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1183–1260 · Medieval

Boniface of Brussels (1183 – 19 February 1260) was a Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of Lausanne from circa 1231 until 1239 when he resigned after agents of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II assaulted him.

1270 · Medieval · Carthusian Order

Boniface of Savoy (c. 1207 – 18 July 1270) was a medieval Bishop of Belley in Savoy and Archbishop of Canterbury in England. He was the son of Thomas, Count of Savoy and owed his initial ecclesiastical posts to his father.

1200–1243 · Medieval · Benedictines

Boniface of Valperga (French: Boniface Ier de Valperga, Italian: Bonifacio di Valperga) (died 25 April 1243), venerated as a blessed in the Catholic Church, was a thirteenth-century Bishop of Aosta.

623–706 · Medieval

Saint Bonitus (623–710) was born in France and held a number of important positions including being appointed governor of Marseille in 667 and Bishop of Auvergne. He was also chancellor and referendary in Francia.

1026 · Medieval · Benedictines

Saint Bononio or Bononius (died 30 August 1026) was a Benedictine abbot, who is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic Church, being commemorated with a feast day on 30 August.

400–373 · Early Church

Bonosus of Trier (fl. c. 353–373) was bishop of Trier. After the exile in 353 of Bishop Paulinus of Trier to Phrygia an episcopal election was held in which Bonosus was elected bishop of Trier: he refused however to take up the post, perhaps because he was convinced that Paulinu…

900–970 · Medieval · Benedictines

Boso of Merseburg (died 1 November 970) was the first Bishop of Merseburg in Saxony-Anhalt, and "Apostle of the Wends." Boso, a native of Bavaria, was a Benedictine monk of Saint Emmeram's in Regensburg, from where he was summoned to the court of Otto I, who, considering the con…

780 · Medieval

Botwine (died 785 or 786) was a Northumbrian saint venerated at Ripon and Peterborough. He is well documented as a priest, and latter Abbot of Ripon.

700–670 · Medieval · Benedictines

Botolph of Thorney was an English abbot and saint. He is regarded as the patron saint of boundaries, and by extension, of trade and travel, as well as various aspects of farming. His feast day is celebrated either on 17 June (England) or 25 June (Scotland).

1893–1981 · Contemporary

Boļeslavs Sloskāns (Belarusian: Баляслаў Слосканс, 1893-1981) was a Latvian Roman Catholic bishop and a survivor and memoirist of the Soviet Gulag. He was born 31 August 1893 near Stirniene.

590–651 · Medieval

Braulio (Latin: Braulius Caesaraugustanus; 585–651 AD) was bishop of Zaragoza and a learned cleric living in the Kingdom of the Visigoths. Both as pastor and writer, he is one of the most celebrated of saints of the Visigothic Kingdom of Hispania that lasted from the 5th to the 8…

750–765 · Medieval

Bregowine (died August 764) was a medieval Archbishop of Canterbury. Little is known of his origins or his activities as archbishop, although a number of stories were told about his possible origins after the Norman conquest in 1066.

941–1014 · Medieval

Brian Boru (Middle Irish: Brian Bóruma mac Cennétig; modern Irish: Brian Bóramha; c. 941 – 23 April 1014) was the High King of Ireland from 1002 to 1014.

397–444 · Early Church

Brice of Tours (Latin: Brictius; c. 370 – 444 AD) was a 5th-century Frankish bishop, the fourth Bishop of Tours, succeeding Martin of Tours in 397. Brice was a contemporary of Augustine of Hippo and lived in the time of the Council of Ephesus.

1865–1960 · Contemporary

Brigida Maria Postorino, born on November 19, 1865, in Catona, Calabria, and died on March 30, 1960, in Frascati near Rome, was an Italian religious sister and founder of the Daughters of the Immaculate, an order dedicated to serving the poor.

1610–1679 · Reformation · Ursulines of Piacenza

Brigida Morello Zancano (17 June 1610 – 3 September 1679), born Brigida Morello, was an Italian Roman Catholic widow and later a nun of the Ursuline Sisters of Mary Immaculate that she herself had established in her widowhood.

409–502 · Medieval

Brioc (Breton: Brieg; Welsh: Briog; Cornish: Breock; French: Brieuc; died late sixth century) was a 6th-century Welsh holy man who became the first abbot of Saint-Brieuc in Brittany. He is one of the seven founder saints of Brittany.

400–380 · Early Church

Britto of Trier (fl. 374–386) was bishop of Trier. Britto is first known from a meeting of the bishops of Gaul in 374, held at Valence on the Rhône.

1203–1259 · Medieval · Premonstratensians

Blessed Bronislava (Polish: Bronisława; c. 1204–1259) was a Polish nun of the Premonstratensian Order. She is beatified in the Roman Catholic Church.

1889–1940 · Contemporary

Bronisław Komorowski (25 May 1889 – 22 March 1940) was a Polish Roman Catholic priest, active in the interwar period in the predominantly German Free City of Danzig.

1915–1942 · Contemporary

Bronisław Kostkowski (March 11, 1915 – September 27, 1942) was a Polish and Roman Catholic seminarian. He was born in Stolp. He was imprisoned in the Nazi Sachsenhausen concentration camp and later died at the Nazi Dachau concentration camp.

1842–1912 · Contemporary · Salesians of Don Bosco

Bronisław Markiewicz, SDB (13 July 1842 – 29 January 1912) was a Polish Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Salesians of Don Bosco.

1614–1691 · Reformation · Carmelites

Brother Lawrence of the Resurrection, OCD (born Nicolas Herman; c. 1614 – 12 February 1691) was a French Catholic religious brother who served at a Discalced Carmelite monastery, what is now Saint-Joseph-des-Carmes in Paris.

1917–1972 · Contemporary · Franciscans

Blessed Bruna Pellesi (11 November 1917 – 1 December 1972), known as Maria Rosa of Jesus, was an Italian nun who was a member of the Franciscan Missionary Sisters of Christ.

1930–1996 · Contemporary · Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance

Christian Charles Joseph Lemarchand (in religion Father Bruno), born on March 1, 1930, in Saint-Maixent-l'École (Deux-Sèvres) and died (assassinated) after April 20, 1996, in Algeria, was a French Trappist monk of the Abbey of Notre-Dame de l'Atlas in Tibhirine who, along with si…

1907–1972 · Contemporary · Piarists

Bruno Martínez Sacedo, Sch. P. (Moscardón, Teruel, Spain, November 9, 1907 – León, Nicaragua, December 29, 1972) was a Piarist priest from Teruel who worked in education in Nicaragua. He died in León from injuries sustained in the 1972 Managua earthquake.

1030–1101 · Medieval · Carthusian Order

Bruno of Cologne, OCart (German: Bruno von Köln; Italian: Bruno di Colonia; c. 1030 – 6 October 1101), venerated as Saint Bruno, was the founder of the Carthusians. He personally founded the order's first two communities.

970–1009 · Medieval · Camaldolese

Bruno of Querfurt, O.S.B. Cam. (German: Brun von Querfurt; c. 974 – 14 February or 9 March 1009), also known as Brun, was a Christian missionary, bishop, Camaldolese monk and martyr.

925–965 · Medieval

Bruno the Great (May 925 – 11 October 965) was the archbishop of Cologne from 953 until his death and the duke of Lotharingia after 954. He was the youngest brother of Emperor Otto I. Bruno was the youngest son of King Henry the Fowler and Matilda of Ringelheim.

1905–1942 · Contemporary

Brunon Zembol, OFM, born Jan Brunon Zembol (September 7, 1905, in Łętownia – August 21, 1942, in Dachau), was a Polish Catholic priest, a Friar Minor (Reformed), a martyr of World War II, and a blessed of the Catholic Church.

1250–1317 · Medieval

Brynolf Algotsson (Italian: Brinolfo; c. 1240-1248 – 6 February 1317) was a Swedish Catholic prelate and theologian who served as the Bishop of Skara from 1278 until his death.

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In Greek mythology, Bucolus is the name of four men:

1866–1936 · Contemporary · Dominican Order

Buenaventura García de Paredes (April 19, 1866 in Castañedo de Valdés – August 12, 1936) was a Dominican priest and Master of the Order of Preachers. Paredes was born and baptized on April 19, 1866 in Castañedo de Valdés, near Luarca (Asturias).

1887–1936 · Contemporary · Trinitarian Order

Bonaventura of Saint Catherine (Spanish: Buenaventura de Santa Catalina), born Buenaventura Gavicaechevarría Guerricabeitia (Ajangiz, July 14, 1887 – Alcázar de San Juan, July 26, 1936), was a Spanish priest of the Order of the Most Holy Trinity.

683–755 · Medieval · Benedictines

Saint Burchard of Würzburg (in German Burkard or Burkhard) was an Anglo-Saxon missionary who became the first Bishop of Würzburg (741–751). Burchard was an Anglo-Saxon Benedictine monk possibly of noble birth, and educated at Malmesbury Abbey.

965–1025 · Medieval

Burchard of Worms (c. 950/965 – 20 August 1025) was the bishop of the Imperial City of Worms, in the Holy Roman Empire. He was the author of a canon law collection of twenty books known as the Decretum, Decretum Burchardi, or Decretorum libri viginti. Burchard was born on c.

595–656 · Medieval

Burgundofara (died 643 or 655), also Saint Fara or Fare, was the founder and first abbess of the Abbey of Faremoutiers. Her family is known as the Faronids, named after her brother Faro. Her name may mean "she who moves the Burgundians".

1046 · Medieval

Saint Bystrík (Latin Beztertus Nitriensis, Bestredius, Bestridus, Bestricus, Bistridus, Bistritus; Hungarian Beszteréd, Besztrik, Besztríd; died 1046) was a martyr and the Bishop of the Diocese of Nitra. Bystrík was probably of Slavic or Hungarian origin.

1165–1184 · Medieval

Bénézet (also Benedict, Benezet, Benet, Benoît; c. 1163 – 1184) is a saint of the Catholic Church. Christian tradition states that he was a shepherd boy who had a vision during an eclipse in 1177, which led him to build a bridge over the Rhône River at Avignon.

670–725 · Medieval

Saint Bérégise of Andage (or Bergis), born around 670 in the locality of Spange near Emptinne in the province of Namur, Belgium, and died on October 2, around 725, at the Abbey of Saint-Hubert in the Belgian Ardennes province of Luxembourg, was a cleric trained at the Abbey of Sa…

530–590 · Medieval

Cadfan (Latin: Catamanus), was the 6th century founder-abbot of Tywyn (whose church is dedicated to him) and Bardsey, both in Gwynedd, Wales. He was said to have received the island of Bardsey from Einion Frenin, king of Llŷn, around 516 and to have served as its abbot until 542.…

1538–1607 · Reformation · Oratory of Saint Philip Neri

Cesare Baronio, C.O. (as an author also known as Caesar Baronius; 30 August 1538 – 30 June 1607) was an Italian Oratorian, cardinal and historian of the Catholic Church.

1–200 · Early Church

Saint Caesarius of Terracina (Italian: Saint Cesario Deacono, "Saint Caesarius the Deacon") was a Christian martyr. The church of San Cesareo in Palatio in Rome bears his name.

470–542 · Medieval

Caesarius of Arles (Latin: Caesarius Arelatensis; 468/470 – 27 August 542 AD), sometimes called "of Chalon" (Cabillonensis or Cabellinensis) from his birthplace Chalon-sur-Saône, was the foremost ecclesiastic of his generation in Merovingian Gaul.

296 · Early Church

Pope Caius (died 22 April 296), also called Gaius, was the bishop of Rome from 17 December 283 to his death in 296. Little information on Caius is available except that given by the Liber Pontificalis, which relies on a legendary account of the martyrdom of Susanna of Rome for it…

1571–1624 · Reformation

Caius of Korea (1571 in Korea – 15 November 1624 in Nagasaki, Japan) is the 128th of the 205 Catholic Martyrs of Japan beatified by Pope Pius IX on 7 July 1867, after he had canonized the Twenty-six Martyrs of Japan five years before on 8 June 1862.

250–280 · Early Church

Calimerius (Italian: Calimero, Byzantine Greek: Καλημέριος) (died 280 AD) was an early bishop of Milan. He is honoured as a Saint in the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches and his feast day is on July 31.

1903–1930 · Contemporary · Salesians of Don Bosco

Callistus Caravario (18 June 1903 ― 25 February 1930) was a Salesian priest serving in China, who along with Luigi Versiglia was martyred in China on 25 February 1930. Caravario was born in Cuorgnè, Italy on 18 June 1903.

222 · Early Church

Pope Callixtus I (Greek: Κάλλιστος), also called Callistus I, was the bishop of Rome (according to Sextus Julius Africanus) from c. 218 to his death c. 222 or 223. He lived during the reigns of the Roman emperors Elagabalus and Alexander Severus.

1065–1124 · Medieval · Benedictines

Pope Callixtus II or Callistus II (c. 1065 – 13 December 1124), born Guy of Burgundy, was the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from February 1119 to his death in 1124.