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900–940 · Medieval

Gunter is a given Germanic name and surname, a variation of Günther. For people with the name, see: Gunter may also refer to:

532–593 · Medieval

Saint Gontrand (c. 532 in Soissons – 28 March 592 in Chalon-sur-Saône), also called Gontran, Gontram, Guntram, Gunthram, Gunthchramn, and Guntramnus, was the king of the Kingdom of Orléans from AD 561 to AD 592.

674–715 · Medieval

Saint Guthlac of Crowland (Old English: Gūðlāc; Latin: Guthlacus; 674‍–‍714 AD) was a Christian hermit and saint from Lincolnshire in England. He is particularly venerated in the Fens of eastern England.

950–1012 · Medieval

Guy of Anderlecht, also known as Saint Guidon (or Guido, Guy and Wyen of Láken) (ca. 950–1012) was a Christian saint who is venerated in Catholic and Orthodox churches. He was known as the Poor Man of Anderlecht.

1161–1237 · Medieval

Guðmundur Arason was an influential 12th and 13th century Icelandic saintly bishop who took part in increasing the powers of the Catholic Church in medieval Iceland. His story is recorded in several manuscripts, most notably Prestssaga Guðmundar góða.

500 · Medieval

Gwen Teirbron (French: Blanche; Latin: Alba Trimammis or Candida; possibly English: Wite) was a Breton holy woman and wife of Fragan who supposedly lived in the 5th or 6th century. Her epithet is Welsh for '(of the) three breasts'.

500–544 · Medieval

Wenna (Welsh: Gwen) was a medieval princess and Christian martyr who flourished in Wales and Cornwall. Later venerated as a saint, she is honoured at multiple churches in Cornwall and Devon.

700 · Medieval

Saint Gwenafwy (Wenappa) (fl. 6th c.) was a pre-congregational saint of medieval South Wales. She was a daughter of Caw of Strathclyde, and sister of Peillan, Eigron and Peithein among others. She went to Cornwall with her brother Eigron where she is the patroness of Gwennap.

530 · Medieval

Saint Gwenfyl was an early Welsh Christian saint from the Brychan family. Little is known of her life. Saint Gwenfyl was one of the children or descendants of Brychan.

500 · Medieval

Saint Gwladys ferch Brychan or St Gladys (Latin: Gladusa), daughter of King Brychan of Brycheiniog, was the queen of the saint-king Gwynllyw Milwr and the mother of Cadoc "the Wise", whose Vita may be the earliest saint's life to mention Arthur.

500–520 · Medieval

Gwynllyw Filwr or Gwynllyw Farfog , known in English in a corrupted form as Woolos the Warrior or Woolos the Bearded (Latin: Gundleus, Gundleius or Gwenleue; c. 450 – 500 CE) was a Welsh king and religious figure.

600 · Medieval

Gwynno, or Gwynnog ab Gildas, is the name of a 6th-century Welsh saint. Archives at the Vatican record that his festival is 26 October; that he is regarded as a confessor; and that there is said to be a sacred well, Ffynnon Wyno, associated with Llanwonno, in Glamorganshire.

885–959 · Medieval · Benedictines

Saint Gérard (in Walloon Sint-Djuråd) (c. 895 – October 3, 959) founded Brogne Abbey and reformed eighteen others according to the Benedictine Rule. Gérard was born at Staves (Namur). His father was Stance, a member of the family of dukes of Lower Austrasia.

1270–1319 · Medieval

Haakon V Magnusson (10 April 1270 – 8 May 1319) (Old Norse: Hákon Magnússon; Modern Norwegian: Håkon Magnusson) was King of Norway from 1299 until 1319. Haakon was the younger surviving son of Magnus the Lawmender, King of Norway, and his wife Ingeborg of Denmark.

1101–1200 · Medieval · Premonstratensians

Hadewych, O.Praem., (c. 1150 – 14 April, c. 1200) a.k.a. Hadewig or Hedwig, was abbess of the Premonstratensian monastery of Meer, (now part of Meerbusch) in modern North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Hadewych was the daughter of Count Lothair of Meer and Hildegund.

1209–1271 · Medieval

Haji Bektash Veli (Persian: حاجی بکتاش ولی, romanized: Ḥājī Baktāš Valī; Turkish: Hacı Bektaş Veli; Albanian: Haxhi Veli Bektashi; c. 1209–1271) was an Islamic scholar, mystic, saint and philosopher from Khorasan who lived and taught in Anatolia. His original name was Muhammad.

1020–1043 · Medieval

Hallvard Vebjørnsson (Hallvard Den Hellige) (c. 1020–1043), commonly referred to as Saint Hallvard (Sankt Hallvard), is the patron saint of Oslo. He is considered a martyr because of his defence of an innocent thrall woman. His religious feast day is 15 May.

911–986 · Medieval

Harald "Bluetooth" Gormsson (Old Norse: Haraldr Blátǫnn Gormsson; Danish: Harald Blåtand Gormsen, died c. 985/86) was a king of Denmark and Norway. The son of King Gorm the Old and Thyra Dannebod, Harald ruled as king of Denmark from c. 958 – c.

1090–1164 · Medieval

Blessed Hartmann of Brixen (1090 - 23 December 1164) was a German prelate of the Catholic Church, who served as the Bishop of Brixen from his appointment in 1140 until his death.

1000–1023 · Medieval

Hartwig (Latin: Hartwicus; died 5 December 1023) was the archbishop of Salzburg from 991 until his death. He was a younger son of the Bavarian count palatine Hartwig of the Aribonid family.

778–853 · Medieval · Benedictines

Haymo (or Haimo) (died 27 March 853) was a German Benedictine monk who served as bishop of Halberstadt, and was a noted author. The exact date and place of Haymo's birth are unknown. He entered the Order of St.

900–871 · Medieval

Heahmund (or Hamund) was a medieval Bishop of Sherborne. He was a warrior-bishop and he was killed fighting against the Danes for the Anglo-Saxon King Æthelred I of Wessex and his brother, the future King Alfred the Great. Heahmund was consecrated in 867 or 868.

970–1019 · Medieval

Heimerad (also known as Heimrad, Haimrad or Heimo, c. 970 in Meßkirch near the Bodensee in Baden – 28 June 1019 on the Hasunger Berg (now Burghasungen) near Kassel) was a German priest and travelling preacher.

781–844 · Medieval · Benedictines

Saint Heldrad of Novalese, also Eldardus or Eldrad (9th century – 844) was a French Benedictine monk, abbot of Novalese and saint of the Catholic Church. The first records date back to his time at the Benedictine monastery in Novales.

1207–1231 · Medieval · Franciscans

Helen Enselmini (Italian: Elena Enselmini), also known as the Blessed Helen of Arcella (1208–1242), was an Italian Franciscan nun who has been beatified by the Catholic Church. Enselmini was born in Padua, from an impoverished noble family of the region.

1237–1314 · Medieval

Saint Helen of Serbia (Serbian: Света Јелена Српска, romanized: Sveta Jelena Srpska; c. 1235 – 8 February 1314) was the queen consort of the Serbian Kingdom, as the spouse of King Stefan Uroš I, who ruled from 1243 to 1276.

1372–1450 · Medieval

Helena Dragaš (Serbian: Јелена Драгаш, romanized: Jelena Dragaš; Greek: Ἑλένη Δραγάση, romanized: Helénē Dragásē; c. 1372 – 23 March 1450) was the Empress consort of the Byzantine Emperor Manuel II Palaiologos and the mother of the last two emperors, John VIII Palaiologos and Con…

1100–1160 · Medieval

Helena of Skövde (d. 1164, also called Helen or Elin) was a Swedish saint and patron to what is now Västergötland, in southwest Sweden, where she was born. Her father might have been a duke (or jarl) named Guthorm.

1040 · Medieval

Helias of Cologne (died 1040) was an Irish abbot and musician. Helias was a native of what is now County Monaghan, apparently been a monk at the monastery of Muckno which is now the parish around the town of Castleblayney.

500–555 · Medieval

Helier (died 555) was a 6th-century ascetic hermit. He is the patron saint of Jersey in the Channel Islands, and in particular of the town and parish of Saint Helier, the island's capital. He is also invoked as a healing saint for diseases of the skin and eyes.

1200–1300 · Medieval

Helladius of Kiev was a monk and saint. His feast day at the Kyiv Caves monastery is on the Saturday after 14 September.

501–633 · Medieval

Helladius, Eladio or Elladio of Toledo (died 633, in Toledo) was a Christian archbishop. Born into a Visigothic noble family in Spain, he initially held important positions at court but was attracted to the monastic life and took his vows at the Agali monastery.

800–876 · Medieval

Emma of Altdorf, also known as Hemma (c. 803 – 31 January 876), a member of the Elder House of Welf, was Queen consort of East Francia by marriage to King Louis the German, from 843 until her death. Her father was Welf I (d.

973–1045 · Medieval

Hemma of Gurk (German: Hemma von Gurk; c. 980 – 29 June 1045), also called Emma of Gurk (Slovene: Ema Krška), was a noblewoman, Fürstin (princess) and founder of several churches and monasteries in the Duchy of Carinthia.

1300–1366 · Medieval

Blessed Hemming of Turku (1290–1366) was a Swedish Roman Catholic bishop who served as the bishop of Turku from 1338 until his death in 1366. He was born in Sweden though relocated to Finland following his appointment as bishop.

1196–1241 · Medieval

Henry II the Pious (Polish: Henryk II Pobożny; 1196 – 9 April 1241) was Duke of Silesia and High Duke of Poland as well as Duke of South-Greater Poland from 1238 until his death. Between 1238 and 1239 he also served as regent of Sandomierz and Opole–Racibórz.

973–1024 · Medieval

Henry II (German: Heinrich II; Italian: Enrico II; Latin: Henricus; 6 May 973 – 13 July 1024), also known as Saint Henry, Obl. S. B., was Holy Roman Emperor (Latin: Romanorum Imperator) from 1014. He died without an heir in 1024 and was the last ruler of the Ottonian line.

1295–1366 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Henry Suso, OP (also called Amandus, a name adopted in his writings, and Heinrich Seuse or Heinrich von Berg in German; 21 March 1295 – 25 January 1366) was a German Dominican friar and the most popular vernacular writer of the fourteenth century (when considering the number of s…

1367–1439 · Medieval · Franciscans

Henry de Beaume, O.F.M. (Latin: Henricus de Balma), (c. 1367 – 23 February 1439), also known as Hugh Balme, was a Franciscan friar, priest and theologian.

1300–1345 · Medieval

Henry of Asti (Enrico d'Asti, also seen as Enrico Comentina; died 17 January 1345) was the titular Latin Catholic patriarch of Constantinople from 1339 and bishop of Negroponte in Frankish Greece.

1210–1271 · Medieval

Enrico da Susa, latinised as Henricus de Segusio and anglicized as Henry of Segusio and often referred to by the religious name Hostiensis, (c.

1250–1315 · Medieval

Henry of Treviso (German: Heinrich von Bozen; Italian: Arrigo [Enrico] da Bolzano) (died 1315), also known as Henry of Bolzano or Blessed Rigo, was a lay pilgrim and holy man, a German from Bolzano (Bozen), who established himself in Treviso after the death of his wife and son.

1101–1180 · Medieval

Herbert Hoscam (died 1180) was of English birth, and served as prelate to Irpinia area, as the Archbishop of Conza.

600–687 · Medieval

Saint Herbert of Derwentwater (died 20 March 687) was an Anglo-Saxon priest and hermit who lived on the small St Herbert's Island in Derwentwater, Cumbria, England. His friendship with St Cuthbert is explored in a poem by William Wordsworth.

450–549 · Medieval

Herculanus of Perugia (Italian: Ercolano; died 549 AD) was a bishop of Perugia. He was canonized as a saint by the Catholic Church and is recognised as patron saint of Perugia. His main feast day is November 7; his second feast is celebrated on March 1.

1390–1451 · Medieval · Franciscans

Herculanus of Piegaro (died 1451) was an Italian Franciscan, beatified in 1860. He is commemorated on June 2. Born at Piegaro, he entered the Franciscan Convent of the Strict Observance at Sarteano, where he studied under Albert Berdini of Sarteano.

601 · Medieval · Benedictines

Hereswith or Hereswitha (Old English: Hereswiþ), also spelt Hereswithe, Hereswyde or Haeresvid, was a 7th-century Northumbrian saint. She married into the East Anglian royal dynasty and afterwards retired to Gaul to lead a religious life.

970–1021 · Medieval

Heribert of Cologne (c. 970 – 16 March 1021), also known as Saint Heribert, was a German Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Archbishop of Cologne from 999 until his death. He also served as the Chancellor for the Emperor Otto III since 994.

695–745 · Medieval · Benedictines

Saint Herlindis (or Harlindis) (c.695 in Maaseik – 745 or 753 in Aldeneik, near Maaseik), sister of Saint Relindis, was a Frankish saint and abbess.

1040–1074 · Medieval · Benedictines

Herman I of Baden (c. 1040 – April 25, 1074 in Cluny) was the titular Margrave of Verona and the agnatic ancestor of the Margraves of Baden. Herman was born in Freiburg im Breisgau as the eldest son of Berthold I of Zähringen.