218 lives of faith. Showing 145–156.
Bishop · 7 November
Willibrord was an Anglo-Saxon monk, bishop, and missionary. He became the first Bishop of Utrecht in what is now the Netherlands, dying at Echternach in Luxembourg, and is known as the "Apostle to the Frisians ".
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Religious · 1 January
Zygmunt Gorazdowski was a Polish Roman Catholic priest and the founder of the Sisters of Saint Joseph. Gorazdowski suffered from tuberculosis during his childhood which impeded his studies for the priesthood and which required him to take time off in order to recover before he could be ordained.
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Monastic · 11 October
Saint Æthelburh or Ethelburga was the founder and first abbess of Barking Abbey and sister of Saint Earconwald, Bishop of London.
United Kingdom · Early origin
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Religious · 19 September
Émilie de Rodat, born Marie Guillemette Emilie de Rodat, also known as Emily de Rodat, was a nun, virgin, mystic, and the founder of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Villefranche.
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Bishop · June 7
Antonio Maria Gianelli was an Italian Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of Bobbio from 1837 until his death.
Italy · Present-day geography
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Monastic or Hermit · August 25
Aredius was chancellor to Theudebert I, king of Austrasia, and later Abbot of Attane.
France · Present-day geography
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Monastic or Hermit · January 27
Carolina Santocanale was an Italian Roman Catholic nun who assumed the name of " Maria of Jesus " and established the Capuchin Sisters of the Immaculata of Lourdes.
Italy · Present-day geography
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Bishop · April 1
Cellach of Armagh was Archbishop of Armagh and an important contributor to the reform of the Irish church in the twelfth century.
Ireland (historical island) · Historical island
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Religious · June 4
Elizabeth Hesselblad was a Swedish Catholic religious sister who founded a new, active, branch of the Bridgettines known as the Bridgettine Sisters.
Sweden · Present-day geography
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Monastic or Hermit · March 3
Teresa Eustochio Verzeri was an Italian Roman Catholic who became a Benedictine nun and established the Daughters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
Italy · Present-day geography
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Monastic or Hermit · November 14
John of Tufara was an Italian hermit, monastery founder, and saint in the Catholic Church.
Italy · Present-day geography
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Priest or Deacon · December 17
Josep Manyanet i Vives was a Catalan Roman Catholic priest and the founder of the Sons of the Holy Family and the Missionary Daughters of the Holy Family.
Spain · Present-day geography
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