Bruno of Querfurt«Brun von Querfurt / Bonifacius»
(c. 970–1009)
Bishop (of the Pechenegs†), Martyr, Missionary, Monk
Second Apostle of the Prussians
Orders/Societies Associated with: Camaldolese Hermits of Mount Corona*
Place of birth:Duchy of Saxony (Holy Roman Empire)††
Place of death:Rus' land (Kievan Rus')†††
Place(s) associated with:Poland††††; Pomerania†††††; Ukraine††††††
Feastday
19 June
Patronage
Patron of:Prussia†††††††
*Congregatio Eremitarum Camaldulensium Montis Coronae / Congregazione camaldolese dell'Ordine di San Benedetto [1025]
†Pačanak-i / Bjanak / Πετσενέγοι / Pečenezi / Pieczyngowie / Besenyő / Pecenegi
††Hartogdom Sassen / Herzogtum Sachsen (Heiliges Römisches Reich) (Sacrum Imperium Romanum) [962–1296]
†††ро́усьскаѧ землѧ́ / Ῥῶς / الروس / Garðaríki / Ruthenia [c. 880–1240]
††††Polska
†††††Pommern / Pomorze / Pòmòrskô
††††††Ukrayina
†††††††Preußen / Prūsija / Prūsija / Prūsa
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