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401–550 · Medieval · Benedictines

Saint Romanus of Subiaco (died c. 550 AD) was a hermit in the area around Subiaco, Italy. He is remembered as having assisted and influenced Saint Benedict of Nursia, when the latter had just begun his life as a hermit.

501–653 · Medieval

Saint Romaric (died 653 AD) was a Frankish nobleman who lived in Austrasia from the late 6th century until the middle of the 7th century. He and Amatus of Grenoble founded Remiremont Abbey. He was a former Count Palatine in the court of the Merovingian king, Theodebert II.

301–500 · Medieval

Romulus (or Remo) of Genoa (Italian: Romolo; Ligurian: Reumo(l)o) was an early Bishop of Genoa, around the time of Syrus. His dates are uncertain: since Jacobus de Voragine traditional lists compiled from local liturgies generally place his bishopric fourth in a largely legendary…

550–700 · Medieval

Saint Ronan (fl. c. sixth century?) was an Irish pilgrim saint and hermit in western Brittany. He was the eponymous founder of Locronan and co-patron of Quimper (France), together with its founder, Saint Corentin.

1233–1252 · Medieval

Rose of Viterbo, TOSF (Italian: Rosa da Viterbo; c. 1233 – 6 March 1251), was a young woman born in Viterbo, then a contested commune of the Papal States. She spent her brief life as a recluse, and was outspoken in her support of the papacy.

1263–1329 · Medieval · Carthusian Order

Roseline of Villeneuve (1263 – January 17, 1329) was a French Carthusian nun. She is regarded as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church. Roseline was born to an aristocratic family, at the château of Les Arcs-sur-Argens, Var, in eastern Provence, near Draguignan.

1110–1167 · Medieval

Rostislav I Mstislavich (c. 1110 – 1167) was Prince of Smolensk (1125–1160), Novgorod (1154) and Grand Prince of Kiev (1154–1155; 1159–1161; 1161–1167). He is the founder of the Rostislavichi branch of Rurikid princes in Smolensk.

1000–1051 · Medieval

Rotho von Büren (c. 1000; - 7 November 1051, Paderborn) was from 1036 to 1051 Bishop of Paderborn. He was from a noble family, of the Counts of Werl, Westphalia.

584 · Medieval

Ruadán mac Fergusa Birn, also known Rowan, Ruadon, Roadan, Ruadhán, Rodon and Rodan, (died 15 April 584) was an Irish Christian abbot who founded the monastery of Lorrha (Lothra, County Tipperary, Ireland), near Terryglass. He was known for his prophecies.

907–977 · Medieval · Benedictines

Saint Rudesind (Galician: San Rosendo, Rudesindo; Portuguese: São Rosendo Latin: Rudesindus) (907 – March 1, 977) was a Galician bishop and abbot. He was also a regional administrator and military leader under his kinsmen, the Kings of León.

700–800 · Medieval

Saint Rumbold (or Rumold, Romuold; Dutch: Rombout; French: Rombaut; Latin: Rum(w)oldus, Rumwaldus, Rumboldus, Rumbaldus; many variants overall) was an Irish or Scottish Christian missionary, although his true nationality is not known for certain.

712–732 · Medieval

Saint Rupert of Bingen (712 – 732) was a German Catholic saint. The son of Bertha of Bingen, a Christian noblewoman, his father was a pagan called Robolaus (Robold). After his death, their child was raised as a Christian by his mother.

650–718 · Medieval · Benedictines

Rupert of Salzburg (German: Ruprecht, Latin: Robertus, Rupertus; c. 660 – 710 AD) was Bishop of Worms as well as the first Bishop of Salzburg and abbot of St. Peter's Abbey in Salzburg. He was a contemporary of the Frankish king Childebert III.

440–510 · Medieval

Ruricius I (c. 440 – c. 510) was a Gallo-Roman aristocrat and bishop of Limoges from c. 485 to 510. He is one of the writers whose letters survive from late Roman Gaul, depicting the influence of the Visigoths on the Roman lifestyle.

1100–1158 · Medieval

Rögnvald Kali Kolsson (Old Norse: Rǫgnvaldr / Rögnvaldr; Nynorsk: Ragnvald Kale Kolsson), also known as Saint Ronald of Orkney (c. 1100 – 1158), was a Norwegian earl of Orkney who came to be regarded as a Christian saint.

1350–1407 · Medieval

Sabbas of Storozhi (Russian: Савва Сторожевский, romanized: Savva Storozhevsky; died 1407) was a Russian Orthodox monk and saint of the 14th and 15th centuries.

950–1050 · Medieval

Sabiana (in Georgian: ღირსი საბიანა), also known as Sabiana of Samtskhe, was a Georgian nun, saint, and venerable figure from the 10th-11th centuries. She spent most of her life and work in the monastery she led as hegumen, located in the region of Samtskhe.

461–566 · Medieval · Benedictines

Saint Sabinus of Canosa (Italian: San Sabino) (461 – 9 February 566), venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic church, was bishop of Canosa di Puglia from 514.

670–720 · Medieval · Benedictines

Saint Sacerdos (Sacerdos de Calviac, Sardot, Sadroc, Sardou, Serdon, Serdot) of Limoges (670—c. 720) is a French saint. He was born near Sarlat and became a monk. He was the founder and abbot of Calviac Abbey. He was later appointed bishop of Limoges and then of Sigüenza.

487–552 · Medieval

Saint Sacerdos (Sardot or Serdot) of Lyon (487 – 552) was Archbishop of Lyon from 544 to 552. He is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church whose feast day is 12 September. Sacerdos was the son of St. Rusticus, Archbishop of Lyon, and his wife.

650–656 · Medieval

Sadalberga (or Salaberga) (c. 605 – c. 670) was the daughter of Gundoin, Duke of Alsace and his wife Saretrude. Sadalberga founded the Abbey of St John at Laon. She is the subject of a short hagiography, the Vita Sadalbergae.

750–831 · Medieval

Sadyrnfyw or Sadwrnfen the Generous (Welsh: Sadyrnfyw Hael; Welsh Latin: Suturnius; died c. 831) was a bishop of Meneva (modern St. David's) in medieval Wales. His death is mentioned in the undated sections of the Annals of Wales.

601 · Medieval

Saint Africus was a 7th-century French Roman Catholic saint about whom very little is known. He was a bishop of Comminges in southern France (Haute-Garonne), celebrated for his zeal for orthodoxy. His 7th-century shrine was destroyed by Calvinists.

690 · Medieval · Benedictines

Saint Amatus, also called St. Aimé or Aimé of Sion, († September 13, 690) was a Benedictine monk who was chosen bishop of Sion in the Valais. He was subsequently banished by Theuderic III, King of the Franks. Born of a wealthy family, took the monastic habit at the Abbey of St.

1075 · Medieval

Albane is a French feminine given name.

1220–1250 · Medieval · Cistercians

Alice of Schaerbeek (or Adelaide or Aleydis) (also known as Alice the Leper) (Dutch: Sint Aleydis, French: Sainte Alix), (c. 1220–1250) was a Cistercian lay sister who is venerated as the patron saint of the blind and paralyzed. Her feast day is 15 June.

600–676 · Medieval · Q3454227

Amandus (c. 584 – 679), commonly called Saint Amand, was a bishop of Tongeren-Maastricht and one of the catholic missionaries of Flanders. He is venerated as a saint, particularly in France and Belgium.

560–630 · Medieval

Saint Amatus (c. 560 – c. 625 or 627/630 AD), also called Amatus of Grenoble, Saint Ame, or Aimee, was a Frankish Colombanian monk and hermit. Together with St. Romaric, he founded Remiremont Abbey.

850–866 · Medieval

Saint Angelar (Greek: Ἀγγελάριος, Angelarios; Bulgarian: Ангеларий, Angelariy; died 886 AD) was a medieval Bulgarian saint and Slavic enlightener. He was one of the most prominent disciples of Saints Cyril and Methodius.

983–1073 · Medieval

Anthony of Kiev, also called Anthony of the Caves (Russian: Антоний Печерский, Ukrainian: Антоній Печерський; c. 983 – 1073), was a monk and the founder of the monastic tradition in Kievan Rus'.

600–600 · Medieval

Arbogast of Strassburg; German: Arbogast von Straßburg; French: Arbogast de Strasbourg; Latin: Arbogastus; c. 600s) was a 7th-century missionary in the Frankish Empire and an early Bishop of Strasbourg.

1219–1266 · Medieval

Arsenije Sremac (Serbian: Арсеније Сремац, Arsenius the Syrmian; fl. 1219 – 28 October 1266) was the second Archbishop of the Serbian Orthodox Church (1233–1263) and a disciple of Saint Sava of Serbia.

650–666 · Medieval

Aurea of Paris (died 666; French: Sainte Aure), venerated as Saint Aurea of Paris, was an abbess of Saint Martial in Paris in the seventh century. Dagobert I and Clovis II ruled at the time.

500–600 · Medieval

St Austell is a town and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, 10 miles (16 km) south of Bodmin and 30 miles (48 km) west of the border with Devon.

899 · Medieval · Benedictines

Saint Ava was a Benedictine abbess and is a Roman Catholic saint. Ava is commemorated on April 29; she is a patron saint of the blind. The niece of Pepin II of Aquitaine, she was born on April 29, 845.

850 · Medieval

Saint Avoye of Sicily, also known as Saint Auré or Saint Ewe, was a Christian martyr from the 3rd century, who was originally from Sicily, Italy. She died in Boulogne-sur-Mer, France around 234, according to tradition. She is recognized as a saint in the Catholic Church.

650–714 · Medieval · Benedictines

Aye (died c. 711) is a Belgian Catholic saint. She has been referred to also as Aia, Aya, Agia, and St. Austregildis. She is sometimes confused with another St. Agia, the mother of the French Saint Loup of Sens. Aye is revered by the Beguines of Belgium.

981–1055 · Medieval

Bartholomew of Grottaferrata (Italian: San Bartolomeo il Giovane) (Rossano, c. 970 – Grottaferrata, November 11, 1055) or Bartholomew the Younger was an Italo-Greek abbot at the monastery at Grottaferrata. Like Nilus the Younger, Bartholomew was of Greek heritage.

1164 · Medieval

Bashnouna (Coptic: ⲡⲓϣⲉⲛⲛⲟⲩϥⲓ, romanized: Pišennoufi) (died 19 May 1164) was a Coptic saint and martyr. According to his hagiography, Bashnouna was a monk in the Monastery of Saint Macarius the Great in Scetes.

712–744 · Medieval

Saint Baudolino (c. 700 – c. 740) was a hermit who lived at the time of the Lombard king Liutprand in Forum Fulvii (now Villa del Foro), a locality on the lower reaches of the river Tanaro in north-west Italy.

650–679 · Medieval

Baudouin is a French masculine given name and surname, related to Baldwin. Notable people with the name include:

590–654 · Medieval

Saint Bavo of Ghent (also known as Bavon, Allowin, Bavonius, Baaf; AD 622–659) is a Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox saint. He exchanged a dissolute lifestyle for that of a missionary under the guidance of Saint Amand.

1230–1262 · Medieval · Benedictines

Saint Beatrix II d'Este (1230 – 18 January 1262) belonged to a family of the Norman Dukes of Apulia and was herself the daughter of the Marquis of Ferrara; she was also a niece of the Blessed Beatrice d'Este, hence being named after her.

501–595 · Medieval

Saint Berach of Termonbarry (died 595) was a celebrated Irish saint, whose memory is still celebrated in County Roscommon. He was a disciple of Saint Kevin. Berach, and his sister Midabaria, were born at Gort na Luachra in Cluain Conmhaícne, now in County Leitrim.

1100–1123 · Medieval · Benedictines

Berardo (11th century – 19 December 1123) is an Italian saint, patron saint of the city and diocese of Teramo. Berardo was born into the noble family da Pagliara, whose castle bore their name near the town of Isola del Gran Sasso in the Abruzzo region of Italy.

1083–1198 · Medieval · Carmelites

Berthold of Calabria (French: Berthold de Malifaye; Latin: Bertoldus Calabriensis; died 1195) was a crusader and saint who established a hermit colony on Mount Carmel in 1185.

501–642 · Medieval

Bertulf (died 640) was the third abbot of the monastery of Bobbio. Bertulf was the son of an Austrasian nobleman and a near relative of Arnulf of Metz, whose example had such an influence on Bertulf that he became a Christian and in 620 entered the monastery of Luxeuil.

500 · Medieval

Saint Bilo (Welsh: Sant Belyau) was a 5th century saint and one of the 24 daughters of Brychan Brycheiniog. She founded a church in Llanfilo, which is now a village in the community of Felin-fach in Powys.

908 · Medieval

Saint Blaise of Amorium (Greek: Βλάσιος ό Άμοριεύς) was a medieval monk from the Byzantine Empire. He was born in the mid-9th century in Amorion, Anatolic Theme. He studied in Constantinople and was ordained a deacon at Hagia Sophia.

550–590 · Medieval

Saint Blane (Old Irish Bláán, died 590) was a bishop and confessor in Scotland, born on the Isle of Bute, date unknown; died 590. His feast is kept on 10 August. Late (medieval) Scottish texts relate that his mother was Irish and that Saint Cathan was her brother.