Lay Saint · March 22
St. Darerca of Ireland
Darerca of Ireland was a sister of Saint Patrick.
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.
Showing 25–36 of 86. Read each story’s origin note for traditional or disputed accounts.
Bishop · 1 March
St. David
David was a Welsh Christian prelate who served as Bishop of Mynyw during the 6th century.
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Martyr · 27 August
St. David Lewis
David Lewis, was a Jesuit Catholic priest and martyr who was also known as Charles Baker and widely referred to in the Welsh language as Tad y Tlodion.
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Bishop · November 14
St. Dubricius
Dubricius was a 6th-century British ecclesiastic venerated as a saint.
United Kingdom · Present-day geography
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Martyr · 28 August
St. Edmund Arrowsmith
Edmund Arrowsmith, SJ was one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales of the Catholic Church. The main source of information on Arrowsmith is a contemporary account written by an eyewitness and published a short time after his death.
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Martyr · 1 December
St. Edmund Campion
Edmund Campion, SJ was an English Jesuit priest and martyr. While conducting an underground ministry in officially Anglican England, Campion was arrested by priest hunters.
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Bishop · 16 November
St. Edmund of Abingdon
Edmund of Abingdon was an English Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Canterbury.
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Martyr · 20 November
St. Edmund the Martyr
Edmund the Martyr was king of East Anglia from about 855 until his death.
United Kingdom · Early origin
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Lay saint
St. Edward the Confessor
Edward the Confessor was King of the English from 1042 until his death in 1066.
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Martyr · December 10
St. Eustace White
Eustace White was an English Catholic priest who was executed in London in 1591 and is counted among the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.
United Kingdom · Present-day geography
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Monastic · 19 October
St. Frithuswith
Frithuswith or Fritheswith was an English princess and abbess who became the patron saint of Oxford and its university. She is credited as the foundress of a monastery later incorporated into Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford.
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Priest / Deacon · 4 February
St. Gilbert of Sempringham
Gilbert of Sempringham was an English Catholic who founded the Gilbertine Order.
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