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951–1031 · Medieval · Benedictines

Saint Dominic, abbot, also known as Saint Dominic of Foligno or Saint Dominic of Sora, in Latin Dominicus de Sora and Dominicus Confessoris (Foligno, 951 – Sora, January 22, 1031), was an Italian abbot and reformer of monastic life who lived during the 10th and 11th centuries.

1803–1839 · Modern

Saint Dominic Đinh Đạt (Vietnamese: Đaminh Đinh Đạt) (born c. 1803 in Phú Nhai, Nam Định Province, Vietnam – died July 18, 1839, in Nam Định, Vietnam) was a Catholic saint and martyr. Dominic Đinh Đạt was born in Phú Nhai around 1803 to Christian parents.

1835–1862 · Modern

Saint Dominic Ninh (Vietnamese: Đaminh Ninh) (born c. 1835 or 1841 in Trung Linh, Nam Định Province, Vietnam – died June 2, 1862, in An Triêm, Nam Định Province, Vietnam) was a martyr and a saint of the Catholic Church. Dominic Ninh was born in Trung Linh in Nam Định Province.

600–545 · Medieval

Domenico of Arras was a Pre-congregational saint and Bishop of Arras, France from 540AD to about 545AD. His feast day is 6th Feb.

1794–1858 · Modern · Dominican Order

Dominik Hà Trọng Mậu was a Catholic priest and member of the Dominican Order born in 1794. He died by decapitation in Hưng Yên in 1858. He is recognized as a Catholic saint.

1886–1942 · Contemporary

Dominik Jędrzejewski (4 August 1886 – 29 August 1942) was a Polish Roman Catholic priest killed at the Dachau concentration camp during World War II. He was beatified in Warsaw on 13 June 1999. Jędrzejewski was born in Kowal, Poland, and was the youngest of six children.

1772–1838 · Modern · Dominican Order

Dominic Nguyen Van Hanh (Vietnamese: Đaminh Nguyễn Văn Hạnh; Nghệ An, 1772 – Ba Tòa, August 1, 1838) was a Vietnamese Dominican priest. He is venerated as a martyr and saint by the Catholic Church. He desired to be a priest at an early age.

1786–1839 · Modern · Dominican Order

Saint Dominic Nguyễn Văn Xuyên (born c. 1786 in Hương Hiệp, Nam Định Province, Vietnam; died November 26, 1839, in Bảy Mẫu, Vietnam) was a Dominican friar, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church. Dominic Nguyễn Văn Xuyên was born to wealthy farmers.

600–560 · Medieval

Domitian of Huy (Latin: Domitianus; also, of Maestricht) was a Gaulish bishop of the sixth century who is noted for both his generosity and writings against heresy. He is venerated as a saint. Domitian was chosen bishop of Tongeren, but later moved his see to Maastricht.

564–602 · Medieval

Domitian (Latin: Domitianus, Greek: Δομιτιανός; c. 550 – 602) was the nephew of the Roman emperor Maurice and the archbishop of Melitene in Roman Armenia from around 580 until his death.

201–304 · Early Church

Saint Domninus of Fidenza (Italian: San Donnino di Fidenza) is an Italian Catholic saint. According to tradition, he died in 304 AD and was a native of Parma. The cathedral in Fidenza (a town once called Borgo San Donnino) is dedicated to him.

594–660 · Medieval

Donatus (d. after 658) was a bishop of Besançon, founder of the monastery Palatium (later Saint-Paul) in Besançon and author of a rule for nuns. He is venerated as a saint since the 11th century; his feast day is August 7.

400–390 · Early Church

Donatien of Reims (also known as Donatien or Donat) was a 4th-century French saint and the 8th Bishop of Reims. He died in AD 389, and in AD 863 the count of Flanders Baldwin I transferred his relics to the Church Saint-Agricol de Reims at Bruges, where his cult is still active.…

350–362 · Early Church

Saint Donatus of Arezzo (Italian: San Donato di Arezzo) is the patron saint of Arezzo, and considered a bishop of the city. A Passio of Donatus' life was written by a bishop of Arezzo, Severinus; it is of questionable historicity.

701–876 · Medieval

Donatus of Fiesole (died 876) was an Irish teacher and poet, and Bishop of Fiesole. Donatus was born in Ireland to noble parents towards the end of the eighth century.

1179–1198 · Medieval · Benedictines

Donatus was a Benedictine monk. He was born in Ripacandida, Italy. He became a Benedictine in 1194, at Petina, Italy.

750–811 · Medieval

Donatus (second half of 8th century Zadar – first half of 9th century), also called Donato of Zara, was a Dalmatian saint who became a bishop and a diplomat for the Dalmatian city-state of Zadar (Zara). His feast day is celebrated on 25 February.

1882–1961 · Contemporary

Donizetti Tavares de Lima (3 January 1882 – 16 June 1961) was a Brazilian Catholic priest. Tavares de Lima was ordained to the priesthood in 1908 and served as a parish priest in various churches across Brazil but was noted for his extensive work at the San Antonio church in Tam…

1347–1394 · Medieval

Dorothea of Montau (6 February 1347 – 25 June 1394) was an anchoress and visionary of 14th century Prussia. After centuries of veneration in Central Europe, she was beatified in 1976.

255–362 · Early Church

Saint Dorotheus (Greek: Άγιος Δωρόθεος) bishop of Tyre (present-day Lebanon; c. 255 – 362) is traditionally credited with an Acts of the Seventy Apostles (which may be the same work as the lost Gospel of the Seventy), who were sent out according to the Gospel of Luke 10:1.

1214–1274 · Medieval · Roubaud beguinage

Douceline of Digne (c. 1215/1216 – 1274) was the founder of the Beguines of Marseille and the subject of a vita that survives today, The Life of Douceline de Digne.

610 · Medieval

Saint Drostan (d. early 7th century), also known as Drustan, was the founder and abbot of the monastery of Old Deer in Aberdeenshire. His relics were later translated to the church at New Aberdour and his holy well lies nearby.

909–988 · Medieval · Benedictines

Dunstan (c. 909 – 19 May 988) was an English bishop and Benedictine monk. He was successively Abbot of Glastonbury Abbey, Bishop of Worcester, Bishop of London and Archbishop of Canterbury, later canonised.

1050 · Medieval

Eadsige (died 29 October 1050), was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1038 to 1050. He crowned Edward the Confessor as king of England in 1043. Eadsige was a royal priest for King Cnut before Cnut arranged for him to become a monk at Christ Church, Canterbury about 1030.

626–704 · Medieval · Benedictines

Eanflæd (19 April 626 – after 685, also known as Enfleda) was a Deiran princess, queen of Northumbria and later, the abbess of an influential Christian monastery in Whitby, England.

630–693 · Medieval · Benedictines

Saint Earconwald (also Erkenwald), died 693, was a Saxon prince who served as Bishop of London between 675 and 693 and is the first post-Roman-period Bishop of London to begin the unbroken succession in the Saxon See of London.

700–686 · Medieval

Eata (died 26 October 686), also known as Eata of Lindisfarne, was Bishop of Hexham from 678 until 681, and of then Bishop of Lindisfarne from before 681 until 685. He then was translated back to Hexham where he served until his death in 685 or 686.

810–866 · Medieval

Eberhard (c. 815 – 16 December 867) was the Frankish Duke of Friuli from 846. His name is alternatively spelled Everard, Evrard, Erhard, or Eberard; in Latinized fashion, Everardus, Eberardus, or Eberhardus. He wrote his own name "Evvrardus".

600–594 · Medieval

Eberigisil (died before 593) was Bishop of Cologne, being the fifth well-attested bishop, and the first with a Frankish name. Evergislu's tenure was marked by the unrest brought about by the migration of peoples, which dominated both city and country.

1050–1104 · Medieval · Benedictines

Ebontius (died 1104), also known as Ebon, Pontius, or Ponce, was Bishop of Barbastro, Spain, after its recapture from the Moors. Born in Comminges, Haute Garonne, France, he became a Benedictine and abbot before accepting the See of Babastro.

639–729 · Medieval · Benedictines

Ecgberht (or Egbert, and sometimes referred to as Egbert of Rath Melsigi) (died 729) was an Anglo-Saxon monk of Northumbria. After studying at Lindisfarne and Rath Melsigi, he spent his life travelling among monasteries in northern Britain and around the Irish Sea.

961–984 · Medieval · Benedictines

Edith of Wilton (c. 961 – c. 984) was an English saint, nun and member of the community at Wilton Abbey, and the daughter of Edgar, King of England (r. 959–975) and Saint Wulfthryth.

1585–1628 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Edmund Arrowsmith, SJ (c. 1585 – 28 August 1628) was one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales of the Catholic Church. The main source of information on Arrowsmith is a contemporary account written by an eyewitness and published a short time after his death.

1540–1581 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Edmund Campion, SJ (25 January 1540 – 1 December 1581) was an English Jesuit priest and martyr. While conducting an underground ministry in officially Anglican England, Campion was arrested by priest hunters.

1567–1591 · Reformation

Edmund Gennings (1567 – 10 December 1591), was an English martyr, who was executed during the English Reformation for being a Roman Catholic priest. He came from Lichfield, Staffordshire. Gennings was born at Lichfield in 1567.

1174–1240 · Medieval

Edmund of Abingdon (also known as Edmund Rich, St Edmund of Canterbury, Edmund of Pontigny, French: St Edme; c. 1174 – 1240) was an English Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Canterbury.

1100–1100 · Medieval · Benedictines

Edmund or Etmond mac Maíl Coluim (c. 1070 – after 1097) was a son of Malcolm III of Scotland and his second wife, Margaret of Wessex. He may be found on some lists of Scottish kings, but there is no evidence that he was king.

1066 · Medieval

Edward the Confessor (1003/1005 – 5 January 1066) was King of the English from 1042 until his death in 1066. He was the last reigning monarch of the House of Wessex. Edward was the son of Æthelred the Unready and Emma of Normandy.

963–978 · Medieval

Edward the Martyr (c. 962 – 18 March 978) was King of the English from 8 July 975 until he was killed in 978. He was the eldest son of King Edgar (r. 959–975).

1729–1812 · Modern · Franciscans

Egidio Maria of Saint Joseph (16 November 1729 – 7 February 1812) - born Francesco Pontillo - was an Italian professed religious of the Order of Friars Minor.

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Saint Egwad was a 7th-century Catholic bishop and Saint of Wales. He built a church at Ystrad Tywi. He is the Patron Saint of Llanegwad, Wales, and in the Middle Ages there was a festival at this town, in his honour.

700–718 · Medieval · Benedictines

Egwin of Evesham (died 30 December 717) was a Benedictine monk and, later, the third Bishop of Worcester in England. He is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church.

401 · Early Church

Saint Eigron was a pre-congregational saint of medieval South Wales. He was the brother of Saint Gwenafwy whom he travelled to Cornwall with, a brother to Gildas and a son of Caw of Strathclyde. He was the Patron Saint of Llanigon, Wales and founded a Church in Cernyw.

1223–1291 · Medieval · Benedictines

Eleanor of Provence (c. 1223 – 24/25 June 1291) was a Provençal noblewoman who became Queen of England as the wife of King Henry III from 1236 until his death in 1272. She served as regent of England during the absence of her spouse in France in 1253.

1895–1943 · Contemporary

Eleonora Aniela Jóźwik, Sister Maria Daniela of Jesus and Mary Immaculate (born January 25, 1895, in Poizdów near Kock; 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 Cath…

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Saint Eleuterio di Parenzo is a saint in the Catholic Church. He died as a result of torture.

189 · Early Church

Pope Eleutherius (Greek: Ελευθέριος; died 24 May 189), also known as Eleutherus (Greek: Ελεύθερος), was the bishop of Rome from c. 174 until his death in 189. His pontificate is alternatively dated to 171–185 or 177–193. He is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church.

250–140 · Early Church

Eleutherius (born c. 90; died c. 138 in Aecae) was a bishop in Illyria and a martyr. According to tradition, Eleutherius lost his father at an early age and was taken by his Christian mother, Anthia, to Anacletus, Bishop of Rome, to be instructed in Christian doctrine.

561 · Medieval

St. Eleutherius was a 6th-century Bishop of Auxerre in France and Pre-congregational Saint, who attended four Councils of Orléans between 533 and 549.

1839–1900 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor

Élie Facchini, also known as Élie of Cento, born on July 2, 1839, in Reno di Cento, Italy, and died on July 9, 1900, in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, China, was an Italian Franciscan priest and missionary in China.