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Home › Eras › 19th century

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19th century

390 saints referenced

Élisabeth Bruyère

Feast: April 5th

Foundress of the Sisters of Charity of Ottawa, Élisabeth Bruyère established the first healthcare and educational structures in Bytown (Otta…

Émilie d'Oultremont

Feast: February 22nd

Émilie d'Oultremont (1818-1878), in religion Mother Mary of Jesus, was a Belgian widow and mother, foundress of the Society of Mary Reparatr…

Émilie de Villeneuve

Feast: October 2nd

Jeanne-Émilie de Villeneuve (1811-1854), a French aristocrat from Toulouse, founded in 1836 the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of t…

Émilie Gamelin

Feast: September 23rd

Émilie Gamelin (1800-1851) was a Canadian religious sister, foundress of the Sisters of Providence of Montreal, dedicated to the service of …

Étienne Pernet

Feast: April 3rd

A French Assumptionist priest, Étienne Pernet (1824-1899) founded the Congregation of the Little Sisters of the Assumption to help poor work…

Étienne-Pierre Morlanne

Feast: January 7th

Étienne-Pierre Morlanne (1772-1862) was a French physician and obstetrician, founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of Maternal Charity,…

Sister Mary of St. Peter

A 19th-century Carmelite nun of Tours, Sister Marie de Saint-Pierre received divine communications requesting the creation of an association…

Venerable Stephen Bellesini

Feast: February 2nd

An Augustinian religious born in Trent, Étienne Bellesini distinguished himself through his dedication to free education during the Napoleon…

Teodora Campostrini

Feast: May 22nd

Teodora Campostrini (1788-1860) was the foundress of the congregation of the Minims of Charity of Our Lady of Sorrows in Verona.

Teresa Luisa Gardi

Feast: January 1st

Teresa Luisa Gardi (1769-1837) was an Italian laywoman, a member of the Third Order of Saint Francis, known for her life of prayer, invisibl…

Teresa Manganiello

Feast: November 4th

Teresa Manganiello (1849-1876) was an Italian layperson, Franciscan tertiary, and spiritual co-founder of the Congregation of the Franciscan…

Teresa of Jesus Jornet

Feast: August 26th

Spanish religious, Saint Teresa of Jesus Jornet e Ibars (1843-1897) founded in 1873 in Barbastro the congregation of the Little Sisters of t…

Teresa Toda Juncosa

Feast: July 30th

A wife who fled domestic violence, she founded with her daughter the congregation of the Carmelite Teresian Sisters of Saint Joseph to educa…

Theodore Guerin

Feast: October 3rd

A French religious sister who emigrated to the United States, Saint Theodore Guerin founded the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-W…

Thérèse Couderc

Feast: September 26th

A French religious, Thérèse Couderc is the co-foundress of the Congregation of Our Lady of the Cenacle, dedicated to spiritual retreats. Hav…

Thérèse of Lisieux

Feast: October 1st

A French Carmelite who died at 24, Thérèse of Lisieux taught the "little way" of spiritual childhood. Canonized in 1925, she is a patron sai…

Tommaso Maria Fusco

Feast: February 24th

Italian priest and founder of the Daughters of Charity of the Most Precious Blood, dedicated to the education of orphans and marked by a dee…

Victoire Rasoamanarivo

Feast: August 21st

Malagasy layperson (1848-1894), she was the guardian of the Catholic faith in Madagascar during the exile of the missionaries and dedicated …

Victor Emilio Moscoso Cárdenas

Feast: May 4th

Ecuadorian Jesuit priest and educator, assassinated in hatred of the faith in 1897 during the Liberal Revolution, beatified in 2019.

Vincent Pallotti

Feast: January 22nd

Roman priest (1795-1850), founder of the Union and the Society of the Catholic Apostolate (Pallottines), he was a precursor of the lay apost…

Vincent Strambi

Feast: January 1st

Vincent Mary Strambi (1745-1824), a Passionist religious who became Bishop of Macerata-Tolentino, was exiled for his loyalty to the Pope und…

Vincentia Maria López y Vicuña

Feast: December 26th

Vincentia Maria López y Vicuña (1847-1890) was a Spanish religious, foundress in Madrid of the congregation of the Religious of Mary Immacul…

Vincenza Gerosa

Feast: June 28th

Italian religious, Vincenza Gerosa (1784-1847) was, with Bartolomea Capitanio, the co-foundress of the Sisters of Charity of Lovere. Beatifi…

Vincenza Maria Poloni

Feast: November 11th

An Italian religious sister, Vincenza Maria Poloni co-founded the Institute of the Sisters of Mercy in Verona, dedicated to the service of t…

Vincenzina Cusmano

Feast: February 2nd

First Superior General of the Sisters Servants of the Poor, Vincenzina Cusmano dedicated her life to the service of the most destitute along…

Vincenzo Romano

Feast: December 20th

Vincenzo Romano (1751-1831), a priest from Torre del Greco near Naples, tireless in his service to the poor and fishermen and rebuilder of t…

Wanda Malczewska

Feast: September 25th

Wanda Malczewska (1822-1896) was a Polish lay mystic, a pioneer of catechism and social works, declared Venerable in 2006.

William Joseph Chaminade

Feast: January 22nd

A French Catholic priest and founder of the Marianist Family, William Joseph Chaminade dedicated his life to the re-Christianization of post…

Zephyrinus Agostini

Feast: April 6th

An Italian priest from Verona, Father Zephyrinus Agostini (1813-1896) dedicated his life to his parish and founded the Ursuline Sisters of M…

Zygmunt Szczęsny Feliński

Feast: September 17th

Archbishop of Warsaw deported for twenty years to Russia after the 1863 uprising, founder of the Franciscan Sisters of the Family of Mary, Z…

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