Monastic or Hermit · August 20
St. Bernardo Tolomei
Bernardo Tolomei was an Italian Catholic priest and the founder of the Congregation of the Blessed Virgin of Monte Oliveto.
Italy · Present-day geography
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Religious
St. Bonifacia Rodríguez y Castro
Bonifacia Rodríguez y Castro was the co-foundress of the Religious Congregation of the Servants of St. Joseph, who developed the "Nazareth workshop" as both a new format for consecrated life and to help poor and unemployed women.
Spain · Present-day geography
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Monastic or Hermit · May 1
St. Brioc
Brioc was a 6th-century Welsh holy man who became the first abbot of Saint-Brieuc in Brittany.
United Kingdom · Present-day geography
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Monastic or Hermit · September 25
St. Cadoc
Cadoc was a 5th–6th-century abbot of Llancarfan, near Cowbridge in Glamorgan, Wales, a monastery famous from the era of the Celtic church as a centre of learning, where Illtud spent the first period of his religious life under Cadoc's tutelage.
United Kingdom · Present-day geography
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Bishop · October 29
St. Colman mac Duagh
Colman mac Duagh was an Irish monk and bishop associated with the founding of the monastery at Kilmacduagh.
Ireland · Present-day geography
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Priest or Deacon · August 2
St. Giustino Russolillo
Giustino Russolillo was an Italian Catholic priest and the founder of the Vocationists, the Vocationist Sisters and of the Secular Institute of the Apostles of Universal Sanctification.
Italy · Present-day geography
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Bishop · November 5
St. Guido Maria Conforti
Guido Maria Conforti was an Italian Roman Catholic archbishop who founded the Xaverian Missionaries on 3 December 1895.
Italy · Present-day geography
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Monastic or Hermit · May 30
St. Isaac of Dalmatia
Isaac of Dalmatia was a Christian monk who is honored as a saint and confessor.
Origin uncertain · Birthplace uncertain
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Monastic or Hermit · May 23
St. Jeanne-Antide Thouret
Jeanne-Antide Thouret was a French Catholic nun who founded a branch of the Sisters of Charity.
France · Present-day geography
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Priest or Deacon · January 3
St. Kuriakose Elias Chavara
Kuriakose Elias Chavara was an Indian Catholic priest, religious, philosopher and social reformer.
India · Present-day geography
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Priest or Deacon · March 30
St. Leonardo Murialdo
Leonardo Murialdo was an Italian Catholic priest and the co-founder of the Congregation of Saint Joseph - also known as the Murialdines.
Italy · Present-day geography
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Religious · January 10
St. Leonie Aviat
Leonie Aviat was a Roman Catholic professed religious and the co-founder along with Louis Brisson of the Oblate Sisters of St. Francis de Sales.
France · Present-day geography
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