Doroteo Hernández Vera
A Spanish priest and founder of the secular institute Cruzada Evangélica, Doroteo Hernández Vera dedicated himself to the evangelization of …
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Dorothy Day
Co-founder of the Catholic Worker Movement, Dorothy Day dedicated her life to the poor, social justice, and radical pacifism in the light of…
Dulce Lopes Pontes
Saint Dulce Lopes Pontes (1914-1992), nicknamed the Good Angel of Bahia, was a Brazilian religious sister famous for her monumental work wit…
Edda Maria Caterina Roda
An Italian Capuchin nun (1940-1996), Sister Edda Maria Caterina Roda dedicated herself to catechesis and popular missions despite illness an…
Edel Quinn
Edel Quinn (1907-1944) was an Irish lay missionary for the Legion of Mary who established the movement in East Africa despite suffering from…
Edoardo Giuseppe Rosaz
Edoardo Giuseppe Rosaz (1830-1903) was an Italian bishop, founder of the congregation of the Franciscan Missionary Sisters of Susa, recogniz…
Eduard Gottlieb Profittlich
A German Jesuit and the first resident Catholic bishop in Estonia since the Reformation, Bishop Eduard Profittlich died a martyr in deportat…
Eduard Müller
Eduard Müller (1911-1943) was a German Catholic priest, vicar in Lübeck, arrested by the Gestapo and beheaded by the Nazi regime for his spi…
Eduard Profittlich
A German Jesuit and the first resident Catholic bishop in Estonia since the Reformation, Eduard Profittlich chose to remain with his faithfu…
Eduardo Francisco Pironio
Argentine cardinal, a major figure of CELAM and the Roman Curia, Eduardo Francisco Pironio was one of the initiators of the World Youth Day.
Edvige Carboni
Edvige Carboni (1880-1952) was a Sardinian lay mystic, known for her deep piety, stigmata, and heroic dedication to the poor.
Edward J. Flanagan
An Irish-born priest, Father Edward J. Flanagan is the founder of Boys Town in Nebraska, a revolutionary community dedicated to the care and…
Edward Poppe
A Flemish priest and apostle of the Eucharist, Blessed Edward Poppe (1890-1924) devoted himself to the poor and children before offering his…
Egidio Bullesi
Egidio Bullesi (1905-1929) was a young Italian worker, member of the Third Order of Saint Francis and Catholic Action, declared Venerable by…
Egidio Laurent
A religious Canon Regular of the Lateran, Egidio Laurent (Brother Giles) distinguished himself by his humility, his charity towards the poor…
Egidio Malacarne
An Italian Passionist priest, Egidio Malacarne was postulator general of his congregation for over thirty years, working for the recognition…
Egidio Marcelli
Egidio Marcelli (1874-1953), in religion Brother Lawrence of the Holy Spirit, was an Italian Passionist religious, a humble mendicant brothe…
Elena Aiello
Foundress of the Minims of the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ and Italian mystic, known for her stigmata and her dedication to orphans.
Elena Da Persico
Elena da Persico (1869-1948) was an Italian laywoman, journalist, and founder of the Secular Institute of the Daughters of the Queen of the …
Elena Guerra
Elena Guerra (1835-1914) was an Italian religious sister from Lucca, founder of the Oblates of the Holy Spirit and a major figure of devotio…
Elena Raparelli
Founder of the congregation of the Basilian Sisters, Daughters of Saint Macrina, Elena Raparelli (Mother Macrina) worked for the unity of Ch…
Elena Silvestri
Elena Silvestri (1839-1907) was an Italian religious sister, founder of the congregation of the Handmaids of the Child Jesus in Venice, dedi…
Eleonora Foresti
Italian religious and founder of the congregation of the Franciscan Adorer Sisters, recognized for her Eucharistic spirituality.
Eleonora López de Maturana
Eleonora López de Maturana (Sister Leonor of Saint Louis) was a Spanish Carmelite Sister of Charity, a missionary in Argentina where she fou…
Eleonore Margarete Weiss
Eleonore Margarete Weiss (Sister Maria Fidelis) was a German Franciscan nun and mystic, known for her visions of the Passion and declared Ve…
Elia Dalla Costa
Cardinal and archbishop of Florence, Elia Dalla Costa (1872-1961) distinguished himself through his moral resistance against fascism and his…
Blessed Elia of Saint Clement (Teodora Fracasso)
Italian Carmelite nun (1901-1927), beatified in 2006 by Benedict XVI, known for her spirituality of spiritual childhood similar to Saint Thé…
Elias Peter Hoayek
Maronite Patriarch and key figure in the founding of Greater Lebanon, Elias Peter Hoayek is recognized for his heroic charity and pastoral a…
Elisa Angela Meneguzzi
An Italian religious of the Congregation of the Sisters of Saint Francis de Sales, Sister Liduina was a missionary in Ethiopia, dedicating h…
Elisa Baldo Foresti
Elisa Baldo Foresti (1862-1926) was an Italian layperson, founder of the Congregation of the Humble Servants of the Lord in Gavardo, recogni…
Elisa Miceli
Elisa Miceli (1904-1976) was an Italian religious sister, foundress of the congregation of the Rural Catechist Sisters of the Sacred Heart, …
Elisabetta Girelli
Elisabetta Girelli (1839-1919) was an Italian consecrated laywoman, restorer of the Company of Saint Ursula of Brescia with her sister Madda…
Elisabetta Martinez
Italian religious sister and foundress of the congregation of the Daughters of Saint Mary of Leuca, dedicated to the service of single mothe…
Elisabetta Tasca Serena
An Italian layperson and mother, Elisabetta Tasca Serena lived a simple and hardworking life of family devotion and abandonment to God, guid…
Eliswa Vakayil
Foundress of the Third Order of the Discalced Carmelites in Kerala, Eliswa Vakayil dedicated her life to contemplative prayer and the empowe…
Elizabeth of the Trinity
A French Carmelite from Dijon, Elizabeth of the Trinity (1880-1906) was a mystic of the presence of the Trinity in the soul, beatified in 19…
Emanuela Maria Maddalena Kalb
A Polish religious sister of Jewish origin, member of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Canonesses of the Holy Spirit, she offered her …
Emanuele Stablum
Emanuele Stablum (1895-1950) was an Italian religious and physician of the Congregation of the Sons of the Immaculate Conception, recognized…
Emil Kapaun
An American military chaplain and hero of the Korean War, Emil Kapaun heroically devoted himself to prisoners of war before dying in captivi…
Emilie Engel
Emilie Engel (1893-1955) was a German religious sister, co-founder of the Secular Institute of the Sisters of Mary of Schoenstatt, recognize…
Emmanuel Domingo y Sol
Spanish priest (1836-1909), founder of the Brotherhood of Diocesan Worker Priests of the Heart of Jesus and the Pontifical Spanish College i…
Emmanuela Giovanna Scribano
An Italian religious sister of the Institute of the Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Ragusa, Sister Santina di Gesù offered her sufferings and…
Engelmar Unzeitig
A priest of the Congregation of the Missionaries of Mariannhill, Engelmar Unzeitig was deported to Dachau for defending the Jews. Known as t…
Enrichetta Alfieri
Sister Enrichetta Alfieri (1891-1951) was an Italian nun of the Sisters of Charity, famous for her heroic dedication to the inmates of the S…
Enrico Bartoletti
Enrico Bartoletti (1916-1976) was an Italian archbishop, Secretary General of the CEI, and a prominent figure in the reception of the Second…
Enrico Mauri
An Italian priest and founder of the Opera della Madonnina del Grappa, Enrico Mauri dedicated his life to supporting war widows and family m…
Enrico Medi
A renowned Italian physicist, science communicator, and committed politician, Enrico Medi lived his faith and science in deep unity. He was …
Enrico Rebuschini
Italian Camillian religious (1860-1938), Enrico Rebuschini dedicated his life to caring for the sick in Cremona while overcoming severe bout…
Enrique Angelelli
Bishop of La Rioja committed to the poor, Bishop Enrique Angelelli was assassinated in 1976 by the Argentine military dictatorship and beati…
Enrique Ernesto Shaw
Enrique Ernesto Shaw (1921-1962) was an Argentine lay business leader, recognized as Venerable, who dedicated his life to applying the Churc…
Enrique Shaw
Enrique Shaw (1921-1962) was an Argentine naval officer and business leader, declared Venerable, recognized for his exemplary application of…
Enzo Boschetti
An Italian priest and founder of the Casa del Giovane, Father Enzo Boschetti dedicated his life to the reception and rehabilitation of margi…
Ernesto Cofiño
Ernesto Cofiño (1899-1991) was a Guatemalan pediatrician, a pioneer in pediatrics and the fight against infant mortality in Guatemala. A sup…
Eufemia Gemma Giannini
Eufemia Gemma Giannini (1884-1971) was an Italian religious sister, a close friend of Saint Gemma Galgani, and the founder of the Missionary…
Eugene Bossilkov
Bulgarian Passionist bishop and martyr of communism, executed by firing squad in 1952 and beatified by John Paul II in 1998.
Eugénie Joubert
Eugénie Joubert (1876-1904) was a French religious sister of the congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Family of the Sacred Heart, beatifi…
Eugenio Reffo
Eugenio Reffo (1843-1925) was an Italian priest, co-founder of the Congregation of Saint Joseph with Saint Leonard Murialdo, and a major fig…
Saint Euphrasia Eluvathingal
Saint Euphrasia Eluvathingal (1877-1952) was an Indian Syro-Malabar Carmelite nun, known for her life of intense prayer and nicknamed the 'P…
Eurosia Fabris
Eurosia Fabris (1866-1932), known as "Mamma Rosa," was an Italian mother and Franciscan tertiary, a model of lay holiness beatified in 2005.
Eusebia Palomino Yenes
A Spanish Salesian religious of humble origin, Eusebia Palomino Yenes distinguished herself through her holiness lived in the simplicity of …
Eustachius Kugler
A German Hospitaller Brother, Eustachius Kugler distinguished himself through the construction of the Regensburg hospital and his courageous…
Eustáquio van Lieshout
Eustáquio van Lieshout (1890-1943) was a Dutch missionary priest of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts. Sent to Brazil, he dedicated hims…
Exupérien Mas
A Brother of the Christian Schools, Exupérien Mas (1829-1905) was a remarkable spiritual mentor and a social activist committed to working-c…
Ezequiel Moreno y Díaz
Spanish Augustinian Recollect, missionary in the Philippines and later Bishop of Pasto in Colombia, who died of cancer in 1906 and was canon…
Fathi Baladi
A young Lebanese layperson of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church, Fathi Baladi died tragically at the age of 19 in 1980. His piety, spiritual…
Faustina Kowalska
A Polish religious sister of the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy, Saint Faustina Kowalska (1905-1938) is the apostle of the…
Faustino Pérez-Manglano
Faustino Pérez-Manglano (1946-1963) was a young Spanish layperson, a member of the Marianist family, declared Venerable in 2011 for the hero…
Fausto Gei
Fausto Gei (1927-1968) was an Italian layperson, a member of the Silent Workers of the Cross, who offered his suffering from multiple sclero…
Felice Canelli
Felice Canelli (1880-1977) was an Italian diocesan priest from San Severo, a Salesian cooperator, and a pioneer of social action and the lay…
Felice Prinetti
An Italian army officer who became an Oblate of the Virgin Mary priest, Felice Prinetti (1842-1916) is the founder of the congregation of th…
Felice Rossini
Felice Rossini (1876-1924), in religion Brother Daniel of Samarate, was an Italian Capuchin missionary. Sent to Brazil, he devoted himself t…
Felice Tantardini
Felice Tantardini, nicknamed the "Blacksmith of God," was a PIME coadjutor brother who spent nearly 70 years in Burma, combining manual labo…
Felipe de Jesús Munárriz and 50 companions
Felipe de Jesús Munárriz and his 50 companions were Spanish Claretian missionaries martyred in August 1936 in Barbastro during the Spanish C…
Felisa Pérez de Iriarte Casado
A Spanish Dominican nun (1904-1954), Sister Teresita of the Child Jesus distinguished herself through her contemplative life in Daroca and O…
Felix Mary Ghebreamlak
An Eritrean priest and the first Ethiopian Cistercian monk, Felix Mary Ghebreamlak worked for the introduction of Eastern-rite monasticism t…
Felix Monasterio Ateca
Felix of the Virgin (1902-1951) was a Spanish Trinitarian priest, teacher, and master of novices, recognized as Venerable by the Catholic Ch…
Fidela Oller Angelats and 2 companions (3)
Three religious sisters of the Institute of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Girona, martyred in August 1936 during the Spanish Civil War for th…
Filippo Bardellini
An Italian Oratorian priest (1878-1956), Filippo Bardellini was the founder of the Institute of the Little Poor of the House of Nazareth, de…
Filippo Rinaldi
Filippo Rinaldi (1856-1931), an Italian Salesian priest and third successor of Don Bosco, greatly expanded the congregation and founded the …
Filippo Smaldone
Italian priest (1848-1923), known as the apostle of the deaf-mute, founder in Lecce of the Salesian Sisters of the Sacred Hearts, canonized …
Filomena D'Urso
Filomena D'Urso (1909-1954), in religion Sister Ambrogina di San Carlo, was an Italian religious of the Congregation of the Sisters of Jesus…
Fiorina Cecchin
Italian religious of the Little House of Divine Providence (Cottolengo), a dedicated missionary in Kenya for twenty years, beatified in 2022…
Firminius Wickenhauser
A German Franciscan friar and sculptor, Firminius Wickenhauser (1876-1939) was distinguished by his sacred art and his tireless charity towa…
Flavian Michael Melki
Syriac Catholic bishop and martyr of the 1915 genocide, beatified in 2015.
Flora Manfrinati
Flora Manfrinati (1906-1954) was an Italian laywoman, founder of the Family of Educator Apostles and the Work of Our Lady Universal, recogni…
Florentino Asensio Barroso
Florentino Asensio Barroso (1877-1936) was a Spanish bishop and martyr of the faith, a victim of religious persecution during the Spanish Ci…
Florenza Giovanna Profilio
Foundress of the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Conception of Lipari, she dedicated her life to the education and assistance of the mo…
Fortunato De Gruttis
An Italian Passionist priest, known as the "martyr of the confessional," he spent nearly thirty-seven years hearing confessions and guiding …
Fortunato Maria Farina
Fortunato Maria Farina (1881-1954) was an Italian bishop of the dioceses of Troia and Foggia, recognized for his pastoral zeal, heroic chari…
Francesca Farolfi
Italian religious (1853-1917), founder of the Franciscan Missionary Sisters of the Most Blessed Sacrament, declared Venerable in 2009.
Francesca Paola Prestigiacomo
Italian religious and founder of the Institute of the Sisters of the Sacred Heart of the Incarnate Word, recognized as venerable by Pope Fra…
Francesco Bonifacio
Istrian priest and martyr of the faith, assassinated in 1946 by communist partisans and beatified by Benedict XVI in 2008.
Francesco Caruso
Francesco Caruso (1879-1951) was an Italian priest, declared Venerable in 2020, recognized for his pastoral zeal, his ministry in the confes…
Francesco Chiesa
An Italian priest and eminent theologian, Canon Francesco Chiesa was the spiritual director of Blessed James Alberione and the spiritual god…
Francesco Convertini
Francesco Convertini (1898-1976) was an Italian Salesian priest, a devoted missionary in India, recognized as Venerable by Pope Francis in 2…
Francesco Lombardi
An Italian diocesan priest, Francesco Lombardi was the "priest of the earthquake" of Bussana, dedicating himself to the material and spiritu…
Francesco Maria di Francia
A Sicilian priest and Vicar General of Messina, Francesco Maria di Francia (1853-1913) was the founder of the Congregation of the Capuchin S…
Francesco Maria Greco
Italian diocesan priest and founder of the Congregation of the Little Workers of the Sacred Hearts with Maria Teresa De Vincenti.
Francesco Maria Perez
An Italian lawyer from the nobility, Francesco Maria Perez renounced his possessions to become a lay brother in the congregation of Don Giov…
Francesco Mottola
An Italian priest from Calabria, Francesco Mottola (1901-1969) was the founder of the Oblate Family of the Sacred Heart, dedicated to the se…
Francesco Paleari
Italian priest of the Little House of Divine Providence (Cottolengo), teacher, spiritual director, and renowned confessor in Turin, beatifie…
Francesco Pianzola
An Italian priest and founder of the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Queen of Peace, Francesco Pianzola dedicated himself to the evange…
Francesco Spinelli
Francesco Spinelli (1853-1913), a Lombard diocesan priest, founded the Adorers of the Blessed Sacrament in Rivolta d'Adda after overcoming s…
Francesco Spoto
An Italian priest and Superior General of the Congregation of the Missionary Servants of the Poor, Francesco Spoto died a martyr in 1964 in …
Francis Xavier Trương Bửu Diệp
A Vietnamese diocesan priest and martyr, Father Trương Bửu Diệp offered his life to save his parishioners in 1946. He was beatified in 2026.
Francisca Ana María Alcover Morell
Francisca Ana María Alcover Morell (1912-1954) was a Spanish laywoman from Majorca. Committed to Catholic Action, an office worker and poet,…
Francisca Pascual Doménech
Francisca Pascual Doménech (1833-1903), in religion Francisca de la Concepción, was a Spanish religious sister and foundress of the Congrega…
Francisco Barrecheguren Montagut
A Spanish father who became a widower, Francisco Barrecheguren Montagut joined the Redemptorists at the age of 65 and was ordained a priest.…
Francisco Cástor Sojo López and 3 companions (4)
Four Spanish priests of the Brotherhood of Diocesan Worker Priests of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, martyrs of the Spanish Civil War between 19…
Francisco de Asís Méndez Casariego
Spanish priest (1850-1924), co-founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Most Holy Trinity of Madrid and founder of the Hogar Porta …
Francisco de Paula Tarin Arnau
Francisco de Paula Tarín Arnau (1847-1910) was a Spanish Jesuit priest, a tireless missionary in Andalusia, and known as the Apostle of the …
Francisco de Paula Victor
Born a slave in Brazil, Francisco de Paula Victor overcame racial prejudice to become a priest. A devoted parish priest of Três Pontas for 5…
Francisco Esteban Lacal and companions (22)
Group of 22 martyrs (21 Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate and one layman) put to death in hatred of the faith in 1936 at the beginning o…
Francisco Gárate Aranguren
Francisco Gárate Aranguren (1857-1929) was a Spanish Jesuit brother, a devoted porter at the University of Deusto in Bilbao for 41 years, be…
Francisco Garmendia Mendizábal
Spanish Lasallian religious, dedicated educator and provincial, declared Venerable in 2008.
Francisco Marto
Francisco Marto is one of the three shepherd children of Fatima to whom the Virgin Mary appeared in 1917; canonized on May 13, 2017, by Pope…
Francisco Simón Ródenas
Francisco Simón Ródenas (1849-1914), in religion Francisco de Orihuela, was a Spanish Capuchin priest, missionary, and Bishop of Santa Marta…
Franciszek Blachnicki
A Polish priest and founder of the Light-Life movement, Franciszek Blachnicki dedicated his life to evangelization and spiritual resistance …
Franciszka Siedliska
Franciszka Siedliska (1842-1902), in religion Mary of Jesus the Good Shepherd, was a Polish religious sister and foundress of the Congregati…
Maria Euthymia Üffing
Sister Maria Euthymia Üffing (1914-1955) was a German religious of the Sisters of Charity of Münster, beatified in 2001 for her heroic chari…