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451–521 · Medieval

Jacob of Serugh , also called Jacob of Sarug or Mar Jacob (Syriac: ܡܪܝ ܝܥܩܘܒ, romanized: Mār Yaʿquḇ), was one of the foremost poets and theologians of the Syriac Christian tradition, second only to Ephrem the Syrian and equal to Narsai.

767 · Medieval

Jacob was a Catholic priest who served as the Roman Catholic Bishop of Toul. He died in 767 and is recognized as a saint in the Catholic Church.

1190–1239 · Medieval · Third Order of Saint Francis

Blessed Jacoba of Settesoli (Italian: Giacoma de Settesoli; 1190–1273? was a follower of the Italian saint Francis of Assisi. She is also called Jacqueline Marie de Settesoli, or Brother Jacoba, as Francis had named her.

1228–1298 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Jacobus de Voragine, OP (c. 1230 – 13/16 July 1298) was an Italian chronicler and archbishop of Genoa. He was the author, or more accurately the compiler, of the Golden Legend, a collection of the legendary lives of the greater saints of the medieval church that was one of the mo…

1370–1399 · Medieval

Jadwiga , also known as Hedwig (from German, Hungarian: Hedvig), was the first female monarch of the Kingdom of Poland, as well as its last hereditary ruler. She reigned from 16 October 1384 until her death.

1400–1496 · Medieval · Order of Friars Minor

James of Sclavonia (Croatian: Jakov Zadranin; c. 1400 – 27 April 1485 or 1496), also known as Giacomo Illirico, Giacomo of Bitetto or Jakov Varingez, was a Croatian friar of the Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans). He assumed the religious name "Giacomo".

1340–1409 · Medieval · Order of Friars Minor

Jakub Strzemię (c. 1340 - 20 October 1409) was a Polish Roman Catholic archbishop and a professed member of the Order of Friars Minor. He served as the Archbishop of Halicz from 1392 until his death when the archdiocese was incorporated into that of the Archdiocese of Lviv.

1250–1332 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Giacomo Benefatti (died 19 November 1332) was an Italian Catholic priest and professed member of the Order of Preachers who ascended to the position of Bishop of Mantua.

1231–1314 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Giacomo Salomoni, OP (1231 – 31 May 1314) was an Italian Catholic priest and a professed member of the Order of Preachers. He was a noted ascetic known for being prone to ecstatic states on a frequent basis; he served as a prior of several convents until he settled in Forlì, wher…

1285–1366 · Medieval · Augustinians

James of Cerqueto was a Latin Catholic priest and member of the Augustinian order born in 1285 in Cerqueto. He died in 1366 in Perugia and is recognized as a blessed within the Catholic Church.

1392 · Medieval

Saint James of Rostov was an Eastern Orthodox bishop and priest. He died in 1392 at the Spaso-Yakovlevsky Monastery and is recognized as a prelate.

1255–1308 · Medieval · Augustinians

James of Viterbo OSA (Italian: Giacomo da Viterbo; c. 1255 – c. 1307), born Giacomo Capocci (nicknamed Doctor speculativus), was an Italian Roman Catholic Augustinian friar and Scholastic theologian, who later became Archbishop of Naples.

1393–1476 · Medieval · Order of Friars Minor

Jacob de Marchia (Latin: Jacobus de Marchia, Italian: Giacomo della Marca; c. 1391 – 28 November 1476), commonly known in English as Saint James of the Marches, was an Italian Friar Minor, preacher and writer. He was a Papal legate and Inquisitor.

671 · Medieval

James the Deacon (died after 671) was a Roman deacon who accompanied Paulinus of York on his mission to Northumbria. He was a member of the Gregorian mission, which went to England to Christianise the Anglo-Saxons from their native Anglo-Saxon paganism.

1123–1160 · Medieval · Carthusian Order

John of Spain, born in 1123 in Almanza (Kingdom of León) and died on June 25, 1160, in the commune of Le Reposoir (Duchy of Savoy), was the founder of the Charterhouse of Le Reposoir. He was beatified on July 14, 1864, by Pope Pius IX.

601–601 · Medieval

Saint John I Agnus (French - Saint Jean l’Agneau) was the 25th bishop of Tongres. He lived in the 7th century and is considered as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. A farmer and the son of a rich landowner, he lived in Tihange, then a village near Huy.

1331–1414 · Medieval

Jeanne-Marie de Maille (14 April 1331 − 28 March 1414) was a French Roman Catholic anchoress and a member of the Third Order of Saint Francis.

1050 · Medieval

Saint Jeiunio di Gerace was an Eastern Christian monk born in 1050 in Gerace, a city within the Byzantine Empire. He lived and died in Gerace.

401–540 · Medieval

Germanus (died 541) was the bishop of Capua from 519 or shortly before until his death. He played a major role in bringing to an end the Acacian schism, the first major schism that divided the Christian church between east and west. After his death, he was venerated as a saint.

787 · Medieval

Jerome of Pavia, also known as Gerolamo, was Bishop of Pavia, from 778 until his death. He is recognised as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic Church. Jerome's cultus was confirmed in the Roman Catholic Church on 20 December 1888 by Pope Leo XIII.

1300–1281 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Jindřich Librarius was a Dominican monk and Catholic priest born in Moravia in 1300 and who died in 1281 in České Budějovice. He is venerated as blessed and is buried in the Chapel of Saint Lawrence.

1258–1306 · Medieval · Servite Order

Joachim Piccolomini (1258 – 10 April 1305), also known as Joachim of Siena, or, in Italian, Giovacchino Piccolomini, was an Italian Servite tertiary from Siena. Born Chiaramonte Piccolomini, he was from a noble family of Siena, Italy.

1135–1202 · Medieval · Florians

Joachim of Fiore, also known as Joachim of Flora (Italian: Gioacchino da Fiore; Latin: Ioachim Florensis; c. 1135 – 30 March 1202), was an Italian Christian theologian, a Catholic abbot, and the founder of the monastic order of San Giovanni in Fiore.

1105 · Medieval

Joachim of Osogovo (Bulgarian: Йоаким Осоговски) or Joachim Osogovski was a Bulgarian hermit, now a saint, a contemporary of Gabriel of Lesnovo and Prohor of Pčinja.

901–1030 · Medieval

Joachim of Korsun (Russian: Иоаким Корсунянин) was the first bishop of Novgorod the Great (r. ca. 989 – 1030). His surname suggests he probably came from the Byzantine town of Cherson (Korsun) on the Crimean Peninsula and, according to the chronicles, arrived in Kievan Rus' aroun…

1350–1417 · Medieval · Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy

Joan Gilabert Jofré (1364–1417), also known as Padre Jofré or Pare Jofré, was a member of the Christian religious Order of Mercy and the founder of what is claimed to be the first psychiatric care institution in Europe, in Valencia, Crown of Aragon, in medieval Spain.

801 · Medieval

John of Porto or of Tui (Porto, Portugal, then Kingdom of León – Tui, Galicia, 9th century) was a Portuguese hermit from the Tui region. He is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church, with a local cult in the area.

1140–1205 · Medieval

Juana de Aza is the name gradually developed in hagiographical tradition for the mother of Saint Dominic and Bl. Manés de Guzmán. In the final form of this tradition, she is said to have been born in about 1135 in Haza and to have died at Caleruega (Dominic's birthplace) on 4 Aug…

1452–1490 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Joanna of Portugal OP was a Portuguese regent princess of the House of Aviz, daughter of King Afonso V of Portugal and his first wife, Queen Isabel of Coimbra. She served as regent during the absence of her father in 1471.

1350–1450 · Medieval · Lay Carmelites

Jeanne of Toulouse is a Catholic blessed. While the details of her biography are subject to caution, it appears she lived between the 13th and 14th centuries in Toulouse, in the Kingdom of France. She is linked to the history of the Carmelite convent in the city.

752–846 · Medieval

Joannicius the Great or Ioannikios (Greek: Όσιος Ιωαννίκιος ο Μέγας; born 762, Bithynia - November 4, 846 in Antidium) was a Byzantine Christian saint, sage, theologian and prophet.

1400–1414 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Jofré de Blanes was a Catholic priest born in Barcelona in the Crown of Aragon in 1400. A member of the Dominican Order, he died in 1414. He is recognized as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1168–1249 · Medieval

Johannes Bonus was born in Mantua in 1168 and died there in 1249. He served as a friar, lay brother, and hermit, and he founded a Catholic religious community. He is recognized as a blessed.

1073–1164 · Medieval · Cistercians

John Cirita (Northern Kingdom of Portugal, c. 1073 – São Cristóvão de Lafões, December 23, 1164) was a Benedictine monk, traditionally considered the introducer of the Cistercian Order to Portugal. He is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church.

1400–1427 · Medieval

Johannes Rimer (born in the 14th century; died May 16, 1427) was a priest in the then-Bohemian town of Lauban in Upper Lusatia. When the Hussites conquered the town in May 1427, he was murdered along with approximately 1,000 other Catholics.

1394–1471 · Medieval · Carmelites

John Soreth (1394 – 1471) was a French Carmelite friar and became a Prior General of the Order of Carmelites. John Soreth was born near Caen in Normandy, France in 1394 and entered the Carmelite house there.

500–500 · Medieval

John Calybite (or John Calabites, Calibita, Chalybita, Calabytes, Kalabytes, Kalybites, Kalyvitis (Greek: Ἰωάννης ὁ Καλυβίτης); died c. 450) was a Greek monk and hermit who is venerated as a saint by the Eastern Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic Church.

1390–1474 · Medieval

John Cantius (Latin: Joannes Cantius; Polish: Jan z Kęt or Jan Kanty; 23 June 1390 – 24 December 1473) was a Polish Catholic priest, scholastic philosopher, physicist and theologian. John Cantius was born in Kęty, a small town near Oświęcim, Poland, to Anna and Stanisław Kanty.

579–649 · Medieval

John Climacus (Ancient Greek: Ἰωάννης τῆς Κλίμακος; Latin: Ioannes Climacus; Arabic: يوحنا السلمي, romanized: Yuḥana al-Sêlmi), also known as John of the Ladder, John Scholasticus and John Sinaites, was a 6th–7th century Christian monk at the monastery on Mount Sinai.

1356–1419 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Giovanni Dominici, OP (English: John Dominic c. 1355 – 10 June 1419) was an Italian Catholic prelate and Dominican who became a cardinal. His ideas had a profound influence on the art of Fra Angelico, who entered the Dominicans through him.

930–1016 · Medieval

John Gradenigo was a Latin Catholic monk born in 930 in Venice, a citizen of the Republic of Venice. He died in 1010 at the Abbey of Monte Cassino and is recognized as a blessed.

995–1073 · Medieval · Benedictines

Giovanni Gualberto (c. 985 – 12 July 1073) was an Italian Roman Catholic abbot and the founder of the Vallumbrosan Order. Born into a noble family, Gualberto was a predictably vain individual who sought pleasure in vanities and romantic intrigues.

1192–1254 · Medieval

John III Doukas Vatatzes, Latinized as Ducas Vatatzes (Greek: Ἰωάννης Γ´ Δούκας Βατάτζης, romanized: Iōánnēs Doúkās Vatatzēs; c. 1192 – 3 November 1254), was Emperor of Nicaea from 1221 to 1254. He was succeeded by his son, known as Theodore II Doukas Laskaris.

750–849 · Medieval

John IV (Italian: Giovanni d'Acquarola or Giovanni Scriba; died 17 December 849), also known as the Peacemaker and John the Serene, was an Italian Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Naples from 26 February 842 until his death.

600–595 · Medieval

John IV of Constantinople (died 2 September 595), also known as John Nesteutes (Greek: Ἰωάννης Νηστευτής, Ioannes the Faster), was patriarch of Constantinople (12 April 582 – 2 September 595). He was the first to assume the title Ecumenical Patriarch.

1280–1360 · Medieval

John Koukouzeles Papadopoulos (Greek: Ιωάννης Κουκουζέλης Παπαδόπουλος, romanized: Ioannis Koukouzeles Papadopoulos) was a Byzantine composer, singer and reformer of Byzantine chant. He was recognized as a saint by the Eastern Orthodox Church after his death.

637–707 · Medieval

John Maron (Arabic: يوحنا مارون, Youhana Maroun; Latin: Ioannes Maronus; Syriac: ܝܘܚܢܢ ܡܪܘܢ; 628, Sirmaniyah or Sarmin, Byzantine Empire – 707, Kfarhy), was a Syriac monk. and the first Maronite Patriarch.

1000–1070 · Medieval

John Mauropous (Greek: Ἰωάννης Μαυρόπους, Iōánnēs Maurópous, lit. "John Blackfoot") was an Eastern Roman poet, hymnographer, and author of letters and orations, who lived in the 11th century. John Mauropous was born in Paphlagonia around 1000.

525–577 · Medieval

John Scholasticus or Scholastikos (Greek: Ἰωάννης Γ' ό Σχολαστικός, romanized: Iōánnēs ho Scholastikós; c. 503 – 31 August 577) was patriarch of Constantinople from 12 April 565 until his death on 31 August 577. He is also regarded as a saint of the Eastern Orthodox Church.

995–1054 · Medieval · Benedictines

John Theristus, OSB (Italian: Giovanni Theristis, "John the Harvester"; Sicilian: Santu Juanni (Teristi); 1049–1129 AD) was an Italian Byzantine Benedictine monk.