Monastics & Hermits

268 lives of faith. Showing 85–96.

Artistic interpretation of St. Fridolin of Säckingen

Monastic / Hermit · 6 March

St. Fridolin of Säckingen

Fridolin of Säckingen, also known as Fridold or Fredelinus, is a legendary Irish missionary, apostle of the Alamanni and founder of Säckingen Abbey on the Upper Rhine.

Ireland · Traditional attribution

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Artistic interpretation of St. Ivo of Chartres

Bishop · 23 December

St. Ivo of Chartres

Ivo of Chartres, Can.Reg. , was a French canon regular and abbot who then served as the Bishop of Chartres from 1090 until his death. He was an important authority in Catholic canon law during the Investiture Crisis of that era. He is honored as a saint in…

France

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Artistic interpretation of St. Luigi Orione

Priest / Deacon · May 16

St. Luigi Orione

Luigi Giovanni Orione was an Italian priest who was active in answering the social needs of his nation as it faced the social upheavals of the late 19th century.

Italy

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Artistic interpretation of St. Maria Katharina Kasper

Monastic / Hermit · 2 February

St. Maria Katharina Kasper

Mary Catherine Kasper, A.D.J.C. was a German Catholic Religious Sister and the foundress of the Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ. Kasper entered the religious life later in her life despite having harbored a desire to become a religious sister for a very…

Germany

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