218 lives of faith. Showing 73–84.
Monastic / Hermit
Naum , also known as Naum of Ohrid or Naum of Preslav , was a medieval Bulgarian writer and missionary among the Slavs, considered one of the Seven Apostles of the First Bulgarian Empire.
Origin uncertain · Birthplace unknown
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Monastic / Hermit · 26 February
Paula Montal Fornés was a Spanish Roman Catholic professed religious and the foundress of the Sisters of the Pious Schools.
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Bishop
Rupert of Salzburg was Bishop of Worms as well as the first Bishop of Salzburg and abbot of St.
Origin uncertain · Disputed birthplace
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Bishop · 10 October
Daniele Comboni, MCCJ was an Italian Catholic prelate who served as Vicar Apostolic of Central Africa from 1877 until his death in 1881.
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Priest / Deacon
Dominic de Guzmán , almost exclusively known as Saint Dominic , was a Castilian religious priest and the founder of the Order of Preachers .
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Monastic / Hermit
Joaquima de Vedruna Vidal de Mas, CCV was a Spanish Catholic religious sister and the founder of the Carmelite Sisters of Charity.
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Martyr · 29 July
Olaf Haraldsson , also called Saint Olaf, Olaf the Holy, Olaf II, and Olaf the Stout or "Large", was King of Norway from 1015 to 1028.
Norway · Reported birthplace
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Religious · 20 April
Agnes of Montepulciano, OP was a Dominican prioress in medieval Tuscany who was known as a miracle worker during her lifetime.
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Monastic · 26 January
Alberic of Cîteaux, sometimes known as Aubrey of Cîteaux, was a French monk and abbot, one of the founders of the Cistercian Order.
Origin uncertain · Birthplace uncertain
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Priest · August 18
Alberto Hurtado, SJ, popularly known as Padre Hurtado, was a Chilean Jesuit priest, lawyer, social worker, and writer of Basque ancestry.
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Religious · 27 January
Angela Merici was an Italian Catholic religious educator who founded the Company of St. Ursula in 1535 in Brescia, in which women dedicated their lives to the service of the church through the education of girls.
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Religious · 2 March
Angela of the Cross Guerrero y González, HCC was a Spanish religious sister and the foundress of the Sisters of the Company of the Cross, a Catholic religious institute dedicated to helping the abandoned poor and the ill with no one to care for them.
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