Martyr · April 19
St. Ælfheah of Canterbury
Ælfheah of Canterbury was an Anglo-Saxon Bishop of Winchester, later Archbishop of Canterbury from 1006 to 1012.
United Kingdom · Present-day geography
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Saints from United Kingdom
Read the full stories of 86 saints whose birth or early family origins are associated with present-day United Kingdom.
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Monastic or Hermit · January 12
St. Aelred of Rievaulx
Aelred of Rievaulx was an English Cistercian monk and writer who served as Abbot of Rievaulx from 1147 until his death.
United Kingdom · Present-day geography
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Monastic · 11 October
St. Æthelburh of Barking
Saint Æthelburh or Ethelburga was the founder and first abbess of Barking Abbey and sister of Saint Earconwald, Bishop of London.
United Kingdom · Early origin
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Monastic · 23 June
St. Æthelthryth
Æthelthryth was an East Anglian princess, a Fenland and Northumbrian queen and Abbess of Ely. She is an Anglo-Saxon saint, and is also known as Etheldreda or Audrey, especially in religious contexts.
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Martyr · June 20
St. Alban
Alban is venerated as the first-recorded British Christian martyr, for which reason he is considered to be the protomartyr of Britain.
United Kingdom · Present-day geography
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Martyr · January 21
St. Alban Roe
Alban Roe was an English Benedictine who was killed for ministering as a Catholic priest in 17th-century England.
United Kingdom · Present-day geography
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Bishop · May 25
St. Aldhelm
Aldhelm was an Anglo-Saxon abbot, bishop of Sherborne, and writer of Latin prose and poetry.
United Kingdom · Present-day geography
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Martyr · 1 December
St. Alexander Briant
Alexander Briant, SJ was an English Jesuit and martyr, executed at Tyburn.
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Martyr · 10 September
St. Ambrose Barlow
Ambrose Edward Barlow, was an English Benedictine monk. He is one of a group of saints canonized by Pope Paul VI who became known as the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.
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St. Amphibalus
Amphibalus is a venerated early Christian priest said to have converted Saint Alban to Christianity.
United Kingdom · Traditional attribution
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St. Anne Line
Anne Line was an English Catholic martyr.
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Bishop · May 1
St. Asaph
Asaph was a Welsh bishop and saint, traditionally regarded as the first Bishop of St Asaph of the diocese of Saint Asaph.
United Kingdom · Present-day geography
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