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920–1005 · Medieval

John the Iberian (Georgian: იოანე მთაწმინდელი; died c. 1002) was a Georgian monk, who is venerated as a saint. His name refers to his origins from the Kingdom of the Iberians.

550–619 · Medieval

John V Eleemon (Greek: Ἰωάννης ὁ Ἐλεήμων, romanized: Iōannēs ho Eleēmōn), also known as John the Almsgiver, John the Almoner, John the Compassionate, or John the Merciful, was the Chalcedonian Patriarch of Alexandria from 606 to 616. He was born in Amathus around 560.

1300–1340 · Medieval

Saint John the New Monastery (Romanian: Mănăstirea Sfântul Ioan cel Nou) is a Romanian Orthodox monastery in Suceava, Romania. Built between 1514 and 1522, the monastery church is one of eight buildings that make up the churches of Moldavia UNESCO World Heritage Site, and is also…

500–530 · Medieval

John the Prophet, known also as Venerable John, was an eastern christian hermit of the monastery of Seridus and teacher of Dorotheus of Gaza. He is venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches.

454–558 · Medieval

John the Silent (c. January 8, 454 – c. 558), also known as "John the Hesychast" (Greek: Ἅγιος Ἰωάννης ὁ Ἡσυχαστής), was a Christian saint known for living alone for seventy-six years. He was given the surname because of his affinity for recollection and silence. St.

1470 · Medieval

Jonah, born John (Russian: Иона, Iona; died November 5, 1470), was a Russian Orthodox archbishop who served as Bishop of Novgorod between 1458 and 1470.

1390–1461 · Medieval

Jonah of Moscow (Russian: Иона, romanized: Iona; died 31 March 1461) was Metropolitan of Kiev and all Rus', the primate of the Russian Orthodox Church, from 1448 until his death in 1461.

884 · Medieval

Saint George of Lodève was a bishop originally from Rouergue, in the vicinity of Rodez. He was first a monk at the Abbey of Sainte-Foy de Conques. He experienced the Norman invasion, which destroyed the monastery.

700–764 · Medieval

Joseph of Freising (died 17 January 764), also known as Joseph of Verona, was Bishop of Freising from 747 or 748 until his death. There is no direct evidence of Joseph's place of origin or place of birth.

816–886 · Medieval

Joseph the Hymnographer (Greek: Όσιος Ιωσήφ ο Υμνογράφος, romanized: Ósios Iosif o Ymnográfos) was a Greek monk of the ninth century. He is regarded as one of the greatest liturgical poets and hymnographers of the Eastern Orthodox Church.

500–600 · Medieval

Joshua the Stylite (also spelled Yeshu Stylite and Ieshu Stylite) is the attributed author of a chronicle which narrates the history of the war between the Byzantine Empire and Persians between 502 and 506, and which is generally considered to be one of the earliest and most reli…

990–1016 · Medieval

Jovan Vladimir or John Vladimir (Serbian Cyrillic: Јован Владимир; c. 990 – 22 May 1016) was the ruler of Duklja, the most powerful Serbian principality of the time, from around 1000 to 1016.

1080–1163 · Medieval

Juan de Ortega, better known as Saint John the Hermit (1080 – 1163), was a Spanish priest and hermit. A disciple of Dominic de la Calzada, he is best known for repairing roads and bridges along the Camino de Santiago.

450–523 · Medieval

Saint Jucundus was a Catholic priest and bishop born in 450. He died in Aosta in 523.

950–1000 · Medieval

Judith of Ringelheim (died March 13, 1000) was the abbess of the Ringelheim collegiate foundation. She is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church. Judith’s parents were Dietrich of Saxony (died 995) and Friteruna; her brother was Bishop Bernward of Hildesheim.

600–668 · Medieval

Saint Judoc, otherwise known as Jodoc, Joyce or Josse (Latin: Iudocus; traditionally c. 600 – 668 AD) was a seventh-century Breton noble considered to be a saint. Judoc was a son of Juthael, King of Brittany.

642–690 · Medieval

Julian of Toledo (642–690) was born in Toledo, Hispania. He was well educated at the cathedral school, was a monk and later abbot at Agali, a spiritual student of Saint Eugene II, and archbishop of Toledo.

700–1000 · Medieval

Saint Julian the Hospitaller is a saint venerated in the Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church. He is the patron saint of the cities of Ghent, Belgium; Saint Julian's, Malta; and Macerata, Italy. The earliest known reference to Julian dates to the late twelfth century.

1270–1341 · Medieval · Servite Order

Juliana Falconieri, O.S.M., (1270 – 19 June 1341) was the Italian foundress of the Religious Sisters of the Third Order of Servites (Mantellate Sisters or the Servite Tertiaries). Juliana belonged to the noble Falconieri family of Florence.

1193–1258 · Medieval · Premonstratensian canonesses

Juliana of Liège (also called Juliana of Mount-Cornillon), (c. 1192 or 1193 – 5 April 1258) was a medieval Norbertine canoness regular and mystic in what is now Belgium.

685–750 · Medieval · Benedictines

Juliana of Pavilly (French: Julienne de Pavilly), also known as Juliana of Montreuil, was the third abbess of the Abbey of Austreberthe in Pavilly, in the French department of Seine-Maritime. Her feast day as a saint is October 11.

1410–1486 · Medieval · Franciscans

Julianus Alemannus was a Catholic priest and a member of the Franciscan order. Born in 1410, he died in L'Aquila in 1486. He is recognized as a saint by the Catholic Church.

1407 · Medieval

482–565 · Medieval

Justinian I (Latin: Iustinianus, Ancient Greek: Ἰουστινιανός, romanized: Ioustinianós; 482 – 14 November 565), also known as Justinian the Great, was Eastern Roman emperor from 527 to 565.

669–711 · Medieval

Justinian II (Greek: Ἰουστινιανός, romanized: Ioustinianós; Latin: Iustinianus; 668/69 – 4 November 711), nicknamed "the Slit-Nosed" (Greek: ὁ Ῥινότμητος, romanized: ho Rhīnótmētos), was the last Byzantine emperor of the Heraclian dynasty, reigning from 685 to 695 and again from…

500–600 · Medieval

Saint Justinian (Welsh: Stinan, Jestin, Iestin) was a 6th-century hermit who lived on Ramsey Island, near St. David's, in the Welsh county of Pembrokeshire. Tradition states that he was a Breton nobleman who settled on the island of Ramsey as a hermit.

550 · Medieval

Justinian was the first bishop of Valencia of whom there is historical record, living during the time of Theudis, King of the Visigoths. He was abbot of the monastery that stood around the tomb of Saint Vincent the Martyr.

600 · Medieval · Benedictines

Justus (died on 10 November between 627 and 631) was the fourth archbishop of Canterbury. Pope Gregory the Great sent Justus from Italy to England on a mission to Christianise the Anglo-Saxons from their native paganism; he probably arrived with the second group of missionaries d…

500 · Medieval

Justus of Acerenza was a Catholic priest and bishop in Ancient Rome. He died in 500 and is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church.

450–527 · Medieval

Justus of Urgell (Catalan: Sant Just, Spanish: San Justo; died after 546 AD) was a Spanish bishop and saint. He is the first recorded bishop of Urgell, and participated in the Second Council of Toledo in 527.

1200–1260 · Medieval · Third Order of Saint Francis

Jutta of Kulmsee (also called Judith and Otta.c. 1200-May 5, 1264), was a German member of the Third Order of Saint Francis. Jutta was born in Sangerhausen, Germany, southwest of Eiseleben, to the noble family of Sangerhausen, who were related to the dukes of Brunswick.

1091–1136 · Medieval · Benedictines

Countess Jutta von Sponheim (22 December 1091 – 1136) was the youngest of four noblewomen who were born into affluent surroundings in what is currently the Rhineland-Palatinate. She was the daughter of Count Stephen of Spanheim.

750–792 · Medieval · Benedictines

Jænberht (died 12 August 792) was a medieval monk, and later the abbot, of St Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury, who was named Archbishop of Canterbury in 765.

850–856 · Medieval

Jeroen of Noordwijk (died 856) was a 9th-century Scottish monk and priest who came to evangelize the Low Countries. He died a martyr at the hands of the Vikings. In Dutch, his name is written Jeroen and pronounced Yeroon. His feast day is August 17.

1052–1121 · Medieval

Jón Ögmundsson or Ögmundarson (Latin: Ioannes Ögmundi filius; 1052–23 April 1121), also known as John of Hólar and St. Jón Ögmundarson or Ögmundsson (Icelandic: Jón helgi Ögmundarson/Ögmundsson), was an Icelandic Catholic bishop.

450–540 · Medieval

Kaleb (Ge'ez: ካሌብ, Latin: Caleb), also known as Elesbaan (Ge'ez: እለ አጽብሐ, Koine Greek: Ἐλεσβαᾶς), Ella Asbeha, or Hellestheaios, was King of Aksum, which was situated in what is now Ethiopia and Eritrea.

810–865 · Medieval

Kassia, Cassia, Kassiane, or Kassiani was a Byzantine-Greek composer, hymnographer and poet. She holds a unique place in Byzantine music as the only known woman whose music appears in the Byzantine liturgy.

656 · Medieval

Mochoemoc (died c. 656) was a holy abbot of Leamokevoge. His feast day is March 13. Saint Mochoemoc, also known as Kennoch, Mo-Chaomhog, Pulcherius, or Vulcanius, was born in Munster, Ireland. He was raised by his aunt, Saint Ita (feast day January 15).

498–618 · Medieval

Kevin (Modern Irish: Caoimhín; Old Irish: Cóemgen, Caemgen; Latinized Coemgenus; 498 (reputedly)–3 June 618) is an Irish saint, known as the founder and first abbot of Glendalough in County Wicklow, Ireland. His feast day is 3 June.

500 · Medieval

Kew is a district in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. Its population at the 2011 census was 11,436. Kew is the location of the Royal Botanic Gardens ("Kew Gardens"), now a World Heritage Site, which includes Kew Palace.

1219–1238 · Medieval

Christina of Vladimir (c. 1219–1238) was a pious princess of Vladimir, the wife of Prince Vladimir Yuryevich and daughter-in-law of Grand Prince Yuri II Vsevolodovich of Vladimir.

1224–1292 · Medieval · Sisters Clarists of the Rule of Urban IV

Kinga of Poland or Kinga of Hungary, also Saint Kinga (also known as Cunegunda; Polish: Święta Kinga, Hungarian: Szent Kinga, Lithuanian: Šv. Kunigunda) (5 March 1224– 24 July 1292) is a saint in the Catholic Church and patroness of Poland and Lithuania.

1262 · Medieval

Bishop Cyril (died May 21, 1262) was the Bishop of Rostov and Yaroslavl from 1230 to 1262. He served as the abbot of the Nativity of the Theotokos Monastery in Vladimir. He governed the diocese from April 6, 1230 (or 1231), until nearly the day of his death.

1100–1150 · Medieval

Kjeld or Ketil (Latin: Chetillus, Ketillus, Danish: Keld, Kjeld, Ketil; fl. 1100–1150) was a 12th-century Danish clergyman. He is venerated as a saint in Denmark, by both Catholics and Danish Lutherans.

1404–1453 · Medieval

Constantine XI Dragases Palaiologos or Dragaš Palaeologus (Greek: Κωνσταντῖνος Δραγάσης Παλαιολόγος, romanized: Kōnstantīnos Dragásēs Palaiológos; 8 February 1404 – 29 May 1453) was the last reigning Byzantine emperor from 23 January 1449 until his death in battle at the fall of…

768–853 · Medieval

Konstanti Kakhay or Konstanti Kakhi (Georgian: კონსტანტი კახაჲ; კონსტანტი კახი) (768 – November 10, 853) was a Christian Georgian nobleman from Kartli, who was seized captive by the Abbasid general Bugha al-Kabir during his 853 expedition into the Caucasus.

1201–1323 · Medieval

Kosmas the Zographite or Kozma Zografski (Bulgarian: Козма Зографски) was a medieval Bulgarian saint venerated in the Eastern Orthodox Church. Saint Kozma was born in the second half of the 13th century in Tarnovo, the capital of the Bulgarian Empire, to a noble family.

1003 · Medieval · Benedictines

Krystyn is a masculine Polish given name. Feminine equivalent: Krystyna. Notable people with the name include:

1001–1113 · Medieval

Kuksha of the Kiev Caves (Russian: Кукша Печерский, romanized: Kuksha Pechersky; died after 1114) was a monk and martyr from the Kiev Pechersk Lavra.

624 · Medieval

Saint Lachtín mac Tarbín was an Irish monk and abbot. He died in 624.