Pedro Díez Gil
A Spanish Piarist priest and religious, the Venerable Pedro Díez Gil dedicated his life to the education of children and service to the poor…
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Pedro Herrero Rubio
Pedro Herrero Rubio (1904-1978) was a Spanish pediatrician from Alicante, recognized as Venerable for his heroic dedication to sick children…
Pedro Legaria Armendariz
Spanish priest (1878-1956), founder of the Congregation of the Slaves of Christ the King, recognized as Venerable by the Catholic Church.
Pedro María Ramírez Ramos
Pedro María Ramírez Ramos (1899-1948), known as the "Martyr of Armero," was a Colombian priest murdered in hatred of the faith during the pe…
Pedro Poveda Castroverde
A Spanish priest born in 1874, Pedro Poveda Castroverde founded the Teresian Association in 1911 for the Christian formation of teachers. Ex…
Pedro Ruiz de los Paños and 8 companions
Pedro Ruiz de los Paños and his eight companions were Spanish priests of the Fraternity of Diocesan Worker Priests, martyred in 1936 during …
Pelágio Sauter
A Redemptorist priest of German origin, Pelágio Sauter dedicated his life to evangelization and serving the poor and the sick in the state o…
Pere Tarrés i Claret
A Catalan doctor devoted to the poor, Pere Tarrés i Claret became a priest after the Spanish Civil War and co-founded a clinic for tuberculo…
Peter To Rot
A Tolai lay catechist, husband, and father, Peter To Rot was put to death in 1945 by Japanese occupation forces for defending Christian marr…
Petro Pavlo Oros
Ukrainian Greek Catholic priest, martyr of the faith under the Soviet regime in 1953.
Pia Cantalupa
The Venerable Sister Anna Cantalupo (born Pia Cantalupa, 1888-1983) was an Italian religious of the Daughters of Charity, recognized for her…
Pier Giorgio Frassati
A young Italian layperson passionate about the mountains and committed to the poor, Pier Giorgio Frassati left his mark on Catholic youth th…
Pierina Morosini
Young Italian worker and Catholic Action militant, who died a martyr for purity at the age of 26.
Pierre Goursat
A French layperson and founder of the Emmanuel Community, Pierre Goursat dedicated his life to adoration, compassion, and evangelization.
Pierre Goursat
A French layperson and founder of the Emmanuel Community, Pierre Goursat dedicated his life to adoration, compassion, and evangelization.
Pierre-Joseph Cassant
A French Trappist monk, Pierre-Joseph Cassant is a model of evangelical simplicity and spiritual abandonment, beatified in 2004.
Pietro Bonilli
Italian priest and founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Spoleto, dedicated to the poor and orphans.
Pietro Di Vitale
An Italian seminarian from the Diocese of Palermo, Pietro Di Vitale (1916-1940) is recognized for his abandonment to the divine will and the…
Pietro Riminucci
Italian Capuchin lay brother, known as Brother Seraphin of Pietrarubbia, renowned for his simplicity, charity, and heroic patience.
Pietro Uccelli
Pietro Uccelli (1874-1954) was an Italian Xaverian priest and missionary. After serving in China, he heroically dedicated himself to the poo…
Pio Alberto del Corona
Pio Alberto del Corona (1837-1912) was an Italian Dominican bishop, founder of the Congregation of the Dominican Sisters of the Holy Spirit,…
Pio Dellepiane
A religious of the Order of Minims, the Venerable Pio Dellepiane (1904-1976) was a close associate of Saint Padre Pio and collaborated in th…
Pio of Pietrelcina
Italian Capuchin (1887-1968), Padre Pio bore the stigmata for fifty years at San Giovanni Rotondo and was canonized in 2002 by John Paul II.
Piotr Kosiba
Piotr Kosiba (1855-1939), in religion Brother Alojzy, was a Polish Franciscan religious. Known as the Apostle of Kindness, he spent his life…
Pius Keller
Pius Keller (1825-1904) was a German Augustinian religious, recognized as Venerable, famous for having restored the Augustinian province of …
Pius X
Pope from 1903 to 1914, Giuseppe Sarto, known as Pius X, was a reformer of the liturgy and promoted frequent and early communion; he was can…
Pius XII
Pope from 1939 to 1958, the Venerable Pius XII guided the Church through the Second World War and the Cold War, leaving a major doctrinal an…
Práxedes Fernández García
Práxedes Fernández García (1886-1936) was a Spanish laywoman, mother, and widow, a member of the Third Order of Saint Dominic, recognized as…
Quintino Sicuro
Quintino Sicuro (1920-1968) was an Italian priest and hermit, former member of the Financial Guard, recognized as venerable in 2025.
Quirico Pignalberi
Quirico Pignalberi (1891-1982) was an Italian Conventual Franciscan priest, co-founder of the Militia of the Immaculata with Saint Maximilia…
Rachele Lalia
Italian religious and foundress of the congregation of the Dominican Missionary Sisters of Saint Sixtus, she dedicated her life to the educa…
Rafael Arnáiz Barón
A Spanish Trappist monk (1911-1938), Rafael Arnáiz Barón is known for his profound spirituality of abandonment, summarized by his motto 'God…
Rafael Guízar Valencia
Mexican Bishop of Veracruz (1878-1938), tireless missionary and defender of the Church during the revolutionary persecution, nicknamed the "…
Rafael Manuel Almansa Riaño
A Franciscan religious and later a Colombian diocesan priest, Father Almansa left his mark on Bogota through his absolute evangelical povert…
Rafael Sánchez García
Spanish priest nicknamed Don Rafaelito, a devoted chaplain at the Provincial Hospital of Badajoz, recognized as Venerable by Pope Francis in…
Rafaela Martinez-Cañavate Ballesteros
Spanish Capuchin Poor Clare nun (1915-1991), known as Sister Raphaela Mary of the Jesus-Host, declared Venerable in 2015.
Rafaela Veintemilla Villacis
Rafaela Veintemilla Villacis (Rafaela of the Passion) was an Ecuadorian religious sister, foundress of the Congregation of the Augustinian D…
Raffaele da Sant'Elia a Pianisi
Raffaele da Sant'Elia a Pianisi (1816-1901) was an Italian Capuchin priest, declared Venerable by Pope Francis in 2019, known for his life o…
Raffaele Dimiccoli
Italian priest dedicated to the education of youth and service to the poor in Barletta, founder of the New Saint Philip Neri Patronage.
Raffaella De Vincenti
Raffaella De Vincenti (1872-1936), in religion Sister Maria Teresa of the Sacred Hearts, is the co-founder of the congregation of the Little…
Raffaello Delle Nocche
Bishop of Tricarico, Raffaello Delle Nocche founded the Congregation of the Sisters Disciples of Jesus in the Eucharist to serve the most de…
Rafqa Pietra Choboq Ar-Rayès
Saint Rafqa Pietra Choboq Ar-Rayès (1832-1914) was a Lebanese Maronite nun, known for her deep faith, heroic patience in the face of illness…
Raimondo Calcagno
Italian Oratorian priest (1888-1964), nicknamed the "priest of the children," dedicated to the education of disadvantaged youth in Chioggia …
Ramón Ibarra y González
Bishop Ramón Ibarra y González (1853-1917) was the first archbishop of Puebla in Mexico and a major spiritual and ecclesial supporter of the…
Rani Maria Vattalil
An Indian Franciscan Clarist nun, Sister Rani Maria dedicated herself to defending poor farmers before being assassinated in 1995. She was b…
Raphael Kalinowski
A Polish officer in the Russian army and an insurgent in 1863 who was deported to Siberia, Joseph Kalinowski became a Discalced Carmelite un…
Raphaël Rafiringa
The first Malagasy Brother of the Christian Schools, Blessed Raphaël Rafiringa was a devoted educator and guardian of the Catholic faith in …
Raphaela Mary Porras y Ayllón
Spanish religious sister, foundress of the Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus; after her removal from office in 1893, she lived for thir…
Raymond Cayre and 49 companions
Raymond Cayre and his 49 companions are French martyrs of the clandestine Saint-Paul Mission, who died in deportation between 1944 and 1945 …
Raymond Cayré and companions
Raymond Cayré (1915-1944) and his 49 companions are martyrs of the apostolate, priests, seminarians, and laypeople deported and who died for…
Raymundo Jardón Herrera
Mexican priest (1887-1934) devoted to the poor and the youth in Monterrey, recognized as Venerable by Pope Francis in 2017.
Regina Lete Landa
A Spanish religious of the Mercedarian Sisters of Charity, Sister Isabel de Jesús dedicated herself to the sick before dying of tuberculosis…
Riccardo Pampuri
An Italian physician and religious of the Hospitaller Order of Saint John of God, Saint Riccardo Pampuri (1897-1930) practiced medicine as a…
Richard Henkes
A German Pallottine priest and resolute opponent of the Nazi regime, Blessed Richard Henkes died a martyr at the Dachau camp while caring fo…
Rita Josefa Pujalte Sánchez and María Sagrario Moragas
Rita Josefa Pujalte Sánchez and María Sagrario Moragas were two Spanish religious sisters martyred in 1936 during the Civil War and beatifie…
Rita Lopes de Almeida
Rita Lopes de Almeida (1848-1913), in religion Rita Amada de Jesus, was a Portuguese religious sister and foundress of the Institute of the …
Robert Schuman
A French statesman and one of the founding fathers of the European Union, Robert Schuman lived his political commitment as a true lay aposto…
Roberto Giovanni
Roberto Giovanni (1903-1994) was a Brazilian Stigmatine lay brother, renowned for his humility, his charity towards the sick and the poor, a…
Rocco Giocondo Pasquale Spoletini
The Venerable Giuseppe Spoletini (1870-1951) was an Italian Franciscan priest. Known as the "Confessor of Rome," he dedicated his life to th…
Rolando Rivi
Rolando Rivi (1931-1945) was a young Italian seminarian, a martyr for the faith, murdered by communist partisans during the Second World War…
Romano Bottegal
Romano Bottegal (1921-1978) was an Italian Trappist monk who lived a life as a hermit and recluse in Lebanon, offering his life for peace in…
Rosa Elena Cornejo Pazmiño
Founder of the Institute of the Franciscan Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate, she dedicated her life to Eucharistic adoration and reparat…
Rosa Ojeda Creus
Rosa Ojeda Creus (1871-1954) was a Spanish religious sister, founder of the Institute of the Carmelite Sisters of Saint Joseph, recognized a…
Rosario Angelo Livatino
An upright and courageous Sicilian magistrate, Rosario Livatino was assassinated by the mafia in 1990. Recognized as a martyr in odium fidei…
Rosario Livatino
Rosario Livatino (1952-1990) was an upright Italian magistrate, murdered by the Sicilian mafia and beatified in 2021 as a martyr of justice …
Rose Hawthorne Lathrop
Daughter of the writer Nathaniel Hawthorne, Rose Hawthorne Lathrop (Mother Mary Alphonsa) dedicated herself to the free care of the incurabl…
Rosella Stàltari
Italian religious sister (1951-1974) of the congregation of the Daughters of Mary Most Holy Co-Redemptrix, declared Venerable by Pope Franci…
Róża Czacka
Róża Czacka (1876-1961), in religion Mother Elżbieta, was a Polish religious sister, foundress of the Franciscan Sisters Servants of the Cro…
Rudolf Komorek
Rudolf Komorek (1890-1949) was a Polish Salesian priest, a missionary in Brazil among immigrants, renowned for his radical poverty and inten…
Ruggero Maria Caputo
Ruggero Maria Caputo (1907-1980) was an Italian diocesan priest, declared Venerable in 2021. Originally from Apulia, he dedicated his life t…
Rupert Mayer
A German Jesuit priest, Blessed Rupert Mayer was a courageous opponent of Nazism in Munich and a tireless apostle to the poor.
Rutilio Grande
A Salvadoran Jesuit and martyr, Rutilio Grande dedicated himself to the defense of poor peasants before being assassinated in 1977, deeply i…
Rutilio Grande García
A Salvadoran Jesuit priest and martyr, Rutilio Grande García dedicated himself to the poor peasants of Aguilares. His assassination in 1977 …
Salvatore Micalizzi
Italian Lazarist priest (1856-1937) declared Venerable by Benedict XVI, he dedicated his life to popular missions and the formation of the c…
Salvo D'Acquisto
A Vice-Brigadier of the Italian Carabinieri, Salvo D'Acquisto falsely confessed to an attack to save 22 innocent civilian hostages from exec…
Sandra Sabattini
A young Italian fiancée and medical student, Sandra Sabattini (1961-1984) was passionately committed to the poorest and the disabled within …
Santina Collani
Italian religious of the Institute of the Sisters of Mercy, recognized as Venerable by Pope Francis in 2019.
Santina Maria Addolorata
Italian religious of the 20th century, founder of the Congregation of the Sisters Disciples of the Sacred Heart, characterized by her devoti…
Sára Salkaházi
A nun of the Sisters of Social Service, Sára Salkaházi was shot by Arrow Cross militiamen in 1944 for hiding Jews in Budapest.
Satoko Kitahara
Satoko Kitahara (1929-1958), a Japanese convert from the aristocracy, dedicated herself to the ragpickers of the 'Ant Village' in Tokyo, liv…
Saturnina Jassa Fontcuberta
Saturnina Jassa Fontcuberta (1851-1936) was the first Superior General of the Company of Saint Teresa of Jesus, working for Christian educat…
Saturnino López Novoa
A Spanish priest and co-founder of the Congregation of the Little Sisters of the Abandoned Aged, Saturnino López Novoa dedicated his life to…
Savina Petrilli
Savina Petrilli (1851-1923) was an Italian religious sister, foundress of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Poor of Saint Catherine of …
Sebastián Elorza Arizmendi
Spanish Augustinian religious (1882-1942), humble porter brother at the monastery of Santa María de La Vid, declared Venerable in 2014.
Secondo Pollo
An Italian priest and military chaplain of the Alpine division, Secondo Pollo died at the front in Montenegro in 1941 while assisting a woun…
Selim Abu Mrad
Selim Abu Mrad (Father Bechara) was a Lebanese Melkite priest, recognized for his apostolic zeal, his devotion to the confessional, and his …
Sergio Bernardini
Italian layperson and father, declared Venerable in 2015 together with his wife Domenica Bedonni.
Sílvia Cardoso Ferreira da Silva
Sílvia Cardoso Ferreira da Silva (1882-1950) was a Portuguese layperson, known as the "Apostle of Charity," who dedicated her life and fortu…
Silvio Dissegna
Silvio Dissegna (1967-1979) was a young Italian layperson declared Venerable, known for his deep faith and the offering of his sufferings du…
Silvio Gallotti
Italian priest (1881-1927) recognized as Venerable, marked by a deep Marian spirituality inspired by Saint Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort.
Simaan Srugi
A Salesian lay religious (coadjutor brother) born in Nazareth, Simaan Srugi devoted himself body and soul to the sick of all faiths in Beit …
Simon Mpeke
Simon Mpeke (1906-1975), known as Baba Simon, was a Cameroonian priest, a pioneer of the evangelization of the Kirdi people, and declared Ve…
Simon Srugi
Simon Srugi (1877-1943) was a Salesian coadjutor brother from Galilee. For nearly fifty years in Beit Gemal, he served as a teacher, miller,…
Solanus Casey
American Capuchin priest (1870-1957), a humble porter gifted with a charism of healing and co-founder of the Detroit soup kitchen.
Sosio Del Prete
Italian Franciscan priest, co-founder of the Congregation of the Little Servants of Christ the King dedicated to helping the elderly and edu…
Stanisław Streich
A Polish priest and martyr, Stanisław Streich was assassinated in 1938 by a communist militant as he was about to deliver his homily. He was…
Stanley Rother
An American priest and missionary, Stanley Rother gave his life for his indigenous community in Guatemala during the civil war.
Stefan Wincenty Frelichowski
Stefan Wincenty Frelichowski (1913-1945) was a Polish priest who died as a martyr of charity at the Dachau concentration camp after dedicati…
Stefan Wyszyński
Stefan Wyszyński (1901-1981), cardinal and primate of Poland known as the "Primate of the Millennium," was a key figure of spiritual resista…
Stephen Ferrando
An Italian Salesian bishop and missionary in India, Stephen Ferrando founded the congregation of the Missionary Sisters of Mary Help of Chri…
Stephen Nehmé
Stephen Nehmé (1889-1938) was a Lebanese Maronite monk, a lay brother of the Lebanese Maronite Order, beatified in 2010 by Pope Benedict XVI…
Suzanne Aubert
Suzanne Aubert (1835-1926) was a French religious sister, foundress of the Sisters of Compassion in New Zealand, recognized for her dedicati…
Szilárd Bogdánffy
An auxiliary bishop of Oradea consecrated in secret, Szilárd Bogdánffy was arrested by the Romanian communist regime and died a martyr in de…
Teodora Fracasso
Teodora Fracasso (1901-1927), in religion Sister Elia of St. Clement, was an Italian Carmelite nun beatified in 2006.
Teodoreto Garberoglio
An Italian Lasallian religious, the Venerable Brother Teodoreto (1871-1954) dedicated his life to the education of youth and founded the Uni…
Teofilius Matulionis
Teofilius Matulionis (1873-1962) was a Lithuanian archbishop, a martyr of the Soviet regime, beatified in 2017 for his heroic fidelity to th…
Teofilo Camomot
Filipino bishop renowned for his heroic charity, humility, and founder of the congregation of the Daughters of Saint Teresa.
Teresa Borgarino
Italian religious of the Daughters of Charity, Sister Gabriella Borgarino (1880-1949) is known for her humble life and the dissemination of …
Teresa Bracco
Young Italian laywoman killed in 1944 while defending her purity against a German soldier, beatified in 1998 by John Paul II.
Teresa Candamo Álvarez-Calderon
Teresa Candamo Álvarez-Calderon (1875-1953), in religion Teresa de la Cruz, was a Peruvian religious sister and foundress of the Congregatio…
Teresa Demjanovich
An American religious of the Sisters of Charity, Sister Miriam Teresa (1901-1927) is known for her spiritual writings on the universal call …
Teresa Fardella di Blasi
Teresa Fardella di Blasi (1867-1957) was an Italian laywoman and foundress of a religious institute, recognized as Venerable by the Catholic…
Teresa Gallifa Palmarola
Teresa Gallifa Palmarola (1850-1907) was a Spanish religious sister, founder of the Congregation of the Servants of the Passion for the aid …
Teresa Grillo Michel
Italian widow who became the foundress of the Congregation of the Little Sisters of Divine Providence for the relief of the poor.
Teresa Guasch Toda
Co-founder of the Congregation of the Carmelite Sisters of Saint Joseph, Teresa Guasch Toda dedicated her life to the education and protecti…
Teresa Janina Kierocińska
Foundress of the Congregation of the Carmelite Sisters of the Infant Jesus, she distinguished herself by her heroic charity and resistance w…
Teresa Lanfranco
Italian religious sister and Vicar General of the Daughters of Saint Mary of Leuca, declared Venerable in 2024.
Teresa Maria Manetti
Teresa Maria Manetti (1846-1910), in religion Teresa Maria della Croce, is the foundress of the congregation of the Carmelite Sisters of Sai…
Teresa Militerni
Italian religious of the congregation of the Sisters of Saint John the Baptist, declared Venerable in 2026.
Teresa Mira García
A Spanish nun of the Carmelite Missionaries of St. Teresa congregation, Teresa Mira García distinguished herself by her heroic charity durin…