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961–984 · Medieval · Benedictines

Edith of Wilton (c. 961 – c. 984) was an English saint, nun and member of the community at Wilton Abbey, and the daughter of Edgar, King of England (r. 959–975) and Saint Wulfthryth.

920–946 · Medieval

Edmund I or Eadmund I (920/921 – 26 May 946) was King of the English from 27 October 939 until his death in 946. He was the elder son of King Edward the Elder and his third wife, Queen Eadgifu, and a grandson of King Alfred the Great.

1174–1240 · Medieval

Edmund of Abingdon (also known as Edmund Rich, St Edmund of Canterbury, Edmund of Pontigny, French: St Edme; c. 1174 – 1240) was an English Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Canterbury.

1100–1100 · Medieval · Benedictines

Edmund or Etmond mac Maíl Coluim (c. 1070 – after 1097) was a son of Malcolm III of Scotland and his second wife, Margaret of Wessex. He may be found on some lists of Scottish kings, but there is no evidence that he was king.

841–869 · Medieval

Edmund the Martyr (also known as St Edmund or Edmund of East Anglia, died 20 November 869) was king of East Anglia from about 855 until his death.

1066 · Medieval

Edward the Confessor (1003/1005 – 5 January 1066) was King of the English from 1042 until his death in 1066. He was the last reigning monarch of the House of Wessex. Edward was the son of Æthelred the Unready and Emma of Normandy.

963–978 · Medieval

Edward the Martyr (c. 962 – 18 March 978) was King of the English from 8 July 975 until he was killed in 978. He was the eldest son of King Edgar (r. 959–975).

586–633 · Medieval

Edwin (Old English: Ēadwine; c. 586 – 12 October 632/633), also known as Eadwine or Æduinus, was the King of Deira and Bernicia – which later became known as Northumbria – from around 616 until his death.

500 · Medieval

Saint Efrddyl was born in 500 in Ergyng, Wales. She was the daughter of Peibio Clafrog.

1053 · Medieval

Venerable Efrem of Nowy Targ was an Eastern Orthodox figure who died in 1053. He passed away at the Borisoglebsky Monastery.

1000 · Medieval

Egidio da Sansepolcro was a religious figure who died in 1000. He is recognized as a saint.

1262 · Medieval · Franciscans

Egidio de Asís was a Catholic priest and a member of the Franciscan order. He died in 1262 and is recognized as a blessed within the Catholic Church.

950–1039 · Medieval

Egilbert was bishop of Freising in Germany from 1005 to 1035. He was the tutor of Henry, Duke of Bavaria—the future Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor—between 1029 and 1033.

800–802 · Medieval · Benedictines

Egino of Verona (8th century – Reichenau Island, February 27, 802) was a German scholar who became Bishop of Verona; he is considered a blessed. Egino came from a prominent Alemannic family: some evidence suggests he was of Ahalolfingian origin.

700–718 · Medieval · Benedictines

Egwin of Evesham (died 30 December 717) was a Benedictine monk and, later, the third Bishop of Worcester in England. He is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church.

500–500 · Medieval

Eithne is a female personal name of Irish origin, meaning "kernel" or "grain". Other spellings and earlier forms include Ethnea, Ethlend, Ethnen, Ethlenn, Ethnenn, Eithene, Ethne, Aithne, Enya, Ena, Edna, Etney, Eithnenn, Eithlenn, Eithna, Ethni, Edlend, Edlenn.

1100–1084 · Medieval · Benedictines

Blessed Ekkehard of Huysburg (died 28 June 1084) was a canon at Halberstadt Cathedral and first abbot of the Benedictine abbey in Huysburg. According to the chronicles of the Annalista Saxo, Ekkehard about 1070 was appointed by Bishop Burchard II of Halberstadt as the spiritual…

1191–1244 · Medieval

Eleanor of Castile (1200—1244) was Queen of Aragon by her marriage to King James I of Aragon. Eleanor was the daughter of Alfonso VIII of Castile and Eleanor of England. In 1221 at Ágreda, Eleanor married King James I of Aragon; she was nineteen and he was fourteen.

1223–1291 · Medieval · Benedictines

Eleanor of Provence (c. 1223 – 24/25 June 1291) was a Provençal noblewoman who became Queen of England as the wife of King Henry III from 1236 until his death in 1272. She served as regent of England during the absence of her spouse in France in 1253.

1396–1458 · Medieval

Elena Valentinis (1396 - 23 April 1458) was an Italian Roman Catholic professed religious from the tertiaries of the Order of Saint Augustine. Valentinis was born to nobles and married a knight during her adolescence while mothering six children before she was widowed in 1441.

509–530 · Medieval

Elena Consalvo (c. 509, Laurino – 530, Pruno) was a virgin anchorite and is the patron saint of Laurino. Although she is venerated in her hometown on May 22, the Roman Martyrology commemorates her on April 20.

561 · Medieval

St. Eleutherius was a 6th-century Bishop of Auxerre in France and Pre-congregational Saint, who attended four Councils of Orléans between 533 and 549.

456–532 · Medieval

Saint Eleutherius of Tournai (French: Eleuthère) (died c. 532) is venerated as a saint and considered the first bishop of Tournai. The Catholic Encyclopedia writes that "historically there is very little known about St.

863–960 · Medieval

Saint Elia Speleota was a monk born in 863 in Reggio Calabria. He died in 960 in Melicuccà.

600 · Medieval

Elian was a saint who founded a church in North Wales around the year 450. His feast day is 13 January. The legend of St. Elian says he was related to Isfael (another Welsh saint) and laboured in the missions of Cornwall, England.

822–903 · Medieval

Saint Elias of Enna, born John Rachites (Ancient Greek: Ἰωάννης Ῥαχίτης; 822/823 in Enna – August 17, 903 in Thessalonica), is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church.

450–518 · Medieval

Elias of Jerusalem (d. c. 518) was a bishop and Patriarch of Jerusalem from 494 until he was deposed by Byzantine Emperor Anastasius I in 516 for supporting the decrees of the Council of Chalcedon. Elias was an Arab, by birth, who had been educated in a monastery in Egypt.

588–660 · Medieval

Eligius (French: Éloi; 11 June 588 – 1 December 660), venerated as Saint Eligius, was a Frankish goldsmith, courtier, and bishop who was chief counsellor to Dagobert I and later Bishop of Noyon–Tournai.

1300–1250 · Medieval

Venerable Elisha Lavrishevsky was an Eastern Orthodox hegumen and the son of Treniota. He died in 1250 at the Lauryshava Monastery, where he is also buried.

1428–1468 · Medieval · Servite Order

Elisabetta Picenardi, also known as Elisabeth of Mantua, (1428 – 19 February 1468) was an Italian tertiary of the Servite Order. Picenardi was born in Mantua into a noble family and, despite pressure to wed a nobleman, insisted instead on pursuing the religious path alongside her…

1130 · Medieval · Benedictines

Elizabeth Rose was a Benedictine nun at Chelles, France. She founded the convent of Sainte-Marie-du-Rozoy, near Courtenay, Loiret, France, and served as its first abbess. Eventually she retired to live as an anchoress in a hollow oak tree.

1271–1336 · Medieval · Third Order of Saint Francis

Elizabeth of Portugal (Elisabet in Catalan, Isabel in Aragonese, Portuguese and Spanish; 1271 – 4 July 1336), also known as Elizabeth of Aragon, was Queen of Portugal from 1282 to 1325 as the wife of King Denis.

1255–1323 · Medieval

Elizabeth of Hungary (Hungarian: Erzsébet, Serbian: Јелисавета/Jelisaveta; c. 1255 – c. 1322), also known as Blessed Elizabeth the Widow (Hungarian: Árpádházi Boldog Erzsébet), was a Hungarian princess member of the Árpád dynasty and (briefly and disputed) Queen consort of Serbia…

1386–1420 · Medieval · Franciscans

Elizabeth of Reute, T.O.R., (also known as Betha the Good; Betha von Reute; Elisabeth Acheer; Elisabeth Achlin; Elisabeth Bona von Reute; Elisabeth den Gode; Elisabeth the Good; Elizabeth Acheer; Elizabeth of Reute; Elizabeth the Good; Elizabeth the Recluse; Elsbeth Achler; Elsbe…

1129–1164 · Medieval · Benedictines

Elisabeth of Schönau (c. 1129 – 18 June 1164) was a German Benedictine visionary. She was an abbess at the Schönau Abbey in the Duchy of Nassau, and reportedly experienced numerous religious visions, for which she became widely sought after by many powerful men as far away as Fra…

1292–1338 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Elizabeth of Hungary (1292 – 31 October 1336 or 6 May 1338; also known as Blessed Elizabeth of Töss, O.P.) was a Hungarian princess and the last member of the House of Árpád. A Dominican nun, Elizabeth spent most of her life in Töss Monastery in today's Switzerland.

501 · Medieval

Saint Elli was a 6th-century Welsh saint, or possibly two saints. Llanelli in Carmarthenshire and Llanelly in Monmouthshire are both named after Elli. There are traditions about a male saint Elli and a female saint Elli, and there are depictions of a male and of a female saint.

1060 · Medieval · Benedictines

Blessed Heloise of Coulombs (also Helvise or Helwisa) was a French recluse who lived under the obedience of the Benedictine Abbey of Notre-Dame de Coulombs, in the Diocese of Chartres, and died around 1066.

1285–1323 · Medieval · Third Order of Saint Francis

Elzéar of Sabran, TOSF, Baron of Ansouis, Count of Ariano, was born in the castle of Saint-Jean-de-Robians, near Cabrières-d'Aigues in Provence, southern France, in 1285. He died in Paris, France, on September 27, 1323.

710 · Medieval

Emebert was an early Bishop of Cambrai, in northern France; he is often identified with Bishop Ablebert of Cambrai (early 8th century). According to the unreliable Vita S. Amalbergae viduae, Emebert was the son of Duke Witger of Lotharingia.

800–827 · Medieval · Benedictines

Saint Emerius or Saint Mer (Narbonne, 800 – Sant Esteve de Guialbes, 827), abbot of Banyoles, is one of the most famous members of the Benedictine Order. He abandoned a military career and retired to the wilderness with a companion named Patricius.

1313 · Medieval

Émeric de Quart (known in Italian as Emerico de Quart), born in the latter part of the 13th century at the castle of Quart in the Aosta Valley, was Bishop of Aosta from 1302 until his death on 1 September 1313.

1238–1314 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Emilia Bicchieri, OP (3 May 1238 – 3 May 1314) was an Italian Catholic nun of the Dominican Order. Born to a patrician, she is best known for founding a convent in her hometown of Vercelli, where she served as prioress. Bicchieri was beatified in 1769 by Pope Clement XIV.

473–574 · Medieval

Saint Aemilian (12 November 472 – 11 June 573) is an Iberic saint, widely revered throughout Spain, who lived during the age of Visigothic rule.

550 · Medieval

Emiliana of Rome was a 6th-century Roman virgin and religious woman of the Anician family. She is known for being a relative of Pope Saint Gregory the Great and his great-grandfather and predecessor, Saint Felix III. Her feast day is January 5.

500–506 · Medieval

Saint Emilià de Vercelli was born in Piedmont in 500 and died in 506. He is recognized as a saint.

1040 · Medieval

Emma of Bremen, also known as Emma of Lesum or Emma of Stiepel (or Hemma or Imma), born between 975 and 980 and died in Lesum on December 3, 1038, was a widow who dedicated her entire great fortune to charitable works.

1100–1038 · Medieval

Emma of Lesum or Emma of Stiepel (also known as Hemma and Imma) (c. 975-980 – 3 December 1038) was a countess popularly venerated as a saint for her good works. She was married to Liudger of Saxony. She is also the first female inhabitant of Bremen to be known by name.

1225–1298 · Medieval

Emmanuel of Cremona was a Latin Catholic priest and bishop born in 1225. He died in 1298 at Aduard Abbey and is recognized as a blessed.

600–652 · Medieval

Saint Emmeram of Regensburg (also Emeram(m)us, Emmeran, Emmerano, Emeran, Heimrammi, Haimeran, or Heimeran) was a Christian bishop and a martyr born in Poitiers, Aquitaine.