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A
St. Adelard - Abbot:
Feast Day
St. Agathangelus:
Feast Day
St. Agatho - Pope:
Feast Day
St. Agnes - Virgin and martyr:
Feast Day
St. Agnes:
Short Biography
The feast of St. Agnes eve
St. Alban - Protomartyr of Britain:
Short Biography
St. Aldegondes - Virgin and abbess:
Feast Day
St. Aldric - Bishop of Mans:
Feast Day
St. Allied:
Feast Day
St. Almachus - Martyr:
Feast Day
St. Ambrose - Bishop of Milan:
Biography
St. Anastasia - Martyr:
Feast Day
St. Anastasius - Martyr in Assyria:
Feast Day
St. Andrew - Apostle:
Biography
St. Anterus - Pope:
Feast Day
St. Anthony - Patriarch of monks:
Biography
St. Anthony, or Antonio, of Padua - Patron saint of animals:
Biography
Regarding his role a patron and protector of the lower animals
St. Anysia - Martyr:
Feast Day
St. Apollinaris, the Apologist - Bishop:
Feast Day
St. Apollo - Abbot in Thebais:
Feast Day
St. Arcadius - Martyr:
Feast Day
St. Asaph:
Biography
St. Athanasius:
Short Biography
St. Augustine - Apostle of the English:
Biography
St. Augustine - Father of the Augustinian or Austin Friars:
Biography
B
St. Babylas - Bishop of Antioch:
Feast Day
St. Barbasceminus:
Feast Day
St. Barsimaeus - Bishop and martyr:
Feast Day
St. Bathildes, queen of France:
Feast Day
St. Brendan:
Biography
St. Benedict - Father of Western monachism:
Biography
St. Benedict Biscop - Commonly called Bonnet:
Short Biography
St. Bernard - Abbot of Clairvaux:
Biography
St. Blaithmaic - Abbot in Scotland:
Feast Day
St. Boniface - Apostle of Germany:
Biography
St. Bonitus - Bishop of Auvergne:
Feast Day
St. Bridget (or Bride) - Patroness of Ireland:
Short Biography
St. Bridget of Sweden:
Biography
C
St. Cadocus or Cadoc - Abbot of Wales:
Feast Day
St. Canut:
Feast Day
St. Catharine - Virgin and martyr:
Biography
St. Cedd - Bishop of London:
Biography
St. Cecilia - Patroness of church music:
Biography
St. Chad - Introduced Christianity among the East Saxons:
Biography
St. Christopher:
Legend of St. Christopher
St. Cuthbert:
The Translation of St. Cuthbert
St. Clement of Ancyra - Martyr:
Feast Day
St. Columba, or Columkille - Abbot and Apostle of the Picts:
Biography
St. Columba - Virgin and martyr:
Feast Day
St. Concordius - Martyr:
Feast Day
St. Conon - Bishop of Man:
Feast Day
St. Cosme Priory:
Deathday
St. Crispin - Patron Saint of shoe makers:
Short Biography
St. Cuthbert - Bishop of Lindisfarne:
Short Biography
St. Cyprian:
Biography
St. Cyprian the Magician:
Biography
St. Cyril, of Jerusalem:
On establishing the date of Christ's Birth
St. Cyril - Patriarch of Alexandria:
Short Biography
D
St. David - Titular saint of Wales:
Biography
St. Deicolus - Abbot:
Feast Day
St. Dionysius - Pope and confessor:
Feast Day
St. Dionysius, or Denis - Bishop of Paris:
Feast Day
St. Dominic - confessor, and founder of the Friar Preachers:
Biography
St. Dominic de Guzman, founder of the Dominicans:
Deathday
St. Dunstan - Archbishop of Canterbury:
Biography
On his role as the patron-saint of the goldsmiths
E
St. Egwin - Bishop, confessor:
Feast Day
St. Elphege - Archbishop of Canterbury:
Biography
St. Emerantia - Virgin, martyr:
Feast Day
St. Emiliana:
Feast Day
St. Epiphanius:
Feast Day
St. Etheldreda or Audry:
Short Biography
St. Eugendus - Abbot:
Feast Day
St. Eugenia - Virgin and martyr:
Feast Day
St. Eusebius - Abbot in Assyria:
Feast Day
St. Euthymius:
Feast Day
St. Evroul - Abbot and confessor:
Feast Day
F
St. Fabian - Pope:
Feast Day
St. Faine or Fanchea - Virgin, of Ireland:
Feast Day
St. Fechin - Abbot in Ireland:
Feast Day
St. Felix:
Feast Day
St. Fillan -
Biography
St. Francis of Assisi -Confessor, founder of the Friar Minors:
Biography
St. Francis Xavier - Catholic missionary:
Biography
St. Francis of Sales:
Short Biography
St. Fructnosus:
Feast Day
St. Fulgentius - Bishop and confessor:
Feast Day
St. Fursey - Sn of Fintan, king of part of Ireland:
Feast Day
G
St. Genevi�ve:
Biography
St. George - Patron Saint of England:
Biography
St. Germanus:
On the nature of St. Genevi�ve
St. Gildas - The Albanian or Scot:
Feast Day
St. Gildas - The Wise, or Badonicus, abbot:
Short Biography
St. Giles - Abbot:
Biography
St. Glastian of Scotland:
Feast Day
St. Gordius - Martyr:
Feast Day
St. Gregory of Spoleto:
Feast Day
St. Gregory - Bishop:
Feast Day
St. Gregory the Great:
Biography
St. Gudula - Virgin:
Biography
St. Guthlac - Old Saxon anchoret:
Biography
H
St. Henry of England - Martyr in Finland:
Feast Day
St. Hilary, B:
Short Biography
St. Honoratus - Archbishop of Arles:
Feast Day
St. Hyginus - Pope and martyr:
Feast Day
I
St. Iarlath - Confessor, first bishop of Team:
Feast Day
St. Ignatius - Bishop of Antioch, martyr:
Short Biography
St. Ignatius Loyola:
Short Biography
St. Isidore - Priest and hermit:
Feast Day
St. Isidore - Priest and hospitaller of Alexandria:
Feast Day
J
St. James the Great - Patron saint of Spain:
Biography
St. Jerome:
On the life of St. John the Evangelist
St. John - Apostle and evangelist:
St. John the Evangelist's Day
St. John the Almoner - Patriarch of Alexandria:
Feast Day
St. John Calybite, recluse:
Feast Day
St. John Chrysostom - Archbishop:
Biography
St. John Chrysostomus:
Short Biography
St. John Nepomuc:
Short Biography
St. John of Reomay - Abbot:
Feast Day
St. Joseph of Arimathea:
Legend of the Glastonbury thorn
St. Julian - Bishop, 3rd century:
Feast Day
St. Juventinus, Martyrs at Antioch:
Feast Day
K
St. Kentigerna - Widow:
Feast Day
St. Kinnia - Virgin of Ireland:
Feast Day
St. Knut (Canutus), king of Denmark - Martyr:
Feast Day
L
St. Lawrence, Archbishop of Canterbury:
Feast Day
St. Lawrence - Martyr:
Short biography
St. Lomer:
Feast Day
St. Lucian, of Antioch - Priest and martyr:
Feast Day & Short Biography
St. Lucian, of Beauvais - Martyr:
Feast Day
St. Lucy - virgin and martyr:
Short Biography
St. Luke the Evangelist:
Short Biography
M
St. Macarins of Alexandria - Anchoret:
Biography
St. Macedonius of Syria:
Feast Day
St. Macarius - the elder,of Egypt:
Feast Day
St. Maidoc, called also Aidan, bishop of Ferus in Ireland:
Feast Day
St. Main - Abbot:
Feast Day
St. Marcellus - Abbot of the Accemetes, confessor:
Feast Day
St. Mareian - Priest:
Feast Day
St. Margaret - Queen of Scotland:
Biography
St. Margaret - Princess of Hungary:
Feast Day
St. Marcella - Widow:
Feast Day
St. Marcellus - Pope, martyr:
Feast Day
St. Marchiana - Virgin and martyr:
Feast Day
St. Martin - bishop of Tours:
Biography
St. Martina - Virgin and martyr:
Feast Day
St. Maurus - Abbot:
Feast Day
St. Maximus - Confessor:
Feast Day
St. Medina, alias Cronan, of Balla - Abbot in Ireland:
Feast Day
St. Melania the Younger:
Feast Day
St. Melanius - Bishop:
Feast Day
St. Mochua or Moncain - alias Claunas - Abbot in Ireland:
Feast Day
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St. Nathalan - Bishop, confessor:
Feast Day
St. Nicholas: Confessor, Archbishop of Myra:
Biography
St. Nilammon - Hermit:
Feast Day
O
St. Odilo or Olou - Sixth abbot of Cluni:
Feast Day
P
St. Patrick - Patron Saint of Ireland:
Biography
St. Paul - The First Hermit:
Feast Day
St. Paula - Widow:
Feast Day
St. Paulinus - Patriarch of Aquileia:
Feast Day
St. Pega - Virgin:
Feast Day
St. Peter the Apostle:
Short Biography
St. Peter - Abbot of St. Austin's:
Feast Day
St. Peter Balsam - Martyr:
Feast Day
St. Peter Nolasco:
Feast Day
St. Peter of Sebaste - Bishop and confessor:
Feast Day
St. Polycarp - Bishop of Smyrna:
Feast Day
St. Poppo - Abbot of Stavello:
Feast Day
St. Prejectus (or St. Prix) - Bishop of Clermont, martyr:
Feast Day
St. Prisca - Virgin and martyr:
Feast Day
St. Publius - Abbot in Syria:
Feast Day
R
St. Ramon - Bishop:
Feast Day
St. Raymond of Pennafort:
Short Biography
St. Rigobert, or Robert:
Feast Day
St. Rionius - Priest and martyr:
Feast Day
St. Roch - confessor:
Short Biography
St. Rumald or Rumbald - Confessor, patron of Brackley and Buckingham:
Biography
S
St. Sabinus - Bishop of Assisium:
Feast Day
St. Salvius or Sauve - Bishop of Amiens:
Feast Day
St. Sebastian:
Feast Day
St. Serapion - Martyr:
Feast Day
St. Severinns - Abbot:
Feast Day
St. Sigebert II - King of Austrasia:
Feast Day
St. Simeon Stylites - Founder of an order of monks called pillar - saints:
Biography
St. Stephen - The first martyr:
St. Stephen's Day
St. Sulpicius Severus - About:
Feast Day
St. Suranus - Abbot in Umbria, martyr:
Feast Day
St. Swithin - Bishop:
Biography
St. Sylvester - pope and confessor:
Feast Day
St. Syncletica - Virgin:
Feast Day
T
St. Telesphorus:
Feast Day
On establishing the date of Christ's Birth
St. Theodosius, the C�nobiarch:
Biography
St. Theodorus, Abbot of Tabenna, confessor:
Feast Day
St. Theodorus Grapt - Confessor:
Feast Day
St. Thillo:
Feast Day
St. Thrasilla:
Feast Day
St. Thomas - Apostle:
Biography
St. Timothy - Disciple of St. Paul:
Feast Day
St. Titus, disciple of St. Paul:
Feast Day
St. Tygrius - Priest:
Feast Day
U
St. Ulfrid - Bishop and martyr:
Feast Day
V
St. Valentine:
The history of Valentine's Day
St. Vaneng - Confessor:
Feast Day
St. Veronica of Milan:
Biography
St. Vincent - Martyr at Valencia:
Short Biography
St. Virnin:
Feast Day
St. Vulsiu - Bishop, confessor:
Feast Day
W
St. Wereburge - Patroness of Chester:
Biography
St. William - Archbishop of Bourges, confessor:
Short Biography
St. Wulstan - Bishop of Worchester:
Biography
