265 lives of faith. Showing 121–132.
Bishop · March 8
Felix of Burgundy, also known as Felix of Dunwich, was the first bishop of the kingdom of the East Angles. He is widely credited as the man who introduced Christianity to the kingdom.
Origin uncertain · Birthplace uncertain
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Monastic · May 18
Felix of Cantalice, OFMCap was an Italian Capuchin friar of the 16th century. Canonized by Pope Clement XI in 1712, he was the first Capuchin friar to be named a saint.
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Monastic · November 4
Felix of Valois, OSsT (French: Félix de Valois; was a French Catholic former Cistercian hermit and a co-founder of the Trinitarian Order.
France · Traditional attribution
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Monastic · December 12
Finnian of Clonard – also Finian, Fionán or Fionnán in Irish; or Finianus and Finanus in its Latinised form – was one of the early Irish monastic saints, who founded Clonard Abbey in modern-day County Meath.
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Monastic · September 10
Finnian of Movilla was an Irish Christian missionary. His feast day is 10 September.
Ireland (historical island) · Historical region
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Monastic · February 17
Fintan of Clonenagh was an Irish hermit and monk. He was an abbot and disciple of Columba of Terryglass.
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Monastic · October 19
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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Monastic · January 20
Saint Féchín or Féichín, also known as Mo-Ecca, was a 7th-century Irish saint, chiefly remembered as the founder of the monastery at Fore, County Westmeath.
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Monastic · November 16
Gertrude the Great or Gertrude of Helfta was a German Benedictine nun and mystic who was a member of the Monastery of Helfta.
Germany · Probable birthplace
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Monastic · November 17
Hilda of Whitby was a saint of the early Church in Britain. She was the founder and first abbess of the monastery at Whitby which was chosen as the venue for the Synod of Whitby in 664.
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Monastic · March 24
Hildelith of Barking, also known as Hildilid or Hildelitha, was an 8th-century Christian saint, from Anglo-Saxon England but was of foreign origin.
Origin uncertain · Birthplace unknown
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Bishop · January 16
Honoratus was the founder of Lérins Abbey who later became an early Archbishop of Arles. He is honored as a saint in the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches.
Gaul (historical region) · Historical region
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