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Elliw was a 6th-century saint and a great-granddaughter of Brychan Brycheiniog. Elliw is sometimes called a disciple of Saint Cadoc. She was also his heir, which suggests a blood relationship between them.

257 · Early Church

Ilpide is a Christian saint venerated by both the Catholic and Orthodox Churches. A contemporary of Saint Privat (likely in the 3rd century), he was also a native of Gévaudan. He is said to have died a martyr around 257.

1796–1859 · Modern

Emmanuel Lê Van Phung is one of the 117 Vietnamese martyrs canonized by John Paul II in 1988. A father of nine, a zealous Catholic, and a catechist, he sheltered Christian missionaries at the height of the religious persecution under the reign of Emperor Tu Duc (1847–1883).

1756–1798 · Modern

Saint Emmanuel Nguyễn Văn Triệu (1756, Hue, Vietnam – September 17, 1798, Saigon, Vietnam) was a priest, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church. Emmanuel Nguyễn Văn Triệu was orphaned by his father at a young age and lived with his mother in Hue. In 1771, he joined the army.

800–827 · Medieval · Benedictines

Saint Emerius or Saint Mer (Narbonne, 800 – Sant Esteve de Guialbes, 827), abbot of Banyoles, is one of the most famous members of the Benedictine Order. He abandoned a military career and retired to the wilderness with a companion named Patricius.

270 · Early Church

Saint Emeterius of Calahorra, also sometimes called Madir (died March 3, between 298 and 304), was a Roman soldier beheaded for professing Christianity.

550 · Medieval

Emiliana of Rome was a 6th-century Roman virgin and religious woman of the Anician family. She is known for being a relative of Pope Saint Gregory the Great and his great-grandfather and predecessor, Saint Felix III. Her feast day is January 5.

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Saint Emiliana was a virgin and the aunt of Pope Gregory I the Great. She lived a monastic life with her sisters, Tarsilla and Gordiana. Shortly before her death, it is said that God appeared to her, saying, "I spent Christmas without you, but we shall meet on the feast of the Ep…

1040 · Medieval

Emma of Bremen, also known as Emma of Lesum or Emma of Stiepel (or Hemma or Imma), born between 975 and 980 and died in Lesum on December 3, 1038, was a widow who dedicated her entire great fortune to charitable works.

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Emmanuel Nguyen Van Trieu (Hué, Tonkin, 1756 – Hué, Tonkin, September 17, 1798) was an 18th-century Vietnamese priest who died as a martyr in Tonkin (modern-day Vietnam).

642–715 · Medieval

Saint Engratia of Segovia (Segovia, Visigothic Kingdom, c. 642 – Caballar, Umayyad Caliphate, 715) was a Christian martyr and hermit who lived during the 7th and 8th centuries.

550–628 · Medieval

Énimie is a saint of the Catholic Church, presented as a Merovingian princess, daughter of Clotaire II and sister of Dagobert I. According to legend, she lived in the 7th century.

1192 · Medieval

Ensfrid of Cologne (died March 27, 1192) was a saint and venerable of the Catholic Church. The date and place of Ensfrid's birth are unknown. He served as a priest in Siegburg before being transferred to serve as dean of the collegiate church of St. Andrew in Cologne.

550–545 · Medieval

Saint Haude of Trémazan (or Aude in French, Heodez or Eodez in Breton) lived, according to legend, in the early 6th century. She was the daughter of Golon, lord of Trémazan in the west of the Pays de Léon in Armorican Brittany, and of Florence, daughter of Honorius, prince of Bre…

450 · Early Church

Eptadius of Autun, or Saint Aptas, born in the late 5th century in Autun and died in 525, is a saint of the Roman Catholic Church, a moneyer of Autun, priest, hermit, and monk, and the founder of the Abbey of Cervon, which would be named in his honor.

1746–1822 · Modern

Metropolitan Euthymius (Shervashidze) (known in pre-revolutionary Russian sources as Metropolitan of Gelati; Georgian: მიტროპოლიტი ევფიმი (შერვაშიძე); 1746, Erketi — April 21 (May 3), 1822, Alexander-Svir Monastery) was a Georgian theologian, Metropolitan of Gelati (Gaenati) from…

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Ermenfroy or Ermenfroi (Ermenfredus in Latin) was a saint of Germanic origin who lived in the 7th century in the Doubs region, where he is particularly venerated.

1096 · Medieval · Benedictines

Ernst of Neresheim (born in Dillingen an der Donau; died 1096 in Mecca) is said to have been the first abbot of Neresheim Abbey, according to an early modern tradition of the monastery. The monks there regarded him as a saint and martyr (feast day: presumably July 13).

1802–1861 · Modern

Étienne-Théodore Cuenot, born in Le Bélieu, France, near Morteau (Doubs), on February 8, 1802, and died in Bình Định in Eastern Cochinchina (present-day Vietnam) on November 14, 1861, was a missionary bishop, martyr, and Catholic saint whose feast day is November 14, and who is c…

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Euphemia (fl. 2nd century) is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church. According to tradition, her body was miraculously discovered by a Spanish shepherdess at the end of the 11th century.

1903–1943 · Contemporary

Eugénie Maskiewicz (in religion Sister Marie-Canisia), born on November 27, 1903, in Suwałki, Poland, and died on August 1, 1943, near Nowogródek (Poland, now Belarus), was a Polish nun who was executed by firing squad by the Gestapo along with her ten other martyr companions of…

100–65 · Early Church

Eugene of Valencia was a Christian from Hispania, a supposed disciple of the Apostle James, who died around the year 65. According to a late tradition documented from the 16th century onwards, he is considered the first bishop of Valencia.

1892–1937 · Contemporary

Eugenius, secular name Yevgeny Yakovlevich Kobranov (born January 9/21, 1892, in Blagoveshchensk; died November 20, 1937, near Shymkent), was a Russian Orthodox bishop, one of the leaders of the Iosiflyan movement, and a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia.

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Eulalius (second half of the 5th century – first half of the 6th century) was Bishop of Syracuse. The few details of his life are handed down to us by Saint Fulgentius, who stayed in Syracuse as a guest of Eulalius for several months.

259 · Early Church

Eulogius of Tarragona, or Saint Eulogius (died January 21, 259), was a Hispano-Roman Christian cleric. While serving as a deacon, he was martyred alongside Bishop Fructuosus and the fellow deacon Augurius.

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Eunius is a Catholic saint who lived in the 5th or 6th century. He likely arrived in Cornwall, where he conducted his ministry, from Ireland. There is no reliable information about the saint other than the fact that his cult has long been vibrant in local tradition.

303 · Early Church

Saint Euphrasia is a Christian saint and martyr. She was born in Nicomedia during the reign of Emperor Maximian. According to tradition, she was very beautiful, kind-natured, and a faithful Christian.

1243 · Medieval

Euphrosyne of Pskov (secular name Euphrosyne; died May 8, 1243, Otepää, present-day Estonia) was presumably the daughter of Prince Rogvolod Borisovich of Polotsk.

510 · Medieval

Eurgain ferch Maelgwn Gwynedd was a 6th-century saint, one of a small number of native female saints of Gwynedd. She married Elidir Mwynfawr, who was killed in battle either against an invasion from the north or in a rebellion against Maelgwn.

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Saint Eusebia of Bergamo is a saint venerated by the Catholic Church, included in the Roman Martyrology by Caesar Baronius in the sixteenth century.

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Eusebius of Antioch was a Greek religious figure from Syria, likely born in Antioch. He was the nephew of Abbot Marinus, who founded the monastery of Corypha between Antioch and Beroea. Upon his uncle's death, he succeeded him as abbot.

400 · Early Church

Eusebius of Bologna (died 400) was the Bishop of Bologna in the 4th century. He is venerated as a saint by various Christian denominations. Honored in the Catholic and Orthodox churches, his feast day is celebrated on September 26.

884 · Medieval · Benedictines

Eusebius of Saint Gall (Scotland or Ireland, 9th century – near Rottris, Vorarlberg, Austria, 884) was a Benedictine monk of the Abbey of Saint Gall. He is venerated as a saint by various Christian denominations.

900–884 · Medieval

Eusebius of Rankweil or Eusebius of Viktorsberg (born early 9th century in Ireland; died January 31, 884, in Viktorsberg) was an Irish monk and hermit whose relics are venerated in St. Gallen.

1178–1211 · Medieval · Cistercians

Eustace of Flay, one of the saints named Eustace (born c. 1178 in the Beauvaisis; died September 7, 1211, at the Abbey of Saint-Germer-de-Fly in the Oise), was a French Benedictine monk of the late 12th and early 13th centuries.

250–308 · Early Church

Eutropius (died c. 308 in Amasea, Pontus) was a Christian martyr and a saint in the Catholic and Orthodox Churches, and the brother of Saint Cleonicus. Eutropius lived at the turn of the 3rd and 4th centuries. He and his brother were friends of Saint Theodore the Recruit.

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Eutychius of Marmara (died in Marmara Ereğlisi, in modern-day Turkey, 3rd century) was a bishop who was martyred during the Roman Empire's persecution of Christians. He has been venerated since ancient times by Orthodox and Catholics as a saint and martyr.

300 · Early Church

Eve of Dreux, whose date of birth is unknown and who died in the 13th century, is a Christian martyr venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church, which celebrates her feast day on September 6, and who is the patron saint of the city of Dreux.

700 · Medieval

According to legend, Saint Evermarus was a Frisian nobleman who, toward the end of the 7th century, made a pilgrimage with seven companions to Santiago de Compostela, Spain, then a major center for Christian pilgrimages.

350 · Early Church

Evezio (fl. 4th century) was a Christian martyr killed in Nicomedia during the persecutions of Diocletian. The memory of Evezio, a martyr in Nicomedia, is contained in the early 5th-century Syriac Martyrology and in various codices of the Martyrologium Hieronymianum, which comme…

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Evidius the Martyr was a martyr venerated as a saint at the Benedictine monastery of Sant Pere de Besalú, where his remains were kept alongside those of Patronus, Concordius, Marinus of Besalú, and Primus and Felician of Agen.

1097 · Medieval

Eustratius of the Kiev Caves (Eustratius the Faster; died March 28 (April 10), 1097, Chersonesus, Byzantine Empire) was a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church and a venerable martyr. His feast day is celebrated on March 28 (April 10).

695 · Medieval · Benedictines

The Two Ewalds (Ewaldi or Hewald), also known as Saint Ewald the Dark and Saint Ewald the Fair, were 7th-century Christian martyrs venerated in Old Saxony, a region largely corresponding to modern-day Westphalia.

170 · Early Church

Exuperius was a 2nd-century Christian who died a martyr in Vienne, south of Lyon, alongside two companions, Severinus and Felician, during the persecutions under Emperor Marcus Aurelius.

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Saint Facondinus (Tadinum, c. 500 – Tadinum, August 28, 607) was a Roman bishop of Tadinum, a Roman city on the Via Flaminia, 117 miles from Rome; he is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church.

294–336 · Early Church

Fantino the Elder, also known as the Horse-Herder (in Greek Hipponomeus) or the Wonderworker (Tauriana, 294 – Tauriana, July 24, 336), was a Calabrian Christian devoted to prayer and a friend of the poor. By virtue of numerous miracles, he is venerated as a saint.

1163 · Medieval · Cistercians

Blessed Fastred of Cambron, born in the early 12th century in Cambron-Casteau, Belgium, and died in 1163 in Paris, was a Cistercian monk, abbot of Cambron, and later of Clairvaux and Cîteaux.

350 · Early Church

Faustinian (Latin: Faustinianus) was a 4th-century Bishop of Bologna and a confessor. His feast day is February 26. Saint Faustinian was the second Bishop of Bologna, succeeding Zama. He suffered during the persecutions under the reign of Diocletian but survived.

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Faustinus (fl. 3rd century) was a martyr venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church and is considered the patron saint of Pontedera. His relics, translated from Rome in the 17th century, are preserved in the Cathedral of Pontedera, where his feast day is celebrated annually.

250–303 · Early Church

Saint Faustinus is a Christian saint, a martyr in Rome in 303, and the brother of Saint Simplicius and Saint Beatrice (or Beatrix or Viatrix). Faustinus is a masculine given name of Latin etymology, from Faustus, meaning happy or fortunate.