Category
page 1Benedictine nuns

Cunigunde of Luxembourg
Luxembourgian noble and saint (978–1039)
Marie I, Countess of Boulogne
English princess
Mechtilde
Saxon Christian saint
Theresa of Portugal
Queen of León
Teresa Forcades
Catalan Benedictine nun, theologian, physician and activist
Elizabeth of Schönau
German Benedictine visionary
Joan of Valois, Countess of Hainaut
sister of King Philip VI of France and the mother-in-law of Edward III
Princess Maria Christina of Saxony
Princess of Saxony and an Abbess
Adelaide, Abbess of Vilich
Abbess of Vilich and Christian saint (c.970-c.1015)

Wiborada
Wiborada of St. Gall (also Guiborat, Weibrath or Viborata; Alemannic: Wiberat) (died 926) was a member of the Swabian nobility in what is present-day Switzerland. She was an anchoress, Benedictine nun, and martyr.
Amalberga of Maubeuge
saint
Maria Adeodata Pisani
Maltese beatified nun (1806–1855)
Dorothea of Brandenburg, Duchess of Mecklenburg
Princess of Brandenburg by birth and by marriage Duchess of Mecklenburg
Chiara Margarita Cozzolani
Italian abbess and composer
Jutta von Sponheim
German noble and nun

Teresa Eustoquio Verzeri
Italian nun (1801–1852)
Louise Adélaïde de Bourbon
French abbess (1757-1824)
Margherita Farnese of Parma
Benedictine nun

Caterina Assandra
Italian nun and composer
Mary of Woodstock
English princess
Diemoth
Diemoth (Latinised as Diemudus, Diemut, Diemud, Diemuth, Diemod or Diemudis) was a recluse at Wessobrunn Abbey in Upper Bavaria, Germany, born around 1060 and died on 30 March, probably in 1130. She worked on 45 manuscripts from 1075 to 1130.
Her name comes from the Middle High German word for "humility" or "modesty")
Arcangela Tarabotti
Venetian nun and writer (1604–1652)
Wivina
12th-century Christian saint
Irmgard of Chiemsee
Beatified German nun
Opportuna of Montreuil
French Benedictine nun

Mildburh
Mildburh (alternatively Milburga or Milburgh) (died 23 February 727) was the Benedictine abbess of Wenlock Priory. Her feast day is 23 February.
Eleanor of Brittany
Eleanor of Brittany (1275–1342), abbess of Fontevrault
Humbeline of Jully
benedictine nun
Cécile Bruyère
French Roman Catholic abbess
Silja Walter
Swiss Benedictine nun, novelist and poet (1919–2011)
Senorina of Basto
Galician saint
Maria Kisito
Rwandan criminal
Louise Marie Thérèse
French nun
Berlinda of Meerbeke
Benedictine nun
Rosa Giacinta Badalla
Italian composer
Mlada
Czech princess
Maria Fortunata Viti
Beatified Italian nun (1827–1922)
Wulthryth
Anglo-Saxon Abbess and saint
Franca Visalta
Italian saint

Bianca Maria Meda
Italian composer
Maria Cattarina Calegari
Italian composer, singer, organist, and nun
Sæthryth
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Sæthryth (; fl. 660s), also called Sedrido, Sethrida or Saethrid, was the stepdaughter of king Anna of East Anglia.
Clemence of Barking
British writer
Abbaye Blanche
abbey located in Manche, France
Johanna Maria Bonomo
Italian Roman Catholic nun

Anna Maria Canopi
Italian author and abbess (1931-2019)

Aldegonde Desmoulins
Belgian nun
Chelidonia
Chelidonia was a Benedictine hermitess. She was born in Ciculum, Italy, and became a recluse in the mountains near Subiaco, choosing a home, as a hermitess, in a cave now called Marra Ferogna. Chelidonia later received her habit from Cardinal Cuno of Frascati.
Felicia Malipiero
dogaressa of Venice
Christine Mayr-Lumetzberger
Austrian nun who defied the church and was ordained a priest and bishop
Mary Odile Cahoon
American Benedictine nun, biologist and Antarctic scientist
Sperandia
Sperandia (or Sperandea) (1216 – September 11, 1276) is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church.
Maria Luisa Prosperi
Mattia de Nazarei
beatified Italian nun (1253–1319)