Aloísio Sebastião Boeing
Aloísio Sebastião Boeing (1913-2006) was a Brazilian Dehonian priest, a dedicated novice master, and founder of the Marian Fraternity of the…
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21 saints referenced
Angelo Angioni
Sardinian priest and missionary in Brazil, founder of the Missionary Institute of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, declared venerable in 2025.
Bernardo Antonini
An Italian priest and missionary, Bernardo Antonini dedicated his life to the reconstruction of the Catholic Church in Russia and Kazakhstan…
Carlo Acutis
Carlo Acutis, a Milanese teenager who died in 2006 at the age of fifteen from fulminant leukemia, is the first saint of the digital generati…
Chiara Lubich
Chiara Lubich (1920-2008) is the foundress of the Focolare Movement, a work dedicated to unity, universal fraternity, and dialogue.
Enrichetta Beltrame Quattrocchi
Enrichetta Beltrame Quattrocchi (1914-2012) was an Italian layperson, daughter of the first spouses to be beatified together. Declared Vener…
Enrico Beretta
The Venerable Enrico Beretta (Father Alberto), brother of Saint Gianna Beretta Molla, was an Italian Capuchin priest and physician who dedic…
Floribert Bwana Chui
A young Congolese layman and member of the Community of Sant'Egidio, Floribert Bwana Chui was murdered in 2007 at the age of 26 for refusing…
Francesca Lancellotti
Francesca Lancellotti (1917-2008) was an Italian layperson, mother, and mystic, recognized as Venerable by the Catholic Church in 2023.
Francesco Saverio Toppi
Francesco Saverio Toppi (1925-2007) was an Italian Capuchin priest and Prelate Archbishop of Pompeii, recognized for his pastoral zeal, Mari…
Francis-Xavier Nguyễn Văn Thuận
A Vietnamese bishop imprisoned for 13 years by the communist regime, Cardinal Nguyễn Văn Thuận is a heroic herald of the Gospel and a witnes…
François Nguyễn Văn Thuận
François-Xavier Nguyễn Văn Thuận (1928-2002) was a Vietnamese cardinal, imprisoned for thirteen years by the communist regime, recognized as…
Guido Schäffer
A Brazilian doctor, surfer, and seminarian, Guido Schäffer dedicated his life to the poor and the sick before dying tragically at sea in 200…
John Paul II
Karol Wojtyła, pope from 1978 to 2005 under the name John Paul II, the first Polish pope and a major figure of the 20th century, canonized o…
Leonella Sgorbati
Sister Leonella Sgorbati (1940-2006), an Italian Consolata missionary nun, dedicated her life to serving the sick in Kenya and Somalia, wher…
María Félix Torres
María Félix Torres (1907-2001) was a Spanish religious sister, foundress of the Company of the Savior dedicated to the Christian education o…
Matteo Farina
Young Italian layperson (1990-2009), apostle of joy among young people and nicknamed the "infiltrator of God," declared Venerable in 2020.
Nazareno Lanciotti
Italian missionary priest in Brazil, member of the Marian Movement of Priests, murdered in 2001 due to his commitment to the poor and his fi…
Nicola Antonio Columbro
Nicola Antonio Columbro, in religion Brother Isaiah, is an Italian Franciscan priest known for his ministry of hospitality, confession, and …
Sister Lúcia dos Santos
Sister Lúcia dos Santos, one of the three seers of the Fatima apparitions in 1917, was a Dorothean sister and later a Carmelite in Portugal.
Tereza Margarida do Coração de Maria
Tereza Margarida do Coração de Maria (1915-2005) was a Brazilian Carmelite, founder of the Saint Joseph Carmel in Três Pontas, recognized as…