Saints / Religious

Religious

320 lives of faith. Showing 25–36.

Priest / Deacon · 4 February

St. Gilbert of Sempringham

Gilbert of Sempringham was an English Catholic who founded the Gilbertine Order.

United Kingdom

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Doctor of the Church

St. Peter Damian

Peter Damian was an Italian reforming Benedictine monk and cardinal in the circle of Pope Leo IX.

Italy

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Monastic / Hermit

St. Margaret of Cortona

Margaret of Cortona was an Italian penitent of the Third Order of Saint Francis.

Italy

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Monastic / Hermit · October 20

St. Maria Bertilla Boscardin

Maria Bertilla Boscardin was an Italian nun and nurse who displayed a pronounced devotion to duty in working with sick children and victims of the air raids of World War I.

Italy

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Religious · 27 February

St. Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows

Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows, or Babarel of Our Lady of Sorrows was an Italian Passionist seminarian.

Italy

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Priest / Deacon

St. John Cassian

John Cassian , also known as John the Ascetic and John Cassian the Roman, was a Christian monk and theologian celebrated in both the Western and Eastern churches for his mystical writings.

Origin uncertain · Disputed birthplace

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Monastic / Hermit · 13 November

St. Agnes of Bohemia

Agnes of Bohemia, OSC , also known as Agnes of Prague, was a medieval Bohemian princess who opted for a life of charity, mortification of the flesh and piety over a life of luxury and comfort.

Czechia

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