This is a list of Algerian saints, blesseds, venerables, and Servants of God, as recognized by the Catholic Church. These people were born, died, or lived their religious life in the present territory of Algeria.
Catholicism had reached Algeria within the first centuries of Christianity. Though interrupted by the Muslim conquest, from ancient times, through the period of French rule, and into the present time, Algeria has had an active Catholic presence. Aside from Egypt, and possibly Tunisia, Algeria accounts for the most known saints of any individual country in Africa.
Before the Arab Conquest
While Catholicism reached northern Africa during Roman times, the Roman borders did not exactly match modern ones. Some saints, particularly of Berber origin, may have been more closely associated with parts of modern Tunisia or Libya. This is a partial list of early saints certainly or probably associated with modern Algeria.
Popes
Pope Victor I (r. 189–199) Pope Miltiades (r. 311–314) Pope Gelasius I (r. 492–496)
Writers and theologians
Augustine of Hippo, Doctor of the Church Optatus, author against Donatism Possidius, author of a life of Augustine of Hippo
Others
Adrian of Canterbury, of North Africa Alypius of Thagaste Arcadius of Mauretania Cerbonius, of North Africa Crispina Donatian and companions, of North Africa Fabius Marciana of Mauretania Marcellinus, Vincent, and Domninus, of North Africa Marianus, James, and companions Maximilian of Tebessa Monica of Hippo Nemesian and companions Typasius Zeno of Verona
Modern times
In 1000, the privilege of naming saints was reserved to Rome. As Christianity returned to northern Africa (outside Egypt) in the latter half of the second millennium, the identities and histories of the Algerian saints has become more clear.
List of saints
Serapion of Algiers, Mercedarian religious and martyr (canonized 1728) Charles de Foucauld, religious and martyr
List of blesseds
Martyrs of Algeria, Trappists and martyrs Francesco Zirano, Franciscan priest and martyr
List of venerables
(There are not currently any Algerian Venerables)
List of Servants of God
Bernardo de Monroy and two companions, Trinitarian priests and martyrs
See also
Congregation for the Causes of Saints List of Muslim saints of Algeria Catholic Church in Africa
Sources
"Hagiography Circle"