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1075–1148 · Medieval · Cistercians

William of Saint-Thierry, O. Cist was a twelfth-century Benedictine, theologian and mystic from Liège who became abbot of Saint-Thierry in France, and later joined the Cistercian Order.

1050–1154 · Medieval

William of York (late 11th century – 8 June 1154) was an English priest and twice Archbishop of York, before and after a rival, Henry Murdac. He was thought to be related to King Stephen of England, who helped to secure his election to the province after several candidates had fa…

700–786 · Medieval · Benedictines

Willibald (Latin: Willibaldus; c. 700 – c.787) was an 8th-century bishop of Eichstätt in Bavaria. Information about his life is largely drawn from the Hodoeporicon of Willibald, a text written in the 8th century by Huneberc, an Anglo-Saxon nun from Heidenheim am Hahnenkamm who k…

658–739 · Medieval · Benedictines

Willibrord (Latin: Villibrordus; c. 658 – 7 November AD 739) was an Anglo-Saxon monk, bishop, and missionary. He became the first Bishop of Utrecht in what is now the Netherlands, dying at Echternach in Luxembourg, and is known as the "Apostle to the Frisians".

940–1011 · Medieval

Willigis (Latin: Willigisus; German: Willigis, Willegis; c. 940 – 23 February 1011 AD) was Archbishop of Mainz from 975 until his death as well as archchancellor of the Holy Roman Empire.

1150–1223 · Medieval · Cistercians

Wincenty Kadłubek (Latin: Vincentius Cadlubkonis; c. 1150 – 8 March 1223) was a Polish Catholic prelate and professed Cistercian who served as the Bishop of Kraków from 1208 until his resignation in 1218.

700–760 · Medieval · Benedictines

Witta of Büraburg (also known as Albuin or Vito Albinus, a close Latin translation of his Germanic name) (born in Wessex; died 26 October 747) was one of the early Anglo-Saxon missionaries in Hesse and Thuringia in central Germany, disciple and companion of Saints Boniface and Lu…

1109–1170 · Medieval · Benedictines

Wivina (1103–1168) was a Benedictine abbess. Born in Oisy, France, she refused all offers of marriage, becoming, aged 23, a hermit at Groot-Bijgaarden, near Brussels.

1000–1021 · Medieval

Saint Wolbodo (c. 950 – 20 April 1021) was the bishop of Liège from 1018 to 1021. St. Wolbodo's day is celebrated on 21 April. Wolbodo probably descended from a Flemish noble family related to that of the Counts of Flanders.

703 · Medieval · Benedictines

Wulfram of Sens or Wulfram of Fontenelle (also Vuilfran, Wulfrann, Wolfran; Latin: Wulframnus; French: Vulfran or Vulphran; c. 640 – 20 March 703) was the Archbishop of Sens. His life was recorded eleven years after he died by the monk Jonas of Fontenelle.

1000–1002 · Medieval · Benedictines

Wulfsige III (or Wulfsin, Wulfinus, Vulsin, Ultius) was a medieval Bishop of Sherborne and is considered a saint. Wulfsige was nominated about 993. He died on 8 January 1002. Wulfsige took part in the tenth century Benedictine monastic reform movement in England.

1008–1095 · Medieval · Benedictines

Wulfstan, (c. 1008 – 20 January 1095) was an English Benedictine monk who served as Bishop of Worcester from 1062 to 1095. He was the last surviving pre-Norman Conquest bishop. Wulfstan is revered as a saint in the Catholic and Anglican churches.

620–697 · Medieval · Benedictines

Saint Vulmar (or Ulmar, Vilmer, Vulmaire, Vulmar of Samer, Vulmarus, Wulmar; died 689) was a French priest, hermit and then abbot who was later venerated as a saint.

700–710 · Medieval

Wuna of Wessex (also known as Wunna, Winna, Wina, and Bonna) was a 7th and 8th-century Anglo-Saxon noblewoman and Christian saint. The name Wuna means "The Joyful One". Her actual name is unknown, but she has been called Wuna since the Middle Ages.

1235–1298 · Medieval · Poor Clares

Yolanda of Poland or Yolanda of Hungary, also Blessed Yolanda (Jolanta in Polish; Jolán in Hungarian; also known as Helen; 1235 – 11 June 1298) was the daughter of King Béla IV of Hungary and Maria Laskarina.

1231–1283 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Mother Yolanda (or Yolande, Iolanda) of Vianden, O.P., (1231–1283) was the youngest daughter of Count Henry I of Vianden and Margaret, Marchioness of Namur. She joined the Dominican monastery in Marienthal, Luxembourg, against the wishes of her parents when she was very young.

679–752 · Medieval · Benedictines

Pope Zachary (Latin: Zacharias; 679 – March 752) was the bishop of Rome from 28 November 741 to his death in March 752. He was the last pope of the Byzantine Papacy.

1220–1252 · Medieval · Third Order of Saint Dominic

Zdislava Berka, TOSD (also known as Zdislava of Lemberk; c. 1220–1252) was a Czech Dominican tertiary and philanthropist. She was a wife, mother, and one of the earliest lay Dominicans. She was canonized in 1995.

683 · Medieval

Æbbe, also called Tabbs, (c. 615 – 683) was an Anglian abbess and noblewoman. She was the daughter of Æthelfrith, king of Bernicia from c. 593 to 616. She founded monasteries at Ebchester and St Abb's Head near Coldingham in Scotland.

954–1012 · Medieval · Benedictines

Ælfheah (c. 953 – 19 April 1012), more commonly known today as Alphege, was an Anglo-Saxon Bishop of Winchester, later Archbishop of Canterbury from 1006 to 1012. He became an anchorite before being elected abbot of Bath Abbey.

950–951 · Medieval · Benedictines

Ælfheah the Bald is the commonly used name for Ælfheah (died 12 March 951), the first English Bishop of Winchester of that name. He is sometimes known as Alphege, an older translation of his Old English name.

901–1005 · Medieval · Benedictines

Ælfric of Abingdon (died 16 November 1005) was a late 10th-century Archbishop of Canterbury. He previously held the offices of abbot of St Albans Abbey and Bishop of Ramsbury, as well as likely being the abbot of Abingdon Abbey.

1000–1058 · Medieval · Benedictines

Ælfwold II (died 1058) was a Bishop of Sherborne in Dorset. He is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church. Little is known of Ælfwold apart from the information given by William of Malmesbury.

750–805 · Medieval

Æthelhard (died 12 May 805) was a Bishop of Winchester then an Archbishop of Canterbury in medieval England. Appointed by King Offa of Mercia, Æthelhard had difficulties with both the Kentish monarchs and with a rival archiepiscopate in southern England, and was deposed around 79…

950–1038 · Medieval

Æthelnoth (died 1038) was the archbishop of Canterbury from 1020 until his death. Descended from an earlier English king, Æthelnoth became a monk prior to becoming archbishop. While archbishop, he travelled to Rome and brought back saints' relics.

601–716 · Medieval

Æthelred was king of Mercia from 675 until 704. He was the son of Penda of Mercia and came to the throne in 675, when his brother, Wulfhere of Mercia, died from an illness. Within a year of his accession he invaded Kent, where his armies destroyed the city of Rochester.

700–601 · Medieval

Æthelwine (died c. 700) was the second bishop of Lindsey from around 680, and is regarded as a saint. Other than a couple of references in Bede's Historia to Æthelwine and his family, very little is known of him. One brother, named Edilhun (i.e.

740 · Medieval

Æthelwold of Lindisfarne (died 740) (also spelled Aethelwald, Ethelwold, etc.) was Bishop of Lindisfarne from 721 until 740. Æthelwold contributed to the production of the Lindisfarne Gospels: he took the raw manuscripts that his predecessor Eadfrith had prepared and had Billfri…

910–984 · Medieval · Benedictines

Æthelwold of Winchester (also Aethelwold and Ethelwold, 904/9 – 984) was Bishop of Winchester from 963 to 984 and one of the leaders of the tenth-century monastic reform movement in Anglo-Saxon England.

1155–1208 · Medieval · Carthusian Order

Saint Stephen of Châtillon, born in 1155 in Châtillon, France, and died in 1208, was a Carthusian monk, prior of the Charterhouse of Portes in Bugey, and bishop of Die from 1202. Liturgically, he is commemorated on September 7 (October 13 in the Carthusian calendar).

480–570 · Medieval

Íte ingen Chinn Fhalad (died c. 570–577), also known as Íde, Ita, Ida or Ides, was an early Irish nun and patron saint of Killeedy (Cluain Creadhail). She was known as the "foster mother of the saints of Erin".

1000–1068 · Medieval · Order of Cluny

Íñigo of Oña (died 1 June 1057) was the Benedictine abbot of San Salvador at Oña. He was canonised in 1259 by Pope Alexander IV and is venerated in the Roman Catholic Church, where his feast day is 1 June.