Medieval
The 11th century
43 saints, in the order they died
951 — 1003✠ Doctor
St. Gregory of Narek
Mystical Doctor of the Armenian Church
Monastery of Narek (former site, near Lake Van), Turkey
2 miracles · 1 relics→
946 — 1003
Pope Sylvester II (Gerbert of Aurillac)
139th Pope (999–1003); first French pope; mathematician and astronomer of the Latin West
Basilica of St. John Lateran, Rome — his episcopal cathedral; tomb in the nave, Italy
2 miracles · 1 relics→
910 — 1004
St. Nilus the Younger of Rossano
Greek-Calabrian abbot; founder of Grottaferrata Abbey
Abbazia di Santa Maria di Grottaferrata, Rome — his foundation of 1004; the only surviving Greek Byzantine-rite Catholic monastery in continuous liturgical use since the medieval Latin West, in continuous use 1004 to present, Italy
1 miracles · 1 relics→
974 — 1009
St. Bruno of Querfurt
Apostle of the Prussians — Missionary Martyr
Querfurt, Saxony, Germany
0 miracles · 1 relics→
986 — 1015
Sts. Boris and Gleb
martyr-princes of Kievan Rus'; passion-bearer (strastoterptsy) saints of the Russian Catholic-Orthodox tradition
Cathedral of Boris and Gleb at Vyshhorod (near Kiev), Ukraine — their original shrine; also the Cathedral of Sts. Boris and Gleb at Chernihiv (1123) and at Ryazan, with the principal Russian devotion preserved in countless Boris-and-Gleb churches across Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus, Ukraine
2 miracles · 1 relics→
970 — 1015
St. Adelaide of Vilich
Ottonian princess-abbess of Vilich; Rhineland women's monastic founder
Vilich Abbey (Stift Vilich, now part of Bonn-Vilich), Germany — her governance from c. 998; the Romanesque collegiate church survives in continuous Catholic use as the parish church of St. Peter, Bonn-Vilich, Germany
1 miracles · 1 relics→
949 — 1022
St. Symeon the New Theologian
The Third Theologian — Mystic of the Uncreated Light
Monastery of St. Mamas, Constantinople, Turkey
1 miracles · 0 relics→
960 — 1022
St. Bernward of Hildesheim
Bishop of Hildesheim 993–1022; Ottonian-Salian Catholic artist-bishop
Abbey Church of St. Michael (Michaeliskirche), Hildesheim, Germany — his personal foundation; UNESCO World Heritage Site (inscribed 1985, with the adjoining cathedral), Germany
2 miracles · 1 relics→
973 — 1024
St. Henry II
Holy Roman Emperor — The Pious Emperor
Bamberg Cathedral, Germany
1 miracles · 1 relics→
980 — 1024
Pope Benedict VIII
143rd Pope (1012–1024); reformer pope ally of Emperor St. Henry II
St. Peter's Basilica, Rome — tomb in the Vatican grottoes, Vatican City
2 miracles · 1 relics→
951 — 1027
St. Romuald of Ravenna
Founder of the Camaldolese Order — Father of the Hermit Reform
Hermitage of Camaldoli, Casentino, Italy
0 miracles · 1 relics→
1000 — 1031
St. Imre (Emeric) of Hungary
Royal prince — perpetual virgin in marriage
Basilica of Székesfehérvár (medieval Coronation Basilica), Hungary
1 miracles · 1 relics→
951 — 1031
St. Dominic of Sora (Dominic of Foligno)
Italian hermit-abbot; central-Italian monastic founder
Abbey of Sora (Abbazia di San Domenico), Sora, Lazio, Italy — his foundation; in continuous Catholic use to the present day, Italy
2 miracles · 1 relics→
975 — 1038
St. Stephen of Hungary
István — first apostolic king of Hungary
Esztergom Basilica, Hungary
3 miracles · 2 relics→
960 — 1038
St. Godehard of Hildesheim
Bishop of Hildesheim 1022–1038; reforming successor to St. Bernward
Basilica of St. Godehard (Godehardikirche), Hildesheim, Germany — built 1133–1172 over his tomb; UNESCO-area Catholic basilica, Germany
2 miracles · 1 relics→
975 — 1040
St. Cunigunde of Luxembourg
Holy Roman Empress — Co-Founder of Bamberg
Bamberg Cathedral, Germany
1 miracles · 1 relics→
980 — 1046
St. Gerard of Csanád
Italian-Hungarian missionary bishop; first Bishop of Csanád; martyr of Hungarian Catholic Christianity
Gellért Hill (Gellérthegy), Budapest, Hungary — the hillside named for him and bearing his martyrdom-cliff; also the Cathedral of Csanád (modern Cenad, Romania) — his episcopal see, Hungary
2 miracles · 1 relics→
962 — 1049
St. Odilo of Cluny
Fifth Abbot of Cluny — Founder of All Souls' Day
Cluny Abbey, France
1 miracles · 1 relics→
970 — 1053
St. Procopius of Sázava
Bohemian hermit-abbot; founder of Sázava Abbey; patron of the Czech Catholic tradition
Sázava Monastery (Sázavský klášter), Sázava, Czech Republic — his foundation of c. 1032; the principal Slavonic-rite Catholic monastery in central Europe; in modified continuous use to the present day, Czech Republic
2 miracles · 1 relics→
1002 — 1054♕ Pope #152
St. Leo IX
Bruno of Egisheim — Pope of the Gregorian Reform
St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican, Vatican City
2 miracles · 1 relics→
1013 — 1054
Bl. Hermann of Reichenau
Hermann the Cripple — Composer of the Salve Regina
Reichenau Abbey, Lake Constance, Germany
0 miracles · 1 relics→
1000 — 1055
St. Hilarion of Kiev
Metropolitan of Kiev (1051–1055); first native-Slavic Metropolitan of the Russian Catholic-Orthodox tradition
Kiev-Pechersk Lavra (Monastery of the Caves), Kiev, Ukraine — his hermitage-cave is believed to be one of the original cave-hermitages from which the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra was established by Sts. Anthony and Theodosius; UNESCO World Heritage Site (inscribed 1990), Ukraine
2 miracles · 1 relics→
1000 — 1057
St. Iñigo of Oña
Spanish Benedictine abbot; Castilian-Cluniac reformer; namesake of St. Ignatius Loyola
Abbey of San Salvador de Oña (Monasterio de San Salvador de Oña), Oña, Burgos, Spain — his governance; in continuous Catholic use to the present day, Spain
2 miracles · 1 relics→
995 — 1060
St. Dominic Loricatus (Dominic the Mailed)
Italian hermit; extreme ascetic of the Camaldolese-Romualdine tradition; companion of St. Peter Damian
Hermitage of Fonte Avellana (Eremo di Fonte Avellana), Marche, Italy — the Romualdine-Camaldolese hermitage under St. Peter Damian; in continuous Catholic use 980 to present, Italy
1 miracles · 1 relics→
1003 — 1066
St. Edward the Confessor
King of England — Last Anglo-Saxon Royal Saint
Westminster Abbey, London, United Kingdom
2 miracles · 1 relics→
1000 — 1067
St. Robert of Chaise-Dieu (Robert of La Chaise-Dieu)
founder of the Abbey of La Chaise-Dieu; Auvergne monastic reformer
Abbey of La Chaise-Dieu (Abbaye Saint-Robert de La Chaise-Dieu), Auvergne, France — his foundation of 1043; the late-Gothic abbey-church (1344–1352) is the architectural masterpiece of the Auvergne Catholic tradition, France
2 miracles · 1 relics→
1007 — 1072✠ Doctor
St. Peter Damian
Monk of the Holy Cross — Doctor of the Church
Cathedral of Faenza, Italy
2 miracles · 1 relics→
983 — 1073
St. Anthony of Kiev
Father of Russian Monasticism — Founder of the Kiev Caves Lavra
Kiev Pechersk Lavra (Caves Monastery), Ukraine
0 miracles · 1 relics→
985 — 1073
St. John Gualbert
Founder of the Vallombrosan Congregation — The Reconciled Knight
Vallombrosa Abbey, Apennines above Florence, Italy
1 miracles · 1 relics→
1000 — 1073
St. Dominic of Silos
Spanish Benedictine abbot of Silos 1041–1073; Castilian-Cluniac reformer; patron of pregnant women and the hostage-redeemer tradition
Abbey of Santo Domingo de Silos (Monasterio de Santo Domingo de Silos), Silos, Burgos, Spain — his governance; the Romanesque cloister (c. 1085) is one of the principal Romanesque sculptural monuments of medieval Europe; in continuous Catholic Benedictine use to the present day, Spain
2 miracles · 1 relics→
1029 — 1074
St. Theodosius of Kiev
Father of the Kiev Caves Lavra — Founder of Russian Cenobitic Monasticism
Kiev Pechersk Lavra (Caves Monastery), Ukraine
1 miracles · 1 relics→
1010 — 1075
St. Anno of Cologne (Anno II)
Archbishop of Cologne 1056–1075; regent of Emperor Henry IV; author of the Annolied
Abbey of Siegburg (Abtei Michaelsberg), Siegburg, Germany — his personal foundation of 1064; his tomb; a UNESCO World Heritage candidate, Germany
2 miracles · 1 relics→
1030 — 1079
St. Stanislaus of Szczepanów
Bishop of Kraków — Martyr at the Altar — Principal Patron of Poland
Wawel Cathedral, Kraków, Poland
2 miracles · 1 relics→
1020 — 1081
St. Bernard of Menthon (Bernard of Aosta)
founder of the Great and Little St. Bernard Pass hospices; patron of Alpinists and skiers
Great St. Bernard Hospice (Hospice du Grand-Saint-Bernard), Great St. Bernard Pass (2,469 m), Swiss-Italian border (Canton Valais / Aosta Valley) — his foundation of c. 1050; in continuous Catholic Augustinian Canons liturgical use 1050 to present, Switzerland
2 miracles · 1 relics→
1015 — 1085♕ Pope #157
St. Gregory VII
Hildebrand — architect of the Gregorian Reform
Cathedral of Salerno, Italy
2 miracles · 1 relics→
1036 — 1086
St. Anselm of Lucca (the Younger)
Bishop of Lucca 1073–1086; canon-law collector; principal theological-canonical adviser of Pope Gregory VII
Basilica of Sant'Andrea, Mantua, Italy — his tomb; the basilica also famously preserves the relics of the Holy Blood of Mantua (the reputed earth-and-blood from the Crucifixion brought to Mantua by St. Longinus, subject of Mantegna's famous engraving), Italy
1 miracles · 1 relics→
1027 — 1087
Pope Bl. Victor III (Desiderius of Monte Cassino)
158th Pope (1086–1087); Abbot of Monte Cassino; artistic-cultural patron of the great High-Medieval Monte Cassino
Abbey of Monte Cassino, Lazio, Italy — founded by St. Benedict of Nursia c. 529; Desiderius's golden age 1058–1086; destroyed by Allied bombing February 15, 1944, faithfully rebuilt 1948–1964; in continuous Catholic Benedictine liturgical use to the present day, Italy
2 miracles · 1 relics→
1005 — 1089
St. Lanfranc of Bec
Archbishop of Canterbury 1070–1089; first Norman Archbishop of England; theologian of transubstantiation
Canterbury Cathedral, Kent, England — his archiepiscopal see; he rebuilt the Norman cathedral 1070–1077 after the fire of 1067; the mother-church of the Anglican Communion, United Kingdom
2 miracles · 1 relics→
1045 — 1093
St. Margaret of Scotland
Queen of Scots — Mother of Scottish Catholicism
Dunfermline Abbey, Fife, United Kingdom
1 miracles · 1 relics→
1040 — 1095
St. Ladislaus I of Hungary
László — the chivalrous king
Cathedral Basilica of Győr, Hungary
3 miracles · 1 relics→
1008 — 1095
St. Wulfstan of Worcester
Bishop of Worcester — The Last Anglo-Saxon Bishop
Worcester Cathedral, United Kingdom
1 miracles · 1 relics→
1042 — 1099
Bl. Pope Urban II
159th Pope (1088–1099); preacher of the First Crusade at the Council of Clermont (1095)
St. Peter's Basilica, Rome — tomb in the Vatican grottoes; also the Cathedral of Clermont-Ferrand, France — the site of the Council of Clermont (November 27, 1095) where Urban II preached the First Crusade, Vatican City
2 miracles · 1 relics→
1030 — 1099
St. Osmund of Salisbury
Bishop of Salisbury 1078–1099; author of the Sarum Use (the medieval English liturgical rite)
Salisbury Cathedral, Wiltshire, England — his relics translated 1226 from Old Sarum to the new Salisbury Cathedral; in continuous Catholic-then-Anglican use 1226 to present, United Kingdom
2 miracles · 1 relics→