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321 · Early Church

Saint Aprius of Rome, better known by the nickname The Holy Child, was a catechumen boy martyred in the year 321. According to Christian belief, his body remained incorrupt for fifteen centuries and was coated in wax, although some believe it is a wax sculpture and does not conta…

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Apronia of Toul, also called Evronie of Troyes, was a nun and saint of the 6th century. She was born at Tranquille, a village in Trier, Germany. Her brother was Saint Aprus of Toul, a bishop in Toul in northeastern France, from whom she received the veil.

500–491 · Early Church

Saint Aprunculus of Trier (also known as Abrunculus) (died probably 526) was Bishop of Trier from the death of his predecessor, Fibicius, around 525, He served in that capacity until his own death in 526, and was succeeded by Nicetius.

500–526 · Medieval

Saint Aprunculus of Trier (also known as Abrunculus) (died probably 526) was Bishop of Trier from the death of his predecessor, Fibicius, around 525, He served in that capacity until his own death in 526, and was succeeded by Nicetius.

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Saint Aptonio died in Angoulême. He is recognized as a saint.

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Priscilla and Aquila were a first-century Christian missionary married couple described in the New Testament. Aquila is traditionally listed among the Seventy Disciples.

281–293 · Early Church

Aquilina (281–293) was a Christian child from Byblos who suffered martyrdom under Emperor Diocletian in the third century. Between 63 BC and AD 330, Byblos was under Roman rule, and although Christianity existed in Byblos from the time of the Apostles, Christians were a minority…

950–1015 · Medieval

Saint Aquilinus of Milan (died 1015), also known as Aquilinus of Cologne (Italian: Sant'Aquilino), is venerated as a martyr by the Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church. He was a missionary priest and preacher in Germany and various other European countries.

620–695 · Medieval

Saint Aquilinus (French: Aquilin) (ca. 620–695) was a Frankish bishop and hermit. Born in Bayeux, he had been a warrior in the service of Clovis II and married in 660 at Chartres. He moved to Évreux with his wife, and both cared for the poor and sick in this town.

1867–1915 · Contemporary

Aram Achekbashian (Armenian: Արամ Աչըքպաշյան, 1867 in Arapgir – 1915 in Constantinople) was an Armenian politician who became a member of Social-Democrat Hunchakian Party Central Committee in 1903. In 1886, Achekbashian entered the Faculty of Law at Constantinople University.

437 · Early Church

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Saint Arcade d'Arsinoé served as a bishop. He is recognized as a saint.

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Saint Arcade de Césarée died in Cherchell. He is recognized as a saint.

1165 · Medieval

Arcady of Novgorod (died 1163) was Bishop of Novgorod and the successor of Niphon, as well as the first bishop elected by the city's veche. His feast days are September 18 (dormition) and February 10 (Synaxis of the Bishops of Novgorod).

437 · Early Church

Saint Arcadio was an African figure who died in 437. He was executed by decapitation.

1889–1937 · Contemporary

Arcadius (Ancient Greek: Ἀρκάδιος Arkadios; c. 377 – 1 May 408) was Roman emperor from 383 to his death in 408. He was the eldest son of the Augustus Theodosius I (r. 379–395) and his first wife Aelia Flaccilla, and the brother of Honorius (r. 393–423).

549 · Medieval

Saint Arcadius (died 549 AD) was a bishop of Bourges. He took part in the Third Council of Orléans (538). He was bishop for about 15 years. His episcopate is sometimes said to have lasted from 531 to 541.

284–305 · Early Church

Arcadius of Mauretania (died c. 302) is venerated as a saint and martyr. Tradition states that he was a prominent citizen of Caesarea in Mauretania Caesariensis (present-day Cherchell), who hid away in the countryside to avoid being forced to worship the Roman gods.

1460–1513 · Reformation

Arcangelo Canetoli (1460 - 16 April 1513) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a canon regular of Santa Maria di Reno. Canetoli escaped the massacre of his parents and brothers who were killed in Bologna during a political feud and embraced the religious life not long after w…

1846–1912 · Contemporary · Franciscans

Arcangelo Tadini (12 October 1846 – 20 May 1912) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest. Tadini was ordained as a priest in 1870 and went on to found a religious congregation dedicated to the poor and ill while taking advantage of the Industrial Revolution to support women in work…

1000 · Medieval

Saint Arcano da Sansepolcro died in 1000 in Sansepolcro. He is recognized as a saint.

1460–1494 · Medieval · Carmelites

Archangela Girlani, O.Carm (born Eleanor (or Elanor) Girlani; 1460 – 25 January 1494), was an Italian Carmelite nun known for her miracles, mystical visions, austerity, religious ecstasies and levitation. She was prioress of two convents, in Parma and in Mantua.

370–425 · Early Church

Atticus of Constantinople (Ancient Greek: Ἀττικός; died 10 October 425) was an archbishop of Constantinople, succeeding to the episcopal throne in March 406.

1000–434 · Early Church

Maximianus of Constantinople (Greek: Μαξιμινιανός; died 12 April 434) was the archbishop of Constantinople from 25 October 431 until his death on 12 April 434. Maximianus was born in Rome from wealthy and pious parents.

1532–1590 · Reformation

Magdalena of Austria (German: Magdalena von Österreich; 14 August 1532 – 10 September 1590) was a co-founder and first abbess of the Ladies' Convent of Hall (Haller Damenstift), born an archduchess of Austria from the House of Habsburg as the daughter of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman E…

786 · Medieval

Prince Archil the Martyr (Georgian: არჩილი) was an 8th-century Georgian Orthodox Christian royal prince of the eastern Georgian region of Kakheti. Archilʼs biography is related in the medieval corpus of Georgian chronicles known as The Life of Kartli. One of its parts, the c.

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Archileone was a monk. He is recognized as a saint.

-401 · Early Church

Archippus was an Athenian poet of the Old Comedy. His most famous play was the Fishes, in which he satirized the fondness of the Athenian epicures for fish.

740 · Medieval

Arcontius (died Viviers, 8th century) was Bishop of Viviers in the second half of the 8th century and is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church. Information about this Bishop of Viviers is scarce.

1878–1918 · Contemporary

Venerable Arcàngela Badosa i Cuatrecasas was a Spanish nun born in 1878. She died in 1918.

306 · Early Church

Saint Ardalio was an actor born in Alexandria. He died in 306.

783–843 · Medieval · Benedictines

Ardo Smaragdus (died March 843 AD) was a hagiographer. He entered the monastery of Aniane in Hérault as a boy, probably as an oblate, and was brought up by Benedict of Aniane. He was ordained a priest and made head of the monastery school.

950–1009 · Medieval

Arduino de Rímini was born in 950 in Rimini and served as a presbyter. He died in 1009 at the Abbazia di San Gaudenzio and is recognized as a saint.

601–627 · Medieval

Arduinus was born in 601 in Silloth, a citizen of the Kingdom of Rheged. He died in 627 in Ceprano and is recognized as a saint.

511–591 · Medieval

Aredius, also Yrieix, Abbé d'Attanum and Arède d'Atane (c. 510 – 25 August 591, at Saint-Yrieix in the Haute-Vienne), was chancellor to Theudebert I, king of Austrasia, and later Abbot of Attane (or Atane, Latin: Attanum).

535–614 · Medieval

Aredius of Gap (Arigius, Arey) (c. 575, Chalon-sur-Saône – c. 605) was bishop of Gap. He is a Catholic and Orthodox saint, with feast day May 1.

450–523 · Medieval

Arethas or Aretas (Arabic: الحارث بن كعب, romanized: al-Ḥārith ibn Kaʿb), also known as Ḥārith ibn Kaʿb, was the leader of the Miaphysite Christian community of Najran in the early 6th century; he was executed during the persecution of Christians by the king of Yemen, Dhu Nuwas,…

860–935 · Medieval

Arethas of Caesarea (Greek: Ἀρέθας; c. 860 - c. 939) was Archbishop of Caesarea Mazaca in Cappadocia (modern Kayseri, Turkey) early in the 10th century, and is considered one of the most scholarly theologians of the Greek Orthodox Church.

452–515 · Medieval

Aelia Ariadne (Greek: Ἀριάδνη) (c. 450 – 515) was Eastern Roman empress as the wife of Zeno and Anastasius I. She is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church, with her feast day falling on August 22. Ariadne was the eldest daughter of Leo I and Verina.

100–125 · Early Church

Saint Arianne of Phrygia (Greek: Άριάδνη; died 130 AD) is a 2nd-century Christian saint and martyr. Ariadna was a slave woman to a certain Tertullus in Prymnessus when by an alleged edict of Hadrian and Antoninus, Christianity was outlawed.

1010–1066 · Medieval

Saint Arialdo (c. 1010 – June 27, 1066) is a Christian saint of the eleventh century. He was assassinated because of his efforts to reform the Milanese clergy. Arialdo was the child of a noble family, born at Cutiacum (Cucciago), near Como.

303 · Early Church

Aristeus (died c. 303) was a hieromartyr and Bishop of Capua. His feast day is July 2. Saint Aristeus is often identified with Agrestius Chromatius, who served as a Roman prefect in the 280s. In 286, he moved from Rome to Sinuessa and was subsequently appointed Bishop of Capua.

150–134 · Early Church

Aristides the Athenian (also Saint Aristides or Marcianus Aristides; Greek: Ἀριστείδης Μαρκιανός) was a 2nd-century Christian Greek author who is primarily known as the author of the Apology of Aristides.

-50–100 · Early Church

Aristobulus of Britannia is a Christian saint named by Hippolytus of Rome (170–235) and Dorotheus of Gaza (505–565) as one of the Seventy Disciples mentioned in Luke 10:1–24 and as the first bishop in Roman Britain.

284 · Early Church

Ariston (died c. 284) was a martyr from Campania. His feast day is July 2. Saint Ariston suffered alongside Crescentian, Futychian, Urban, Vitalis, Justus, Felicissimus, Felix, Marcia, and Symphorosa in Campania, in southern Italy, during the persecutions of Diocletian.

1751–1792 · Modern

Armand de Foucauld de Pontbriand (24 November 1751 – 2 September 1792) was a French Catholic prelate who served as vicar general of the Archdiocese of Arles and was one of the 191 Catholic Martyrs of September 1792, killed in the September Massacres during the French Revolution.

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Saint Armand de Vannes served as a presbyter and held the position of bishop. He is recognized as a Catholic saint.

482–570 · Medieval

Saint Armel (Welsh: Arthfael, lit. "Wolf-Prince"; Latin: Armagilus) was an early 6th-century holy man in Brittany. Armel is said to have been a Breton prince, born to the wife of King Hoel while they were living in Glamorgan in Wales in the late 5th century.

1892–1915 · Contemporary

Armen Dorian (Armenian: Արմէն Տօրեան; 28 January 1892 – 1915) was a renowned Armenian poet, teacher, and editor who lived in the Ottoman Empire. He studied at the Sorbonne University in Paris, France. He wrote poetry in French and Armenian.

1870–1921 · Contemporary

Armenag Haigazian (Armenian: Արմենակ Հայկազեան; 1870–1921), was an Armenian theologian, educator, scientist, linguist and musician. He was born to Harutune Haigazian and Mary Tavonkian on September 22, 1870, in Hadjin, Cilicia, Ottoman Empire, now Turkey.