Saint Alphonsus Liguori
A brilliant lawyer in Naples, Alphonsus Liguori left the world after a judicial error to dedicate himself to God. Founder of the Redemptoris…
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94 saints referenced
Blessed Angelo of Acri
A Capuchin religious born in Calabria in 1669, Angelo of Acri overcame difficult beginnings in religious life to become a tireless apostolic…
Angelo of Acri
A Calabrian Capuchin born Luca Antonio Falcone, Angelo of Acri (1669-1739) was an indefatigable preacher of popular missions, nicknamed the …
Angelo Paoli
Angelo Paoli (1642-1720) was an Italian Carmelite religious, nicknamed the "father of the poor" for his tireless dedication to the sick and …
Antonio Lucci
Franciscan bishop of Bovino, eminent theologian and friend of the poor, beatified in 1989.
Bartolomeo Maria Dal Monte
An indefatigable priest and preacher of the 18th century, Blessed Bartolomeo Maria Dal Monte dedicated his life and fortune to popular missi…
Saint Benedict Joseph Labre
Born in Artois in 1748, Benedict Joseph Labre renounced monastic life to become a mendicant pilgrim, traveling through the sanctuaries of Eu…
Bernardo de Hoyos
A Spanish Jesuit priest (1711-1735), Bernardo de Hoyos was the first great apostle of the devotion to the Sacred Heart in Spain, famous for …
Venerable Brother Egidio of Saint Joseph
An 18th-century Franciscan religious, Egidio de Saint-Joseph distinguished himself by his humility and charity in Naples. A questing friar f…
Devasahayam Pillai
Devasahayam Pillai (1712-1752), a Hindu layman converted to Catholicism and martyred in Travancore, is the first Indian layman raised to sai…
Elisabetta Maria Satellico
Elisabetta Maria Satellico (1706-1745), in religion Sister Maria Crocifissa, was an Italian Poor Clare and abbess of Montenovo (Ostra Vetere…
Saint Émilie de Rodat
Born in 1787 in Aveyron, Émilie de Rodat dedicated her life to the free instruction of poor girls and the care of the needy. She founded the…
Estephan El Douaihy
Estephan El Douaihy (1630-1704) was a Maronite patriarch, scholar, and Lebanese historian, beatified in 2024.
Eusebio Kino
An Italian Jesuit priest, missionary, explorer, and cartographer, Eusebio Kino dedicated his life to the evangelization and defense of the P…
Felix of Nicosia
An illiterate Sicilian Capuchin friar, Felix of Nicosia spent more than forty years as a questing friar, radiating humility, absolute obedie…
Florida Cevoli
An Italian Capuchin Poor Clare religious, Florida Cevoli was a disciple of Saint Veronica Giuliani before succeeding her as abbess in Città …
Francesco Antonio Fasani
Conventual Franciscan of Lucera, tireless preacher and confessor nicknamed the "Padre Maestro", devotee of the Immaculate Conception, canoni…
Francesco Antonio Marcucci
Italian bishop and founder of the Conceptionist Sisters, Francesco Antonio Marcucci dedicated his life to the education of young girls and t…
Francisca del Espíritu Santo Fuentes
Foundress of the Congregation of the Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena in the Philippines, Francisca del Espíritu Santo Fuentes (1…
François de Laval
First bishop of Quebec and founder of the Quebec Seminary, François de Laval (1623-1708) organized the Catholic Church in New France. He was…
Gerard Majella
An Italian Redemptorist lay brother who died at twenty-nine in 1755 with a reputation for holiness, Gerard Majella was beatified in 1893 and…
Giacomo Abbondo
Giacomo Abbondo (1720-1788) was an Italian priest, pastor of Tronzano Vercellese, beatified in 2016 by Pope Francis.
Giorgio Guzzetta
An Italian Oratorian priest of Albanian descent, Giorgio Guzzetta dedicated his life to the preservation of the Byzantine rite and the cultu…
Giulia Crostarosa
Giulia Crostarosa (1696-1755), in religion Sister Maria Celeste, was an Italian mystic and the foundress of the Order of the Most Holy Redee…
Giuseppe Maria Tomasi
Saint Giuseppe Maria Tomasi (1649-1713) was an Italian Theatine cardinal, known as the "Prince of Liturgists" for his scholarly works that p…
Gomidas Keumurdjian
Gomidas Keumurdjian (1656-1707) was a married Armenian priest from Constantinople who converted to Catholicism and was beheaded for refusing…
Ignacia del Espíritu Santo
Foundress of the Congregation of the Religious of the Virgin Mary, the first native religious congregation for women in the Philippines.
Ignatius of Laconi
A Sardinian Capuchin friar and questor in Cagliari for about forty years, Ignatius of Laconi (1701-1781) was revered for his humility and ch…
Ignatius of Santhià
Ignatius of Santhià, a Piedmontese Capuchin friar born in 1686 and died in Turin in 1770, was a master of novices, military chaplain, and la…
Jacques Gianiel
Swiss Passionist lay brother, companion of Saint Paul of the Cross, declared Venerable in 1989.
Januarius Maria Sarnelli
An 18th-century Italian Redemptorist priest and companion of Saint Alphonsus Liguori, he distinguished himself through his missionary zeal a…
Jean-Baptiste Delaveyne
Jean-Baptiste Delaveyne (1653-1719) was a French Benedictine monk, founder of the Sisters of Charity and Christian Instruction of Nevers.
Jean-Baptiste Rauzan
Jean-Baptiste Rauzan was a priest from Bordeaux and founder of the Society of the Missions of France. After enduring the turmoil of the Fren…
Jean-Baptiste Souzy and 63 companions
A priest of the Diocese of La Rochelle, Jean-Baptiste Souzy was deported to the Rochefort prison ships during the Reign of Terror. Appointed…
Jean-Joseph Allemand
A priest from Marseille born at the end of the 18th century, Jean-Joseph Allemand dedicated his life to the Christian education of young peo…
Jean-Marie du Lau and 190 companions (191)
Group of 191 ecclesiastics and laypeople murdered in Paris on September 2 and 3, 1792, for refusing to take the schismatic oath to the Civil…
Jean-Martin Moye
A priest from Lorraine and missionary in China, Jean-Martin Moye is the founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of Providence and the Soc…
Jeanne Delanoue
A merchant from Saumur converted to the service of the poor, Jeanne Delanoue founded the Congregation of Saint Anne of Providence. Beatified…
Johann Philipp Jeningen
A German Jesuit and popular missionary, Blessed Johann Philipp Jeningen (1642-1704) left a profound mark on Swabia through his apostolic zea…
Johannes Laurentius Weiss and 2 companions
Johannes Laurentius Weiss (Father Liberatus) and his companions Michele Pio Fasoli and Samuele Marzorati were Franciscan missionary martyrs …
Blessed John Baptist Rossi
An 18th-century Italian priest nicknamed the 'Saint Vincent de Paul of Rome', John Baptist Rossi dedicated his life to the most destitute, p…
Joseph Vaz
An Oratorian priest born in Goa in 1651, Joseph Vaz clandestinely evangelized Ceylon (Sri Lanka) under Dutch Calvinist persecution and died …
Junípero Serra
Junípero Serra (1713-1784) was a Spanish Franciscan, founder of the first missions in Upper California, canonized on September 23, 2015, by …
Kazimierz Wyszyński
Kazimierz Wyszyński (1700-1755), in religion Casimir of Saint Joseph, was a Polish religious, Superior General of the Congregation of Marian…
Saint Leonard of Port Maurice
An 18th-century Franciscan friar, Leonard of Port Maurice was one of the greatest missionaries in Italy. Founder of the solitude of the Inco…
Louis de Montfort
Breton missionary priest (1673-1716), apostle of the "True Devotion" to the Virgin Mary and founder of the Company of Mary and the Daughters…
Venerable Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort
Born in Brittany in 1673, Louis-Marie Grignon de Montfort was an indefatigable apostolic missionary who traveled throughout western France. …
Lucia Burlini
Lucia Burlini (1710-1789) was an Italian layperson and weaver, a spiritual disciple of Saint Paul of the Cross, recognized as Venerable by t…
Lucy Filippini
Italian religious (1672-1732), Lucy Filippini founded in Montefiascone, with Cardinal Marcantonio Barbarigo, the institute of the Maestre Pi…
Marcantonio Barbarigo
An Italian cardinal and archbishop of Montefiascone, Marcantonio Barbarigo dedicated himself to the education of poor young girls by foundin…
Marguerite d'Youville
A Canadian widow who became the foundress of the Sisters of Charity of Montreal, known as the Grey Nuns, Marguerite d'Youville was the first…
Marguerite Rutan
A Daughter of Charity and martyr of the French Revolution, Marguerite Rutan dedicated her life to the poor and the sick before being guillot…
María Antonia de Paz y Figueroa
An 18th-century Argentine laywoman, María Antonia de Paz y Figueroa, known as Mama Antula, spread the Ignatian spiritual exercises and found…
María Antonia Pereira Andrade
Spanish Carmelite nun (1700-1760), founder of the first Carmel in Galicia and mystical writer, declared Venerable in 2018.
Maria Antonia Solimani
Maria Antonia Solimani (1688-1758), in religion Sister Giovanna Maria Battista, was an Italian religious, foundress of the Hermits and Missi…
Maria Crescentia Höss
A German Franciscan religious, Maria Crescentia Höss overcame poverty and bullying to become the superior of her convent, a spiritual reform…
Maria Crocifissa Costantini
Faustina Geltrude Costantini (1713-1787), who took the religious name Mother Maria Crocifissa of Jesus, is the co-foundress of the Passionis…
Maria Hueber
Maria Hueber (1653-1705) was a Tyrolean religious sister, foundress of the first free school for girls in Tyrol and the congregation of the …
Maria Maddalena Martinengo
Italian Capuchin Poor Clare religious, mystic, and abbess, known for her humility and spiritual writings.
Mariano Arciero
Mariano Arciero (1707-1788) was an Italian priest from Contursi Terme. Nicknamed the "Apostle of Calabria" for his immense work of evangeliz…
Marie Poussepin
Marie Poussepin (1653-1744) was a French religious sister, foundress of the Dominican Sisters of Charity of the Presentation, beatified in 1…
Marie-Anne Rivier
In 1796, Marie-Anne Rivier founded the Congregation of the Sisters of the Presentation of Mary in Thueyts for the education of poor young gi…
Venerable Marie-Clotilde of France
A French princess born in Versailles, Marie-Clotilde became Queen of Sardinia through her marriage to Charles-Emmanuel. Known for her deep p…
Marie-Louise Trichet
Co-foundress with Saint Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort of the Congregation of the Daughters of Wisdom, Marie-Louise Trichet dedicated her …
Marie-Madeleine Fontaine and 3 companions (4)
Four Daughters of Charity of Arras, martyred in Cambrai in 1794 for refusing to take the revolutionary oath.
Martyrs of Laval (19)
Group of nineteen Christians (fifteen priests, three nuns, and one laywoman) executed in Mayenne in 1794 for their fidelity to the Roman Chu…
Martyrs of Orange (32)
The 32 martyrs of Orange were a group of nuns from various congregations guillotined in July 1794 for their fidelity to their vows and their…
Martyrs of Rochefort (64)
Group of 64 French priests and religious who died in deportation on prison ships at Rochefort in 1794 and 1795, beatified by John Paul II in…
Saint Mary Frances of the Five Wounds of Jesus
Born Anna-Maria Gallo in Naples, she endured her father's violence for refusing marriage and choosing religious life in the Third Order of S…
Melchior Chyliński
Melchior Chyliński (1694-1741), in religion Brother Raphael, was a Polish Franciscan priest renowned for his heroic charity towards the poor…
Nano Nagle
Pioneer of Catholic education in Ireland under the Penal Laws and foundress of the Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Nicola Saggio
An oblate religious of the Order of Minims, Nicola Saggio (1650-1709) distinguished himself by his humility, his charity toward the poor in …
Noël Pinot
A French priest and martyr of the Revolution, Blessed Noël Pinot was guillotined in Angers in 1794 for refusing to swear an oath to the Civi…
Saint Paul Ni Tok-ei
A zealous Korean Christian and potter by trade, Paul Ni Tok-ei converted many pagans before being arrested in 1797. Despite atrocious tortur…
Saint Paul of the Cross (Paul-Francis)
Born in Italy at the end of the 17th century, Paul of the Cross founded the Congregation of the Passionists dedicated to the meditation of t…
Pierre Vigne
A French missionary priest (1670-1740), Pierre Vigne is the founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament, dedicated t…
Pierre-Adrien Toulorge
A French Premonstratensian priest, Pierre-Adrien Toulorge was guillotined in 1793 for refusing to lie about his exile in Jersey, becoming th…
Pierre-René Rogue
A French Lazarist priest, Pierre-René Rogue was a martyr of the French Revolution, guillotined in Vannes in 1796 for refusing to swear an oa…
Pietro Marcellino Corradini
An Italian cardinal and brilliant jurist, Pietro Marcellino Corradini is the founder of the Congregation of the Collegine Sisters of the Hol…
Pompilio Maria Pirrotti
Italian Piarist priest (1710-1766), educator and preacher nicknamed "the Apostle of the Abruzzo", beatified by Leo XIII in 1890 and canonize…
Reverend Father Marie-Joseph Coudrin
A priest from Poitou, Marie-Joseph Coudrin exercised a heroic and clandestine ministry during the French Revolution. In 1800, he founded the…
Rose Venerini
Italian religious born in Viterbo in 1656, Rose Venerini founded the first public school for girls in Italy in 1685 and the congregation of …
September Martyrs (191)
Group of 191 Catholics (bishops, priests, religious, and laypeople) massacred in Paris between September 2 and 5, 1792, for refusing to take…
Simeon-Marie Cardon and 5 companions (6)
Group of six Cistercian monks from Casamari Abbey murdered by soldiers of the French Revolutionary Army in May 1799 for defending the Euchar…
Solomon Leclercq
A Brother of the Christian Schools and secretary to the Superior General, Solomon Leclercq was massacred at the Carmes convent in Paris on S…
Stanisław Papczyński
Polish priest (1631-1701), founder of the Congregation of Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception, the first male religious order in Pol…
Tecla Relucenti
Co-foundress and first superior of the Congregation of the Pious Workers of the Immaculate Conception, Tecla Relucenti dedicated her life to…
Teresa Margaret Redi
Discalced Carmelite from Florence, Anna Maria Redi, in religion Teresa Margaret of the Sacred Heart (1747-1770), lived an intense hidden lif…
Teresa of Saint Augustine and 15 companions (16)
Community of sixteen Discalced Carmelites guillotined in Paris on July 17, 1794, during the Reign of Terror, led by their prioress Teresa of…
Theophilus of Corte
Corsican Friar Minor of the Observance (1676-1740), itinerant preacher and promoter of the Franciscan "ritiri", beatified by Leo XIII and ca…
Thérèse of St. Augustine
Daughter of King Louis XV, Louise-Marie of France (Sister Thérèse of St. Augustine) left the court of Versailles to enter the Carmel of Sain…
Thomas of Cori
Italian Observant Franciscan, tireless preacher nicknamed the apostle of the Sublacense and founder of ritiros, Thomas of Cori (1655-1729) w…
Ursuline Martyrs of Valenciennes (11)
Group of eleven religious sisters (mostly Ursulines) executed in Valenciennes in October 1794 during the Reign of Terror for refusing to ren…
William Repin and 98 companions (99)
William Repin and his 98 companions are martyrs of the French Revolution, executed in Angers between 1793 and 1794 for their fidelity to the…