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350–301 · Early Church

Saint Bretannio (also Bretanion, Bretannion, Vetranio, Vetranion) was a bishop of Tomi (today Constanţa, Romania) during the fourth century. Of Cappadocian origin, he occupied the see of Tomi from 360.

941–1014 · Medieval

Brian Boru (Middle Irish: Brian Bóruma mac Cennétig; modern Irish: Brian Bóramha; c. 941 – 23 April 1014) was the High King of Ireland from 1002 to 1014.

397–444 · Early Church

Brice of Tours (Latin: Brictius; c. 370 – 444 AD) was a 5th-century Frankish bishop, the fourth Bishop of Tours, succeeding Martin of Tours in 397. Brice was a contemporary of Augustine of Hippo and lived in the time of the Council of Ephesus.

850 · Medieval

St. Bridget of Fiesole is an Irish Saint whose festival is celebrated in Italy on 1 February. Born in Ireland to noble parents, she was sister to Andrew of Fiesole. She and her brother were pupils of Donatus, later bishop of Fiesole.

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Irish saint

453–525 · Medieval

Saint Brigid of Kildare or Saint Brigid of Ireland (Irish: Naomh Bríd; Classical Irish: Brighid; Latin: Brigida; c. 451 – c. 525) is the patroness saint (or 'mother saint') of Ireland, and one of its three national saints along with Patrick and Columba.

409–502 · Medieval

Brioc (Breton: Brieg; Welsh: Briog; Cornish: Breock; French: Brieuc; died late sixth century) was a 6th-century Welsh holy man who became the first abbot of Saint-Brieuc in Brittany. He is one of the seven founder saints of Brittany.

400–380 · Early Church

Britto of Trier (fl. 374–386) was bishop of Trier. Britto is first known from a meeting of the bishops of Gaul in 374, held at Valence on the Rhône.

1030–1101 · Medieval · Carthusian Order

Bruno of Cologne, OCart (German: Bruno von Köln; Italian: Bruno di Colonia; c. 1030 – 6 October 1101), venerated as Saint Bruno, was the founder of the Carthusians. He personally founded the order's first two communities.

970–1009 · Medieval · Camaldolese

Bruno of Querfurt, O.S.B. Cam. (German: Brun von Querfurt; c. 974 – 14 February or 9 March 1009), also known as Brun, was a Christian missionary, bishop, Camaldolese monk and martyr.

925–965 · Medieval

Bruno the Great (May 925 – 11 October 965) was the archbishop of Cologne from 953 until his death and the duke of Lotharingia after 954. He was the youngest brother of Emperor Otto I. Bruno was the youngest son of King Henry the Fowler and Matilda of Ringelheim.

850–880 · Medieval

Bruno, also called Brun or Braun (c. 830/840 – 2 February 880), a member of the Ottonian dynasty, was Duke of Saxony from 866 until his death in 880. He is rated as an ancestor of the Brunonids, a cadet branch of the Ottonians, though an affiliation is uncertain.

1905–1942 · Contemporary

Brunon Zembol, OFM, born Jan Brunon Zembol (September 7, 1905, in Łętownia – August 21, 1942, in Dachau), was a Polish Catholic priest, a Friar Minor (Reformed), a martyr of World War II, and a blessed of the Catholic Church.

400–480 · Early Church

Brychan ap Anlach of Brycheiniog was a legendary 5th-century king of Brycheiniog (Brecknockshire, alternatively Breconshire) in Mid Wales. Brychan had Irish ancestry and came from Ireland to Wales, therefore his original name was likely to have been Irish prior to his being call…

600 · Medieval

Saint Brynach was a 6th-century Welsh saint. He is traditionally associated with Pembrokeshire, where several churches are dedicated to him. A 12th-century account of Brynach's life states that sometime in the early 6th century, Brynach travelled (from where is unstated) to Rome…

1250–1317 · Medieval

Brynolf Algotsson (Italian: Brinolfo; c. 1240-1248 – 6 February 1317) was a Swedish Catholic prelate and theologian who served as the Bishop of Skara from 1278 until his death.

512 · Medieval

Saint Brónach (sometimes anglicised to Bronagh) was a 6th-century holy woman from Ireland, the reputed founder and patron saint of Cell Brónche ("church of Brónach"), now Kilbroney, in County Down, Northern Ireland.

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In Greek mythology, Bucolus is the name of four men:

500–600 · Medieval

Budoc of Dol (also Budeaux or Beuzec) was a 5th-century Breton monk and Bishop of Dol, who has been venerated since his death as a saint in both Brittany (in France) and Devon (in England). Budoc is the patron saint of Plourin in Finistère where his relics are preserved.

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Saint Budoc de Vannes served as a presbyter and held the position of bishop. He is recognized as a saint.

1861–1918 · Contemporary

Budrin Alexey was an Eastern Orthodox Christian minister, politician, and deputy who served as a member of the State Duma of the Russian Empire. Born in the Perm Governorate in 1861, he died in Krasnoufimsk in 1918 from a gunshot wound. He is recognized as a hieromartyr.

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Bugi ab Gwynlliw Filwr (also Hywgi, Bywgi and Beugi) was a Welsh Christian saint in the 6th century. He was reportedly the son of Gwynllyw, a Welsh king, brother of saint Cadoc and the father of Beuno (died 640), abbot and saint.

521 · Medieval

Buíte (died c. 519/20 or 521), also known as Buíte mac Bronach (Brónaig), and Boetius, was a sixth-century Irish monastic. He was born near Mellifout, Louth; visited Wales and Italy; returned through Germany and Scotland to Antrim, and thence to Louth, where he built Monasterboic…

1262 · Medieval

Born in Florence, Saint Buonfiglio dei Monaldi died in 1262. He passed away at the Basilica of Our Lady of Sorrows and St. Philip Benizi.

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Early Irish saint, believed by some to having been Saint Patrick's sister or baptised by him

260 · Early Church

Buono! was a subgroup of the Japanese girl groups Berryz Kobo and Cute, formed in 2007 by Up-Front Promotion and associated with Hello! Project. The members consisted of Momoko Tsugunaga and Miyabi Natsuyaki from Berryz Kobo, and Airi Suzuki from Cute.

683–755 · Medieval · Benedictines

Saint Burchard of Würzburg (in German Burkard or Burkhard) was an Anglo-Saxon missionary who became the first Bishop of Würzburg (741–751). Burchard was an Anglo-Saxon Benedictine monk possibly of noble birth, and educated at Malmesbury Abbey.

965–1025 · Medieval

Burchard of Worms (c. 950/965 – 20 August 1025) was the bishop of the Imperial City of Worms, in the Holy Roman Empire. He was the author of a canon law collection of twenty books known as the Decretum, Decretum Burchardi, or Decretorum libri viginti. Burchard was born on c.

595–656 · Medieval

Burgundofara (died 643 or 655), also Saint Fara or Fare, was the founder and first abbess of the Abbey of Faremoutiers. Her family is known as the Faronids, named after her brother Faro. Her name may mean "she who moves the Burgundians".

1046 · Medieval

Saint Bystrík (Latin Beztertus Nitriensis, Bestredius, Bestridus, Bestricus, Bistridus, Bistritus; Hungarian Beszteréd, Besztrik, Besztríd; died 1046) was a martyr and the Bishop of the Diocese of Nitra. Bystrík was probably of Slavic or Hungarian origin.

1205–1260 · Medieval

Beatriz of Assisi (born c. 1205, Assisi – 1260, ibid.) was the daughter of the nobleman Favarone Offreduccio and Ortolana, and the sister of two other saints, Saint Clare of Assisi and Saint Agnes of Assisi.

500–600 · Medieval

Saint Bécán (or Began, Beggan, Becain; 5th–6th century) was an Irish monk who founded a monastery at Kilbeggan and is considered by some to be one of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland. His feast day is 5 April.

1165–1184 · Medieval

Bénézet (also Benedict, Benezet, Benet, Benoît; c. 1163 – 1184) is a saint of the Catholic Church. Christian tradition states that he was a shepherd boy who had a vision during an eclipse in 1177, which led him to build a bridge over the Rhône River at Avignon.

500–519 · Medieval

Béoáed mac Ocláin was bishop of Ardcarne (Ard Carna), County Roscommon. Béoáed was bishop of Ard Carna in Maigh nAi (now Ardcarne, four miles due east of Boyle, County Roscommon. He is patron saint of Ardcarn, and his feast is celebrated on 8 March.

670–725 · Medieval

Saint Bérégise of Andage (or Bergis), born around 670 in the locality of Spange near Emptinne in the province of Namur, Belgium, and died on October 2, around 725, at the Abbey of Saint-Hubert in the Belgian Ardennes province of Luxembourg, was a cleric trained at the Abbey of Sa…

530–590 · Medieval

Cadfan (Latin: Catamanus), was the 6th century founder-abbot of Tywyn (whose church is dedicated to him) and Bardsey, both in Gwynedd, Wales. He was said to have received the island of Bardsey from Einion Frenin, king of Llŷn, around 516 and to have served as its abbot until 542.…

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Cadfarch is a community a few miles to the south and southeast of Machynlleth in Powys (previously Montgomeryshire) in Wales. The community's western and southern border is with the neighbouring county of Ceredigion, while the northwest corner touches Gwynedd.

497–580 · Medieval

Saint Cadoc or Cadog (Medieval Latin: Cadocus; also Modern Welsh: Catawg or Catwg; born c. 497 or before) was a 5th–6th-century abbot of Llancarfan, near Cowbridge in Glamorgan, Wales, a monastery famous from the era of the Celtic church as a centre of learning, where Illtud spen…

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Caesar of Dyrrhachium (Greek: Καίσαρ Δυρραχιού) is numbered among the Seventy Disciples, and was bishop of Dyrrhachium, a city of Epirus in modern Albania.

500–600 · Medieval

Caesaria the Elder or Caesaria II (died c. 530) was a saint and abbess. Little is known about her, but there were some "glowing" references to her in the writings of Venantius Fortunatus; according to Gregory of Tours, her life was "blessed and holy".

1–200 · Early Church

Saint Caesarius of Terracina (Italian: Saint Cesario Deacono, "Saint Caesarius the Deacon") was a Christian martyr. The church of San Cesareo in Palatio in Rome bears his name.

470–542 · Medieval

Caesarius of Arles (Latin: Caesarius Arelatensis; 468/470 – 27 August 542 AD), sometimes called "of Chalon" (Cabillonensis or Cabellinensis) from his birthplace Chalon-sur-Saône, was the foremost ecclesiastic of his generation in Merovingian Gaul.

700 · Medieval

Saint Caesarius of Damascus died in 700.

330–368 · Early Church

Caesarius of Nazianzus (Greek: Καισάριος ό Ναζιανζήνος; c. 331 – 368) was a prominent physician and politician. He is best known as the younger brother of Gregory of Nazianzus. He is recognized as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church.

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St Caian's Church, Tregaian, also known as St Caean's Church, Tregaean, is a small medieval church dating from the 14th century in Anglesey, north Wales. It is dedicated to St Caian, a Christian from the 5th or 6th century about whom little is known.

516–600 · Medieval

Cainnech of Aghaboe (515/16–600), also known as Saint Canice in Ireland, Saint Kenneth in Scotland, Saint Kenny and in Latin Sanctus Canicus, was an Irish abbot, monastic founder, priest and missionary during the early medieval period.

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Saint to women of the province of Connacht

296 · Early Church

Pope Caius (died 22 April 296), also called Gaius, was the bishop of Rome from 17 December 283 to his death in 296. Little information on Caius is available except that given by the Liber Pontificalis, which relies on a legendary account of the martyrdom of Susanna of Rome for it…

664 · Medieval

Caldéold died in 664. He is a canonized saint.

232 · Early Church

Saint Calepodius (Italian: San Calepodio; died 232 AD) was a priest who was killed during the persecutions of Christians by the Roman Emperor Alexander Severus. One of the catacombs of Rome, the cemetery of Calepodius on the Aurelian Way, was named after him.