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760–827 · Medieval · Benedictines

Hildegrim (c. 750 – 19 June 827) was Bishop of Châlons from 804 to 810 and the second abbot of Werden Abbey, after his elder brother Ludger, from 809 until his death. Like his brother Ludger, Hildegrim was of Christian Frisian noble descent.

170–235 · Early Church

Hippolytus of Rome was a bishop of Rome and one of the most important Christian theologians of the second and third centuries whose provenance, identity, and corpus remain elusive to scholars and historians.

900–915 · Medieval · Benedictines

Hoger is a German male name (from Latin Hogerus) and a surname. Notable people with the name include:

450–500 · Medieval

Honorata of Pavia (died 11 January 500 in Pavia), sister of Bishop Epiphanius (+496), was a consecrated virgin and Catholic saint. Details of her life come from Ennodius's biography of her brother.

550–653 · Medieval · Benedictines

Honorius (died 30 September 653) was a member of the Gregorian mission to Christianize the Anglo-Saxons from their native Anglo-Saxon paganism in 597 AD who later became Archbishop of Canterbury.

550–600 · Medieval

Honorius of Brescia was born in 550 in Brescia and served as a Catholic priest and bishop. He died in 600 and is recognized as a saint in the Catholic Church.

1250 · Medieval

Saint Honoré de Buzançais was born in Buzançais and died in Thénezay in 1250. He is a saint within Catholicism.

450–523 · Medieval

Pope Hormisdas was the bishop of Rome from 20 July 514 to his death on 6 August 523. His papacy was dominated by the Acacian schism, started in 484 by Acacius of Constantinople's efforts to placate the non-Chalcedonians.

256–357 · Early Church

Hosius of Corduba (c. 256–359), also known as Hosius the Confessor, Osius or Ossius, was a bishop of Corduba (now Córdoba, Spain) and an important and prominent advocate for Homoousion Christianity during the period when the Arian controversy divided early Christianity.

1563–1600 · Reformation

Akechi Tama (明智たま, Akechi Tama), usually referred to as Hosokawa Gracia (細川ガラシャ, Hosokawa Garasha), (1563 – 25 August 1600) was a member of the aristocratic Akechi family from the Sengoku period.

935–968 · Medieval · Benedictines

Hrotsvitha (c. 935–973) was a secular canoness who wrote drama and Christian poetry under the Ottonian dynasty. She was born in Bad Gandersheim to Saxon nobles and entered Gandersheim Abbey as a canoness.

655–727 · Medieval

Hubert of Liège (Latinized: Hubertus) (c. 656 – 30 May 727 A.D.) was a Christian saint who became the first bishop of Liège in 708 A.D. He is a patron saint of hunters, mathematicians, opticians and metalworkers.

1148–1233 · Medieval · Knights Hospitaller

Ugo Canefri (1148 – 8 October 1233), also known as Ugo da Genova, was an Italian crusader and subsequently a health worker. Canefri was born, probably in 1148, into the family of the counts of Canefri: feudal lords of Gamondio (today Castellazzo Bormida), Fresonara and Borgo Rov…

1053–1132 · Medieval · Benedictines

Hugh of Châteauneuf (French: Hugues de Châteauneuf, 1053 – 1 April 1132), also called Hugh of Grenoble, was the Bishop of Grenoble from 1080 to his death. He was a partisan of the Gregorian reform and opposed to the Archbishop of Vienne, later Pope Callixtus II.

1135–1200 · Medieval · Carthusian Order

Hugh of Lincoln OCart (c. 1140 – 16 November 1200), also known as Hugh of Avalon, was a Burgundian-born Carthusian monk, bishop of Lincoln in the Kingdom of England, and Catholic saint. His feast is observed by Catholics on 16 November and by Anglicans on 17 November.

1170 · Medieval · Cistercians

Hugh of Noara or of Novara, also known as Ugo of Novara and Hugo of Novara, was a Cistercian monk and a disciple of Bernard of Clairvaux. French by birth, he served as the first abbot of Novara Abbey, Sicily, where he remained until his death in 1170.

730 · Medieval · Benedictines

Hugh of Rouen (died 730) was the son of Duke Drogo of Champagne and his wife Anstrudis. He entered the church and became archbishop of Rouen in 722. Hugh was the grandson of Pepin of Heristal and Plectrude on his father's side, and of Waratton and Ansfledis on his mother's.

800–870 · Medieval

Hunberht or Humberht was a medieval Bishop of Elmham. Hunberht was consecrated by 824. The twelfth-century Annals of St Neots says that he crowned Edmund the Martyr as king at Burna on Christmas Day 856, but no source is known for this statement.

1582–1637 · Reformation · Order of Friars Minor

Humilis of Bisignano (Italian: Umile da Bisignano) (1582 – 26 November 1637) was a Franciscan friar who was widely known in his day as a mystic and wonderworker. He has been declared a saint by the Catholic Church.

96–108 · Early Church

Hyacinth (Greek: Ὑάκινθος, Hyakinthos; died 108 AD) was a young Christian living at the start of the second century, who is honored as a martyr and a saint by both the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church.

1185–1257 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Hyacinth (Polish: Święty Jacek or Jacek Odrowąż; c. 1185 – 15 August 1257) was a Polish Dominican priest and missionary who worked to reform the women's monasteries in his native Poland. Educated in Paris and Bologna, he was a Doctor of Sacred Studies.

142 · Early Church

Pope Hyginus (Greek: Υγίνος) was the bishop of Rome from c. 138 to his death in c. 142. Tradition holds that during his papacy he determined the various prerogatives of the clergy and defined the grades of the ecclesiastical hierarchy.

650–705 · Medieval · Benedictines

Hædde (died 705) was a medieval monk and Bishop of Winchester. Hædde is believed to have been born in Headingley, Leeds, and became a monk of Whitby Abbey.

445–540 · Medieval

Iarlaithe mac Loga , also known as Jarlath , was an Irish priest and scholar from Connacht, remembered as the founder of the monastic School of Tuam and of the Archdiocese of Tuam, of which he is the patron saint.

500–502 · Medieval

Ibar mac Lugna, whose name is also given as Iberius or Ivor, was an early Irish saint, patron of Beggerin Island, and bishop. The saint is sometimes said to have been one of the "Quattuor sanctissimi Episcopi" ("The four most sacred bishops") said to have preceded Saint Patrick i…

1211–1290 · Medieval

Ida of Louvain (died around 1300) was a Cistercian nun of Roosendael Abbey in the 13th-century Low Countries who is officially commemorated in the Catholic Church as blessed. Ida was born into a well-to-do family in Leuven, Duchy of Brabant (now Belgium).

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.

1866–1931 · Contemporary

Ignacy Kłopotowski (20 July 1866 – 7 September 1931) was a Polish Roman Catholic priest and the founder of the Sisters of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Loreto (1920); he founded this congregation with the assistance of the Polish nuncio Achille Ratti - the future Pope Pius XI.

1869–1915 · Contemporary

Ignatius Maloyan, ICPB (Armenian: Իգնատիոս Մալոյան, April 8, 1869 – June 11, 1915), born as Shukrallah Maloyan, was an Armenian Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Mardin from 1911 to 1915.

1701–1781 · Modern · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Ignazio da Laconi (Sardinian: Ignatziu dae Làconi) (10 December 1701 - 11 May 1781) - born Vincenzo Peis - was a Roman Catholic professed religious born in Sardinia, and a member of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin.

1686–1770 · Modern · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Ignatius of Santhià (5 June 1686 – 22 September 1770), born Lorenzo Maurizio Belvisotti, was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin.

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…

385 · Early Church

Saint Illidius (French: Saint Allyre, Alyre; died 385) was a 4th-century bishop of Clermont, France. To Illidius is attributed the rise of Clermont-Ferrand as a center of religious teaching and culture. Gregory of Tours mentions Illidius in his work.

1280 · Medieval · Franciscans

Illuminatus of Arce (Italian: Illuminato dell'Arce) or Illuminatus of Rieti (Illuminato da Rieti) was an earlier follower of Francis of Assisi.

605 · Medieval

Ingenuinus or Ingenuin, also Jenewein (d. c. 605), was the second historically confirmed bishop of Sabiona or Säben. He is venerated as a saint. Little is known of his life. He was probably bishop of Sabiona from 577 to his death in about 605 and of Roman descent.

1887–1934 · Contemporary · Passionists

Inocencio of Mary Immaculate, CP (10 March 1887–9 October 1934), born Manuel Canoura Arnau, was a Catholic priest and member of the Passionists who was killed during the Asturias revolt. He and his companions are known collectively as the Martyrs of Turon.

400–417 · Early Church

Pope Innocent I (Latin: Innocentius I) was the bishop of Rome from 401 to his death on 12 March 417. From the beginning of his papacy, he was seen as the general arbitrator of ecclesiastical disputes in both the East and the West.

285–353 · Early Church

Innocentius of Tortona was a Catholic priest and bishop born in Tortona in 285. A citizen of Ancient Rome, he died in 353. He is recognized as a saint by the Catholic Church.

1589–1655 · Reformation · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Giuseppe Marcinò (24 October 1589 – 16 November 1655), religious name Innocenzo of Caltagirone, was an Italian priest and a member of the Capuchins. He was well known for his frequent and often sensational predications and miracles attributed to him since 1623.

349–379 · Early Church

Irene of Rome (also Erena, Hirena, and Heira; born c. 349/350; died c. 379, buried in Rome) is venerated as a virgin and saint in the Catholic and Orthodox Churches. Her feast day is February 21. She is said to have been the sister of Pope Damasus I.

300–304 · Early Church

Saint Irene of Rome (died 288 AD) was a Christian woman in the Roman Empire during the reign of Diocletian. She was the wife of Saint Castulus. According to Christian legend, she attended to Saint Sebastian after he was wounded by Mauretanian archers.

1914–1992 · Contemporary · Franciscans

Dulce de Souza Lopes Pontes, SMIC, widely known as Irmã Dulce ("Sister Dulce") and also as Saint Dulce of the Poor (born Maria Rita de Souza Pontes; 26 May 1914 – 13 March 1992), was a Brazilian Missionary Sister of the Immaculate Conception of the Mother of God.

1607–1646 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Isaac Jogues SJ (10 January 1607 – 18 October 1646) was a French missionary and martyr who traveled and worked among the Iroquois, Huron, and other Native populations in North America.

980–1048 · Medieval · Benedictines

Isarn de Sant Víctor was a Benedictine monk born in 980 who served as the abbot of Saint-Victor of Marseille. He died in 1048 and is recognized as a saint within the Catholic Church.

1200–1204 · Medieval · Premonstratensians

Isfrid of Ratzeburg was a Premonstratensian Prince-Bishop of Ratzeburg. Isfrid was a professed canon of the Cappenberg monastery in Westphalia. In 1159, Isfrid was appointed the Provost of Jerichow. There he finished construction of the Romanesque collegiate church of St.

370–440 · Early Church

Isidore of Pelusium (Ancient Greek: Ἰσίδωρος ὁ Πηλουσιώτης, d. c.450) was born in Egypt to a prominent Alexandrian family. He became an ascetic, and moved to a mountain near the city of Pelusium, in the tradition of the Desert Fathers.

560–636 · Medieval

Isidore of Seville (Latin: Isidorus Hispalensis; c. 560 – 4 April 636) was a Hispano-Roman scholar, theologian and archbishop of Seville. He is widely regarded, in the words of the 19th-century historian Charles Forbes René de Montalembert, as "the last scholar of the ancient wor…

1784–1839 · Modern

Juliette Kim (Korean: 김 율리에타) was a Korean Christian laywoman, martyr, and saint, born in 1784 near Seoul, Korea, and beheaded on September 26, 1839, near Seoul.

1899–1952 · Contemporary · Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer

Ivan Ziatyk CSsR (Ukrainian: Іван Зятик, pronounced [iˈwɑn ˈzʲɑtɪk]; December 26, 1899 – May 17, 1952) was a Ukrainian Catholic priest, Redemptorist, and lecturer, considered to be a martyr by the Catholic Church.

1040–1116 · Medieval

Ivo of Chartres, Can.Reg. (also Ives, Yves, or Yvo; Latin: Ivo Carnutensis; c. 1040 – 23 December 1115), was a French canon regular and abbot who then served as the Bishop of Chartres from 1090 until his death.