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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.

1876–1936 · Contemporary

Facunda Margenat (1876–1936) was a Spanish religious sister of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Girona. Assassinated in odium fidei during the religious persecution of the Spanish Civil War, she is venerated as a blessed and martyr by the Catholic Church.

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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.

1881–1936 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Facundo Escanciano Tejerina, known in religion as Aurelio of Ocejo (February 4, 1881, Ocejo – August 17, 1936, Madrid), was a Spanish Roman Catholic friar of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin and a martyr. The Catholic Church venerates him as a blessed.

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.

1890–1936 · Contemporary · Piarists

Faustino Oteiza Segura, or Faustino of Our Lady of Sorrows, Sch. P. (Ayegui, February 14, 1890 – Azanuy, August 9, 1936), was a Piarist priest of the Peralta de la Sal community, a martyr during the Spanish Civil War in 1936, and is venerated as a blessed in the Catholic Church.

1911–1936 · Contemporary · Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Faustino Pérez García (Barindano, July 30, 1911 – Barbastro, August 15, 1936) was a Navarrese Claretian friar. Because he was murdered along with other members of his community while at the Barbastro seminary, he was beatified by John Paul II in 1992.

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.

1915–1936 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor

Federico Herrera Bermejo (born February 21, 1915, in Almagro, died August 16, 1936, in Fuente el Fresno) was a Spanish Franciscan, seminarian, Christian martyr, and blessed of the Roman Catholic Church.

1–61 · Early Church

Feliciano (d. 61) was a first-century Christian martyr born in Córdoba. Feliciano was a friend of Seneca, whom he would visit when traveling to Rome.

1878–1939 · Contemporary

Felipe Ripoll Morata (born September 14, 1878, in Teruel; died February 7, 1939, near Girona) was a Spanish Catholic priest, Christian martyr, and blessed of the Roman Catholic Church. He came from a poor, religious family.

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Hieromartyr Philip of Alexandria is a Christian saint and early Christian martyr. He was the father of Saint Eugenia of Rome. During the reign of the Roman Emperor Commodus, Philip was appointed eparch of all Egypt.

128 · Early Church

Felix is the third bishop of Metz. Tradition dates his death to the year 128, but it is more likely that he exercised his ministry at the beginning of the 4th century. He is a Christian saint whose feast day is February 21.

304 · Early Church

Felix (died c. 304) was a bishop of Spoleto, Umbria, and a hieromartyr. His feast day is May 18. Saint Felix, Bishop of Spoleto, was beheaded during the reigns of Diocletian and Maximian Herculius.

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Feock is a virgin saint of Cornwall. Her feast day is February 2. Saint Feock, a Cornish virgin, is presumed to have come from Ireland. There is no biographical information about her. In Cornwall, there is a parish and village named Feock, where a church is dedicated to her.

1394 · Medieval

Archbishop Theodore (Theodore of Simonov, born Ioann (Ivan); c. 1340 – November 28, 1394) was a bishop of the Russian Church and Archbishop of Rostov.

1219–1233 · Medieval

Fyodor Yaroslavich (Russian: Фёдор Ярославич; c. 1219 – Veliky Novgorod, June 5, 1233) was a Russian nobleman and the elder brother of Alexander Nevsky. He is considered a saint by the Russian Orthodox Church.

1868–1948 · Contemporary

Theodosius of the Caucasus (born Fyodor Fyodorovich Kashin; November 4 (16), 1868, or according to other sources May 3 (15), 1841, Perm Governorate, Russian Empire — August 8, 1948, Mineralnye Vody, Stavropol Krai, RSFSR, USSR) was a hieroschemamonk of the Russian Orthodox Church…

1030–1082 · Medieval

Ferdinand of Cajazzo, also known as Ferdinand of Aragon, was the fifth Benedictine bishop of Caiazzo in Campania, Italy, during the 11th century.

1905–1936 · Contemporary · Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Ferdinand Saperas Aluja (born September 8, 1905, in Alió, died August 13, 1936, in Mas Claret) was a Spanish religious of the Claretians, a martyr, a victim of the Spanish Civil War of 1936–1939, and a blessed of the Catholic Church.

880 · Medieval

Feredarius of Iona (Latin: Feredarius, Gaelic: Feradach mac Cormaic; died 880 or 863) was a saint and abbot of the first Scottish monastery, Iona Abbey, founded in 563. His feast days are May 18 and May 31. Saint Feredarius was of Irish origin.

1905–1936 · Contemporary

Fernando Garcia Sendra (born March 3, 1905, in Pego; died September 18, 1936) was a blessed of the Catholic Church. He served as an altar boy before entering the Franciscan College. After three years in Benissa, he returned home due to illness.

1886–1936 · Contemporary

Ferdinand González Añón (born February 17, 1886, in Turís; died August 27, 1936, in Picassent) was a Spanish priest and a blessed of the Catholic Church. He came from a religious family, the son of Fernando González Pons and Isabel Navarro Añón.

101–212 · Early Church

Ferreolus of Besançon (2nd century – Besançon, 212), according to tradition dating back to Saint Gregory of Tours, was a Christian priest and martyr, venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church.

1880–1936 · Contemporary · Society of Mary

Fidel Fuidio Rodríguez (Yécora, April 24, 1880 – Carrión de Calatrava, October 17, 1936) was a Spanish archaeologist, teacher, and Marianist. He was executed by firing squad during the Civil War, a victim of the repression in the Republican zone.

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Philadelphus of Pattano (fl. 9th–10th century) was the first hegumen of the Italo-Greek monastery of Santa Maria di Pattano (a hamlet of Vallo della Lucania). A church dedicated to him, dating to the late 10th century, stands on the site of the fortified monastic citadel.

1779–1858 · Modern

Filaret, born Fyodor Georgiyevich Amfiteatrov, known as Theodosius after taking the great schema (born April 17, 1779, in Vysokoye; died December 21, 1857, in Kyiv), was a Russian Orthodox bishop and a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church.

1829–1911 · Contemporary

Philimon Isayevich Koridze (Georgian: ფილიმონ ქორიძე or Philimon Yaseyevich Koridze; pseudonym: Coriggio; 1829–1911) was a Georgian opera singer (bass). In December 2011, he was canonized by the Georgian Orthodox Church as a saint under the name Righteous Philimon the Singer.

1892–1946 · Contemporary

Filip Terčelj Grivški, known by the pseudonyms Čavenski and Pelikan, was a Slovene Catholic priest, poet, writer, editor, educator, Servant of God, and a victim of both the Italian Fascist and Yugoslav Communist regimes.

1412–1451 · Medieval

Philippa of Chantemilan (born 1412 in Changy, died October 15, 1451, in Vienne) was a French virgin, venerated as a blessed by the faithful of the Roman Catholic Church. She was born the daughter of Jean de Chantemilan and Jeanne de Vernay.

1650–1727 · Modern

Philotheus, born Rafał Leszczyński, monastic name in the Great Schema Theodore (born 1650 in Ukraine, died May 20/31, 1727, in Tyumen), was a bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church, a missionary in Siberia, and an Orthodox saint.

1750–1833 · Modern

Filofteia Antonescu (born mid-18th century, Bucharest – died 1833, Pasărea Monastery) was a schema-nun at Pasărea Monastery and the mother of Saint Calinic of Cernica.

1841–1868 · Modern · Q11937346

Philomène Ferrer Galceran (Móra d'Ebre, April 3, 1841 – Valls, August 13, 1868) was a Spanish religious sister of the Order of Minims, the initiator of the first expiatory temple dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and is recognized as venerable by the Catholic Church.

300–402 · Early Church

Firmin of Mende, or Saint Firmin, is a saint of the Roman Catholic Church. As Bishop of the Gabali, Firmin may have established himself in Banassac, much like Saint Frézal later did. He could be the same person as Firmin of Amiens, whose feast day is September 25.

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Flavian (died late 5th century, Autun) was Bishop of Autun in the late 5th century and is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church. Almost nothing is known about this saint, who is mentioned in the Martyrologium Hieronymianum under the date of August 23: Agustiduno Flaviani e…

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Saint Flavian was a disciple of Saint Cyprian. Both he and other companions were held responsible for disturbances caused in the city of Carthage around 259 and were put to death for this reason. He is considered a Christian saint; his feast day is May 25.

1309–1347 · Medieval · Nuns of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem

Fleur of Issendolus, Saint Fleur or Flora—translated from Flor, a name attested in the original Gascon language—was a nun of the Order of Hospitallers at the Hôpital-Beaulieu of Issendolus in Quercy. She died in 1347.

1924–1995 · Contemporary · Sisters of the Poor, Palazzolo Institute

Luigia Rosina Rondi, known in religion as Sister Floralba Rondi, was born on December 10, 1924, in Pedrengo, Italy, and died on April 25, 1995, in Mosango, Democratic Republic of the Congo. She was an Italian religious sister and nurse.

1861–1935 · Contemporary · Angelic Sisters of St. Paul

Flore Bracaval, in religion Mother Jeanne-Marie of the Eucharist, born May 3, 1861, in Mouscron, Belgium, and died January 26, 1935, in Arienzo, Campania, was a Belgian religious sister, restorer, and first superior general of the Congregation of the Angelic Sisters of Saint Paul…

338–367 · Early Church

Florence of Comblé was a young Phrygian woman who followed Saint Hilary (303–367) upon his return from the exile ordered by the emperor. He consecrated her to God and offered her the opportunity to retire to Comblé, a village east of Celle-l'Évescault that was one of his many pro…

300 · Early Church

Fiorenzo of Thessaloniki (died c. 300 in Thessaloniki, Greece) was a Christian who, because of his faith, was subjected to various tortures and executed by burning during the persecutions of the Roman Empire.

1000–1052 · Medieval

Florencius of Carracedo (Kingdom of León?, c. 1000 – San Salvador de Carracedo, 1052) was the abbot of the Benedictine monastery of San Salvador de Carracedo (now in Carracedo del Monasterio), in the El Bierzo region (León). He is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church.

301 · Early Church

Florentius of Vienne (Gaul, 4th century) was a bishop of Vienne in the Dauphiné. He is venerated as a saint by various Christian denominations.

1890–1936 · Contemporary

Florencia Caerols Martínez was a Catholic martyr killed during the Spanish Civil War. Single and very active in her parish, she worked as a catechist in the region.