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260–332 · Early Church

Saint Agricius, also Agritius (c. 260 – c. 335) was the first historically documented bishop of Trier. From the time of Diocletian's reorganization of the divisions of the empire, Augusta Treverorum, now Trier, was the capital of Belgica Prima, the chief city of Gaul, and freque…

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Agricola of Maastricht served as a Roman Catholic Bishop of Maastricht. He is recognized as a saint.

620–700 · Medieval

Saint Agricola (Agricol, Agricolus) of Avignon (c. 630–c. 700) was a bishop of Avignon. According to tradition, Agricola ("farmer") was the son of Saint Magnus, also a bishop of the city. At the age of sixteen, he was professed a monk at the Abbey of Lérins.

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Saint Agricola is buried in the Santo Stefano Church.

497–580 · Medieval

Bishop Agricola was a 6th-century Bishop of Chalon-sur-Saône in France, where he built a leper-hospital. Agricola was born to a senatorial family around 497. In 532 he was elected to the episcopal see of Chalon-sur-Saene, where he long shone for his virtues.

602 · Medieval

Agrève or Égrève, sometimes called Agripan (in Latin: Agripanus), was a bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay who died a martyr on February 1, 602. He is nicknamed the "Apostle of the Boutières" due to his extensive missionary activity in that region.

243–258 · Early Church

Agrippina of Mineo, also known as Saint Agrippina (flourished 3rd century, died 262) was venerated as a virgin martyr in the Catholic Church and Orthodox Christianity.

100–178 · Early Church

Pope Agrippinus was the tenth Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria. When Pope Celadion died, Bishop Agrippinus was chosen Patriarch by the people and clergy of Alexandria.

600–615 · Medieval

Agrippinus (6th century – 617) was the thirteenth bishop of Como. He is venerated as a saint, particularly in the Diocese of Como, although during the Schism of the Three Chapters he sided with the faction that had broken communion with the Pope.

200–300 · Early Church

Saint Agrippinus (Arpinus) of Naples (Italian: Sant'Agrippino di Napoli, Sant'Arpino) (3rd century) was a bishop of Naples and is venerated in that city as a saint. According to tradition, Agrippinus was the sixth bishop of Naples.

1893–1936 · Contemporary

Agatha of Our Lady of the Virtues Hernández Amorós (born January 5, 1893; died August 19, 1936) was a Spanish blessed of the Catholic Church and a nun of the Carmelite Sisters of Charity.

1900–1936 · Contemporary

Agustina Pena Rodríguez was a Spanish nun born in 1900. She died in 1936 and has been recognized as a blessed.

1907–1936 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Josep Alsina i Casas, known as Friar Agustí de Montclar (Montclar d'Urgell, December 8, 1907 – Barcelona, August 12, 1936), was a Capuchin friar, preacher, and poet. He is venerated as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1898–1927 · Contemporary

Cristóbal Magallanes Jara (anglicized as Christopher Magallanes; July 30, 1869 – May 25, 1927) was a Mexican Catholic priest and martyr who was killed without trial on the way to say Mass during the Cristero War. He had faced trumped-up charges of inciting rebellion.

1914–1936 · Contemporary · Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Agostino Viela Ezcurdia, C.M.F. (Oteiza de la Solana, April 4, 1914 – Barbastro, August 15, 1936), was a Spanish religious who was martyred in Barbastro during the Spanish Civil War and is venerated as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1569 · Reformation

Agustín de Revengy was a Catholic theologian who died in 1569. He is recognized as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1682 · Reformation

Ahmet the Calligrapher (Turkish: Hattat Ahmet; died 3 May 1682) was an Ottoman Turkish official venerated as a Christian saint. According to Christian sources, he converted to Christianity and was martyred on 3 May 1682; thus, he is commemorated as a martyr on this day.

501–575 · Medieval

Ahudemmeh was the Grand Metropolitan of the East in the Syriac Orthodox Church from 559 until his execution in 575. He was known as the Apostle of the Arabs, and is commemorated as a saint by the Syriac Orthodox Church.

1060–1140 · Medieval · Benedictines

Aibert (or Aybert) of Crespin, (also Aibert of Tournai) was a Benedictine monastic and hermit revered for his intense life of prayer, asceticism and devotion to Mary. His biography was written by a contemporary, Robert, Archdeacon of Oostrevand.

590–651 · Medieval

Aidan of Lindisfarne (Irish: Naomh Aodhán; died 31 August 651) was an Irish monk and missionary credited with converting the Anglo-Saxons to Christianity in Northumbria.

358–453 · Early Church

Aignan or Agnan (Latin: Anianus) (358–453), seventh Bishop of Orléans, France, assisted Roman general Flavius Aetius in the defense of the city against Attila the Hun in 451. He is known as Saint Aignan. His feast day is the 17th of November.

630–676 · Medieval · Benedictines

Saint Aigulphe was a Benedictine monk born in 630 in Blois, Kingdom of France. He died in 676 on the island of Capraia.

528 · Medieval

Saint Ailbe (Irish: Ailbhe [ˈalʲəvʲə]; Latin: Albeus, Alibeus), usually known in English as St Elvis (British/Welsh), Eilfyw or Eilfw, was regarded as the chief 'pre-Patrician' saint of Ireland (although his death was recorded in the early 6th-century).

650–664 · Medieval

Ailerán, also known as Ailerán Sapiens (Ailerán the Wise) was an Irish scholar and saint who died on 29 December 664 or 665. His feast day is 29 December. Ailerán was one of the most distinguished scholars at the School of Clonard in the 7th century.

1173 · Medieval · Benedictines

Saint Aimo (also Aymon or Hamon) (born in Landecob near Rennes, France; died 1173) was a mystic and a monk at Savigny Abbey. He was born in the village of Landecob, Brittany, near Rennes. Aimo entered the monastery of Savigny in Savigny, Normandy.

350 · Early Church

Saint Amon of Toul (otherwise Aimo or Amand) (fl. 375; date of death unknown, but perhaps c 423) was the second recorded bishop of Toul and is venerated as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church.

1398–1495 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Aimone Taparelli (c. 1395 – 15 August 1495) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member from the Order of Preachers. He served as an Inquisitor-General for his order in the Lombard and Liguria regions and became a travelling preacher in northern Italian cities.

1994–2015 · Contemporary

Akash Bashir (22 June 1994 – 15 March 2015) was a Pakistani layman and a former student of the Don Bosco Technical Institute in Lahore, Pakistan.

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Saint Achevran or Achovran (fl. before 10th c.), often called Akeveranus and in modern times Keverne or Kerrian, was a Cornish saint, noted since at least 1086 and probably before the 10th century.

1216 · Medieval · Cistercians

Alacrinus was a Cistercian monk of the Catholic Church. He died in 1216 at Casamari and is recognized as a blessed.

1919–1994 · Contemporary · White Fathers

Alain Dieulangard was a French priest, a member of the Society of Missionaries of Africa, a blessed martyr, born on May 21, 1919, in Saint-Brieuc, and killed on December 27, 1994, in Tizi Ouzou.

1870–1953 · Contemporary · Missionaries of the Sacred Heart

Alain Marie Guynot de Boismenu (27 December 1870 – 5 November 1953) was a French Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Vicar Apostolic of Papua from 1908 until his retirement in 1945; he was a professed member of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart and the founder of the Hand…

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Saint Alain of Quimper (Alan in Breton) was the Bishop of Cornouaille and the fourth Bishop of Quimper. He is believed to have been born in the British Isles. He was Bishop in the sixth or seventh century. His existence is historically uncertain.

1593–1659 · Reformation · Order of St. Augustine

Alain de Solminihac (25 November 1593 – 31 December 1659) was a French Roman Catholic religious reformer and served as the Bishop of Cahors from 1636 until his death.

1899–1985 · Contemporary · Dominican Order

Alain-Marie du Noday was a French Catholic priest and member of the Dominican Order who was born in 1899 in Saint-Servant. He served as a diocesan bishop and died in 1985 in Porto Nacional. He is currently recognized by the Catholic Church as a Servant of God.

1428–1475 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Alan de la Roche OP (Ecclesiastical Latin: Alanus de Rupe; French: Alain c. 1428 – 8 September 1475) was a Breton-born priest and Dominican friar and priest, mystic and theologian.

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Saint Albaud of Toul, otherwise Aladius or Albin (d. c. 525) was a 6th-century bishop of Toul. He is venerated as a saint in the Catholic church with a feast day celebrated on 1 March.

1583–1642 · Reformation · Benedictines

Alban Roe (born Bartholomew; 20 July 1583 – 21 January 1642) was an English Benedictine who was killed for ministering as a Catholic priest in 17th-century England. He is venerated as one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. Bartholomew Roe was born in 1583, in Suffolk.

400–406 · Early Church

Alban of Mainz (Latin: Albanus or Albinus; supposedly died in or near Mainz) was a Catholic priest, missionary, and martyr in the Late Roman Empire. He is venerated as Saint Alban of Mainz in the Catholic Church, not to be confused with Saint Alban of Verulamium.

1863–1900 · Contemporary

Alberico (Alberic) Crescitelli (1863–1900), Chinese name Guo Xide (Chinese: 郭西德), was an Italian Catholic priest and missionary to China. Born in Italy on 30 June 1863, Alberico Crescitelli entered the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions in 1880 and was ordained a priest on…

1001–1109 · Medieval · Cistercians

Alberic of Cîteaux (died 26 January 1109), sometimes known as Aubrey of Cîteaux, was a French monk and abbot, one of the founders of the Cistercian Order. He is now honored as a saint.

701–784 · Medieval · Benedictines

Saint Alberic of Utrecht, Dutch: Alberik I van Utrecht, (died 21 August 784) was a Benedictine monk and bishop of Utrecht, in what is today the Netherlands. Alberic was the nephew of Saint Gregory of Utrecht.

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Alberic of Stavelot served as an abbot. He is recognized as a blessed.

1070–1128 · Medieval

Albero I of Louvain (1070 – 1 January 1128) was the 57th Prince-Bishop of Liège from 1123 until his death. Albero was the third son of Henry II, Count of Leuven and Adela of Tweisterbant.

1846–1916 · Contemporary · Third Order of Saint Francis

Albert Chmielowski (20 August 1845 – 25 December 1916) - born Adam Hilary Bernard Chmielowski - was a Polish Franciscan tertiary, painter, and disabled veteran of the Uprising of 1863.

701–800 · Medieval

Albert of Cashel was an eighth century saint and Patron of Cashel, Ireland. Traditionally held to be an Englishman who worked in Ireland and then Bavaria, Albert went to Jerusalem and died in Regensburg on his return journey.

1090–1180 · Medieval · Cistercians

Albert of Genoa, also known as Lambert of Genoa, was a Cistercian hermit. Born in Genoa, Italy, Albert entered the Cistercian abbey nearby. There he remained for the rest of his life as a lay brother and a hermit.

1166–1192 · Medieval

Albert of Louvain (1166 – 24 November 1192) was a cardinal of the Catholic Church and the Prince-Bishop of Liège. He was canonized as a saint on 9 August 1613 and his feast falls on the date of his death.

1031–1127 · Medieval

Albert, born in Normandy, was taken to Motta Montecorvino in Apulia, Italy as a child. He later became Bishop there. Albert became blind in later years, but was known for his visions and as a miracle worker.

1165–1229 · Medieval

Albert of Riga or Albert of Livonia (c. 1165 – 17 January 1229) was the third Catholic Bishop of Riga in Livonia. As the Bishop of Livonia, in 1201, he founded Riga, the modern capital city of Latvia, and the city was later made a bishopric.