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1040–1101 · Medieval · Benedictines

Thiemo (Thimo, also called Dietmar or Theodemarus; c. 1040 – 28 September 1101/02) was Archbishop of Salzburg from 1090 until his death. A scion of the Bavarian comital House of Vornbach (Formbach), Thiemo reportedly was a talented painter and sculptor.

1190–1260 · Medieval · Order of Friars Minor

Thomas of Celano OFM (Italian: Tommaso da Celano; c. 1185 – c. 1265) was an Italian friar of the Franciscans (Order of Friars Minor) as well as a poet and the author of three hagiographies about Francis of Assisi.

1260–1321 · Medieval · Franciscans

Thomas of Tolentino, OFM (Italian: Tommaso di or da Tolentino; c. 1255 – 8 April 1321) was an Italian Franciscan missionary who was martyred with his three companions in Thane, India, for blaspheming Muhammad.

1337 · Medieval · Camaldolese

Thomas van Gubbio was a Camaldolese hermit born in Costacciaro. He died in 1337 and is recognized as a blessed.

1380–1471 · Medieval · Canons Regular of Saint Augustine

Thomas à Kempis CRV (c. 1380 – 1 May 1471; German: Thomas von Kempen; Dutch: Thomas van Kempen) was a German-Dutch Catholic canon regular of the Augustinians and the author of The Imitation of Christ, one of the best known Christian devotional books.

850 · Medieval

Thecla of Roubaix was a virgin, wealthy benefactress, and ascetic from Roubaix in French Flanders. Her feast day is February 20. Jean Cousin in his History of Tournai and Arnould de Raisse (Raissius) in his Supplement to the Lives of the Belgian Saints give her the titles of piou…

1202–1282 · Medieval

Torello da Poppi was born in 1202 in Poppi and served as a monk. He died in 1282 in his birthplace and is recognized as a blessed.

900–930 · Medieval

Livonir Ruschel, known as Tuto (born 2 July 1979) is a Brazilian former professional footballer.

1260–1330 · Medieval · Franciscans

Blessed Ugo Panziera, or Panciera, also known as Ugo da Prato (circa 1260 – circa 1330), was an Italian theologian, Franciscan friar, missionary, and writer. He wrote epistles, laude of Jacoponic inspiration, and thirteen spiritual treatises of Bonaventurian inspiration.

1227–1270 · Medieval · Sylvestrines

Ugo degli Atti (Serra San Quirico, first half of the 13th century – Sassoferrato, July 26, 1270) was an Italian religious figure, a monk of the Sylvestrine Congregation of the Order of Saint Benedict. He is venerated as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1200–1260 · Medieval · Order of St. Augustine

Ugolino da Gualdo Cattaneo (1200 - 1 January 1260) was an Italian Roman Catholic professed religious and friar of the Order of Saint Augustine. Ugolino is best known for founding an Augustinian convent in Gualdo Cattaneo in 1258 where he served as its prior until his death.

1136–1189 · Medieval

Humbert III (1136 – 4 March 1189), surnamed the Blessed, was Count of Savoy from 1148 to 1189. His parents were Amadeus III of Savoy and Mahaut of Albon. He ceded rights and benefits to monasteries and played a decisive role in the organisation of Hautecombe Abbey.

1035–1099 · Medieval · Benedictines

Pope Urban II (Latin: Urbanus II; c. 1035 – 29 July 1099), otherwise known as Odo of Châtillon or Otho de Lagery, was the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 12 March 1088 to his death.

1310–1370 · Medieval · Benedictines

Pope Urban V (Latin: Urbanus V; born Guillaume de Grimoard, 1310 – 19 December 1370) was head of the Catholic Church from 28 September 1362 until his death on 19 December 1370. He was a member of the Order of Saint Benedict and the only Avignon pope to be beatified.

1192–1262 · Medieval · Cistercians

Urraca Díaz de Haro, also known as Urraca of Cañas (c. 1192–1262), was the daughter of Diego López II de Haro the Good and his second wife, Toda Pérez de Azagra.

1375–1410 · Medieval

Ursulina Veneri of Parma (Parma, 1375 – Verona, April 7, 1410) was a Benedictine oblate declared blessed. Ursulina, the daughter of Pietro Veneri and Bertolina, recovered from a serious illness at the age of eleven through the intercession of Saint Peter of Verona.

700–722 · Medieval

Uta of Uttenweiler (died 722 in Uttenweiler) was a beatified woman. Little is known about the life of Blessed Uta. According to one legend, she was of noble birth, while another legend claims she was a servant.

1100–1108 · Medieval

Uto of Kyburg, also spelled Utto or Otto (born at Kyburg Castle; died September 24, 1108, in St. Blasien), was abbot of St. Blasien Abbey in the southern Black Forest from 1086 to 1108. He was a member of the noble House of Kyburg and is a blessed.

750–829 · Medieval · Benedictines

The Blessed Utto was the first abbot of the Bavarian Metten Abbey of the Benedictine Order. His feast is celebrated on October 3. Utto was presumably a monk at the abbey of Reichenau; his place of birth is unknown.

1304–1346 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Venturino of Bergamo (9 April 1304 – 28 March 1346) was an Italian Dominican preacher. His cause for beatification is only within preliminary stages. He was born at Bergamo, and received the habit of the Order of Friars Preachers at the convent of St.

1445–1497 · Medieval · Augustinians

Veronica of Milan (c. 1445 – 13 January 1497) was an Italian nun in the Augustinian Order. She was reputed to have received frequent visions of the Virgin Mary, and her local cultus was confirmed by Pope Leo X in 1517.

1027–1087 · Medieval · Benedictines

Pope Victor III (c. 1026 – 16 September 1087), born Dauferio Epifani Del Zotto, was the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 24 May 1086 to his death. He was the successor of Pope Gregory VII.

1084–1141 · Medieval

Walembert of Cambrai was born in 1084 in Wulpen and served as a friar, regular priest, and abbot. He died in 1141 in Mont-Saint-Martin and is recognized as a blessed.

1227–1307 · Medieval · Franciscans

Walter of Bruges (Gualterus Brugensis OFM, Gualterus de Brugge, Gauthier de Bruges OM, Gualterus de Brugis, Gualterus de Brüge, Walter von Brügge) was a Franciscan theologian, who flourished at the University of Paris 1267–1269.

1224 · Medieval · Cistercians

Blessed Walter of Bierbeek (Bierbeek – Himmerode, 1224) was a son of the then-lord Walter I of Bierbeek. In his youth, Walter was likely a squire to Duke Henry I of Brabant and participated in the failed Third Crusade (1189–1192).

1050–1126 · Medieval · Benedictines

Werner von Ellerbach (also known as Werner of Wiblingen, Latinized as Wernerus de Sancto Blasio; born between 1050 and 1100; died 1126 in Wiblingen) was a Benedictine monk at St. Blasien Abbey in the Black Forest and the first abbot of Wiblingen Abbey near Ulm.

755–807 · Medieval

Widukind, also known as Wittekind and Wittikund, was a leader of the Saxons and the chief opponent of the Frankish king Charlemagne during the Saxon Wars from 777 to 785.

1225–1289 · Medieval

Blessed Wilburgis was born in 1225 in Linz and died in 1289 at St. Florian Monastery. She is recognized as a blessed.

1075–1148 · Medieval · Cistercians

William of Saint-Thierry, O. Cist was a twelfth-century Benedictine, theologian and mystic from Liège who became abbot of Saint-Thierry in France, and later joined the Cistercian Order.

700 · Medieval

Winthir (born in England; died in Neuhausen) was presumably an itinerant preacher who Christianized the Upper Bavarian region between the Würm and the Isar rivers in the 8th or 12th century.

1020–1091 · Medieval · Benedictines

Wolfhelm of Brauweiler (died 1091) was the Benedictine abbot of Brauweiler Abbey, near Cologne, Germany. He was attacked by Manegold of Lautenbach, in his Liber Contra Wolfelmum.

1235–1298 · Medieval · Poor Clares

Yolanda of Poland or Yolanda of Hungary, also Blessed Yolanda (Jolanta in Polish; Jolán in Hungarian; also known as Helen; 1235 – 11 June 1298) was the daughter of King Béla IV of Hungary and Maria Laskarina.

1231–1283 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Mother Yolanda (or Yolande, Iolanda) of Vianden, O.P., (1231–1283) was the youngest daughter of Count Henry I of Vianden and Margaret, Marchioness of Namur. She joined the Dominican monastery in Marienthal, Luxembourg, against the wishes of her parents when she was very young.

1350–1420 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Álvaro of Córdoba, OP (c.1350–c.1430) was a Spanish Dominican friar venerated in the Catholic Church. Born in Zamora, he entered the Order of Preachers in 1368 and preached throughout Spain and Italy.

1190–1265 · Medieval

Blessed Eve of Saint-Martin, also known as Eve of Liège, who died in 1266, was a recluse in the Principality of Liège who, together with Juliana of Liège, was responsible for the origin of the Feast of Corpus Christi.