Chronological list of saints and blesseds: 8
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A list of 8th century saints:
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Mauruntius | 634 | 701 | |||
Berlinda (Berlindis, Bellaude) | 702 | ||||
Colman of Lismore | 702 | Bishop of Lismore Bishop of Lismore, Ireland The Bishop of Lismore was a separate episcopal title which took its name after the town of Lismore in County Waterford, Ireland.-History:The diocese of Lismore was one of the twenty-four dioceses established by the Synod of Rathbreasail in 1111. The see of Ardmore was incorporated with Lismore in... |
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Tillo (Theau, Tilman, or Hillonius) | 702 | ||||
Claudius of Besançon Claudius of Besançon Saint Claudius of Besançon , sometimes called Claude the Thaumaturge , was a priest, monk, abbot, and bishop. A native of Franche-Comté, Claudius became a priest at Besançon and later a monk. Georges Goyau in the Catholic Encyclopedia wrote that “The Life of St... |
703 | Bishop of Besançon | |||
Paduinus (Pavin of Le Mans) | 703 | ||||
Adamnan | 624 | 704 | |||
Austreberta (Eustreberta) | 704 | ||||
Trumwin | 704 | Bishop of the Picts Picts The Picts were a group of Late Iron Age and Early Mediaeval people living in what is now eastern and northern Scotland. There is an association with the distribution of brochs, place names beginning 'Pit-', for instance Pitlochry, and Pictish stones. They are recorded from before the Roman conquest... |
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Vulganius (Wulganus, Wulgan) | 704 | ||||
Bertulf Saint Bertulf of Renty Saint Bertulf, O.S.B. was born in either Pannonia or Germany; he died in Artois in 705. He became a monk later in his life and founded a Benedictine abbey at Renty.... (Bertoul) |
705 | ||||
Bosa | 705 | Bishop of York | |||
Desiderius Desiderius Desiderius was the last king of the Lombard Kingdom of northern Italy... |
705 | ||||
Hedda | 705 | Bishop of Winchester Bishop of Winchester The Bishop of Winchester is the head of the Church of England diocese of Winchester, with his cathedra at Winchester Cathedral in Hampshire.The bishop is one of five Church of England bishops to be among the Lords Spiritual regardless of their length of service. His diocese is one of the oldest and... |
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Lambert | 633 | 705 | Bishop of Maestricht | ||
Bonitus Bonitus (bishop) Saint Bonitus was born in France and held a number of important positions including being appointed governor of Marseilles in 667. He began a short tenure as bishop of Clermont in 689. He resigned because of questions about the validity of his election... (Bonet) |
623 | 706 | Bishop of Clermont | ||
Decuman (Dagan) | 706 | ||||
Hiduiphus (Hidulf, Hidulphus) | 707 | Bishop of Trier | |||
John and Benignus | 707 | ||||
Tetricus | 707 | Bishop of Auxerre | |||
Aldhelm (Adelemus, Athelmas, Adelnie, Eadelhelm, Aedelhem) | 639 | 709 | Bishop of Sherborne | ||
Wilfrid Wilfrid Wilfrid was an English bishop and saint. Born a Northumbrian noble, he entered religious life as a teenager and studied at Lindisfarne, at Canterbury, in Gaul, and at Rome; he returned to Northumbria in about 660, and became the abbot of a newly founded monastery at Ripon... |
634 | 709 | Bishop of York | ||
Adrian of Canterbury Adrian of Canterbury Saint Adrian of Canterbury was a famous scholar and the Abbot of St Augustine's Abbey in Canterbury in the English county of Kent.-Life:... |
710 | ||||
Bagnus (Bagne, Bain) | 710 | ||||
Bilhild | 710 | ||||
Damian Damian of Pavia Damian of Pavia was Bishop of Pavia, who mediated relations between the Lombards and the emperors of the Byzantine Empire. Damian is known for his opposition to the heretical Monotheists.-References:... |
710 | Bishop of Pavia | |||
Emebert Emebert Saint Emebert, often identified with bishop Ablebert of Cambrai . He would have been the son of Duke Witger of Lotharingia and Saint Amalberga of Maubeuge. His siblings include four other saints, Ermelinde, Gudula, Pharaildis and Reineldis. According the Gesta Episcoporum Cameracensis he was buried... |
710 | Bishop of Cambrai | |||
Indractus Indract of Glastonbury Indract or Indracht was a saint who, along with his companions, was venerated at Glastonbury Abbey, a monastery in the county of Somerset in south-western England... , Dominica, and Companions |
710 | ||||
Wilfrid Wilfrid Wilfrid was an English bishop and saint. Born a Northumbrian noble, he entered religious life as a teenager and studied at Lindisfarne, at Canterbury, in Gaul, and at Rome; he returned to Northumbria in about 660, and became the abbot of a newly founded monastery at Ripon... |
634 | 710 | |||
Armentarius Armentarius Armentarius was the Bishop of Mondoñedo, when its seat was still at Dumium, from at least 984 until his death sometime between 1018 and 1025.... |
711 | Bishop of Antibes | |||
Gudula Gudula Saint Gudula was born in the pagus of Brabant . According to her 11th-century biography , written in Lobbes Abbey between 1048 and 1051, she was the daughter of a duke of Lotharingia called Witger and Amalberga of Maubeuge... |
712 | ||||
Hildelitba | 712 | ||||
Vindician | 712 | Bishop of Arras-Cambrai | |||
Liutwin (Ludwin) | 713 | Bishop of Trier | |||
Swithbert (Suitbert) | 647 | 713 | |||
Ursmar Ursmar Ursmar was a missionary bishop, appointed abbot of Lobbes by the Frankish king Pippin II.He may have been of Irish origin; he is credited also with the foundation of Aulne Abbey and Wallers Abbey. He is a Catholic saint, feast day April 19. A Life was written by Heriger of Lobbes.... |
713 | ||||
Agia Agia Agia, Ayia, Aghia, Hagia may refer to:Greek word:*Agia/Ayia/Aghia/Hagia , the Greek word for "saint" , e.g. Agia Varvara... (Aye, Austregildis) |
714 | ||||
Clotsindis (Clotsend, Glodesind) | 635 | 714 | |||
Elfleda Ælfflæd of Whitby Saint Ælfflæd was the daughter of King Oswiu of Northumbria and Eanflæd. She was abbess of Whitby Abbey from the death of her kinswoman Hilda in 680, first jointly with her mother, then alone.Most of Ælfflæd's life was spent as a nun... (Edifleda, Elfeda, Elgiva, Ethelfieda) |
714 | ||||
Guthlac | 673 | 714 | |||
Hubert Hubert Hubert is a Germanic given name, from hug "mind" and beraht "bright".It also occurs as a surname, possibly derived from "Houber's son" or " of Heber" or simply "Heberite".people called Hubert... (Hugbert) |
714 | ||||
Notburga Notburga Saint Notburga , also known as Notburga of Rattenberg or Notburga of Eben, was an Austrian saint from modern Tyrol. She is the patron saint of servants and peasants.... |
714 | ||||
Adalsindis | 715 | ||||
Fructus Saint Fructus Saint Fructus was a Castilian hermit of the eighth century venerated as a saint. Christian tradition states that he had two siblings, named Valentine and Engratia . They all lived as hermits on a mountain in the region of Sepúlveda... |
715 | ||||
Milburga | 715 | ||||
Richimir | 715 | ||||
Blessed Thomas de Maurienne | 715 | ||||
Coelfrid | 642 | 716 | |||
Donald Donald Donald is a male given name. It is an anglicized form of the Scottish Gaelic or Irish Gaelic personal name Domhnall, Dòmhnall, Dumhnuil and/or Dónall. This contains the elements dumno meaning "world" and val meaning "rule" . Compare Dumnorix... |
716 | ||||
Dúnchad mac Cinn Fáelad | 717 | ||||
Egwin Egwin Egcwine was the third Bishop of Worcester in England.-Life:He was the founder of the Evesham Abbey. His biographers say that king, clergy, and commonalty all united in demanding his elevation as bishop; but the popularity which led him to the episcopal office dissipated in response to his... |
717 | Bishop of Worcester Bishop of Worcester The Bishop of Worcester is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Worcester in the Province of Canterbury, England. He is the head of the Diocese of Worcester in the Province of Canterbury... |
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Hildelitha | 717 | ||||
Erentrude | 718 | ||||
John of Atares | 718 | ||||
Leothade | 718 | Bishop of Auch | |||
Rupert of Salzburg Rupert of Salzburg Rupert of Salzburg is a saint in the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches and a founder of the Austrian city of Salzburg... (Robert of Hrodbert) |
718 | Bishop of Worms | |||
Pega Pega Pega , was an anchoress of Mercia, and the sister of Saint Guthlac. She was born in Mercia. She lived as an anchoress at Peakirk in the modern county of Cambridgeshire, not far from Guthlac's hermitage at Crowland. When he realized that his end was near in 714, he invited her to his funeral... |
719 | ||||
Egwin Egwin Egcwine was the third Bishop of Worcester in England.-Life:He was the founder of the Evesham Abbey. His biographers say that king, clergy, and commonalty all united in demanding his elevation as bishop; but the popularity which led him to the episcopal office dissipated in response to his... |
720 | ||||
Engelmund | 720 | ||||
Evremond (Ebremund) | 720 | ||||
Hermenland (Erblon, Herbland, Hermel) | 720 | ||||
Meneleus (Mauvier, Menele) | 720 | ||||
Odilia (Ottilia) | 720 | ||||
Richard of Lucca | 720 | ||||
Sacerdos of Limoges Sacerdos of Limoges Saint Sacerdos of Limoges is a French saint. He was born near Sarlat and became a monk. He was the founder and abbot of Calviac Abbey. He was later appointed bishop of Limoges... (Sardon, Serdot) |
720 | Bishop of Limoges | |||
Thomas of Farfa (Thomas of Maurienne) | 720 | Abbot of Farfa | |||
Vodalus (Voel, Vodoaldus) | 720 | ||||
Wulframn | 720 | Bishop of Sens | |||
Fergus Saint Fergus Saint Fergus was an Irish bishop who went to Scotland as a missionary.He settled near Strageath and founded three churches in Strogeth and two in Caithness. He may have also founded churches in Inverugie, Banff, and Dyce... (Fergustian, Fergus of Scotland) |
721 | ||||
John of Beverly | 721 | Bishop of York | |||
Malrubius (Maelrubha) | 642 | 722 | |||
Modestus Modestus (Apostle of Carinthia) Modestus , called the Apostle of Carinthia, Apostle of Carantania, was most probably an Irish monk and the evangelizer of the Carantanians, an Alpine Slavic people in the south of present-day Austria and north-eastern Slovenia, which were among the ancestors of present-day Slovenes.Upon the request... |
722 | Bishop of Carinthia Duchy of Carinthia The Duchy of Carinthia was a duchy located in southern Austria and parts of northern Slovenia. It was separated from the Duchy of Bavaria in 976, then the first newly created Imperial State beside the original German stem duchies.... |
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Oda Saint Oda Saint Oda of Scotland was a woman, supposedly of Scottish origin, who became a holy woman in the Netherlands.-Life:Oda was born blind and her father sent her on pilgrimage to Liège to visit the relics of Saint Lambert. While praying at Saint Lambert's grave she was miraculously cured from her... |
723 | ||||
Giles Saint Giles Saint Giles was a Greek Christian hermit saint from Athens, whose legend is centered in Provence and Septimania. The tomb in the abbey Giles was said to have founded, in St-Gilles-du-Gard, became a place of pilgrimage and a stop on the road that led from Arles to Santiago de Compostela, the... |
724 | ||||
Voloc | 724 | ||||
Aubert of Avranches (Autbert) | 725 | Bishop of Avranches | |||
Benedict Crispus Benedict Crispus -Biography:He was archbishop of Milan for forty-five years, and was involved in a lawsuit. Benedict is remembered for writing the epitaph for Caedwalla, the king of Wessex who was buried in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.His feast day is March 11.-External links:... |
725 | ||||
Benignus | 725 | ||||
Beregisius | 725 | ||||
Bertha Bertha Bertha is a female Germanic name, from Old High German berhta meaning "bright one".The name occurs as a theonym, surviving as Berchta, a figure in Alpine folklore connected to the Wild Hunt, probably an epithet of *Frijjō in origin.... |
650 | 725 | |||
Cuthburga Cuthburga Saint Cuthburh or Cuthburg was the first abbess of Wimborne Minster. She was the sister of Ine, King of Wessex and was married to the Northumbrian king Aldfrith.... |
725 | ||||
Gobrain Gobrain Saint Gobrain was a Breton monk and Bishop of Vannes. At the age of 87 he retired from his see to be a hermit.-See also:*Chronological list of saints and blesseds in the 8th century... |
725 | Bishop of Vannes | |||
Paternus Paternus Saint Paternus of Avranches in Normandy was born around the year 482, although the exact year is unknown, in Poitiers, Poitou. He was born into a Christian family. His father Patranus went to Ireland to spend his days as a hermit in holy solitude. Because of this, Paternus embraced religious life.... |
726 | ||||
Perseveranda (Pezaine) | 726 | ||||
Willeic (Willeich, Willaik, Velleicus) | 726 | ||||
Hubert Hubert Hubert is a Germanic given name, from hug "mind" and beraht "bright".It also occurs as a surname, possibly derived from "Houber's son" or " of Heber" or simply "Heberite".people called Hubert... |
727 | Bishop of Maastricht | |||
Cele-Christ | 728 | Bishop of Leinster Leinster Leinster is one of the Provinces of Ireland situated in the east of Ireland. It comprises the ancient Kingdoms of Mide, Osraige and Leinster. Following the Norman invasion of Ireland, the historic fifths of Leinster and Mide gradually merged, mainly due to the impact of the Pale, which straddled... |
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Egbert | 640 | 729 | Bishop of Iona Iona Iona is a small island in the Inner Hebrides off the western coast of Scotland. It was a centre of Irish monasticism for four centuries and is today renowned for its tranquility and natural beauty. It is a popular tourist destination and a place for retreats... |
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Adele | 730 | ||||
Corbinian Corbinian Saint Corbinian was a Frankish bishop. His feast day is September 8. The commemoration of the translation of his relics is November 20.-Life:... |
730 | Bishop of Friesling | |||
Hugh Hugh of Champagne Saint Hugh, Hugh of Champagne, or St Hugh of Rouen , was the grandson of Pepin of Heristal and Plectrude and son of Drogo of Champagne and Anstrude, herself daughter of Waratton and Ansflede. Both Waratton and Drogo were mayors of the palaces.He was, though still a layman, endowed with the... |
730 | Bishop of Rouen | |||
Ina | 730 | ||||
Julian Julian Julian is a common male given name in Britain, United States, Ireland, Germany, Poland, the Netherlands, France , Spain, Latin America and elsewhere.... |
730 | ||||
Moderan (Moran, Moderammus) | 730 | Bishop of Rennes | |||
Romulus Romulus - People:* Romulus and Remus, the mythical founders of Rome* Romulus Augustulus, the last Western Roman Emperor* Valerius Romulus , deified son of the Roman emperor Maxentius* Romulus , son of the Western Roman emperor Anthemius... |
730 | ||||
Salvius Salvius Salvius was a flute player who was proclaimed king by the rebelling slaves of ancient Sicily during the Second Servile War. He assumed the name Tryphon, from Diodotus Tryphon, a Seleucid ruler. For some time, he waged war against the Romans.... |
730 | ||||
Altigianus and Hilarinus | 731 | ||||
Brithwald (Berhtwald) | 731 | ||||
Gregory II Pope Gregory II Pope Saint Gregory II was pope from May 19, 715 to his death on February 11, 731, succeeding Pope Constantine. Having, it is said, bought off the Lombards for thirty pounds of gold, Charles Martel having refused his call for aid, he used the tranquillity thus obtained for vigorous missionary... |
669 | 731 | pope | ||
Marinus | 731 | ||||
Winewald (Winebald) | 731 | Abbot of Beverley | |||
Aventinus | 732 | ||||
Germanus of Constantinople | 634 | 732 | |||
Porcarius and Companions | 732 | ||||
Theofrid Theofrid Saint Theofrid of Orange was an abbot of Calmeliac or Carmery-en-Velay , situated near Le Puy-en-Velay and originally founded by Saint Calminius.A native of Orange, he is venerated as a martyr, as Christian tradition holds that he was... (Theofredus) |
732 | Abbot of Le Monastier | |||
Bercthun | 733 | Abbot of Beverley | |||
Britwin | 733 | Abbot of Beverley | |||
Tola Tola of Clonard Saint Tola is the name of a seventh-century Irish Roman Catholic saint also referred to as "a good soldier of Christ". Tola, the reputed son of Donchad is also referred to as Thola or Tolanus. He died between 733 and 737.... |
733 | Bishop of Meath Roman Catholic Diocese of Meath The Diocese of Meath is a Roman Catholic diocese in eastern Ireland. It is one of eight suffragan dioceses which are subject to the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Armagh... |
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Kentigerna Kentigerna Caintigern , or Saint Kentigerna, was a daughter of Cellach Cualann, King of Leinster, and of Caintigern, daughter of Conaing Cuirre. Her feast is listed in the Aberdeen Breviary for 7 January.... |
734 | ||||
Tatwine | 734 | ||||
Bede Bede Bede , also referred to as Saint Bede or the Venerable Bede , was a monk at the Northumbrian monastery of Saint Peter at Monkwearmouth, today part of Sunderland, England, and of its companion monastery, Saint Paul's, in modern Jarrow , both in the Kingdom of Northumbria... |
672 | 735 | |||
Frideswide Frideswide Saint Frithuswith was an English princess and abbess who is credited with establishing Christ Church in Oxford.-Life:... |
735 | ||||
Hypatius and Andrew | 735 | ||||
Peter | 735 | Bishop of Pavia | |||
Theodota | 735 | ||||
Pardulphus Pardulphus Saint Pardulphus was a Frankish saint and Benedictine abbot. He is the author of the Vita Pardulfi, which is notable for the insight it provides into life in Aquitaine at that time.... (Pardulf, Pardoux) |
657 | 737 | |||
Agofredus Agofredus Agofredus was a French monk and saint. Brother of Leutfridus, he was a Benedictine known throughout Normandy for his holiness. He died in 738; his feast day is June 21.-References:*... (Geoffrey) |
738 | ||||
Leutfridus Leutfridus Leutfridus was a French monk and saint of the eighth century.Leutfridus studied at Condat Abbey and at Chartres, and was for a time a teacher at Evreux. A Benedictine, he was also a spiritual student of Saint Sidonius of Saint-Saëns. He spent time as a hermit at Cailly and at Rouen; he founded... (Leufroy) |
738 | ||||
Wigbert Wigbert Saint Wigbert, born in Wessex around 670, was an Anglo-Saxon Benedictine monk from the monastery of Glastonbury and a missionary and disciple of Saint Boniface who traveled with the latter in Frisia and northern and central Germany to convert the local tribes to Christianity... |
738 | ||||
Engermund | 739 | ||||
Lucerius Lucerius Lucerius was the third Abbot of Farfa, succeeding Aunepert in 724 at the latest. He was originally from Provence and had been raised at Farfa by Thomas of Maurienne, the first abbot. Lucerius' abbacy was a period of growth and expansion on the part of the abbey. In his first year he received a... |
739 | ||||
Samthann Samthann Saint Samthann was purportedly a Christian nun and abbess in early Medieval Ireland. She is one of only four female Irish saints for whom extant Latin Lives exist... |
739 | ||||
Willibrord Willibrord __notoc__Willibrord was a Northumbrian missionary saint, known as the "Apostle to the Frisians" in the modern Netherlands... |
658 | 739 | |||
Acca Acca of Hexham Acca , Bishop of Hexham.Born in Northumbria, Acca first served in the household of Bosa, the future Bishop of York, but later attached himself to Saint Wilfrid, possibly as early as 678, and accompanied him on his travels. On the return from their second journey to Rome in 692, Wilfrid was... |
740 | Bishop of Hexham Bishop of Hexham The Bishop of Hexham was an episcopal title which took its name after the market town of Hexham in Northumberland, England. The title was first used by the Anglo-Saxons in the 7th and 9th centuries, and then by the Roman Catholic Church in the 19th century.... |
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Adalbert of Egmond Adalbert of Egmond Saint Adalbert of Egmond was a Northumbrian Anglo-Saxon missionary. He was one of Saint Willibrord's companions in preaching the gospel in Holland and Frisia.... |
740 | ||||
Andrew of Crete Andrew of Crete For the martyr of 766 of the same name, see Andrew of Crete .Saint Andrew of Crete For the martyr of 766 of the same name, see Andrew of Crete (martyr).Saint Andrew (Andreas) of Crete (also known as Andrew of Jerusalem) For the martyr of 766 of the same name, see Andrew of Crete (martyr).Saint... |
660 | 740 | |||
Ebbo | 740 | Bishop of Sens | |||
Nothelm Nothelm Nothhelm was a medieval Anglo-Saxon Archbishop of Canterbury. A correspondent of both Bede and Boniface, it was Nothhelm who gathered materials from Canterbury for Bede's historical works. After his appointment to the archbishopric in 735, he attended to ecclesiastical matters, including holding... |
740 | ||||
Pharaildis Pharaildis Saint Pharaildis , patron saint of Ghent, was married against her will at a young age with a nobleman, even after having made a private vow of virginity. Her husband insisted that she was married to him, and her sexual fidelity was owed to him, not God. She was therefore physically abused for her... (Varelde, Veerle, or Verylde) |
740 | ||||
Vitalis Vitalis Vitalis may refer to:* Saint Vitalis* Vitalis of Farfa, abbot circa 889... |
740 | ||||
Attala | 687 | 741 | |||
Eutychius Eutychius Eutychius was the last Exarch of Ravenna .The exarchate had risen in revolt in 727 at the imposition of iconoclasm; the Exarch Paul lost his life attempting to quash the revolt. In response, Emperor Leo III sent the patrician Eutychius to take control of the situation. Eutychius landed in Naples,... (Eustathius) and Companions |
741 | ||||
Gregory III Pope Gregory III Pope Saint Gregory III was pope from 731 to 741. A Syrian by birth, he succeeded Gregory II in March 731. His pontificate, like that of his predecessor, was disturbed by the iconoclastic controversy in the Byzantine Empire, in which he vainly invoked the intervention of Charles Martel.Elected by... |
741 | pope | |||
Eucherius of Orléans Eucherius of Orléans Saint Eucherius of Orléans , nephew of Suavaric, bishop of Auxerre, was Bishop of Orléans.Reading the letters of Paul the Apostle led Eucehrius to seek the monastic life in 714, when he retired to the Abbey of Jumièges in the Diocese of Rouen. After seven years his uncle, Suavaric, Bishop of... |
743 | ||||
Peter the Scribe | 743 | ||||
Withburga | 743 | ||||
Wilfrid the Younger | 744 | Bishop of York | |||
Adeloga (Hadeloga) | 745 | ||||
Rigobert (Robert) | 745 | ||||
Theodosia Theodosia of Constantinople Saint Theodosia of Constantinople is an Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic Saint and Martyr who lived in the seventh and eight centuries.Theodosia was a nun living at a monastery in Constantinople... and Companions |
745 | ||||
Vitalis Vitalis Vitalis may refer to:* Saint Vitalis* Vitalis of Farfa, abbot circa 889... |
745 | ||||
Floribert | 746 | Bishop of Liège | |||
Gerulph | 746 | ||||
Widradus (Ware) | 747 | ||||
Blessed Petronax Petronax Petronax is a Roman cognomen.It can refer to:*Petronax of Monte Cassino , Benedictine saint... |
600 | 747 | |||
John of Damascus John of Damascus Saint John of Damascus was a Syrian monk and priest... |
676 | 749 | |||
Wicterp (Wicho) | 749 | Bishop of Augsburg Bishop of Augsburg The Bishop of Augsburg is the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Augsburg in the Ecclesiastical province of München und Freising.The diocese covers an area of 13,250 km².The current bishop is Konrad Zdarsa who was appointed in 2010.... |
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Amulwinus | 750 | Bishop of Lobbes Lobbes Lobbes is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Hainaut. On January 1, 2006, Lobbes had a total population of 5,499. The total area is 32.08 km² which gives a population density of 171 inhabitants per km².... |
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Anselm Anselm Anselm may refer to any of several historical figures, or their works:*Saint Anselm, Duke of Friuli, 8th-century Abbot of Nonantula*Anselm of Farfa , abbot*Anselm II *Anselm of Liège , chronicler... |
750 | ||||
Dodo Dodo The dodo was a flightless bird endemic to the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius. Related to pigeons and doves, it stood about a meter tall, weighing about , living on fruit, and nesting on the ground.... |
750 | ||||
Froduiphus (Frou) | 750 | ||||
Gundelindis (Gwendoline) | 750 | ||||
Helena Helena -First name:*Helena , Roman mother of Emperor Constantine*Helena, wife of Julian , Roman daughter of Emperor Constantine*Helena... (Heliada) |
750 | ||||
Himelin Himelin Saint Himelin was a Scottish priest who, returning from a pilgrimage to Rome, fell ill when passing through Vissenaken .... |
750 | ||||
John the Wonder-Worker | 750 | Bishop of Polybatum | |||
Juliana of Pavilly ("Little Sister of Jesus") | 750 | ||||
Peter | 750 | Bishop of Damascus Damascus Damascus , commonly known in Syria as Al Sham , and as the City of Jasmine , is the capital and the second largest city of Syria after Aleppo, both are part of the country's 14 governorates. In addition to being one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, Damascus is a major... |
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Relindis (Renule) | 750 | ||||
Severa Severa Severa is a professional services automation tool used to manage projects, customers, sales, time tracking and billing. Severa is also known as business software for Project Management , Project Portfolio Management and Customer Relationship Management .Accessed online through the Web, Severa is... |
750 | ||||
Theophilus | 750 | ||||
Turiaf | 750 | Bishop of Dol | |||
Ulphia Ulphia Ulphia of Amiens is a saint of the Catholic Church, venerated particularly at Amiens. She was said to be a young girl living on the banks of the Noye who became a hermit at Saint-Acheul, near Amiens, under the spiritual direction of Saint Domitius... |
750 | ||||
Votus, Felix, brothers and hermits, and John (John de Atares) | 750 | ||||
Abel | 751 | ||||
Agilulfus Agilulfus Saint Agilulfus , Abbot of Stavelot, Bishop of Cologne and martyr, died in the year 750. Little is known about this saint, and an early account written by a monk of Malmedy is deemed untrustworthy.... (Agilulf) |
751 | ||||
Edburga Edburga *Saint Edburga of Bicester*Saint Edburga of Minster-in-Thanet *Saint Edburga of Repton*Saint Edburga of Winchester, daughter of King Edward the Elder*Eadburh of Mercia*Eadburg, mother of Queen Ealhswith... |
751 | ||||
Ambrose Ambrose Aurelius Ambrosius, better known in English as Saint Ambrose , was a bishop of Milan who became one of the most influential ecclesiastical figures of the 4th century. He was one of the four original doctors of the Church.-Political career:Ambrose was born into a Roman Christian family between about... |
752 | Bishop of Cahors | |||
Cillene | 752 | ||||
Hildebert Hildebert Hildebert of Lavardin was a French writer and ecclesiastic. His name is also spelled Hydalbert, Gildebert, or Aldebert.-Life:... |
752 | ||||
Zachary Pope Zachary Pope Saint Zachary was Pope of the Catholic Church from 741 to 752. A Greek from Calabria, he was the last pope of the Byzantine Papacy... |
752 | pope | |||
Pirminus (Pirmin) | 753 | ||||
Adalar | 754 | ||||
Boniface | 672? | 754 | Archbishop of Mainz Archbishopric of Mainz The Archbishopric of Mainz or Electorate of Mainz was an influential ecclesiastic and secular prince-bishopric in the Holy Roman Empire between 780–82 and 1802. In the Roman Catholic Church hierarchy, the Archbishop of Mainz was the primas Germaniae, the substitute of the Pope north of the Alps... |
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Burchard Burchard of Würzburg Burchard of Würzburg was a Bishop of Würzburg in 741–754.He was an Anglo-Saxon who left England after the death of his kinsfolk and joined Boniface in his missionary labors, some time after 732... (Burkard) |
754 | Bishop of Würzburg | |||
Eoban Eoban Eoban was a companion of St. Boniface, and was martyred with him on his final mission. In Germany, he is revered as a bishop and martyr.-Biography:... |
754 | ||||
Waccar | 755 | ||||
Balther (Baldred) | 756 | ||||
Lotharius | 756 | Bishop of Seez | |||
Blessed Wando (Vando) | 756 | ||||
Cuthbert Cuthbert - People :*Cuthbert , Anglo-Saxon saint, bishop, monk and hermit*Cuthbert of Canterbury , Archbishop of Canterbury*Cuthbert Bardsley , Anglican Bishop of Coventry*Cuthbert Brodrick , British architect... |
758 | ||||
Othmar Othmar Othmar, also spelled Otmar or Ottmar, is a German given name, meaning "happy fame" .Famous people with the given name Othmar include:*Saint Othmar*Othmar Ammann*Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer*Otmar Hasler*Ottmar Hörl*Ottmar Hitzfeld... |
759 | ||||
Albinus Witta of Büraburg See Witta, son of Wecta for the mythological Jutish chieftain.Witta of Büraburg was one of the early Anglo-Saxon missionaries in Hesse and Thuringia in central Germany, disciple and companion of Saints Boniface and Lullus... (Witta) |
760 | Bishop of Buraburg | |||
Alto Alto Alto is a musical term, derived from the Latin word altus, meaning "high" in Italian, that has several possible interpretations.When designating instruments, "alto" frequently refers to a member of an instrumental family that has the second highest range, below that of the treble or soprano. Hence,... |
760 | ||||
Cosmas | 760 | Bishop of Majuma | |||
Gangulphus Gangulphus Saint Gangulphus of Burgundy is venerated as a martyr by the Catholic Church. Gangulphus was a Burgundian courtier whose historical existence can only be attested by a single document: a deed from the court of Pepin the Short dated 762... (Gengulf, Gengoul) |
760 | ||||
Paul of Cyprus | 760 | ||||
Sabinus | 760 | Bishop of Catania | |||
Stephen of Surozh | 760 | Bishop of Surozh | |||
Vulgis | 760 | ||||
Wastrada | 760 | ||||
Werenfrid | 760 | ||||
Winebald | 761 | ||||
Fidharleus | 762 | ||||
Garibaldus | 762 | Bishop of Regensburg | |||
Marchelm | 762 | ||||
Martyrs of Ephesus | 762 | ||||
Bregwin Bregwin Bregowine was a medieval Archbishop of Canterbury. Little is known of his origins or his activities as archbishop, although a number of stories were told about his possible origins after the Norman conquest in 1066. There are no records of him prior to his becoming archbishop. He possibly owed his... (Breguivine) |
764 | ||||
Ceolwulf Ceolwulf of Northumbria Ceolwulf was king of Northumbria from 729 until 737, except for a short period in 731 or 732 when he was deposed, and quickly restored to power. Ceolwulf finally abdicated and entered the monastery at Lindisfarne. He was the "most glorious king" to whom Bede dedicated his Historia ecclesiastica... |
764 | ||||
Stephen the Younger Stephen the Younger Saint Stephen the Younger was a Byzantine monk from Constantinople who became one of the leading opponents of the iconoclastic policies of Emperor Constantine V . He was executed in 764, and became the most prominent iconodule martyr... |
713/715 | 765 | |||
Guitmarus | 765 | ||||
Walfrid | 765 | ||||
Bobinus | 766 | Bishop of Troyes | |||
Chrodegang | 715 | 766 | |||
Andrew of Crete Andrew of Crete For the martyr of 766 of the same name, see Andrew of Crete .Saint Andrew of Crete For the martyr of 766 of the same name, see Andrew of Crete (martyr).Saint Andrew (Andreas) of Crete (also known as Andrew of Jerusalem) For the martyr of 766 of the same name, see Andrew of Crete (martyr).Saint... |
767 | ||||
Echa (Etha) | 767 | ||||
Emilion | 767 | ||||
Paul I Pope Paul I Pope Paul I was pope from May 29, 757 to June 28, 767. He first served as a Roman deacon and was frequently employed by his brother, Pope Stephen II, in negotiations with the Lombard kings.... |
767 | pope | |||
Anglinus | 768 | ||||
James the Deacon James the Deacon James the Deacon was an Italian deacon who accompanied Paulinus of York on his mission to Northumbria. He was a member of the Gregorian mission which came to England to Christianize the Anglo-Saxons from their native Anglo-Saxon paganism, although when he arrived in England is unknown... |
769 | ||||
James | 769 | Bishop of Toul | |||
Lantfrid Lantfrid Lantfrid was duke of Alamannia under Frankish sovereignty from 709 until his death. He was the son of duke Gotfrid... |
770 | ||||
Opportuna | 770 | ||||
Philip of Zell | 770 | ||||
Sabinianus Sabinianus Sabinianus was the leader of a revolt against Gordian III in Africa. He proclaimed himself emperor, but after being defeated by the governor of Mauretania , his supporters in Carthage surrendered him to the imperial authorities.- References :*... |
770 | ||||
Sebaldus Sebaldus St. Sebaldus of Nuremberg is venerated as the patron saint of Nuremberg, traditional administrative centre of Franconia, and the guarantor of its independence... |
770 | ||||
Amelberga | 772 | ||||
Remigius Remigius of Rouen Remigius was the illegitimate son of Charles Martel and probably Ruodhaid. He was also the third archbishop of Rouen from 755 to 762. Along with his brothers, he was denied any claim to the legacy of his father. He became archbishop during the reign of his half brother Pippin the Younger.Remigius... |
772 | Bishop of Rouen | |||
Tetta | 772 | ||||
Amicus Amicus Amicus was the United Kingdom's second-largest trade union, and the largest private sector union, formed by the merger of Manufacturing Science and Finance, the AEEU agreed in 2001, and two smaller unions, UNIFI and the GPMU... |
773 | ||||
Lebuin (Liafwine) | 773 | ||||
Hippolytus | 775 | Bishop of Saint Claude | |||
Plechelm Plechelm Plechelm is a saint in the Roman Catholic Church and a patron saint of the Netherlands. Plechelm, also Pleghelm or Plechelmus was a Benedictine monk who traveled to Rome with St. Wiro and St. Otger. He became a missionary in Northumbria and The Netherlands and died in St. Odiliënberg... |
775 | ||||
Rumold (Rombaut) | 775 | Bishop of Malines | |||
Gregory of Utrecht | 703 | 776 | |||
Theodulphus (Thiou) | 776 | Bishop of Lobbes | |||
Vitalian | 776 | Bishop of Osimo | |||
Magdalveus (Mauve) | 776 or 777 | Bishop of Verdun | |||
Ambrose Autpert | 778 | ||||
Sturmi | 779 | ||||
Walburga | 710 | 779 | |||
Basilissa | 780 | ||||
Credan | 780 | ||||
Mella | 780 | ||||
Alcmund Alcmund of Hexham Alcmund of Hexham, also spelt Ealhmund, Alhmund or Alchmund became the 7th bishop of the see of Hexham in Northumberland when he was consecrated on 24 April 767; the see was centred on the church there founded by Saint Wilfrid. Alcmund died on 7 September 781 and was buried beside Saint Acca... (Alchmund) |
781 | Bishop of Hexham Bishop of Hexham The Bishop of Hexham was an episcopal title which took its name after the market town of Hexham in Northumberland, England. The title was first used by the Anglo-Saxons in the 7th and 9th centuries, and then by the Roman Catholic Church in the 19th century.... |
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Lioba (Liobgetha) | 781 | ||||
Thomas of Antioch | 782 | ||||
Libert Libert of Saint-Trond Libert of Sint-Truiden was a Belgian saint. Born as Count Libert of Adone in Mechelen, he was baptized and educated by Saint Rumoldus. Libert became a Benedictine monk.... |
783 | ||||
Blessed Hildegard Hildegard The female name Hildegard derived from the Old High German words hild and gard and means "protecting battle-maid" Variant spellings include Hildegarde. The Polish, Portuguese, Slovene and Spanish version is Hildegarda; the Italian version is Ildegarda. Hildegárd is a Hungarian version... |
783 | ||||
Alberic Alberic of Utrecht Saint Alberic of Utrecht was a Benedictine monk and bishop of Utrecht, in what is today the Netherlands.Alberic was the nephew of Saint Gregory of Utrecht. Little is known of Alberic before he joined the Order of Saint Benedict. It is known that he served as prior of the Cathedral of Saint Martin.... |
784 | Bishop of Utrecht | |||
Fulrad Fulrad Saint Fulrad was abbot of St. Denis' Abbey . He was born at Saint-Hippolyte, Haut-Rhin in Alsace. He served as a counselor to three Frankish rulers: Pepin, Carloman, and Charlemagne... |
784 | ||||
Vergilius of Salzburg Vergilius of Salzburg Vergilius of Salzburg was an Irish churchman, an early astronomer and bishop of Salzburg. His obituary calls him the geometer.-Biography:... (Virgil, Fergal, Ferghil, Vergilius, Virgilius, Feargal) |
700 | 784 | Bishop of Salzburg | ||
Herulph Herulph Herulph was a Benedictine of the Abbey of St. Gall and Bishop of Langres of the eighth century. He founded Ellwangen Abbey.He is a Catholic saint.... (Hariolfus) |
785 | Bishop of Langres | |||
Hiltrude | 740 | 785 | |||
Werburg | 785 | ||||
Lull Lullus Saint Lullus was the first permanent archbishop of Mainz, succeeding Saint Boniface, and first abbot of the Benedictine Hersfeld Abbey.-Monk to archbishop:... |
705 | 786 | Bishop of Mainz Bishop of Mainz The Diocese of Mainz is a diocese of the Catholic church in Germany. It was created in 1802 with the abolition of the old Archbishopric of Mainz. The diocese is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Freiburg; its district is located in the states of Rhineland-Palatinate and Hesse... |
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Willibald Willibald Saint Willibald was an 8th century bishop of Eichstätt in Bavaria.Information about his life is largely drawn from the Hodoeporicon of Saint Willibald, a text written in the 8th century by Huneberc, an Anglo-Saxon nun from Heidenheim am Hahnenkamm who knew Willibald and his brother personally... |
786 | Bishop of Eichstatt Bishop of Eichstätt -Bishops of Eichstätt, 741-1790:*Willibald 741-786*Geroch 786-801*Aganus 801-819*Adalung 820-841*Altun 841-858*Ottokar 858-881*Gottschalk 881-884*Erkenbald 884-916*Udalfried 916-933*Starchand 933-966*Reginald 966-989*Megingoz von Lechsgemund 989-1014... |
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Leo Saint Leo of Catania Saint Leo of Catania, nicknamed the Thaumaturgus was the fifteenth bishop of Catania, famed also for his love and care toward the poor. His feast day occurs on the day of his death in which he is venerated as a Saint both by Catholics and the Orthodox Church. He lived in the lapse of time between... (Maravigloso) |
787 | Bishop of Catania | |||
Siagrius | 787 | Bishop of Nice | |||
Willibald Willibald Saint Willibald was an 8th century bishop of Eichstätt in Bavaria.Information about his life is largely drawn from the Hodoeporicon of Saint Willibald, a text written in the 8th century by Huneberc, an Anglo-Saxon nun from Heidenheim am Hahnenkamm who knew Willibald and his brother personally... |
700 | 787 | |||
Theophilus the Younger | 789 | ||||
Tilbert | 789 | Bishop of Hexham Bishop of Hexham The Bishop of Hexham was an episcopal title which took its name after the market town of Hexham in Northumberland, England. The title was first used by the Anglo-Saxons in the 7th and 9th centuries, and then by the Roman Catholic Church in the 19th century.... |
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Willehad | 789 | Bishop of Worms | |||
Agatha | 790 | ||||
Desideratus Desideratus Desideratus was a French saint in the Christian church from Soissons. Unusually, he came from a family of saints, as his father, Auginus, mother, Agia, and brother, Deodatus, were all canonized... |
790 | ||||
Felix of Fritzlar | 790 | ||||
Ribert (Ribarius) | 790 | ||||
Thecla of Kitsingen | 790 | ||||
Winnoc Winnoc Saint Winnoc was an abbot or prior of Wormhout who came from Wales. Three lives of this saint are extant. The best of these, the first life, was written by a monk of St. Bertin in the middle of the ninth century, or perhaps a century earlier.St. Winnoc is generally called a Breton, but the... |
790 | ||||
Wiomad (Wiomagus, Weomadus) | 790 | Bishop of Trier | |||
Ethelbert | 794 | ||||
Megingaud (Mengold, Megingoz) | 794 | Bishop of Würzburg | |||
Sol | 794 | ||||
Stephen of Mar Saba | 725 | 794 | |||
Alfreda (Afreda, Alfritha, Aelfnryth, Etheldreda) | 795 | ||||
Colga (Coelchu) ("the Wise") | 796 | ||||
Gedeon | 796 | Bishop of Besançon | |||
John, Sergius, and Companions | 796 | ||||
Anastasius XVI | 797 | ||||
Beatus of Liebana Beatus of Liébana Saint Beatus of Liébana was a monk, theologian and geographer from the Kingdom of Asturias, in modern northern Spain, who worked and lived in the Picos de Europa mountains of the region of Liébana, in what is now Cantabria and his feast day is February 19.-Biography:He created an important... |
798 | ||||
Candida | 798 | ||||
Albert of Cashel | 800 | ||||
Albert of Gambron | 800 | ||||
Alburga Alburga Æthelburh or Alburga of Wilton , was a member of the royal house of Wessex, abbess of Wilton and a saint.Alburga was the daughter of Ealhmund of Kent, Subregulus of Kent, half-sister of Egbert, King of Wessex, and wife of Wulfstan, ealdorman of Wiltshire .On her husband's death in 802, she turned... |
800 | ||||
Appian Appian Appian of Alexandria was a Roman historian of Greek ethnicity who flourished during the reigns of Trajan, Hadrian, and Antoninus Pius.He was born ca. 95 in Alexandria. He tells us that, after having filled the chief offices in the province of Egypt, he went to Rome ca. 120, where he practised as... |
800 | ||||
Arnold Arnold -Places:In Australia:*Arnold, VictoriaIn the United Kingdom:*Arnold, East Riding of Yorkshire*Arnold, NottinghamshireIn the United States:*Arnold, California, in Calaveras County*Arnold, Mendocino County, California*Arnold, Kansas... |
800 | ||||
Attala | 800 | ||||
Bernard of Bagnorea | 800 | Bishop of Vulcia | |||
Epiphania Epiphania of Pavia Epiphania, Epifania or Pyphania is recorded in the late medieval traditions of Pavia as daughter of Ratchis , King of the Lombards and of Italy.... |
800 | ||||
Gamelbert | 720 | 800 | |||
John | 800 | Bishop of Heraclea |
See also
- Christianity in the 8th centuryChristianity in the 8th century- Eastern Church :By the late 8th century the Muslim empire had conquered all of Persia and much of the Eastern Roman territory including Egypt, Palestine, and Syria. Suddenly much of the Christian world was under Muslim rule...