Bishop · May 25
St. Aldhelm
Aldhelm was an Anglo-Saxon abbot, bishop of Sherborne, and writer of Latin prose and poetry.
United Kingdom · Present-day geography
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Monastic or Hermit · February 20
St. Amata of Assisi
Amata of Assisi was a saint, a Poor Clare nun, and one of Saint Clare of Assisi's original followers.
Italy · Present-day geography
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Monastic or Hermit · September 13
St. Amatus
Amatus was a Frankish Colombanian monk and hermit.
France · Present-day geography
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Monastic or Hermit · October 17
St. Anstrudis
Anstrudis was a saint, virgin, and abbess of the Abbey of St. John, Laon.
France · Present-day geography
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Monastic or Hermit · June 9
St. Baithéne mac Brénaind
Baithéne mac Brénaind was an Irish monk, one of Saint Columba's followers who accompanied him to Scotland around 563, and was the first successor as Abbot of Iona Abbey.
Ireland (historical island) · Historical island
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Monastic or Hermit · March 6
St. Baldred of Tyninghame
Baldred of Tyninghame was a Northumbrian hermit and abbot, resident in East Lothian during the 8th century.
Origin uncertain · Birthplace uncertain
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Monastic or Hermit · August 20
St. Bernardo Tolomei
Bernardo Tolomei was an Italian Catholic priest and the founder of the Congregation of the Blessed Virgin of Monte Oliveto.
Italy · Present-day geography
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Monastic or Hermit · September 5
St. Bertin
Bertin was the Frankish abbot of a monastery in Saint-Omer later named the Abbey of Saint Bertin after him.
Germany · Present-day geography
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Monastic or Hermit · May 1
St. Brioc
Brioc was a 6th-century Welsh holy man who became the first abbot of Saint-Brieuc in Brittany.
United Kingdom · Present-day geography
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Monastic or Hermit · September 25
St. Cadoc
Cadoc was a 5th–6th-century abbot of Llancarfan, near Cowbridge in Glamorgan, Wales, a monastery famous from the era of the Celtic church as a centre of learning, where Illtud spent the first period of his religious life under Cadoc's tutelage.
United Kingdom · Present-day geography
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Bishop · May 10
St. Catald
Catald was an Irish monk.
Ireland (historical island) · Historical island
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Monastic or Hermit · August 17
St. Clare of Montefalco
Clare of Montefalco was an Augustinian nun, abbess, and formerly a member of the Third Order of St. Francis.
Italy · Present-day geography
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