Saint Angilbert, Abbot of Saint-Riquier
A high dignitary at the court of Charlemagne and a student of Alcuin, Angilbert became Abbot of Saint-Riquier, where he led a life of auster…
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Saint Ansgar (Apostle of the North)
Born in Picardy and educated at the Abbey of Corbie, Ansgar became the tireless apostle of Denmark and Sweden in the 9th century. As the fir…
Saint Augustine of Hippo
Born in Thagaste in 354, Augustine led a dissipated youth and strayed into Manichaeism before his sudden conversion in Milan under the influ…
Saint Austind of Bordeaux
Born in Bordeaux, Austinde became Archbishop of Auch in the 11th century after serving as Abbot of Saint-Orens. A great reformer, he fought …
Saint Benedict Biscop
An English nobleman who became a monk at Lérins, Benedict Biscop founded the abbeys of Wearmouth and Jarrow in the 7th century. A great trav…
Saint Ethelbert (Albert)
King of Kent in the 6th century, Ethelbert became the first Christian Anglo-Saxon sovereign after welcoming Saint Augustine. Under the influ…
Blessed Everard of Mons
Count of Mons in the 13th century, Évrard renounced his titles after the War of Brabant to atone for a sin. After pilgrimages, he lived anon…
Saint Ghislain (Guillain)
Originally from Athens, Ghislain left his episcopal see following a vision to settle in Hainaut. There, he founded the monastery of La Celle…
Blessed Herve
Treasurer of Saint-Martin de Tours in the 11th century, Hervé dedicated his life and fortune to the reconstruction of the basilica destroyed…
Saint Hildegard (Hiltegarde)
Born in 1098 in Germany, Saint Hildegard was a Benedictine abbess and a great mystic of the 12th century. Famous for her divine visions reco…
Saint Hugh of Cluny
Born in Burgundy in 1024, Hugh became Abbot of Cluny at only twenty-five years old and led the order for sixty years. A great diplomat and a…
Saint Ladislaus I, King of Hungary
King of Hungary in the 11th century, Ladislaus I distinguished himself by his piety, chastity, and sense of justice, long refusing the crown…
Saint Leontius the Younger (Bordeaux)
Born in Saintes around 510, Leontius the Younger was a Roman senator and soldier before becoming Archbishop of Bordeaux. Married to Placidin…
Saint Matilda (Mahault)
Wife of Henry I and mother of Otto the Great, Saint Matilda was an Empress of Germany exemplary for her humility and charity towards the poo…
Saint Palladius (Pallais)
An Auvergnat nobleman who became Bishop of Saintes in the 6th century, Pallais was a major figure of the Merovingian era. Despite political …
Saint Paschal I
Raised to the sovereign pontificate in 817, Paschal I was a pope of great erudition and immense charity towards the poor and pilgrims. He fo…
Saint Porphyrius of Gaza
Born in Thessalonica, Porphyrius became Bishop of Gaza after a life of asceticism in Egypt and Palestine. He fought with determination again…
Saint Robert of La Chaise-Dieu
Born into the nobility of Aurillac, Robert was a canon at Brioude before founding the famous Abbey of La Chaise-Dieu in Auvergne in 1050. Un…
Saint Romanus of Condat
Saint Romain is the founder of monastic life in the Jura in the 5th century. After training in Lyon, he retired to Condat where he was joine…
Saint Sidonius Apollinaris
An illustrious senator and Prefect of Rome from a noble family of Lyon, Sidonius Apollinaris became Bishop of Clermont in 472. He dedicated …