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Saint Adalard (or Adalard of Corbie) (c. 751 – 2 January 827) was son of Bernard the son of Charles Martel and half-brother of Pepin; Charlemagne was his cousin.

Nereus Achilleus Domitilla and Pancras are venerated as martyrs of the Roman Catholic Church.In the present General Roman Calendar revised in 1969 Saints Nereus and Achilleus (together) and Saint Pancras […]

Saint Acacius was a 4th-century priest who lived in Sebaste Armenia during Diocletian’s persecution. He was arrested and executed under the governor Maximus with seven women and one Hirenarchus who […]

Saints Abdon and Sennen variously written in early calendars and martyrologies Abdo Abdus and Sennes Sennis Zennen are recognized by the Roman Catholic Church as Christian Martyrs with a feast […]

Legend makes Abdias (Obadiah) first bishop of Babylon one of the Seventy Apostles mentioned in the Gospel of Luke 10:1-20.Sts. Simon and Jude allegedly consecrated him as the first Bishop […]

Saint Deiniol (died 584) was traditionally the first Bishop of Bangor in the Kingdom of Gwynedd Wales. The present Bangor Cathedral dedicated to Deiniol is said to be on the […]

Saint Gertrude of Nivelles (also spelled Geretrude Geretrudis Gertrud) (ca. 621 – March 17 659) was a seventh-century abbess who with her mother Itta founded the monastery of Nivelles in […]

Saint Gudula was born in the pagus of Brabant (in present-day Belgium). According to her 11th-century biography (Vita Gudilae) written by a monk of the abbey of Hautmont between 1048 […]

Dorotheus of Gaza (505-565 or 620 alternative spelling Dorotheos) or Abba Dorotheus was a Christian monk and abbot. He joined the monastery Abba Serid (or Abba Sveridus) near Gaza through […]

Saint Bibiana (Viviana Vivian or Vibiana) is a Roman Virgin and Martyr. The earliest mention in an authentic historical authority occurs in the Liber Pontificalis where the biography of Pope […]