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1001 · Medieval

Saint Visorius was a hermit of Frankish origin who settled in the mountains of Sobrarbe to dedicate himself to a contemplative life around the year 1000, and who died at an unknown date at the hands of the Muslims of Al-Andalus.

730 · Medieval

Vitalis of Salzburg was Bishop of Salzburg and an evangelist of Austria. A Catholic saint, his feast day is October 20. He died around 730 and was renowned for his gentleness, charity, spirit of conciliation, and indulgence.

800 · Medieval

Saint Vitalian of Osimo (died 8th century) was the bishop of Osimo, Italy, for 33 years during the 8th century. The Catholic Church venerates him as a saint, with a feast day on July 16.

800–850 · Medieval

Saint Vitores or Saint Victor of Cerezo (Cerezo de Río Tirón, Burgos, c. 800 – Quintanilla de las Dueñas, c. 850) was a Spanish Catholic martyr. His feast day is celebrated on August 26.

650 · Medieval

Valeria of Honnecourt was a virgin and a saint of the Catholic Church. She came from Honnecourt in Gaul (modern-day Honnecourt-sur-Escaut, France) and likely lived in the 7th century.

1224 · Medieval · Cistercians

Blessed Walter of Bierbeek (Bierbeek – Himmerode, 1224) was a son of the then-lord Walter I of Bierbeek. In his youth, Walter was likely a squire to Duke Henry I of Brabant and participated in the failed Third Crusade (1189–1192).

650–677 · Medieval

Wasnon, also known as Saint Wasnon or Wasnulphe, was a 7th-century monk of Irish or Scottish origin who came to evangelize northern Gaul, particularly Hainaut, where the population had more or less returned to paganism due to the disorganization of the Church following the barbar…

1020–1092 · Medieval · Benedictines

Saint Veremund (born c. 1020 in Arelbano, died 1092 in Irache, Navarre) was a Catholic saint and abbot. He served as the abbot of the Benedictine monastery in Irache and was remembered for his charity and gift of performing miracles. His feast day is celebrated on March 8.

1050–1126 · Medieval · Benedictines

Werner von Ellerbach (also known as Werner of Wiblingen, Latinized as Wernerus de Sancto Blasio; born between 1050 and 1100; died 1126 in Wiblingen) was a Benedictine monk at St. Blasien Abbey in the Black Forest and the first abbot of Wiblingen Abbey near Ulm.

1036 · Medieval

Wilhelm von der Sann (Wilhelm IV., Wilhelm II.) (died March 20, 1036) was Count of Friesach and Trixen and Margrave of Soune (Sannmark). He was the son of the Count of Friesach and Margrave in Carinthia of the same name and his wife, Leopirgis. He was first mentioned in 1016.

727 · Medieval

Willeicus, also known as Willeic or Velleicus of Kaiserswerth (died March 2, 726), was an abbot of the monastery of Kaiserswerth. He is venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church. His feast day is March 2 or March 7.

1101–1197 · Medieval

Guillaume Tempier (or William III) was Bishop of Poitiers in the 12th century. He is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church and is celebrated locally in the diocese on March 29, with his own personal feast day, unlike most other canonized bishops who are celebrated collectiv…

700 · Medieval

Winthir (born in England; died in Neuhausen) was presumably an itinerant preacher who Christianized the Upper Bavarian region between the Würm and the Isar rivers in the 8th or 12th century.

1071–1129 · Medieval

Yaroslav Svyatoslavich (baptized Pankratiy) (before 1073 – 1129) was a Prince of Murom and Chernigov. He was the youngest son of Grand Prince Svyatoslav Yaroslavich of Kiev and Oda, likely the daughter of Margrave Liutpold of Babenberg, and a grandson of Yaroslav the Wise.

981–1022 · Medieval

Zoltan Arpad (born 981 in Eger, died 1022) was a wandering preacher and a direct descendant of Árpád, the first ruler of Hungary. He was the son of Laszlo and Dorrotya. The chronicles of Gallus Anonymus mention that Zoltan had two sons.

1202 · Medieval

Zvenislava Borisovna (or Zvenislava Rogvolodovna, in monasticism Eupraxia; born after 1110 / before 1127 — died after 1173) was the only daughter of Boris (Rogvolod) Vseslavich, Prince of Polotsk, and an educator. Biographical information about her remains quite scarce.

810 · Medieval · Benedictines

Alburga, or Æthelburh (died c. 810), was a princess of Wessex and later abbess of Wilton Abbey near Salisbury. She is a saint in the Catholic Church, with her feast day on December 25. She is also venerated in the Western Orthodox Church on December 25 (January 7).

1190–1265 · Medieval

Blessed Eve of Saint-Martin, also known as Eve of Liège, who died in 1266, was a recluse in the Principality of Liège who, together with Juliana of Liège, was responsible for the origin of the Feast of Corpus Christi.

600 · Medieval

Saint Aemiliana was a 6th-century Roman citizen. A charitable Christian, she was the aunt of the famous Doctor of the Church and Pope Gregory the Great. Celebrated on January 5, Aemiliana is a saint of the Roman Catholic Church.

1118 · Medieval · Carthusian Order

Stephen of Bourg, who died on February 4, 1118, was a companion of Saint Bruno, founder of the Grande Chartreuse, and later prior of the Charterhouse of Meyriat in the Diocese of Belley. He is commemorated locally on January 4.

1155–1208 · Medieval · Carthusian Order

Saint Stephen of Châtillon, born in 1155 in Châtillon, France, and died in 1208, was a Carthusian monk, prior of the Charterhouse of Portes in Bugey, and bishop of Die from 1202. Liturgically, he is commemorated on September 7 (October 13 in the Carthusian calendar).