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1736–1792 · Modern

Blessed François-Joseph de La Rochefoucauld-Bayers (Angoulême (Saint-Jean parish), February 28, 1736 – Paris, September 2, 1792) was an 18th-century French prelate and politician. As Bishop of Beauvais, he was elected as a deputy for the clergy to the Estates General of 1789.

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Fraternus (died Auxerre, September 29, 5th century) was Bishop of Auxerre in the second half of the 5th century. He is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church.

1585–1647 · Reformation · Carmelites

Friar Francisco de la Cruz (Mora, December 28, 1585 – San Clemente, July 6, 1647) was a Castilian Carmelite friar, a lay brother of the Order of the Brothers of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel (O. Carm.). Upon his death, he was declared a Venerable Servant of God.

826 · Medieval

Frézal of Gévaudan is a saint of the Catholic Church. Bishop of Gévaudan, he was assassinated on September 4, 826, according to a legendary text. He appears only rarely in historical writings, with no record of participation in any council.

690 · Medieval

Saint Fromond of Coutances (Fromundus) was a bishop of Coutances in the second half of the 7th century. Considered a saint by the Catholic and Orthodox Churches, his feast day is celebrated on October 24.

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Fronto (died 2nd or 4th century) was an Egyptian Christian who lived as a hermit in the desert with 70 companions, serving as their abbot. They have been honored as saints by Catholics since ancient times. Their feast day is celebrated on April 14.

600 · Medieval

Saint Fulgentius of Otricoli (died 6th century) was a Christian martyr and bishop of Ocriculum in the 6th century. He is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church, and his liturgical memorial is May 22.

303 · Early Church

Felix in Pincis is a legendary figure, venerated as a saint, who does not correspond to any real person. His legend originated to explain the existence of a chapel dedicated to Saint Felix of Nola on the Pincian Hill in Rome; hence the name Felix in Pincis (on the Pincian).

304 · Early Church

The Martyrs of Abitene were a group of North African Christians put to death in the spring of 304. These martyrs are commemorated on February 12 according to the Roman Martyrology.

296 · Early Church

Gabinus of Rome (Salona, 3rd century – Rome, 296) was a Dalmatian Christian, the father of Saint Susanna of Rome and brother of Pope Gaius. He died a martyr during the Diocletianic Persecution and is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church.

1604–1680 · Reformation · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Gabriel Macià, also known as Gabriel of Canet (Canet de Mar, Maresme, November 30, 1604 – Barcelona, 1680), was a Capuchin friar. He has been proclaimed venerable by the Catholic Church. He served as novice master and provincial definitor of the order.

1578–1597 · Reformation · Franciscans

Gabriel de Duisco (executed February 5, 1597, on the hills of Nagasaki) was a Japanese Catholic layman, converted by Gonsalo Garcia, who became a catechist and a member of the Third Order of Saint Francis.

1567–1632 · Reformation

Gabriel of St. Mary Magdalene, born Gabriel Tarazona Rodríguez (October 1567 in Sonseca – September 3, 1632, in Nagasaki), was a Spanish Franciscan friar, a martyr, and a blessed of the Catholic Church who was a victim of anti-Catholic persecution in Japan.

1849–1901 · Contemporary

Gabriel of Mount Athos (secular name Georgy; January 20, 1849, Kiev Governorate — November 1, 1901, Novonikolayevskaya stanitsa (now the city of Novoazovsk), Taganrog Okrug, Don Host Oblast) was an Orthodox ascetic, archimandrite, and superior of the Athonite Ilyinsky Skete.

1848–1927 · Contemporary · Dominican Sisters of Saint Catherine of Siena (Bogotá)

Gabriela Durán Párraga (Firavitoba, May 22, 1848 – Bogotá, July 19, 1927), also known by her religious name Gabriela of Saint Martin, was a Colombian Catholic nun, educator, and co-founder of the Congregation of Dominican Sisters of Saint Catherine of Siena, the first Catholic re…

1880–1949 · Contemporary · Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul

Gabriella Borgarino, born on September 2, 1880, in Boves, Italy, and died on January 1, 1949, in Luserna San Giovanni, Turin, was an Italian Catholic nun.

600 · Medieval

Saint Gall II (in Latin Gallus) was a French cleric of the Early Middle Ages who served as Bishop of Clermont in the 7th century. He is recognized as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church, which celebrate his feast day on November 1.

550 · Medieval

Galla of Baginum (Latin: Galla) (6th century) was a consecrated virgin in Valence-sur-Rhône in the presence of seven bishops. Born into a wealthy family, her father had selected several enviable suitors for her. She asked him to let her make her own choice, to which he agreed.

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.

1864–1936 · Contemporary

Genaro Fueyo Castañón (born January 23, 1864, in Linares; died October 20, 1936, in Madrid) was a Spanish priest, a victim of the Spanish Civil War, and a blessed of the Catholic Church. He was born on January 23, 1864, in southern Spain.

1881–1966 · Contemporary · Passionists

Généreux of the Most Holy Crucifix, born Angelo Fontanarosa on November 6, 1881, in Vetralla (Viterbo, Italy) and died on January 9, 1966, in Mascalucia (Catania, Sicily), was an Italian professed priest of the Congregation of the Passion of Jesus Christ.

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.

1906–1945 · Contemporary · Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul

Geralda Jakob (Donjara near Carevdar, July 17, 1906 – Jazovka pit, May 15, 1945) was a Croatian Catholic nun, a Sister of Charity, and a victim of the Yugoslav communist regime.

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.

679–715 · Medieval

Gerlind of Alsace (c. 679 – c. 715) was a daughter of Eudo of Aquitaine and Adela of Austrasia and a Duchess of Alsace. She is a blessed of the Catholic Church, and her feast day is December 3.

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.

1895–1936 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Germán Garrigues Hernández, also known as Germán of Carcaixent (born Germán (Jorge María) Garrigues Hernández on February 12, 1895, in Carcaixent, Valencian Community; died August 9, 1936, in Carcaixent), was a Spanish Catholic blessed, martyr, priest, and Capuchin friar, who was…

1913–1936 · Contemporary

Germán Gozalbo Andreu (born August 30, 1913, died September 22, 1936) was a Spanish Catholic priest and a blessed of the Catholic Church. He was ordained a priest just a few weeks before his death.

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.