Saints in the First Eucharistic Prayer

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"Who are Certain Saints Mentioned in the Holy Mass?"

In the Communicantes

The Holy Family
- Mary
- Joseph
Twelve Apostles
- Peter and Paul (!)
- Andrew
- James and John
- Thomas
- James
- Philip
- Bartholomew
- Matthew
- Simon and Jude
Five martyred popes
- Linus
- Cletus
- Clement
- Sixtus
- Cornelius
A bishop
- Cyprian
A deacon
- Lawrence
Laymen
- Chrysogonus
- John and Paul
- Cosmas and Damian

In the Nobis quoque

Men
- John the Baptist
- Stephen
- Matthias, the Apostle
- Barnabas, the companion of Saint Paul
- Ignatius of Antioch, a martyr bishop
- Alexander, a martyr Pope
- Marcellinus and Peter were a priest and exorcist who were martyred together
Women
- Felicity and Perpetua were female martyrs from Africa
- Agatha, a virgin martyr from Sicily
- Lucy, a virgin martyr from Sicily
- Agnes, a virgin martyr of Rome
- Cecilia, a virgin martyr of Rome, patroness of music
- Anastasia, a virgin martyr from Croatia.