Christian female saints of the Middle Ages

The list Christian female saints of the Middle Ages includes Joan of Arc, Catherine of Siena, Sunniva, Dymphna and Hildegard von Bingen. The list consists of 124 members and 18 sublists.

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Middle Ages

Period of European history from the 5th to the late 15th-century

Byzantine female saints
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Female saints of medieval Ireland
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Female saints of medieval Germany
14T
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Female saints of medieval Russia
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- Solomonia Saburova
- Eudoxia of Moscow
Female saints of medieval Italy
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Female saints of medieval England
1L, 13T
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Female saints of medieval France
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Female saints of medieval Portugal
2T
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- Elizabeth of Aragon
- Mafalda of Portugal
Female saints of medieval Spain
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Female saints of medieval Scotland
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- Saint Margaret of Scotland
- Triduana
Female saints of medieval Wales
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Female saints of medieval Sweden
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Female saints of medieval Denmark
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Female saints from medieval Bohemia
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- Agnes of Bohemia
Female saints of medieval Poland
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- Jadwiga of Poland
- Hedwig of Andechs
Female saints of medieval Hungary
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Female saints of medieval Belgium
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Joan of Arc
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Joan of Arc

French folk heroine and saint (1412–1431)

Overview: Joan of Arc, in French Jeanne d'Arc or Jehanne (c. – 30 May 1431), nicknamed "The Maid of Orléans" (French: La Pucelle d'Orléans), is considered a heroine of France for her role during the Lancastrian ...

Date of birth: 6 January 1412

Date of death: 30 May 1431

Age: 19 (age at death)

Nationality: French

Occupation: Religion

Gender: Female

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Women mystics 93T

15th-century Christian mystics 22T

15th-century French women 95T
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Catherine of Siena

14th-century Italian Dominican saint

Overview: Catherine of Siena (25 March 1347 – 29 April 1380), a laywoman associated with the Dominican Order, was a mystic, activist, and author who had a great influence on Italian literature and the Catholic ...

Date of birth: 25 March 1347

Date of death: 29 April 1380

Age: 33 (age at death)

Nationality: Italian

Occupation: Philosopher

Gender: Female

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14th-century Italian Roman Catholic religious sisters and nuns 8T

Italian women ambassadors 5T

Women mystics 93T
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Sunniva

Overview: Saint Sunniva (10th century) is the patron saint of the Norwegian Diocese of Bjørgvin, as well as all of Western Norway.

Nationality: Irish

Gender: Female

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10th-century Irish women 5T

10th-century Norwegian women 9T

10th-century Norwegian people 6T
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Dymphna

Patroness of those who suffer from mental illness

Overview: Saint Dymphna (also: Dympna, Dimpna) was the daughter of a pagan Irish king and his Christian wife in the 7th century AD. She was murdered by her father. The story of St. Dymphna was first recorded in ...

Nationality: Irish

Gender: Female

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Murdered Irish children 1T

7th-century Irish women 1T

Violence against women in Belgium 7T
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Jadwiga of Poland

Queen of Poland from 1384 to 1399

Overview: Jadwiga ( 1373 or 1374 – 17 July 1399), also known as Hedwig (Hungarian: Hedvig), was the first female monarch of the Kingdom of Poland, reigning from 16 October 1384 until her death. She was the ...

Date of birth: 18 October 1373

Date of death: 17 July 1399

Age: 25 (age at death)

Nationality: Hungarian

Occupation: Royalty

Gender: Female

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Patron saints of Poland 5T

14th-century Polish monarchs 7T

Female saints of medieval Hungary 3T
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Hildegard von Bingen

German Benedictine, composer and writer (c. 1098–1179)

Overview: Hildegard of Bingen (German: Hildegard von Bingen; Latin: Hildegardis Bingensis; 1098 – 17 September 1179), also known as Saint Hildegard and the Sibyl of the Rhine, was a German Benedictine abbess, writer ...

Date of birth: 1098

Date of death: 17 September 1179

Age: 81 (age at death)

Nationality: German

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Female

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12th-century German philosophers 1T

Physicians from Rhineland-Palatinate 5T

12th-century women composers 6T
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Kassia

Byzantine-Greek composer and hymnographer (810–865)

Overview: Kassia, Cassia or Kassiani (Greek: Κασσιανή, Kassianí, 805/810 - before 865) was a Byzantine abbess, poet, composer, and hymnographer. She is one of the first medieval composers whose scores are both extant ...

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9th-century women composers 1T

9th-century Byzantine women 10T

Eastern Orthodox abbesses 4T
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Kinga of Poland

Christian saint

Overview: Saint Kinga of Poland (also known as Cunegunda, Kunigunda, Kunegunda, Cunegundes, Kioga, Zinga; Polish: , Hungarian: ) (Esztergom, Kingdom of Hungary, March 5, 1224 – July 24, 1292) is a saint in the ...

Date of birth: 5 March 1224

Date of death: 24 July 1292

Age: 68 (age at death)

Nationality: Hungarian

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13th-century Hungarian women 22T

13th-century Polish women 40T

Venerated Catholics by Pope John Paul II 362T
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Marina the Monk

5th century Byzantine saint

Overview: Marina the Monk (sometimes known as Pelagia, Mary of Alexandria, Marinus, Marinos) was a Saint from the north of Lebanon.

Date of death: 508

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Legendary Romans 25T

5th-century Byzantine women 10T

Medieval LGBT people 18T
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Saint Margaret of Hungary

Hungarian princess and saint

Overview: Saint Margaret (January 27, 1242 – January 18, 1271) was a nun and the daughter of King Béla IV and Maria Laskarina. She was the niece of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary and the younger sister of Saint Kinga ...

Date of birth: 27 January 1242

Date of death: 18 January 1271

Age: 28 (age at death)

Nationality: Hungarian

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13th-century Croatian women 2T

13th-century Hungarian women 22T

Women of medieval Croatia 3T
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Elizabeth of Aragon

Queen consort of Portugal

Overview: Elizabeth of Aragon also known as Saint Elizabeth of Portugal (1271 – 4 July 1336) (Elisabet in Catalan, Isabel in Aragonese, Portuguese and Spanish) was queen consort of Portugal and is a saint of the ...

Date of birth: 1271

Date of death: 1336

Age: 64 (age at death)

Nationality: Spanish

Gender: Female

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14th-century people from the Kingdom of Aragon 42T

13th-century people from the Kingdom of Aragon 24T

Medieval Portuguese saints 3T
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Saint Isabelle of France

13-century French Roman Catholic saint

Overview: Isabelle of France (March 1224 – 23 February 1270) was a French princess, the daughter of Louis VIII of France and Blanche of Castile. She was a younger sister of King Louis IX of France (Saint Louis) ...

Date of birth: March 1225

Date of death: 23 February 1270

Age: 44 (age at death)

Nationality: French

Occupation: Royalty

Gender: Female

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Children of Louis VIII of France 5T

Daughters of kings 141T

13th-century Christian nuns 16T
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Emma of Lesum

German, Royalty

Overview: Emma of Lesum or Emma of Stiepel (also known as Hemma and Imma) (ca. 975-980 – 3 December 1038) was a countess popularly venerated as a saint for her good works; she is also the first female inhabitant ...

Date of death: 3 December 1038

Nationality: German

Occupation: Royalty

Gender: Female

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11th-century German women 28T

House of Immedinger 2T

History of Bremen (city) 26T
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Joan of France, Duchess of Berry

French duchess

Overview: Joan of France (French: Jeanne de France, Jeanne de Valois; 23 April 1464 – 4 February 1505), was briefly Queen of France as wife of King Louis XII, in between the death of her brother, King Charles VIII ...

Date of birth: 23 April 1464

Date of death: 4 February 1505

Age: 40 (age at death)

Nationality: French

Gender: Female

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16th-century French women 50T

15th-century French women 95T

Members of the Third Order of Saint Francis 70T
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Genevieve

Patron saint of Paris

Overview: St Genevieve (Sainte Geneviève) (Nanterre, c. 419/422 - Paris 502/512), in Latin Sancta Genovefa, from Germanic keno (kin) and wefa (wife), is the patron saint of Paris in Roman Catholic and Eastern O ...

Date of death: 512

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5th-century Gallo-Roman women 1T

5th-century Gallo-Roman people 17T

6th-century Frankish saints 26T
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Saint Margaret of Scotland

Queen of Scotland from 1070 to 1093

Overview: Saint Margaret of Scotland (Scots: Saunt Magret, c. 1045 – 16 November 1093), also known as Margaret of Wessex, was an English princess and a Scottish queen. Margaret was sometimes called "The Pearl of ...

Date of birth: 1045

Date of death: 16 November 1093

Age: 48 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Philanthropist

Gender: Female

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Female saints of medieval Scotland 2T

11th-century Scottish women 6T

Female saints of medieval England 12T
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Bridget of Sweden

Swedish nun, mystic, and saint (c.1303–1373)

Overview: Bridget of Sweden (c. 1303 – 23 July 1373); born as Birgitta Birgersdotter, also Birgitta of Vadstena, or Saint Birgitta (Swedish: heliga Birgitta), was a mystic and saint, and founder of the Bridgettines ...

Date of birth: 1303

Date of death: 23 July 1373

Age: 70 (age at death)

Nationality: Swedish

Occupation: Religion

Gender: Female

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Women mystics 93T

14th-century Swedish women writers 2T

14th-century Christian nuns 13T
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Saint Rosalia

Patron saint of Palermo, Italy

Overview: Saint Rosalia (1130–1166), also called La Santuzza or "The Little Saint", is the patron saint of Palermo, Italy, El Hatillo, Venezuela, and Zuata, Anzoategui, Venezuela.

Date of birth: 1130

Date of death: 1166

Age: 35 (age at death)

Nationality: Italian

Gender: Female

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Religious leaders from Palermo 9T

12th-century Sicilian people 3T

12th-century Norman women 4T
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Olga of Kiev

Princess of Kiev (c. 890–925)

Overview: Saint Olga (Church Slavonic: Ольга, Old Norse: Helga; born c. 890–925, in Pskov – died 969 AD in Kiev) was a regent of Kievan Rus' for her son Svyatoslav from 945 until 960. Due to the imperfect trans ...

Date of birth: 890

Date of death: 969

Age: 78 (age at death)

Nationality: Russian

Occupation: Royalty

Gender: Female

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Christianity in Kievan Rus' 4T

Kievan Rus' princesses 19T

Christian royal saints 38T
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Belina

Roman Catholic virgin martyr

Overview: Saint Belina was a Roman Catholic virgin martyr. A peasant girl from Troyes, France, she was threatened with rape by the feudal lord of the district. She refused his advances and died in defense of her ...

Date of death: 1135

Nationality: French

Occupation: Victim

Gender: Female

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Female saints of medieval France 15T

Virgin martyrs 6T

Roman Catholic child saints 28T