Saints who were monks
- Blessed Aaron of Cracow
- Blessed Abraham of Strelna
- Blessed Adalbero of Lambach
- Blessed Amadeus of Clermont
- Blessed Amadeus of Lausanne
- Blessed Bernard of Vienne
- Blessed Charles de Foucauld
- Blessed Columba Marmion
- Blessed Constantius of Fabriano
- Blessed Daniel of Villiers
- Blessed Gausmarus of Savigny
- Blessed Gregory Celli of Verucchio
- Blessed Gunther
- Blessed Herman of Heidelberg
- Blessed Herman of Zahringen
- Blessed Herman the Cripple
- Blessed Hugh Faringdon
- Blessed Hugh of Bonnevaux
- Blessed Hugh of Macon
- Blessed Hugh of Marchiennes
- Blessed Hugh of Montaigu
- Blessed Hugh of Sassoferrato
- Blessed Humphrey Middlemore
- Blessed James Saul
- Blessed John Beche
- Blessed John Eustace
- Blessed Joseph of Freising
- Blessed Julian Majali
- Blessed Mark of Aviano
- Blessed Nicholas Albergati
- Blessed Notkar Balbulus
- Blessed Otto of Heidelberg
- Blessed Peter de Geremia
- Blessed Peter Massalenus
- Blessed Pope Eugene III
- Blessed René-Julien Massey
- Blessed Simon of Saint Bertin
- Blessed Walto of Wessobrünn
- Pope Blessed Urban II
- Pope Saint Agatho
- Pope Saint Callistus II
- Pope Saint Gregory the Great
- Pope Saint Gregory VII
- Saint Aaron of Brettany
- Saint Abbo
- Saint Abbo of Fleury
- Saint Abraham of Kratia
- Saint Abraham of Rostov
- Saint Acharius
- Saint Adalard the Younger
- Saint Adalbert of Magdeburg
- Saint Adalbert of Prague
- Saint Adalgis of Thiérarche
- Saint Adalgott
- Saint Adolph of Utrecht
- Saint Adrian of Canterbury
- Saint Aganus of Airola
- Saint Agofredus
- Saint Agricola of Avignon
- Saint Aidan of Lindesfarne
- Saint Aigulf
- Saint Aigulphus of Lérins
- Saint Alberic of Utrecht
- Saint Albert of Como
- Saint Albinus
- Saint Albinus of Angers
- Saint Aldegrin of Baume
- Saint Aldericus
- Saint Aldhelm of Sherborne
- Saint Aldwine of Peartney
- Saint Alferius of La Cava
- Saint Alfric of Canterbury
- Saint Alphege of Winchester
- Saint Alphege the Bald
- Saint Amand of Maastricht
- Saint Ambrose Edward Barlow
- Saint Amicus
- Saint Ammon the Great
- Saint Anastasius of Cordoba
- Saint Andrew of Poland
- Saint Ansbald of Prüm
- Saint Anselm of Canterbury
- Saint Anselm of Nonantola
- Saint Ansfrid of Utrecht
- Saint Anthony of Froidemont
- Saint Anthony the Abbot
- Saint Antoninus of Sorrento
- Saint Antonius of Rocher
- Saint Arbeo of Freising
- Saint Argymirus of Cordoba
- Saint Arnulf of Novalesa
- Saint Astricus
- Saint Athelm of Canterbury
- Saint Atto of Oca
- Saint Atto of Tordino
- Saint Augustine of Canterbury
- Saint Augustine of Terracina
- Saint Augustine Webster
- Saint Augustus of Bourges
- Saint Autbert of Landevennec
- Saint Avitus of Perche
- Saint Aymard of Cluny
- Saint Badilo
- Saint Baithen of Iona
- Saint Balin
- Saint Barbolenus of Fosses
- Saint Bardo of Mainz
- Saint Bardo of Mainz
- Saint Barnabas of Poland
- Saint Bartholomew of Rossano
- Saint Basil the Great
- Saint Basinus of Trier
- Saint Bavo of Ghent
- Saint Beatus
- Saint Bede the Venerable
- Saint Benedict of Aniane
- Saint Benedict of Nursia
- Saint Benedict of Poland
- Saint Beregisus
- Saint Bernard of Clairvaux
- Saint Bernardo degli Uberti
- Saint Bernardo Tolomei
- Saint Berno of Cluny
- Saint Bertin the Great
- Saint Bertinus the Younger
- Saint Bertuin of Malonne
- Saint Betto
- Saint Beuno Gasulsych
- Saint Birstan
- Saint Bodfan of Wales
- Saint Boniface
- Saint Bosa of York
- Saint Boswell
- Saint Botulph of Ikanhoe
- Saint Brendan the Navigator
- Saint Brithwald of Canterbury
- Saint Brocard
- Saint Bruno of Querfort
- Saint Cadroe
- Saint Caesarius of Arles
- Saint Cagnoald
- Saint Calogerus of Fragalata
- Saint Calupan
- Saint Canice
- Saint Castor of Apt
- Saint Cawrdaf
- Saint Cedd
- Saint Celsus of Armagh
- Saint Ceollach
- Saint Chad
- Saint Charles Borromeo
- Saint Chillien of Aubigny
- Saint Clair
- Saint Claudius of Besançon
- Saint Cloud
- Saint Colman of Kilmacduagh
- Saint Colman of Lindisfarne
- Saint Columba of Iona
- Saint Columbanus
- Saint Comgall of Bangor
- Saint Constantine of Beauvais
- Saint Constantine of Javron
- Saint Cumian of Bobbio
- Saint Cuthbert of Canterbury
- Saint Cuthbert of Lindisfarne
- Saint Cybi of Caenarvon
- Saint Cyril
- Saint David of Wales
- Saint Deusdedit of Canterbury
- Saint Deusdedit of Montecassino
- Saint Dinooth
- Saint Dodo
- Saint Dogmael of Wales
- Saint Dominic of Comacchio
- Saint Domitian of Lobbes
- Saint Drostan
- Saint Dunstan of Canterbury
- Saint Eberhard of Salzburg
- Saint Edbert of Lindisfarne
- Saint Egilo
- Saint Elaeth the King
- Saint Eleutherius
- Saint Elleher
- Saint Eloque
- Saint Elsiar of Lavedan
- Saint Engelmund
- Saint Eoban of Utrecht
- Saint Equitius
- Saint Ermin of Lobbes
- Saint Erminold of Prüfening
- Saint Ethelnoth the Good
- Saint Ethelwald of Farne
- Saint Ethelwin of Lindsey
- Saint Ethelwold
- Saint Eucherius of Lyon
- Saint Eucherius of Orleans
- Saint Evermund of Fontenay
- Saint Faciolus
- Saint Faro of Meaux
- Saint Felix of Burgundy
- Saint Felix of Cordoba
- Saint Felix of Fritzlar
- Saint Felix of Valois
- Saint Fibitius
- Saint Finan of Iona
- Saint Findan
- Saint Finian Lobhar
- Saint Floribert
- Saint Foillan of Fosses
- Saint Froilan
- Saint Frugentius the Martyr
- Saint Galation
- Saint Gaudentius of Ossero
- Saint Gaudiosus of Tarazona
- Saint Geminus
- Saint Genesius of Lyon
- Saint George of Amastris
- Saint George of Antioch
- Saint George of Lodeve
- Saint Gerald of Braga
- Saint Gerald of Ostia
- Saint Gerald of Sauve-Majeure
- Saint Gerard of Brogne
- Saint Gerard of La-Charite
- Saint Gerard Sagredo
- Saint Gerasimus
- Saint Gerbold
- Saint Germanus
- Saint Germanus
- Saint Germanus of Montfort
- Saint Gerold of Evreux
- Saint Giles
- Saint Giles of Castaneda
- Saint Gluvias
- Saint Gobrain of Vannes
- Saint Godfrey of Amiens
- Saint Goswin
- Saint Gregory Makar
- Saint Gregory of Einsiedeln
- Saint Gregory of Nazianzen
- Saint Gregory of Utrecht
- Saint Grimbald
- Saint Guenhael
- Saint Guerembaldus
- Saint Gundebert
- Saint Gundekar
- Saint Gundisalvus
- Saint Guthlac of Croyland
- Saint Guy of Baume
- Saint Habentius of Cordoba
- Saint Hadelin of Lobbes
- Saint Hadelin of Sees
- Saint Hadulph
- Saint Hermenegild
- Saint Herve
- Saint Hiduard
- Saint Hidulf
- Saint Hilary of Arles
- Saint Honoratus of Arles
- Saint Honoratus of Canterbury
- Saint Honoratus of Fondi
- Saint Hugh of Anzy-le-Duc
- Saint Hugh of Cluny
- Saint Hugh of Grenoble
- Saint Humbert of Pelagius
- Saint Humphrey
- Saint Iñigo of Oña
- Saint Illtyd
- Saint Ina of Wessex
- Saint Isaac of Cordoba
- Saint Isaias
- Saint Iwi
- Saint Jacob of Nisibis
- Saint Jambert of Canterbury
- Saint Jerome
- Saint John Kukuzelis
- Saint John of Beverly
- Saint John of Lodi
- Saint John Theristus
- Saint Jonatus
- Saint Jorandus of Kergrist
- Saint Joseph the Hymnographer
- Saint Julian of Mesopotamia
- Saint Justus of Canterbury
- Saint Justus of Poland
- Saint Kentigern
- Saint Kevin of Glendalough
- Saint Kieran the Younger
- Saint Killian
- Saint Laetus
- Saint Landelin of Crespin
- Saint Landericus of Novalese
- Saint Lawrence O'Toole
- Saint Lawrence of Canterbury
- Saint Lazarus Zographos
- Saint Lebuin of Deventer
- Saint Leodegarius
- Saint Leutfridus
- Saint Libert
- Saint Licinius
- Saint Liphardus of Orleans
- Saint Lupus of Sens
- Saint Machai
- Saint Machudd of Llanfechel
- Saint Magdalveus of Verdun
- Saint Majolus of Cluny
- Saint Malachy O'More
- Saint Malo of Aleth
- Saint Mark the Ascetic
- Saint Martin of Tours
- Saint Maurinus of Cologne
- Saint Maxentius of Poitou
- Saint Maximian of Syracuse
- Saint Mayeul
- Saint Medrald
- Saint Meigan
- Saint Meinulph
- Saint Mellitus of Canterbury
- Saint Mewan of Bretagne
- Saint Moeliai of Nendrum
- Saint Molling of Wexford
- Saint Morand of Cluny
- Saint Moroc of Scotland
- Saint Nicetius of Trier
- Saint Nicholas of Tolentino
- Saint Nilus the Younger
- Saint Nonnosus
- Saint Oderisius de Marsi
- Saint Odilo of Cluny
- Saint Odo of Cluny
- Saint Odo the Good
- Saint Omer
- Saint Ordonius
- Saint Oswald of Worcester
- Saint Othmar of Saint Gall
- Saint Owen
- Saint Pabo
- Saint Paduinus of Le Mans
- Saint Pardulf
- Saint Paul of Cyprus
- Saint Paulinus of Nola
- Saint Paulinus of Terracina
- Saint Paulinus of York
- Saint Peregrinus of Modena
- Saint Peter Damian
- Saint Peter Martinez
- Saint Peter of Canterbury
- Saint Peter of Pappacarbone
- Saint Peter Orseolo
- Saint Petroc
- Saint Petronax of Monte Cassino
- Saint Pirmin
- Saint Placid of Autun
- Saint Placid of Dissentis
- Saint Rafael Arnáiz Barón
- Saint Ralph
- Saint Rambold of Ratisbon
- Saint Regulus of Rheims
- Saint Remaclus
- Saint Richard of Saint Vannes
- Saint Robert of Chaise-Dieu
- Saint Robert of Molesme
- Saint Robert of Newminster
- Saint Romaric
- Saint Romuald
- Saint Rudesind
- Saint Rumold
- Saint Rupert of Salzburg
- Saint Sabinian of Cordoba
- Saint Sacer
- Saint Salvius of Albi
- Saint Samson of York
- Saint Sava
- Saint Sergius of Caesarea
- Saint Severinus of Tivoli
- Saint Sidonius of Saint-Saens
- Saint Sigiranus
- Saint Silvanus
- Saint Simeon of Syracuse
- Saint Sola
- Saint Spinulus
- Saint Stephen of Sweden
- Saint Swithbert
- Saint Tarasius of Constantinople
- Saint Tatwine of Canterbury
- Saint Teilo of Llandaff
- Saint Tertus
- Saint Theobald
- Saint Theodard of Maastricht
- Saint Theodore of Canterbury
- Saint Theodulphus of Lobbes
- Saint Theophilus of Bulgaria
- Saint Tudwal
- Saint Tutilo of Saint Gall
- Saint Tysilio of Wales
- Saint Ubaldus Baldassini
- Saint Ulric of Zell
- Saint Urbicius
- Saint Urbicius
- Saint Ursicinus II
- Saint Ursicinus of Saint-Ursanne
- Saint Ursmar
- Saint Veranus of Vence
- Saint Vincent of Leon
- Saint Virgilius of Arles
- Saint Virgilius of Salzburg
- Saint Virila
- Saint Vitonus
- Saint Viventiolus of Lyons
- Saint Waccar
- Saint Walfrid
- Saint Wilfrid of York
- Saint Willehad of Bremen
- Saint William of Dijon
- Saint Willibrord of Echternach
- Saint Wiomad of Trèves
- Saint Wistremundus of Cordoba
- Saint Wolfgang of Ratisbon
- Saint Wolfrid
- Saint Zosimus of Syracuse
see also
- New Catholic Dictionary: monasticism
- patrons of monks
