thérèse of Lisieux (1873–1897)