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600–700 · Medieval

Saint Ada (also known as Adeneta, Adna, Adnetta, Adonette, Adrechild, Adrehildis, end of 6th or 7th century), was a saint and abbess. She was the niece or granddaughter of Saint Englebert, bishop of Le Mans. Ada was a nun at Soissons, France.

977 · Medieval

Saint Anastase was a Catholic priest and bishop who served as the archbishop of Sens. He died in 977 and is recognized as a saint within the Catholic Church.

650–665 · Medieval

Numerian (Latin: Marcus Aurelius Numerius Numerianus; died November 284) was Roman emperor from 283 to 284 with his older brother Carinus. They were sons of Carus, a general raised to the office of praetorian prefect under Emperor Probus in 282.

1218–1278 · Medieval

Zita (c. 1218 – 27 April 1278), also known as Sitha or Citha, is an Italian saint, the patroness saint of maids and domestic servants. She is often appealed to in order to help find lost keys.

1030–1079 · Medieval

Stanislaus of Szczepanów (Polish: Stanisław ze Szczepanowa; 26 July 1030 – 11 April 1079) was a Polish Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Kraków and was martyred by the Polish King Bolesław II the Bold. He is the patron saint of Poland.

1433–1489 · Medieval · Canons Regular of the Lateran

Stanisław Kazimierczyk (born Stanisław Sołtys, 27 September 1433 – 3 May 1489) was a Polish Catholic priest and a professed member of the Canons Regular of the Lateran.

1347–1424 · Medieval

Stefano Maconi, born in Siena in 1347 and died on August 7, 1424, was a Carthusian monk and Prior General. He worked to reunite the divided Carthusian Order and played a leading role in ending the schism within the order. He is beatified.

935–1023 · Medieval

Stefano Minicillo was born in 935 in Macerata Campania and served as a Catholic priest and bishop. He died in 1023 in Caiazzo and is recognized as a saint in the Catholic Church.

1340–1391 · Medieval · Order of Friars Minor

Stefano da Cuneo was born in 1340 in Cuneo and served as a Franciscan missionary and regular priest. He died in 1391 in Jerusalem. He is a canonized saint of the Catholic Church.

1059–1134 · Medieval · Cistercians

Stephen Harding (French: Étienne Harding) (c. 1060 – 28 March 1134) was an English-born monk and abbot, who was one of the founders of the Cistercian Order. He is honoured as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church.

720–772 · Medieval · Benedictines

Pope Stephen III (Latin: Stephanus III; 720 – 24 January 772) was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 7 August 768 to his death on 24 January 772. Stephen was a Benedictine monk who worked in the Lateran Palace during the reign of Pope Zachary.

770–817 · Medieval

Pope Stephen IV (Latin: Stephanus IV; died 24 January 817) was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from June 816 to his death on 24 January 817. Stephen belonged to a noble Roman family.

1020–1058 · Medieval · Benedictines

Pope Stephen IX (Latin: Stephanus, christened Frederick; c. 1020 – 29 March 1058) was the Bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 3 August 1057 to his death on 29 March 1058.

995 · Medieval

Saint Stephen of Luneville was a Catholic priest who served as the Roman Catholic Bishop of Toul. He died in 995.

1045–1124 · Medieval · Grandmontines

Stephen of Muret (French: Étienne de Muret) (1045 – 8 February 1124) was the founder of the Order of Grandmont and its motherhouse of Grandmont Abbey.

1085–1159 · Medieval · Benedictines

Stephen of Obazine also known as Stephen of Vielzot (French: Étienne de Vielzot, Étienne d'Obazine; (1085 – 1159), was a French priest and hermit, famed for his pious nature, even from a young age. He is commemorated on 8 March.

576–646 · Medieval

Sulpicius II. the Pious was a 7th-century bishop of Bourges and saint. According to his Vita, Sulpicius was born at Vatan (Diocese of Bourges), of noble parents, before the end of the sixth century.

800–863 · Medieval · Benedictines

Swithun (or Swithin; Old English: Swīþhūn; Latin: Swithunus; died 2 July 863) was an Anglo-Saxon bishop of Winchester and subsequently patron saint of Winchester Cathedral. His historical importance as bishop is overshadowed by his reputation for posthumous miracle-working.

1177–1267 · Medieval · Benedictines

Silvestro Guzzolini (1007 – 26 November 1267) was an Italian Catholic priest and the founder of the Silvestrini. He served as a canon in Osimo but respectful rebukes of his bishop's inappropriate conduct led him to leave for a hermitage before the bishop could strip him of his po…

990–1035 · Medieval

Saint Simeon of Trier (or Simeon of Syracuse), also written as Symeon (Greek: Ὁ Ὅσιος Συμεὼν ὁ Πεντάγλωσσος ὁ Σιναΐτης, Sicilian: San Simeuni di Saraùsa), was a monk and recluse who died in Germany in 1035.

460–514 · Medieval

Pope Symmachus (died 19 July 514) was the bishop of Rome from 22 November 498 to his death on 19 July 514. His tenure was marked by a serious schism over who was elected pope by a majority of the Roman clergy.

1437–1482 · Medieval · Franciscans

Szymon of Lipnica (c. 1437 – 18 July 1482) was a Polish catholic priest and a professed member from the Order of Friars Minor. He became a sought after and noted preacher and took as his preaching inspiration Saint Bernardine of Siena and also was a strong proponent of popular de…

1455–1492 · Medieval

Tadhg Mac Cárthaigh (Latinised and anglicised Thaddeus McCarthy) c. 1455 – 25 October 1492, was an Irish ecclesiastic. He was a bishop who never ruled his see, even though he was appointed to two of them: Bishop of Ross, Ireland in 1482 and Bishop of Cork and Cloyne in 1490.

670–734 · Medieval

Tatwine (c. 670 – 30 July 734) was the tenth Archbishop of Canterbury from 731 to 734. Prior to becoming archbishop, he was a monk and abbot of a Benedictine monastery. Besides his ecclesiastical career, Tatwine was a writer, and riddles he composed survive.

1100–1150 · Medieval

Teobaldo Roggeri (1100 - 1150) was an Italian Roman Catholic shoemaker and porter from the Ligurian province noted for his simple manner of living and for his commitment to the needs of the poor of the Diocese of Alba.

1166–1236 · Medieval

Blessed Theodore of Celles, born in Dinant in 1166 and died in Clairlieu, near Huy, on August 18, 1236, was a crusader knight, canon of Liège, and the principal founder of the Order of the Holy Cross (the Crosier Fathers). His feast day is August 18.

701 · Medieval

Terenzio was born in 701 and served as a Catholic priest. He held the position of bishop and is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church.

1250–1258 · Medieval · Benedictines

Tesauro Beccaria, also known as Tesauro dei Beccheria and subsequently as Saint Tesauro (born in Pavia, Italy, and died in Florence on September 12, 1258), was a 13th-century Italian ecclesiastic and politician. He was a member of the Vallombrosan Order.

1033–1066 · Medieval · Benedictines

Theobald of Provins (French: Saint Thibaut, Thibault, Thiébaut) (1033–1066) was a French hermit and saint. He was born at Provins to the French nobility, his father being Arnoul, Count of Champagne. He was named after his uncle, Theobald of Vienne, also considered a saint.

840–893 · Medieval · Benedictines

Saint Theodard (French: Théodard) (ca. 840–1 May, ca. 893) was an archbishop of Narbonne. He may have been born to the nobility and served as a subdeacon at a church council at Toulouse. He was appointed archdeacon by Archbishop Sigebod of Narbonne (873-855).

570–628 · Medieval

Theodelinda, also spelled Theudelinde (c. 570 – 628 AD), was a queen of the Lombards through marriage to two successive Lombard kings, Authari and Agilulf.

851 · Medieval

Saint Theodemir, martyr, patron of Carmona, was a Spanish Benedictine monk who died on July 25, 851, in Córdoba. Saint Theodemir was born in Carmona, Seville, although his date of birth is unknown.

1065 · Medieval

Theodgar of Vestervig (German: Dieter von Vestervig; Danish: Thøger; also Dietger, Dioter, Theodgardus) (d. 24 June, in or about 1065) was a missionary from Thuringia who worked mostly in Jutland in Denmark, where he died and is venerated as a saint.

650–690 · Medieval · Benedictines

Theodofrid was a Benedictine monk born in 650. He died in 690 in Corbie and is recognized as a saint within the Catholic Church.

650–785 · Medieval

San Teodoro or Saint Theodore of Pavia (died c. 778) was bishop of Pavia from 743 until his death. He was repeatedly exiled by the Lombard kings. His feast day is May 20. Along with Syrus (Siro), he is a patron saint of Pavia, and his body is housed in the church with his name.

602–690 · Medieval

Theodore of Tarsus (Greek: Θεόδωρος Ταρσοῦ; 602 – 19 September 690) was Archbishop of Canterbury from 668 to 690. Theodore grew up in Tarsus, but fled to Constantinople after the Persian Empire conquered Tarsus and other cities.

750–821 · Medieval · Benedictines

Theodulf of Orléans (Saragossa, Spain, c. 750(/60) – 18 December 821) was a writer, poet and the Bishop of Orléans (c. 798 to 818) during the reign of Charlemagne and Louis the Pious.

1040–1101 · Medieval · Benedictines

Thiemo (Thimo, also called Dietmar or Theodemarus; c. 1040 – 28 September 1101/02) was Archbishop of Salzburg from 1090 until his death. A scion of the Bavarian comital House of Vornbach (Formbach), Thiemo reportedly was a talented painter and sculptor.

1218–1282 · Medieval

Thomas de Cantilupe (c. 1218 – 25 August 1282; also spelled Cantelow, Cantelou, Canteloupe, Latinised to de Cantilupo) was Lord Chancellor of England and Bishop of Hereford. He was canonised in 1320 by Pope John XXII.

1190–1260 · Medieval · Order of Friars Minor

Thomas of Celano OFM (Italian: Tommaso da Celano; c. 1185 – c. 1265) was an Italian friar of the Franciscans (Order of Friars Minor) as well as a poet and the author of three hagiographies about Francis of Assisi.

1260–1321 · Medieval · Franciscans

Thomas of Tolentino, OFM (Italian: Tommaso di or da Tolentino; c. 1255 – 8 April 1321) was an Italian Franciscan missionary who was martyred with his three companions in Thane, India, for blaspheming Muhammad.

1380–1471 · Medieval · Canons Regular of Saint Augustine

Thomas à Kempis CRV (c. 1380 – 1 May 1471; German: Thomas von Kempen; Dutch: Thomas van Kempen) was a German-Dutch Catholic canon regular of the Augustinians and the author of The Imitation of Christ, one of the best known Christian devotional books.

1285 · Medieval · Cistercians

Thorfinn of Hamar (died 1285) was the Bishop of the Ancient Diocese of Hamar in medieval Norway. Thorfinn was born in Trøndelag, possibly in Trondheim, Norway, and may have been a Cistercian monk before becoming Bishop of Hamar.

550–650 · Medieval

Saint Titian of Oderzo (Italian: San Tiziano di Oderzo) was a 7th-century bishop of Opitergium (Oderzo), in the Province of Treviso. Titian was born to a noble family of Eraclea (Grisolera) in the Veneto region, and served as a deacon and priest to Florian (Florianus), bishop of…

1370–1447 · Medieval · Franciscans

Tommaso Bellacci (1370 - 31 October 1447) was an Italian member of the Third Order of Saint Francis. Bellacci was a butcher and became a religious after turning his life around from one of sin to one of penance and servitude to God.

700 · Medieval

Trofimena is a female saint canonised in the Roman Catholic Church. Originally from the town of Patti in Sicily (and closely connected to the figure of Saint Febronia), the relics of Trofimena are venerated in the basilica in the town of Minori, Italy on the coast of Amalfi, sout…

629–698 · Medieval

Saint Trudo (Tron, Trond, Trudon, Trutjen, Truyen) (died ca. 698) was a saint of the seventh century. He is called the "Apostle of Hesbaye" (a region mainly now in the Belgian provinces of Walloon Brabant, Liège, and Limburg). His feast day is celebrated on 23 November.

550 · Medieval · Benedictines

Turibius of Liébana (fl. c. 530), also known as Turbius the Monk (Turibius Monachus, Toribio el Monje), was an early Benedictine monk. He was born probably in Turieno and spent most of his life in the region of Liébana.

501 · Medieval

Tysul was a 5th-century pre-canonical saint and patron saint of the churches of Llandysul in Ceredigion (Cardiganshire) and Llandyssil in Maldwyn (Montgomeryshire), Powys. Tysul’s full name was Tysul ap Corun ap Cunedda – or son of Corun, son of Cunedda.

1084–1160 · Medieval

Ubald of Gubbio (Italian: Ubaldo; Latin: Ubaldus; French: Ubalde; ca. 1084–1160) was a medieval bishop of Gubbio, in Umbria, today venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church.