Early Church
The 6th century
42 saints, in the order they died
450 — 505
St. Illtyd
Illtud Farchog — Founder of the Welsh Monastic-School Tradition at Llanilltud Fawr
Parish Church of St. Illtud, Llantwit Major, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom
0 miracles · 1 relics→
466 — 511
St. Clovis I
King of the Franks — First Catholic Christian King of Western Europe
Basilica of Saint-Denis (his original tomb), France
1 miracles · 1 relics→
419 — 512
St. Genevieve
Patroness of Paris — Defender of the City against Attila
Église Saint-Étienne-du-Mont, Paris, France
1 miracles · 1 relics→
Mid-5th century, Sardinia (a pagan convert) — 514♕ Pope #51
Pope St. Symmachus
Fifty-First Successor of Peter — Pope (498–514) — Sardinian-Born Survivor of the Laurentian Schism
St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican — early papal tombs, Vatican City
0 miracles · 1 relics→
Late 5th century, Frosinone, Lazio — 523♕ Pope #52
Pope St. Hormisdas
Fifty-Second Successor of Peter — Pope (514–523) — Healer of the Acacian Schism
St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican — early papal tombs; the Acacian Schism reunion document Libellus Hormisdae preserved, Vatican City
0 miracles · 1 relics→
451 — 525
St. Brigid of Kildare
Mary of the Gaels — Co-Patron of Ireland
Solas Bhríde Centre and Wells, Kildare, Ireland
3 miracles · 1 relics→
470 — 525
St. Avitus of Vienne
Archbishop — Latin Poet of the Hexaemeron
Cathedral of Saint-Maurice de Vienne, France
0 miracles · 0 relics→
470 — 526♕ Pope #53
Pope St. John I
Martyr — Pope Imprisoned by an Arian King
St. Peter's Basilica, Rome, Vatican City
0 miracles · 1 relics→
Late 5th century, Benevento (Samnium) — 530♕ Pope #54
Pope St. Felix IV
Fifty-Fourth Successor of Peter — Pope (526–530) — Foundational Patron of the Cosmas-and-Damian Cult at Rome
Basilica of Santi Cosma e Damiano, Roman Forum (Felix IV's foundational rebuilding of the Templum Romuli of Maxentius into a Catholic basilica), Italy
0 miracles · 1 relics→
439 — 532
St. Sabbas the Sanctified
Founder of the Great Lavra — Father of Palestinian Monasticism
Mar Saba Monastery (Lavra of St. Sabbas), West Bank
0 miracles · 1 relics→
Late 5th century, Rome (of Ostrogothic Sigibald descent — the first non-Roman-Latin pope) — 532♕ Pope #55
Pope St. Boniface II
Fifty-Fifth Successor of Peter — Pope (530–532) — First Pope of Ostrogothic Roman Descent
Basilica of San Pietro, Vatican — early papal tombs, Vatican City
0 miracles · 1 relics→
437 — 533
St. Remigius of Reims
Apostle of the Franks — Bishop of Reims
Basilica of Saint-Remi, Reims, France
1 miracles · 1 relics→
462 — 533
St. Fulgentius of Ruspe
African Bishop — Augustinian Theologian of Grace
Ruspe (Sufes), North Africa, Tunisia
0 miracles · 0 relics→
Late 5th century, Rome — 536♕ Pope #57
Pope St. Agapitus I
Fifty-Seventh Successor of Peter — Pope (535–536) — Roman Papal Diplomat to Justinian's Constantinople
Basilica of San Lorenzo fuori le Mura, Rome (his relics were translated back from Constantinople around 540), Italy
0 miracles · 1 relics→
Late 5th century, Frosinone (the son of Pope Hormisdas — see Hormisdas's entry above) — 537♕ Pope #58
Pope St. Silverius
Fifty-Eighth Successor of Peter — Pope (536–537) — Martyr-Pope of the Justinianic-Gothic War
Cathedral of San Cesareo, Terracina, Lazio (foundational shrine of Silverius after the Palmaria martyrdom), Italy
0 miracles · 1 relics→
Late 5th century, Aquitaine (per the Vita Vedasti by Jonas of Bobbio) — 540
St. Vedast of Arras
Vaast — First Bishop of Arras — Catechist of King Clovis at His Baptism
Cathedral of Saint-Vaast, Arras, Pas-de-Calais, France
0 miracles · 1 relics→
470 — 542
St. Caesarius of Arles
Bishop of Arles — Reforming Preacher of Gaul
Saint-Trophime Cathedral, Arles, France
0 miracles · 1 relics→
480 — 543
St. Scholastica
Sister of Benedict — Mother of Western Female Monasticism
Monte Cassino Abbey (her tomb is shared with Benedict's), Italy
1 miracles · 1 relics→
474 — 545
St. Clotilde
Queen of the Franks — Patroness of Brides
Basilica of Saint-Denis, France
0 miracles · 1 relics→
480 — 547
St. Benedict of Nursia
Father of Western Monasticism — Patron of Europe
Monte Cassino Abbey, Italy
4 miracles · 1 relics→
470 — 549
St. Finnian of Clonard
Teacher of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland
Clonard, County Meath, Ireland
0 miracles · 0 relics→
Late 5th century, Rome (of senatorial family) — 555♕ Pope #59
Pope St. Vigilius
Fifty-Ninth Successor of Peter — Pope (537–555) — Long-Suffering Pope of the Three Chapters Crisis
Catacombs of Priscilla, Via Salaria, Rome, Italy
0 miracles · 1 relics→
490 — 556
St. Romanos the Melodist
Greatest Hymnographer of the Byzantine Church
Church of the Theotokos at the Kyrou, Constantinople, Turkey
1 miracles · 0 relics→
456 — 560
St. Medard of Noyon
Bishop of Noyon-Tournai — Apostle of Northern France — Twin Brother of St. Gildard of Rouen
Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Noyon, Picardy, France
0 miracles · 1 relics→
Early 6th century, Rome (of senatorial family) — 561♕ Pope #60
Pope St. Pelagius I
Sixtieth Successor of Peter — Pope (556–561) — Reorganizer of the Roman Church After the Justinianic Catastrophe
Basilica of Santi Apostoli, Rome (his foundational rebuilding; he is buried at the original 6th-century basilica), Italy
0 miracles · 1 relics→
470 — 564
St. Petroc
Founder of the Cornish Monastic Tradition — 'Captain of Cornish Saints'
Parish Church of St. Petroc, Padstow, Cornwall, United Kingdom
0 miracles · 1 relics→
482 — 565
St. Justinian I
Justinian the Great — Eastern Roman Emperor (527–565) — Builder of Hagia Sophia
Hagia Sophia, Constantinople (the basilica he built 532–537), Turkey
0 miracles · 1 relics→
Early 6th century, Rome — 574♕ Pope #61
Pope St. John III
Sixty-First Successor of Peter — Pope (561–574) — Pope of the Catholic Reconciliation after the Three Chapters Schism
Catacombs of San Callisto, Via Appia, Rome, Italy
0 miracles · 1 relics→
495 — 575
St. Goar of Aquitaine
Hermit-Priest of the Middle Rhine — Pastoral Apostle of the Frankish Rhine Crossing
Stiftskirche Sankt Goar, Sankt Goar, Rhine-Hunsrück district, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Germany
1 miracles · 1 relics→
484 — 577
St. Brendan the Navigator
Brendan of Clonfert — The Voyaging Abbot
Clonfert Cathedral, Ireland
1 miracles · 1 relics→
Early 6th century, Rome — 579♕ Pope #62
Pope St. Benedict I
Sixty-Second Successor of Peter — Pope (575–579) — Roman Pope of the Early Lombard Invasion
St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican — early papal tombs, Vatican City
0 miracles · 1 relics→
497 — 580
St. Cadoc
Cadog Ddoeth — 'Cadoc the Wise' — Founder of Llancarfan Monastery
Parish Church of St. Cadoc, Llancarfan, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom
0 miracles · 1 relics→
520 — 580
St. Martin of Braga
Apostle of the Suevi — Archbishop of Braga — Iberian Catholic Reformer
Cathedral of Braga (Sé de Braga), Portugal, Portugal
0 miracles · 1 relics→
485 — 585
St. Cassiodorus
Founder of Vivarium Monastery — Father of Latin-Christian Scholarship through the Dark Ages
Vivarium Monastery, near Squillace, Calabria — destroyed; archaeological site preserved, Italy
0 miracles · 0 relics→
564 — 586
St. Hermenegild
Visigothic Prince — Catholic Convert from Arianism — Martyr at the Hands of His Arian Father
Cathedral of Seville (Catedral de Santa María de la Sede), Spain (foundational pre-Reconquista cathedral, rebuilt as the current cathedral 1401–1528), Spain
0 miracles · 1 relics→
520 — 587
St. Radegund
Frankish Queen — Foundress of Sainte-Croix at Poitiers
Église Sainte-Radegonde, Poitiers, France
0 miracles · 1 relics→
500 — 589
St. David of Wales
Dewi Sant — Patron of Wales
St Davids Cathedral, Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom
1 miracles · 1 relics→
Early 6th century, Rome (of Gothic descent per the Liber Pontificalis) — 590♕ Pope #63
Pope St. Pelagius II
Sixty-Third Successor of Peter — Pope (579–590) — Roman Pope of the Plague-Stricken Lombard-Invasion City
Basilica of San Lorenzo fuori le Mura, Rome (his architectural project — the substantial 6th-century rebuilding of San Lorenzo, with the surviving 6th-century triumphal arch mosaic), Italy
0 miracles · 1 relics→
538 — 594
St. Gregory of Tours
Bishop and Historian — Author of the History of the Franks
Basilica of Saint-Martin, Tours, France
0 miracles · 1 relics→
Early 6th century, Constantinople (a metal-worker by training) — 595
St. John IV the Faster
Ioannes Nesteutes — Patriarch of Constantinople (582–595) — Foundational Compiler of the Eastern Penitential
Hagia Sophia, Constantinople (the Patriarchal cathedral), Turkey
0 miracles · 1 relics→
530 — 596
St. Asaph
Asaph Sant — Second Bishop of Llanelwy (St Asaph) — Disciple of St. Kentigern of Glasgow
Cathedral of St Asaph, Denbighshire, North Wales, United Kingdom
1 miracles · 1 relics→
521 — 597
St. Columba of Iona
Apostle of Scotland — Dove of the Church
Iona Abbey, United Kingdom
1 miracles · 1 relics→