Library

1050–1001 · Medieval

Guillem de Llívia, or Saint Guillem, perhaps born in the County of Toulouse and died in Sant Jaume d'Alf, near Llívia (Catalonia), is a semi-legendary figure of the 11th century who is venerated as a saint in Cerdanya.

1101–1199 · Medieval

William of Peñacorada, C.S.R.A. (d. Cistierna, 1175), was a 12th-century Leonese hermit and Catholic philosopher. He founded an abbey, of which he was the first director. He is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church, with his feast day on May 28.

974–1040 · Medieval · Benedictines

Saint Goustan, or Saint Gulstan, is a Christian saint converted by Felix of Rhuys. Like his master, he rests in Brittany in the abbey church of Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys. A plaque above his sarcophagus reads "Sti Gulstani sepulchrum."

850 · Medieval

Gustav, known as the Hermit (c. 810 – March 10, 890, Sweden), was a hermit monk and companion of Saint Ansgar, the Apostle of Scandinavia. He is considered the first person baptized in the region, in the 820s, and thereafter traveled as a missionary alongside his master.

800 · Medieval

Guthago is the name of a saint associated with missionary work in the coastal region of West Flanders. Guthago is said to have been a Scottish prince by birth. What is known about him consists of legends.

550 · Medieval

Saint Guénin, or Saint Gwennin, was the tenth bishop of the Diocese of Vannes in the 7th century. According to the calendar of Breton saints, his feast day is August 19. He gave his name to the commune of Guénin in Morbihan.

400 · Early Church

Gwawr was a 6th-century saint and one of the 24 daughters of King Brychan of Ceredigion and his wife, Prawst ferch Tudwal. She may also have been referred to by the names Goddeu, Saint Gwrygon, and Gwrugon.

—

Gwenaseth was a saint of the late 5th century and one of the few native saints of Gwynedd. She was the daughter of Rhufon ap Cunedda Wledig. She married Pabo Post Prydain, a chieftain of Rheged who lost his lands to the Picts and Scots and fled to Anglesey.

500 · Medieval

Gwenonwy was a 5th-century saint; she was the daughter of Meurig ap Tewdrig and a cousin of Brychan Brycheiniog. Gwenonwy was raised at Garth Madryn. She married Gwyndaf ap Emyr Llydaw and was the mother of Meugan and Hywyn.

—

Gwyndaf Hen is an early saint, also known as Saint Gwyndaf (or Gwnda). It is possible that he founded churches or religious sites at Llanwnda in Caernarfonshire, Llanwnda in Pembrokeshire, and Capel Gwnda near Rhydlewis in Cardiganshire.

1869–1886 · Modern

Gyaviira Musoke (died Namugongo, June 3, 1886) was one of the 22 Catholic martyrs known and venerated worldwide as the Uganda Martyrs. They were pages at the royal court of the Kabaka of Buganda, Mwanga II (1884–1903), who were killed between November 15, 1885, and January 27, 18…

—

Gény, in Latin Huginius, is a saint of the Catholic and Orthodox churches from the late 3rd century, born and died in Lactora, today Lectoure (Gers). His cult is local, and he should not be confused with homonyms or paronyms such as Saint Genesius of Rome or Genesius of Lyon.

450–520 · Medieval

Georgette, George, Georgie, or Georgina (died in the 6th century near Clermont-Ferrand, then Arvernis) was a Frankish nun and anchorite. She is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church, which commemorates her on February 15.

—

Gérard of Mâcon, also known as Gérald, Girard, or Gérard of Brou, died in 927 or 958. Originally from Belgium or Flanders, he was Bishop of Mâcon in Burgundy and later the founder of the monastery of Brou in Bresse. His feast day is May 29.

1029 · Medieval

Hademunda (also spelled Gademunda, Gadamuda, Gadamuta, Gadamwoda; born Ebersberg near Munich, Bavaria; died November 11, 1029, Jerusalem) was a Catholic saint and pilgrim. Hademunda was the daughter of Count Adalbero of Ebersberg and the sister of Count Ulrich.

800–853 · Medieval

Hardward (died September 16, 853, in Minden) was the second Bishop of Minden, serving from 813 to 853. The name Hardward is of Old High German origin and means "the strong guardian." In his work, he was supported by the deacon Meimelph, who is venerated as a saint; his feast day…

800–815 · Medieval

Hathumar (born c. 760; died August 9, 815, in Paderborn) was the first Bishop of Paderborn. Hathumar (Old High German for "famous in battle," Latin: Hatumarus) came from the Saxon nobility.

1300 · Medieval

Blessed Heilika of Cologne, also known as Heilica or Helga, was a hermit who began living near the Church of St. Andrew in Cologne in the last quarter of the 12th century. She died after 1300 and was buried at the church where she had spent her final years.

—

Elena of Auxerre (died Auxerre, 5th century) was a Frankish martyr. The biographer of Bishop Saint Amator, Stephen of Africa, reports that Elena was among the faithful gathered in the church when the bishop died on May 1, 418.

1900–1943 · Contemporary

Helena Cierpka, Sister Maria Gwidona of the Divine Mercy (born April 11, 1900, in Granowiec, died August 1, 1943, near Nowogródek), was a Polish religious sister of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth and a blessed of the Catholic Church.

1200–1270 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Blessed Helena of Veszprém (Hungarian: Magyar Boldog Ilona) (born early 1200s – Veszprém, c. 1270) was the prioress of the Dominican convent in Veszprém and the tutor of Princess Saint Margaret of Hungary.

800–839 · Medieval

Heriburg of Nottuln (born in Friesland; died October 16, 839, in Nottuln) was a pious woman of the early Middle Ages, possibly an abbess. According to Altfried’s Vita Ludgeri, who was still able to question her as a witness, Heriburg was the sister of Saint Liudger, the first Bi…

640–720 · Medieval

Hermeland of Indre, or Saint Hermeland, born in Noyon (Oise) around 640 or 645 and died between 700 and 710 or between 718 and 720, was a Frankish prelate, commemorated in the Diocese of Nantes on March 25.

943 · Medieval · Benedictines

Hermenegild of Salceda (Galicia, 10th century – Salceda de Caselas, Pontevedra, 943) was a Galician Benedictine monk and saint from the monastery of Santa Maria de Saliceta in Salceda de Caselas, three leagues from Tui.

305 · Early Church

Hermolaus of Nicomedia (executed in 305) was an early Christian hieromartyr who suffered in Nicomedia alongside Hermippus and Hermocrates. He is venerated by the Orthodox Church (commemorated on July 26/August 8) and the Catholic Church (commemorated on July 27).

—

Hesychius (Palestine, 4th century) was a Roman monk, originally from Palestine, and a disciple of Hilarion. According to Jerome in one of his letters, titled Life of Saint Hilarion, Hesychius was one of his favorite disciples and accompanied him on many of his adventures, fleeing…

—

Saint Cornutus of Iconium is an Orthodox Christian saint and martyr. The Orthodox Church commemorates Saint Cornutus on September 12 (25). He was a native of the village of Sursala (or Salata) in Iconium.

75 · Early Church

Saint Hierotheus (supposedly 8 BC–71 AD) is a legendary figure in the ecclesiastical history of Spain, purportedly the first bishop and martyr of Segovia, a disciple of Saint Paul, and the teacher of Saint Dionysius the Areopagite.

750 · Medieval

Saint Hilarian of Espalion, born around 760 in Lévinhac, a hamlet in the commune of Saint-Côme-d'Olt near Espalion in Aveyron, France, and buried in the chapel of Perse, is a Christian martyr. His feast day is June 15.

650–659 · Medieval

Saint Hinguéthen was the thirteenth bishop of the Diocese of Vannes in the 7th century, or the ninth according to the Gallia Christiana. He was the successor of Saint Budoc and admitted into his clergy Saint Mériadec, who would later succeed him.

492 · Early Church

Honoratus of Marseilles (died in the 5th century) was a Bishop of Marseilles, a continuator of Gennadius of Marseilles, a Church Father, and a saint of the Catholic Church. He is believed to be the author of the Life of Saint Hilary of Arles.

—

According to hagiography, Saint Hope or Nadezhda (in Russian: Nadejda) is a 2nd-century child Christian martyr who is called Elpis in Greek. She was the daughter of Saint Sophia of Rome and the sister of Pistis (Faith) and Agape (Charity), the names of the three theological virtu…

729 · Medieval

Hovhannes III of Odzun, or Hovhannes III Odznetsi (Armenian: Հովհաննես Գ Օձնեցի; born c. 650, died 728), was Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church from 717 to 728. He was canonized by that Church.

454 · Early Church

Hovsep (Joseph) I of Holotsim, or Hovsep I Holotsmetsi (Armenian: Հովսեփ Ա Հողոցմեցի; died 454), was Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church from 439/440 (444 for the temporal duties of the office) to 452.

—

Hychan was a saint and Christian man who lived in what is now known as Llanychan, near Denbigh, around 450 AD; he also had a connection to the Llanfarian area of Aberystwyth.

360 · Early Church

Saint Hilary of Toulouse (Hylarius, Hilaris, Yllarius) was a 4th-century bishop of Toulouse and one of the first of the diocese. Although his existence is considered certain, the exact period of his episcopate, which took place during the second half of the 4th century, is unknow…

1260 · Medieval · Cistercians

Ida of Leeuw is a saint who was born in Gors-Opleeuw and died around 1260. Ida's parents were Giselbert and Ida of Leeuw. Ida was raised by the beguines in Borgloon and at the age of 13 joined the Cistercian abbey at Rameige (Dutch: Rameien), now known as Jauchelette.

—

Iduned or Izuned was a Breton monk and deacon who lived in the 7th century. He came to Brittany to live, residing in Châteaulin, possibly at the hermitage of Loc-Iduned.

1796–1839 · Modern

Ignatius Kim Che-jun is a saint who is one of the Korean Martyrs. He was born in Myonch’on, Ch’ungch’ong, Korea, in 1796, and was beheaded in Seoul on September 26, 1839. He was beatified in July 1925 and canonized on May 6, 1984.

1884–1938 · Contemporary

Hieromartyr Ignatius (secular name Alexander Alexandrovich Lebedev; May 28, 1884, Chukhloma, Kostroma Governorate — September 11, 1938, correctional labor colony near Alatyr, Chuvash ASSR) was a schema-archimandrite and a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church, canonized as a hiero…

1762–1838 · Modern · Dominican Order

Ignacio Clemente Delgado Cebrián (born in the village of Villafeliche, Province of Zaragoza, Kingdom of Spain, on November 22, 1762 – died in prison in Nam Dinh, Tonkin, on July 25, 1838) was a Dominican friar and 19th-century Spanish Catholic missionary who became a bishop and i…

501–600 · Medieval

Ilère is a saint of the Catholic Church and a former bishop of Gévaudan. The spelling of his name has evolved; depending on the source and era, it appears as Éli, Yles, Ilère, or Hilaire (not to be confused with Hilary of Poitiers).

1871–1937 · Contemporary

Hieromonk Hilarion (secular name Ilarion Pavlovich Pisarets; 1871, Sobichevo village, Glukhov Uyezd, Chernigov Governorate — December 3, 1937, Butovo firing range, Moscow Oblast) was a clergyman of the Russian Orthodox Church, canonized as a hieromartyr in 2000.

1869–1937 · Contemporary

Ilya Mikhailovich Gromoglasov (July 20 [August 1], 1869, Yermish — December 4, 1937, Kalinin) was a Russian theologian, archpriest, scholar, and specialist in the fields of canon law and the history of Old Belief.

450 · Early Church

Ina ach Cynyr was a late 5th-century saint, the daughter of Marchell ach Brychan and Cynyr of Caer Gawch, and sister to Non and Gwen of Cornwall. She founded Llanina in Ceredigion and another Llanina near St Davids, and on the nearby coast there is a rock known as Carreg Ina.

290–310 · Early Church

Innocentia (born between 285 and 288; died between 303 and 305; sometimes referred to as Innocentia of Rimini) is, according to early Christian accounts, a 4th-century martyr. Her feast day is September 16. No historical evidence regarding her life is known.

543 · Medieval

Innocent of Le Mans (died 559) was a Bishop of Le Mans who held the see between 532 and 543. He is a Christian saint whose feast day is June 19. He was likely of local origin and was trained and educated by Bishop Victor II (511–530), his godfather.

—

Innocent, born Vincenzo (died Rome, August 6, 258), was a Christian deacon killed alongside Pope Sixtus II by order of Emperor Valerian and is therefore venerated as a saint and martyr by the Catholic Church.

1450–1504 · Reformation

Agnes of Aislingen (born 15th century in Aislingen, died probably January 21, 1504, in Rebdorf, Germany) was a saint of the Catholic Church and a hermit. She was a recluse at an Augustinian monastery near Rebdorf.

1494 · Medieval

John of Ustyug (died May 29, 1494) was a saint and a fool-for-Christ of Ustyug. He was born near the Trinity-Gleden Monastery in the village of Pukhovo. His parents, Savva and Maria, were wealthy farmers who relocated to the town of Orlets on the Yug River.