Saints who were abbots
- Blessed Aaron of Cracow
- Blessed Abraham of Strelna
- Blessed Amadeus of Lausanne
- Blessed Bernard of Vienne
- Blessed Christopher of Milan
- Blessed Columba Marmion
- Blessed Gausmarus of Savigny
- Blessed Gunther
- Blessed Hugh Faringdon
- Blessed Hugh of Bonnevaux
- Blessed Hugh of Macon
- Blessed Hugh of Marchiennes
- Blessed Humbert of Clairvaux
- Blessed John Beche
- Blessed John Eustace
- Blessed Julian Majali
- Blessed Ladislas of Gielniów
- Blessed Pope Eugene III
- Blessed Simon of Saint Bertin
- Blessed Walto of Wessobrünn
- Blessed William of Maleval
- Saint Aaron of Brettany
- Saint Abban of Kill-Abban
- Saint Abbo
- Saint Abbo of Fleury
- Saint Abraham of Cyriacus
- Saint Abraham of Kratia
- Saint Adalbert of Magdeburg
- Saint Adrian of Canterbury
- Saint Aganus of Airola
- Saint Aigulf
- Saint Aigulphus of Lérins
- Saint Albert of Como
- Saint Albinus of Angers
- Saint Aldhelm of Sherborne
- Saint Aldwine of Peartney
- Saint Alferius of La Cava
- Saint Alfric of Canterbury
- Saint Alphege of Winchester
- Saint Amarand
- Saint Angelelmus of Auxerre
- Saint Ansbald of Prüm
- Saint Anselm of Canterbury
- Saint Anselm of Nonantola
- Saint Anthony the Abbot
- Saint Antoninus of Sorrento
- Saint Arbeo of Freising
- Saint Astricus
- Saint Athelm of Canterbury
- Saint Atto of Tordino
- Saint Augustine of Canterbury
- Saint Augustus of Bourges
- Saint Avitus of Perche
- Saint Aymard of Cluny
- Saint Badilo
- Saint Baithen of Iona
- Saint Barbolenus of Fosses
- Saint Bardo of Mainz
- Saint Bardo of Mainz
- Saint Bartholomew of Rossano
- Saint Basinus of Trier
- Saint Benignus
- Saint Bernard of Clairvaux
- Saint Bernardo degli Uberti
- Saint Berno of Cluny
- Saint Bertin the Great
- Saint Beuno Gasulsych
- Saint Bonitus of Monte Cassino
- Saint Boswell
- Saint Botulph of Ikanhoe
- Saint Brendan the Navigator
- Saint Brithwald of Canterbury
- Saint Brocard
- Saint Cadroe
- Saint Cairlon of Cashel
- Saint Calogerus of Fragalata
- Saint Canice
- Saint Castor of Apt
- Saint Cearan the Devout
- Saint Cedd
- Saint Cellach of Armagh
- Saint Chad
- Saint Charles Borromeo
- Saint Claudius of Besançon
- Saint Colgan
- Saint Colman of Kilmacduagh
- Saint Columba of Iona
- Saint Columbanus
- Saint Comgall of Bangor
- Saint Constantine of Javron
- Saint Cumgar
- Saint Cumine the White
- Saint Cuthbert of Lindisfarne
- Saint Cybi of Caenarvon
- Saint Deodatus of Jointures
- Saint Deusdedit of Montecassino
- Saint Dinooth
- Saint Dodo
- Saint Drostan
- Saint Eberhard of Salzburg
- Saint Egilo
- Saint Elerius
- Saint Eleutherius
- Saint Elilantus
- Saint Eloque
- Saint Elpidius the Cappadocian
- Saint Engelmund
- Saint Ermin of Lobbes
- Saint Erminold of Prüfening
- Saint Ethelhard of Canterbury
- Saint Ethelwold
- Saint Etto
- Saint Eusebius of Cremona
- Saint Evermund of Fontenay
- Saint Faustus of Syracuse
- Saint Fibitius
- Saint Finian Lobhar
- Saint Floribert
- Saint Foillan of Fosses
- Saint Fursey of Peronne
- Saint Gelasius of Armagh
- Saint Gerard of Brogne
- Saint Gerard of La-Charite
- Saint Gerard Sagredo
- Saint Gerbold
- Saint Germanus
- Saint Germanus of Paris
- Saint Giles
- Saint Giles of Castaneda
- Saint Gislenus
- Saint Godfrey of Amiens
- Saint Goswin
- Saint Gregory of Einsiedeln
- Saint Gregory of Utrecht
- Saint Grimbald
- Saint Guenhael
- Saint Guy of Baume
- Saint Hadelin of Sees
- Saint Herve
- Saint Hidulf
- Saint Honoratus of Arles
- Saint Honoratus of Fondi
- Saint Hugh of Cluny
- Saint Humbert of Pelagius
- Saint Iñigo of Oña
- Saint Jambert of Canterbury
- Saint Jonatus
- Saint Kentigern
- Saint Kevin of Glendalough
- Saint Lantfrid
- Saint Lawrence O'Toole
- Saint Leodegarius
- Saint Leonard of Noblac
- Saint Leutfridus
- Saint Machai
- Saint Machudd of Llanfechel
- Saint Majolus of Cluny
- Saint Malachy O'More
- Saint Maurinus of Cologne
- Saint Maxentius of Poitou
- Saint Mayeul
- Saint Mellitus of Canterbury
- Saint Moeliai of Nendrum
- Saint Molling of Wexford
- Saint Moroc of Scotland
- Saint Nennus of Arran
- Saint Nicetius of Trier
- Saint Nicholas of Myra
- Saint Oderisius de Marsi
- Saint Odilo of Cluny
- Saint Odo of Cluny
- Saint Othmar of Saint Gall
- Saint Paduinus of Le Mans
- Saint Pardulf
- Saint Peter Martinez
- Saint Peter of Canterbury
- Saint Peter of Pappacarbone
- Saint Petronax of Monte Cassino
- Saint Pirmin
- Saint Placid of Autun
- Saint Ralph
- Saint Rambold of Ratisbon
- Saint Remaclus
- Saint Rioch
- Saint Robert of Molesme
- Saint Robert of Newminster
- Saint Romaric
- Saint Romuald
- Saint Rudesind
- Saint Rupert of Salzburg
- Saint Sacer
- Saint Salvius of Albi
- Saint Samson of York
- Saint Theodard of Maastricht
- Saint Theodulphus of Lobbes
- Saint Thurketyl
- Saint Tysilio of Wales
- Saint Urbicius
- Saint Ursicinus II
- Saint Ursicinus of Saint-Ursanne
- Saint Ursmar
- Saint Vincent of Leon
- Saint Virgilius of Arles
- Saint Walfrid
- Saint Waltram
- Saint Wilfrid of York
- Saint William of Dijon
- Saint Wiomad of Trèves
- Saint Zosimus of Syracuse
see also
- New Catholic Dictionary: abbot
