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1375–1426 · Medieval

Gemma of Goriano Sicoli (c. 1375 – 1439 or 1426), also known as Saint Gemma Spera or Saint Gemma the Recluse, is an Italian saint celebrated in the town of Goriano Sicoli.

401–550 · Medieval

Saint Genebald (Genebaldus, Genebandus) (French: Génebaud, Génebaut, Guénebauld) (died 550 AD) was a Frankish bishop of Laon. He was a contemporary of Saint Remigius, bishop of Rheims, and according to The Golden Legend, was married to Remigius' niece.

600 · Medieval

Generoso di Tivoli was a Catholic priest and bishop born in Tivoli. He died in Tivoli in 600 and is recognized as a saint by the Catholic Church.

700–679 · Medieval

Saint Genesius of Lyon (Genestus, Genes; died 679) was the 37th Archbishop of Lyon. He was a native of France and became a religious and prior of Fontenelle Abbey). Attached to the court and camp of Clovis II, he acted as chief almoner to the queen, Bathildis.

600–662 · Medieval

Saint Genesius (died circa 662) is a French saint. He was the twenty-first Bishop of Clermont and his feast day is celebrated on June 3. A legend, which is of a rather late date (Acta SS., June, I, 315), says that he was descended from a senatorial family of Auvergne.

423–502 · Medieval

Genevieve was a consecrated virgin, and is one of the two patron saints of Paris in the Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church. Her feast day is on 3 January.

850 · Medieval

Saint Genevieve of Loqueffret is a 10th-century Breton saint. Her feast day is celebrated on January 3, like her namesake. She was the sister of Saint Edern and founded the monastery of Loqueffret near Lannedern in Finistère.

850–936 · Medieval · Benedictines

Genadio of Astorga or popularly San Genadio (c. 865, possibly El Bierzo, León - 936, Peñalba de Santiago) was a Spanish Benedictine monk, hermit and bishop of Astorga between 899 and 920. He also founded several monasteries in El Bierzo.

720 · Medieval

Gennard de Fontenelle served as an abbot and died in 720. He is recognized as a pre-congregation saint.

1060–1125 · Medieval

Geoffroy du Chalard, also known as Geoffroi du Chalard (in Latin: Gaufridus Castaliensis), born in 1060 in Boscavillot (Creuse) and died on October 6, 1125, in Le Chalard (Haute-Vienne), was a French priest, hermit, and later an Augustinian canon, who founded the Priory of Notre-…

1255 · Medieval

Geoffroy de Loudon was a Catholic priest and bishop of Le Mans. He died in 1255 and is recognized as a saint by the Catholic Church.

940–969 · Medieval

George El Mozahem (Coptic: ⲅⲉⲱⲣⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲡⲓⲍⲟϩⲉⲙ; 940 – June 26, 969) is a Coptic Orthodox martyr and saint. Born in Talkha, Egypt, as El-Mozahem to a Christian mother (Mary) and a Muslim father (Jumaa Al Atawy), He was raised in his father's religion until he reached the age of twel…

701–800 · Medieval

George of Amastris (Greek: Γεώργιος ὁ Ἀμάστριδος; died 802/807) was a Byzantine monk who was made bishop of Amastris against his will. George was born in the town ton Kromnenon, located near Amastris in Paphlagonia, to a local noble family, around the middle of the 8th century.

1001–1118 · Medieval

George of Chqondidi (Georgian: გიორგი ჭყონდიდელი, Giorgi Chqondideli) (died c. 1118) was a Georgian churchman and court minister best known as a tutor and the closest adviser of King David IV (r. 1089–1125).

776–821 · Medieval

Saint George of Mytilene (born c. 776, died April 7, 820 or 821) was a hermit, Bishop of Mytilene, and a saint in the Catholic Church. He was born in Asia to a wealthy and religious family. At the age of seventeen, he distributed his wealth to the needy and entered a monastery.

701–814 · Medieval

Saint George the Confessor (Greek: Ἅγιος Γεώργιος ὁ Ὁμολογητής), also known as Saint George of Antioch, was the Bishop of Antioch in Pisidia in the 8th century. He is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic Church, and his feast day is 19 April.

1009–1065 · Medieval

George the Hagiorite (Georgian: გიორგი მთაწმინდელი) (1009 – 27 June 1065) was a Georgian monk, calligrapher, religious writer, theologian, and translator, who spearheaded the activities of Georgian monastic communities in the Byzantine Empire.

1015 · Medieval

Saint George the Hungarian was a Christian citizen of Kievan Rus' who died in 1015. He was killed by a heart injury at a military camp on the river Alta and is recognized as a passion bearer.

776–821 · Medieval

Saint George the Standard-Bearer (Greek: Ἅγιος Γεώργιος ὁ Σημειοφόρος), also known as Saint George the Confessor (c. 776 – 7 April 821), was the Archbishop of Mytilene from 804 until his deposition in 815.

650–625 · Medieval

Saint George of Choziba, also called George the Chozibite or Chozebite (died c. 625), was a Greek Cypriot monk and leader of the monastery of Choziba in the vicinity of Jerusalem. Today, the monastery is named after George. George was born on Cyprus and orphaned at a young age.

500 · Medieval

Georgia (died c. 500) was a virgin and hermit near Clermont, Auvergne. In the Catholic Church, she is revered as a saint and her feast day is 15 February.

750–807 · Medieval

George II (died 807) was the Greek Patriarch of Jerusalem from 797 until his death. Before his election as patriarch, George had served as syncellus under his predecessor, Elias II. He is venerated as a saint in the Georgian Church of Palestine, and his feast day is April 7.

855–909 · Medieval

Gerald of Aurillac (or Saint Gerald) (c. 855 – c. 909) is a French saint of the Roman Catholic Church, also recognized by other religious denominations of Christianity.

1050–1108 · Medieval · Benedictines

Gerald of Braga was a bishop of Braga. Gerald was born in Cahors, Gascony, and became a Benedictine monk at Moissac, France. Archbishop Bernhard of Toledo, also a Cluniac monk, admired the liturgical singing in the monastery and asked Gerald to renew the liturgical music in Tol…

731 · Medieval

Gerald of Mayo (died 13 March 732 AD) is a saint of the Roman Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church. Gerald was born in Northumbria. Little reliable information is known of his early life, and his date of birth is unknown.

1020–1095 · Medieval · Benedictines

Saint Gerald of Sauve-Majeure, OSB (sometimes also Gerard or Geraud) (c. 1025–1095), also known, from his place of origin, as Gerald of Corbie, was a Benedictine abbot.

1101–1138 · Medieval · Benedictines

Gerard of Clairvaux (died 1138) was the older brother of Bernard of Clairvaux. He was the son of Tescelin le Roux and Aleth de Montbard. When Bernard entered Cîteaux with a group of young relatives and friends in 1112, Gerard did not join him.

980–1046 · Medieval · Benedictines

Gerard or Gerard Sagredo (Hungarian: Gellért; Italian: Gerardo di Sagredo; Latin: Gerardus; 23 April 977/1000 – 24 September 1046) was the first bishop of Csanád in the Kingdom of Hungary from around 1030 to his death.

639 · Medieval

1275–1298 · Medieval · Third Order of Saint Francis

Gerard of Lunel (French: Gérard de Lunel) (Italian: San Gerio, Girio) (ca. 1275–1298), also known as Roger of Lunel and as Saint Géri (Gerius), was a French saint. Born to the French nobility, he became a Franciscan tertiary at the age of five.

1119 · Medieval

Saint Gerard of Potenza, also Gerard La Porta (Italian: Gerardo di Potenza, Gerardo La Porta) (d. 30 October 1119) was a Roman Catholic saint and a bishop of Potenza in Italy. Gerard was born in Piacenza into the noble Della Porta family.

1134–1207 · Medieval

Saint Gerardo dei Tintori or Tintore (1134(?) – 6 June 1207) is a saint of the Catholic Church, joint patron saint (with Saint John the Baptist) of Monza in Italy, where he is particularly noted as the founder of a hospital.

1100–1180 · Medieval

Saint Gerasimo di San Lorenzo was born in 1100 in San Lorenzo. He died in 1180 in the same location and is recognized as a Catholic saint.

690 · Medieval

Saint Gerbold (French: saint Gerbaud or saint Gerbold) (died c. 690 AD) was a French bishop venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church. He was a monk who founded the abbey of Livry in Normandy and later became bishop of Bayeux.

1150 · Medieval · Cistercians

Born in 1150, Gerbrandus was a Cistercian monk. He is recognized as a saint.

885 · Medieval

Gerebald was bishop of Châlon-sur-Saône from 864 to 885. He is a Catholic and Orthodox saint, with feast day 12 June.

700–658 · Medieval

Saint Geremarus (or Germer, Geremar, Geremaro; died 658) was a Frankish monk and abbot. His feast day is 24 September. The oldest surviving biography of Saint Geremarus was composed in the 9th century, and was revised three centuries later, so its historical accuracy is very dub…

800–839 · Medieval

Saint Gerfried, also Gerfried (died September 12, 839, in Münster), was the second Bishop of Münster and the third abbot of the monasteries of Werden and Saint Ludger. Gerfried, whose name means "he who protects with the spear," was a nephew of Ludger.

1030–1100 · Medieval

Saint Gerland of Agrigento (Italian: San Gerlando di Agrigento), also known as Gerland of Besançon (d. 25 February 1100) was a bishop of Agrigento in Sicily. Believed to have been a native of Besançon, he was a relative of the Norman Roger I of Sicily.

1018 · Medieval · Benedictines

Saint Germain de Talloires was a Benedictine monk and hermit who served as a prior. He died in Talloires in 1018 and is a canonized saint within Catholicism.

496–576 · Medieval · Benedictines

Germain (Latin: Germanus; c. 496 – 28 May 576) was the bishop of Paris and is venerated as a saint in both the Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church. According to an early biography, he was known as Germain d'Autun, rendered in modern times as the "Father of the Poor".

1050–1096 · Medieval

German of Novgorod was born in 1050 and served as the bishop of Novgorod. He held the position of archbishop and died in Kyiv in 1096. He is a prelate buried in the Saint Sophia Cathedral.

650–733 · Medieval

Germanus I of Constantinople (Latin: Germanus, Greek: Γερμανός; c. 634 – 740) was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 715 to 730. He is regarded as a saint by both the Orthodox and Catholic Churches, with a feast day of 12 May.

612–675 · Medieval

Saint Germanus of Granfelden (c. 612 in Trier – 675 near Moutier) was the first abbot of Moutier-Grandval Abbey. He is venerated as a martyr saint in the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches.

600 · Medieval

Saint Germochus or Germoe was an early 6th century saint active in Cornwall and Brittany. He is the patron saint of the parish of Germoe in Cornwall. He is said to have been a king and one of the companions of St Breage (they were Irish missionaries who landed at Hayle).

1018–1050 · Medieval · Benedictines

Germain of Talloires (1018 – died in Talloires, 1050) was an 11th-century Benedictine monk and later a hermit. He is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church.

900–976 · Medieval

Gero (c. 900 – 29 June 976) was Archbishop of Cologne from 969 until his death. Gero originated from Saxony, probably a son of the Billung count Christian (d.

900–978 · Medieval

Gerold of Großwalsertal (born c. 900 in Rhaetia; died 978 in Frisun, present-day St. Gerold in the Great Walser Valley in Vorarlberg), born to a noble family, left his wife and children to become a hermit in Frisun. In 970, he donated his property to Einsiedeln Abbey.

1241 · Medieval

Gerold of Cologne (died 1241) was a pilgrim commemorated as a martyr by the Catholic Church. A native of Germany, he dedicated his life to pilgrimages to holy sites of devotion. He traveled to Rome along the famous Via Francigena and to the shrine of Saint James of Compostela.

450–501 · Medieval

Gerontius of Cervia (Gerontius of Ficocle) (died 501 AD) was an Italian bishop of Cervia who is venerated as a saint. The first known Bishop of Cervia is Gerontius.