Priest · June 7
St. Robert of Newminster
Robert of Newminster was a priest, abbot, and a saint of the Catholic Church. He was born in Gargrave in Yorkshire, England.
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Monastic · January 16
St. Fursey
Saint Fursey was an Irish monk who did much to establish Christianity throughout the British Isles and particularly in East Anglia.
Ireland · Traditional attribution
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Monastic · March 8
St. Senan of Scattery Island
Senán mac Geircinn was an Irish Christian minister. He was a resident of Munster and is important in Irish tradition, as founder of Inis Cathaigh and patron of the Corco Baiscinn and the Uí Fhidgeinte.
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Monastic · October 12
St. Seraphin of Montegranaro
Seraphin of Montegranaro, was an Italian Capuchin lay brother, who is honored as a saint by the Catholic Church.
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Monastic · March 28; January 26
St. Stephen Harding
Stephen Harding was an English-born monk and abbot, who was one of the founders of the Cistercian Order. He is honoured as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church.
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Monastic · February 8
St. Stephen of Muret
Stephen of Muret was the founder of the Order of Grandmont and its motherhouse of Grandmont Abbey.
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Monastic · March 8
St. Stephen of Obazine
Stephen of Obazine also known as Stephen of Vielzot (French: Étienne de Vielzot, Étienne d'Obazine;, was a French priest and hermit, famed for his pious nature, even from a young age.
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Monastic · July 2
St. Swithun
Swithun was an Anglo-Saxon bishop of Winchester and subsequently patron saint of Winchester Cathedral. His historical importance as bishop is overshadowed by his reputation for posthumous miracle-working.
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Bishop · November 8
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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Monastic · May 28
St. William of Gellone
William of Gellone, was the second Duke of Toulouse from 790 until 811. In 804, he founded the abbey of Gellone.
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Monastic · June 25
St. William of Montevergine
William of Montevergine, or William of Vercelli,, also known as William the Abbot, was a Catholic hermit and the founder of the Congregation of Monte Vergine, or "Williamites ".
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Bishop · November 7
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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