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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.

1725–1803 · Modern · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Giuseppe Marco Antonio Luca Melacrinò, in religion Gesualdo of Reggio Calabria (October 18, 1725, Nasiti – January 28, 1803, Reggio di Calabria), was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a member of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin.

1100–1200 · Medieval · Cistercians

Gezelinus of Schlebusch (born in the Duchy of Burgundy; died 12th century, presumably in Schlebuschrath, now a district of Leverkusen-Alkenrath) was, according to legend, a lay brother (conversus) at the Cistercian monastery in Altenberg.

1875–1915 · Contemporary

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

1438–1508 · Reformation · Carmelites

Giacomino de' Canepacci, known as da Crevacuore (Piasca, 1438 – Vercelli, March 3, 1508), was an Italian religious, a lay brother of the Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel. He was beatified by equipollence by Pope Gregory XVI in 1845.

1921–2004 · Contemporary

Gianfranco Chiti (Gignese, May 6, 1921 – Rome, November 20, 2004) was an Italian general and a Franciscan Catholic priest. He has been recognized as a Servant of God by the Catholic Church since the introduction of his cause for beatification.

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.

1899–1946 · Contemporary · Society of Jesus

Giovanni Fausti, born on October 19, 1899, in Marcheno, in the province of Brescia (Italy), and died by firing squad on March 4, 1946, in Shkodër, Albania, was an Italian Catholic priest of the Society of Jesus and a missionary in Albania who was killed in odium fidei during the…

1386–1446 · Medieval

Giovanni Tavelli (Tossignano, 1386 – Ferrara, July 24, 1446) was an Italian Catholic bishop, venerated as a blessed by the Catholic Church. He is remembered in the history of the Order of the Gesuati for writing its constitutions, initiating the process that transformed the Gesua…

1884–1958 · Contemporary

Giulio Facibeni (Galeata, July 29, 1884 – Florence, June 2, 1958) was an Italian priest and anti-fascist, founder of the Opera della Divina Provvidenza Madonnina del Grappa, recognized as one of the Righteous Among the Nations for his efforts on behalf of Jews in Florence during…

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).

1908–1966 · Contemporary · Missionary Sisters Catechists of the Poor

Gloria Maria Elizondo García, born on August 26, 1908, in Durango, Mexico, and died on December 8, 1966, in Monterrey, was a Mexican business executive who became a religious sister and served as Superior General of the Congregation of the Missionary Catechist Sisters of the Poor…

1883–1936 · Contemporary

Gonzalo Viñes Masip (born January 19, 1883, in Xàtiva, died December 10, 1936) was a blessed of the Catholic Church. He completed secondary school and subsequently entered the seminary in Valencia. In 1906, at the age of 23, he was ordained a priest.

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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.

1438–1508 · Reformation

Grazia of Cattaro (Mulla, October 27, 1438 – Murano, November 9, 1508) was an Italian religious of the Order of Saint Augustine. His cult as a blessed was confirmed by Pope Leo XIII in 1889.

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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.

1880–1936 · Contemporary · Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Gregorio Chirivás Lacambra, C.M.F. (Siétamo, April 24, 1880 – Barbastro, August 12, 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.

1912–1936 · Contemporary

Gregorio Escobar García, OMI (born September 12, 1912, in Estella; died November 28, 1936, in Paracuellos de Jarama) was a Spanish Oblate of the Immaculate Mary. He made his first vows in the Oblate congregation on August 15, 1930.

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.

1190–1240 · Medieval

Gregory of Nicomedia, or Gregory the Ascetic of the Gulf of Nicomedia (c. 1190–1240), was a Greek Orthodox hieromonk and ascetic. He is venerated as a saint. Gregory was born in the region of Bithynia. His secular name is unknown.

1105 · Medieval

Grigory the Iconographer (11th–13th centuries) was a monk of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra. A saint of the Russian Church, he is venerated as an Orthodox saint.

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.

1315–1442 · Medieval

Saint Gregory of Vologda or Gregory of Pelshma (Grigory Pelshemsky, Grigory Vologodsky), born in the 14th century in Galich and died on September 30 (Julian calendar) 1442, was a Russian monk and founder of the Monastery of the Mother of God of Saint Gregory in the present-day Vo…

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.

1259 · Medieval · Franciscans

Saint Walter was a Franciscan friar sent on a mission to Portugal in the early 13th century by Saint Francis of Assisi. Every year on the first weekend of August, the city of Guimarães dedicates its city festival, known as the Gualterian Festivals, to him.

1309–1404 · Medieval

Guglielmo Buccheri, known as Guglielmo Cuffitedda, and also as Guglielmo da Noto, Guglielmo the Hermit, or Guglielmo of Scicli (Noto, 1309 – Scicli, April 4, 1404), was an Italian religious figure who lived as a hermit and is considered a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1065–1120 · Medieval · Carthusian Order

William of Fenoglio (Borgoratto, 1065 – Casotto, 1120) was an Italian religious figure and monk of the Carthusian Order. A monk at the Charterhouse of Casotto, his cult as a blessed was confirmed by Pope Pius IX in 1860.

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.

1050–1001 · Medieval

Guillem de Llívia, or Saint Guillem, perhaps born in the County of Toulouse and died in Sant Jaume d'Alf, near Llívia (Catalonia), is a semi-legendary figure of the 11th century who is venerated as a saint in Cerdanya.

1101–1199 · Medieval

William of Peñacorada, C.S.R.A. (d. Cistierna, 1175), was a 12th-century Leonese hermit and Catholic philosopher. He founded an abbey, of which he was the first director. He is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church, with his feast day on May 28.

1908–1936 · Contemporary

Guillermo Plaza Hernández (born June 25, 1908, in Yuncos; died August 9, 1936, in Argés) was a blessed priest, a victim of anti-Catholic persecution during the Spanish Civil War.

974–1040 · Medieval · Benedictines

Saint Goustan, or Saint Gulstan, is a Christian saint converted by Felix of Rhuys. Like his master, he rests in Brittany in the abbey church of Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys. A plaque above his sarcophagus reads "Sti Gulstani sepulchrum."

850 · Medieval

Gustav, known as the Hermit (c. 810 – March 10, 890, Sweden), was a hermit monk and companion of Saint Ansgar, the Apostle of Scandinavia. He is considered the first person baptized in the region, in the 820s, and thereafter traveled as a missionary alongside his master.

800 · Medieval

Guthago is the name of a saint associated with missionary work in the coastal region of West Flanders. Guthago is said to have been a Scottish prince by birth. What is known about him consists of legends.

1160–1209 · Medieval

Guy of Montpellier (1160–1208) was the founder of the Order of the Holy Spirit and the Confraternity of the Holy Spirit around 1180, established to care for abandoned children, the poor, and the sick. The order was officially recognized by Pope Innocent III on April 23, 1198.

550 · Medieval

Saint Guénin, or Saint Gwennin, was the tenth bishop of the Diocese of Vannes in the 7th century. According to the calendar of Breton saints, his feast day is August 19. He gave his name to the commune of Guénin in Morbihan.