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1047–1117 · Medieval

Robert of Arbrissel (c. 1045 – 1116) was an itinerant preacher, and founder of Fontevraud Abbey. He was born at Arbrissel (near Retiers, Brittany) and died at Orsan Priory in the present department of Cher.

1027–1111 · Medieval · Benedictines

Robert of Molesme (1028 – 17 April 1111) was an abbot, and a founder of the Cistercian Order. He is venerated as a Christian saint. Robert was born about 1029 near Troyes, a younger son of Thierry and Ermengarde, nobles of Champagne.

1055–1122 · Medieval · Benedictines

Historia Hierosolymitana is a chronicle of the First Crusade written between c. 1107–1120 by Robert the Monk (Robertus Monachus), a French prior. Robert has been identified with a prior of Senuc and former abbot of Saint-Remi, who lived c.

1295–1327 · Medieval · Third Order of Saint Francis

Roch , also called Rock in English, was a Majorcan Catholic confessor whose death is commemorated on 16 August and 9 September in Italy; he was especially invoked against the plague.

1034–1064 · Medieval · Benedictines

Rodolfo Gabrielli is an Argentine politician. He served as governor of the Mendoza Province from 1991 to 1995, and as Interior Minister during the presidencies of Adolfo Rodríguez Saá and Eduardo Duhalde.

1285–1367 · Medieval

Roger le Fort (Rogerius) or de Beaufort, known as des Ternes, born around 1277 in the village of Les Ternes (now in the commune of Pionnat in the department of Creuse) and died on August 5, 1367, in Bourges, was a 14th-century French prelate.

1060–1129 · Medieval

Saint Roger of Cannae (1060 – December 30, 1129) was an Italian bishop. The Catholic Church honours him as a saint. Roger (in Italian: Ruggero di Canne) was elected bishop of the town of Cannae.

774 · Medieval

Rolende of Gerpinnes, or Saint Rolende, born in the 8th century and died in Villers-Poterie (in present-day Belgium) around 774, was the daughter of Desiderius, King of the Lombards, who was exiled to Gaul, and his wife Ansia.

550–700 · Medieval

Saint Ronan (fl. c. sixth century?) was an Irish pilgrim saint and hermit in western Brittany. He was the eponymous founder of Locronan and co-patron of Quimper (France), together with its founder, Saint Corentin.

1233–1252 · Medieval

Rose of Viterbo, TOSF (Italian: Rosa da Viterbo; c. 1233 – 6 March 1251), was a young woman born in Viterbo, then a contested commune of the Papal States. She spent her brief life as a recluse, and was outspoken in her support of the papacy.

1263–1329 · Medieval · Carthusian Order

Roseline of Villeneuve (1263 – January 17, 1329) was a French Carthusian nun. She is regarded as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church. Roseline was born to an aristocratic family, at the château of Les Arcs-sur-Argens, Var, in eastern Provence, near Draguignan.

1000–1051 · Medieval

Rotho von Büren (c. 1000; - 7 November 1051, Paderborn) was from 1036 to 1051 Bishop of Paderborn. He was from a noble family, of the Counts of Werl, Westphalia.

907–977 · Medieval · Benedictines

Saint Rudesind (Galician: San Rosendo, Rudesindo; Portuguese: São Rosendo Latin: Rudesindus) (907 – March 1, 977) was a Galician bishop and abbot. He was also a regional administrator and military leader under his kinsmen, the Kings of León.

461–566 · Medieval · Benedictines

Saint Sabinus of Canosa (Italian: San Sabino) (461 – 9 February 566), venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic church, was bishop of Canosa di Puglia from 514.

750–754 · Medieval

Saint Adolar was a German Catholic priest, missionary, and bishop born in 750. He died in Dokkum in 754 and is venerated as a saint within the Catholic Church.

690 · Medieval · Benedictines

Saint Amatus, also called St. Aimé or Aimé of Sion, († September 13, 690) was a Benedictine monk who was chosen bishop of Sion in the Valais. He was subsequently banished by Theuderic III, King of the Franks. Born of a wealthy family, took the monastic habit at the Abbey of St.

1075 · Medieval

Albane is a French feminine given name.

1220–1250 · Medieval · Cistercians

Alice of Schaerbeek (or Adelaide or Aleydis) (also known as Alice the Leper) (Dutch: Sint Aleydis, French: Sainte Alix), (c. 1220–1250) was a Cistercian lay sister who is venerated as the patron saint of the blind and paralyzed. Her feast day is 15 June.

600–676 · Medieval · Q3454227

Amandus (c. 584 – 679), commonly called Saint Amand, was a bishop of Tongeren-Maastricht and one of the catholic missionaries of Flanders. He is venerated as a saint, particularly in France and Belgium.

1050–1079 · Medieval

Arnoux of Gap (sometimes spelled Arnoul or Arnulph), born in Vendôme, was the Bishop of Gap from 1065 until his death between 1074 and 1079. He is the patron saint of the city of Gap and of the Diocese of Gap and Embrun. His feast day is September 19.

500–600 · Medieval

St Austell is a town and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, 10 miles (16 km) south of Bodmin and 30 miles (48 km) west of the border with Devon.

899 · Medieval · Benedictines

Saint Ava was a Benedictine abbess and is a Roman Catholic saint. Ava is commemorated on April 29; she is a patron saint of the blind. The niece of Pepin II of Aquitaine, she was born on April 29, 845.

981–1055 · Medieval

Bartholomew of Grottaferrata (Italian: San Bartolomeo il Giovane) (Rossano, c. 970 – Grottaferrata, November 11, 1055) or Bartholomew the Younger was an Italo-Greek abbot at the monastery at Grottaferrata. Like Nilus the Younger, Bartholomew was of Greek heritage.

650–679 · Medieval

Baudouin is a French masculine given name and surname, related to Baldwin. Notable people with the name include:

590–654 · Medieval

Saint Bavo of Ghent (also known as Bavon, Allowin, Bavonius, Baaf; AD 622–659) is a Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox saint. He exchanged a dissolute lifestyle for that of a missionary under the guidance of Saint Amand.

1230–1262 · Medieval · Benedictines

Saint Beatrix II d'Este (1230 – 18 January 1262) belonged to a family of the Norman Dukes of Apulia and was herself the daughter of the Marquis of Ferrara; she was also a niece of the Blessed Beatrice d'Este, hence being named after her.

1100–1123 · Medieval · Benedictines

Berardo (11th century – 19 December 1123) is an Italian saint, patron saint of the city and diocese of Teramo. Berardo was born into the noble family da Pagliara, whose castle bore their name near the town of Isola del Gran Sasso in the Abruzzo region of Italy.

1083–1198 · Medieval · Carmelites

Berthold of Calabria (French: Berthold de Malifaye; Latin: Bertoldus Calabriensis; died 1195) was a crusader and saint who established a hermit colony on Mount Carmel in 1185.

1150–1231 · Medieval · Carmelites

Brocard is said to have been one of the first leaders of hermits at Mount Carmel, and was perhaps the leader of the community on the death of Berthold of Calabria around 1195. Various details of his life are legendary.

525 · Medieval

Saint Bríga (Brigid, Bridget) (fl. 6th century) is venerated as foundress of the monastery of Oughter Ard in Ardclough County Kildare . Her feast day is 21 January. Bríga is also associated with Brideschurch near Sallins , and possibly with Kilbride in County Waterford .

679 · Medieval

Saint Ciera of Ireland (alternately Chera, Chier, Cier, Ciara, Cyra, Céire, Keira, Keara, Kiara, Kiera, Ceara, Ciar) was an abbess in the 7th century who died in 679. Her history is commingled with another Cera (alternately Cier, Ciar, Ciara) who lived in the 6th century.

1381–1447 · Medieval · Poor Clares

Colette of Corbie, PCC (13 January 1381 – 6 March 1447) was a French abbess and the foundress of the Colettine Poor Clares, a reform branch of the Order of Saint Clare, better known as the Poor Clares. She is honored as a saint in the Catholic Church.

1216–1249 · Medieval

Contardo of Este was the posthumous son of Aldobrandino I of Este, marquis of Ferrara. He was born in 1216 in Ferrara. He renounced to his wealth and position of crown prince of Ferrara to become a simple "God's man" and started on a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela.

513 · Medieval

Contentius (died 510) was bishop of Bayeux from 480 until his death. He is a Catholic and Orthodox saint. His feast day is 19 January. According to Father Elie, he was Bayeusain, and his hermitage was located at Blay, near Bayeux.

1200 · Medieval · Benedictines

Cono was a Benedictine monk. He was born in Diano (Italy) in the late 12th century, and became a monk in S.Maria di Cadossa Benedictine Monastery (now St. Cono sanctuary) near Montesano sulla Marcellana.

512–589 · Medieval

David (Welsh: Dewi Sant; Latin: Davidus; c. 500 – c. 589) was a Welsh Christian prelate who served as Bishop of Mynyw during the 6th century. He is the patron saint of Wales. David was a native of Wales, and tradition has preserved a large amount of detail about his life.

850 · Medieval

Saint Edern was a monk of the end of the ninth century, feast 26 August (31 August or 1 September by the old liturgical calendar). The Welsh Edern ap Nudd appears to be identical with Edern of Brittany, whose cult was important in Finistère.

1000–1035 · Medieval

Saint Ermengol (also Armengol or Armengod) or Hermengaudius was the bishop of Urgell from 1010 until his death in 1035. Possibly born in the village of Ayguatébia, he was the son of Bernat I, viscount of Conflent, and his wife Guisla de Lluçià, and also nephew and successor to b…

1020–1087 · Medieval

Saint Eskil (11th century) was an Anglo-Saxon monk particularly venerated during the end of the 11th century in the province of Södermanland, Sweden. He was the founder of the first diocese of the lands surrounding Lake Mälaren, today the Diocese of Strängnäs.

596–675 · Medieval · Benedictines

Faro (or Burgundofaro; died c. 675 AD), Count of Guînes, was bishop of Meaux. The family to which Faro belonged is known as the Faronids and is named after him. He is canonized as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic Church.

730 · Medieval

Saint Fergus (also Fergustian) (died c. 730 AD) was a bishop who worked in Scotland as a missionary. Ten saints of this name are mentioned in the martyrology of Donegal. The exact date and place of Fergus's birth remain unknown. He was a contemporary of St. Drostan and St.

659 · Medieval

Saint Ferjus of Grenoble (or Ferreol) was the bishop of Gratianopolis (current Grenoble) in the 7th century. He was assassinated about 660 A.D., probably on the instruction of Clotaire III, meeting the same fate as other bishops who defied Clotair's authority.

415–520 · Medieval

Saint Fiacc (c. 415-520) was a poet, the chief bishop of Leinster, and founder of two churches. His father, MacDara, was prince of the Uí Bairrche in the country around Carlow, Ireland.

1238–1253 · Medieval

Fina (Serafina) (1238–1253) was an Italian Christian virgin who is especially venerated in the Tuscan town of San Gimignano. She developed a paralytic illness and spent the rest of her life on a bed made from a wooden pallet, where, according to legends, Saint Gregory the Great a…

550–645 · Medieval · Q3454227

Gall (Latin: Gallus; c. 550 – c. 645) according to hagiographic tradition was a disciple and one of the traditional twelve companions of Columbanus on his mission from Ireland to the continent.

1060–1140 · Medieval

Gaucherius (1060 - 1140), a Christian saint, was born at Meulan-sur-Seine, France. He received a classical education and became a priest. He felt a deep longing for solitude.

1051–1077 · Medieval

Gilduin of Dol (born in Combourg around 1051, died in Chartres on January 27, 1077) was a Breton nobleman who was the archbishop-elect of Dol from August to September 1076, and was later proclaimed a saint after his death.

450–550 · Medieval · Benedictines

Saint Gwenhael (French: Guénaël; Breton: Gwenael; Old Breton: Gwenhael) was a Breton saint of the 6th century, born at Ergué-Gabéric (Finistère), the second abbot of Landévennec Abbey, successor in 532 to the founder, Saint Winwaloe (Gwenole).

1117–1197 · Medieval

Saint Homobonus (Italian: Sant'Omobono, German: Sankt Gutmann, Lombard: San Mobon) is the patron saint of business people, tailors, shoemakers, and clothworkers, as well as of Cremona, Italy. He was canonized in 1199 at the urgent request of the citizens of Cremona.

1226–1310 · Medieval · Benedictines

Saint Humility (Latin: Humilitas; Italian: Umiltà) (c. 1226 – 22 May 1310), known as Saint Roxanne (Italian: Santa Rosanna) was the founder of the Vallumbrosan Nuns.