Małgorzata Szewczyk
Polish foundress of the Congregation of the Seraphic Sisters, dedicated to the care of the poor and the elderly.
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20th century
1156 saints referenced
María Amparo Delgado García
Mother María Amparo of the Sacred Heart (1889-1941) was a Spanish Poor Clare nun, founder of the Monastery of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in C…
María Angélica Pérez
Argentine religious of the Congregation of the Daughters of Our Lady of the Garden, nicknamed 'Sister Sweetness' for her charity and gentlen…
María Antonia Bandrés Elósegui
María Antonia Bandrés Elósegui (1898-1919) was a young Spanish religious of the Congregation of the Daughters of Jesus, known for her joy in…
María Aurelia Iglesias Fidalgo
Spanish religious sister of the Congregation of the Religious of Mary Immaculate, known as Sister María Stella de Jesús, declared Venerable …
María Beatriz del Rosario Arroyo
María Beatriz del Rosario Arroyo (1884-1957), in religion Sister Maria Rosario of the Visitation, was a Filipino Dominican nun, foundress of…
Maria Bernarda Bütler
A Swiss religious sister born in 1848, Maria Bernarda Bütler founded the Franciscan Missionary Sisters of Mary Help of Christians and worked…
María Catalina Irigoyen Echegaray
A Spanish religious of the congregation of the Servants of Mary, Ministers to the Sick, she dedicated her life to the home care of the sick …
María Consuelo Sanjurjo Santos
María Consuelo Sanjurjo Santos (Mother María Soledad, 1892-1973) was a Puerto Rican religious sister of the Servants of Mary, declared Vener…
María de la Purísima Salvat Romero
A Spanish religious sister and Mother General of the Sisters of the Company of the Cross, Saint María de la Purísima Salvat Romero dedicated…
María de los Desamparados Portilla Crespo
A Spanish laywoman, wife, and mother of eleven children, Amparo Portilla was declared Venerable by Pope Francis in 2021 for her heroic famil…
María del Monte Carmelo Sallés y Barangueras
Spanish religious born in Vic in 1848, Carmen Sallés y Barangueras founded the congregation of the Conceptionist Missionaries of Teaching in…
María del Pilar Cimadevilla López-Dóriga
María del Pilar Cimadevilla López-Dóriga (1952-1962), known as Pilina, is a young Spanish layperson declared Venerable, known for her joyful…
María Dolores Medina Zepeda
Mexican religious sister and foundress of the congregation of the Daughters of the Passion of Jesus Christ and of Mary Dolorosa, declared Ve…
María Dolores Rodríguez Sopeña
Foundress of the Catechist Institute of Dolores Sopeña and the social work OSCUS, she dedicated her life to the education and evangelization…
María Dolores Segarra Gestoso
A Spanish religious sister and foundress of the Missionaries of Christ the Priest, María Dolores Segarra Gestoso dedicated her life to praye…
María Emilia Riquelme y Zayas
María Emilia Riquelme y Zayas (1847-1940) was a Spanish religious sister, foundress of the Congregation of the Missionary Sisters of the Ble…
María Gabriela Hinojosa Naveros and 6 companions
Nuns of the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary in Madrid, they were martyred in November 1936 during the Spanish Civil War for their fidel…
María Guadalupe García Zavala
A Mexican religious sister, Maria Guadalupe García Zavala founded the congregation of the Handmaids of Saint Margaret Mary and the Poor in 1…
María Guggiari Echeverría (Chiquitunga)
María Felicia Guggiari Echeverría, known as Chiquitunga, was a Paraguayan Carmelite, the first blessed of her country, known for her commitm…
María Isabel Lacaba Andía and 13 companions (14)
Group of fourteen Spanish Conceptionist nuns martyred in hatred of the faith in 1936 at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War and beatified…
María Isabel Tejada Cuartas
María Isabel Tejada Cuartas (1887-1925), in religion Sister María del Perpetuo Socorro, was a Colombian missionary religious sister of the L…
María Josefa Sancho de Guerra
Spanish religious sister (1842-1912), foundress in Bilbao of the Servants of Jesus of Charity, dedicated to the care of the sick. First Basq…
María Josefa Segovia Morón
María Josefa Segovia Morón (1891-1957), nicknamed Pepita, was the first Director General of the Teresian Association. She dedicated her life…
Mária Magdolna Bódi
Mária Magdolna Bódi (1921-1945), known as Magdi, was a young Hungarian lay worker and martyr for purity, killed by a Soviet soldier at the e…
María Maravillas de Jesús
Saint María Maravillas de Jesús (1891-1974) was a Spanish Discalced Carmelite known for founding and restoring numerous monasteries in Spain…
María Natividad Sánchez Viloria
A Spanish Poor Clare nun, Sister María Francisca del Niño Jesús distinguished herself through her life of contemplative prayer and spiritual…
María Natividad Venegas de la Torre
Mexican religious (1868-1959), foundress of the Daughters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus of Guadalajara, dedicated to the care of the sick. Ca…
María Pilar Gullón Yturriaga and 2 companions (3)
María Pilar Gullón Yturriaga, Octavia Iglesias Blanco, and Olga Pérez-Monteserín Núñez were three lay nurses of the Spanish Red Cross, marty…
María Pilar López de Maturana
Spanish Blessed, foundress of the Missionary Mercedarian Sisters of Berriz, she transformed her cloistered monastery into an active missiona…
María Pilar Martínez García and 2 companions
Three Spanish Discalced Carmelite nuns from the monastery of San José de Guadalajara, martyred on July 24, 1936, at the beginning of the Spa…
María Pilar Solsona Lambán
María Pilar Solsona Lambán (1881-1966), in religion María Pilar of the Sacred Heart, was a Spanish religious of the congregation of the Daug…
María Rafaela Rodríguez Xuarez De La Guardia
Spanish religious sister of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Love of God, declared Venerable by Pope Francis in 2014.
María Sagrario de San Luis Gonzaga
The first female pharmacist in Spain to manage her own pharmacy, Elvira Moragas Cantarero became a Carmelite under the name María Sagrario. …
María Séiquer Gayá
María Séiquer Gayá (1891-1975) was a Spanish religious, foundress of the Apostolic Sisters of Christ Crucified. After the assassination of h…
María Teresa González Justo
A Spanish religious sister of the Sisters of Our Lady of Consolation, she distinguished herself by her heroic forgiveness toward her father'…
María Teresa González-Quevedo y Cadarso
María Teresa González-Quevedo y Cadarso, nicknamed Teresita (1930-1950), was a young Spanish novice of the Carmelite Sisters of Charity, dec…
Martyrs of Mexico (25)
Group of twenty-five Mexican martyrs, Cristóbal Magallanes Jara and twenty-four companions (twenty-two priests and three laypeople), put to …
Martyrs of Turón (9)
Group of nine religious—eight Lasallian Brothers and one Passionist priest—martyred in Turón (Asturias) on October 9, 1934, canonized by Joh…
Mary Glowrey
An Australian medical missionary in India, Sister Mary of the Sacred Heart (Mary Glowrey) is the first religious sister-doctor in the histor…
Mary Jane Wilson
Mary Jane Wilson (1840-1916), in religion Sister Mary of St. Francis, was an English-born religious, foundress in Madeira of the Congregatio…
Mary MacKillop
Australian religious (1842-1909), foundress of the Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Sacred Heart and the first canonized saint of Australia.
Mary of the Passion
Hélène de Chappotin (Mary of the Passion) is the foundress of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary, a missionary institute marked by Francisc…
Mary Potter
Mary Potter (1847-1913) was the foundress of the congregation of the Sisters of the Little Company of Mary, dedicated to the care of the sic…
Mary Theresa Dudzik
Józefina Dudzik (Sister Mary Theresa), born in Poland in 1860 and died in Chicago in 1918, is the foundress of the Franciscan Sisters of Ble…
Massimo Rinaldi
Massimo Rinaldi (1869-1941) was an Italian Scalabrinian missionary in Brazil, then procurator general of his congregation, before becoming a…
Mateo Elías Nieves Castillo
Mexican Augustinian priest, martyr of the Cristero War in 1928 for refusing to abandon his clandestine ministry.
Matilda of the Sacred Heart
Spanish Blessed, foundress of the congregation of the Daughters of Mary, Mother of the Church, devoted to Eucharistic adoration and the serv…
Matt Talbot
A Dublin laborer who converted from severe alcoholism, Matt Talbot led a life of heroic asceticism, prayer, and charity. He is the patron of…
Matthew Makil
A Syro-Malabar bishop and founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Visitation, Matthew Makil was declared venerable in 2025.
Maurice Tornay
A canon of the Great St Bernard and missionary, Maurice Tornay died a martyr in Tibet in 1949 while attempting to defend the religious freed…
Max Josef Metzger
German pacifist priest and pioneer of ecumenism, martyr of Nazism beheaded in 1944 and beatified in 2024.
Maximilian Kolbe
A Polish Conventual Franciscan friar, Maximilian Kolbe founded the Militia of the Immaculata and the friary of Niepokalanów, before dying at…
Maximiliano Valdés Subercaseaux
Maximiano Valdés Subercaseaux (1908-1982), in religion Francisco de San Miguel, was the first Chilean Capuchin and the first Bishop of Osorn…
Michael Koodalloor
Michael Koodalloor (Brother Theophane of Kottappuram, 1913-1968) is an Indian Capuchin priest renowned for his humility, his ministry of pea…
Michael Rua
The first successor of Don Bosco, Blessed Michael Rua structured and developed the Salesian congregation worldwide.
Michael Sopoćko
A Polish priest and confessor of Saint Faustina Kowalska, Blessed Michael Sopoćko is the founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of Merci…
Michał Kozal
Auxiliary Bishop of Włocławek and Polish martyr, Michał Kozal died at the Dachau concentration camp in 1943 after heroically supporting his …
Michał Rapacz
Polish priest and martyr of communism, assassinated in 1946 due to his fidelity to the Gospel.
Michał Sopoćko
A Polish priest and confessor of Saint Faustina, Blessed Michał Sopoćko dedicated his life to promoting and providing the theological founda…
Michał Tomaszek
Michał Tomaszek (1960-1991) was a Polish Conventual Franciscan priest and missionary in Peru. Committed to the poor and children in Pariacot…
Michele Arcangelo Maria Antonio Vinti
A Sicilian diocesan priest (1893-1943), Michele Arcangelo Maria Antonio Vinti distinguished himself by his tireless ministry of confession, …
Michele Maura Montaner
Spanish priest and founder of the Congregation of the Zelatrices of the Eucharistic Cult, recognized as Venerable by Pope Francis in 2025.
Miguel Agustín Pro
A Mexican Jesuit priest, Miguel Agustín Pro carried out a daring clandestine ministry under the Calles persecution before being unjustly exe…
Miguel Ángel Builes
A Colombian bishop and founder of missionary congregations, Bishop Miguel Ángel Builes left his mark on the religious history of his country…
Miguel Febres Cordero
A religious of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, Saint Miguel Febres Cordero was a brilliant Ecuadorian educator, ling…
Miquel Costa i Llobera
Spanish priest and poet from Mallorca, Miquel Costa i Llobera is a major figure in Catalan literature, recognized as Venerable by the Cathol…
Miroslav Bulešić
Miroslav Bulešić (1920-1947) was a Croatian Catholic priest, a martyr for the faith under the Yugoslav communist regime, beatified in 2013.
Moisés Lira Serafín
Mexican priest and founder of the Congregation of the Missionary Sisters of the Charity of Mary Immaculate, beatified in 2024.
Monica Cornago Zapater
Spanish contemplative nun of the Order of Augustinian Recollects, known for her humility and mystical spiritual correspondence.
Montserrat Grases
Montserrat Grases (1941-1959) was a young Spanish layperson, a member of Opus Dei, declared Venerable by Pope Francis in 2016.
Mosè Tovini
Mosè Tovini (1877-1930) was an Italian priest, teacher, and rector of the seminary of Brescia, recognized for his humility, pastoral dedicat…
Saint Mutien-Marie Wiaux
A Brother of the Christian Schools in Belgium, Mutien-Marie Wiaux sanctified himself through humility and daily prayer at the Saint-Berthuin…
Natalina Bonardi
Mother Natalina Bonardi (1864-1945) was an Italian religious sister, founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of Saint Mary of Loreto, dec…
Nazareno Santolini
An Italian Passionist priest, Nazareno Santolini was an exemplary novice master for nearly thirty years, forming generations of religious th…
Nazaria Ignacia March Mesa
Nazaria Ignacia March Mesa, born in Madrid in 1889, founded the congregation of the Crusading Missionaries of the Church in Bolivia and died…
Nelson Baker
Nelson Baker (1842-1936) was an American Catholic priest, famous for his monumental charitable work in Lackawanna, known as the City of Char…
Nelson Lemus
Nelson Lemus (1960-1977) was a young Salvadoran layman, a martyr of the Catholic Church, assassinated at the age of 16 alongside Father Ruti…
Nelson Santana
Nelson Santana, nicknamed Nelsinho, was a young Brazilian boy born in 1955 and died in 1964, recognized as Venerable for his heroic acceptan…
Nerino Cobianchi
An Italian layperson and father, Nerino Cobianchi (1945-1998) dedicated his life to serving the poor and refugees through the Pianzola-Olive…
Nicholas Bunkerd Kitbamrung
Thai priest and the first martyr priest of his country, who died in prison in 1944 due to mistreatment and tuberculosis.
Nicholas Charnetsky and 24 companions
Nicholas Charnetsky (1884-1959) and his 24 companions are martyrs of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, persecuted by the Soviet regime an…
Nicola D'Onofrio
Nicola D'Onofrio (1943-1964) was a young Italian Camillian religious, recognized as Venerable for his heroic acceptance of illness and his d…
Nicola da Gesturi
A Sardinian Capuchin friar nicknamed the "Friar of Silence," Nicola da Gesturi spent his life as a humble questing friar in Cagliari, dedica…
Nicolò Cortese
An Italian Conventual Franciscan priest, Father Placido Cortese (1907-1944) directed the magazine Il Messaggero di Sant'Antonio and saved hu…
Nikolaus Gross
Nikolaus Gross (1898-1945) was a German Catholic trade unionist, journalist, and resistance fighter, executed by the Nazis at Plötzensee Pri…
Noeme Cinque
Noeme Cinque (Sister Serafina), a Brazilian religious sister of the Adorers of the Blood of Christ, dedicated herself to the poor and the si…
Norberto Cassinelli
An Italian Passionist priest, the Venerable Norberto Cassinelli was the spiritual director and guide of Saint Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows…
Nunzio Russo
An Italian priest from Palermo, Nunzio Russo (1841-1906) is the founder of the Congregation of the Daughters of the Cross. Declared Venerabl…
Octavio Ortiz Arrieta
The first Salesian priest born in Peru, Monsignor Octavio Ortiz Arrieta was a dedicated missionary bishop who led the Diocese of Chachapoyas…
Odette Vidal de Oliveira
Odette Vidal de Oliveira, known as Odetinha, was a young Brazilian girl born in 1931 and died in 1939, recognized as Venerable for her early…
Odoardo Focherini
An Italian journalist and committed layman, Odoardo Focherini (1907-1944) organized the rescue of 105 Jews before dying as a martyr at the H…
Olga Gugelmo
Olga Gugelmo (1910-1943), in religion Sister Olga of the Mother of God, was an Italian religious of the Daughters of the Church congregation…
Olinto Fedi
An Italian priest and founder of the Congregation of the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate, Olinto Fedi dedicated his life to the service…
Olinto Marella
An Italian priest nicknamed the 'tramp of God', Olinto Marella dedicated his life to the poor and orphans of Bologna, founding the City of Y…
Omelyan Kovch
A Ukrainian Greek Catholic priest, Blessed Omelyan Kovch saved many Jews during the Holocaust before dying a martyr at the Majdanek concentr…
Oreste Fontanella
An Italian priest and spiritual director of the Biella seminary, Oreste Fontanella devoted himself entirely to the formation of future pries…
Orsola Donati
Orsola Donati (1849-1935) was an Italian religious sister, co-founder and superior general of the congregation of the Minims of Our Lady of …
Orsola Mezzini
Orsola Mezzini (1853-1919) was an Italian religious sister, the first of the female branch of the Little Mission for the Deaf-Mutes, recogni…
Oscar Gattiani
Oscar Gattiani, in religion Father Guglielmo of Badi (1914-1999), was an Italian Capuchin priest known for his radical poverty, life of pray…
Otto Neururer
Otto Neururer (1882-1940) was an Austrian priest, the first priest to die as a martyr at the Buchenwald concentration camp for defending the…
Ottorino Zanon
An Italian priest and founder of the Pious Society of Saint Cajetan, Father Ottorino Zanon dedicated himself to the education of young orpha…
Ovide Charlebois
Ovide Charlebois (1862-1933) was a Canadian Oblate missionary and the first Vicar Apostolic of Keewatin, recognized for his heroic dedicatio…
Pablo de Anda Padilla
Mexican priest and founder of the Congregation of the Minims of Mary Immaculate, recognized as Venerable by the Catholic Church.
Palma Pasqua Zauli
Italian religious and founder of the congregation of the Handmaids Adorers of the Most Holy Sacrament, declared venerable by Pope Francis in…
Paola Renata Carboni
A young Italian laywoman and secretary of Catholic Action, Paola Renata Carboni (1908-1927) offered her sufferings and her life for the conv…
Paolo Manna
An Italian missionary priest, Paolo Manna worked in Burma before having to return to Italy for health reasons. There, he dedicated his life …
Paolo Pio Perazzo
Paolo Pio Perazzo (1846-1911), nicknamed the "saintly railwayman," was an Italian layperson, Franciscan tertiary, and pioneer of social Cath…
Paolo Roasenda
Paolo Roasenda (1906-1972), in religion Father Mariano da Torino, was an Italian Capuchin priest, famous for his pioneering apostolate on ra…
Pasquale Canzii
Pasquale Canzii (1914-1930), nicknamed Pasqualino, was a young Italian seminarian from the Abruzzo region, recognized as Venerable in 2021 f…
Pasquale Uva
Italian priest (1883-1955), founder of the Congregation of the Handmaids of Divine Providence for the care of the disabled and the mentally …
Pasqualina Luciani
Italian Passionist nun (1920-1954), Sister Maria Addolorata del Sacro Costato offered her physical sufferings in union with the Passion of C…
Patrick Peyton
A priest of the Congregation of Holy Cross and a media pioneer, Father Patrick Peyton dedicated his life to promoting the family rosary.
Paul VI
Giovanni Battista Montini, pope under the name Paul VI from 1963 to 1978, brought the Second Vatican Council to its conclusion and was canon…
Paula de Jesús Gil Cano
Foundress of the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Conception, she dedicated her life to orphans and the sick in Spain.
Pauline of the Agonizing Heart of Jesus
Italian-Brazilian religious (1865-1942), foundress of the Congregation of the Little Sisters of the Immaculate Conception and the first cano…
Pauline of the Agonizing Heart of Jesus
Saint Pauline of the Agonizing Heart of Jesus, born Amabile Lucia Visintainer, is the founder of the Congregation of the Little Sisters of t…
Pavel Peter Gojdič
Slovak Greek Catholic bishop, martyr under the communist regime and recognized as Righteous Among the Nations for saving 1,500 Jews.
Paweł Klamans Smolikowski
Polish Resurrectionist priest, missionary in Bulgaria and educator, declared Venerable in 2017.
Pedro Asúa Mendía
Spanish priest and architect, martyr of the Spanish Civil War and designer of the Seminary of Vitoria.