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.
- 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 (1985–)
- 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)