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303 · Early Church

Baccus may be either a given name or surname shared by several notable people, among them being:

400 · Early Church

Christian martyr

601–660 · Medieval

Saint Baculus of Sorrento (Italian: San Bacolo di Sorrento, San Baccolo di Sorrento) is venerated as a bishop of Sorrento. The Life of Saint Antoninus, Abbot of Sorrento, composed in the 9th century or sometime after, mentions some patron saints of Sorrento: the bishops Renatus,…

376 · Early Church

Bademus (also known as Bademe and Vadim) was a rich, noble citizen of Bethlapeta in Persia, who founded a monastery nearby. He and some of his disciples were arrested and Bademus was martyred in the year 376; he was subsequently recognized as a saint.

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Badulf of Ainay was a monk. He is recognized as a saint.

780–862 · Medieval

Badurad (died 17 September 862) was the bishop of Paderborn from 815 until his death. Badurad was born into the Saxon nobility during the Saxon Wars (772–804). He was educated in the cathedral of Würzburg. He succeeded Bishop Hathumar, who died on 9 August 815.

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Saint Baglan was a 6th-century hermit who lived at Baglan in Wales. Baglan is said, on doubtful evidence, to have been a Breton prince, the son of Ithel Hael.

1821–1856 · Modern

Laurent Bai Xiaoman was a Chinese layman born around 1826 in Guizhou province. He converted to Christianity and was killed on February 25, 1856, in Su-Lik-Hien in Guangxi province. The Catholic Church recognizes him as a martyr of the faith.

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Baino di Thérouanne served as a presbyter, an abbot, and a bishop. He is recognized as a Catholic saint.

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The Zaza Formation is a geological formation located in Buryatia (Russia). It dates to the Lower Cretaceous. The age of the formation is disputed, and is considered likely to be Valanginian-Hauterivian, or Aptian in age.

1906 · Contemporary

Bajrangdas Bapa was a Hindu saint born in 1906. He held citizenship in the British Raj, the Dominion of India, and India.

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Saint Balandrán was born in Ilche and served as a herder and a Catholic priest. He died at the monastery of El Pueyo and is recognized as a saint by the Catholic Church.

1865–1934 · Contemporary · Order of the Brothers Discalced of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel

Ildefonso Sánchez Mayorga, in religion Balbino of the Carmel (Balbino del Carmelo), born March 7, 1865, in El Fresno and died May 12, 1934, in Ávila, was a Spanish Carmelite priest. His cause for beatification was opened in 1961.

1419–1492 · Medieval · Franciscans

Baldassare Ravaschieri, OFM (1420 – 17 October 1492) was an Italian Catholic priest and a professed member of the Order of Friars Minor. Ravaschieri served as a noted preacher and confessor and befriended as contemporaries Bernardine of Feltre and architect Giovanni Antonio Amade…

580–630 · Medieval

Saint Balderic (or Baudry) was the founding abbot of Montfaucon. Balderic and his sister Beuve (or Bove or Bova) lived in the 7th century in France.

601–660 · Medieval

Saint Baldomerus was a locksmith born in 601. He died in Lyon in 660 and is recognized as a saint by the Catholic Church.

756 · Medieval

Balthere of Tyninghame (later Baldred) was a Northumbrian hermit and abbot, resident in East Lothian during the 8th century. According to Hovendeus the date of Baldred's death is given as 756.

1100–1145 · Medieval · Cistercians

Baldwin (died 6 October 1145) was a Cistercian monk and later Archbishop of Pisa, a correspondent of Bernard of Clairvaux, and a reformer of the Republic of Pisa.

1100–1140 · Medieval · Cistercians

Baldwin was a Benedictine abbot and a follower of St. Bernard of Clairvaux. Baldwin, an Italian by birth, entered the Clairvaux Monastery in France. Later in life Baldwin was assigned to Italy as abbot of San Pastore, near Rieti. There he remained until his death in 1140.

1232 · Medieval

Blessed Balsamus of Cava (died Cava, November 24, 1232) was an Italian clergyman. He was a Benedictine monk and served as the 10th abbot of Cava between 1208 and 1232. In 1928, Balsamus was beatified by Pope Pius XI. His feast day is November 24.

407 · Early Church

Saint Balsemius died in 407 in Ramerupt.

1886–1963 · Contemporary

Baltasar Pardal Vidal was a Spanish priest born in 1886 in Santa Cristina de Fecha, Santiago de Compostela. He died in 1963 in A Coruña and has been declared Venerable.

1563–1626 · Reformation

Baltasar de Torres, SJ (born December 14, 1563, in Granada; died June 20, 1626, in Nagasaki) was a Jesuit missionary, priest, blessed of the Catholic Church, and martyr. A victim of anti-Catholic persecution in Japan, he was murdered in odium fidei (out of hatred for the faith).

626–680 · Medieval

Balthild (c. 626 – 30 January 680) , also spelled Bathilda, Bauthieult or Baudour, was queen consort of Neustria and Burgundy by marriage to Clovis II, the King of Neustria and Burgundy (639–658), and regent during the minority of her son, Chlothar III.

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Banadlwen was a saint of the late 5th century. She was the daughter of Marchell ferch Brychan and Cynyr of Caer Gawch. She was the half-sister of Ina ferch Gynyr, Non, and Gwen of Cornwall. She married Dirdan and was the mother of Ailfyw.

1321–1422 · Medieval

Banda Nawāz was a Sufi born in Delhi in 1321. He died in 1422 and is recognized as a saint.

1447–1516 · Reformation · Carmelites

Baptista Spagnuoli Mantuanus, O.Carm (Italian: Battista Mantovano, English: Battista the Mantuan or simply Mantuan; also known as Johannes Baptista Spagnolo; 17 April 1447 – 22 March 1516) was an Italian Carmelite reformer, humanist, and poet.

1458–1527 · Reformation

Camilla Battista da Varano OSCl, (9 April 1458 – 31 May 1524), from Camerino, Italy, was an Italian princess and a Poor Clare nun and abbess. She is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church.

1226–1286 · Medieval

Gregory Barhebraeus or Bar Hebraeus (Syriac: ܓܪܝܓܘܪܝܘܣ ܒܪ ܥܒܪܝܐ, romanised: Grīgōrīyōs bar ʾEbrāyā; 1226 – 30 July 1286), also known as Abu al-Faraj and in Latin, Abulpharagius, was the maphrian (regional primate) of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 1264 until his death in 1286.

400–460 · Early Church

Baradates (died circa 460) was a hermit who lived in the Diocese of Cyrrhus in Syria, and whose bishop, Theodoret, called him "the admirable Baradates." Baradates lived in a tiny hut, too small for him to stand upright, and he wore a leather garment that exposed only his mouth a…

1880–1918 · Contemporary

Varvara Alexeyevna Yakovleva (Russian: Варвара Алексеевна Яковлева; c. 1880 – July 18, 1918), called Nun Barbara (Russian: Инокиня Варвара), was a Russian Orthodox nun in the convent of Grand Duchess Elizabeth Fyodorovna.

1782–1839 · Modern

Barbara Cho Chung-i (Korean: 조증이 바르바라) was a Korean Christian laywoman and the wife of Sebastian Nam I-gwan. She was born around 1782 in Icheon, Gyeonggi Province, Korea, and was beheaded on December 29, 1839, in Seoul.

1849–1900 · Contemporary

Barbe Cui Lianzhi was born in 1849 in Liushuitao, China. She was killed during the Boxer Rebellion in 1900 because she had embraced the Catholic faith. She was canonized on October 1, 2000, by Pope John Paul II, along with the 120 Martyrs of China.

1792–1839 · Modern

Barbara Han A-gi was born in 1792 in Joseon and was a member of the Catholic Church. She died by decapitation in Seoul in 1839. She is recognized as a Catholic saint and blessed.

1805–1839 · Modern

Barbara Kim (Korean: 김 바르바라) was a Korean Christian laywoman, born in 1805 in Bongcheon-dong, Gyeonggi Province, Korea, who died in prison on May 27, 1839, in Seoul.

1798–1839 · Modern

Saint Barbara Ko Sun-i (1798–December 29, 1839) was a Korean Catholic martyr and saint. She was the daughter of Ko Kwang-song, a Korean martyr who died in 1801. At the age of 18, she married Augustine Pak Chong-wŏn, with whom she had three children.

1794–1839 · Modern

Barbara Kwŏn Hŭi (1794–September 3, 1839) was a Korean martyr and a saint of the Catholic Church. Born into a non-Christian family, she later converted to Catholicism alongside her husband, Augustine Yi Kwang-hŏn.

1818–1873 · Modern

Barbara Maix, ICM, religious name religious name Maria Barbara of the Most Holy Trinity, (27 June 1818 – 17 March 1873) was an Austrian Catholic religious sister who established the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Brazil.

1783–1801 · Modern

Barbara Sim A-gi was a Korean Christian laywoman and martyr, born in 1783 in Gwangju, Gyeonggi, Korea, and died in early April 1801 near Seoul. Her martyrdom is recognized by the Catholic Church, and she is titled Venerable.

1813–1839 · Modern

Barbara Sim Jo-i was a Catholic born in Incheon in 1813. She died in Jeonju in 1839 and is recognized as a blessed.

1937–1944 · Contemporary

Barbara Ulma was born in 1937 in Markowa, Poland, to parents Józef and Wiktoria Ulma. A member of the Latin Church, she died in 1944 in Markowa from a gunshot wound. She is recognized as blessed.

1825–1839 · Modern

Saint Barbara Yi (Korean: 이 바르바라; Hanja: 李巴巴拉; 1825–1839) was a 14-year-old Korean girl who was made a Catholic saint. She was imprisoned for her faith and died during her imprisonment on 27 May 1839, in Seoul, Joseon.

1799–1839 · Modern

Barbara Yi Chong-hui (Korean: 이정희 바르바라) was a Korean Christian laywoman born around 1799 in Pongcheon, near Siheung, in the Gyeonggi Province of Korea, who was beheaded on September 3, 1839, in Seoul.

500 · Medieval

Barbatianus, sometimes anglicized Barbatian, was a Syrian hermit, monk and healer who served as the confessor of the Empress Galla Placidia, who lived in Ravenna between 417 and 450. According to the standard hagiography, Barbatianus was from Antioch.

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Saint Barbatus (5th or 6th century) was a priest and confessor in Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna. He is said to have been the spiritual father of the Empress Placidia Augusta. Barbatus is commemorated on December 31 in both the West and the East.

610–682 · Medieval

Barbatus of Benevento (Italian: San Barbato) (c. 610 – February 19, 682), also known as Barbas, was a bishop of Benevento from 663 to 682. He succeeded Ildebrand in this capacity.

1628–1648 · Reformation

Barbora of Žagarė (1628 – c. 1648) was a Roman Catholic laywoman from Žagarė, then Grand Duchy of Lithuania. According to oral history, Barbora distinguished herself by her Christian virtues and died young under obscure circumstances. Her remains were said to be incorruptible.

980–1051 · Medieval

Bardo (c. 980 – 10/11 June 1051) was the Archbishop of Mainz from 1031 until 1051, the Abbot of Werden from 1030 until 1031, and the Abbot of Hersfeld in 1031. Bardo was born in Oppershofen in the Wetterau.

1858–1918 · Contemporary

Barlaam Konoplyov was born in 1858 in Kalinino and practiced Eastern Orthodoxy. He died in 1918 in Osinsky Uyezd. He is recognized as a Reverend Martyr.

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Barlaam is a saint and martyr of the Catholic Church. Knowledge of the cult surrounding this figure comes from the testimonies of Saint John Chrysostom and Saint Basil, while the distinction between Barlaam of Antioch and Barlaam the Hermit was demonstrated by the Bollandist Hipp…