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1380–1444 · Medieval · Order of Friars Minor

Bernardino of Siena, OFM (Bernardine or Bernadine; 8 September 1380 – 20 May 1444), was an Italian Catholic priest and Franciscan missionary preacher in Italy. He was a systematizer of scholastic economics.

1430–1487 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Bernardo Scammacca, OP (1430 – 11 January 1487) was an Italian Catholic priest and member of the Order of Preachers. After leading a dissolute early life, his conversion after a sustaining a wound from a duel led him down the path toward religious life.

1272–1348 · Medieval · Benedictines

Bernardo Tolomei (10 May 1272 – 20 August 1348) was an Italian Catholic priest and the founder of the Congregation of the Blessed Virgin of Monte Oliveto.

1101–1200 · Medieval

Saint Bernardo pellegrino was born in England in 1101 and held citizenship in the United Kingdom. He died in Arpino in 1200.

1180–1243 · Medieval · Cistercians

Bernat Calbó (or Calvó) (c. 1180 – 26 October 1243), sometimes called Bernard of Calvo, was a Catalan jurist, bureaucrat, monk, bishop, and soldier.

850–927 · Medieval · Benedictines

Saint Berno of Cluny (French: Bernon) or Berno of Baume (c. 850 – 13 January 927) was the first abbot of Cluny from its foundation in 909 until he died in 927. He began the tradition of the Cluniac reforms which his successors spread across Europe. Berno was first a monk at St.

1000–1054 · Medieval

Saint Bernulf or Bernold of Utrecht (died 19 July 1054) was Bishop of Utrecht (1026/27–1054). Bernold succeeded Saint Adalbold as Bishop of Utrecht on 24 September 1027, when he was appointed by emperor of the Holy Roman Empire Conrad II.

960–1022 · Medieval

Bernward (c. 960 – 20 November 1022) was the thirteenth Bishop of Hildesheim from 993 until his death in 1022. Bernward came from a Saxon noble family. His grandfather was Athelbero, Count Palatine of Saxony.

1106–1163 · Medieval · Benedictines

Berta is a female Germanic name or may also be a colloquial shortening of Alberta or Roberta. Berta may refer to:

540–623 · Medieval

Bertechramnus or Bertram of Le Mans was one of the wealthiest bishops of 6th-century Gaul. He was bishop of Le Mans from 587 until 623. At the time of his death his will listed a private holding of over 3,000 square kilometres of land.

1163 · Medieval

Blessed Bertha de Bardi (died 24 March 1163) was born in Florence. She was the daughter of Lothario di Ugo, Count of Vernio; while she is commonly known as de Bardi, some sources speculate that she is more likely to have belonged to the Alberti family.

644–723 · Medieval

Bertha of Artois or Bertha of Blangy (mid 7th century – 4 July 725) was a Frankish and Anglo-Saxon Abbess of noble blood. Bertha was the daughter of Count Rigobert, the Mayor of the Palace under King Clovis II prior to Ebroin.

1151 · Medieval

Bertha of Biburg was a nun who died in 1151. She is recognized as a saint.

565–612 · Medieval

Bertha or Aldeberge (c. 565– d. in or after 601) was a Frankish princess who became queen of Kent. She enabled the 597 Gregorian mission, led by Augustine, which resulted in the conversion to Christianity of Anglo-Saxon England.

1247 · Medieval

Bertha of Marbais was a nun who died in 1247. She is recognized as a saint.

690 · Medieval

Bertha of Val d'Or (birth unknown, death c. 690), was an abbess, virgin, and martyr. She is venerated in the Roman Catholic Church as a saint.

810–883 · Medieval · Benedictines

Bertharius (Italian: San Bertario di Montecassino) (c. 810 – 883) was a Benedictine abbot of Monte Cassino who is venerated as a saint and martyr. He was also a poet and a writer.

1247 · Medieval

Berthe de Marbais died in 1247. She is recognized as a blessed.

900 · Medieval

Saint Berthevin de Parigny was born in 900 in Manche. He is recognized as a saint.

1060–1142 · Medieval · Benedictines

Berthold of Garsten, O.S.B., also known as Berthold de Rachez (c. 1060 – 27 July 1142), was a German Roman Catholic priest and a monk of the Order of Saint Benedict.

601–705 · Medieval

Saint Berthild, also known as Bertille or Bertilla (died 692), was abbess of Chelles Abbey in France. Berthild was born into one of the most illustrious families in the territory of Soissons, France, during the reign of Dagobert I.

660 · Medieval

Saint Bertille of Thuringia (French: Sainte Bertille de Thuringe (died c. 660 AD) or also known as Saint Bertilla, the daughter of Bercarius, King of Thuringia, was a Merovingian princess and Frankish saint who resided in the County of Hainaut in Belgium.

877 · Medieval · Benedictines

Saint Bertilo was a Benedictine abbot and chorbishop who died in 877.

615–698 · Medieval · Benedictines

Bertin (Latin: Bertinus; c. 615 – c. 709 AD), also known as Saint Bertin the Great, was the Frankish abbot of a monastery in Saint-Omer later named the Abbey of Saint Bertin after him. He is venerated as a saint by the Catholic and Orthodox Churches.

1210–1272 · Medieval · Franciscans

Bertold of Regensburg (c. 1210 – 14 December 1272), also known as Berthold of Ratisbon was a German preacher during the high Middle Ages. He was a native of Regensburg, and entered the Franciscan monastery there.

1258–1350 · Medieval

Bertrand (or Bertram) of Saint-Geniès (1258 – 6 June 1350) was the patriarch of Aquileia from 1334 until his death. Bertram was born in Gascony, and became a jurist in the University of Toulouse and papal chaplain.

1050–1123 · Medieval

Bertrand of Comminges (c. 1050 - 1126) was Bishop of Comminges, in the diocese of Toulouse, France. It is after him that the commune of Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges, is named.

1149 · Medieval

Blessed Bertrand of Grandselve died in 1149.

698 · Medieval

Bertuinus van Malonne was a monk and bishop who died in 698. He is a canonized saint.

601–705 · Medieval · Benedictines

Saint Bertulf, O.S.B. (alternate Bertulph, also known as Bertoul) was born in either Pannonia (Hungary) or Germany; he died in Artois in 705. He became a monk later in his life and founded a Benedictine abbey at Renty.

400–500 · Medieval

Bessarion of Egypt, also known as Bessarion of Scetis or Bessarion the Great (4th century – 5th century) was an Egyptian Christian monk who lived around the 4th to 5th century in Egypt, wandering in the Nitrian Desert.

850–918 · Medieval

Betton (also Beton or Béton) of Sens, also known as Saint Betton (born in Sens or Orléans, mid-9th century – died in Auxerre in February 918), was a Frankish religious figure from northern Burgundy during the 9th and 10th centuries.

570–640 · Medieval

Saint Beuno (Latin: Bonus; d. 640), sometimes anglicized as Bono, was a 7th-century Welsh abbot, confessor, and saint. Baring-Gould gives St Beuno's date of death as 21 April 640, making that date his traditional feastday.

700 · Medieval

Saint Beuve (or Bove or Bova) and her brother Balderic (or Baudry) lived in the 7th century in France. According to Christian Settipani, their father was probably Sigobert the Lame, King of Cologne, rather than Sigebert I of Austrasia, as indicated by Flodoard.

500 · Medieval

Saint Bevignates of Perugia died in 500. He is recognized as a saint.

1100 · Medieval

1255–1292 · Medieval · Third Order of Saint Dominic

Benvenuta Bojani (4 May 1254 - 30 October 1292) was an Italian religious sister of the Third Order of Saint Dominic. Bojani dedicated her life to strict austerities as an act of repentance and devotion to God and was said to have had visions of angels and demons.

700–734 · Medieval · Benedictines

Bilhild (also spelled Bilihilt, Bilihildis, Bilehild; died 734) was a Frankish noblewoman, remembered as the founder and abbess of the monastery of Altmünster near Mainz, and venerated locally as a saint, on Nov. 27.

600–651 · Medieval

Birinus (also Berin, Birin; c. 600 – 3 December 649 or 650) was the first Bishop of Dorchester and was known as the "Apostle to the West Saxons" for his conversion of the Kingdom of Wessex to Christianity.

630 · Medieval

Saint Bladulphe was a priest and monk who died in 630.

650 · Medieval

Blandin is a commune in the Isère department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Southeastern France. Blandin was established in 1801 from Virieu. Blandin is located 25 km (15.5 mi) from Voiron and 14 km (8.6 mi) from La Tour-du-Pin.

523 · Medieval

Saint Blath or Blathnait (Latin: Flora) is an Irish saint who served as a lay-sister and cook in Saint Brigid's abbey at Kildare. Her name, Blath, is the Irish word for 'flower.' The Martyrology of Gorman playfully refers to her as 'blooming Blath', thus the Latinized Flora, that…

750–835 · Medieval · Benedictines

Saint Blathmac (Latin: Blathmacus, Florentius) was a distinguished Irish monk, born in Ireland about 750 AD. He is known as "Blathmac, son of Flann", to distinguish him from the poet and monk Blathmac mac Con Brettan. He was killed and became a martyr in Iona, about 825.

1192–1226 · Medieval · Benedictines

Blessed Beatrice d'Este (Occitan: Biatritz or Beatritz d'Est) (1192 – 10 May 1226) was the daughter of Azzo VI of the Este family by his second wife, Sophia Eleanor, daughter of Humbert III, Count of Savoy. She was the aunt of Saint Beatrice d'Este.

1047–1120 · Medieval · Knights Hospitaller

Brother Gerard, or Gerard the Hospitaller, born around 1047 into a family from the Amalfi region of Italy and died on September 3, 1120, was the founder of a congregation, the Hospitallers of Saint John, which would later become the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem.

1120–1177 · Medieval · Cistercians

Blessed Gerard of Clairvaux (Latin: Gerardus de Clara Valle, French: Gérard de Clairvaux) (c. 1120 – 1177) was the sixth abbot of Clairvaux. He was murdered by a rebellious monk and is counted as the first Cistercian martyr.

1271 · Medieval · Knights Hospitaller

Blessed Gerlando was a hospitaller and member of the Knights Hospitaller. He died in 1271 in Caltagirone and is buried in the Basilica of St. James.

1186–1262 · Medieval · Benedictines

Giuliana of Collalto was born in 1186 in Collalto, Susegana, to her father Rambaldo VI di Collalto. A citizen of the Republic of Venice, she served as a Benedictine nun within the Catholic Church. She died in 1262 in Venice and is recognized as a blessed.

1390–1464 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Margaret of Savoy (21 June 1382 or 1390 – 23 November 1464) was Marchioness of Montferrat, and a Dominican Sister. Margaret was the eldest of the four children—all daughters—born to Amadeo of Savoy, Lord of Piedmont (and titular Prince of Achaea), and his wife Catherine of Genev…

673 · Medieval

Blimond or Blidemundus (died 650 or 673), abbot of Leuconay and who died at Leuconay (the former name of Saint-Valery-sur-Somme), was a Frankish religious figure and restorer of the Abbey of Saint-Valery-sur-Somme. He is recognized as a saint by the Catholic Church.