Monastic
St. Hilda of Whitby
Hilda of Whitby was a saint of the early Church in Britain. She was the founder and first abbess of the monastery at Whitby which was chosen as the venue for the Synod of Whitby in 664.
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Monastic
St. Hildelith
Hildelith of Barking, also known as Hildilid or Hildelitha, was an 8th-century Christian saint, from Anglo-Saxon England but was of foreign origin.
Origin uncertain · Birthplace unknown
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Bishop · 16 January
St. Honoratus
Honoratus was the founder of Lérins Abbey who later became an early Archbishop of Arles. He is honored as a saint in the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches.
Gaul (historical region) · Historical region
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St. John of Beverley
John of Beverley was an English bishop active in the kingdom of Northumbria. He was the bishop of Hexham and then the bishop of York, which was the most important religious designation in the area.
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Monastic · 3 June
St. Kevin of Glendalough
Saint Kevin of Glendalough is an Irish saint, known as the founder and first abbot of Glendalough in County Wicklow, Ireland.
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Monastic · 14 November
St. Laurence O’Toole
Lorcán Ua Tuathail, known in English as Laurence O'Toole and in French as Laurent d'Eu, was Archbishop of Dublin at the time of the Norman invasion of Ireland.
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St. Macarius of Egypt
Macarius of Egypt was an Egyptian Christian monk and grazer hermit. He is also known as Macarius the Elder or Macarius the Great.
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Bishop · 25 June
St. Maximus of Turin
Maximus of Turin was a Roman Christian prelate known as the first Bishop of Turin. He was a theological writer who "made a great contribution to the spread and consolidation of Christianity in Northern Italy ".
Origin uncertain · Birthplace unknown
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Monastic · 13 July
St. Mildrith
Saint Mildrith, also Mildthryth, Mildryth and Mildred,, was a 7th- and 8th-century Anglo-Saxon abbess of the Abbey at Minster-in-Thanet, Kent.
United Kingdom · Early origin
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Monastic · August 28
St. Moses the Black
Moses the Black, also known as Moses the Strong, Moses the Robber, and Moses the Nubian, was a Nubian ascetic hieromonk in Egypt in the fourth century AD, and a Desert Father.
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St. Oswald of Worcester
Oswald of Worcester was Archbishop of York from 972 to his death in 992. He was of Danish ancestry, but brought up by his uncle, Oda of Canterbury, who sent him to France to the abbey of Fleury to become a monk.
United Kingdom · Early origin
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Monastic · 9 May
St. Pachomius the Great
292 – 9 May 348 AD), also known as Saint Pachomius the Great, is generally recognized as the founder of Christian cenobitic monasticism.
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