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1050–1104 · Medieval · Benedictines

Ebontius (died 1104), also known as Ebon, Pontius, or Ponce, was Bishop of Barbastro, Spain, after its recapture from the Moors. Born in Comminges, Haute Garonne, France, he became a Benedictine and abbot before accepting the See of Babastro.

639–729 · Medieval · Benedictines

Ecgberht (or Egbert, and sometimes referred to as Egbert of Rath Melsigi) (died 729) was an Anglo-Saxon monk of Northumbria. After studying at Lindisfarne and Rath Melsigi, he spent his life travelling among monasteries in northern Britain and around the Irish Sea.

1907–1944 · Contemporary

Edelweiss Mary Quinn, (14 September 1907 – 12 May 1944) known as Edel Quinn was an Irish-born Roman Catholic lay-missionary and Envoy of the Legion of Mary to East Africa.

1851–1940 · Contemporary · Canons Regular of the Lateran

The Mortara case (Italian: caso Mortara) was an Italian cause célèbre that captured the attention of much of Europe and North America in the 1850s and 1860s.

961–984 · Medieval · Benedictines

Edith of Wilton (c. 961 – c. 984) was an English saint, nun and member of the community at Wilton Abbey, and the daughter of Edgar, King of England (r. 959–975) and Saint Wulfthryth.

1585–1628 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Edmund Arrowsmith, SJ (c. 1585 – 28 August 1628) was one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales of the Catholic Church. The main source of information on Arrowsmith is a contemporary account written by an eyewitness and published a short time after his death.

1814–1871 · Modern

Edmund Bojanowski (14 November 1814 - 7 August 1871) was a Polish Roman Catholic and the founder of four separate religious congregations. He studied art and literature during his education in Breslau and Berlin before distinguishing himself during a cholera epidemic in which he…

1540–1581 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Edmund Campion, SJ (25 January 1540 – 1 December 1581) was an English Jesuit priest and martyr. While conducting an underground ministry in officially Anglican England, Campion was arrested by priest hunters.

1605–1642 · Reformation

Edmund Catherick (c. 1605 – 13 April 1642) was an English Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1929. Catherick was probably born in Lancashire about 1605.

1565–1590 · Reformation

The Dryburne Martyrs: Richard Hill, Richard Holiday, John Hogg and Edmund Duke (all died 27 May 1590) were English Roman Catholic priests and martyrs, executed at Dryburne, County Durham, in the reign of Elizabeth I. They were beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1987.

1567–1591 · Reformation

Edmund Gennings (1567 – 10 December 1591), was an English martyr, who was executed during the English Reformation for being a Roman Catholic priest. He came from Lichfield, Staffordshire. Gennings was born at Lichfield in 1567.

1762–1844 · Modern

Edmund Ignatius Rice, F.P.M., C.F.C. (Irish: Éamonn Iognáid Rís; 1 June 1762 – 29 August 1844) was a Catholic missionary and educationalist who founded two institutes of religious brothers: the Congregation of Christian Brothers and the Presentation Brothers.

1587 · Reformation

Edmund Sykes (born at Leeds; executed at York Tyburn, 23 March 1587) was an English Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1987. He was a student at the English college at Reims, where he was ordained 21 February 1581.

1174–1240 · Medieval

Edmund of Abingdon (also known as Edmund Rich, St Edmund of Canterbury, Edmund of Pontigny, French: St Edme; c. 1174 – 1240) was an English Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Canterbury.

1100–1100 · Medieval · Benedictines

Edmund or Etmond mac Maíl Coluim (c. 1070 – after 1097) was a son of Malcolm III of Scotland and his second wife, Margaret of Wessex. He may be found on some lists of Scottish kings, but there is no evidence that he was king.

1830–1903 · Contemporary · Third Order of Saint Francis

Edoardo Giuseppe Rosaz (15 February 1830 – 3 May 1903) was an Italian Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of Susa from 1877 until his death and was the founder of the Franciscan Mission Sisters of Susa. He was appointed a bishop at the suggestion of John Bosco.

1911–1943 · Contemporary

Eduard Müller (20 August 1911  – 10 November 1943) was a German Catholic priest and martyr. He was guillotined in a Hamburg prison by the Nazi authorities in November 1943, along with the three other Lübeck martyrs. Müller was beatified by Pope Benedict XVI in 2011.

1890–1942 · Contemporary · Society of Jesus

Eduard Gottlieb Profittlich, SJ (11 September 1890 – 22 February 1942) was a German Catholic prelate who served as Apostolic Administrator of Estonia from 1931 until his death in a Soviet prison in 1942. He took Estonian citizenship in 1935 and was made an archbishop in 1936.

1920–1998 · Contemporary

Eduardo Francisco Pironio (3 December 1920 – 5 February 1998) was an Argentine Catholic prelate who served in numerous departments of the Roman Curia from 1975 to 1996. He was named a cardinal in 1976 and Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina-Poggio in 1995.

1880–1952 · Contemporary · Third Order of Saint Francis

Edvige Carboni (2 May 1880 – 17 February 1952) was an Italian Roman Catholic from Sardinia who relocated to Rome and became well known among the faithful and religious alike for her ecstasies and angelic visions.

1600–1646 · Reformation

Edward Bamber (alias Reading) (b. c. 1600, at the Moor, Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire; executed at Lancaster 7 August 1646) was an English Roman Catholic priest. He was beatified in 1987. Bamber was born the son of Richard Bamber, at Carleton, Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire.

1885–1942 · Contemporary

Edward Detkens (1885–1942) was a Polish Roman Catholic priest. He was imprisoned in the Nazi Sachsenhausen concentration camp and died at Dachau. He is one of the 108 Martyrs of World War II. He is buried at Powązki Cemetery.

1906–1942 · Contemporary

Edward Grzymała (29 September 1906 – 10 August 1940) was a Polish and Roman Catholic priest. He was imprisoned in the Nazi concentration camp at Sachsenhausen. He died at the concentration camp in Dachau. In 1999, he was beatified by Pope John Paul II.

1557–1588 · Reformation

Edward James (c.1557 – 1 October 1588) was an English Catholic priest and martyr. James was born at Barton, Breaston, near Long Eaton, Derbyshire.

1590 · Reformation

Edward Jones (died 6 May 1590) was a Welsh priest and martyr of the Roman Catholic Church. He has been beatified in 1926 with the other Douai Martyrs. He was born in Llanelidan in Dyffryn Clwyd. He was baptised an Anglican in the Diocese of St Asaph.

1919–1942 · Contemporary

Edward Kaźmierski (1 October 1919 – 24 August 1942) was a Polish Roman Catholic anti-Nazi resistance fighter. He was born in Poznan. He was one of the "Poznań Five", who were guillotined in a prison in Dresden for their spiritual work and resistance against the Nazi occupation.

1919–1942 · Contemporary

Edward Klinik (21 July 1919 – 24 August 1942) was a Polish Roman Catholic anti-Nazi resistance fighter. One of the Poznań Five (Poznańska Piątka), he was guillotined in a prison in Dresden for his resistance work.

1561–1606 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Edward Oldcorne alias Hall (1561 – 7 April 1606) was an English Jesuit priest. He was known to people who knew of the Gunpowder Plot to destroy the Parliament of England and kill King James I; and although his involvement is unclear, he was caught up in the subsequent investigati…

1560–1594 · Reformation

Edward Osbaldeston was an English martyr, born about 1560. Не was hanged, drawn and quartered at York, 16 November 1594. Edward Osbaldeston was born about 1560 at Osbaldeston Hall near Blackburn, Lancashire.

1890–1924 · Contemporary

Edward Poppe (18 December 1890 – 10 June 1924) was a Belgian Roman Catholic priest who advocated for the frequent reception of the sacraments and established a children's league dedicated to the Eucharist; he was a strong critic of Marxism and materialism as well as rampant secul…

1478–1540 · Reformation

Edward Powell (c.1478 – 30 July 1540) was a Welsh Roman Catholic priest and theologian, in opposition to Henry VIII of England. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1886. Powell was born in Wales. He was M.A. of the University of Oxford, and a Fellow of Oriel College in 1495.

1554–1586 · Reformation

Edward Stransham (c. 1557, Oxford – executed 21 January 1586, Tyburn) was an English Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1929. Stransham was born at Oxford, near the Bocardo Gate, around 1557. He was educated at St John's College, Oxford, becoming B.A.

1501–1593 · Reformation

Edward Waterson (? – 7 January 1594 (NS)) was an English Catholic priest and martyr. He served the hidden Catholics in England during the reign of Elizabeth I. Edward was arrested in 1593 and executed at Newcastle upon Tyne. He was beatified in 1929.

1066 · Medieval

Edward the Confessor (1003/1005 – 5 January 1066) was King of the English from 1042 until his death in 1066. He was the last reigning monarch of the House of Wessex. Edward was the son of Æthelred the Unready and Emma of Normandy.

963–978 · Medieval

Edward the Martyr (c. 962 – 18 March 978) was King of the English from 8 July 975 until he was killed in 978. He was the eldest son of King Edgar (r. 959–975).

1905–1929 · Contemporary · Franciscans

Egidio Bullesi (24 August 1905 – 25 April 1929) - Egidije Bulešić in Croatian and in religious Ludovico - was an Italian Roman Catholic and a professed member from the Secular Franciscan Order.

1729–1812 · Modern · Franciscans

Egidio Maria of Saint Joseph (16 November 1729 – 7 February 1812) - born Francesco Pontillo - was an Italian professed religious of the Order of Friars Minor.

950–1039 · Medieval

Egilbert was bishop of Freising in Germany from 1005 to 1035. He was the tutor of Henry, Duke of Bavaria—the future Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor—between 1029 and 1033.

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Saint Egwad was a 7th-century Catholic bishop and Saint of Wales. He built a church at Ystrad Tywi. He is the Patron Saint of Llanegwad, Wales, and in the Middle Ages there was a festival at this town, in his honour.

700–718 · Medieval · Benedictines

Egwin of Evesham (died 30 December 717) was a Benedictine monk and, later, the third Bishop of Worcester in England. He is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church.

401 · Early Church

Saint Eigron was a pre-congregational saint of medieval South Wales. He was the brother of Saint Gwenafwy whom he travelled to Cornwall with, a brother to Gildas and a son of Caw of Strathclyde. He was the Patron Saint of Llanigon, Wales and founded a Church in Cernyw.

1100–1084 · Medieval · Benedictines

Blessed Ekkehard of Huysburg (died 28 June 1084) was a canon at Halberstadt Cathedral and first abbot of the Benedictine abbey in Huysburg. According to the chronicles of the Annalista Saxo, Ekkehard about 1070 was appointed by Bishop Burchard II of Halberstadt as the spiritual…

1223–1291 · Medieval · Benedictines

Eleanor of Provence (c. 1223 – 24/25 June 1291) was a Provençal noblewoman who became Queen of England as the wife of King Henry III from 1236 until his death in 1272. She served as regent of England during the absence of her spouse in France in 1253.

1895–1961 · Contemporary

Elena Aiello (10 April 1895 – 19 June 1961) was an Italian religious sister and the founder of the Minim Sisters of the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ.

1835–1914 · Contemporary

Saint Elena Guerra, OSS (23 June 1835 – 11 April 1914) was an Italian Catholic religious sister who founded the Oblates of the Holy Spirit. Guerra was a strong proponent of the Holy Spirit as a motivation to do pious works.

1924–1944 · Contemporary

Elena Spirgevičiūtė (22 December 1924 – 4 January 1944) was a Lithuanian student. She was shot and killed by Soviet partisans for resisting rape. One of the four men, Alfonsas Čeponis was posthumously recognized as the Hero of the Soviet Union.

1873–1952 · Contemporary

Elena of Montenegro (Serbian: Јелена Петровић Његош / Jelena Petrović Njegoš; 8 January 1873 – 28 November 1952) was Queen of Italy from 29 July 1900 until 9 May 1946 as the wife of King Victor Emmanuel III.

189 · Early Church

Pope Eleutherius (Greek: Ελευθέριος; died 24 May 189), also known as Eleutherus (Greek: Ελεύθερος), was the bishop of Rome from c. 174 until his death in 189. His pontificate is alternatively dated to 171–185 or 177–193. He is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church.

561 · Medieval

St. Eleutherius was a 6th-century Bishop of Auxerre in France and Pre-congregational Saint, who attended four Councils of Orléans between 533 and 549.

1872–1961 · Contemporary

Elia Dalla Costa (14 May 1872 – 22 December 1961) was an Italian Roman Catholic prelate and cardinal who served as the Archbishop of Florence from 1931 until his death.