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1879–1951 · Contemporary

Abel Gyulbenkyan was a physician born in Talas in 1879. He died in Istanbul in 1951 and is recognized as a saint.

700–764 · Medieval · Benedictines

Abel (fl. 744–747) served as the Bishop of Reims in Francia, now modern-day France. He has sometimes been venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church, particularly by the Bollandists.

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Abeluzius is a saint of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. He is commemorated with a feast day of January 15. Little else is known of the person. It has been speculated that the name may be a typographical error for "Abba Lucius", a Syro-Roman name.

200–200 · Early Church

Abercius of Hieropolis (Ancient Greek: Ἀβέρκιος; died c. 167) was a Christian clergyman from Hierapolis at the time of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius. He is maybe identical to an author who is called Avircius Marcellus in later sources.

-1–50 · Early Church

Abgar V (c. 1st century BC – c. AD 50), called Ukkāmā (meaning "the Black" in Syriac and other dialects of Aramaic), was the King of Osroene with his capital at Edessa. Abgar was described as "king of the Arabs" by the Roman historian Tacitus, a near-contemporary source.

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The Martyrology of Rabban Sliba is a book containing the names and feast days of a number of martyrs of the Syriac Orthodox Church. The book was composed by the monk Rabban Sliba in the late thirteenth century or early fourteenth century.

307–322 · Early Church

Abibus of Edessa (Syriac: ܚܒܝܒ ܐܘܪܗܝܐ, romanized: Ḥabbīḇ Ōrhāyā; Greek: Άβιβος της Εδέσσης; Church Slavonic: абиб от едеса; Arabic: حبيب الرهانيا, romanized: Ḥabīb al-rhanīyya; c.

1917–1936 · Contemporary · Passionists

Abilio Ramos y Ramos (Resoba, February 22, 1917 – Manzanares, July 23, 1936), better known by his religious name Abilio de la Cruz, was a Spanish Passionist religious who was executed by firing squad in 1936 during the religious persecution that broke out in Spain during the Civi…

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Ablak is a saint of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. His feast day is kept on 30 May.

650–645 · Medieval

Ableberto, also known as Emeberto (died in Ham, first half of the 7th century), was Bishop of Cambrai and Arras during the first half of the 7th century and is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church.

756–786 · Medieval

Abo of Tiflis (Arabic: أبو التفليسي, romanized: Abu al-Tiflisi; Georgian: აბო თბილელი, romanized: abo tbileli; c. 756 – 6 January 786) was a Christian martyr of Arab origin, who went on to practice his faith in what is now Tbilisi, the capital of present-day Georgia.

339–360 · Early Church

Abra of Poitiers/ˈæbrə/ (c. 343 – c. 360), Afra or Apra is a Christian saint who may have lived in the 4th century. Her existence is historically uncertain, but she may have been the daughter of Hilary of Poitiers.

501 · Medieval

Abraham of Farshut was an abbot and is a saint of the Coptic Church, and by extension all of the Oriental Orthodox Churches. His feast day in the calendar of saints of the Coptic Church is February 12. He was born in Farshut, near the modern city of Huw.

267–366 · Early Church

Abraham Kidunaia (died c. 366) was a Syriac Christian hermit and priest. He is venerated as a saint in Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy and Oriental Orthodoxy. The Vita of St. Abraham was written by his friend, St. Ephrem.

1460 · Medieval

Abraham of Paleostrov (Russian: Авраамий Палеостровский, romanized: Avraamy Paleostrovsky; died c. 1460), also known as Avraamy Olonetsky, is an Eastern Orthodox saint, who was a hegumen (abbot) of the Monastery of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Paleostrov, Russia.

1563–1595 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

The Venerable François Abraham de Georgiis, born in 1563 in Aleppo, Syria, and killed by throat-slitting on April 30, 1595, in Massawa, Eritrea, was a Lebanese Maronite Jesuit priest. Sent to join the Jesuit mission in Ethiopia, he suffered martyrdom there in April 1595.

455 · Early Church

Abraham of Arazd (died 455, Persia) was a deacon and one of the Leontine Martyrs. He was murdered along with a group of Armenian martyrs by order of King Yazdegerd II in 455. He was a companion of the Armenian Patriarch Joseph of Armenia and the priest Leontius of Vanand.

1190–1229 · Medieval

Abraham of Bulgaria (Russian: Авраамий Болгарский; died April 1, 1229) was a Christian convert from Islam later who was martyred for his faith and is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church.

450–470 · Early Church

Abraham of Clermont (died c. 479) was the founder and abbot of the monastery of St.Cyriacus in Clermont-Ferrand. He was born in Byzantine Syria, along the Euphrates River and was of Persian origins. He later left for Byzantine Egypt, to visit some of the hermits there.

474–558 · Medieval

Abraham of Cratia or Krateia (c. 474 – c. 558) was a Christian monk from Emesa (now Homs) Byzantine Syria. Abraham was the most important of the bishops on the see of Kratia from its foundation in the 2nd century until its dissolution in the 12th century.

350–423 · Early Church

Saint Abraham (Cyrrhus, Syria, c. 350–Constantinople, 422) (also known as Abraames, Abraham of Charres and Abraham the Apostle of Lebanon was a Syrian hermit and bishop of Harran.

400–400 · Early Church

Abraham of Egypt or Abraham of Minuf was a fourth-century monk and hermit of Egypt, is known only from the Synaxarion. He was a native of Minuf in the Delta, born of Christian parents who held an important position in the world.

550 · Medieval

Abraham of Ephesus was a 6th-century Archbishop of Ephesus in the Byzantine Empire and monastery founder. He is venerated as a saint by the Eastern Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic Church. His feast day is commemorated on 28 October.

1000–1077 · Medieval

Abraham of Rostov, Archimandrite of Rostov, in the world Abercius, was born in the tenth century in Chuhloma, which is in Kostroma region near Galich, Russia. Born Abercius, he was very ill as a child.

350 · Early Church

Abraham of Scetis was a monk who became a saint of the Coptic Church. He was born the son of a wealthy landowner in Egypt. He is said to have had a vision of Christ riding the chariot of the Cherubim. He died after an 18 year illness at Djirdjeh.

1172–1221 · Medieval

Abraham of Smolensk (Russian: Авраамий Смоленский; 1150 or 1172 - c. 1222) was a Russian monk and priest. He resided at the Bogoroditzkaja convent and was regarded as a miracle worker.

503–588 · Medieval

Abraham the Great of Kashkar was the father of the Assyrian monastic revival in the 6th century. He is a doctor and saint of the Church of the East. He was born in Kashkar in Persia around 492.

1300–1400 · Medieval

Abraham the Laborious (Russian: Авраамий Трудолюбивый) (fl. 12th–14th century) was a monk of Kyiv Pechersk Lavra. He is regarded as a saint, with a feast day of 21 August.

301–372 · Early Church

Abraham the Poor (also Saint Abraham the Child and Abraham the Simple) was a fourth-century Egyptian hermit and a saint. Born in the town of Menuf, he became a disciple of Pachomius, who founded cenobitic monasticism, in the delta region of the Nile River.

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Abraham the Writer is a saint of the Syriac Orthodox Church. His feast day is 30 December.

515 · Medieval

Saint Abran (Breton for 'Abraham'), was a 6th-century Irish hermit in Brittany. Abran was born in Ireland and was a brother of Gibrian. Abran and Gibrain traveled to Brittany with their siblings.

1037 · Medieval

Abu Merouane was born in Seville in 1037. He served as an imam and is recognized as a saint within Islam.

201–305 · Early Church

Abudimus (Greek: Ἅγιος Ἀβούδιμος; died 305) was a Greek Christian martyr also known as Abudemius of Tenedos. Abudimus was tortured during the Diocletian persecution on the island of Tenedos, before dying in 305.

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Abulak is a martyr and saint of the Coptic Church. Abulak was martyred with some two hundred companions. Their feast day is June 9.

615–854 · Medieval

Abundius (also Abondius, Abundias, or Abbondio; early fifth century – 469), venerated in the Catholic Church as Saint Abundius, was a bishop of Como, Northern Italy. Abundius was born at Thessalonica. Around 448 Abundius became the fourth Bishop of Como, succeeding Amantius.

468 · Early Church

Abundius (also Abondius, Abundias, or Abbondio; early fifth century – 469), venerated in the Catholic Church as Saint Abundius, was a bishop of Como, Northern Italy. Abundius was born at Thessalonica. Around 448 Abundius became the fourth Bishop of Como, succeeding Amantius.

1239 · Medieval

Abundius was a monk who died in 1239. He is recognized as a saint.

485–564 · Medieval

Saint Abundius the Sacristan (also Abonde, or, variously, Acontius) (died c. 564) was a sacristan of the Church of Saint Peter in Rome. His holy life was reportedly an inspiration to all who knew him, and several miracles were attributed to him.

301–425 · Early Church

Acacius or Aqaq (died 425) was bishop of Amida, Mesopotamia (modern-day Turkey) from 400 to 425, during the reign of the Eastern Roman Emperor Theodosius II.

330–436 · Early Church

Acacius or Aqaq was a Syrian, lived in a monastery near Antioch, and, for his active defense of the Church against Arianism, was made Bishop of Beroea in 378 AD, by Eusebius of Samosata.

370–435 · Early Church

Acacius II of Melitene (? - after 437) was metropolitan bishop of Melitene. He was an opponent of Nestorius and close ally of Cyril of Alexandria at the Council of Ephesus of 431. He delivered a homily at Ephesus and wrote two letters to Cyril.

201–320 · Early Church

Saint Acacius of Sebaste (Greek: Ἅγιος Ἀκάκιος Σεβαστείας; died c. 304) was a 4th-century Christian priest and hieromartyr who lived in Sebaste, Armenia, during the Diocletianic Persecution.

500 · Medieval

Acacius of Sinai was a monk who died in 500. He is recognized as a saint and is known as the Venerable.

350–400 · Early Church

Saint Acacius or Akakios the Younger, also known as Akakios the New of Kafsokalyvia (Greek: Ακάκιος ο Νέος, ο Καυσοκαλυβίτης; 1630s – 12 April 1730) was a Greek Orthodox Christian monk and ascetic who lived on Mount Athos.

550–639 · Medieval

Acarius (died 14 March 642), venerated as Saint Acarius, was a monk of Luxeuil Abbey who became Bishop of Doornik and Noyon, which today are located on either side of the Franco-Belgian border. Acarius was born to a noble family of Burgundy.

300–251 · Early Church

Saint Acathius (died c. 251, also known as Acacius or Achates) was bishop of Melitene (now Malatya in modern Turkey) in the third century, although he is occasionally given as bishop of Antioch. Melitene was the capital of the Roman Province of Second Armenia.

660–740 · Medieval

Acca of Hexham (c. 660 – 740/742) was an early medieval Northumbrian prelate, serving as bishop of Hexham from 709 until 732, and subsequently commemorated as a Christian saint.

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Saint Accolito di Parenzo is a saint in the Catholic Church. He died as a result of torture.

376 · Early Church

Acepsimas of Hnaita (Syriac: ܥܩܒ݂ܫܡܐ) (died October 10, 376) was a bishop, martyr, and saint. Acepsimas was the bishop of Hnaita, residing at Paka in western Persia.

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Akepsimas, Joseph, and Aithalas are early Christian hieromartyrs. Their feast day in the Orthodox Church is November 3 (16). Joseph was a presbyter in the city of Beth-Ketuba in Adiabene.