Late eighth century. The second count of Toulouse, founded a Benedictine monastery, then became a monk himself.

Also called William of Paris or William of the Paraclete. Twelfth-century canon.

Fourteenth-century French poet.

Scholastic philosopher and theologian. (b. 1100)

A concise summary of his life and thought, by William Turner.

Thirteenth-century theologian.

Short article on this thinker, by William Turner.

English widower, became a priest. He was martyred at York in 1582.

English Jesuit who was arrested by Titus Oates himself, and martyred along with layman John Grove in 1679.

Biography of the Viscount Stafford, who headed the list of Catholic lords pursued by Titus Oates in the so-called Popish Plot. Imprisoned in the Tower and tried before the House of Lords, Stafford was executed in 1680.

Short biography of the English priest and martyr, who died in 1588. Also some information on his companions in martyrdom John Hewitt, Robert Sutton, and John Harrison.

English priest, was betrayed by an apostate on Christmas Day of 1582, chained in an underground dungeon, and martyred at York in 1583.

Short biography of the English priest and martyr, who died in 1594.

English priest, martyred in 1582. Article also has details on Bl. Laurence Richardson and St. Luke Kirby, his companions in martyrdom.

A learned Carthusian, martyred at Tyburn in 1535.

Short article on the career of this English priest, martyred in 1588.

Biography of the Welsh priest concentrates especially on his imprisonment and martyrdom. Fr. Davies died in 1593.

English printer, martyred in 1584.

An English convert to Catholicism, he became a priest. He was martyred in 1597.

Abbot of Saint-Bénigne on Dijon. (962-1031)

Philologist. (1840-1898)

Short biography of the missionary and bishop, d. 789.

Biography of the composer (1480-1562).