118 lives of faith. Showing 61–72.
Martyr · 15 October
Bruno of Querfurt,, also known as Brun, was a Christian missionary, bishop, Camaldolese monk and martyr. He was active in the eastern regions of the Holy Roman Empire and became one of the leading figures in the early Christian missions to the peoples of northeastern Europe.
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Bishop
Cedd was an Anglo-Saxon monk and bishop from the Kingdom of Northumbria. He was an evangelist of the Middle Angles and East Saxons in England and a significant participant in the Synod of Whitby, a meeting which resolved important differences within the Church in England.
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Bishop
Colmán of Lindisfarne also known as Saint Colmán was Bishop of Lindisfarne from 661 until 664.
Ireland · Early origin
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Bishop
Felix of Burgundy, also known as Felix of Dunwich, was the first bishop of the kingdom of the East Angles. He is widely credited as the man who introduced Christianity to the kingdom.
Origin uncertain · Birthplace uncertain
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Martyr · 9 July
Francesco Fogolla, known in Chinese as Fu Zhujiao, was an Italian missionary prelate belonging to the Order of Friars Minor.
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Priest · 14 July
Francis Solanus, OFM was a Spanish Franciscan friar and missionary in South America. He was canonized in 1726.
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Martyr
Gabriel-Taurin Dufresse, MEP was a French Catholic prelate who served as Vicar Apostolic of Se-Ciuen from 1801 to 1815. He was member of the Paris Foreign Missions Society.
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Martyr · 6 February
Gonsalo Garcia, was a lay brother of the Franciscans from Portuguese Bombay and Bassein in early modern India. He died at the hands of Toyotomi Hideyoshi and was canonised along with his companions, the 26 Martyrs of Japan.
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Martyr · 9 July
Gregory Mary Grassi,, was an Italian Franciscan friar and bishop who is honored as a Catholic martyr and saint.
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Priest · 17 August
Hyacinth was a Polish Dominican priest and missionary. He is venerated as a saint, who worked to reform the women's monasteries in his native Poland.
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Martyr · 20 September
Jean-Charles Cornay was a French missionary of the Paris Foreign Missions Society who was martyred in Vietnam. He was executed in Ha Tay, Tonkin, now Vietnam, during the persecutions of Emperor Minh Mạng.
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Priest · 16 June
John Francis Regis, SJ, commonly known Saint Regis, was a French Jesuit priest who was canonized in 1737. A tireless preacher and social reformer, Regis is best known for his work with at-risk women and orphans.
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