A priory is a monastery of men or women under religious vows that is headed by a prior or prioress. Priories may be houses of mendicant friars or nuns, or monasteries of monks or nuns. Houses of canons regular and canonesses regular also use this term, the alternative being "canonry".
The Gabrielli are an Italian feudal family from Gubbio, a town in Umbria.
Ubald of Gubbio was a medieval bishop of Gubbio, in Umbria, today venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church. Saint Ubaldo Day is still celebrated at the Basilica of Sant'Ubaldo in Gubbio in his honor, as well as at Jessup, Pennsylvania.
Dom Rosendo Salvado Rotea OSB was a Spanish Benedictine monk, missionary, bishop, author, founder and first Abbot of the Territorial Abbey of New Norcia, in Western Australia.
Ulderico Carpegna was an Italian jurist and Cardinal.
Martin Marty was a Benedictine bishop and missionary in America. He was the first Abbot of St. Meinrad Monastery in Indiana, the first Vicar Apostolic of Dakota Territory, and the second Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint Cloud. His zeal for the Indian Missions earned him the title, "The Apostle of the Sioux".
The Italian Catholic Diocese of Gubbio is in the province of Perugia, in Umbria, central Italy.
Roger William Gries, OSB is a bishop of the Catholic Church in the United States. He served as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Cleveland in the state of Ohio from 2001 to 2013.
Sperandia is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church. A relative of Saint Ubald of Gubbio, she became a Benedictine nun at Cingoli. She later became an abbess.
Denis James Madden is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, who served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, Maryland.
Robert Ronald Atwell is a British Anglican bishop, writer, and former Benedictine monk. Since April 2014, he has been the Bishop of Exeter. From 2008 to 2014, he was Bishop of Stockport, a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Chester.
Don Matteo is an Italian television series that has been airing on Rai 1, Italian national television's first channel, since 2000.
Peter of Anagni was Benedictine, Bishop, and papal legate. Born in Salerno, Italy, he entered the Benedictines and so distinguished himself as a monk that Pope Gregory VII appointed him Bishop of Anagni. As bishop, he improved the spiritual welfare of the city, built a new cathedral, and promoted the First Crusade to the Holy Land, a venture in which he participated. Pope Urban II sent him to Constantinople as papal legate to the Byzantine Empire. He was canonized in 1109 by Pope Paschal II, a mere four years after his death.
Cecciolo Gabrielli was an Italian nobleman, self-styled Duke of Gubbio.
Antonio Ferrero was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal.
Peter Damian was a reforming Benedictine monk and cardinal in the circle of Pope Leo IX. Dante placed him in one of the highest circles of Paradiso as a great predecessor of Saint Francis of Assisi and he was declared a Doctor of the Church in 1828. His feast day is 21 February.
Andrew Harmon Cozzens, is a bishop of the Catholic Church in the United States. Since 2013 he has been an auxiliary bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis.
Antonio Severini was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Gubbio (1444–1472) and Bishop of Cagli (1439–1444).
Pietro Carpegna or Petrus de Carpinea was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Gubbio (1628–1630).
