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860–921 · Medieval

Ludmila of Bohemia (c. 860 – 15 September 921) is a Czech saint and martyr venerated by Catholic and Orthodox Christians. She was born in Mělník as the daughter of the Sorbian prince Slavibor.

509 · Medieval

Saint-Lunaire is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France. Fantastic viewpoints on the Pointe du Décollé, hill of La Garde Guérin and the Pointe du Nick.

500–548 · Medieval

Saint Lycerius (sometimes also Glycerius; French: Saint Lizier; Catalan: Sant Lliceri) (died 548) was a bishop of Couserans in the late 5th and 6th centuries. Bishop Glycerius is recorded as having attended the Council of Agde in 506.

550 · Medieval

Saint Léry was born in 550 and served as a monk. He died in Saint-Léry and is recognized as a Catholic saint.

900 · Medieval

Lüfthildis (also Liuthildis of Bonn) is a local Rhenish saint, venerated primarily in the small village of Lüftelberg (part of the city of Meckenheim)—formerly known as Berg—which is named after her. A pilgrimage to her grave takes place there in the Romanesque St.

1012 · Medieval

Saint Macaire l'Arménien was born in Armenia and died in Ghent in 1012. He is recognized as a saint.

550 · Medieval

Machar was a 6th-century Irish Saint active in Scotland. A Bishop of Irish origin, Machar is said to have been a former nobleman, baptized by St Colman. He came to Iona with Columba and preached in Mull and later ministered to the Picts around Aberdeen.

1094–1148 · Medieval · Benedictines

Malachy (1094 – 2 November 1148) is an Irish saint who was Archbishop of Armagh, to whom were attributed several miracles and an alleged vision of 112 popes later attributed to the apocryphal (i.e. of doubtful authenticity) Prophecy of the Popes.

490–588 · Medieval · Benedictines

Marculf (in French Marcoult, Marcouf, Marcoul or Marcou) (d. 558) was the abbot at Nantus in the Cotentin. He is regarded as a saint and is associated with the healing of scrofula. Marculf was born in the Saxon colony of Bayeux around AD 500.

500 · Medieval

Saint Materiana (also spelled Madrun, Madryn, Merteriana, Merthiana, and other variations) is a Welsh saint, patron of two churches in Cornwall and one in Wales. The name Materiana was corrupted to "Marcelliana" in medieval times.

401–600 · Medieval · Benedictines

Maudez is a Breton saint who lived in the 5th or 6th century. He is also known as Maudé, Maudet (Breton French), Maodez or Modez (Breton), Maudetus (Latin), Mandé (French) and Mawes (in Cornwall). In the Breton calendar his feast is 18 November.

512–584 · Medieval · Benedictines

Maurus, OSB (French: Maur; Italian: Mauro) (512–584) was an Italian Catholic monk best known as the first disciple of Benedict of Nursia. He is mentioned in Gregory the Great's biography of the latter as the first oblate, offered to the monastery by his noble Roman parents as a y…

447–515 · Medieval

Saint Maxentius (c. 445 – c. 515; French: Saint Maxence, Maixent) was born in Agde, France, and originally had the name Adjutor. Adjutor attended the local monastery school where he was greatly influenced the Abbot Severus, and became a monk in the abbey.

1130–1196 · Medieval · Augustinians

Saint Meinhard (1134 or 1136 – August 14 or October 11, 1196) was a German Augustinian canon regular and the first bishop of Livonia. His life was described in the Livonian Chronicle of Henry.

565–620 · Medieval

Saint Mirin who was born around 565, is also known as Mirren of Benchor (now called Bangor), Merinus, Merryn and Meadhrán. The patron saint of Paisley, Renfrewshire in Scotland and of the Roman Catholic diocese of Paisley, he was the founder of a religious community which grew to…

501 · Medieval

St Modan was the son of an Irish chieftain. He became a monk and built a chapel at Dryburgh, Scotland, in 522 which he used as a base for several years. This later became the site of a monastery: Dryburgh Abbey.

550–648 · Medieval

Saint Modoald, also known as Romoald, was the Frankish archbishop of Trier from 626 to 645. He is the patron saint of the Reichsabtei Helmarshausen and his liturgical feast is on 12 May. Modoald was born in Aquitaine, the son of Arnulf, later Bishop of Metz.

550–614 · Medieval

Kentigern (Welsh: Cyndeyrn Garthwys; Latin: Kentigernus), known as Mungo, was a missionary in the Brittonic Kingdom of Strathclyde in the late sixth century, and the founder and patron saint of the city of Glasgow.

635 · Medieval

Saint Fintán, or Munnu (died 635) is one of the saints of Ireland and Britain who served in Ireland and Scotland, being the founder and abbot of the abbey at Teach-Mhunn (The House of Saint Munn), where his bed may be visited and is a pilgrimage site; today Taghmon is in the Coun…

700–700 · Medieval · Benedictines

Saint Mederic or Medericus, also known in French as Saint Merri or Médéric (died 29 August 700), was a monk and a hermit, who is considered patron saint of the right bank of the river Seine in central Paris.

600 · Medieval

Namadia (French: Namadie) was the wife of Calminius, with whom she is venerated as a Christian saint. On her husband's death in the 6th or 7th century she retired until her death to the monastic community at Marsat, which later became a dependent house of Mozac Abbey 2 kilometres…

830–910 · Medieval

Naum (Bulgarian and Macedonian: Свети Наум, romanized: Sveti Naum), also known as Naum of Ohrid or Naum of Preslav (c. 830 – December 23, 910), was a medieval Bulgarian writer and missionary among the Slavs, considered one of the Seven Apostles of the First Bulgarian Empire.

930–998 · Medieval

Nikon the "Metanoite" (Greek: Νίκων ὁ Μετανοεῖτε, Nikon ho Metanoeite (Nikon "Repent!" ); born circa 930, died 26 November, 998) was a Byzantine monk, itinerant preacher, and saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church.

550 · Medieval

Saint Vouga (or Vougar, Vaughe, Vauge, Vorech, Vie; died 585) was an Irish priest who moved to Brittany, now in France. He attempted to live as a hermit, but could not avoid people who came to him for cures, drawn by his reputation.

680–726 · Medieval

Saint Oda of Scotland (c. 680 – c. 726) was a woman, supposedly of Scottish origin, who became a holy recluse in the Netherlands. Her feast day is 23 October. Oda was born blind and her father sent her on pilgrimage to Liège to visit the relics of Saint Lambert.

501–601 · Medieval

Saint Pardus (Italian: San Pardo; 6th century - 7th century) is a Roman Catholic saint associated with Larino in Italy. Larino Cathedral is dedicated to him. There is some disagreement about the life of Saint Pardus.

850 · Medieval

Saint Paul of Latrus (or Paul of Latra; died c. 956) was a Greek hermit. His feast day is 20 December. Saint Paul of Latrus spent most of his religious life as a hermit on Mount Latrus near the city of Miletus in Caria (now western Turkey).

523 · Medieval

Saint Pelade served as a bishop. He died in 523.

1001–1052 · Medieval

Peter the Hermit (c. 1050 – 8 July 1115 or 1131), also known as Little Peter, Peter of Amiens (French: Pierre d'Amiens) or Peter of Achères (French: Pierre d'Achères), was a Roman Catholic priest of Amiens and a key figure during the military expedition from France to Jerusalem i…

450–564 · Medieval · Benedictines

Petroc or Petrock (Medieval Latin: Petrocus; Welsh: Pedrog; French: Perreux; c. 468 – c. 564) was a British prince and Christian saint. Probably born in South Wales, he primarily ministered to the Britons of Devon (Dewnens) and Cornwall (Kernow) then forming the kingdom of Dumno…

700 · Medieval

Phanourios (Greek: Φανούριος, lit. 'the revealer') also known as Phanourios the Newly Revealed (Greek: Άγιος Φανούριος ο Νεοφανής, romanized: Agios Fanoúrios o Neofanís) is venerated as a saint by the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church.

670–753 · Medieval · Benedictines

Pirmin (Latin: Pirminius; before 700 – November 3, 753), was a Merovingian-era monk and missionary who founded or restored numerous monasteries in Alemannia. He is regarded as a saint in the Catholic Church.

515–541 · Medieval · Benedictines

Placidus (also known as Placid) was a disciple of Benedict of Nursia. He was the son of the patrician Tertullus, was brought as a child to Benedict at Sublaqueum (Subiaco) and dedicated to God as provided for in chapter 69 of the Rule of St. Benedict (oblate).

970–1053 · Medieval · Benedictines

Saint Procopius of Sázava (Latin: Procopius Sazavensis, Czech: Prokop Sázavský; died 25 March 1053) was a Czech Christian canon and hermit, who is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic church. Little about his life is known with certainty.

1410–1463 · Medieval

Saint Raphael often refers to Raphael the Archangel. Saint Raphael, Saint-Raphaël, or St. Raphael may also refer to:

437–533 · Medieval

Remigius (French: Remy or Rémi; c. 437 – 13 January 533) was the Bishop of Reims and "Apostle of the Franks". On 25 December 496, he baptised Clovis I, King of the Franks.

857 · Medieval

Saint Roderick (/ˈrɒd(ə)rɪk/; Latin: Rodericus, Rudericus; Spanish: San Rodrigo; died 13 March 857) was a Christian priest of Mozarab background, venerated as one of the Martyrs of Córdoba.

1150–1200 · Medieval

Saint Roland was the third abbot of a Cistercian monastery founded in 1140 in Chézery, France, in what is now the Diocese of Belley-Ars. According to local tradition, he was born in 1150 in England or Ireland. In 1186 he succeeded the Abbot Guillaume at Chézery. St.

1130–1170 · Medieval

Rosalia , nicknamed la Santuzza ("the Little Saint") was a virgin and hermit on Monte Pellegrino. She is venerated as the patroness saint of Palermo in Italy, Camargo in Chihuahua, and three towns in Venezuela: El Hatillo, Zuata, and El Playón.

455–501 · Medieval

Saint Rusticus (c. 455 – 25 April 501), the successor of Saint Lupicinus of Lyon (491-494), served as Archbishop of Lyon from 494 to April 501. Later canonized and venerated in the Catholic Church, his feast day is 25 April. He and his brother St.

400–800 · Medieval

Sabinus of Spoleto (died c. 303) was a bishop in the early Christian church who resisted the Diocletianic Persecution and was martyred. According to legend, Venustian, governor of Etruria and Umbria, had Sabinus and his deacons arrested in Assisi.

1176–1235 · Medieval

Saint Sava , known as the Enlightener or the Illuminator, was a Serbian prince and Orthodox monk who became the first Archbishop of the autocephalous Serbian Church. He was also a writer, diplomat, and the founder of Serbian law.

439–532 · Medieval

Sabas (439–532), in Church parlance Saint Sabas or Sabbas the Sanctified (Greek: Σάββας ὁ Ἡγιασμένος), was a Cappadocian Greek monk, priest, grazer and saint, who was born in Cappadocia and lived mainly in Palaestina Prima.

500–583 · Medieval

Saint Serf or Serbán (Servanus) (c. 500 – c. 583) is a saint of Scotland. Serf was venerated in western Fife. He is called the apostle of Orkney, with less historical plausibility.

515–592 · Medieval

Silvia, or Sylvia, (c. 515 – c. 592) was the mother of Gregory the Great. She is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church, which names her a patroness of pregnant women. Little biographical information about her exists.

1048–1082 · Medieval · Benedictines

Simon de Crépy (c. 1047 – 1081) was Count of Amiens, of the Vexin and of Valois from 1074 until 1077. He was the son of Count Ralph IV of Valois and Adèle of Bar-sur-Aube and thus the brother of Adele of Valois. He is also known as Simon de Vexin and Saint Simon.

529 · Medieval

Saint Sithney (Latin: Sidinius; Breton: Sezni Saint was a sub-Roman Celtic saint active in Cornwall and Brittany. He is invoked against mad dogs. According to tradition, Sithney (being a form of the Irish Setna) was one of a group of Irish monks who came to western Cornwall.

704–779 · Medieval · Benedictines

Sturm (c. 705 – 17 December 779), also called Sturmius or Sturmi, was a disciple of Boniface and founder and first abbot of the Benedictine monastery and abbey of Fulda in 742 or 744. Sturm's tenure as abbot lasted from 747 until 779.

760–844 · Medieval

Saint Symeon Stylites of Lesbos (765/766–844) was a monk who survived two attempts on his life during the second period of Byzantine Iconoclasm (814–842). He followed a similar model to Simeon Stylites, residing on a pillar-like structure similar to a tower.

637 · Medieval

Saint Tanca (died 637) is the name of a sixth-century French Roman Catholic saint. Tanca was born in Troyes, France. She was killed while defending her virginity when attacked by a servant. She is considered to be a martyr. Her cultus dates from the early 7th century.