Lübeck Martyrs (4)
The Lübeck Martyrs were four German Christian clergymen (three Catholic priests and one Lutheran pastor) executed by beheading in 1943 for o…
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1156 saints referenced
Maria Benedetta Frey
An Italian Cistercian nun paralyzed for 52 years, she transformed her cell into a place of apostolate and spiritual counsel.
Maria Berenice Hencker
Colombian religious sister and foundress of the Congregation of the Little Sisters of the Annunciation, beatified in 2022.
Maria Bertilla Boscardin
An Italian religious sister of the Teachers of Saint Dorothy and a nurse at the hospital in Treviso, Maria Bertilla Boscardin (1888-1922) wa…
Maria Bolognesi
Maria Bolognesi (1924-1980) was an Italian lay mystic, stigmatist, and devoted to the service of the poor and orphans.
Maria Candida of the Eucharist
Sicilian Carmelite and Eucharistic mystic of the 20th century, beatified in 2004 by John Paul II.
Maria Carlotta Fontana
Italian religious, co-founder and first Superior General of the congregation of the Poor Daughters of Saint Cajetan, dedicated to the servic…
Maria Carmela Giannetto
Italian religious of the Congregation of the Daughters of Mary Immaculate, known as Sister Maria Francesca, she distinguished herself by her…
Maria Carmelina Leone
Maria Carmelina Leone (1923-1940) was a young Italian layperson from Palermo, a member of Catholic Action, declared Venerable in 1997.
Maria Celine Kannanaikal
Maria Celine Kannanaikal (1931-1957) was an Indian religious sister of the Syro-Malabar Church, a member of the Ursuline Sisters of Mary Imm…
Maria Chiara Magro
Maria Chiara Magro (1923-1969) was an Italian consecrated laywoman and teacher, recognized as Venerable by the Catholic Church for her moral…
Maria Concepción Barrecheguren García
María de la Concepción Barrecheguren García (1905-1927), affectionately nicknamed Conchita, is a young Spanish laywoman known for her piety …
Maria Costanza Panas
An Italian Capuchin Poor Clare nun and abbess of the monastery of Fabriano, Maria Costanza Panas (1896-1963) is a mystical figure famous for…
Maria Cristina Cella Mocellin
Maria Cristina Cella Mocellin (1969-1995) was an Italian mother declared Venerable by Pope Francis in 2021. Suffering from a sarcoma, she ch…
Maria Cristina of the Immaculate Conception
Adelaide Brando, in religion Maria Cristina of the Immaculate Conception, founded in Casoria in 1878 the congregation of the Sisters Victims…
Maria Cristina Ogier
Maria Cristina Ogier (1955-1974) was a young Italian layperson, a member of the Third Order of Saint Francis, recognized as Venerable for he…
Maria Crocifissa Curcio
Maria Crocifissa Curcio (1877-1957) was an Italian religious sister, foundress of the Congregation of the Carmelite Missionary Sisters of Sa…
Maria de Lourdes Guarda
A Brazilian layperson paralyzed for nearly fifty years, she dedicated her life to the apostolate and the Christian Fraternity of People with…
Maria del Carmen Albarracín Pascual
Spanish Claretian nun (1927-1946) recognized as Venerable, famous for her constant joy and faithfulness in small things despite illness.
Maria del Refugio Aguilar y Torres
Foundress of the congregation of the Mercedarian Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament in Mexico, Maria del Refugio Aguilar y Torres dedicated he…
Maria della Mercede Cabezas Terrero
Foundress of the religious institute of the Missionary Workers of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, dedicated to the service of the poorest and mos…
Maria di Gesù dell'Amore Misericordioso
Mexican foundress of the Guadalupan Handmaids of Christ the Priest, dedicated to the spiritual and material support of priests.
Maria Di Majo
Maria Di Majo (Sister Maria Dolores di Cristo Re, 1888-1967) is the founder of the Congregation of the Missionary Servants of Christ the Kin…
Maria Domenica Bottani
Maria Domenica Bottani (Sister Maria Dositea Eucaristica), an Italian religious sister and Superior General of the Ursuline Sisters of Gandi…
Maria Domenica Mantovani
Maria Domenica Mantovani (1862-1934), co-foundress and first Superior General of the Little Sisters of the Holy Family, was canonized on May…
Maria Dulce Rodrigues dos Santos
Maria Dulce Rodrigues dos Santos (Mother Maria Teresa of Jesus Eucharist) is the Brazilian founder of the Congregation of the Little Mission…
Maria Edvige Zivelonghi
Maria Edvige Zivelonghi (1919-1949) was an Italian religious sister of the Congregation of the Daughters of Jesus, declared Venerable by Pop…
Maria Elisa Andreoli
Foundress of the Congregation of the Servants of Mary Reparatrix, she dedicated her life to education, the poor, and Marian reparation.
Maria Elisabetta Mazza
Maria Elisabetta Mazza (1886-1950) was an Italian teacher, foundress of the Institute of the Little Apostles of the Christian School, declar…
María Elisea Oliver Molina
María Elisea Oliver Molina (1869-1931) was a Spanish religious sister, founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Virgin Mary of Moun…
Maria Elizabeth Hesselblad
Born a Lutheran in Sweden in 1870, Maria Elizabeth Hesselblad converted to Catholicism in 1902 in the United States and restored the Order o…
Maria Euthymia Üffing
A German Sister of Charity, Maria Euthymia Üffing served tirelessly among the sick and prisoners of war during the Second World War.
Maria Fortunata Viti
An Italian Benedictine lay sister, Maria Fortunata Viti (1827-1922) lived a life of humility, prayer, and hidden work at the monastery of Ve…
Maria Francesca Rubatto
Anna Maria Rubatto, born in 1844 in Carmagnola (Piedmont), founded the Capuchin Tertiaries of Loano in 1885 and developed their apostolate i…
Maria Gabriella Sagheddu
Italian Trappist nun, Maria Gabriella Sagheddu (1914-1939) offered her life for the unity of Christians and was beatified by John Paul II in…
Maria Gargani
Maria Gargani (1892-1973), in religion Sister Maria Crocifissa del Divino Amore, was an Italian schoolteacher, foundress of the congregation…
Maria Gioia
Maria Gioia (1904-1931), known as Marietta, was an Italian laywoman, a pioneer of local Catholic Action, and a model of offering in sickness…
Maria Giovanna Fasce
An Italian Augustinian nun and prioress of the monastery of Cascia, Blessed Maria Teresa Fasce (1881-1947) dedicated her life to spreading d…
Maria Giselda Villela
Brazilian Carmelite (1909-1988), founder of the Carmel of the Holy Family in Pouso Alegre, she is known as "Mãezinha" and was declared vener…
Maria Giuseppina Amalia Sofia Iaconis
Italian religious and founder of the Congregation of the Daughters of the Immaculate Conception of Buenos Aires, she dedicated her life to e…
Maria Goretti
Maria Goretti (1890-1902) was a young Italian peasant girl, mortally wounded at the age of eleven for resisting an assault. Venerated as a v…
Maria Grazia Tarallo
Italian religious of the congregation of the Crucified Sisters Adorers of the Eucharist, known for her life of adoration, offered sufferings…
Maria Güell Puig
Maria Güell Puig (1848-1921) was a Spanish religious sister, founder of the Missionary Daughters of the Heart of Mary, recognized as Venerab…
Maria Guzmán Figueroa
Mexican Catholic priest, member of the Missionaries of the Holy Spirit and founder of the Congregation of the Eucharistic Missionary Sisters…
Maria Isabel Caldeira
Maria Isabel Caldeira (1889-1962), in religion Mother Maria Isabel of the Most Holy Trinity, was a Portuguese religious sister and founder o…
Maria Josefa Alhama y Valera
Maria Josefa Alhama y Valera (Mother Esperanza) was a Spanish religious sister, foundress of the Handmaids and the Sons of Merciful Love, an…
Maria Josefa Karolina Brader
Maria Josefa Karolina Brader (1860-1943) was a Swiss religious sister, foundress of the Franciscan Sisters of Mary Immaculate, beatified in …
Maria Josephina Teresa Marcucci
Italian Passionist nun (1888-1960), known as Sister Maria Maddalena of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, she founded several monasteries in Sp…
Maria Jula Ivanišević and companions (5)
Group of five religious sisters of the congregation of the Daughters of Divine Charity, martyred in December 1941 in Bosnia and Herzegovina …
Maria Julitta Ritz
Maria Julitta Ritz (1882-1966) was a German religious sister of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Redeemer, known for her humble servic…
Maria Karłowska
Maria Karłowska (1865-1935) was a Polish religious sister, foundress of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd of Divine Providence, beatified in …
Maria Kaupas
Foundress of the Sisters of Saint Casimir, she dedicated herself to the education and healthcare of Lithuanian immigrants in the United Stat…
Maria Klara Fietz
Sister Maria Klara Fietz (1905-1937) was an Austrian Franciscan religious, the first doctoral student of her congregation, whose mystical li…
Maria Krzysztofa Klomfass and 14 companions (15)
Group of fifteen religious sisters of the Congregation of the Sisters of Saint Catherine martyred in 1945 by Red Army soldiers in East Pruss…
Maria Laura Baraggia
Maria Laura Baraggia (1851-1923) was an Italian religious sister, foundress of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Family of the Sacred H…
Maria Laura Mainetti
Sister Maria Laura Mainetti, Daughter of the Cross, was murdered in the year 2000 by three teenagers during a satanic ritual, while forgivin…
Maria Lucrezia Zileri dal Verme
Maria Lucrezia Zileri dal Verme (1839-1923) was an Italian religious sister, reformer, and superior of the Missionary Ursulines of the Sacre…
Maria Maddalena of the Holy Cross Alesci
An Italian Capuchin Poor Clare nun, Carmela Alesci (Sister Maria Maddalena) offered herself to Merciful Love through illness.
Maria Mercedes Prat
Religious sister of the Company of Saint Teresa of Jesus, martyr of the Spanish Civil War in Barcelona in 1936.
Maria Nazarena Majone
Co-foundress of the Congregation of the Daughters of Divine Zeal with Saint Annibale Maria Di Francia, she dedicated her life to the poor an…
Maria Nieves Sánchez y Fernandez
A Spanish religious of the Congregation of the Daughters of Mary of the Pious Schools, Sister María Nieves de la Sagrada Familia dedicated h…
Maria Olga Tambelli
Maria Olga Tambelli (Sister Teresa), a Daughter of Charity, dedicated 57 years of her life to the service of the destitute and street childr…
Maria Oliva Bonaldo
Maria Oliva Bonaldo (1893-1976) was an Italian religious sister, foundress of the Daughters of the Church, declared Venerable by Pope Franci…
Maria Orsola Bussone
Young Italian layperson involved in the Focolare movement, who died accidentally at the age of 15 and was declared Venerable in 2015.
Maria Orsola Rivata
First superior and co-founder of the Pious Disciples of the Divine Master, Maria Orsola Rivata (Sister Maria Scolastica) dedicated her life …
Maria Paola Muzzeddu
Maria Paola Muzzeddu (1913-1971) was an Italian religious sister, founder of the Company of the Daughters of Mater Purissima, dedicated to t…
Maria Paschalis Jahn and 9 companions (10)
Group of ten religious sisters of the Congregation of the Sisters of Saint Elizabeth, martyred in 1945 by Red Army soldiers in Silesia.
Maria Patlán Sánchez
Maria Patlán Sánchez (1895-1970), in religion Sister Humilde of the Child Jesus, is a Mexican Franciscan religious declared Venerable by Pop…
Maria Pia Mastena
Foundress of the congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Face, Maria Pia Mastena dedicated her life to education, the care of the poor, and …
Maria Pia Notari
Maddalena Teresa Rosa Notari, in religion Mother Maria Pia of the Cross (1847-1919), was an Italian religious, foundress of the Congregation…
Maria Pierina
An Italian religious sister of the Congregation of the Daughters of the Immaculate Conception, she was the promoter of the devotion to the H…
Maria Pilar Izquierdo Albero
Foundress of the Missionary Work of Jesus and Mary, she offered her intense physical and moral sufferings for the salvation of souls and the…
Maria Raffaella Cimatti
Maria Raffaella Cimatti (1861-1945) was an Italian religious sister of the Hospital Sisters of Mercy. Known as the Angel of the Sick, she de…
Maria Restituta Kafka
An Austrian Franciscan sister of Czech origin and a dedicated nurse, she opposed the Nazi regime by refusing to remove crucifixes from her h…
Maria Ripamonti
Italian religious of the Institute of the Handmaids of Charity, known as Sister Lucia of the Immaculate, beatified in 2021.
Maria Romero Meneses
A Salesian religious of Nicaraguan origin, she dedicated her life to serving the most destitute in Costa Rica, where she founded numerous so…
Maria Rosa Zorza
An Italian religious of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Poor, Sister Vitarosa Zorza sacrificed herself in 1995 in Kikwit (DRC) to car…
Maria Schininà
Maria Schininà, from the Sicilian nobility, abandoned her worldly life to dedicate herself to the poor and found the congregation of the Sis…
Maria Speranza della Croce
Spanish religious and missionary in China, she is the founder of the congregation of the Augustinian Recollect Missionary Sisters.
Maria Teresa Casini
Maria Teresa Casini (1864-1937) was an Italian religious sister, foundress of the Oblate Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, dedicated to …
Maria Teresa Cortimiglia
Maria Teresa Cortimiglia (1867-1934), born Biagia Cortimiglia, was an Italian religious sister, founder of the Institute of the Franciscan S…
Maria Teresa Gabrieli
Co-foundress with Father Luigi Maria Palazzolo of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Poor, Maria Teresa Gabrieli dedicated her life to t…
Maria Teresa Merlo
Co-foundress and first Superior General of the Daughters of Saint Paul congregation, collaborator of Blessed James Alberione.
Maria Teresa of St. Joseph
Foundress of the Carmelite Sisters of the Divine Heart of Jesus, she united the contemplation of Carmel with charitable action for street ch…
Maria Theresa Ledóchowska
An Austrian blessed of Polish origin, Maria Theresa Ledóchowska (1863-1922) was the foundress of the Missionary Sisters of Saint Peter Clave…
Maria Therese von Wüllenweber
Baroness Therese von Wüllenweber, in religion Mother Mary of the Apostles, is the co-foundress of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Div…
Maria Theresia Bonzel
Maria Theresia Bonzel (1830-1905) was a German religious sister, foundress of the Poor Sisters of Saint Francis of Perpetual Adoration, beat…
Maria Troncatti
Italian Salesian religious sister, missionary in Ecuador among the Shuar people, recognized for her medical, social, and spiritual dedicatio…
Mariam Thresia Chiramel Mankidiyan
Mariam Thresia Chiramel Mankidiyan (1876-1926), Syro-Malabar religious from Kerala, stigmatized mystic and foundress of the Congregation of …
Mariam Vattalil
Mariam Vattalil (Sister Rani Maria) was an Indian Franciscan Clarist nun, a martyr for social justice among the poor and tribal people, who …
Mariana Allsopp González-Manrique
Mariana Allsopp González-Manrique (1854-1933) was a Mexican religious sister, co-foundress of the congregation of the Sisters of the Most Ho…
Marianna Amico Roxas
Marianna Amico Roxas, foundress of the Company of Saint Ursula in Sicily, dedicated her life to God in the heart of the world and to the adv…
Marianne Cope
A Franciscan religious born in Germany and raised in the United States, Marianne Cope spent thirty-five years caring for leprosy patients in…
Mariano Avellana
Mariano Avellana (1844-1904) was a Spanish priest and Claretian missionary who dedicated his life to evangelization and service to the most …
Mariano de Jesús Euse Hoyos
Mariano de Jesús Euse Hoyos (1845-1926), known as Padre Marianito, is a Colombian priest beatified in 2000, a model of charity and pastoral …
Mariano de la Mata
Mariano de la Mata (1905-1983) was a Spanish Augustinian priest and missionary in Brazil, recognized for his dedication to the poor through …
Mariano Gazpio Ezcurra
A Spanish priest and missionary of the Order of Augustinian Recollects, Mariano Gazpio Ezcurra worked for 28 years in China before dedicatin…
Mariano Mullerat i Soldevila
Mariano Mullerat i Soldevila (1897-1936) was a Spanish lay doctor, mayor of Arbeca, and a martyr of the Spanish Civil War, beatified in 2019…
Mariantonia Samà
Blessed Mariantonia Samà (1875-1953) was an Italian lay mystic who lived bedridden for fifty-seven years, offering her sufferings for the sa…
Marie Theodore Voiron
A French religious sister of the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Chambéry, Marie-Théodore Voiron was a major figure in education and social assis…
Marie Vojtěcha Hasmandová
Marie Vojtěcha Hasmandová (1914-1988) was a Czechoslovak religious sister, Superior General of the Sisters of Mercy of St. Charles Borromeo,…
Marie-Alphonsine Danil Ghattas
Palestinian nun born in Jerusalem in 1843, co-founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Rosary of Jerusalem, she was canonized by Po…
Marie-Clémentine Anuarite
Nun of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Family in the DRC, martyr of purity murdered in 1964 while forgiving her executioner.
Marie-Clémentine Anuarite Nengapeta
A Congolese religious sister of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Family, she died a martyr in 1964 while defending her chastity a…
Marie-Eugène of the Child Jesus
A French Carmelite priest and founder of the Notre-Dame de Vie Institute, Blessed Marie-Eugène of the Child Jesus (1894-1967) is the author …
Marie-Léonie Paradis
A Quebec religious sister, Marie-Léonie Paradis founded the Little Sisters of the Holy Family in 1880, dedicated to the domestic service of …
Marie-Teresa Dupouy Bordes
French religious sister (1873-1953), founder of the congregation of the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Mary, declared V…
Marija Petković
Blessed Marija Petković (1892-1966) was a Croatian religious sister, foundress of the congregation of the Daughters of Mercy, dedicated to t…
Mario Ciceri
A diocesan priest from Milan, Father Mario Ciceri distinguished himself through his heroic charity toward the poor, the sick, and the persec…
Mario Ghibaudo
An Italian priest and curate of Boves, Mario Ghibaudo died a martyr at the age of 23 on September 19, 1943, murdered by Nazi troops while as…
Mario Vergara
Mario Vergara (1910-1950) was an Italian PIME missionary priest, martyred in Burma with the catechist Isidore Ngei Ko Lat.
Marta Anna Wiecka
A Polish Daughter of Charity, Sister Marta Anna Wiecka devoted herself to the service of the sick and offered her life by substituting for a…
Marthe Robin
Marthe Robin (1902-1981) was a French stigmatized mystic, founder of the Foyers de Charité, declared venerable by Pope Francis in 2014.
Martin Benedict
Martin Benedict (1931-1986) was a Romanian pediatrician and clandestine Franciscan priest under the communist regime, recognized as Venerabl…
Martyrs of Barbastro (Munárriz and 50 companions)
Group of 51 Claretian missionaries of Barbastro murdered in August 1936 at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War, beatified by John Paul II…
Martyrs of China (120)
Group of 120 martyrs of China (87 Chinese and 33 foreign missionaries), killed for their faith between 1648 and 1930, canonized together by …
Martyrs of Daimiel (26)
The 26 martyrs of Daimiel are a group of Spanish Passionist religious, led by Father Nicéphore de Jésus et Marie, murdered in hatred of the …
Martyrs of Nowogródek (11)
The eleven Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth offered their lives as a sacrifice to save hostages condemned to death by the Nazi occupie…
Martyrs of Songkhon (7)
A group of seven Thai Catholics (one catechist, two nuns, and four laypeople) martyred in December 1940 in Songkhon.
Mexican Cristero Martyrs (beatified)
Group of 25 Mexican martyrs (22 priests and 3 laypeople) executed for their faith between 1915 and 1937 during the religious persecution in …