Saint | Background | Date | Feast Day |
Waccar, Elleher, Hathawulf, Hadulph + Gundekar, | Benedictine martyrs, comps of Boniface of Mainz | d755 | 05/06 |
Walbert/Waldebert/Gaubert | 3rd Abbot of Luxeuil | d668 | 02/05 |
Walbert/Vaubert | Duke of Lorraine & Count of Hainault | d678 | 11/05 |
Walburga | Virgin | 01/05, (04/05, 04/08, 13/05) | |
Walburga/Walpurgis Walburgh/Vaubourg/Wealburg 'the Myrrh-Giver' | sister of Winebald + Willibald, nun at Wimborne, Abbess of Heidenheim | c 710-79 | 25/02 (Trans 12/10) |
Waldelenus | Abbot & founder of Beze | C7th | 15/05 |
Walderic | 16/10 | ||
Waldetrudis | 03/02 | ||
Waldetrudis | 12/08 | ||
Waldetrudis/Waltrude/Waudru | wife of Vincent Madelgarius, nun near Mons | d688 | 09/04, 08/04 |
Walericus | See 'Valeric' | 01/04 | |
Walfrid/Galfrido/Qualfredo della Gherardesca | Abbot of Palazzuolo, Voterra | d765 | 15/02 |
Walhere | Belgian priest martyr | 23/06 | |
Walstan the Generous | Wealthy man who became farmhand, Taverham, Norfolk | d1016 | 30/05 |
Walter | 04/05 | ||
Walter | Abbot of Fontenelle | d1150 | 04/06 |
Walter | Abbot of Lesterpes | d1070 | 11/05 |
Walter | Abbot of Serviliano, Ancona | d1250 | 04/06 |
Walter Gautier | Abbot of Pontnoise | d1095/9 | 08/04, 07/04 |
Walter Pierson, Blessed | Carthusian martyr, London | d1537 | 06/06 |
Walthen/Waltheof/Waldef, Blessed | Cistercian Abbot of Kirkham & Melrose | d1160 | 03/08 |
Waltraud (Waldrada) | Foundress nun, Mons, Belgium | C7th | 04/05 |
Wando/Vando | Abbot of Fontenelle | d756 | 17/04 |
Wandrille/Vandrille/Wandregisil(us) | Abbot/Founder of Fontenelle | d688 | 22/07 |
Waningus/Vaneng, | Benedictine Abbot, co-founder of Fontenelle | d683 | 09/01 |
Warinus | Martyr of the Franks | C7th | 25/08 |
Wasnulf | 01/10 | ||
Wastrada | mother of Gregory of Utrecht | d760 | 21/07 |
Wenceslaus/Wenzel/Vaclav | Duke of Bohemia, martyr | 907-29 | 28/09 (Recollection of his bones 27/06 Trans 04/03) |
Wendel(in)/Wendolinus/Wendelinus | shepherd/hermit, Saarbrucken | d607 | 21/10 (03/02 24/04 (Trans 05/07) |
Wendreda | Virgin, March | 23/01 | |
Wennedoc | Wales | 07/03 | |
Wenog | Wales | 03/01 | |
Weomad//Wiomad/Wiomagus/Weomadus | Abbot of Mettlach, Bishop ofTrier | d790 | 08/11 |
Werburga/Werburg/Wereburghe | Abbess of Hanbury or Bardsey Patron of Chester | d785/99 | 03/02 (Trans 21/06) |
Werenfrid | English Benedictine missionary to Frisians | d760 | 14/08 (07/11) |
Wiborada/Guiborat/Weibrath | Anchoress near St Gall, martyr | d926 | 02/05 |
Wicterp/Wicho | Bishop of Augsburg | d749 | 18/04 |
Widradus/Ware | Abbot of Flavigny, Founder of Salieu | d747 | 03/10 |
Wigbert | Anglo-Saxon missionary, Abbot of Fritzlar, near Cassel | d738 | 13/08 (Trans 15/05) |
Wigbert | Anglo-Saxon missionary, Ireland & Friesland | d690 | 12/04 |
Wilfretrudis | Abbess of Nivelles | d670 | 23/11 |
Wilfrid/Wilfrith/Walfrid | Archbishop of York | 634-709 | 12/10 (Trans 24/04) |
Wilfrid/Wilfrith II/the Younger | Archbishop of York | d744 | 29/04 |
Wilfrida/Wuifritha | Abbess of Wilton, mother of St Edith | d c988 | 09/09 13/09 |
Wilgefortis/Uncumber/Liberata/Kummernis/Livrade | pious virgin princess, Portugal (legend) | - | 20/07 |
Willa of Nonnberg | 15/10 | ||
Willehad | Anglo-Saxon missionary, Bishop of Worms/Bremen | d789 | 08/11, 09/11 (Ordination 13/07) |
Willehad (Anthony) | Danish Franciscan exiled & martyred, Gorkum, Netherlands | d1572 | 09/07 |
Willeic | Prior of Kaiserwerth | d726 | 02/03 |
William | 21/04 | ||
William | Abbot of Breteuil | d1130 | 14/07 |
William | Abbot of St. Benigne/ Benignus, Dijon | C10th | 01/01 |
William Andleby, Blessed | English priest martyred at York | d1597 | 04/07 |
William | Archbishop of York | d1154 | 08/06 (08/01) |
William Arnaud + 12 comps | Dominican, Martyr of Toulouse | d1242 | 29/05 |
William | Bishop of Roskilde, Anglo-Saxon missionary | d1067 | 02/09 (16/06) |
William Browne, Thomas Welbourne, + John Fulthering, Bl. | English martyrs at Ripon | d1605 | 05/09 |
William Carter | 11/01 | ||
William Dean, Blessed | Priest, Martyr of England | d1588 | 28/08 |
William | Duke of Aquitaine, founder & monk of Gellone | d812 | 28/05 |
William Exmew, Sebastian Newdigate + Humphrey Middlemore, Blessed | Carthusian martyrs | d1535 | 19/06 |
William Filby | Priest, Martyr of England at Tyburn | d1582 | 30/05 |
William Firmatus | pilgrim & hermit, France | d1103 | 24/04 |
William Freeman | Priest, English martyr, Tyburn | d1595 | 13/08 |
William Greenwood, Blessed | Carthusian lay brother, martyred in Newgate | d1537 | 16/06 |
William Guntei, Blessed | Priest, Martyr of Wales | d1588 | 28/08 |
William Harcourt/ Barrows, Blessed | English Jesuit martyred at Tyburn after Popish Plot | d1679 | 20/06 |
William Harrington, Blessed | Priest martyred at Tyburn | d1594 | 18/02 |
William Hart | Priest martyred at York | d1583 | 15/03 |
William Hartley, Blessed | Priest martyred at Shoreditch | d1588 | 05/10 |
William Horne, Blessed | Carthusian lay brother martyred at Tyburn | d1540 | 04/08 |
William Howard, Viscount Stafford, Blessed | Son of Earl of Arundel, martyred after Popish Plot | d1680 | 29/12 |
William Ireland, Blessed | English Jesuit martyred at Tyburn after Popish Plot | d1679 | 24/01 |
William Lacy/Lacey, Blessed, + Richard Kirkman | Priest martyred at York | d1582 | 22/08 |
William Marsden, Blessed + Robert Anderson, Blessed | Priests martyred on Isle of Wight | d1586 | 25/04 |
William of EskilsoÁ (Aebelholt) | French missionary to Denmark | d1203 | 06/04 |
William of Fenoli | C13th | 20/12 | |
William of Maleval | pilgrim & hermit near Pisa | d1157 | 10/02 |
William of Nevers | Bishop of Bourges | d1209 | 10/01 11/01 (Trans 07/05) |
William of Norwich | boy supposedly killed by Jews | d1144 | 26/03 |
William of Rochester | Scottish pilgrim killed by adopted son at Rochester | 23/05 | |
William of Savigny | 20/10 | ||
William of Vercelli/ Montevergine | Hermit, founder of Williamites | 1085-1142 | 25/06 (25/04) |
William Patenson, Blessed | Priest martyred at Tyburn | d1592 | 22/01 |
William of Penacorada | Benedictine founder monk, Spain | d1042 | 20/03 |
William of Pontnoise | English hermit (monk at St Martin's) | d1192 | 10/05 |
William Pinchon | Bishop of St. Brieuc | d1234 | 29/07 |
William Richardson/ Anderson, Blessed | priest martyred at Tyburn | d1603 | 07/02 |
William Spencer + Robert Hardisty | 24/09 | ||
William Ward, Blessed | Priest martyred at Tyburn | d1641 | 26/07 |
William Way/Flower, Blessed | Priest martyred at Kingston-upon-Thames | d1588 | 23/09 |
Willibald/Willebald | Bishop of Eichstädt, bro Winebald & Walburga of Wessex | c700-d786 | 07/07 07/06 |
Willibrord | Northumbrian Apostle to Friesland Archbishop of Utrecht | 658-739 | 07/11 (Trans 19/10) |
Willigis | Archbishop of Mainz | d1011 | 10/11(23/02) |
Willigod/Wiligod, Martin + comps | Abbots of Romont | C7th | 28/09 |
Wiltrudis | Widow, Abbess of Bergen, Germany | d986 | 06/01 |
Winaman, Unamun + Sunaman | missionaries martyred in Sweden | d1040 | 15/02 |
Winebald | hermit, Abbot of St-Loup-de-Troyes | C7th | 07/04, 06/04 |
WinebaldWinewald | 2nd Abbot of Beverly | d731 | 27/04 |
Winebald/Wunibald/Winnibald | Abbot, Heidenheim/ Eichstädt bro Willibald & Walburga | d761 | 18/12 |
Winebald | King of Burgundy | 29/05 | |
Winifred/Winefride/Gwenfrewi/ Gwenvrewi/Gwenfrei/Guinevra | of Holywell, Abbess of Gwytherin, Denbighshire | d c650 | 03/11 (Beheading 22/06) |
Winnin/Wynnen/Vimin/Wynnia/Gwynnin | Bishop in Scotland | C6th | 21/01, 18/11 |
Winnoc/Guinoc | Bishop in Scotland | 13/04 | |
Winnoc/Winoc | Founding Abbot near Dunkirk (Welsh) | d717 | 06/11, 05/11 |
Winnow, Manx/ Mancus + Myrbad | Irish missionaries, Cornwall | C6th | 31/05 |
Winwaloe | Abbot in Wales | (Translation) 28/04 | |
Winwaloe/Winwaloc/Wynwallow/Winnol/ Wonnow/Guignole/Guenole/ Guingualeus/Gwenno | Anglo-Saxon Abbot-Founder, Landevenne near Brest | C6th | 03/03 |
Wiro | Irish bishop, missionary to Low Countries | C8th | 08/05 |
Wistan/Wystan | Mercian prince, martyr, honoured at Evesham | d850 | 01/06 |
Withburge/Withburgh/Withburga | dau Anna, King of East Anglia, nun at Dereham, shrine at Ely | d743 | 17/03 Trans 08/07 |
Wittikund | 07/01 | ||
Wivina/Vivina | Abbess nr. Brussels | d1170 | 17/12 |
Wolfeius | 09/12 | ||
Wolfgang of Ratisbon | Bishop of Regensburg | c924-94 | 31/10 Trans 07/10 |
Wolfhard | C11-12th | 30/04 | |
Wulfhard/Wulfharde/Wolfadus + Ruffin/Rufinus/Ruffinus | princes of Mercia executed by pagan father King Wolfhere | C7th | 31/07, 24/07 |
Wulfhilda/Wulfhilde | Abbess of Barking and Horton | d c1000 | 09/09 (09/12) |
Wulfram/Wulfran(us) | Bishop of Sens, missionary to Frisia | d720 | 20/03 (Trans 15/10) |
Wulfric/Ulrick | hermit & miracle worker, Somerset | d1154 | 20/02 |
Wulfstan/Wulstan/Wolstan | Bishop of Worcester | d1095 | 19/01 (Trans 07/06) |
Wulgan | see 'Vulgan' | 03/11 | |
Wulmar/Vulmar/ Ulmar/Vilmer | Abbot of Samer/St Vulmaire | d689 | 20/07 |
Wulsin/Vulsin/Ultius | Abbot of Westminster Bishop of Sherborne | d1002 | 18/01 (27/09) |
Wulvella | sister of Sidwell | C6th | 02/08 |
This collection of names was compiled by Kate Monk and is ©1997, Kate Monk.
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