Bishop · 8 November
St. Willehad
Willehad or Willihad; c. 745 AD – 8 November 789) was a Christian missionary and the Bishop of Bremen from 787 AD.
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Bishop · 7 November
St. Willibrord
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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Bishop · June 20
St. Adalbert of Magdeburg
Adalbert of Magdeburg was the first Archbishop of Magdeburg and a successful missionary to the Polabian Slavs to the east of what was contemporarily Germany.
France · Present-day geography
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Bishop · June 7
St. Antonio Maria Gianelli
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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Apostle & Disciple · February 13
St. Apollos
Apollos was a 1st-century Alexandrian Jewish Christian mentioned several times in the New Testament.
Egypt · Present-day geography
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Martyr · June 8
St. Jacques Berthieu
Jacques Berthieu was a French Jesuit priest and missionary in Madagascar.
France · Present-day geography
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Priest or Deacon · December 17
St. Josep Manyanet i Vives
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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Bishop · July 21
St. Arbogast
Arbogast was a 7th-century missionary in the Frankish Empire and an early Bishop of Strasbourg.
Origin uncertain · Birthplace uncertain
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Martyr · November 29
St. Saturnin
Saturnin was one of the " Apostles to the Gauls " sent out during the consulate of Decius and Gratus to Christianise Gaul after the persecutions under Emperor Decius had all but dissolved the small Christian communities.
Greece · Present-day geography
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Monastic or Hermit · August 19
St. Sebaldus
Sebaldus was an Anglo-Saxon missionary to Germany in the 9th or 10th century.
Origin uncertain · Birthplace uncertain
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Priest or Deacon · October 11
St. Cainnech of Aghaboe
Cainnech of Aghaboe was an Irish abbot, monastic founder, priest and missionary during the early medieval period.
Ireland (historical island) · Historical island
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Religious · August 13
St. Dulce de Souza Lopes Pontes
Dulce de Souza Lopes Pontes was a Brazilian Missionary Sister of the Immaculate Conception of the Mother of God.
Brazil · Present-day geography
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