281 lives of faith. Showing 121–132.
Bishop · 17 March
Jan Sarkander was a Polish -Czech Roman Catholic priest. Sarkander was married for a short period of time before he became widowed and pursued a path to the priesthood where he became active in defence of Catholicism during a period of anti-Catholic sentiment and conflict.
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Martyr · 11 September
John Gabriel Perboyre, CM was a French Catholic priest of the Congregation of the Mission who served as a missionary in China, where he suffered martyrdom.
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John of Beverley was an English bishop active in the kingdom of Northumbria. He was the bishop of Hexham and then the bishop of York, which was the most important religious designation in the area.
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Bishop · 17 December
John of Matha OSsT was a French Catholic priest and co-founder of the Order of the Most Holy Trinity, initially dedicated to ransoming Christians who had been captured by marauders from North Africa.
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Józef Bilczewski was a Polish Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Archbishop of Lviv from 1900 until his death. He served as a theological and dogmatics professor in the Lviv college after himself having earned two doctorates in the course of his own studies.
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Józef Sebastian Pelczar was a Polish Roman Catholic bishop and was also the co-founder of the Sister Servants of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus which he had established in 1894 with Ludwika Szczęsna.
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Bishop · 17 September
Lambert of Maastricht, commonly referred to as Saint Lambert, was the bishop of Maastricht-Liège from about 670 until his death.
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Martyr · 21 September
Laurent-Joseph-Marius Imbert, affectionately known in Korea as Bishop Laurentius Bum Sehyeong was a Roman Catholic French bishop in Asia.
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Lawrence Justinian was a Venetian Catholic priest and bishop who became the first Patriarch of Venice. He is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church.
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Bishop · 25 June
Maximus of Turin was a Roman Christian prelate known as the first Bishop of Turin. He was a theological writer who "made a great contribution to the spread and consolidation of Christianity in Northern Italy ".
Origin uncertain · Birthplace unknown
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Bishop · June 8
Medardus or Medard was the Bishop of Noyon. He moved the seat of the diocese from Vermand to Noviomagus Veromanduorum in northern France.
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Oswald of Worcester was Archbishop of York from 972 to his death in 992. He was of Danish ancestry, but brought up by his uncle, Oda of Canterbury, who sent him to France to the abbey of Fleury to become a monk.
United Kingdom · Early origin
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