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1280–1339 · Medieval · Cistercians

Giovanni da Caramola was a French Cistercian monk born in Toulouse in 1280. He died in Chiaromonte in 1339 and is recognized as a blessed within the Catholic Church.

1200–1270 · Medieval · Franciscans

Giovanni da Penna (1193 - 3 April 1271) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Order of Friars Minor. He became a Franciscan in 1213 after hearing Fra Filippo - one of the disciples of Francis of Assisi - preach.

985–1065 · Medieval · Benedictines

Gisela of Hungary (or Gisele, Gizella and of Bavaria; c. 985 – 7 May 1065) was the first queen consort of Hungary by marriage to Stephen I of Hungary, and the sister of Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor. She has been beatified by the Catholic Church.

1100–1086 · Medieval

Giselbert is the name of:

1201–1343 · Medieval · Franciscans

Julian of Bale (early 14th century – c. 1350), was a Franciscan friar, who was beatified by the Catholic Church in 1910. The decree with which the church beatified him on February 23, 1910 provides only scant information about Julian.

1110–1182 · Medieval · Cistercians

Gonario II (also spelled Gonnario and Gunnari; died between 1180 and 1190) was the giudice of the Sardinian kingdom of Logudoro from the death of his father in 1128 until his own abdication in 1154. He was a son of Constantine I and Marcusa de Gunale.

1187–1259 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Gundisalvus of Amarante, OP (Portuguese: Gonçalo de Amarante; 1187 – 10 January 1259) was a Portuguese Catholic priest in the Order of Preachers. He joined the order as a hermit after his return from a long pilgrimage that took him to both Rome and Jerusalem.

1360–1422 · Medieval · Augustinians

Gundisalvus of Lagos, O.E.S.A. (Portuguese: Gonçalo de Lagos; c. 1360 – 15 October 1422) was a Portuguese Catholic priest and Augustinian friar.

1210–1276 · Medieval · Cistercians

Pope Gregory X (Latin: Gregorius X; born Teobaldo Visconti; c. 1210 – 10 January 1276) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 1 September 1271 to his death and was a member of the Third Order of St. Francis.

1300–1358 · Medieval · Augustinians

Blessed Gregory of Rimini, O.E.S.A. (Latin Beatus Gregorius de Arimino or Ariminiensis) (c. 1300 – November 1358), was one of the great scholastic philosophers and theologians of the Middle Ages.

1180–1244 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Guala de Roniis (1180 - 3 September 1244) was an Italian catholic priest and a professed member of the Order of Preachers as one of Dominic of Osma's earliest disciples.

1259 · Medieval · Franciscans

Saint Walter was a Franciscan friar sent on a mission to Portugal in the early 13th century by Saint Francis of Assisi. Every year on the first weekend of August, the city of Guimarães dedicates its city festival, known as the Gualterian Festivals, to him.

1070–1157 · Medieval · Benedictines

Guerric of Igny (c. 1070/80-1157) was a Cistercian abbot. Little is known about his early life. He may have been educated at Tournai's cathedral school, perhaps under Benedictine monk, Odo of Cambrai.

1309–1404 · Medieval

Guglielmo Buccheri, known as Guglielmo Cuffitedda, and also as Guglielmo da Noto, Guglielmo the Hermit, or Guglielmo of Scicli (Noto, 1309 – Scicli, April 4, 1404), was an Italian religious figure who lived as a hermit and is considered a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1377 · Medieval

Guglielmo Zucchi was a Catholic priest born in Alessandria. He died in Alessandria in 1377 and is recognized as a blessed.

1065–1120 · Medieval · Carthusian Order

William of Fenoglio (Borgoratto, 1065 – Casotto, 1120) was an Italian religious figure and monk of the Carthusian Order. A monk at the Charterhouse of Casotto, his cult as a blessed was confirmed by Pope Pius IX in 1860.

1187–1247 · Medieval · Franciscans

Guido da Cortona was a Catholic presbyter and member of the Franciscan order who was born in Cortona in 1187. He lived and died in Cortona in 1247. He is recognized as a blessed within the Catholic Church.

1146 · Medieval

Blessed Guilielmus Peregrinus (d. April 20, c. 1146), also known as Wilhelm the Pilgrim, was a German pilgrim from Bogen, Bavaria. He is said to have healed Albert I, Count of Bogen but predicted his own imminent death.

1019–1075 · Medieval

Gundekar (1019–1075), (also Gundechar, Gundakar, Gunzo) was bishop of Eichstätt from 1057 to 1075. He is known for his historical work Vitae Pontificum Eystettensium on his predecessors. He is a Catholic blessed and his feast day is August 2.

1160–1209 · Medieval

Guy of Montpellier (1160–1208) was the founder of the Order of the Holy Spirit and the Confraternity of the Holy Spirit around 1180, established to care for abandoned children, the poor, and the sick. The order was officially recognized by Pope Innocent III on April 23, 1198.

1100–1200 · Medieval

Haberilia (died c. 1100 in Bregenz-Mehrerau; occasionally also referred to as Haberilla, Habril(l)a, or by the additions Haberilia of Mehrerau or Haberilia of Bregenz) was a recluse who lived in or near Mehrerau Abbey, close to Bregenz, during the 11th or 12th century and was ven…

1101–1200 · Medieval · Premonstratensians

Hadewych, O.Praem., (c. 1150 – 14 April, c. 1200) a.k.a. Hadewig or Hedwig, was abbess of the Premonstratensian monastery of Meer, (now part of Meerbusch) in modern North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Hadewych was the daughter of Count Lothair of Meer and Hildegund.

1000–1023 · Medieval

Hartwig (Latin: Hartwicus; died 5 December 1023) was the archbishop of Salzburg from 991 until his death. He was a younger son of the Bavarian count palatine Hartwig of the Aribonid family.

1120–1185 · Medieval

According to legend, Blessed Henry of Ebrantshausen (born c. 1120 in Regensburg; died c. 1185 near Ebrantshausen) was one of the Counts of Riedenburg who, after many years of pilgrimage, lived in quiet seclusion near Ebrantshausen, subsisting on the charitable gifts of the people…

1207–1231 · Medieval · Franciscans

Helen Enselmini (Italian: Elena Enselmini), also known as the Blessed Helen of Arcella (1208–1242), was an Italian Franciscan nun who has been beatified by the Catholic Church. Enselmini was born in Padua, from an impoverished noble family of the region.

800–876 · Medieval

Emma of Altdorf, also known as Hemma (c. 803 – 31 January 876), a member of the Elder House of Welf, was Queen consort of East Francia by marriage to King Louis the German, from 843 until her death. Her father was Welf I (d.

973–1045 · Medieval

Hemma of Gurk (German: Hemma von Gurk; c. 980 – 29 June 1045), also called Emma of Gurk (Slovene: Ema Krška), was a noblewoman, Fürstin (princess) and founder of several churches and monasteries in the Duchy of Carinthia.

1295–1366 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Henry Suso, OP (also called Amandus, a name adopted in his writings, and Heinrich Seuse or Heinrich von Berg in German; 21 March 1295 – 25 January 1366) was a German Dominican friar and the most popular vernacular writer of the fourteenth century (when considering the number of s…

1367–1439 · Medieval · Franciscans

Henry de Beaume, O.F.M. (Latin: Henricus de Balma), (c. 1367 – 23 February 1439), also known as Hugh Balme, was a Franciscan friar, priest and theologian.

1300–1345 · Medieval

Henry of Asti (Enrico d'Asti, also seen as Enrico Comentina; died 17 January 1345) was the titular Latin Catholic patriarch of Constantinople from 1339 and bishop of Negroponte in Frankish Greece.

1210–1271 · Medieval

Enrico da Susa, latinised as Henricus de Segusio and anglicized as Henry of Segusio and often referred to by the religious name Hostiensis, (c.

1250–1315 · Medieval

Henry of Treviso (German: Heinrich von Bozen; Italian: Arrigo [Enrico] da Bolzano) (died 1315), also known as Henry of Bolzano or Blessed Rigo, was a lay pilgrim and holy man, a German from Bolzano (Bozen), who established himself in Treviso after the death of his wife and son.

1040–1074 · Medieval · Benedictines

Herman I of Baden (c. 1040 – April 25, 1074 in Cluny) was the titular Margrave of Verona and the agnatic ancestor of the Margraves of Baden. Herman was born in Freiburg im Breisgau as the eldest son of Berthold I of Zähringen.

1013–1054 · Medieval · Benedictines

Blessed Hermann of Reichenau or Herman the Cripple (18 July 1013 – 24 September 1054), also known by other names, was an 11th-century Benedictine monk and scholar. He composed works on history, music theory, mathematics, and astronomy, as well as many hymns.

1133 · Medieval · Benedictines

Hesson or Esson (died 1133) was a blessed Benedictine monk of Hirschau Abbey in Bavaria, Germany, under Saint William. In 1085, he was sent as the first abbot of Beinwil, in the Diocese of Basel. His feast day is December 27.

758–783 · Medieval

Hildegard (c. 757/758 – 30 April 783) was a Frankish queen and the wife of Charlemagne from c. 771 until her death. Hildegard was a noblewoman of Frankish and Alemannian heritage.

1115–1183 · Medieval · Premonstratensians

Hildegund (c. 1130–1183) was a Praemonstratensian abbess. Born to nobility, her father was Count Herman of Lidtberg and her mother Countess Hedwig. She was married to Count Lothair of Meer (now Meerbusch), in the modern region of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

1170–1217 · Medieval · Premonstratensians

Hroznata of Ovenec, also known as Croznato (born c. 1160 in Teplá in the Duchy of Bohemia and died July 14, 1217, in Alt-Kinsberg), was a Czech Premonstratensian canon whose cult as a blessed was recognized by Pope Leo XIII on September 16, 1897.

1093–1164 · Medieval · Premonstratensians

Hugues de Fosses (*ca. 1093, Fosses-la-Ville; +10.02.1164, Prémontré) was a Norbertine Abbot and successor of Saint Norbert as the Abbot of Prémontré Abbey, the mother house of the Premonstratensians. The Order and the Catholic Church venerate him as a Blessed.

1158 · Medieval

Hugh of Marchiennes (Tournai, 1102 or 1103 – Marchiennes, June 11, 1158) was abbot of Marchiennes Abbey from 1148 until his death. Historians qualify him as a blessed. His feast day is June 11.

1320–1373 · Medieval · Order of Friars Minor

Hugolino Magalotti was a Franciscan friar of the Order of Friars Minor, born in 1320. He died in 1373 in Camerino and is recognized as a blessed.

1092–1141 · Medieval · Cistercians

Humbeline of Jully (c. 1091 – c. 1136) was a Benedictine nun in 11th-12th century France, who was beatified in the Roman Catholic Church in 1703 by Pope Clement XI.

1190–1277 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Humbert of Romans, OP (c. 1190-1200, Romans-sur-Isère – 14 July 1277, Valence, Drôme, France) was a French Dominican friar who served as the fifth Master General of the Order of Preachers from 1254 to 1263. Humbert was born at Romans-sur-Isère around 1194.

1040–1113 · Medieval · Benedictines

Ida of Lorraine (also referred to as Blessed Ida of Boulogne) (c. 1040 – 13 April 1113) was a saint and noblewoman. She was the daughter of Godfrey III, Duke of Lower Lorraine and his wife Doda.

1198–1231 · Medieval · Cistercians

Ida of Nivelles (c.1190 – 11 December 1231) was a beatified Cistercian nun and mystic. Ida was born into a prosperous mercantile family in Nivelles, an important market town and pilgrimage destination in Brabant, a short distance to the south of Brussels.

1000–1076 · Medieval

Emad (also transliterated as Imad, Imed and Aimad; Arabic: عماد) is an Arabic masculine given name and surname and means "support" or "pillar".

1322–1333 · Medieval · Nuns of the Order of Preachers

Imelda Lambertini (1322 – 12 May 1333) was an Italian Catholic mystic and devotee of the Dominican Order. She is the patroness of First Communicants and many dioceses make use of her feast as a day to schedule First Communions and Confirmations.

1225–1276 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Pope Innocent V (Latin: Innocentius V; c. 1225 – 22 June 1276), born Pierre de Tarentaise, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 21 January to 22 June 1276. A member of the Order of Preachers, he acquired a reputation as an effective preacher.

831–866 · Medieval · Benedictines

Irmgard of Chiemsee (German: Selige Irmgard, also Irmengard; c. 831/833 – 16 July 866), a member of the Carolingian dynasty, was the second daughter of King Louis the German and his wife Hemma. She was the first abbess of Frauenwörth abbey from 857 until her death.

1110–1178 · Medieval · Cistercians

Isaac of Stella, O.Cart, also referred to as Isaac de l'Étoile, (c. 1100, in England – c. 1170s, Étoile, Archigny, France) was a Cistercian (and later Carthusian) monk, theologian and philosopher.