Benedictine abbots

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1831 to 1846 (1765–1846)

11th‑century Benedictine monk, Archbishop of Canterbury, philosopher and theologian

pope of the Catholic Church from 1362 to 1370

Pope of the Catholic Church and the fourth Avignon Pope (1342–1352)

Romuald (; 951 – traditionally 19 June, c. 1025/27 AD) was the founder of the Camaldolese order and a major figure in the eleventh-century "Renaissance of eremitical asceticism". Romuald spent about 30 years traversing Italy, founding and reforming monasteries and hermitages.

Lanfranc (1005  1010 – 24 May 1089) was an Italian-born English churchman, monk and scholar. Born in Italy, he moved to Normandy to become a Benedictine monk at Bec. He served successively as prior of Bec Abbey and abbot of St Stephen's Abbey in Caen, Normandy and then as Archbishop of Canterbury in England, following its conquest by William the Conqueror. He is also variously known as (), (), and (). In his lifetime, he was regarded as the greatest theologian of his generation.

Catalan count, abbot and bishop (c.971-1046)

Benedictine historian, theologian and author of autobiographies (c. 1055–1124)

Benedictine monk, chronicler and music theorist

Croatian writer, pan-slavist, and historian

Aldhelm (, ; 25 May 709), Abbot of Malmesbury Abbey, Bishop of Sherborne, and a writer and scholar of Latin poetry, was born before the middle of the 7th century. He is said to have been the son of Kenten, who was of the royal house of Wessex. He was certainly not, as his early biographer Faritius asserts, the brother of King Ine. After his death he was venerated as a saint, his feast day being the day of his death, 25 May.

French Benedictine abbot (1806–1875)

French cardinal, writer and diplomat

Anglo-Saxon abbot

British Roman-Catholic Benedictine monk and prelate, archbishop of Westminster, cardinal (1923-1999)

French theologian and abbot

Benedictine monk (c.805–c.862)

Augustinian prior

abbot and saint

French Benedictine monk (1672–1757)

Swiss Cardinal (1897-1970)

Italian Roman Catholic saint

Medieval abbot

French monk, archbishop and cardinal

German abbot and chronicler

Italian Benedictine monk, archbishop and cardinal (1814–1904)

Italian Roman Catholic cardinal and saint

Italian cardinal (1769-1834)

French cardinal

Irish monk (1858-1923)

German abbot and theologian

Italian theologian (1928-2017)

Abbot of Montecassino

Swedish general, and Prince-Abbot of Fulda and Kempten, and cardinal

Franciscan friar and chronicler

German bishop (1929-2020)

French abbot and saint

Italian abbot

Catholic cardinal

Saint Landelin (Dutch and ; ; 625 – 686 AD in what is now Belgium) is a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic Church.

Hungarian priest

Hungarian Roman Catholic bishop of Pécs from year 1036 until his death around year 1075 and saint

theologian

Italian cardinal

Catholic bishop

German saint

Bavarian abbot primate (1940–2024)

French Roman Catholic saint

Catholic bishop

roman catholique bishop

American Catholic monk and bishop (1928–2023)

Irish monk

Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop (1934–2005)

Wicbert or Guibert (892 – 23 May 962) was a nobleman who became a hermit and founded Gembloux Abbey. He was canonized as a saint in 1211. Saint Guibert's feast day is observed on 23 May.

first abbot and founder of Beuron Archabbey (1825–1890)

Benedictine abbot and founder (1894-1985)

French abbot and saint

French cardinal

Italian catholic Bishop