St Hilarion who was born on 291 in Thabatha, south of Gaza in Syria Palaestina was an anchorite who spent most of his life in the desert according to the example of Anthony the Great.

St Paul of the Cross who was born on 3 January 1694, in the town of Ovada, Piedmont, between Turin and Genoa in the Duchy of Savoy in northern Italy is originally named Paolo Francesco Danei.

St. Isaac Jogues who was born on 10 January 1607 was a Jesuit priest, missionary and martyr who traveled and worked among the Iroquois, Huron, and other Native populations in North America.

Luke the Evangelist is one of the Four Evangelists the four traditionally ascribed authors of the canonical Gospels. The early church fathers ascribed to him authorship of both the Gospel according to Luke and the book of Acts of the Apostles.

St Ignatius of Antioch who was born on  C. 35 is also known as Ignatius Theophorus and was an early Christian writer and bishop of Antioch. En route to Rome, where he met his martyrdom, Ignatius wrote a series of letters.

St Gerard Majella who was born on April 6, 1726, was an Italian lay brother of the Congregation of the Redeemer, better known as the Redemptorists, who is honored as a saint by the Catholic Church.

Saint Teresa of Ávila who was born on 28 March 1515 is also called Saint Teresa of Jesus was a prominent Spanish mystic and a Roman Catholic saint.

Pope Callixtus who is called Callistus I, was the Bishop of Rome c. 218 to his death c. 223. He lived during the reigns of the Roman Emperors Elagabalus and Alexander Severus. 

Edward the Confessor who was born on 1003 is also known as Saint Edward the Confessor, was among the last Anglo-Saxon kings of England. Usually considered the last king of the House of Wessex, he ruled from 1042 to 1066.

St Wilfrid who was born on 633 was an English bishop and saint. Born a Northumbrian noble, he entered religious life as a teenager and studied at Lindisfarne and Rome.