498 Spanish Martyrs (498)
The 498 martyrs of the religious persecution in Spain, beatified in 2007, are bishops, priests, religious, and laypeople…
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522 Spanish Martyrs (522)
The 522 Spanish martyrs are a group of priests, religious, and laypeople murdered in hatred of the faith during the Span…
Adílio Daronch
Adílio Daronch (1908-1924) was a young Brazilian altar server, martyred at the age of 15 with his parish priest, Father …
Adolphe Chatillon
Canadian religious of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, dedicated educator and Visitor General for…
Albertina Berkenbrock
Albertina Berkenbrock (1919-1931) was a young Brazilian girl of German descent, murdered at the age of 12 while defendin…
Alcide-Vital Lataste
French Dominican priest, founder of the Congregation of the Dominican Sisters of Bethany for the rehabilitation of forme…
Alfonsa Clerici
An Italian religious of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Precious Blood, Alfonsa Clerici (1860-1930) dedicated her…
Alphonsa Muttathupadathu
A Franciscan Clarist religious from Kerala, Alphonsa Muttathupadathu (1910-1946) offered her life of suffering to God. C…
Alphonse-Marie Eppinger
Elisabeth Eppinger (Mother Alphonse-Marie) is the foundress of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Most Holy Saviour,…
Anacleto González Flores and companions (9)
Group of nine Mexican laypeople, led by Anacleto González Flores, martyrs for religious freedom during the Cristero War.
Angelo Paoli
Angelo Paoli (1642-1720) was an Italian Carmelite religious, nicknamed the "father of the poor" for his tireless dedicat…
Anna Maria Adorni Botti
Anna Maria Adorni Botti (1805-1893) was an Italian widow, foundress of the congregation of the Handmaids of the Immacula…
Anna Maria Janer Anglarill
Anna Maria Janer Anglarill (1800-1885) was a Spanish religious sister, foundress of the Institute of the Sisters of the …
Anna Schäffer
A German laywoman from Mindelstetten, immobilized by severe burns and marked with the stigmata, Anna Schäffer offered he…
Antoni Gaudí
Architect of the Sagrada Família in Barcelona, Antoni Gaudí was a genius of modern architecture, combining artistic crea…
Antonia Maria Verna
A humble peasant from Piedmont, Antonia Maria Verna dedicated her life to the free education of poor children and the ca…
Antonietta Meo
Antonietta Meo (1930-1937), nicknamed Nennolina, was a young Roman girl who died at the age of six from osteosarcoma. Sh…
Antonio Franco
Antonio Franco (1585-1626) was an Italian prelate, royal chaplain, and prelate of Santa Lucia del Mela, beatified in 201…
Antonio Primaldo and 812 companions (813)
Inhabitants of Otranto (Italy) beheaded on August 14, 1480, by Ottoman troops for refusing to abjure the Christian faith…
Antonio Rosmini
An Italian priest, philosopher, and theologian, Antonio Rosmini (1797-1855) was the founder of the Institute of Charity …
Antonio Rosmini-Serbati
Antonio Rosmini-Serbati (1797-1855) was an Italian priest, philosopher, and founder of the Institute of Charity, recogni…
Arcangelo Tadini
An Italian priest of the Diocese of Brescia, Arcangelo Tadini (1846-1912) dedicated his ministry to workers and founded …
Ascensión Nicol Goñi
Ascensión Nicol Goñi (1868-1940) was a Spanish religious sister, co-founder of the congregation of the Dominican Mission…
Assunta Marchetti
Co-foundress of the Missionary Sisters of St. Charles Borromeo (Scalabrinians), she dedicated her life to the service of…
Aurelio Bacciarini
Swiss bishop and apostolic administrator of Ticino, Aurelio Bacciarini (1873-1935) is the founder of the Company of Sain…
Baltasár Pardal Vidal
Baltasár Pardal Vidal (1886-1963) was a Spanish priest, founder of the Great Work of Atocha and the secular institute of…
Barbara Maix
Barbara Maix (1818-1873), in religion Maria Barbara of the Most Holy Trinity, was an Austrian religious, foundress of th…
Basilio Martinelli
Basilio Martinelli (1872-1962) was an Italian priest and educator of the Cavanis Institute, recognized as venerable by P…
Bedřich Bachstein and companions (14)
Bedřich Bachstein and his thirteen companions, Franciscans of various European nationalities, were martyred in hatred of…
Bernardo de Hoyos
A Spanish Jesuit priest (1711-1735), Bernardo de Hoyos was the first great apostle of the devotion to the Sacred Heart i…
Bernhard Lehner
Bernhard Lehner (1930-1944) was a young German boy, a precocious seminarian, recognized as Venerable for his piety and s…
Bonifacia Rodríguez y Castro
Bonifacia Rodríguez y Castro (1837-1905), a working ropemaker from Salamanca, founded the congregation of the Servants o…
Bronisław Markiewicz
A Polish priest and educator of youth, Blessed Bronisław Markiewicz founded the congregations of Saint Michael the Archa…
Bruna Pellesi
An Italian Franciscan religious, Bruna Pellesi (in religion Sister Maria Rosa of Jesus) offered 27 years of suffering li…
Camilla Battista da Varano
A Princess of Camerino who became a Poor Clare, Camilla Battista da Varano (1458-1524) was a mystic writer on the Passio…
Candelaria of Saint Joseph
Venezuelan foundress of the Carmelite Sisters of Mother Candelaria, she dedicated her life to the care of the sick and t…
Candelaria of San José
Foundress of the Carmelite Sisters of Mother Candelaria, she dedicated her life to the care of the sick and the most des…
Candida Maria of Jesus
A Spanish religious sister of Basque origin, Candida Maria of Jesus (1845-1912) founded the congregation of the Daughter…
Carl Lampert
An Austrian priest and pro-vicar of Innsbruck, Carl Lampert courageously opposed the Nazi regime. Deported to Dachau and…
Carlo Bascapè
Carlo Bascapè (1550-1615) was an Italian Barnabite bishop, a close collaborator of Saint Charles Borromeo, and a key fig…
Carlo Gnocchi
An Italian priest and military chaplain during the Second World War, Carlo Gnocchi dedicated his life to supporting orph…
Carlo Liviero
Carlo Liviero (1866-1932), Bishop of Città di Castello and founder of the Little Servants of the Sacred Heart, dedicated…
Carolina Beltrami
Italian religious sister (1869-1932), founder of the congregation of the Immacolatine Sisters dedicated to the education…
Caterina Coromina i Agustí
Caterina Coromina i Agustí (1824-1893) was a Spanish religious sister, foundress of the Josephine Sisters of Charity, de…
Caterina Sordini
Caterina Sordini (1770-1824), in religion Mary Magdalene of the Incarnation, was an Italian religious sister and foundre…
Ceferino Namuncurá
Ceferino Namuncurá (1886-1905) was a young Argentine Mapuche indigenous person, a Salesian student inspired by Dominic S…
Celine Borzecka
Celine Borzecka (1833-1913) was a Polish religious, co-foundress with her daughter Hedwig of the Congregation of the Sis…
Charles of Mount Argus
A Dutch Passionist priest, Charles of Saint Andrew Houben (John Andrew Houben, 1821-1893) exercised his ministry primari…
Chiara Badano
A young Italian laywoman of the Focolare movement, Chiara Badano (1971-1990), nicknamed 'Chiara Luce', radiated through …
Ciriaco María Sancha y Hervás
Cardinal-Archbishop of Toledo and founder of the congregation of the Sisters of Charity of Cardinal Sancha, he was disti…
Claudia Russo
Claudia Russo (1889-1964) was an Italian religious sister, foundress of the congregation of the Poor Daughters of the Vi…
Clemens August von Galen
Bishop of Münster nicknamed the "Lion of Münster," Clemens August von Galen distinguished himself through his heroic res…
Clemens von Galen
Bishop of Münster nicknamed the 'Lion of Münster', he courageously opposed the Nazi regime and its euthanasia program fo…
Clement Vismara
An Italian missionary of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME), Blessed Clement Vismara dedicated sixty y…
Cleonilde Guerra
Cleonilde Guerra, known as Nilde (1922-1949), was a young Italian laywoman of Catholic Action, recognized as Venerable f…
Clotilde Micheli
Clotilde Micheli (1849-1911), in religion Sister Maria Serafina of the Sacred Heart, is the foundress of the Institute o…
Cristóbal de Santa Catalina
Spanish priest (1638-1690), hermit and later founder of the Hospital of Our Father Jesus the Nazarene and the Hospital S…
Darío Acosta Zurita
Darío Acosta Zurita (1908-1931) was a young Mexican priest, vicar in Veracruz, assassinated in hatred of the faith in hi…
Dolores Márquez Romero
Dolores Márquez Romero (1817-1904) was a Spanish religious sister, foundress of the Congregation of the Philippian Siste…
Donato Giannotti
Italian priest (1828-1914), founder of the Congregation of the Servant Sisters of the Immaculate, recognized as Venerabl…
Dorothy Day
Co-founder of the Catholic Worker Movement, Dorothy Day dedicated her life to the poor, social justice, and radical paci…
Eduard Müller
Eduard Müller (1911-1943) was a German Catholic priest, vicar in Lübeck, arrested by the Gestapo and beheaded by the Naz…
Eleonore Margarete Weiss
Eleonore Margarete Weiss (Sister Maria Fidelis) was a German Franciscan nun and mystic, known for her visions of the Pas…
Blessed Elia of Saint Clement (Teodora Fracasso)
Italian Carmelite nun (1901-1927), beatified in 2006 by Benedict XVI, known for her spirituality of spiritual childhood …
Emilie Engel
Emilie Engel (1893-1955) was a German religious sister, co-founder of the Secular Institute of the Sisters of Mary of Sc…
Emilie Schneider
A German religious of the Daughters of the Cross, Emilie Schneider (1820-1859) dedicated herself to the service of the s…
Emmanuela Giovanna Scribano
An Italian religious sister of the Institute of the Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Ragusa, Sister Santina di Gesù offere…
Engelmar Unzeitig
A priest of the Congregation of the Missionaries of Mariannhill, Engelmar Unzeitig was deported to Dachau for defending …
Esperança González i Puig
Founder of the congregation of the Missionary Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, dedicated to the rehabilitation of…
Estephan El Douaihy
Estephan El Douaihy (1630-1704) was a Maronite patriarch, scholar, and Lebanese historian, beatified in 2024.
Eufemia Gemma Giannini
Eufemia Gemma Giannini (1884-1971) was an Italian religious sister, a close friend of Saint Gemma Galgani, and the found…
Eusebius of Esztergom
Canon of Esztergom who became a hermit in the Pilis Mountains, Blessed Eusebius founded in the 13th century the Order of…
Eustachius Kugler
A German Hospitaller Brother, Eustachius Kugler distinguished himself through the construction of the Regensburg hospita…
Eustáquio van Lieshout
Eustáquio van Lieshout (1890-1943) was a Dutch missionary priest of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts. Sent to Brazi…
Faustino Pérez-Manglano
Faustino Pérez-Manglano (1946-1963) was a young Spanish layperson, a member of the Marianist family, declared Venerable …
Felisa Pérez de Iriarte Casado
A Spanish Dominican nun (1904-1954), Sister Teresita of the Child Jesus distinguished herself through her contemplative …
Félix Varela
Félix Varela (1788-1853) was a Cuban priest, philosopher, and politician, recognized as venerable by the Catholic Church…
Filippo Smaldone
Italian priest (1848-1923), known as the apostle of the deaf-mute, founder in Lecce of the Salesian Sisters of the Sacre…
Francesca Farolfi
Italian religious (1853-1917), founder of the Franciscan Missionary Sisters of the Most Blessed Sacrament, declared Vene…
Francesco Antonio Marcucci
Italian bishop and founder of the Conceptionist Sisters, Francesco Antonio Marcucci dedicated his life to the education …
Francesco Bonifacio
Istrian priest and martyr of the faith, assassinated in 1946 by communist partisans and beatified by Benedict XVI in 200…
Francesco Maria Perez
An Italian lawyer from the nobility, Francesco Maria Perez renounced his possessions to become a lay brother in the cong…
Francesco Marinoni
Francesco Marinoni (1490-1562) was an Italian Venerable Theatine priest. A companion of Saint Cajetan of Thiene, he work…
Francesco Mottola
An Italian priest from Calabria, Francesco Mottola (1901-1969) was the founder of the Oblate Family of the Sacred Heart,…
Francesco Paleari
Italian priest of the Little House of Divine Providence (Cottolengo), teacher, spiritual director, and renowned confesso…
Francesco Pianzola
An Italian priest and founder of the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Queen of Peace, Francesco Pianzola dedicated h…
Francesco Saverio Petagna
Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia and founder of the Congregation of the Victims of the Sacred Hearts, Francesco Saverio…
Francesco Spoto
An Italian priest and Superior General of the Congregation of the Missionary Servants of the Poor, Francesco Spoto died …
Francisca de Paula de Jesus
Francisca de Paula de Jesus, known as Nhá Chica (1808-1895), was a Brazilian laywoman, daughter of a slave, famous for h…
Francisco de Paula Victor
Born a slave in Brazil, Francisco de Paula Victor overcame racial prejudice to become a priest. A devoted parish priest …
Francisco Esteban Lacal and companions (22)
Group of 22 martyrs (21 Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate and one layman) put to death in hatred of the faith in 193…
Francisco Garmendia Mendizábal
Spanish Lasallian religious, dedicated educator and provincial, declared Venerable in 2008.
François Nguyễn Văn Thuận
François-Xavier Nguyễn Văn Thuận (1928-2002) was a Vietnamese cardinal, imprisoned for thirteen years by the communist r…
Franz Jägerstätter
An Austrian conscientious objector, Franz Jägerstätter refused to swear an oath to Hitler and to bear arms in the name o…
Franz-Josef Rudigier
Bishop of Linz from 1853 to 1884, Franz-Josef Rudigier distinguished himself by his pastoral zeal, his defense of the li…
Franziska Streitel
Franziska Streitel (1844-1911), in religion Mother Mary Frances of the Cross, was a German religious sister and foundres…
Frederic Baraga
A Slovenian missionary in the United States, nicknamed the "Snowshoe Priest," Frederic Baraga evangelized the Native Ame…
Fulton Sheen
Fulton Sheen (1895-1979) was an American bishop, a pioneer of radio and television, famous for his program 'Life Is Wort…
Gabriele Allegra
An Italian Franciscan missionary, Blessed Gabriele Allegra (1907-1976) was the first to translate the complete Bible int…
Gaetano Catanoso
A priest of the Archdiocese of Reggio Calabria and apostle of the devotion to the Holy Face, Gaetano Catanoso founded th…
Gaetano Errico
Gaetano Errico (1791-1860), a Neapolitan priest and founder of the congregation of the Missionaries of the Sacred Hearts…
Georg Häfner
A German priest and member of the Third Order of Carmel, Georg Häfner firmly opposed the Nazi regime. Arrested by the Ge…
George Preca
Maltese priest (1880-1962), founder of the Society of Christian Doctrine (M.U.S.E.U.M.), George Preca is the first canon…
Gerhard Hirschfelder
A German priest and youth chaplain, Gerhard Hirschfelder courageously opposed the Nazi regime. Arrested by the Gestapo, …
Gertrude Prosperi
An Italian mystical Benedictine abbess, Gertrude Prosperi (in religion Maria Luisa Angelica) reformed her monastery in T…
Giacinto Bianchi
An Italian priest and founder of the congregation of the Daughters of Mary Missionaries, Giacinto Bianchi dedicated hims…
Giacomo Gaglione
An Italian layperson and spiritual son of Padre Pio, Giacomo Gaglione lived fifty years of paralysis in mystical joy, fo…
Giovanni Battista Arista
Giovanni Battista Arista (1863-1920) was an Italian Oratorian priest who became Bishop of Acireale, recognized for his p…
Giovanni Battista Piamarta
Giovanni Battista Piamarta (1841-1913) was an Italian priest from Brescia, educator of working-class youth, and founder …
Giulia Salzano
Italian religious (1846-1929), Giulia Salzano was a tireless catechist in Casoria and founded the congregation of the Ca…
Giunio Tinarelli
Giunio Tinarelli (1912-1956) was an Italian layperson, a worker at the Terni steelworks, who became an apostle of suffer…
Giuseppe Di Donna
Giuseppe Di Donna (1901-1952) was an Italian Trinitarian missionary in Madagascar who became Bishop of Andria, where he …
Giuseppe Marcinò
Italian Capuchin priest (1589-1655), zealous preacher and Minister General of his order, he was a great peacemaker and p…
Giuseppe Puglisi
An Italian priest murdered by the mafia in 1993 in Palermo, Father Pino Puglisi was beatified in 2013 as a martyr of the…
Giuseppe Quadrio
An Italian Salesian priest and theologian, Giuseppe Quadrio distinguished himself by his theological contribution to the…
Giuseppe Toniolo
An Italian Catholic economist and father of the Church's social doctrine, Giuseppe Toniolo worked for human dignity and …
Giuseppina Catanea
Giuseppina Catanea (1894-1948), in religion Sister Maria Giuseppina di Gesù Crocifisso, was an Italian Discalced Carmeli…
Giuseppina Nicoli
An Italian Daughter of Charity, Giuseppina Nicoli (1863-1924) dedicated her life to the education and relief of the most…
Guido Maria Conforti
Bishop of Parma and founder of the Xaverian Missionaries (1895), Guido Maria Conforti dedicated his life to evangelizati…
Hermann Lange
Hermann Lange (1912-1943) was a German Catholic priest, vicar in Lübeck, executed by the Nazi regime for his spiritual o…