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1250–1307 · Medieval · Carmelites

Albert of Trapani (born Albert degli Abati; Sicilian: Sant’Albertu di l’Abati; c. 1240 – 7 August 1307) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Carmelites.

1149–1215 · Medieval · Canons Regular of Saint Augustine

Albert of Jerusalem, OSC (1149 – 14 September 1214), also Albertus Hierosolymitanus, Albertus Vercelensis, Saint Albert, Albert of Vercelli or Alberto Avogadro, was a canon lawyer and saint.

201–286 · Early Church

Saint Alberta of Agen (died ca. 286) was a Roman venerated as a martyr and saint. Supposed to have been one of the first victims of Diocletian's persecutions, she was tortured with Saint Faith and Saint Caprasius in Agen, France.

1919–1931 · Contemporary

Albertina Berkenbrock (11 April 1919 – 15 June 1931) was a Brazilian Catholic girl killed "in defensum castitatis" ("in defence of chastity") in 1931 after she resisted her attacker's rape attempts.

1294 · Medieval · Camaldolese

Saint Albertino da Montone was a Camaldolese monk born in Montone. He died in 1294 at the Monastery of Fonte Avellana.

1916–2001 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Alberto Maria Beretta, born Enrico Beretta (Milan, August 28, 1916 – Bergamo, August 10, 2001), was an Italian priest, physician, and missionary of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, who was proclaimed venerable by the Catholic Church.

1170–1230 · Medieval

Alberto Calvi, or de Calvo (Cilavegna, between 1170 and 1180 – Novara, October 8, 1230), was an Italian Catholic bishop, papal decretist under Pope Honorius III, and canon of Novara.

1901–1952 · Contemporary · Society of Jesus

Alberto Hurtado, SJ , popularly known as Padre Hurtado, was a Chilean Jesuit priest, lawyer, social worker, and writer of Basque ancestry. He founded the Hogar de Cristo foundation in 1944.

1918–1946 · Contemporary

Alberto Marvelli (21 March 1918 – 5 October 1946) was an Italian Catholic and a member of the Catholic Action movement. He became noted for his defense of the poor and for selflessness during World War II in tending to the homeless and wounded despite the devastating air raids wh…

1936–2006 · Contemporary

Alberto Baldovino Ramento (August 9, 1936, in Guimba, Nueva Ecija – October 3, 2006, in Tarlac City) was the ninth supreme bishop (Obispo Máximo) and a former chairperson of the Supreme Council of Bishops of the Philippine Independent Church or Iglesia Filipina Independiente (IFI…

1214–1279 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Alberto da Bergamo, TOSD (1214 – 7 May 1279) was an Italian Catholic farmer from Bergamo and a professed member of the Third Order of Saint Dominic.

1025–1095 · Medieval · Benedictines

Albert of Pontida, also known as Albert of Prezzate and Albert Prezzati (born in Prezzate in 1025; died in Pontida, Lombardy, on September 2, 1095), was a Lombard nobleman and knight who became a Benedictine monk and founder. He is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church.

1385–1450 · Medieval · Franciscans

Albert Berdini of Sarteano (1385 – 15 August 1450) was a Franciscan friar and preacher. He was an associate of Bernardino of Siena, and a diplomatic envoy of Pope Eugene IV to the Coptic and Ethiopian churches.

1200–1280 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Albertus Magnus OP (c. 1200 – 15 November 1280), also known as Saint Albert the Great, Albert of Swabia, Albert von Bollstadt, or Albert of Cologne, was a German Dominican friar, philosopher, scientist, and bishop.

238–250 · Early Church

The name Albina comes from Albina, "the White Goddess," the Etruscan goddess of the dawn and protector of ill-fated lovers. It was a common name in ancient Rome.

469–550 · Medieval

Saint Albinus of Angers (French: Saint-Aubin; c. 470 – March 1, 550), also known as Saint Albin in English, was a French abbot and bishop. Born to a noble Gallo-Roman family at Vannes, Brittany, St. Albinus was a monk and from 504 A.D.

1000–1006 · Medieval

Alboin (530s – 28 June 572) was king of the Lombards from about 560 until 572. During his reign the Lombards ended their migrations by settling in Italy, the northern part of which Alboin conquered between 569 and 572.

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Saint Alchas (fl. 420) was the third bishop of Toul. He is venerated as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. He is known only from a mention of his name in the manuscript of Adso and in the epitaphs of the bishops of Toul.

800–800 · Medieval

Alkmund of Derby (or of Lilleshall), also spelt Ealhmund, Alhmund, Alcmund, or Alchmund (d. c. 800) was a son of Alhred of Northumbria, who was caught up in the kingdom's dynastic struggles. After more than twenty years in exile among the Picts, Alkmund returned with an army.

781 · Medieval

Alcmund of Hexham (died 7 September 780 or 781) became the 7th bishop of the see of Hexham in Northumberland when he was consecrated on 24 April 767; the see was centred on the church there founded by Wilfrid.

177 · Early Church

Saint Alcibiade died in 177 in Lyon. He is recognized as a saint.

1881–1954 · Contemporary

Alcide Amedeo Francesco De Gasperi was an Italian politician and statesman who founded the Christian Democracy party and served as prime minister of Italy in eight successive coalition governments from 1945 to 1953.

740–804 · Medieval · Benedictines

Alcuin of York , also called Ealhwine, Alhwin, or Alchoin, was an Anglo-Latin scholar, clergyman, poet, and teacher from York, Northumbria. He was born around 735 and became the student of Archbishop Ecgbert at York.

1164–1219 · Medieval

Aldebrandus or Aldebrand (Italian: Aldebrando da Fossombrone), also known as Hildebrand (1119–30 April 1219), was a Bishop of Fossombrone and a saint. Aldebrandus was almost certainly born at Sorrivoli in the comune of Roncofreddo, Italy.

939 · Medieval · Benedictines

Aldegrin, also known as Adegrin or Adalgrin, called "of Baume," died in 939. He was a former knight who later became a Benedictine monk and a student of Odo of Cluny. He is venerated as a saint in the Catholic and Orthodox Churches, and his feast days are June 4 and November 19.

639–684 · Medieval · Benedictines

Aldegund (c. 639–684), also Aldegundis or Aldegonde, was a Frankish Benedictine abbess who is honored as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church in France and by the Orthodox Church. Aldegund was closely related to the Merovingian royal family.

985–1070 · Medieval · Benedictines

Aldemar of Capua (or Aldemario), known as the Wise (Capua, 985 – Bucchianico, March 24, 1070), was a Benedictine monk of the Abbey of Monte Cassino, later abbot of San Lorenzo in Capua, and a founder and reformer of numerous monasteries in central and southern Italy.

700–696 · Medieval · Benedictines

Aldetrude (died c. 696, or 526) was a Christian saint and from 684 was abbess of Maubeuge Abbey in the County of Hainault, now in northern France. She is also known as Aldetrude de Maubeuge, Aldetrude of Maubod, Aldetrudis and Adeltrude.

639–709 · Medieval · Benedictines

Aldhelm (Old English: Ealdhelm, Latin: Aldhelmus Malmesberiensis; c. 639 – 25 May 709), Abbot of Malmesbury Abbey, Bishop of Sherborne, and a writer and scholar of Latin poetry, was born before the middle of the 7th century.

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Saint Aldo was a monk. He is recognized as a Catholic saint.

1249–1309 · Medieval

Aldobrandesca (also known as Alda) (c. 1249, Siena, Italy – c. 1309) was an Italian saint and mystic. A short description of her life was published in 1584, which was later translated into Latin and published in the Acta Sanctorum.

800–856 · Medieval

Saint Aldric (c. 800 – 7 January 856) was Bishop of Le Mans in the time of Louis the Pious. Aldric was born into a noble family, of partly Saxon and partly Bavarian extraction, about the year 800.

775–841 · Medieval

Saint Aldric of Sens was a prelate, writer, and archbishop of Sens. A citizen of the Carolingian Empire, he is recognized as a saint.

1876–1936 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Piotr Mas Ginestar, also known as Peter of Benisa, born Alejandro Mas Ginestar (December 11, 1876, in Benisa, Alicante province; died August 26, 1936, in Vergel, Archdiocese of Valencia), was a Spanish Catholic blessed, martyr, priest, Capuchin friar, and victim of anti-Catholic…

1878–1936 · Contemporary

Alejandro Planas Saurí was born in Mataró, Spain, in 1878. A practitioner of Catholicism, he died in Garraf in 1936 from a gunshot wound. He is recognized as a blessed.

1893–1988 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor

Aleksa Benigar (Zagreb, January 28, 1893 – Rome, November 1, 1988) was a Catholic priest of Slovenian descent, a Croat and native of Zagreb by birth, a Franciscan, a missionary in China, a professor of theology, and a writer who authored a 939-page biography of Blessed Alojzije S…

1910–1983 · Contemporary

Aleksander Woźny (born June 25, 1910, in Uzarzewo, died August 21, 1983, in Poznań) was a Polish priest of the Archdiocese of Poznań, a preacher, a prisoner of the Buchenwald and Dachau concentration camps and the post-war Stalinist period, pastor of St.

1901–1937 · Contemporary

Alexander Alexandrovich Andreyev (February 24, 1901, Moscow – November 4, 1937, Novosibirsk Oblast) was a protopresbyter of the Russian Orthodox Church. He was canonized as a saint by the Russian Orthodox Church in 2000.

1881–1937 · Contemporary

Aleksandr Bykov (Russian: Александр Быков; born 23 January 1953) is a former Soviet fencer. He competed in the individual and team épée events at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

1881–1937 · Contemporary

Alexander Mikhailovich Tuberovsky (March 8 [20], 1881, Syntul, Ryazan Governorate — December 23, 1937, Ryazan) was a Russian theologian, a priest of the Russian Orthodox Church, and an archpriest. He served as an extraordinary professor at the Moscow Theological Academy (1917).

1868–1918 · Contemporary

Alexander Petrovich Vasilyev (September 18 [6], 1868 – September 5, 1918) was an archpriest, confessor to the Imperial family, a temperance pastor, a patriot-monarchist, a public figure, and a member of the Main Council of the Union of the Russian People.

1860–1921 · Contemporary

Alexander Ivanovich Yuzefovich (1860 or 1858, Vilna Governorate — January 17, 1921, Semirechye Oblast) was a priest of the Russian Orthodox Church, canonized in 2000 as a member of the Synaxis of New Martyrs and Confessors of the Russian Church.

1889–1938 · Contemporary

Alexey Semyonovich Skorobogatov (1889, Moscow Governorate — April 5, 1938, Butovo firing range) was a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church, canonized as a martyr in 2000 for universal church veneration.

1863–1918 · Contemporary

Alexey Borisovich Neidhardt (Neidgart) (September 1 [13], 1863, Moscow — November 6, 1918, Nizhny Novgorod) was a Russian politician and statesman. He was a member of the State Council of the Russian Empire and was canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church in 2000.

1888–1937 · Contemporary

Alexei Konstantinovich Vorobyov (February 6, 1888, Antonkovo, Vyatka Governorate — August 20, 1937, Butovo firing range, Moscow Oblast) was a protopresbyter and a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church, canonized as a hieromartyr in 2000.

1859–1923 · Contemporary

Alexey Alexeyevich Mechev (Saint Righteous Alexius of Moscow; March 17 [29], 1859, Moscow — June 22, 1923, Vereya, Moscow Governorate) was a clergyman of the Russian Orthodox Church, a prominent Moscow archpriest of the early 20th century, and rector of the Church of Saint Nichol…

1852–1923 · Contemporary

Aleksi is a masculine Finnish given name. Notable people with the name include:

1867–1934 · Contemporary

Saint Alexis of Ugine, born Alexei Ivanovich Medvedkov on July 1, 1867, in the village of Fomitshevo, Vyazma Uyezd, Smolensk Governorate (Russia), and died on August 22, 1934, in Ugine (France), was a holy Orthodox priest commemorated on August 22 (Dormition), October 13 (transla…

1862–1937 · Contemporary

Aleksy – Polish name, male first name deriving from the Greek Aléxios (Αλέξιος), meaning "Defender", and thus of the same origin as the Latin Alexius. The female form: Aleksja, Aleksa

1895–1942 · Contemporary

Aleksy Sobaszek (1895–1942) was a Polish Roman Catholic priest. He died in a Nazi concentration camp. He is one of the 108 Martyrs of World War II who were beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1999.