Nhat Hanh

Nhat Hanh

male, 83 years old
Nhất Hạnh, Religious leader, thich nhat hanh, Activism, Vietnamese, saigon…monastery
Nhat Hanh (Vietnamese: "Nhất Hạnh"; IPA: is an expatriate Vietnamese Zen Buddhist monk. A teacher, author, and peace activist, Nhat Hanh was born...
Columbanus

Columbanus

male, deceased (615)
Early medieval Latin writer, Medieval Gael, Medieval Gaels, missionary, Founder of Roman Catholic religious communities, Irish…monastery
Saint Columbanus (543 - 21 November 615; Irish: Columban, the Fair Colum) was an Irish missionary notable for founding a number of monasteries on...
Augustine Of Canterbury

Augustine Of Canterbury

male, deceased (604)
Rochester, Diocese of Rochester, St Augustine's Abbey, Diocese of London, Ethelbert, Anglo-Italian…monastery
Augustine of Canterbury (birth unknown, died May 26, c. 604) was the first Archbishop of Canterbury, sent to Ethelbert of Kent by Pope Gregory the...
Mellitus

Mellitus

male, deceased (624)
bishop, St. Andrew, Letters, pallium, Hist. Eccl, Saint…monastery
Saint Mellitus (died April 24 624) was the first Bishop of London of the present diocese (established in 604) and the third Archbishop of...
Tilopa

Tilopa

male, deceased (1069)
Indian, Mahasiddhas, Tibetan language, tantra, tantric practitioner, Buddha Vajradhara…monastery
Tilopa (Tibetan; Sanskrit: Talika, 988 - 1069) was born in either Chativavo (Chittagong), Bengal or Jagora, Bengal. He was a tantric practitioner...
Symeon The New Theologian

Symeon The New Theologian

male, deceased (1022)
theoria, God directly, hesychastic, Theologian, Mystic, hesychasm…monastery
Symeon the New Theologian (949-1022) is one of three saints of the Eastern Orthodox church to have been given the title of Theologian (the others...
Michael V

Michael V

male, deceased (1042)
norman, Michael IV, Byzantine emperor, Macedonian dynasty, Eunuchs, zoe…monastery
Michael V "the Caulker" or "Kalaphates", (1015 - August 24, 1042), was Byzantine emperor for 4 months in 1041-1042, as the nephew and successor of...
Bede Griffiths

Bede Griffiths

male, deceased (1993)
convert to Roman Catholicism, English, Gloucester, Roman Catholic, Mystic, monk…monastery
Alan Richard "Bede" Griffiths (17 December, 1906 - 13 May, 1993), also known as Swami Dayananda, (Bliss of Compassion) was a British-born...
Sulpicius Severus

Sulpicius Severus

male, 1649 years old
Christian hagiographers, organs, Saint-Sulpice, monasticism, nomen, Saint Sulpice II. de Bourges…monastery
Saint Sulpicius Severus (c. 363 - between 420 and 425), wrote the earliest biography of Saint Martin of Tours. This work was begun during the...
Tikhon Of Zadonsk

Tikhon Of Zadonsk

male, deceased (1783)
Saint, Russian, Russian Orthodox Christian, russian orthodox church, novgorod, monastery
Saint Tikhon of Zadonsk (1724 - 1783) was born in the village of Korotsk, in the Novgorod region, Russia. He was tonsured a monk at the age of...