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1327–1372 · Medieval · Franciscans

Giovanni Saziari, also known as John Saziari or Joannes Saziari (1327 - 21 April 1371) was an Italian Roman Catholic farmer from the Province of Pesaro and Urbino. He was a member of the Secular Franciscan Order.

1386–1446 · Medieval

Giovanni Tavelli (Tossignano, 1386 – Ferrara, July 24, 1446) was an Italian Catholic bishop, venerated as a blessed by the Catholic Church. He is remembered in the history of the Order of the Gesuati for writing its constitutions, initiating the process that transformed the Gesua…

955–1000 · Medieval

John X, known as Giovanni da Besate ('John of Besate') or Giovanni Vincenzo ('John Vincent'), was the archbishop of Ravenna from 983 until 998. John belonged to a prominent family from Besate in Lombardy.

1280–1339 · Medieval · Cistercians

Giovanni da Caramola was a French Cistercian monk born in Toulouse in 1280. He died in Chiaromonte in 1339 and is recognized as a blessed within the Catholic Church.

1200–1270 · Medieval · Franciscans

Giovanni da Penna (1193 - 3 April 1271) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Order of Friars Minor. He became a Franciscan in 1213 after hearing Fra Filippo - one of the disciples of Francis of Assisi - preach.

1190–1242 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Giovanni da Salerno was born in 1190 in Salerno and served as a Catholic priest within the Dominican Order. He died in 1242 in Florence and is recognized as a saint by the Catholic Church.

1125–1184 · Medieval · Benedictines

Giovanni de Surdis Cacciafronte (1125 - 16 March 1184) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and bishop from the Order of Saint Benedict. He served as the Bishop of Mantua from 1174 until his resignation in 1177 and held the position of Bishop of Vicenza from 1179 until his murder…

1070–1139 · Medieval · Benedictines

John of Matera or Mathera, also known as John of Pulsano (Italian: San Giovanni da Matera) was a Benedictine monk. John was born at Matera to a family of nobles.

900 · Medieval

Saint Giovanni di Tui was a Portuguese citizen born in Porto. He died in Tui in 900.

985–1065 · Medieval · Benedictines

Gisela of Hungary (or Gisele, Gizella and of Bavaria; c. 985 – 7 May 1065) was the first queen consort of Hungary by marriage to Stephen I of Hungary, and the sister of Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor. She has been beatified by the Catholic Church.

757–810 · Medieval · Benedictines

Gisela (757, Aachen, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany – 810–11, Chelles, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France) was a Frankish princess and abbess. There are also two variations of her name, which are Gisele and Giselle.

1100–1086 · Medieval

Giselbert is the name of:

1319–1367 · Medieval · Augustinians

Giulia della Rena (1319 – 9 January 1367) was an Italian Roman Catholic professed member of the Order of Saint Augustine in its third order branch.

1201–1343 · Medieval · Franciscans

Julian of Bale (early 14th century – c. 1350), was a Franciscan friar, who was beatified by the Catholic Church in 1910. The decree with which the church beatified him on February 23, 1910 provides only scant information about Julian.

906 · Medieval · Benedictines

Justus of Novalesa, or Justus of Susa (9th century – October 19, 906, in Oulx), was a monk of the Abbey of Novalesa and a martyr in Oulx alongside his confrere Flavian, both victims of Saracen incursions.

978 · Medieval

Egyptian martyr and saint (-978)

1365–1425 · Medieval

Giyorgis of Segla (c. 1365 – 1 July 1425), also known as Giyorgis of Gasicha or Abba Giyorgis, was an Ethiopian Oriental Orthodox monk, saint, and author of religious books. Giyorgis' work has had great influence on Ethiopian monastic calendars, hymns and Ge'ez literature.

830 · Medieval

Saint Glastian of Kinglassie (or Glastianus, Glascianus; died 830) was a bishop based in Fife who acted as a mediator in the wars between the Picts and the invading Scots. His feast day is 28 January.

987–1015 · Medieval

Gleb Vladimirovich (c. 990s – September 9, 1015, near Smolensk; baptized David) was the Prince of Murom (c. 1013–1015) and a son of the Grand Prince of Kiev, Vladimir the Great, by either Princess Anna or an unknown Bulgarian woman, possibly of the Volga Bulgars.

580–610 · Medieval

Glodesind (572−608) was a saint, nun, abbess, and founder of a convent in Metz, France, during the time of King Childebert II (575−596) of Austrasia. She was a member of the Carolingian nobility.

585–649 · Medieval

Saint Goar of Aquitaine (Latin: Goaris; c. 585 – 6 July 649 AD) was a French priest and hermit of the seventh century. He was offered the position of Bishop of Trier, but prayed to be excused from the position. Goar is noted for his piety and is revered as a miracle-worker.

501 · Medieval

Saint Gobnait (fl. 6th century?), also known as Gobnat or Mo Gobnat or Abigail or Deborah, is the name of an early medieval female Irish saint whose church was Móin Mór, later Bairnech, in the village of Ballyvourney (Irish: Baile Bhuirne), County Cork in Ireland.

660–725 · Medieval

Saint Gobrien de Vannes was a Breton churchman, nineteenth Bishop of Vannes, in the eighth century. His feast is 10 November. Gobrien was born around 660.

640–700 · Medieval

Godeberta (Gothic meaning "fervor", 640–April 9 or 11, 670; also called Gotheberta and Gothoberta) was a saint and abbess. She was born of "pious parents" in Amiens, France, north of Paris. Her parents were nobles attached to the king's court, so she was carefully educated.

1052–1070 · Medieval

Saint Godelieve (also known as Godeleva, Godeliève, and Godelina; Dutch: Sint-Godelieve) (c. 1052 – 6 July 1070) was a Flemish saint. Every year, on the Sunday following 5 July, a procession celebrating Saint Godelieve takes place in Gistel.

1066–1115 · Medieval · Benedictines

Godfrey of Amiens (French: Geoffroy d'Amiens) (1066–1115) was a bishop of Amiens. He is a saint in the Catholic Church. Godfrey was born in 1066 in Moulincourt as the third child of a noble family, in the Diocese of Soissons.

1065–1170 · Medieval

Godric of Finchale (or St Goderic) (c. 1065-1070 – 21 May 1170) was an English hermit, merchant and popular medieval saint, although he was never formally canonised. He was born in Walpole in Norfolk and died in Finchale in County Durham.

600–647 · Medieval

Goeric of Metz (Latin: Goericus; French: Goëri; died September 19 643 AD), also known as Abbo I of Metz, Goericus of Metz, and Gury of Metz, was a bishop of Metz. He is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches.

601–675 · Medieval

Goeznovius (died c. 675 according to one account but more probably fl. sixth century.), also known as Goueznou, was a Cornish-born Bishop of Léon in Brittany, who is venerated as a saint in the region around Brest and the diocese of Léon.

750–843 · Medieval

Gohard or Gunhard was a 9th-century bishop of Nantes, lord of Blain, saint and cephalophore martyr of the Roman Catholic Church. Gohard was born in Angers.

501–591 · Medieval

Golindouch, Golindukht, Golindokht, or Dolindokht (Greek: Γολινδούχ, Γολιανδοὺχ) (died 591) was a noble Persian lady who converted to Christianity, took the name Maria, and became a saint and martyr. She converted from Zoroastrianism to Christianity in the reign of Khosrau I.

1110–1182 · Medieval · Cistercians

Gonario II (also spelled Gonnario and Gunnari; died between 1180 and 1190) was the giudice of the Sardinian kingdom of Logudoro from the death of his father in 1128 until his own abdication in 1154. He was a son of Constantine I and Marcusa de Gunale.

676 · Medieval

Saint Gondelbert (also Gondelbertus, Gundebert, Gumbert, Gombert, or Gondeberg; Latin: Gumbertus, etc.) was the founder of the Benedictine Senones Abbey in the Rabodeau (fr:Rabodeau) valley of the Vosges mountains around 640 AD.

823 · Medieval

Saint Gondulphus, Gundulfus, Gondulf, or Gondon (died 6 September 823) was the Bishop of Metz from 816 until his death. As bishop, Gondulphus succeeded Angilram, who caused Paul the Deacon to write the Liber de episcopis Mettensibus, and who probably died in 791.

550 · Medieval

Goneri of Brittany was a sixth-century hermit of the church in Britain. Goneri lived as an exile to the world amongst the Breton people, a Celtic nation of northwestern France. It is recorded that his hermitage was situated near the community of Tréguier.

1187–1259 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Gundisalvus of Amarante, OP (Portuguese: Gonçalo de Amarante; 1187 – 10 January 1259) was a Portuguese Catholic priest in the Order of Preachers. He joined the order as a hermit after his return from a long pilgrimage that took him to both Rome and Jerusalem.

1360–1422 · Medieval · Augustinians

Gundisalvus of Lagos, O.E.S.A. (Portuguese: Gonçalo de Lagos; c. 1360 – 15 October 1422) was a Portuguese Catholic priest and Augustinian friar.

1086–1165 · Medieval · Benedictines

Goswin (French: Gossuin) was a Benedictine abbot. Born in Douai in 1086, then in the County of Flanders and since 1668 in France, he studied in Paris and afterwards returned to Douai to teach theology.

1096–1127 · Medieval · Premonstratensians

Gottfried of Cappenberg was born in 1096 in Cappenberg to Gottfried I of Cappenberg and Beatrix von Hildrizhausen. He was married to Ida of Arnsberg before becoming a Premonstratensian monk. He died in 1127 in Ilbenstadt and is recognized as a Catholic saint.

960–1038 · Medieval · Benedictines

Gotthard (or Godehard) (960 – 5 May 1038 AD; Latin: Gotthardus, Godehardus), also known as Gothard or Godehard the Bishop, was a German bishop venerated as a saint. Gotthard was born in 960 near Niederaltaich in the diocese of Passau.

1043–1066 · Medieval

Gottschalk, sometimes rendered as Godescalc (Latin: Godescalcus; died 7 June 1066), was a prince of the Obotrite confederacy from 1043 to 1066. He established a Polabian Slavic kingdom on the Elbe (in the area of present-day northeastern Germany) in the mid-11th century.

550–616 · Medieval

Saint Goulven de Léon (also Golven, Golvinus, Golvenus) was a saint in Brittany in the 6th-7th century. Any knowledge of his life is derived from his vita, of which only a copy of a transcription of the original remains and whose historical accuracy is in question.

401–511 · Medieval

Saint Gratus of Oloron (French: Grat d'Oloron; Catalan: Grat d'Auloron; also known, from his place of birth, as Grat de Lichos) (born 5th century; died after 506) was the first bishop of Oloron. He is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic Church.

580 · Medieval

Saint Gredifael (also spelt Gredivel, Gredivael or Credifael) is the patron saint and founder of St Gredifael's Church, Penmynydd, in Anglesey, Wales. According to Enwogion Cymru, Gredifael was a saint who lived in the early part of the sixth century.

450–552 · Medieval

Gregentios (Greek: Γρηγέντιος) was the purported archbishop of Ẓafār, the capital of the kingdom of Ḥimyar, in the mid-6th century, according to a hagiographical dossier compiled in the 10th century.

901–999 · Medieval

Gregor von Burtscheid (Greek: Γρηγόριος ὁ Καλαβρός, c. 940 - 4 November 999), also known as Gregor von Calabria or Gregory of Cassano, was the first abbot of the Burtscheid Abbey, founded on the order of Otto III, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.

1225–1343 · Medieval · Franciscans

Gregorio Celli (1225 (purportedly) – 11 May 1343) was an Italian priest of the Roman Catholic Church and a professed member of the Order of Saint Augustine.

450–528 · Medieval

Gregory of Auxerre (died 528) was a saint and the 12th Bishop of Auxerre, active during the first quarter of the 6th century. His name is often accompanied by the title "Pope"; until the 6th century, this title was common to all bishops and was used more frequently if the bishop…

500–544 · Medieval

Saint Gregory of Osset (probably Alcalá del Río, 6th century – Alcalá del Río, September 9, 544), also known as Saint Gregory of Osset and Saint Gregory of Baetica, was known for his defense of Catholicism.

540–604 · Medieval · Benedictines

Pope Gregory I (Latin: Gregorius I; Gregorio I; c. 540 – 12 March 604), commonly known as Saint Gregory the Great (Latin: Sanctus Gregorius Magnus; Italian: San Gregorio Magno), was the 64th Bishop of Rome from 3 September 590 until his death on 12 March 604.