Benedict of Nursia«Benedictus Nursiae / Benedetto da Norcia»

(c. 480–547)
Abbot / ἡγούμενος (of Abbey of Montecassino), Founder, Mystic
Founder of Western Monastacism, Latin Father of the Church, Patron of Europe
Orders/Societies Associated with: Benedictines*
Place of birth:Kingdom of Italy (Kingdom of Odoacer)††
Place of death:Kingdom of Italy (Ostrogothic Kingdom)†††
Feastday
11 July
Beatification
22/05/2024 by Honorius III
Patronage
Patron of:Europe††††
Patron of:architects, cavers, coppersmiths, farmworkers, monks, servants who break things, the dying
Invoked against:afflictions associated with the kidneys, erysipelas {St. Anthony's fire}, fever, gallstones, gossipmongers, inflammatory diseases, poison, temptations of the Devil, witchcraft
*Order of Saint Benedict / Ordo Sancti Benedicti [529]
Abbazia di Montecassino / Abbatia Montis Casini [529– ]
††Regnum Italiae (Regnum Odoacris) [476–493]
†††Regnum Italiae (Regnum Ostrogotorum) / Βασίλειο της Ιταλίας (Βασίλειο των Οστρογότθων) [493–553]
††††Europa / An Eoraip / Európa / Европа / Ευρώπη / Ewropa / Eurooppa / Evropa / אייראפע

Saints

This is by no means an exhaustive collection of saints. Many newly canonised saints may be missing and many local saints for which I could only find scant information on have been left out. But this is a substantial collection nonetheless.

The names of the saints are listed as they would have appeared in the time the saint lived (to the best I can determine). Click on the saint’s name in the list to see more information about that saint. If you wish to see saints for a different date, select that date below. Or you can select a saint by their name or by places they are associated with.

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Sources

Information has been gathered predominantly from the following books:
D’Arcy, Mary Ryan. The Saints of Ireland. St. Paul, MN: Irish American Cultural Institute. 1974.
Kelly, Sean and Rogers, Rosemary. The Saint-a-Day Guide. New York: Random House Trade Paperback. 2001.
Ó Riain, Pádraig. A Dictionary of Irish Saints. Dublin: Four Courts Press. 2011.
Thurston S.J., Herbert J. and Attwater Donald, eds. Butler’s Lives of the Saints. Westminster, MD: Christian Classics. 1990
and the following websites:
and various vetted articles in: Wikipedia