Willibrord

Willibrord

male, deceased (739)
Saint Willibrord was a Northumbrian missionary, known as the "Apostle to the Frisians" in modern Netherlands. He became the first Bishop of Utrecht...
Terry Oldfield

Terry Oldfield

male (london)
Terry left school at 16 to travel the world and worked as a roadie for various bands including the Byrds, setting-up stage and sound mixing...
Eadmer

Eadmer

male, deceased (1124)
Eadmer, or Edmer (c. 1060-c. 1124), was an English historian, theologian, and ecclesiastic. He is known for being a contemporary biographer of...

Abhishiktananda

male, deceased (1973)
Abhishiktananda was the name taken by the French Benedictine monk Henri le Saux, whose religious experience in India led him to become a bridge...
Thomas Tallis

Thomas Tallis

male, deceased (1585)
Thomas Tallis (circa 1505-23 November 1585) was an English composer. Tallis flourished as a church musician during the often stormy 16th century in...
Boniface Wimmer

Boniface Wimmer

male, deceased (1887)
Archabbot Boniface Wimmer, O.S.B. (1809-1887) was a German monk who in 1846 founded the first Benedictine monastery in the United States, Saint...
John Of Nepomuk

John Of Nepomuk

male, deceased (1393)
John of Nepomuk or John Nepomucene is a national saint of Bohemia. In his fully developed legend he was the confessor of the Queen of Bohemia and...

David Knowles

male, deceased (1974)
David Knowles (Studley, Warwickshire 1896-1974) was an English Benedictine monk of Downside Abbey and historian. He became Regius Professor of...
Augustine Baker

Augustine Baker

male, deceased (1641)
Fr Augustine Baker OSB (1575-1641) was a well-known Benedictine mystic and an ascetic writer. Born David Baker at Abergavenny, Monmouthshire,...

François Rabelais

male, deceased (1553)
François Rabelais was a major French Renaissance writer.