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Italian layperson (1909-1980), declared Venerable in 2021, she dedicated her life to the rehabilitation of marginalized …
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Italian layperson (1909-1980), declared Venerable in 2021, she dedicated her life to the rehabilitation of marginalized …
Alberto Marvelli (1918-1946) was a young Italian engineer, a member of Catholic Action, recognized for his heroic charit…
An Italian layperson and physician, Alessandro Nottegar dedicated his life to serving lepers in Brazil before founding t…
Alexia González-Barros (1971-1985) was a young Spanish layperson, declared Venerable in 2018. Stricken with an aggressiv…
Amato Ronconi (c. 1226 - 1292) was an Italian layperson, member of the Third Order of Saint Francis, founder of a hospic…
Anfrosina Berardi (1920-1933) was a young Italian layperson declared Venerable, renowned for her heroic patience in illn…
Angela Salawa (1881-1922) was a Polish layperson, a domestic servant in Krakow, and a Franciscan tertiary, known for her…
Angelina Pirini (1922-1940) was a young Italian layperson, an active member of Catholic Action, who offered her sufferin…
Angelo Bonetta (1948-1963), nicknamed Angiolino, was a young Italian layperson and member of the Centre for Volunteers o…
Anita Cantieri (1910-1942) was an Italian layperson, a member of the Secular Order of Discalced Carmelites, whose life w…
Anna Fulgida Bartolacelli (1928-1993) was an Italian layperson, a member of the Silent Workers of the Cross, recognized …
Architect of the Sagrada Família in Barcelona, Antoni Gaudí was a genius of modern architecture, combining artistic crea…
Antonietta Meo (1930-1937), nicknamed Nennolina, was a young Roman girl who died at the age of six from osteosarcoma. Sh…
Armida Barelli (1882-1952) was an Italian laywoman, co-founder of the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart and presid…
Arnaldo Canepa (1882-1966) was an Italian layperson, founder of the Centro Oratori Romani (COR), dedicated to the Christ…
An Italian layperson and Salesian cooperator, Attilio Giordani dedicated himself to the education of youth in Milan befo…
A former satanic priest who converted, Bartolo Longo (1841-1926) became the apostle of the Rosary, founding the Shrine o…
A young Italian laywoman suffering from neurofibromatosis, Benedetta Bianchi Porro offered her suffering with heroic fai…
Margrave of Baden and diplomat in the service of Emperor Frederick III, Bernard II of Baden renounced his sovereign righ…
Bernhard Lehner (1930-1944) was a young German boy, a precocious seminarian, recognized as Venerable for his piety and s…
Bertilla Antoniazzi (1944-1964) was a young Italian layperson who lived her serious heart condition as a mission of offe…
Carla Ronci (1936-1970) was an Italian consecrated laywoman, a member of the Secular Institute of the Servants of the Mo…
Carlo Acutis, a Milanese teenager who died in 2006 at the age of fifteen from fulminant leukemia, is the first saint of …
A philanthropic marquis and mayor of Turin, Carlo Tancredi Falletti di Barolo dedicated his life and fortune to the poor…
The first lay Blessed from Puerto Rico, Carlos Manuel Rodríguez Santiago (1918-1963) was a pioneer of the liturgical ren…
Caroline-Barbe Colchen Carré de Malberg (1829-1891) was a French layperson, founder of the Society of the Daughters of S…
Casimiro Barello Morello (1857-1884) was an Italian layperson, a tireless pilgrim nicknamed the "pilgrim of the Eucharis…
An Auvergnat Dominican tertiary, Catherine Jarrige (1754-1836), nicknamed Catinon Menette, distinguished herself by her …
Cecilia Eusepi (1910-1928) was a young Italian layperson, a member of the Third Order of the Servants of Mary. Following…
Ceferino Namuncurá (1886-1905) was a young Argentine Mapuche indigenous person, a Salesian student inspired by Dominic S…
Cesare Guasti (1822-1889) was an Italian scholar, archivist, and layperson, member of the Third Order of Saint Francis, …
Charles of Blois (1319-1364), Duke of Brittany and member of the Third Order of Saint Francis, combined military courage…
An Italian layperson and Franciscan tertiary, Concetta Bertoli lived through total paralysis and blindness in a heroic m…
Daniela Zanetta (1962-1986) was a young Italian layperson, a member of the Focolare Movement, declared Venerable for her…
An Italian mother, Domenica Bedonni Bernardini was declared Venerable in 2015 along with her husband Sergio Bernardini, …
A young Piedmontese layperson born in 1842, a student of Saint John Bosco at the Oratory of Turin, Dominic Savio founded…
Co-founder of the Catholic Worker Movement, Dorothy Day dedicated her life to the poor, social justice, and radical paci…
An Italian Capuchin nun (1940-1996), Sister Edda Maria Caterina Roda dedicated herself to catechesis and popular mission…
Edel Quinn (1907-1944) was an Irish lay missionary for the Legion of Mary who established the movement in East Africa de…
Edmund Bojanowski was a 19th-century Polish layman, founder of the Congregation of the Sisters Servants of the Immaculat…
Egidio Bullesi (1905-1929) was a young Italian worker, member of the Third Order of Saint Francis and Catholic Action, d…
Elena da Persico (1869-1948) was an Italian laywoman, journalist, and founder of the Secular Institute of the Daughters …
Elisa Baldo Foresti (1862-1926) was an Italian layperson, founder of the Congregation of the Humble Servants of the Lord…
A Roman wife and mother, Elisabeth Canori Mora heroically lived through the trials of a difficult marriage. Having becom…
A Sardinian layperson and widow, Elisabetta Sanna Porcu overcame a severe physical disability to dedicate herself to the…
An Italian layperson and mother, Elisabetta Tasca Serena lived a simple and hardworking life of family devotion and aban…
Enrichetta Beltrame Quattrocchi (1914-2012) was an Italian layperson, daughter of the first spouses to be beatified toge…
A renowned Italian physicist, science communicator, and committed politician, Enrico Medi lived his faith and science in…
Enrique Ernesto Shaw (1921-1962) was an Argentine lay business leader, recognized as Venerable, who dedicated his life t…
Enrique Shaw (1921-1962) was an Argentine naval officer and business leader, declared Venerable, recognized for his exem…
Ernesto Cofiño (1899-1991) was a Guatemalan pediatrician, a pioneer in pediatrics and the fight against infant mortality…
Eurosia Fabris (1866-1932), known as "Mamma Rosa," was an Italian mother and Franciscan tertiary, a model of lay holines…
A young Lebanese layperson of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church, Fathi Baladi died tragically at the age of 19 in 1980. …
Faustino Pérez-Manglano (1946-1963) was a young Spanish layperson, a member of the Marianist family, declared Venerable …
Fausto Gei (1927-1968) was an Italian layperson, a member of the Silent Workers of the Cross, who offered his suffering …
Francesca Lancellotti (1917-2008) was an Italian layperson, mother, and mystic, recognized as Venerable by the Catholic …
Francisca de Paula de Jesus, known as Nhá Chica (1808-1895), was a Brazilian laywoman, daughter of a slave, famous for h…
Francisco Marto is one of the three shepherd children of Fatima to whom the Virgin Mary appeared in 1917; canonized on M…
A Brazilian layperson and lawyer committed to prisoners within APAC, Franz de Castro Holzwarth offered his life by takin…
Frédéric Ozanam (1813-1853) was a French layperson, founder of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul and a precursor of t…
Gaetana Tolomeo, known as Nuccia (1936-1997), was an Italian layperson paralyzed from childhood, who offered her sufferi…
An Italian layperson and Franciscan tertiary, Genoveffa De Troia (1887-1949) lived a life of profound suffering offered …
An Italian layperson and spiritual son of Padre Pio, Giacomo Gaglione lived fifty years of paralysis in mystical joy, fo…
Saint Gianna Beretta Molla (1922-1962) is an Italian lay saint, a physician and mother who sacrificed her life to save t…
Giacomo Bruni, in religion Father John of the Holy Spirit, was a young Italian Passionist priest born in 1882 and died i…
Giunio Tinarelli (1912-1956) was an Italian layperson, a worker at the Terni steelworks, who became an apostle of suffer…
Giuseppe Lazzati (1909-1986) was an Italian academic and politician, a major figure of the consecrated laity and founder…
An Italian lay doctor, Giuseppe Moscati (1880-1927) dedicated his life to the free care of the poor in Naples, combining…
An Italian Catholic economist and father of the Church's social doctrine, Giuseppe Toniolo worked for human dignity and …
Giuseppe Tovini (1841-1897) was an Italian lawyer, father, and Catholic activist, beatified in 1998 by John Paul II.
Giuseppina Suriano (1915-1950), nicknamed Pina, was a young Sicilian laywoman active in Catholic Action, who offered her…
A Spanish layperson of Opus Dei and a pioneer in chemistry, Guadalupe Ortiz de Landázuri dedicated her life to education…
A Brazilian doctor, surfer, and seminarian, Guido Schäffer dedicated his life to the poor and the sick before dying trag…
Polish nurse and pioneer of home care and chaplaincy for the sick, collaborator of Karol Wojtyła.
Hanna Helena Chrzanowska (1902-1973) was a Polish lay nurse, a pioneer of parish home nursing, and a close collaborator …
Saint Hemma of Gurk (c. 980 - 1045) was a Carinthian noblewoman who dedicated her immense fortune to the founding of mon…
Hieronymus Jaegen (1841-1919) was a German layperson, engineer, banker, and member of parliament, who balanced an intens…
A silk weaver in Florence, Hippolytus Galantini dedicated his life to the religious instruction of children and the uned…
Isidoro Zorzano Ledesma (1902-1943) was an Argentine industrial engineer, one of the first members of Opus Dei, recogniz…
Ismael Molinero Novillo (1917-1938), known as Ismael of Tomelloso, was a young Spanish layperson and member of Catholic …
Ivan Merz (1896-1928) was a Croatian Catholic layperson, pioneer of Catholic Action and apostle of youth, beatified by J…
Jacinta Marto (1910-1920) was the youngest of the three shepherds of Fatima, witnesses to the Marian apparitions of 1917…
A Polish layperson and tailor, Jan Tyranowski was the spiritual mentor of the young Karol Wojtyła and the heroic leader …
Janina Woynarowska (1923-1979) was a Polish nurse, a consecrated layperson within the Secular Institute of Christ the Re…
Co-founder of Montreal and Canada's first lay nurse, Jeanne Mance (1606-1673) founded the Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal and was…
Jérôme Le Royer de La Dauversière (1597-1659) was a French layperson, founder of the congregation of the Religious Hospi…
A French physician and geneticist, Jérôme Lejeune discovered trisomy 21 in 1958. Committed to the defense of human life,…
Jerzy Ciesielski (1929-1970) was a Polish civil engineer, university professor, and committed member of the Focolare Mov…
A Brazilian permanent deacon and lay missionary, João Luiz Pozzobon is the founder of the Schoenstatt Rosary Campaign, h…
Venezuelan physician and professor, known as the "physician to the poor," José Gregorio Hernández (1864-1919) was canoni…
A Mexican indigenous man converted to Christianity, Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin received the apparitions of Our Lady of G…
Juliette Colbert de Barolo (1786-1864) was a French layperson and philanthropist, based in Turin, recognized as Venerabl…
Kunegunda Siwiec (1876-1955), known as Kundusia, was a Polish layperson and mystic, a member of the Secular Order of Dis…
László Batthyány-Strattmann (1870-1931) was a Hungarian prince and ophthalmologist, a member of the Third Order of Saint…
Léon Papin-Dupont (1797-1876), nicknamed the "Holy Man of Tours," is a French layperson recognized as Venerable, famous …
Lliberada Ferrarons i Vives (1803-1842) was a Spanish textile worker, member of the Third Order of Carmel, declared Vene…
Lorena D'Alessandro (1964-1981) was a young Italian layperson, declared Venerable by Pope Francis in 2023. Despite a ser…
Louis Martin (1823-1894), a watchmaker and jeweler from Alençon and father of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, was canonized on…
Lucia Burlini (1710-1789) was an Italian layperson and weaver, a spiritual disciple of Saint Paul of the Cross, recogniz…
Ludovico Coccapani (1849-1931) was an Italian layperson, member of the Third Order of Saint Francis, and president of th…
The first married couple beatified together by the Catholic Church in 2001, Luigi Beltrame Quattrocchi and Maria Corsini…
An Italian layperson who suffered from Duchenne muscular dystrophy, Luigi Rocchi transformed his suffering into a path o…
Luis de Trelles y Noguerol (1819-1891) was a Spanish layperson, advocate for the poor, and founder of the Spanish Noctur…
Luisa Guidotti Mistrali (1932-1979) was an Italian missionary doctor and member of the International Medical Association…
A young Italian layperson and aspirant of the Society of Saint Paul, Maggiorino Vigolungo (1904-1918) distinguished hims…
Manuel Aparici Navarro (1902-1964) is a Spanish Venerable, a major figure of the Spanish Catholic Youth Action and a pre…
Manuel Lozano Garrido (1920-1971), nicknamed Lolo, was a Spanish lay journalist. Despite total paralysis and blindness, …
Marcello Candia (1916-1983) was an Italian industrialist who sold his factories to dedicate himself to the poor and lepe…
Margalida Amengual i Campaner (1888-1919), known as Na Cativa, was a Spanish layperson and mystic from Majorca, and a me…
Saint Margaret of Città di Castello (1287-1320), known as the 'little blind girl of Metola', was an Italian Dominican la…
Margaret Sinclair (1900-1925) was a Scottish factory worker from Edinburgh who entered the Poor Clare Colettines in Lond…
Mother of Saint John Bosco, Margherita Occhiena (Mama Margaret) dedicated her life to the education of her children and …
A Swiss mystic seamstress and Franciscan tertiary, Marguerite Bays (1815-1879) sanctified her daily life in service to t…
Maria Carmelina Leone (1923-1940) was a young Italian layperson from Palermo, a member of Catholic Action, declared Vene…
Sister of Louis XVI and Queen of Sardinia, Marie-Clotilde of France lived in exile with faith and charity, committing he…
María de la Concepción Barrecheguren García (1905-1927), affectionately nicknamed Conchita, is a young Spanish laywoman …
Maria Cristina Cella Mocellin (1969-1995) was an Italian mother declared Venerable by Pope Francis in 2021. Suffering fr…
Maria Cristina Ogier (1955-1974) was a young Italian layperson, a member of the Third Order of Saint Francis, recognized…
Maria Di Majo (Sister Maria Dolores di Cristo Re, 1888-1967) is the founder of the Congregation of the Missionary Servan…
Sándor Bálint (1904-1980) was a Hungarian ethnographer and politician, declared venerable by the Catholic Church in 2021…