Library

583 · Medieval

Léobard is a commune in the Lot department in south-western France. The river Céou flows westward through the southern part of the commune.

450–518 · Medieval

Leonien of Vienne is a Roman Catholic and Orthodox saint who was a hermit and abbot in Vienne (Rhône valley). Born in Pannonia (modern-day Hungary) in the 5th century, he lived in Gaul for more than forty years, first in Autun and then in Vienne, where he died and was buried in t…

505 · Medieval

Saint Mac Cairthinn, also Macartan, McCartan (died 506), is recognized as the first presiding Bishop of Clogher from 454 to his death. One of the earliest Christian saints in Ireland, he is known as Saint Patrick's "Threin Fhir", or "Strong Man" for his dedication and faithfulnes…

509 · Medieval

Saint Mac Nisse (died 514) was an early Irish saint known as the founder and first bishop-abbot of Connor (Irish: Condere, in what is now Co. Antrim). Hagiographers say he was son of Fáebrach, son of Erc, who probably belonged to the Dál Fiatach. His mother was Ness.

1005 · Medieval

Macarius the Abbot, or Saint Macarius of Collesano (Collesano – Oliveto Citra, December 16, 1000), was an Italian monk; he is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church.

1050–1153 · Medieval · Benedictines

Macarius is a Latinized form of the old Greek given name Makários (Μακάριος), meaning "happy, fortunate, blessed"; compare the Latin beatus and felix. Ancient Greeks applied the epithet Makarios to the gods. In other languages the name has the following forms:

1383–1431 · Medieval

Macarius Macres (also Macra or Macrus; Greek: Μακάριος Μακρῆς) was a 15th-century Greek monk from Mount Athos. He was a close friend of George Sphrantzes, who sponsored his appointment as hegumen (abbot) of the Pantokrator Monastery in Constantinople.

901–1012 · Medieval

Saint Macarius of Ghent was born in 901 in Antioch of Pisidia and served as a bishop and pilgrim. He died in 1012 in Ghent.

1402–1483 · Medieval

Macarius of Kalyazin (born Matvey Vasilyevich Kozhin; c. 1402 – March 17, 1483) was a Russian religious figure and a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church. The son of a boyar, he founded the Trinity Makaryev Monastery, where he also served as abbot.

1349–1444 · Medieval

Macarius of the Yellow Water Lake and the Unzha, the Miracle Worker (Russian: Преподобный Макарий Унженский Желтоводский Чудотворец, romanized: Prepodobny Makariy Unzhenskiy Zheltovodskiy Chudotvorets; 1349–1444) was a Russian Orthodox monk and saint.

978 · Medieval

Saint Macculind (or Macallan, MacCuilinn, Macculin Dus, Maculinus; died c. 496) was an early Irish saint who was abbot and / or bishop of Lusk.

500–517 · Medieval

Macedonius II of Constantinople (Greek: Μακεδόνιος; died c. 517) was patriarch of Constantinople (496–511). Within a year or two (the date is uncertain) he assembled a council, in which he confirmed in writing the acts of the Council of Chalcedon.

500–600 · Medieval

St. Maches was a 6th-century princess and Pre-congregational saint of Cornwall and Devon. Maches was the sister of St. Cadog. Born a daughter of Saint Gwynllyw and his wife Gwladys, Maches lived as a hermit, and was murdered by thieves, at Merthyr Maches (Llanfaches in the Kingd…

600 · Medieval

Saint Machraeth was a Celtic Christian religious leader born in Meirionnydd in 600.

1415–1465 · Medieval · Augustinian nuns

Maddalena Albrici (Como, 1390 – Como, May 15, 1465) was an Italian religious sister and abbess of the Augustinian monastery of Saint Andrew in Brunate. Her cult as a blessed was confirmed by Pope Pius X in 1907.

700–706 · Medieval · Benedictines

Saint Madelberte of Maubeuge (or Machtelberthe; died c. 705) was a 7th-century nun related to the Merovingian dynasty. She became abbess of Maubeuge Abbey in the County of Hainaut, now in northern France near the Belgian border. She died in 705 or 706.

1310–1400 · Medieval

Madḫānina Egziʾ was a monk born in 1310 who served as an abbot. He died in 1400 and is recognized as a saint.

1197–1257 · Medieval · Cistercians

Infanta Mafalda of Portugal was a Portuguese infanta (princess), later Queen consort of Castile for a brief period. She was the second youngest daughter of King Sancho I of Portugal and Dulce of Aragon.

535–575 · Medieval

Magloire, better known as Saint Magloire of Dol, is a Breton saint. Little reliable information is known of Magloire as the earliest written sources appeared three centuries after his death.

600–596 · Medieval

Magneric of Trier (also called Magnerich, or Magnericus) (born c. 522, died c. 596) was a Frankish bishop of Trier. He is a Catholic and Orthodox saint, with a feast day on July 25. Magneric was one of the first bishops with a Germanic name.

530 · Medieval

St. Magnus (Italian: Magno) was Archbishop of Milan from 518 to c. 530. He is honoured as a saint in the Catholic Church and Orthodox Church. Almost nothing is known about the life and the episcopate of Magnus.

1075–1117 · Medieval

Saint Magnus Erlendsson, Earl of Orkney, sometimes known as Magnus the Martyr, was Earl of Orkney from 1106 to about 1117. Magnus's grandparents, Thorfinn the Mighty, Jarl of Orkney and his wife Ingibiorg Finnsdottir, had two sons, Erlend and Paul, who were twins.

473–521 · Medieval

Magnus Felix Ennodius (473 or 474 – 17 July 521 AD) was Bishop of Pavia in 514, and a Latin rhetorician and poet. He was one of four Gallo-Roman aristocrats of the fifth to sixth-century whose letters survive in quantity: the others are Sidonius Apollinaris, prefect of Rome in 4…

660 · Medieval

Saint Magnus of Avignon (French: Saint Magne) (died 660) was a bishop and governor of Avignon, his native city. He was a Gallo-Roman senator. A widower, he was the father of Saint Agricola of Avignon. Magnus became a monk and then became bishop of Avignon.

699–772 · Medieval · Benedictines

Magnus of Füssen, otherwise Magnoald or Mang, was a missionary saint in southern Germany, also known as the Apostle of the Allgäu. He is believed to have been a contemporary either of Gall (died 627) or of Boniface (died 754) and is venerated as the founder of St.

580–670 · Medieval

Saint Magnus of Oderzo (Italian: San Magno di Oderzo) was a 7th-century Italian saint who is notable for founding some of the earliest churches in Venice. He was Bishop of Oderzo and traveled to Venice in 638 because of the Lombard invasion of Italy.

650 · Medieval

Saint Mainbeuf (Magnobodus) was Bishop of Angers from 610 to 660. His feast day is October 16. He had the Church of Saint-Saturnin built in Angers, where he was buried. He also wrote a Vita S. Licinii.

652 · Medieval

Mainchín mac Setnai (fl. late 6th century), also anglicised to Munchin, was allegedly the founder of the church of Luimneach (now Limerick), Ireland, and a saint in Irish tradition, acquiring special eminence as patron of Limerick City.

910 · Medieval · Benedictines

Majolus of Cluny (Maieul, Mayeul, Mayeule, Mayol) (c. 906 – May 11, 994) was the fourth abbot of Cluny. Majolus was very active in reforming individual communities of monks and canons; first, as a personal commission, requested and authorized by the Emperor or other nobility.

1450–1497 · Medieval

Makary I was an Eastern Orthodox priest born in 1450 and a citizen of Poland. He served as the Metropolis of Kiev, Galicia and all Ruthenia until his death in 1497. He is buried in Saint Sophia Cathedral and is venerated as a hieromartyr.

520–621 · Medieval

Saint Malo was a Welsh mid-sixth century founder of Saint-Malo, a commune in Brittany, France. He was one of the seven founding saints of Brittany.

664 · Medieval

Saint Manchán mac Silláin (died 664), Manchianus in Latin sources, is the name of an early Irish saint, patron of Liath Mancháin, now Lemanaghan, in County Offaly. He is not to be confused with the scholar Manchán or Manchéne, abbot of Min Droichit (Co. Offaly).

1380 · Medieval

Saint Manerī Šaraf-ad-Dīn Aḥmad Ibn-Yaḥyā was a mystic who died in 1380.

1101–1217 · Medieval

Manfred von Riva was a Catholic presbyter born in Milan in 1200. He died in 1217 at Riva San Vitale, Monte San Giorgio, and is recognized as a blessed.

800–900 · Medieval

Manikkavacakar was a 3rd-century Tamil saint and poet who wrote Thiruvasagam and Thirukkovaiyar, books of Shaiva hymns. Tamil scholars and researchers share that he was a minister to the Pandya king Nedunjeliyan II (3rd Century CE) and lived in Madurai (or) he was a minister to t…

685 · Medieval

Mansuetus (Latin: Mansuetus, Italian: Mansueto) was Archbishop of Milan from 676 to 685. He is honoured as a saint in the Catholic Church. Among the scant information about his life, it is known that in 679 he organized and held a synod with his suffragan bishops in Milan in ord…

400–500 · Medieval

Mansuetus (Latin: Mansuetus Uricitanus; 4th century – 5th century) was the bishop of Urusi in the African province of Proconsular, who suffered martyrdom under the Vandal king Gaiseric, a supporter of Arianism.

1166–1237 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Manés de Guzmán, OP (c. 1166 – 1235) , was a Castilian Dominican priest beatified in the Roman Catholic Church. His younger brother, Domingo de Guzmán was the founder of the Order of Preachers, whom he helped in his reforming aims throughout his life.

430–510 · Medieval

Saint Marcel de Die was born in Avignon in 430 and served as a bishop. He died in Montmeyan in 510.

810 · Medieval

Saint Marcellus died in 810. He is a Catholic saint.

610 · Medieval

Marchell was a 7th-century saint whose history is recorded in the genealogical tract Bonedd y Saint. She was the daughter of Tangwystl or Hawystl Gloff, one of the 24 daughters of Brychan Brycheiniog.

1409–1479 · Medieval · Franciscans

Marco da Bologna was a Catholic priest and Franciscan born in Bologna in 1409. He died in Piacenza in 1479 and is recognized as a blessed within the Catholic Church.

1425–1496 · Medieval · Franciscans

Blessed Marco da Montegallo (1425 - 19 March 1496) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest from the Order of Friars Minor. He was born to a nobleman and served as a doctor in Ascoli Piceno before he was pressured into marriage in 1451 - the couple annulled their marriage after both…

1317–1397 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Marcolino Amanni, known as Marcolinus of Forlì (died January 2, 1397), was a Dominican friar of the Order of Preachers at the convent of Forlì in Northern Italy. He was beatified in 1756. He is a Catholic saint whose feast day is celebrated locally on January 24.

1276–1311 · Medieval

Margaret of Brabant (4 October 1276 – 14 December 1311), was the daughter of John I, Duke of Brabant and Margaret of Flanders. She was the wife of Henry, Count of Luxembourg, and after his election as King of Germany in 1308, she became Queen of Germany.

1287–1320 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Margaret of Città di Castello, TOSD (1287 – 12 April 1320) was an Italian Catholic educator and a Dominican tertiary. Margaret was both blind and had other physical disabilities and became known for her deep faith and holiness.

1247–1297 · Medieval · Secular Franciscan Order

Margaret of Cortona (1247 – 22 February 1297) was an Italian penitent of the Third Order of Saint Francis. She was born in Laviano, near Perugia, and died in Cortona. She was canonised in 1728.

1192 · Medieval · Cistercians

Margaret of England (29 September 1240 – 26 February 1275) was Queen of Alba (Scotland) by marriage to King Alexander III. Margaret was the second child of King Henry III of England and his wife, Eleanor of Provence, and was born at Windsor Castle.

1242–1270 · Medieval · Nuns of the Order of Preachers

Margaret of Hungary, OP (Margit in Hungarian; 27 January 1242 – 18 January 1270) was a Dominican nun and the daughter of King Béla IV of Hungary and Maria Laskarina.

1216–1237 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Margaret of Ypres (1216–1237) was a Flemish visionary, ascetic, Dominican penitent and flagellant. She was one of a number of 13th century lay women who led devout lives, following the example of Marie of Oignies.