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1040–1074 · Medieval · Benedictines

Herman I of Baden (c. 1040 – April 25, 1074 in Cluny) was the titular Margrave of Verona and the agnatic ancestor of the Margraves of Baden. Herman was born in Freiburg im Breisgau as the eldest son of Berthold I of Zähringen.

1013–1054 · Medieval · Benedictines

Blessed Hermann of Reichenau or Herman the Cripple (18 July 1013 – 24 September 1054), also known by other names, was an 11th-century Benedictine monk and scholar. He composed works on history, music theory, mathematics, and astronomy, as well as many hymns.

150–150 · Early Church

Hermas (Greek: Ερμάς) was a freedman and Christian born in Aquileia, who lived in Ancient Rome. He was a brother of Pius, Bishop of Rome about the middle of the 2nd century.

614–680 · Medieval · Benedictines

Hilda of Whitby (or Hild; c. 614 – 680) was a saint of the early Church in Britain. She was the founder and first abbess of the monastery at Whitby which was chosen as the venue for the Synod of Whitby in 664.

1170–1217 · Medieval · Premonstratensians

Hroznata of Ovenec, also known as Croznato (born c. 1160 in Teplá in the Duchy of Bohemia and died July 14, 1217, in Alt-Kinsberg), was a Czech Premonstratensian canon whose cult as a blessed was recognized by Pope Leo XIII on September 16, 1897.

1190–1277 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Humbert of Romans, OP (c. 1190-1200, Romans-sur-Isère – 14 July 1277, Valence, Drôme, France) was a French Dominican friar who served as the fifth Master General of the Order of Preachers from 1254 to 1263. Humbert was born at Romans-sur-Isère around 1194.

1585–1640 · Reformation · Franciscans

Hyacintha Mariscotti, T.O.R., or Hyacintha of Mariscotti (Italian: Giacinta Marescotti), was an Italian religious sister of the Third Order Regular of St. Francis.

362 · Early Church

Saint Ia of Persia was a Christian who died in 362. She was executed by decapitation.

797–877 · Medieval

Ignatius of Constantinople (Greek: Ἰγνάτιος; 798 – 23 October 877) was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 847 to 858 and from 867 to 877. Ignatius lived during a complex time for the Byzantine Empire.

607–667 · Medieval · Benedictines

Ildefonsus or Ildephonsus (rarely Ildephoses or Ildefonse; Spanish: San Ildefonso; c. 8 December A.D. 607 – 23 January A.D. 667) was a scholar and theologian who served as the Metropolitan Archbishop of Toledo for the last decade of his life. His Gothic name was Hildefuns.

1900–1945 · Contemporary

Ini Kopuria (died June 1945) was a Solomon Islands police officer who founded the Melanesian Brotherhood in 1925. He and the Bishop of Melanesia, John Manwaring Steward, formed a band of brothers (known in the Mota language as Ira Reta Tasiu) to take the gospel of Jesus to non-Ch…

1875–1921 · Contemporary

Diran Chrakian, also known by the pseudonym Indra (Armenian: Ինտրա, 1875, in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire – 1921), was an Armenian poet, writer, painter and teacher, and a victim of Armenian genocide.

831–866 · Medieval · Benedictines

Irmgard of Chiemsee (German: Selige Irmgard, also Irmengard; c. 831/833 – 16 July 866), a member of the Carolingian dynasty, was the second daughter of King Louis the German and his wife Hemma. She was the first abbess of Frauenwörth abbey from 857 until her death.

1110–1178 · Medieval · Cistercians

Isaac of Stella, O.Cart, also referred to as Isaac de l'Étoile, (c. 1100, in England – c. 1170s, Étoile, Archigny, France) was a Cistercian (and later Carthusian) monk, theologian and philosopher.

1225–1270 · Medieval · Poor Clares

Isabelle of France (March 1225 – 23 February 1270) was a French princess and daughter of Louis VIII of France and Blanche of Castile. She was a younger sister of King Louis IX of France (Saint Louis) and of Alfonso, Count of Poitiers, and an older sister of King Charles I of Sici…

1190–1239 · Medieval · Third Order of Saint Francis

Blessed Jacoba of Settesoli (Italian: Giacoma de Settesoli; 1190–1273? was a follower of the Italian saint Francis of Assisi. She is also called Jacqueline Marie de Settesoli, or Brother Jacoba, as Francis had named her.

100–62 · Early Church

James the Just, or a variation of James, brother of the Lord (Latin: Iacobus from Hebrew: יעקב, Ya'aqov and Ancient Greek: Ἰάκωβος, Iákōbos, can also be Anglicized as "Jacob"), was, according to the New Testament, a brother of Jesus.

1135–1202 · Medieval · Florians

Joachim of Fiore, also known as Joachim of Flora (Italian: Gioacchino da Fiore; Latin: Ioachim Florensis; c. 1135 – 30 March 1202), was an Italian Christian theologian, a Catholic abbot, and the founder of the monastic order of San Giovanni in Fiore.

752–846 · Medieval

Joannicius the Great or Ioannikios (Greek: Όσιος Ιωαννίκιος ο Μέγας; born 762, Bithynia - November 4, 846 in Antidium) was a Byzantine Christian saint, sage, theologian and prophet.

1510–1555 · Reformation

John Bradford (1510–1555) was an English Reformer, prebendary of St. Paul's, and martyr. He was imprisoned in the Tower of London for alleged crimes against Queen Mary I. He was burned at the stake on 1 July 1555.

360–435 · Early Church

John Cassian, also known as John the Ascetic and John Cassian the Roman, (c. AD 360 – c. 435), was a Christian monk and theologian celebrated in both the Western and Eastern churches for his mystical writings.

349–407 · Early Church

John Chrysostom was an important Church Father who served as Archbishop of Constantinople. He is known for his preaching and public speaking, his denunciation of abuse of authority by both ecclesiastical and political leaders, his Divine Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom, and his…

579–649 · Medieval

John Climacus (Ancient Greek: Ἰωάννης τῆς Κλίμακος; Latin: Ioannes Climacus; Arabic: يوحنا السلمي, romanized: Yuḥana al-Sêlmi), also known as John of the Ladder, John Scholasticus and John Sinaites, was a 6th–7th century Christian monk at the monastery on Mount Sinai.

600–595 · Medieval

John IV of Constantinople (died 2 September 595), also known as John Nesteutes (Greek: Ἰωάννης Νηστευτής, Ioannes the Faster), was patriarch of Constantinople (12 April 582 – 2 September 595). He was the first to assume the title Ecumenical Patriarch.

1340–1393 · Medieval

John of Nepomuk (or John Nepomucene) (Czech: Jan Nepomucký; German: Johannes Nepomuk; Latin: Ioannes Nepomucenus) (c. 1345 – 20 March 1393) was a saint of Bohemia. He was executed by King Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia for disobedience. John was thrown into the Vltava river.

550–619 · Medieval

John V Eleemon (Greek: Ἰωάννης ὁ Ἐλεήμων, romanized: Iōannēs ho Eleēmōn), also known as John the Almsgiver, John the Almoner, John the Compassionate, or John the Merciful, was the Chalcedonian Patriarch of Alexandria from 606 to 616. He was born in Amathus around 560.

1690–1730 · Modern

John the Russian (Russian: Иоанн Русский; c. 1690 – 9 June [O.S. 27 May] 1730) was a Russian Orthodox slave who is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church.

1190–1237 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Jordan of Saxony, OP (referred to in Latin as Jordanis, also known as de Alamania; c. 1190 – 1237), was a German Catholic priest and one of the first leaders of the Dominican Order. His feast day is February 13.

1527 · Reformation

Saint Juan was born in San Esteban Tizatlan and practiced Christianity. He died in Cuauhtinchán in 1527 and is recognized as a saint.

1902–1936 · Contemporary

Juan Francisco Barahona Martín, religious name Alejandro of Sobradillo (January 10, 1902, Sobradillo – August 15, 1936, Madrid), was a Spanish Roman Catholic priest, a friar of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, and a martyr. The Catholic Church venerates him as a blessed.

350–363 · Early Church

Judas Cyriacus (Cyriacus of Ancona, Cyriacus of Jerusalem, Quiriacus, Quiricus, Kyriakos); Spanish: Quirico, Italian: Ciriaco), d. ca. AD 360, is the patron saint of Ancona, Italy. His feast day is celebrated in the Catholic Church on 4 May.

300–284 · Early Church

Julian of Emesa (Greek: Ἰουλιανός ὁ ἐν Ἐμέσῃ; Latin: Julianus Emesenus) or Elian al-Homsi (Arabic: إليان الحمصي), also spelt Elyan or Ilyan, was a third-century Christian from Emesa (modern Homs, in Syria) who reputedly practiced as a physician or healer.

1530–1604 · Reformation

Juliana of Lazarevo (or Juliana of Murom) (1530 – 10 January 1604) is a saint of the Eastern Orthodox Church. She was born in Moscow, to Justin and Stefanida Nedyurev, and married Giorgi Osorgin, owner of the village of Lazarevo, near Murom.

482–565 · Medieval

Justinian I (Latin: Iustinianus, Ancient Greek: Ἰουστινιανός, romanized: Ioustinianós; 482 – 14 November 565), also known as Justinian the Great, was Eastern Roman emperor from 527 to 565.

669–711 · Medieval

Justinian II (Greek: Ἰουστινιανός, romanized: Ioustinianós; Latin: Iustinianus; 668/69 – 4 November 711), nicknamed "the Slit-Nosed" (Greek: ὁ Ῥινότμητος, romanized: ho Rhīnótmētos), was the last Byzantine emperor of the Heraclian dynasty, reigning from 685 to 695 and again from…

1828 · Modern

Sargis II Hasan-Jalalyan (Armenian: Սարգիս Բ Հասան-Ջալալյանց, romanized: Sargis II Hasan-J̌alalyancʿ, died 19 December 1828) was the last catholicos of Aghvank (otherwise known as Church of Caucasian Albania, effectively a part of Armenian Church at this time) from 1810 to 1815.

500 · Medieval

Kew is a district in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. Its population at the 2011 census was 11,436. Kew is the location of the Royal Botanic Gardens ("Kew Gardens"), now a World Heritage Site, which includes Kew Palace.

1875–1949 · Contemporary

Laura Montoya, in full María Laura de Jesús Montoya Upegui (26 May 1874 – 21 October 1949), religious name Laura of Saint Catherine of Siena, was a Colombian Roman Catholic religious sister and the founder of the Congregation of the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Virgin Mar…

400–461 · Early Church

Pope Leo I (Italian: Leone I) (c. 391 – 10 November 461), also known as Leo the Great (Latin: Leo Magnus; Italian: Leone Magno), was Bishop of Rome from 29 September 440 until his death on 10 November 461.

496–545 · Medieval · Benedictines

Leonard of Noblac (also Leonard of Limoges or Leonard of Noblet; also known as Lienard, Linhart, Lenart, Leonhard, Léonard, Leonardo, Annard; died 559) is a Frankish saint closely associated with the town and abbey of Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat, in Haute-Vienne, in the Limousin regi…

101–202 · Early Church

Leonides of Alexandria (Greek: Λεωνίδης) was a Greek early Christian martyr who lived in the second and early third centuries AD. According to the Christian historian Eusebius, Leonides' son was the early Church father Origen.

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Saint Liberator was a Christian martyr, often considered a bishop, who is venerated as a saint by various churches. His liturgical memorial is observed on May 15. Nothing certain is known about this saint, which is why his name does not appear in the Roman Martyrology.

10–79 · Early Church

Pope Linus was the bishop of Rome from c. 68 to his death in 80. He is generally regarded as the second bishop of Rome, after Saint Peter. As with all the early popes, he was canonized. According to Irenaeus, Linus is the same person as the one mentioned in the New Testament.

100 · Early Church

Lucius of Laodicea (Greek: Λούκιος ὁ Κυρηναῖος, romanized: Loukios o Kurenaios), also known as Luke and Lucius of Cyrene, was, according to the Acts of the Apostles, one of the founders of the Christian Church in Antioch and according to Eastern Orthodox tradition, one of the Sev…

100–100 · Early Church

Lydia of Thyatira (Greek: Λυδία) is a woman mentioned in the New Testament who is regarded as the first documented convert to Christianity in Europe. Several Christian denominations have designated her a saint.

300–335 · Early Church

Macarius I (Greek: Μακάριος Α' Ἱεροσολύμων Makarios I Hierosolymōn) was Bishop of Jerusalem from 312 to shortly before 335, according to Sozomen. He is venerated as a saint within the Eastern Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic Church.

500–517 · Medieval

Macedonius II of Constantinople (Greek: Μακεδόνιος; died c. 517) was patriarch of Constantinople (496–511). Within a year or two (the date is uncertain) he assembled a council, in which he confirmed in writing the acts of the Council of Chalcedon.

500–600 · Medieval

St. Maches was a 6th-century princess and Pre-congregational saint of Cornwall and Devon. Maches was the sister of St. Cadog. Born a daughter of Saint Gwynllyw and his wife Gwladys, Maches lived as a hermit, and was murdered by thieves, at Merthyr Maches (Llanfaches in the Kingd…

600 · Medieval

Saint Machraeth was a Celtic Christian religious leader born in Meirionnydd in 600.

362 · Early Church

Macedonius, Theodulus, and Tatian were three Christians from Meros in Phrygia who were martyred under Julian the Apostate in 362. They are considered saints and martyrs by the Catholic and Orthodox Churches. Their feast day is celebrated on July 19 or September 12.