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550–544 · Medieval

Mobhí Clárainech (also Berchan; died 544) was an Irish early monastic saint, counted as one of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland. He was the abbot of a monastery in Glasnevin, where he was a teacher of Columba, Canice, Comgall, and Ciarán.

650–730 · Medieval

Moderanus was a French Catholic priest and bishop born in Rennes in 650. He served as the Roman Catholic Bishop of Rennes and as an abbot before his death in Berceto in 730. He is venerated as a saint within the Catholic Church.

500–500 · Medieval

Modestus (died 489) was bishop of Trier when the Franks gained control over the city of Trier and he is considered a Pre-Congregational Saint. His feast day is 24 February.

537–634 · Medieval

Saint Modestus of Jerusalem (Greek: Μόδεστος Ιεροσολύμων) was Patriarch of Jerusalem from 632–634. He is commemorated as a saint by the Catholic Church on December 17, and by the Eastern Orthodox Church, on May 17, March 29 or December 16.

720–701 · Medieval

Modestus of Carantania (c. 720 – before 772), called the Apostle of Carinthia or Apostle of Carantania, was an Irish monk who took part in the Hiberno-Scottish mission, evangelising the Carantanians, an Alpine Slavic people settling in the south of present-day Austria and north-e…

566–639 · Medieval

Saint Molaise of Leighlin, also Laisrén or Laserian (died ca. 639), was an early Irish saint and abbot of Lethglenn or Leithglenn, now Old Leighlin in County Carlow, who is supposed to have lived in the 6th and 7th centuries.

530–592 · Medieval

Saint Moluag (c. 510 – 592; also known as Lua, Luan, Luanus, Lugaidh, Moloag, Molluog, Molua, Murlach, Malew) was a Scottish missionary, and a contemporary of Saint Columba, who evangelized the Picts of Scotland in the sixth century.

601–685 · Medieval · Benedictines

Saint Mummolin of Noyon (or Mummolinus, Momelin, Mommolenus, Mommolinus, Mommolin; died c. 686) was a monk who became an abbot in Saint-Omer, then Bishop of Noyon-Tournai in Belgium. His feast day is 16 October.

663 · Medieval · Benedictines

Mummolus (sometimes Mommolin or Mommole) was the second abbot of Fleury Abbey at Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire for 30 years between September 632 and January 663. Fleury Abbey was founded by Leodebod, Abbot of Saint-Agnan of Orléans, in the 7th century.

1210 · Medieval · Franciscans

Monaldo of Capodistria, Latinized as Monaldus Iustinopolitanus (Capodistria or Piran, c. 1208 – Capodistria, c. 1280), was an Italian Franciscan theologian and canonist.

550 · Medieval

Christian hermit and saint (6th century)

570 · Medieval

Monegundis (also Monegund, Monegundes, Monegunda, died 570 AD) was a Frankish hermit and saint. A native of Chartres, she married and bore her husband daughters.

432–519 · Medieval

Saint Moninne or Modwenna of Killeavy was one of Ireland's early female saints. After instruction in the religious life, she founded a community, initially consisting of eight virgins and a widow with a baby, at Slieve Gullion, in what became County Armagh.

600 · Medieval

Saint Monon, or Muno, born around 600 in Scotland (or Ireland) and died (assassinated) in 645 near Nassogne (Belgium), was a hermit monk living in the Ardennes Forest. He is considered a martyr and is liturgically commemorated on October 18 (in the Diocese of Namur).

531 · Medieval

Montanus was the metropolitan bishop of Toledo between 523 and 531, a contemporary of King Amalaric. He presided over the Second Council of Toledo, held in 527.

600–599 · Medieval

Monulph was a sixth-century bishop of Tongeren and Maastricht, and is revered as a Roman Catholic saint. Little is known about his life. The Acta Sanctorum only lists two vitae of Monulph, none of them older than the 11th century.

574–668 · Medieval

Saint Gabriel of Beth Qustan (Syriac: ܡܪܝ ܓܒܪܐܝܠ: Mor Gabriel), also known as Saint Gabriel of Qartmin, was the Bishop of Tur Abdin until his death in 648. He is venerated as a saint in the Oriental Orthodox Church and his feast day is 23 December.

1075–1115 · Medieval · Benedictines

Morand, from the Latin Morandus or Moderamnus (born c. 1050 or 1075, died June 3, 1115), a native of the Rhineland, was a Cluniac monk nicknamed the Apostle of the Sundgau. During the Middle Ages, he played an important role as the patron saint of vines and wine.

1362 · Medieval

Archbishop Moses (secular name Mitrofan; born in Novgorod, Novgorod Republic — died January 25, 1362, Skovorodsky Monastery) was a bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church who served as Archbishop of Novgorod and Pskov. He is glorified by the Russian Orthodox Church as a saint.

990–1043 · Medieval

Moses the Hungarian (Russian: Моисей Угрин, Moisey Ugrin; Hungarian: Magyar Mózes; died 26 July 1043) was a Kievan Russian monk of Hungarian origin. He is venerated as a saint on 26 July by the Eastern Orthodox Church. Moses was born around 990–995.

1279–1297 · Medieval

Muktabai or Mukta or Muktai Vitthalpant Kulkarni was a saint in the Varkari Movement. She was born in a Deshastha Brahmin family and was the younger sister of Dnyaneshwar, the first Varkari saint. She wrote forty-one abhangs throughout her life.

962 · Medieval

Saint Munde (or Mundus, Mund, Mond; died c. 962) was a Scottish abbot in Argyll, Scotland. There is some confusion between this saint and the much earlier Saint Fintan Munnu. His feast day is 15 April. On July 6, 1770, Bishop Robert Forbes sailed up Loch Leven.

1185–1246 · Medieval

Mikhail Vsevolodovich (c. 1185 – 20 September 1246), known as Michael or Michael of Chernigov, was Grand Prince of Kiev (1236–1239; 1241–1243); he was also Prince of Pereyaslavl (1206), Novgorod-Seversk (1219–1226), Chernigov (1223–1235; 1242–1246), Novgorod (1225–1226; 1229–1230…

1420–1485 · Medieval · Augustinians

Blessed Michał Giedroyć (Lithuanian: Mykolas Giedraitis; c. 1425 – 4 May 1485) was a Lithuanian Roman Catholic noble and brother of the Canons Regular of the Penitence of the Blessed Martyrs.

550–627 · Medieval

Saint Máedóc of Ferns , also known as Saint Aidan (Irish: Áedan; Welsh: Aeddan; Latin: Aidanus), Saint Madoc or Saint Mogue (Irish: Mo Aodh Óg), was an Irish saint. He was the first Bishop of Ferns in County Wexford, and the founder of thirty churches. Áed was born c.

600–675 · Medieval · Benedictines

Máel Dub (the Gaelic name Máel meaning "disciple" and Dub being a byname, "dark"; Latinized as Maildubus, anglicized as Maildulf and other variants) was a Saint and reputed Irish monk of the 7th century, said to have founded a monastic house at Malmesbury, England.

642–722 · Medieval

Máel Ruba (c. 642–722) is an Irish saint of the Christian Church who was active in Scotland. Originally from Bangor, County Down, Ireland, he was a monk and founded the monastic community of Applecross in Ross, one of the best attested early Christian monasteries in what is now S…

970 · Medieval

Mærwynn (fl. 967−975 AD), also known as St. Merewenna or Merwinna, was a 10th-century abbess of Romsey Abbey. She is recognised as a saint in the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches.

540–617 · Medieval

Mewan (Latin: Mevennus, Breton: Meven, French: Méen) (fl. 6th century) was a Celtic saint active in Wales, Cornwall and Brittany. Most documentation of his life can be found in the Breton Vita Meveni, perhaps written in 1084 by Ingamar.

650–720 · Medieval

Saint Meneleus (or Mauvier, Menele, Meneve, Menevius, Ménélée; died 720) was a French monk who founded the Menat Abbey. According to the 12th-century Vita Menelei and Vita S. Theofredi, Meneleus was descended from the Roman emperor Heraclius.

600 · Medieval · Benedictines

Saint Mérault d'Ension was born in 600 in Boismé. He served as a Benedictine monk and is recognized as a saint.

1372–1437 · Medieval

Saint Nam-mkhav-rgyal-mtshan was a Buddhist figure born in Kham in 1372. He lived until 1437.

485–559 · Medieval

Namatius (died 558/60) was the rector of Provence under the Merovingians and later bishop of Vienne from c. 552 until his death in office. He is probably identical to the person with the same name recorded among the attendants at the Council of Orange in 529.

825–852 · Medieval

Aurelius and Natalia (died 852) were a married Christian couple who were executed by Abd ar-Rahman II, the Emir of Córdoba for refusing to renounce their faith. They are considered martyrs and saints by the Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church.

650–747 · Medieval

Natalis (Latin: Natalis, Italian: Natale) was Archbishop of Milan in the mid-8th century. He is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic Church. His feast day is May 13.

564 · Medieval

Natalis (Saint Naile, Naal) (died 564) was a 6th-century Irish monk and saint. His father was Aenghus, who was 3rd in descent from Lughaidh, King of Munster. He died in 564.

550 · Medieval

Nath Í, or Crumnathy, (fl. 6th century) was an early Irish saint who founded a monastery at Achonry in County Sligo. He is said to have been born in the barony of Leyney, in present-day County Sligo.

678 · Medieval

Saint Nathalan (or Nachlan), (died 678) is recognised as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church, who was active in the district now known as Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

801 · Medieval

500–547 · Medieval · Benedictines

Saint Nebridius (Catalan: Nebridi, Spanish: Nebridio) was bishop of Egara (Terrassa) (516–527) and then bishop of Barcelona from 540 to around 547 AD. His feast day falls on 9 February.

510 · Medieval

Saint Nectan, sometimes styled Saint Nectan of Hartland, was a 5th-century holy man who lived in Stoke, Hartland, in the nowadays English, and at the time Brythonic-speaking, county of Devon, where the prominent St Nectan's Church, Hartland is dedicated to him.

501–549 · Medieval

Saint Nectarius of Autun (French: Nectaire d'Autun) was a 6th-century bishop of Autun, and a saint of the Roman Catholic Church. Nectarius was bishop of Autun from 540 to his death on 13 September 549 or 550.

654 · Medieval

Nem Moccu Birn (or Nennus, Nenus, Nehemias; died 14 June 654) was Abbot of Aran. His feast day is 14 June. Nem was one of the few known successors of Enda of Aran, and appears to be the first such abbot listed in the Irish annals after Enda himself.

870 · Medieval

Neot (died 31 July 877) was an English monk. Born in the first half of the ninth century, he lived as a monk at Glastonbury Abbey. He preferred to perform his religious devotions privately, and he later went to live an isolated life in Cornwall, near the village now called St Neo…

1300 · Medieval

Nephon I of Constantinople (Niphon of Cyzicus; Greek: Νήφων; died on 3 September 1328) was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1310 to 1314. From Veria, Greece.

1102–1173 · Medieval

Nerses IV the Gracious (Armenian: Սուրբ Ներսէս Դ. Կլայեցի (Շնորհալի); also Nerses Shnorhali, Nerses of Kla or Saint Nerses the Graceful; 1102 – 13 August 1173) was Catholicos of Armenia from 1166 to 1173.

1153–1198 · Medieval

Saint Nerses of Lambron (Armenian: Ներսես Լամբրոնացի, Nerses Lambronatsi) (1153–1198) was the Archbishop of Tarsus in the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia who is remembered as one of the most significant figures in Armenian literature and ecclesiastical history.

1056–1114 · Medieval

Nestor the Chronicler, or Nestor the Hagiographer, (Church Slavonic: Нестор Летописец, romanized: Nestor Letopisec; c. 1056 – c. 1114) was a monk from Kievan Rus' who is known to have written two hagiographies: the Life of the Venerable Theodosius of the Kiev Caves and the Accoun…

1130–1187 · Medieval · Augustinians

Nicasius (Nicasio, Nicaise) of Sicily (also known as Nicasio Burgio, Nicasius de Burgo, Nicasio Camuto de Burgio, Nicasius Martyr, Nicasius of Jerusalem) (c. 1135 – 1187) is venerated as a martyr in the Catholic Church.

1373–1443 · Medieval · Carthusian Order

Niccolò Albergati (1373 – 9 May 1443) was an Italian Carthusian and a prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was appointed cardinal and served as a papal diplomat to France and England (1422–23) in addition to serving as the bishop of Bologna from 1417 until his death.