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1882–1915 · Contemporary · Mechitarists

Karapet Movsesi Ter-Sahakyan (August 25, 1882, Mush, Bitlis Vilayet, Ottoman Empire – June 18, 1915, Anifa, Trabzon Vilayet, Ottoman Empire) was an Armenian historian, Byzantinist, philologist, poet, and editor. He was a member of the Mechitarist Congregation of Venice.

1000–1073 · Medieval · Benedictines

García (also known as García of Arlanza and García of Quintanilla) was a Castilian saint and abbot of the Monastery of San Pedro de Arlanza, who died in 1073 or 1074. His feast day is celebrated on November 25.

1885–1915 · Contemporary

Garegin Gyurjyan (also spelled Kyurjyan or Kenjyan, 1885, Kharpert, Kharpert Province – 1915) was an Armenian pharmacist. He was born in 1885 in the city of Kharpert, the center of Kharpert Province. He received a pharmaceutical education and worked as a pharmacist in Melitene.

1888–1915 · Contemporary

Garnik Tughlajian (1888, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire – 1915) was an Armenian editor and educator. Born in Constantinople, he served as an editor for the newspapers Manzume-i Efkâr and Oragir. On the eve of World War I, he worked as a French teacher at a school in Sivas.

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Saint Gaudentia (died ...) is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church, which commemorates her on August 30. She was likely a Roman martyr, often identified with Candida, who is also remembered in the Hieronymian Martyrology on August 29.

820–900 · Medieval

Gauderic, Gauderic of Viéville, or Gaudry (in Catalan: Galderic) (Vilavella, modern-day Saint-Gaudéric, County of Carcassonne, c. 820 – Saint-Martin-du-Canigou, Conflent, 900) is a saint of the Catholic Church, whose feast day is October 16.

1888–1959 · Contemporary

Archimandrite Gabriel (secular name Ivan Ivanovich Igoshkin; May 23, 1888, village of Samodurovka (Sadovka), Penza Governorate — October 18, 1959, Melekess) was a clergyman of the Russian Orthodox Church and rector of the Church of Saint Nicholas in Pyzhi.

301 · Early Church

Gayane, or Gaiane, is a Roman virgin martyred with her companions in Armenia in 301. Along with Saint Gregory the Illuminator and Saint Hripsime, Saint Gayane is one of the three most representative saints of the Armenian Apostolic Church.

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Gemilianus, also known as Emilio or Emiliano (Santu Milanu or Millanu; died Sestu, 1st or 2nd century), was, according to tradition, a bishop of Cagliari who suffered martyrdom and is therefore venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church, which commemorates him on May 28.

1375–1426 · Medieval

Gemma of Goriano Sicoli (c. 1375 – 1439 or 1426), also known as Saint Gemma Spera or Saint Gemma the Recluse, is an Italian saint celebrated in the town of Goriano Sicoli.

850 · Medieval

Saint Genevieve of Loqueffret is a 10th-century Breton saint. Her feast day is celebrated on January 3, like her namesake. She was the sister of Saint Edern and founded the monastery of Loqueffret near Lannedern in Finistère.

1060–1125 · Medieval

Geoffroy du Chalard, also known as Geoffroi du Chalard (in Latin: Gaufridus Castaliensis), born in 1060 in Boscavillot (Creuse) and died on October 6, 1125, in Le Chalard (Haute-Vienne), was a French priest, hermit, and later an Augustinian canon, who founded the Priory of Notre-…

776–821 · Medieval

Saint George of Mytilene (born c. 776, died April 7, 820 or 821) was a hermit, Bishop of Mytilene, and a saint in the Catholic Church. He was born in Asia to a wealthy and religious family. At the age of seventeen, he distributed his wealth to the needy and entered a monastery.

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Saint George of Le Puy is the first bishop of Velay to be honored as a saint. According to a medieval legend, he was one of the 72 disciples of the Lord and, like Saint Front of Périgueux, came to evangelize Gaul. His feast day is November 10.

1700–1770 · Modern

Originally from Georgia, George, or Zorzes, was sold into slavery to a Turk and converted to Islam during his youth. He lived almost his entire life as a Muslim, appearing to have no memory of the faith or language of his parents.

1921–1944 · Contemporary

Yuri (Georgy) Danilovich Skobtsov (February 27, 1921, Tiflis — February 1, 1944, Dora-Mittelbau concentration camp) was a subdeacon, social activist, and member of the French Resistance who was canonized as a saint.

750–807 · Medieval

George II (died 807) was the Greek Patriarch of Jerusalem from 797 until his death. Before his election as patriarch, George had served as syncellus under his predecessor, Elias II. He is venerated as a saint in the Georgian Church of Palestine, and his feast day is April 7.

1874–1937 · Contemporary

Georgy Yakovlevich Izvekov (February 24 [March 8], 1874, Kaluga — November 27, 1937, Moscow, Butovo firing range) was a Russian expert and collector of Russian folk songs, a sacred music composer, a priest, an archpriest, and a hieromartyr.

1489–1554 · Reformation

Gerasim of Boldino (secular name Grigory; 1489, Pereslavl-Zalessky — May 1, 1554, Trinity Boldino Monastery) was a monk of the Russian Church and the founder of the Boldino Monastery near Dorogobuzh and the Trinity Monastery in Zhizdra.

1809–1880 · Modern

Gerasim, born Egor (Georgy) Ivanovich Popov, known by his seminary surname Dobroserdov (born October 26, 1809, in Belskaya Sloboda, Irkutsk Governorate; died June 24, 1880, in Astrakhan), was a Russian Orthodox bishop and saint, included in the Synaxis of Siberian Saints and the…

800–839 · Medieval

Saint Gerfried, also Gerfried (died September 12, 839, in Münster), was the second Bishop of Münster and the third abbot of the monasteries of Werden and Saint Ludger. Gerfried, whose name means "he who protects with the spear," was a nephew of Ludger.

1883–1937 · Contemporary

Bishop German (secular name Nikolai Stepanovich Ryashentsev; November 10 (22), 1883, Tambov — September 15, 1937, Syktyvkar) was a bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church, Bishop of Vyazniki, and vicar of the Vladimir Diocese.

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Germanus the Bishop was a Christian martyr and saint from Alexandria in Egypt. He is mentioned in several manuscripts as a bishop, but in the Codex Epternacense he is referred to only as a priest.

400–407 · Early Church

Germanus of Besançon (Gaul, 4th century – Grandifonte, 407?) was the bishop of the city of Vesontio (modern-day Besançon). He is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church, with his feast day on October 11. Germanus was the twelfth bishop to occupy the see of Besançon.

1018–1050 · Medieval · Benedictines

Germain of Talloires (1018 – died in Talloires, 1050) was an 11th-century Benedictine monk and later a hermit. He is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church.

900–978 · Medieval

Gerold of Großwalsertal (born c. 900 in Rhaetia; died 978 in Frisun, present-day St. Gerold in the Great Walser Valley in Vorarlberg), born to a noble family, left his wife and children to become a hermit in Frisun. In 970, he donated his property to Einsiedeln Abbey.

1241 · Medieval

Gerold of Cologne (died 1241) was a pilgrim commemorated as a martyr by the Catholic Church. A native of Germany, he dedicated his life to pilgrimages to holy sites of devotion. He traveled to Rome along the famous Via Francigena and to the shrine of Saint James of Compostela.

401 · Early Church

Girons or Gerontius (from the Gascon Gironç, derived from the Latin Gerontius) is a 5th-century Christian saint. According to legend, he was one of the six companions of Saint Sever who came to evangelize Novempopulania, along with Clair of Aquitaine, Justin of Tarbes, Babylas, P…

100–100 · Early Church

Gerontius of Italica or Gerundius (Baetica, 1st century) was the first bishop of Italica. He is likely a legendary saint with no historical existence. He is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church.

649 · Medieval · Benedictines

Gertrude of Hamage (died 649), or Gertrude of Cambrai, was the founder and first abbess of Hamage. She was the wife of Richomer, patrician of Burgundy, and likely the mother of Bertrude, Queen of the Franks.

1875–1915 · Contemporary

Vahan Ghazaryan (1875, Marsovan – 1915, Edessa) was an Armenian physician and editor.

1170–1250 · Medieval · Benedictines

Egidio di Casaio, known in Spanish as Gil del Casaio (c. 1170 – c. 1250), was a Spanish Christian monk and abbot. He was a Benedictine (or Cistercian) monk and abbot of the Abbey of Saint Martin of Castañeda. After retiring to a hermitage, he remained there until his death.

931 · Medieval

Saint Guimerra (died 932) was Bishop of Carcassonne. According to a report by the Bollandists in the Acta Sanctorum, he was the first bishop of Carcassonne; another tradition, refuted by Louis Duchesne, dates his episcopate to the 6th century.

1811–1861 · Modern · Dominican Order

Saint Joseph Tuân (Vietnamese: Giuse Tuân) (born c. 1811 or 1821 in Trần Xá, Hưng Yên Province, Vietnam – died April 30, 1861, in Hưng Yên, Vietnam) was a Dominican friar, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church. Joseph Tuân came from a poor family.

1869–1900 · Contemporary · Franciscans

Joseph Marie Gambaro, born Giuseppe Maria Gambaro, was an Italian Reformed Franciscan Catholic priest and missionary in China. He was born on August 7, 1869, in Galliate, a town in the province of Novara in Piedmont, Italy, and died on July 7, 1900, in Hengshawan in the Hunan pro…

906 · Medieval · Benedictines

Justus of Novalesa, or Justus of Susa (9th century – October 19, 906, in Oulx), was a monk of the Abbey of Novalesa and a martyr in Oulx alongside his confrere Flavian, both victims of Saracen incursions.

987–1015 · Medieval

Gleb Vladimirovich (c. 990s – September 9, 1015, near Smolensk; baptized David) was the Prince of Murom (c. 1013–1015) and a son of the Grand Prince of Kiev, Vladimir the Great, by either Princess Anna or an unknown Bulgarian woman, possibly of the Volga Bulgars.

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Glykeria of Novgorod (died c. 1522, Veliky Novgorod) is a Russian Orthodox saint venerated as a righteous virgin. Her feast day is celebrated on May 13 (26) and on the third Sunday after Pentecost (Synaxis of Novgorod Saints).

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Saint Gwrin was a 6th-century Cornish and Welsh saint and a companion of Saint Petroc, the patron saint of Cornwall. He had two churches in Cornwall: one in Bodmin and the other in Gorran Haven. In Powys, he is commemorated in the church and village name of Llanwrin.

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Gratian and Felinus (2nd–3rd century) were Catholic saints and martyrs. Little can be said about the lives of these saints based on reliable sources.

450–528 · Medieval

Gregory of Auxerre (died 528) was a saint and the 12th Bishop of Auxerre, active during the first quarter of the 6th century. His name is often accompanied by the title "Pope"; until the 6th century, this title was common to all bishops and was used more frequently if the bishop…

500–544 · Medieval

Saint Gregory of Osset (probably Alcalá del Río, 6th century – Alcalá del Río, September 9, 544), also known as Saint Gregory of Osset and Saint Gregory of Baetica, was known for his defense of Catholicism.

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Saint Gregory, Bishop of Assos, is a saint of the Orthodox Christian Church who served as bishop in Assos, a diocese of the Metropolis of Ephesus.

1400–1392 · Medieval

Gregory of Avnega (died 1392) was a venerable martyr of the Russian Orthodox Church. In the second half of the 14th century, the hermits Stephen, a disciple of Saint Sergius of Radonezh, and Gregory began living on the Avnega Heights.

1765–1834 · Modern

Gregory IV the Teacher (born Gheorghe, 1765, Bucharest – June 22, 1834, Bucharest) was the Metropolitan of Ungro-Wallachia, enthroned on January 11, 1823, and serving until his death.

1889–1937 · Contemporary

Grigory Ivanovich Averin (January 24, 1889, Valy Pokrov village, Yuryevetsky Uyezd, Kostroma Governorate — September 20, 1937, Temirtau) was a priest of the Russian Orthodox Church. He was canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church in 2000.

827–903 · Medieval · Benedictines

Grimbald was a Benedictine monk of Flemish origin from the second half of the 9th century, who likely died in 901. He was among the scholars invited by Alfred the Great to contribute to the cultural revival of Wessex.

1012 · Medieval

Gregory of Ohrid was an 11th-century Orthodox saint, commemorated on January 8. Saint Gregory of Ohrid was bishop of the city of Ohrid. Known for his wisdom, he was nicknamed Gregory the Wise. He died in 1012.

970–1046 · Medieval · Benedictines

Guy of Pomposa, also known as Guy degli Strambiati (Ravenna, 970 – Fidenza, March 31, 1046), was an Italian abbot of the Benedictine monastery of Pomposa. He is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church. His feast day is March 31.

1150–1231 · Medieval

William of Neuchâtel is a saint of the Catholic Church from Neuchâtel, who was removed from the proper of saints of the Diocese of Lausanne in the 19th century.