Matilda of Saxony, Queen of the Germans«Mathilde von Sachsen, Königin des ostfränkischen Reiches»
(c. 892–968)
Widow
Place of birth:Duchy of Saxony (Carolingian Empire)†
Place of death:Duchy of Saxony (Holy Roman Empire)††
Feastday
14 March
Patronage
Patron of:people with disappointing children
†Hartogdom Sassen / Herzogtum Sachsen (Karolingerreich) (Imperium Romanum, Universum Regnum, Romanorum sive, Francorum Imperium, Imperium Christianum) [804–911]
††Hartogdom Sassen / Herzogtum Sachsen (Heiliges Römisches Reich) (Sacrum Imperium Romanum) [962–1296]
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