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1380–1444 · Medieval · Order of Friars Minor

Bernardino of Siena, OFM (Bernardine or Bernadine; 8 September 1380 – 20 May 1444), was an Italian Catholic priest and Franciscan missionary preacher in Italy. He was a systematizer of scholastic economics.

1272–1348 · Medieval · Benedictines

Bernardo Tolomei (10 May 1272 – 20 August 1348) was an Italian Catholic priest and the founder of the Congregation of the Blessed Virgin of Monte Oliveto.

1180–1243 · Medieval · Cistercians

Bernat Calbó (or Calvó) (c. 1180 – 26 October 1243), sometimes called Bernard of Calvo, was a Catalan jurist, bureaucrat, monk, bishop, and soldier.

1000–1054 · Medieval

Saint Bernulf or Bernold of Utrecht (died 19 July 1054) was Bishop of Utrecht (1026/27–1054). Bernold succeeded Saint Adalbold as Bishop of Utrecht on 24 September 1027, when he was appointed by emperor of the Holy Roman Empire Conrad II.

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Bernolfo (9th/10th century – Priola, 9th/10th century) was an Italian bishop, venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church. Some writings identify him as a bishop of the Diocese of Asti in the 9th or 10th century, who was martyred by the Saracens.

810–883 · Medieval · Benedictines

Bertharius (Italian: San Bertario di Montecassino) (c. 810 – 883) was a Benedictine abbot of Monte Cassino who is venerated as a saint and martyr. He was also a poet and a writer.

601–705 · Medieval

Saint Berthild, also known as Bertille or Bertilla (died 692), was abbess of Chelles Abbey in France. Berthild was born into one of the most illustrious families in the territory of Soissons, France, during the reign of Dagobert I.

615–698 · Medieval · Benedictines

Bertin (Latin: Bertinus; c. 615 – c. 709 AD), also known as Saint Bertin the Great, was the Frankish abbot of a monastery in Saint-Omer later named the Abbey of Saint Bertin after him. He is venerated as a saint by the Catholic and Orthodox Churches.

1050–1123 · Medieval

Bertrand of Comminges (c. 1050 - 1126) was Bishop of Comminges, in the diocese of Toulouse, France. It is after him that the commune of Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges, is named.

601–705 · Medieval · Benedictines

Saint Bertulf, O.S.B. (alternate Bertulph, also known as Bertoul) was born in either Pannonia (Hungary) or Germany; he died in Artois in 705. He became a monk later in his life and founded a Benedictine abbey at Renty.

570–640 · Medieval

Saint Beuno (Latin: Bonus; d. 640), sometimes anglicized as Bono, was a 7th-century Welsh abbot, confessor, and saint. Baring-Gould gives St Beuno's date of death as 21 April 640, making that date his traditional feastday.

700 · Medieval

Saint Beuve (or Bove or Bova) and her brother Balderic (or Baudry) lived in the 7th century in France. According to Christian Settipani, their father was probably Sigobert the Lame, King of Cologne, rather than Sigebert I of Austrasia, as indicated by Flodoard.

500–460 · Early Church

Vivianus (also Bibianus; died c. 490) was an early saint of the French (Francian) church and the first known bishop of Saintes. A brief Life of his dated to the mid 6th century was edited by Krush in 1896.

600–651 · Medieval

Birinus (also Berin, Birin; c. 600 – 3 December 649 or 650) was the first Bishop of Dorchester and was known as the "Apostle to the West Saxons" for his conversion of the Kingdom of Wessex to Christianity.

550–623 · Medieval

Boetharius (died c.623) was bishop of Chartres from about 594. He was chaplain to Clothaire II and, for a while, had been the captive of Theuderic II. He is a Catholic and Orthodox saint, his feast day is 2 August.

1156–1207 · Medieval · Augustinian nuns

Bona of Pisa (c. 1156–1207) was a member of the Third order of the Augustinian nuns who helped lead travellers on pilgrimages. In 1962, she was canonized a saint in the Catholic Church by Pope John XXIII.

1600–1597 · Reformation · Franciscans

The Martyrs of Nagasaki were 26 Franciscan and Jesuit missionaries as well as Japanese converts to Christianity, aged between 12 and 64, who were executed in 1597 by order of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. They are venerated as martyrs and saints in the Catholic and Anglican churches.

1250–1348 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Bonaventure Tolomei, or Saint Bonaventure Tolomei (Siena, ?? – 1348), was a Dominican who, after a libertine adolescence, cared for plague victims and died of the plague. His feast day is December 27.

1040–1115 · Medieval · Benedictines

Bonfilius (c. 1040 – c. 1115) was an Italian saint, monk and bishop. He was born in Osimo, close to Ancona, and entered the Benedictine monastery of Santa Maria di Storaco, close to Filottrano, as a monk.

370–422 · Early Church

Pope Boniface I (Latin: Bonifatius I) was the bishop of Rome from 28 December 418 to his death on 4 September 422. His election was disputed by the supporters of Eulalius until the dispute was settled by Emperor Honorius.

550–615 · Medieval · Benedictines

Pope Boniface IV (Latin: Bonifatius IV; 550 – 8 May 615) was the bishop of Rome from 608 to his death on 8 May 615. He was a member of the Benedictine order. Boniface had served as a deacon under Pope Gregory I, and like his mentor, he ran the Lateran Palace as a monastery.

1913–1942 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor

Boniface Zukowski (born Piotr Żukowski on January 13, 1913, in Baran-Rapa; died at Auschwitz on April 10, 1942) was a Conventual Franciscan, a martyr of Nazism, and was beatified by John Paul II on June 13, 1999. His feast day is April 10.

1183–1260 · Medieval

Boniface of Brussels (1183 – 19 February 1260) was a Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of Lausanne from circa 1231 until 1239 when he resigned after agents of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II assaulted him.

623–706 · Medieval

Saint Bonitus (623–710) was born in France and held a number of important positions including being appointed governor of Marseille in 667 and Bishop of Auvergne. He was also chancellor and referendary in Francia.

1026 · Medieval · Benedictines

Saint Bononio or Bononius (died 30 August 1026) was a Benedictine abbot, who is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic Church, being commemorated with a feast day on 30 August.

400–373 · Early Church

Bonosus of Trier (fl. c. 353–373) was bishop of Trier. After the exile in 353 of Bishop Paulinus of Trier to Phrygia an episcopal election was held in which Bonosus was elected bishop of Trier: he refused however to take up the post, perhaps because he was convinced that Paulinu…

780 · Medieval

Botwine (died 785 or 786) was a Northumbrian saint venerated at Ripon and Peterborough. He is well documented as a priest, and latter Abbot of Ripon.

700–670 · Medieval · Benedictines

Botolph of Thorney was an English abbot and saint. He is regarded as the patron saint of boundaries, and by extension, of trade and travel, as well as various aspects of farming. His feast day is celebrated either on 17 June (England) or 25 June (Scotland).

590–651 · Medieval

Braulio (Latin: Braulius Caesaraugustanus; 585–651 AD) was bishop of Zaragoza and a learned cleric living in the Kingdom of the Visigoths. Both as pastor and writer, he is one of the most celebrated of saints of the Visigothic Kingdom of Hispania that lasted from the 5th to the 8…

750–765 · Medieval

Bregowine (died August 764) was a medieval Archbishop of Canterbury. Little is known of his origins or his activities as archbishop, although a number of stories were told about his possible origins after the Norman conquest in 1066.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.…

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.

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…