Monastic or Hermit · October 5
St. Aymard of Cluny
Aymard of Cluny was the third abbot of Cluny.
France · Present-day geography
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Monastic or Hermit · July 17
St. Benedict of Skalka
Benedict of Skalka was a Benedictine monk.
Slovakia · Present-day geography
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Monastic or Hermit · February 3
St. Berlinda of Meerbeke
Berlinda of Meerbeke was a Benedictine nun of noble descent.
Belgium · Present-day geography
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Monastic or Hermit · July 7
St. Boisil
Boisil was a monk of Melrose Abbey, an offshoot of Lindisfarne, then in the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Northumbria, but now in Scotland, where he must have been one of the first generation of monks.
United Kingdom · Present-day geography
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Monastic or Hermit · May 31
St. Camilla Battista da Varano
Camilla Battista da Varano was an Italian princess and a Poor Clare nun and abbess.
Italy · Present-day geography
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Monastic or Hermit · January 27
St. Carolina Santocanale
Carolina Santocanale was an Italian Roman Catholic nun who assumed the name of " Maria of Jesus " and established the Capuchin Sisters of the Immaculata of Lourdes.
Italy · Present-day geography
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Monastic or Hermit · April 5
St. Gerald of Sauve-Majeure
Gerald of Sauve-Majeure was a Benedictine abbot.
France · Present-day geography
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Monastic or Hermit · March 3
St. Teresa Eustochio Verzeri
Teresa Eustochio Verzeri was an Italian Roman Catholic who became a Benedictine nun and established the Daughters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
Italy · Present-day geography
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Monastic or Hermit · November 14
St. John of Tufara
John of Tufara was an Italian hermit, monastery founder, and saint in the Catholic Church.
Italy · Present-day geography
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Monastic or Hermit · March 21
St. Nicholas of Flüe
Nicholas of Flüe was a Swiss hermit and ascetic who is the patron saint of Switzerland.
Switzerland · Present-day geography
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Monastic or Hermit · September 6
St. Bega
Bega is a medieval Irish saint of Northumbria, venerated primarily in the town of St Bees.
Ireland (historical island) · Historical island
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Monastic or Hermit · May 1
St. Isidora
Isidora was a Christian nun and saint of the 4th century AD.
Origin uncertain · Birthplace uncertain
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