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St. Bonaventure of Bagnoregio
Born: 1221 at Bagnoregio, Tuscany, Italy Died: 15 July 1274 at Lyon, France of natural causes Canonized: 14 April 1482 by Pope Sixtus IV Patronage: against intestinal problems, Bagnoregio, Italy, Cochiti Indian Pueblo, Saint Bonaventure University, New York. Also known as Seraphic Doctor of the Church, the Devout Doctor Healed from a childhood disease through […]
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St. Bernward of Hildesheim
Born: c.960 at Utrecht, Netherlands Died: 20 November 1022 of natural causes Canonized: 1193 by Pope Celestine III Patronage: architects, goldsmiths, painters, sculptors.Also known as Berward, Bernward Member of a noble Saxon family. Grandson of Athelbero, Count Palatine of Saxony. Orphaned at an early age. Raised by his uncle Volkmar, bishop of Utrecht, and educated […]
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St. Bridget of Sweden
Born: 1302 or 1303 at Finsta Castle, Uppsala, Sweden Died: 23 July 1373 at Rome, Italy of natural causes, buried in 1374 at the Vadstena, Sweden convent she had founded Canonized: 7 October 1391 by Pope Boniface IX Patronage: Europe, Sweden, widows. Also known as Bridget of Vadstena, Birgit, Birgitta, Bridgid, Brigida Daughter of Birger […]
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St. Bartholomew the Apostle
Born: Galilee Died: flayed alive at Albanopolis, Armenia, relics at Saint Bartholomew-on-the-Tiber Church, Rome, Italy, and in the cathedral in Canterbury, England Patronage: against nervous diseases, against neurological diseases, against twitching, bookbinders, butchers, cobblers, Florentine cheese merchants, Florentine salt merchants, leather workers, plasterers, shoemakers, tanners, trappers, whiteners, Armenia, 16 cities in various countries. Also known […]
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St. Blane
Born: 6th century at Isle of Bute, Scotland Died: c.590 at Kingarth, Isle of Bute, Scotland of natural causes, buried in Dunblane, Scotland which was named for him. Also known as Blaan, Blan, Blain Nephew of Saint Cathan. Studied in Ireland under Saint Comgall of Bangor, Saint Kenneth, and Saint Canice. Monk. After seven years, […]
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St. Bessus
Died: thrown from Mount Fautenio c.286 Campiglia Soana, Turin, Italy, the spot where he landed (and died) left an impression in the rock, and a shrine was soon built over it, relics taken to Ozegna in the 9th century and enshrined a chapel now known as the Beata Vergine del Convento e del Bosco, relics […]
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St. Bernard of Clairvaux
Born: 1090 at Fontaines-les-Dijon, Burgundy, France Died: 20 August 1153 at Clairvaux Abbey, Ville-sous-la-Ferté, Aube, France Canonized 1170 by Pope Alexander III Patronage: beekeepers, bees, Burgundy, France, candlemakers, chandlers, Cistercian Order, Cistercians, Gibraltar, Knights Templar, Queens College, Cambridge, England, Speyer Cathedral, wax-melters, wax refiners. Also known as Mellifluous Doctor of the Church, Last of the […]
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St. Beatrice da Silva Meneses
Born: 1424 at in Campo Maior, Portalegre, Portugal Died: 17 August 1492 in Toledo, Spain of natural causes Beatified: 28 July 1926 by Pope Pius XI (cultus confirmed), 21 January 1974 by Pope Paul VI (decree on heroic virtues), recorded miracles involved the instantaneous and perfect healing of Sister Mary of Saint Anne, 22, from […]
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St. Bertille of Thuringia
Died: c.660 of natural causes Also known as Bertilia Born a princess. Married to Saint Walbert of Hainault. Mother of Saint Waltrude and Saint Aldegundis.
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St. Bertilia of Mareuil
Born: Belgium Died: 687 in Mareuil, Belgium of natural causes, buried in the church of Saint-Amand in Mareuil, re-interred in 1081, relics enshrined on 8 October 1288 Also known as Bertilia of Marolles Additional Memorial 8 October (translation of relics) Born to the Frankish nobility, the daughter of Ricomer and Gertrude. Noted in her youth […]
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