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1260–1323 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Augustin Kažotić (Italian: Agostino Casotti, Hungarian: Kazotics Ágoston; 1260 – 3 August 1323) was a Croatian prelate of the Catholic Church and professed member from the Order of Preachers who served as the Bishop of Lucera from 1322 until his death.

1430–1493 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Augustine Fangi (also, Augustine of Biella; 1430 – 22 July 1493) was an Italian Dominican friar and Catholic priest. He was commonly regarded in his time as a miracle worker, and, in serving as the prior of several of his Order's monasteries, was concerned with restoring and main…

1320–1380 · Medieval · Carmelites

Avertanus of Lucca (Limoges, 1320 – Lucca, 1380) was a French religious and pilgrim, and a member of the Carmelite Order. He is considered a blessed in the Catholic Church, and his feast day is celebrated on February 25.

910–965 · Medieval · Benedictines

Aymard of Cluny, also known as Aymardus of Cluny was the third abbot of Cluny. His feast day is 5 October. Very little is known about his life and the only references come from the biographies of Odo of Cluny or Majolus of Cluny.

1146 · Medieval · Carthusian Order

Ayrald (also Airald or Ayraldus) was a French Carthusian monk and bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne. He died between 1161 and 1162. He was canonized by Pope Pius IX on January 8, 1863. Ayrald was the son of William II of Burgundy.

1419–1492 · Medieval · Franciscans

Baldassare Ravaschieri, OFM (1420 – 17 October 1492) was an Italian Catholic priest and a professed member of the Order of Friars Minor. Ravaschieri served as a noted preacher and confessor and befriended as contemporaries Bernardine of Feltre and architect Giovanni Antonio Amade…

1100–1145 · Medieval · Cistercians

Baldwin (died 6 October 1145) was a Cistercian monk and later Archbishop of Pisa, a correspondent of Bernard of Clairvaux, and a reformer of the Republic of Pisa.

1200–1271 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Bartholomew of Breganze (c. 1200 – 1 July 1271) was an Italian Dominican friar and bishop. Bartholomew of Breganze was born in the city of Vicenza to the noble family of Da Breganze (from Breganze).

1228–1300 · Medieval · Third Order of Saint Francis

Bartolo da San Gimignano (born Bartolo Buonpedoni; 1228 – 12 December 1300) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a member of the Third Order of Saint Francis. Bartolo was born to nobles near Siena and fled home to become a priest to escape his father's wrath.

1224 · Medieval

Bartolomeo Aiutamicristo da Pisa was born in Pisa and died in that same city in 1224. He is recognized as a blessed.

1423–1495 · Medieval · Carmelites

Bartolomeo Fanti (c. 1428 - 5 December 1495) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest from the Carmelite order in Mantua. Fanti served as the spiritual director and rector of a religious movement in his hometown and oversaw the establishment of their rule and statutes while himself s…

1452–1495 · Medieval · Carmelites

Bartolomeu Fanti was an Italian Carmelite friar who belonged to the Mantuan Congregation. For 35 years, he served as spiritual director and rector of the Confraternity of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in his hometown.

1000 · Medieval

Blessed Batho of Freising was an 11th-century missionary in the territory of the Diocese of Freising. His missionary work was centered in what is now Carinthia. According to a legend modeled after the New Testament, he fed converted pagans in Innichen with bread.

1410–1481 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Costanzo da Fabriano, also known as Costanzo Servoli (Fabriano, ... – Ascoli Piceno, February 24, 1481), was an Italian priest of the Order of Preachers. His cult as a blessed was confirmed by Pope Pius VII in 1821.

1407–1491 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Jakob Griesinger (c. 1407 – 11 October 1491) was a German Roman Catholic professed religious from the Order of Preachers and a former soldier.

1200–1268 · Medieval · Cistercians

Beatrice of Nazareth (Dutch: Beatrijs van Nazareth; c. 1200 – 1268), also known as Beatrice of Tienen, was a Flemish Cistercian nun, visionary and mystic.

1260–1303 · Medieval · Carthusian Order

Blessed Beatrix d'Ornacieux (Beatrice of Ornacieux) (c. 1240–1306/09) was a Carthusian nun. Her feast day is 25 November. Beatrice was a Carthusian nun who founded a settlement of the order at Eymieux in the department of Drôme.

1101–1216 · Medieval · Cistercians

Béatrice of Lens (Beatrix) is a blessed, born in Lens, formerly in the County of Hainaut. On October 29, 1216, using the dowry received from her parents, she founded the Cistercian abbey of Épinlieu, near Mons, in present-day Belgium, and entered the abbey herself.

1300–1275 · Medieval · Premonstratensians

Beatrix of Engelport (died after 1275 at the convent of Maria Engelport, near Treis-Karden) was a German choir nun of the Premonstratensian Order who may have been the first prioress of that convent. She is considered a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1324–1399 · Medieval · Poor Clares

Beatrix of Mecklenburg, also known as Beate, Beata, or Beate of Ribnitz (1324–1399), was a princess of Mecklenburg and the first princely abbess of the Poor Clares monastery in Ribnitz from 1349 to 1395. In the Roman Catholic Church, she is venerated as a blessed.

1260 · Medieval · Poor Clares

Benedict of Assisi (Benedetta di Assisi), also referred to as Benoîte d'Assisi in some texts, was an Italian nun born in Assisi in the 13th century. Her family was one of the most powerful in Assisi.

1190–1282 · Medieval · Conventual Franciscans

Benedetto Sinigardi, also known as Fra Benedetto di Arezzo or Sinigardi di Arezzo (1190 - 1282) was a Franciscan friar, and is considered to be the author of the Angelus prayer. He was the son of Thomas and Elizabeth Sinigardi a noble and wealthy family.

1040–1107 · Medieval

Benedetto Ricasoli (c. 1040, Montegrossi – 20 January 1107, Coltibuono) was an Italian religious figure and a monk of the Vallombrosan Order. He was beatified by equipollence by Pope Pius X in 1907.

1240–1304 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Pope Benedict XI (Latin: Benedictus XI; 1240 – 7 July 1304), born Nicola Boccasini (Niccolò of Treviso), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 22 October 1303 to his death on 7 July 1304.

1194 · Medieval · Benedictines

Benincasa is a genus of flowering plants in the cucumber family, Cucurbitaceae. It includes two species native to Indomalaya and Australasia:

1188–1232 · Medieval · Franciscans

Bentivoglio de Bonis (San Severino Marche, 1188 – San Severino Marche, 1232) was an Italian priest of the Order of Friars Minor; his cult as a blessed was confirmed by Pope Pius IX in 1852.

1140–1224 · Medieval · Cistercians

Bernard II (German: Bernhard II. Herr zur Lippe; c. 1140 – 30 April 1224) was Lord of Lippe from 1167 until 1196. He founded the towns of Lippstadt and Lemgo. In 1167, Bernard married Heilwig (1150–1196), likely the daughter of Otto, Count of Are-Hochstaden.

1428–1458 · Medieval

Bernhard II of Baden (1428 or 1429 at Hohenbaden Castle in Baden-Baden – 15 July 1458 in Moncalieri, Turin), was the second son of Margrave Jacob of Baden and his wife, Catherine of Lorraine. He was born in the late 1420s at Hohenbaden Castle in Baden-Baden.

1100–1154 · Medieval

Bernhard or Bernard(us) of Hildesheim (died 20 July 1154) was Bishop of Hildesheim from 1130 until 1153 (resigned). He achieved the canonization of Gotthard of Hildesheim by Pope Innocent II and founded the basilica St.

1182 · Medieval · Benedictines

Bernard the Penitent, also known as Bernard of Sithiu, was a 12th-century Benedictine monk and great traveler, born in the Diocese of Maguelone and died on April 19, 1182, at Saint-Bertin Abbey in Saint-Omer. He was declared a Catholic blessed and is celebrated on April 19.

1320 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Bernard II (in Catalan, Bernat de Gothia) was the count of Barcelona, Girona and margrave of Gothia and Septimania from 865 to 878. Bernard was the son of Count Bernard I of Poitiers (814–844) and Bilichilde, daughter of Count Rorgon I of Maine.

1439–1494 · Medieval · Order of Friars Minor

Bernardine of Feltre (sometimes Bernardinus of Feltre; 1439 – 28 September 1494) was a Friar Minor and missionary who was born in Feltre, Italy and died in Pavia.

1106–1163 · Medieval · Benedictines

Berta is a female Germanic name or may also be a colloquial shortening of Alberta or Roberta. Berta may refer to:

1163 · Medieval

Blessed Bertha de Bardi (died 24 March 1163) was born in Florence. She was the daughter of Lothario di Ugo, Count of Vernio; while she is commonly known as de Bardi, some sources speculate that she is more likely to have belonged to the Alberti family.

1247 · Medieval

Berthe de Marbais died in 1247. She is recognized as a blessed.

1210–1272 · Medieval · Franciscans

Bertold of Regensburg (c. 1210 – 14 December 1272), also known as Berthold of Ratisbon was a German preacher during the high Middle Ages. He was a native of Regensburg, and entered the Franciscan monastery there.

1258–1350 · Medieval

Bertrand (or Bertram) of Saint-Geniès (1258 – 6 June 1350) was the patriarch of Aquileia from 1334 until his death. Bertram was born in Gascony, and became a jurist in the University of Toulouse and papal chaplain.

1149 · Medieval

Blessed Bertrand of Grandselve died in 1149.

1192–1226 · Medieval · Benedictines

Blessed Beatrice d'Este (Occitan: Biatritz or Beatritz d'Est) (1192 – 10 May 1226) was the daughter of Azzo VI of the Este family by his second wife, Sophia Eleanor, daughter of Humbert III, Count of Savoy. She was the aunt of Saint Beatrice d'Este.

1047–1120 · Medieval · Knights Hospitaller

Brother Gerard, or Gerard the Hospitaller, born around 1047 into a family from the Amalfi region of Italy and died on September 3, 1120, was the founder of a congregation, the Hospitallers of Saint John, which would later become the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem.

1120–1177 · Medieval · Cistercians

Blessed Gerard of Clairvaux (Latin: Gerardus de Clara Valle, French: Gérard de Clairvaux) (c. 1120 – 1177) was the sixth abbot of Clairvaux. He was murdered by a rebellious monk and is counted as the first Cistercian martyr.

1271 · Medieval · Knights Hospitaller

Blessed Gerlando was a hospitaller and member of the Knights Hospitaller. He died in 1271 in Caltagirone and is buried in the Basilica of St. James.

1186–1262 · Medieval · Benedictines

Giuliana of Collalto was born in 1186 in Collalto, Susegana, to her father Rambaldo VI di Collalto. A citizen of the Republic of Venice, she served as a Benedictine nun within the Catholic Church. She died in 1262 in Venice and is recognized as a blessed.

1390–1464 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Margaret of Savoy (21 June 1382 or 1390 – 23 November 1464) was Marchioness of Montferrat, and a Dominican Sister. Margaret was the eldest of the four children—all daughters—born to Amadeo of Savoy, Lord of Piedmont (and titular Prince of Achaea), and his wife Catherine of Genev…

480–524 · Medieval

Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius, commonly known simply as Boethius , was a Roman senator, consul, magister officiorum, polymath, historian, and philosopher of the Early Middle Ages.

1135–1182 · Medieval

Bogumilus, in Polish Bogumił Piotr, (also known as Bogimilus and Theophilus) was Archbishop of Gniezno and a hermit. Bogumilus and his twin brother, Boguphalus, were born into a noble family in about 1135 at Dobrów, Poland. They studied in Paris, France.

1332–1389 · Medieval · Order of St. Augustine

Bonaventura Badoaro de Peraga, the Cardinal of Padua, was an Italian cardinal born in Padua, Veneto, Italy, who died on July 10, 1381 (or 1389), in Rome. He was a member of the Order of Saint Augustine and the first cardinal from that order.

1410–1491 · Medieval · Servite Order

Bonaventura Tornielli (1411 - 31 March 1491) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a professed friar from the Servite Order. Tornielli was born into a noble household and was a noted preacher in which he visited numerous Italian cities such as Florence and Perugia - Pope Sixtu…

1270 · Medieval · Carthusian Order

Boniface of Savoy (c. 1207 – 18 July 1270) was a medieval Bishop of Belley in Savoy and Archbishop of Canterbury in England. He was the son of Thomas, Count of Savoy and owed his initial ecclesiastical posts to his father.

1200–1243 · Medieval · Benedictines

Boniface of Valperga (French: Boniface Ier de Valperga, Italian: Bonifacio di Valperga) (died 25 April 1243), venerated as a blessed in the Catholic Church, was a thirteenth-century Bishop of Aosta.