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1225–1270 · Medieval · Poor Clares

Isabelle of France (March 1225 – 23 February 1270) was a French princess and daughter of Louis VIII of France and Blanche of Castile. She was a younger sister of King Louis IX of France (Saint Louis) and of Alfonso, Count of Poitiers, and an older sister of King Charles I of Sici…

1190–1239 · Medieval · Third Order of Saint Francis

Blessed Jacoba of Settesoli (Italian: Giacoma de Settesoli; 1190–1273? was a follower of the Italian saint Francis of Assisi. She is also called Jacqueline Marie de Settesoli, or Brother Jacoba, as Francis had named her.

1228–1298 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Jacobus de Voragine, OP (c. 1230 – 13/16 July 1298) was an Italian chronicler and archbishop of Genoa. He was the author, or more accurately the compiler, of the Golden Legend, a collection of the legendary lives of the greater saints of the medieval church that was one of the mo…

1340–1409 · Medieval · Order of Friars Minor

Jakub Strzemię (c. 1340 - 20 October 1409) was a Polish Roman Catholic archbishop and a professed member of the Order of Friars Minor. He served as the Archbishop of Halicz from 1392 until his death when the archdiocese was incorporated into that of the Archdiocese of Lviv.

1231–1314 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Giacomo Salomoni, OP (1231 – 31 May 1314) was an Italian Catholic priest and a professed member of the Order of Preachers. He was a noted ascetic known for being prone to ecstatic states on a frequent basis; he served as a prior of several convents until he settled in Forlì, wher…

1285–1366 · Medieval · Augustinians

James of Cerqueto was a Latin Catholic priest and member of the Augustinian order born in 1285 in Cerqueto. He died in 1366 in Perugia and is recognized as a blessed within the Catholic Church.

1255–1308 · Medieval · Augustinians

James of Viterbo OSA (Italian: Giacomo da Viterbo; c. 1255 – c. 1307), born Giacomo Capocci (nicknamed Doctor speculativus), was an Italian Roman Catholic Augustinian friar and Scholastic theologian, who later became Archbishop of Naples.

1331–1414 · Medieval

Jeanne-Marie de Maille (14 April 1331 − 28 March 1414) was a French Roman Catholic anchoress and a member of the Third Order of Saint Francis.

1300–1281 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Jindřich Librarius was a Dominican monk and Catholic priest born in Moravia in 1300 and who died in 1281 in České Budějovice. He is venerated as blessed and is buried in the Chapel of Saint Lawrence.

1258–1306 · Medieval · Servite Order

Joachim Piccolomini (1258 – 10 April 1305), also known as Joachim of Siena, or, in Italian, Giovacchino Piccolomini, was an Italian Servite tertiary from Siena. Born Chiaramonte Piccolomini, he was from a noble family of Siena, Italy.

1135–1202 · Medieval · Florians

Joachim of Fiore, also known as Joachim of Flora (Italian: Gioacchino da Fiore; Latin: Ioachim Florensis; c. 1135 – 30 March 1202), was an Italian Christian theologian, a Catholic abbot, and the founder of the monastic order of San Giovanni in Fiore.

1140–1205 · Medieval

Juana de Aza is the name gradually developed in hagiographical tradition for the mother of Saint Dominic and Bl. Manés de Guzmán. In the final form of this tradition, she is said to have been born in about 1135 in Haza and to have died at Caleruega (Dominic's birthplace) on 4 Aug…

1452–1490 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Joanna of Portugal OP was a Portuguese regent princess of the House of Aviz, daughter of King Afonso V of Portugal and his first wife, Queen Isabel of Coimbra. She served as regent during the absence of her father in 1471.

1400–1414 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Jofré de Blanes was a Catholic priest born in Barcelona in the Crown of Aragon in 1400. A member of the Dominican Order, he died in 1414. He is recognized as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1168–1249 · Medieval

Johannes Bonus was born in Mantua in 1168 and died there in 1249. He served as a friar, lay brother, and hermit, and he founded a Catholic religious community. He is recognized as a blessed.

1394–1471 · Medieval · Carmelites

John Soreth (1394 – 1471) was a French Carmelite friar and became a Prior General of the Order of Carmelites. John Soreth was born near Caen in Normandy, France in 1394 and entered the Carmelite house there.

1356–1419 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Giovanni Dominici, OP (English: John Dominic c. 1355 – 10 June 1419) was an Italian Catholic prelate and Dominican who became a cardinal. His ideas had a profound influence on the art of Fra Angelico, who entered the Dominicans through him.

930–1016 · Medieval

John Gradenigo was a Latin Catholic monk born in 930 in Venice, a citizen of the Republic of Venice. He died in 1010 at the Abbey of Monte Cassino and is recognized as a blessed.

1200–1290 · Medieval

Blessed John dal Bastone or Bl. John of the Staff, born Giovanni Bonello Botegoni (24 March 1200 – 24 March 1290), is a Blessed of the Roman Catholic Church. John was born in Paterno, Fabriano, Italy.

1165–1217 · Medieval · Benedictines

Jean de Montmirail (or Monte-Mirabili), Baron de Montmirail, O.S.B. Cist. (1165 – 29 September 1217), was a French nobleman who became a Cistercian monk. He is venerated as a beatus in the Catholic Church.

1259–1322 · Medieval · Franciscans

John of Fermo, more often called John of La Verna, from his time spent on that mountain (1259 – 10 August 1322) was an Italian Franciscan friar, who was a noted ascetic and preacher. John was born at Fermo in the March of Ancona.

1208–1289 · Medieval · Franciscans

Giovanni Buralli (5 March 1208 – 19 March 1289), known as John of Parma, was an Italian Franciscan friar, who served as one of the first Ministers General of the Order of Friars Minor (1247–1257). He was also a noted theologian of the period.

1293–1381 · Medieval · Canons Regular of Saint Augustine

John of Ruusbroec or Jan van Ruusbroec , sometimes modernized Ruysbroeck, was an Augustinian canon and one of the most important of the medieval mystics of the Low Countries.

1205–1283 · Medieval · Dominican Order

John of Vercelli (Giovanni da Vercelli) (c. 1205 – 30 November 1283) was the sixth Master General of the Dominican Order (1264-1283). John was born in 1205 to the Garbella family in Mosso Santa Maria in the Province of Biella, in the Piedmont region of Italy.

1190–1237 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Jordan of Saxony, OP (referred to in Latin as Jordanis, also known as de Alamania; c. 1190 – 1237), was a German Catholic priest and one of the first leaders of the Dominican Order. His feast day is February 13.

1340–1397 · Medieval · Franciscans

Juan Lorenzo de Cetina (Cetina, 1340 – Granada, May 19, 1397) was an Aragonese Spanish Franciscan friar who died as a martyr in the city of Granada while preaching with his companion Pedro de Dueñas. He is venerated as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

650–700 · Medieval

John of Atarés was a Hispanic hermit of the late 7th century. He is considered a blessed by the Catholic Church, which celebrates his feast day on May 29. In Upper Aragon, he is popularly considered a saint.

1080–1132 · Medieval · Benedictines

Conrad I of Raitenbuch (also known as Kuno of Regensburg), born around 1070 and died on May 19, 1132, in Regensburg, was a German prelate who served as abbot of Siegburg and the twentieth bishop of Regensburg from 1126 to 1132. He is venerated in Bavaria as a blessed.

1005–1089 · Medieval · Benedictines

Lanfranc OSB (1005 x 1010 – 24 May 1089) was an Italian-born English churchman, monk and scholar. Born in Italy, he moved to Normandy to become a Benedictine monk at Bec.

1243 · Medieval · Benedictines

Laurentius Loricatus (died 1243) was a soldier who later became a Benedictine. The nickname Loricatus (armored) is derived from the penitential shirt made of chains that Laurentius wore.

1420–1480 · Medieval

Lawrence Booth (c. 1420 – 1480) served as bishop of Durham and lord chancellor of England, before being appointed archbishop of York. The illegitimate son of John Booth, lord of the manor of Barton, near Eccles, Lancashire, he was half-brother of Sir Robert Booth of Dunham Masse…

1450 · Medieval · Carmelites

Lawrence Cook, born at an unknown date and place and died on August 4, 1540, at Tyburn, was an English Carmelite friar and Catholic martyr, executed for refusing to recognize King Henry VIII as the supreme head of the Church of England.

1280 · Medieval

Llorenç Mendes was born in Chaves and died in 1280. He is recognized as a blessed.

1373–1456 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Lorenzo da Ripafratta (1373 - 27 September 1456) was an Italian Roman Catholic professed religious from the Order of Preachers. He was born to nobles in Pisa and served as a novice master in Cortona in the latter half of his career while distinguishing himself in aiding the ill d…

1390–1450 · Medieval

Louis Aleman (c. February 1390 – 16 September 1450) was a French Roman Catholic cardinal and a professed member of the now-suppressed Canons Regular of Saint John Baptist.

1200–1227 · Medieval

Louis IV the Saint (German: Ludwig IV. der Heilige; 28 October 1200 – 11 September 1227), a member of the Ludovingian dynasty, was Landgrave of Thuringia and Saxon Count palatine from 1217 until his death. He was the husband of Elizabeth of Hungary.

1180–1260 · Medieval · Third Order of Saint Francis

Luchesius Modestini, TOSF (also Luchesio, Lucchese, Lucesio, Lucio, or Luchesius of Poggibonsi) (c. 1180 - 1260) is honored by tradition within the Franciscan Order as being, along with his wife, Buonadonna de' Segni, the first members of the Franciscan Order of Penance, most com…

1360–1400 · Medieval · Franciscans

Lucia da Caltagirone was born in 1360 in Caltagirone and served as a Franciscan nun. She died in 1400 in Salerno and is recognized as a blessed.

1450–1470 · Medieval

Lucio de Savoya was born in 1450 and died in 1470 in Constantinople. He is recognized as a blessed.

1050–1100 · Medieval

Lucy of Settefonti, also known as Lucy of Septifonte or Lucy of the Seven Fountains (born in the 11th century in Bologna, died c. 1100 at Settefonti Abbey), was an Italian Camaldolese nun, virgin, abbess of the Monastery of Saint Christina in Settefonti, and a blessed of the Cath…

1109–1185 · Medieval · Premonstratensians

Ludwig III of Arnstein (born 1109 at Arnstein Castle; died October 28, 1185, at Gommersheim Monastery, present-day Gau-Odernheim) was a count and a multiple monastery founder.

900–887 · Medieval

Luithard (Old High German liut "people" and harti "hard"; also Latinized as Luithardus; born unknown; died 887 in Paderborn) was the third Bishop of Paderborn (862–887). Luithard undertook important collegiate and monastic foundations, such as Niggenkerken near Höxter in 863.

1274–1309 · Medieval · Cistercians

Lukardis of Oberweimar, O.Cist. (born between 1262 and 1276, presumably in Erfurt; died March 22, 1309, in Oberweimar) was a German Cistercian nun and mystic. She is venerated as a blessed in the Roman Catholic Church.

1425–1490 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Luke Spicola (c. 1425 – 1490) was an Italian Catholic priest belonging to the Order of Friars Preachers. Luca Spicola was born about 1425, in Pontecorvo.

1415–1465 · Medieval · Augustinian nuns

Maddalena Albrici (Como, 1390 – Como, May 15, 1465) was an Italian religious sister and abbess of the Augustinian monastery of Saint Andrew in Brunate. Her cult as a blessed was confirmed by Pope Pius X in 1907.

1197–1257 · Medieval · Cistercians

Infanta Mafalda of Portugal was a Portuguese infanta (princess), later Queen consort of Castile for a brief period. She was the second youngest daughter of King Sancho I of Portugal and Dulce of Aragon.

1101–1217 · Medieval

Manfred von Riva was a Catholic presbyter born in Milan in 1200. He died in 1217 at Riva San Vitale, Monte San Giorgio, and is recognized as a blessed.

1166–1237 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Manés de Guzmán, OP (c. 1166 – 1235) , was a Castilian Dominican priest beatified in the Roman Catholic Church. His younger brother, Domingo de Guzmán was the founder of the Order of Preachers, whom he helped in his reforming aims throughout his life.

1409–1479 · Medieval · Franciscans

Marco da Bologna was a Catholic priest and Franciscan born in Bologna in 1409. He died in Piacenza in 1479 and is recognized as a blessed within the Catholic Church.

1425–1496 · Medieval · Franciscans

Blessed Marco da Montegallo (1425 - 19 March 1496) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest from the Order of Friars Minor. He was born to a nobleman and served as a doctor in Ascoli Piceno before he was pressured into marriage in 1451 - the couple annulled their marriage after both…