Library

600 · Medieval

Quintinus of Tours (6th century – c. 570) was a French Christian who was killed near the Indre River for refusing to commit adultery with his employer's wife, stating that his religion forbade it.

784–856 · Medieval · Benedictines

Rabanus Maurus Magnentius (c. 780 – 4 February 856), also known as Hrabanus or Rhabanus, was a Frankish Benedictine monk, theologian, poet, encyclopedist and military writer who became archbishop of Mainz in East Francia.

650–660 · Medieval

Saint Racho (or Ragnobert) of Autun (died c. 660) is venerated as a Roman Catholic and an Orthodox saint. He was a bishop of Autun, with a feast day on 25 January.

850–917 · Medieval

Saint Radbod (or Radboud) (before 850 – 917) was bishop of Utrecht from 899 to 917. Radboud was born around the middle of the 9th century from a noble Frankish family near Namur. His mother was of Frisian origin and a descendant of the Frisian king Radboud (died in 719).

518–587 · Medieval

Radegund (Latin: Radegundis; also spelled Rhadegund, Radegonde, or Radigund; c. 520 – 13 August 587) was a Thuringian princess and Frankish queen, who founded the Abbey of the Holy Cross at Poitiers.

770–900 · Medieval · Benedictines

Rathold, also known as Radolf or Radulf (in German Ratold, Radolt, Radolf; in Italian Ratoldo), born around 770 and died in Radolfzell on September 13 between 840 and 858, was an Alemannic monk who served as Bishop of Verona. He is considered a saint by the Catholic Church.

805 · Medieval

Ragenfreda was a Francia abbess born to Adalbert II d'Ostrevent and Regina of Ostrevant. She died in 805 and is recognized as a saint.

680 · Medieval

Ragnebert de Baugé was born in Neustria and held citizenship in Francia. He died in 680 in Saint-Rambert-en-Bugey and is recognized as a saint.

1001–1117 · Medieval

Ragnhild of Tälje (11th century – c. 1117) is a saint whose veneration is attested in late medieval Sweden and whose name is especially associated with the church in Södertälje in the province of Södermanland and the diocese of Strängnäs. A year given for her death is 1117.

1118–1161 · Medieval

Rainerius (c. 1115/1117 – 1160) is the patron saint of Pisa and patron saint of travellers. His feast day is June 17, his name may also be spelled Raynerius, Rainerius, Rainier, Raineri, Rainieri, Ranieri, Raniero, or Regnier.

554 · Medieval · Benedictines

Ramiro de León Carpio (12 January 1942 – 16 April 2002) was a Guatemalan politician who served as the 43rd president of Guatemala from June 1993 until January 1996. He served as Guatemala's Attorney for Human Rights from August 1987 to June 1993.

1200–1176 · Medieval

Ramon de Vallbona was a hermit born in Catalonia in 1200 and a citizen of the Crown of Aragon. He died in 1176 in Vallbona de les Monges and is recognized as a saint.

801–866 · Medieval · Benedictines

Rodulf (French: Saint Raoul; died 21 June 866) was the archbishop of Bourges from 840 until his death. He is remembered as a skillful diplomat and a proponent of ecclesiastical reform. As a saint, his feast has been celebrated on 21 June.

820 · Medieval

Rastislav or Rostislav (Latin: Rastiz; Greek: Ῥασισθλάβος, romanized: Rhasisthlábos) was the second known ruler of Moravia (846–870). Although he started his reign as vassal to Louis the German, the king of East Francia, he consolidated his rule to the extent that after 855 he wa…

1204–1240 · Medieval · Q2028821

Raymond Nonnatus (1204 – 31 August 1240) was a Mercedarian friar and missionary from Catalonia in Spain. His byname, meaning "not born" in Latin, refers to his birth by Caesarean section, his mother having died in labour.

1067–1126 · Medieval

Raymond William (Raimundo Guillermo) born in Durban, France. He entered the Canons Regular and in 1104 was appointed Bishop of Barbastro in Spain, remaining in that position until his death of natural causes in 1126. He was canonised by Innocent II in 1136.

1163 · Medieval · Cistercians

Raymond of Fitero (also known as Ramon Sierra, Spanish: San Raimundo de Fitero) (d. Ciruelos, Toledo, 1163) was a monk, abbot, and founder of the Order of Calatrava.

1050–1118 · Medieval

Raymond of Toulouse, also known as Raymond Gayrard, was a chanter and canon renowned for generosity. A native of Toulouse, who entered religious life after the death of his wife. He became a canon of St.

1140–1200 · Medieval

Raymond of Piacenza (1139/40 – 26 July 1200), called the Palmer or Zanfogni, was a Catholic pilgrim and religious who practiced charity to the poor and ill.

1150–1225 · Medieval · Benedictines

Raynald was a Benedictine monk and Bishop of Nocera Umbra. Born around 1150, in the village of Postignano, near Nocera Umbra, Italy, to parents of German descent.

1100–1078 · Medieval

Raniero (died 30 December 1077), was a bishop of the Catholic Church in Italy, venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church, after his name was included in the Roman Martyrology by Cesare Baronio.

1200–1180 · Medieval · Benedictines

Raynerius of Split (died 1180) was an Italian Camaldolese monk. He became bishop of Cagli, from 1156 to 1175, and then archbishop of Split. He was stoned to death for "defending the rights of the Church" in a dispute over land.

660–730 · Medieval

Regintrud, also known as Reginlind and Regentrud, (born 660–665, died 730–740) was probably the wife of Duke Theodbert of Bavaria or of his father Duke Theodo of Bavaria. A possibly identical Regintrud became abbess of Nonnberg Abbey in 720–725.

832–840 · Medieval

Regiswindis, also known as Reginswind, Reginswindis, or Rensin (born c. 832 in Lauffen am Neckar; died c. 839 in the same place at the age of seven), is a local saint in Lauffen am Neckar.

666 · Medieval

Regnobert of Bayeux (died in 627 or towards 666), Regnobertus in Latin, also transcribed in Renobert, Rénobert, Rennobert or Raimbert, was the twelfth bishop of Bayeux and a Saint of the Roman Catholic Church in the 7th century.

545 · Medieval

Saint Regulus died in 545. His remains are buried in Lucca Cathedral.

630–700 · Medieval

Reineldis (also Rainelda, Rainelde, Reinalda, Reinalde, Reinaldes, Reinaldis, Reinelda, Reinelde, Reinhild, Reinhilda, Reinhilde, Reinhildis, Reinilda, Reinilde, Reinildis, Renelda, Renelde; c. 630 – c. 680) was a saint of the 7th century, martyred by the Huns.

1300–1300 · Medieval

Reinhild of Riesenbeck, also known as Reinhild of Westerkappeln, is a saint and martyr of the Roman Catholic Church. According to legend, she lived in the 12th century in Westerkappeln in the Tecklenburger Land (Steinfurt district) and was murdered by her parents.

750 · Medieval · Benedictines

Saint Relindis (or Renule) (died 750), sister of Saint Herlindis, was the daughter of count Adelard. The sisters were brought up at the Benedictine monastery in Valenciennes. Adelard and his wife later built a monastery at Maaseik for their daughters.

600–673 · Medieval · Benedictines

Remaclus (also called Remaclus von Stablo; died 673) was a Benedictine missionary bishop who is venerated as a saint. Remaclus grew up at the Aquitanian ducal court and studied under Sulpitius the Pious, bishop of Bourges.

875 · Medieval

Remigius (died October 28, 875) was archbishop of Lyon. He worked closely with his predecessor, Archbishop Amulo of Lyons, before his elevation to the episcopate on March 31, 852. He played a prominent part in French ecclesiastical history.

771 · Medieval

Remigius (or Remi) (died 772) was the illegitimate son of Charles Martel and an unknown mistress. He was also the third archbishop of Rouen from 755 to 772.

500 · Medieval

Saint Renatus (Italian: San Renato, French: Saint-René) is the name of a French and an Italian saint of the Catholic Church who is claimed to be the same person.

1104 · Medieval

Saint Renaud of Mélinais (d. c. 1104) was a Catholic hermit established on the borders of Anjou and Maine. He is also called Regnauld, Reginald, and in Latin, Reginaldus. His feast day is September 17. He was initially a canon regular in Soissons.

510 · Medieval

Rhain Dremrudd (Reginus in Latin and Reginald in English; fl. 5th century) was the eldest son of Brynach Brycheiniog, whom he succeeded on the throne of Brycheiniog, an early medieval Welsh kingdom. He was born around 442.

500 · Medieval

Rhedyw (Latin: Redicus) was an early Welsh Saint linked with Llanllyfni, Gwynedd. He was probably born towards the beginning of the 5th century. Little is known about Rhedyw.

500 · Medieval

Rhiangar was a 5th-century saint and one of the 24 daughters of Brychan Brycheiniog. She had a son, Cynidr, who was her heir. The name of his father is unknown. Rhiangar's lands were in southern Brycheiniog and western Herefordshire.

500 · Medieval

Rhidian was a 6th-century Welsh Pre-congregational Saint who is often associated with St Illtyd. Rhydian might be a corruption of 'Tryrulhid’, who was St Illtyd's wife. However, there are also legends about a male Celtic monk, by this name, who went on pilgrimage to St Davids.

500 · Medieval

Llanrhuddlad, also spelled Llanrhyddlad, is a hamlet in Anglesey, in north-west Wales. It is located in the community of Cylch-y-Garn, 5 miles (8.0 km) from Holyhead, 142 miles (229 km) from Cardiff and 225 miles (362 km) from London.

881 · Medieval

Riagail of Bangor, aka Reghuil, Abbot of Bangor, died 881. Canon O'Hanlon says of him St. Reghuil, Abbot of Bangor, County of Down. - At the 11th of June, the Martyrology of Tallagh records a festival, in honour of Riagail, Bennchair.

1300–1349 · Medieval

Richard Rolle (c. 1300 – 30 September 1349) was an English hermit, mystic, and religious writer. He is also known as Richard Rolle of Hampole or de Hampole, since at the end of his life he lived near a Cistercian nunnery in Hampole, now in South Yorkshire.

1180 · Medieval

Saint Richard de Paris was a figure in Catholicism who died in 1179. He is recognized as a saint.

1101–1200 · Medieval

Richard was Bishop of Andria, Italy. He was appointed to the see of Andria by fellow Englishman Pope Adrian IV. In 1179, Richard was one of the Bishops present at the Eleventh Ecumenical Council (Third Lateran, 1179) held by Pope Alexander III.

1198–1253 · Medieval

Richard of Chichester (1197 – 3 April 1253), also known as Richard de Wych, is a saint (canonized 1262) who was Bishop of Chichester. In Chichester Cathedral a shrine dedicated to Richard had become a richly decorated centre of pilgrimage.

1169 · Medieval · Cistercians

Richard of Vaucelles was an English Cistercian monk, who was appointed by St. Bernard as the second abbot of the Vaucelles Abbey, France. He is recognised as a saint with the feast day of 28 January.

700–800 · Medieval

Richard the Pilgrim or Richard of Wessex (died 720) was an English nobleman and Christian saint. He was the husband of Wuna of Wessex and the father of the West Saxon saints Willibald, Winnibald, and Walpurga.

840–894 · Medieval

Saint Richardis (Latin: Richgardis, Richardis), also known as Richgard, Richardis of Swabia and Richarde de Souabe in French (c. 840 – 18 September, between 894 and 896 AD), was empress of the Carolingian Empire as the wife of Charles the Fat.

600–645 · Medieval

Richarius of Celles (French: Riquier de Centule; Picard: Ritchier; c. 560 – April 26, 645 AD) was a Frankish hermit, monk, and the founder of two monasteries. He is venerated as a saint in the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches.

1100 · Medieval

Saint Richardis (Latin: Richgardis, Richardis), also known as Richgard, Richardis of Swabia and Richarde de Souabe in French (c. 840 – 18 September, between 894 and 896 AD), was empress of the Carolingian Empire as the wife of Charles the Fat.

614–687 · Medieval

Rictrude (Rictrudis, Richtrudis, Richrudis) (c. 614–688) was abbess of Marchiennes Abbey, in Flanders. The main early source for her life is the Vita Rictrudis, commissioned by the abbey, and written in 907 by Hucbald.