Monastics & Hermits

268 lives of faith. Showing 109–120.

Artistic interpretation of St. Alexius of Rome

Monastic · 17 July

St. Alexius of Rome

Saint Alexius of Rome or Alexius of Edessa, also Alexis, was a fourth-century Greek monk who lived in anonymity and is known for his dedication to Christ.

Italy · Traditional attribution

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Artistic interpretation of St. Ambrose Autpert

Monastic · 19 July

St. Ambrose Autpert

Autpert Ambrose was a Frankish Benedictine monk. An abbot of San Vincenzo al Volturno in South Italy in the time of Desiderius, king of the Lombards, Autpert wrote a considerable number of works on the Bible and religious subjects generally.

France

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Artistic interpretation of St. Bernard of Menthon

Monastic · May 28

St. Bernard of Menthon

Saint Bernard of Menthon or Bernard of Aosta or Saint Bernard of Montjoux was a Catholic priest and founder of the Great St Bernard Hospice, as well as its associated Canons Regular of the Hospitaller Congregation of Great Saint Bernard.

Origin uncertain · Disputed birthplace

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Artistic interpretation of St. Cedd

Bishop

St. Cedd

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.

United Kingdom

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