Monastic or Hermit · March 17
St. Gertrude of Nivelles
Gertrude of Nivelles was an abbess who, with her mother Itta, founded the Abbey of Nivelles, now in Belgium.
Belgium · Present-day geography
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Monastic or Hermit · October 11
St. Gummarus
Gummarus is a Belgian saint associated with Lier, remembered in traditions of penitence and a life of prayer.
Belgium · Present-day geography
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Monastic or Hermit · April 29
St. Hugh of Cluny
Hugh of Cluny was the Abbot of Cluny from 1049 until his death in 1109.
France · Present-day geography
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Martyr · November 12
St. Josaphat Kuntsevych
Josaphat Kuntsevych was a Basilian hieromonk and archeparch of the Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Polotsk from 1618 to 1623.
Ukraine · Present-day geography
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Religious · April 6
St. Juliana of Liège
Juliana of Liège was a medieval Norbertine canoness regular and mystic in what is now Belgium.
Belgium · Present-day geography
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Monastic or Hermit · January 20
St. Maria Cristina of the Immaculate Conception Brando
Maria Cristina of the Immaculate Conception Brando was an Italian saint, nun and the founder of the Congregation of the Sisters, Expiatory Victims of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, an international teaching institute.
Italy · Present-day geography
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Monastic or Hermit · April 21
St. Máel Ruba
Máel Ruba is an Irish saint of the Christian Church who was active in Scotland.
United Kingdom · Present-day geography
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Monastic or Hermit · June 12
St. Onuphrius
Onuphrius or Onophrios lived as a hermit in the desert of Upper Egypt in the 4th or 5th centuries.
Ethiopia · Present-day geography
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Monastic or Hermit · January 6
St. Peter of Canterbury
Peter of Canterbury was the first abbot of the monastery later known as Saint Augustine’s Abbey in Canterbury.
Origin uncertain · Birthplace uncertain
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Monastic or Hermit · November 3
St. Pirmin
Pirmin was a Merovingian-era monk and missionary who founded or restored numerous monasteries in Alemannia.
Spain · Present-day geography
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Monastic or Hermit · October 5
St. Placidus
Placidus was an early Benedictine monk and disciple of Benedict of Nursia; later traditions confused him with a Sicilian martyr.
Origin uncertain · Birthplace uncertain
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Monastic or Hermit · March 23
St. Rafqa Pietra Choboq Ar-Rayès
Rafqa Pietra Choboq Ar-Rayès was a Lebanese Maronite nun who was canonized by Pope John Paul II on June 10, 2001.
Lebanon · Present-day geography
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