118 lives of faith. Showing 49–60.
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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Bishop · 16 September
Ninian is a Christian saint, first mentioned in the 8th century as being an early missionary among the Pictish peoples of what is now Scotland.
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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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Martyr · 22 July
Alberico Crescitelli, Chinese name Guo Xide, was an Italian Catholic priest and missionary to China. Born in Italy on 30 June 1863, Alberico Crescitelli entered the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions in 1880 and was ordained a priest on 4 June 1887.
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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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Martyr · July 9
Saint Amandina of Schakkebroek, born Pauline Jeuris, was a Franciscan sister of Belgian origin who served in China. She was beatified and canonized together with other martyrs of the Boxer Rebellion.
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Bishop · February 6
Amandus, commonly called Saint Amand, was a bishop of Tongeren-Maastricht and one of the catholic missionaries of Flanders.
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Martyr · 16 May
Andrew Bobola, SJ was a Polish missionary and martyr of the Society of Jesus, known as the "Apostle of Lithuania" and the "hunter of souls".
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Monastic
Andrew the Scot was the Irish-born student and assistant of Donatus of Fiesole. He served as archdeacon of Fiesole under Bishop Donatus.
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Martyr · 28 February
Auguste Chapdelaine, Chinese name Mǎ Lài was a French Christian missionary of the Paris Foreign Missions Society. France used his death – Chapdelaine was executed by Chinese officials – as a casus belli for its participation in the Second Opium War.
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Bishop
Birinus was the first Bishop of Dorchester and was known as the "Apostle to the West Saxons " for his conversion of the Kingdom of Wessex to Christianity.
Francia (historical region) · Historical region
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