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260–307 · Early Church

Bassa of Edessa (Medieval Greek: Βάσσα / Vassa) was a 4th-century Christian saint and martyr. She was reportedly executed with her three sons during the reign of Galerius. Her memory is commemorated on August 21 in the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church.

118 · Early Church

Saint Bassus of Lucera (Italian: Basso di Lucera; c 40/50–118) was a Christian martyr and saint, and traditionally the first bishop of Lucera in Apulia, Italy. He is the patron saint of Termoli.

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Saint Bassus of Nice (182 ca. – 250 AD) is a 3rd-century Roman Catholic saint and martyr, traditionally the earliest named bishop of Nice. He was active on the Côte d'Azur, and was martyred for his faith under the Emperor Decius by being burned with red-hot blades and pierced fr…

1886–1964 · Contemporary · Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate

Bastiampillai Anthonipillai Thomas or "Father Thomas" (7 March 1886 – 26 January 1964) was a Roman Catholic priest of the congregation of Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate and founder of the Rosarians Order.

1000 · Medieval

Blessed Batho of Freising was an 11th-century missionary in the territory of the Diocese of Freising. His missionary work was centered in what is now Carinthia. According to a legend modeled after the New Testament, he fed converted pagans in Innichen with bread.

300–259 · Early Church

Saint Baudilus (French: Baudile, Bausile, Basile, Spanish: Baudilio, Baudelio, Boal, Catalan: Boi, Baldiri) is venerated as a martyr by the Catholic Church. His cult is closely associated with the city of Nîmes but also spread into Spain.

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Saint Baudime of Auvergne, also known as Baudimius, Baudenius, Baudelius, Baudèle, Bauzély, Bauzile, Beauzire, or Boil, was a companion of Nectarius of Auvergne, with whom he is said to have evangelized the Dores and Dômes region at the end of the 3rd century.

1930–1993 · Contemporary

Baudouin was King of the Belgians from 17 July 1951 until his death in 1993. He was the last Belgian king to be sovereign of the Congo, before it became independent in 1960 and became the Democratic Republic of the Congo (known from 1971 to 1997 as Zaire).

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Scottish saint

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Basolus of Limoges (died c. 620) was a soldier and a saint of the Catholic Church. According to tradition, inspired by the miracles occurring at the tomb of Saint Remigius in Reims, he decided to lead a monastic life.

1867–1918 · Contemporary

Bazyli was an Eastern Orthodox priest, theologian, and bishop born in Kineshma in 1876. A citizen of the Soviet Union, he died in Krasnoyarsk Krai in 1945. He is recognized as a prelate.

1874–1945 · Contemporary

Bazyli Aleksandrowicz Martysz, also known as Wasyl Martysz (born February 21, 1874, in Teratyn, died May 4, 1945, in the same place), was an Orthodox clergyman, protopresbyter, Chief Orthodox Chaplain of the Polish Armed Forces, and an Orthodox saint, one of the Chełm and Podlasi…

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Irish saint associated with County Cork

1100–1001 · Medieval

Beatus of Cerbi or Beado (County of Toulouse or France?, 11th century – Sant Beado, La Guingueta d'Àneu, Pallars Sobirà, 11th century) is a legendary figure who, according to tradition, died in Cerbi, a village in the Àneu Valley where the hermitage of Sant Beado is located.

1837–1905 · Contemporary

Bonifacia Rodríguez y Castro (6 June 1837 – 8 August 1905) was the co-foundress of the Religious Congregation of the Servants of St. Joseph, who developed the "Nazareth workshop" as both a new format for consecrated life and to help poor and unemployed women.

1444–1469 · Medieval · Benedictines

Eustochium (born Lucrezia) Bellini (Padua, 1444 – Padua, 1469) was an Italian religious sister. She is considered the patroness of those who suffer from spiritual and physical tribulations. She is venerated as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

250–277 · Early Church

Beata of Sens (died 273; some sources state 277) was a Christian martyr during the reign of Aurelian (died 275) and is a saint in the Catholic Church. Beata was born in Spain.

1410–1481 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Costanzo da Fabriano, also known as Costanzo Servoli (Fabriano, ... – Ascoli Piceno, February 24, 1481), was an Italian priest of the Order of Preachers. His cult as a blessed was confirmed by Pope Pius VII in 1821.

1539–1564 · Reformation

Beato Francisco Álvares was born in 1539 and died in 1564. He is recognized as a blessed.

1407–1491 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Jakob Griesinger (c. 1407 – 11 October 1491) was a German Roman Catholic professed religious from the Order of Preachers and a former soldier.

1902–1936 · Contemporary · Brothers Hospitallers of St. John of God

Beato Miguel Francisco de la Santísima Trinidad was a Spanish religious of the Brothers Hospitallers of St. John of God, born in 1902 in Motril. He died in 1936 in Paracuellos de Jarama and has been beatified.

1747–1822 · Modern

Serafino Morazzone (1 February 1747 – 13 April 1822) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest. Morazzone served as a simple parish priest in Lecco from his ordination as a priest in 1773 until his death and became noted amongst the faithful for his personal holiness and dedication to…

1200–1268 · Medieval · Cistercians

Beatrice of Nazareth (Dutch: Beatrijs van Nazareth; c. 1200 – 1268), also known as Beatrice of Tienen, was a Flemish Cistercian nun, visionary and mystic.

1260–1303 · Medieval · Carthusian Order

Blessed Beatrix d'Ornacieux (Beatrice of Ornacieux) (c. 1240–1306/09) was a Carthusian nun. Her feast day is 25 November. Beatrice was a Carthusian nun who founded a settlement of the order at Eymieux in the department of Drôme.

1424–1492 · Medieval · Order of the Immaculate Conception

Beatrice of Silva (Campo Maior, Portugal ca. 1424 – Toledo, Castile, 16 August 1492), born Beatriz de Menezes da Silva, was a Portuguese noblewoman who became the foundress of the monastic Order of the Immaculate Conception (known as the Conceptionists).

250–302 · Early Church

Beatrix is a Latin feminine given name, most likely derived from Viatrix, a feminine form of the Late Latin name Viator which meant "voyager, traveller" and later influenced in spelling by association with the Latin word beatus or "blessed".

1101–1216 · Medieval · Cistercians

Béatrice of Lens (Beatrix) is a blessed, born in Lens, formerly in the County of Hainaut. On October 29, 1216, using the dowry received from her parents, she founded the Cistercian abbey of Épinlieu, near Mons, in present-day Belgium, and entered the abbey herself.

1300–1275 · Medieval · Premonstratensians

Beatrix of Engelport (died after 1275 at the convent of Maria Engelport, near Treis-Karden) was a German choir nun of the Premonstratensian Order who may have been the first prioress of that convent. She is considered a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1324–1399 · Medieval · Poor Clares

Beatrix of Mecklenburg, also known as Beate, Beata, or Beate of Ribnitz (1324–1399), was a princess of Mecklenburg and the first princely abbess of the Poor Clares monastery in Ribnitz from 1349 to 1395. In the Roman Catholic Church, she is venerated as a blessed.

750–800 · Medieval · Benedictines

Beatus of Liébana (Spanish: Beato; c. 730 – c. after 785) was a monk, theologian, and author of the Commentary on the Apocalypse, mostly a compendium of previous authorities' views on the biblical Book of Revelation or Apocalypse of John.

100–112 · Early Church

Saint Beatus of Lungern, also known as Beatus of Beatenberg or Beatus of Thun, was an early Christian monk and hermit who is venerated as a saint.

672–735 · Medieval · Benedictines

Bede , also known as the Venerable Bede or Bede the Venerable, was an English monk, author and scholar. He was one of the most known writers during the Early Middle Ages, and his most famous work, Ecclesiastical History of the English People, gained him the title "The Father of E…

615–693 · Medieval

Saint Begga (also Begue, Beghe, Begge) (615 – 17 December 693) was the daughter of Pepin of Landen, mayor of the palace of Austrasia, and his wife Itta. She is also the grandmother of Charles Martel, who is the grandfather of Charlemagne.

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St. Begnet (7th century?), also Begneta, Begnete, Begnait or Becnait is a patron saint of Dalkey, Ireland. She is noted as a "virgin, not a martyr." Her feast day is November 12.

690 · Medieval

Saint Begu (died 31 October 690) was a nun and later became a saint from Hackness, Yorkshire (Deira). She served at the monastic cell in the nunnery of Hackness, near Scarborough which was built by St Hilda of Whitby shortly before her death.

1101–1135 · Medieval

Belina (died 1153) was a Roman Catholic virgin martyr. Her birth date is unknown, but she was born to pious parents who were serfs of John Paterne, Lord of Pradines and of D'Arcy.

1090–1145 · Medieval

Bellino Bertaldo (Venetian: San Bełin de Sasonia) (d. 26 November 1145) was an Italian Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of Padua from 1128 until his murder. Pope Eugene IV later canonized Bellino as a saint.

1936–1964 · Contemporary

Benedetta Bianchi Porro (8 August 1936 – 23 January 1964) was an Italian Roman Catholic from Romagna. In her teenage years, she contracted polio, which greatly impacted her health.

1791–1858 · Modern · Ursulines

Benedetta Cambiagio Frassinello was an Italian Roman Catholic professed religious and the founder of the Benedictine Sisters of Providence. Frassinello married to appease her parents in 1816 but the couple decided to lead a chaste life and both pursued a call to the religious lif…

1260 · Medieval · Poor Clares

Benedict of Assisi (Benedetta di Assisi), also referred to as Benoîte d'Assisi in some texts, was an Italian nun born in Assisi in the 13th century. Her family was one of the most powerful in Assisi.

829–900 · Medieval · Benedictines

Saint Benedetto Revelli was a Benedictine priest and bishop born in Taggia in 829. He died in Liguria in 900.

1190–1282 · Medieval · Conventual Franciscans

Benedetto Sinigardi, also known as Fra Benedetto di Arezzo or Sinigardi di Arezzo (1190 - 1282) was a Franciscan friar, and is considered to be the author of the Angelus prayer. He was the son of Thomas and Elizabeth Sinigardi a noble and wealthy family.

1560–1625 · Reformation · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Marco Passionei (13 September 1560 – 30 April 1625) - in religion Benedetto da Urbino - was an Italian Roman Catholic and a professed member from the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin.

700–732 · Medieval

Benedict (Latin: Benedictus, Italian: Benedetto) was Archbishop of Milan from c. 685–732. He is honoured as a saint in the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches. Benedict was archbishop of Milan from c. 685 until his death in March 732.

628–690 · Medieval · Benedictines

Benedict Biscop (c. 628 – 690), also known as Biscop Baducing, was an Anglo-Saxon abbot and founder of Monkwearmouth-Jarrow Priory (where he also founded the famous library). Following his death, he was canonized as a saint.

1946–1990 · Contemporary

Benedict Daswa (born Tshimangadzo Samuel Daswa; 16 June 1946 – 2 February 1990), was a South African school teacher and principal. He was given the name of "Samuel" by his parents when he started to attend school and assumed the name "Benedict" upon his conversion to Catholicism.…

635–685 · Medieval · Benedictines

Pope Benedict II (Latin: Benedictus II) was the bishop of Rome from 26 June 684 to his death on 8 May 685. Pope Benedict II's feast day is 7 May. Benedict was born in Rome. It is possible that he was a member of the Savelli family, though this is not certain.

1748–1783 · Modern · Third Order of Saint Francis

Benedict Joseph Labre, TOSF (French: Benoît-Joseph Labre, 26 March 1748 – 16 April 1783) was a French Franciscan tertiary, and Catholic saint. Labre was from a well-to-do family near Arras, France.

1040–1107 · Medieval

Benedetto Ricasoli (c. 1040, Montegrossi – 20 January 1107, Coltibuono) was an Italian religious figure and a monk of the Vallombrosan Order. He was beatified by equipollence by Pope Pius X in 1907.

1240–1304 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Pope Benedict XI (Latin: Benedictus XI; 1240 – 7 July 1304), born Nicola Boccasini (Niccolò of Treviso), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 22 October 1303 to his death on 7 July 1304.