Monastics & Hermits

265 lives of faith. Showing 109–120.

Artistic interpretation of St. Ambrose Autpert

Monastic · July 19

St. Ambrose Autpert

Autpert Ambrose was a Frankish Benedictine monk. An abbot of San Vincenzo al Volturno in South Italy in the time of Desiderius, king of the Lombards, Autpert wrote a considerable number of works on the Bible and religious subjects generally.

France

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Artistic interpretation of St. Bernard of Menthon

Monastic · May 28

St. Bernard of Menthon

Saint Bernard of Menthon or Bernard of Aosta or Saint Bernard of Montjoux was a Catholic priest and founder of the Great St Bernard Hospice, as well as its associated Canons Regular of the Hospitaller Congregation of Great Saint Bernard.

Origin uncertain · Disputed birthplace

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Artistic interpretation of St. Cedd

Bishop · October 26

St. Cedd

Cedd was an Anglo-Saxon monk and bishop from the Kingdom of Northumbria. He was an evangelist of the Middle Angles and East Saxons in England and a significant participant in the Synod of Whitby, a meeting which resolved important differences within the Church in England.

United Kingdom

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Artistic interpretation of St. Crispin of Viterbo

Monastic · May 19

St. Crispin of Viterbo

Crispino da Viterbo was an Italian Roman Catholic professed religious from Order of Friars Minor Capuchin. Fioretti was an ardent devotee of the Mother of God and was consecrated to her protection in 1674 and he even made a small altar dedicated to her when he served in the kitchens at the house in Orvieto.

Italy

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