522 Martyrs of the Spanish Civil War
Group of 522 bishops, priests, religious, and laypeople murdered in hatred of the faith in Spain between 1934 and 1939, …
Historical figure
Cardinal Angelo Amato
représentant du pape à la béatification
54 saints linked
Alain-Marie Guynot de Boismenu
Alain-Marie Guynot de Boismenu (1870-1953) was a French missionary, bishop in Papua New Guinea, recognized as Venerable …
Alojs Andritzki
A Sorbian priest and martyr, Alojs Andritzki died at the Dachau concentration camp in 1943 after witnessing to his faith…
Álvaro del Portillo
Álvaro del Portillo (1914-1994), the first prelate of Opus Dei and a close collaborator of Saint Josemaría Escrivá, was …
Benedict Daswa
The first martyr of South Africa, Benedict Daswa was a layman, father, and school principal murdered in 1990 for refusin…
Carmen Elena Rendiles Martínez
A Venezuelan religious sister born without a left arm, Carmen Rendiles Martínez founded the congregation of the Servants…
Carolina Santocanale
An Italian religious born in Palermo in 1852, Carolina Santocanale, in religion Mary of Jesus, founded the Capuchin Sist…
Cecilia Eusepi
Cecilia Eusepi (1910-1928) was a young Italian layperson, a member of the Third Order of the Servants of Mary. Following…
Devasahayam Pillai
Devasahayam Pillai (1712-1752), a Hindu layman converted to Catholicism and martyred in Travancore, is the first Indian …
Elena Aiello
Foundress of the Minims of the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ and Italian mystic, known for her stigmata and her dedic…
Elisabetta Sanna Porcu
A Sardinian layperson and widow, Elisabetta Sanna Porcu overcame a severe physical disability to dedicate herself to the…
Émilie de Villeneuve
Jeanne-Émilie de Villeneuve (1811-1854), a French aristocrat from Toulouse, founded in 1836 the Congregation of the Sist…
Enrichetta Alfieri
Sister Enrichetta Alfieri (1891-1951) was an Italian nun of the Sisters of Charity, famous for her heroic dedication to …
Enrico Battista Stanislao Verjus
A missionary bishop in Papua New Guinea, Henri Verjus dedicated his short life to the evangelization and pacification of…
Florenza Giovanna Profilio
Foundress of the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Conception of Lipari, she dedicated her life to the education and …
Frederic Tarrés Puigpelat and 25 companions (26)
Blessed Frederic of Berga and his 25 companions, Capuchins of Catalonia, were martyred in hatred of the faith during the…
Genaro Fueyo Castañón and 3 companions (4)
Genaro Fueyo Castañón, a diocesan priest, and three laymen of the Nocturnal Adoration of Nembra were martyred in 1936 in…
Giuseppe Girelli
Italian priest (1886-1978) dedicated to the apostolate for prisoners, founder of the Casa San Giuseppe and recognized as…
Gregorio Fioravanti
Italian Franciscan priest, founder of the Franciscan Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart, recognized as Venerable by …
José Álvarez-Benavides de la Torre and 114 companions (115)
Group of 115 martyrs (95 priests and 20 laypeople) murdered in hatred of the faith during the Spanish Civil War in the d…
José Antón Gómez and 3 companions (4)
Four Spanish Benedictine monks from the priory of Montserrat in Madrid, martyred in 1936 in hatred of the faith at the b…
José Gabriel del Rosario Brochero
Argentine priest (1840-1914) nicknamed the "gaucho priest," evangelizer of the Traslasierra region, beatified in 2013 an…
Josef Mayr-Nusser
Josef Mayr-Nusser (1910-1945) was an Italian layman, member of Catholic Action and the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul,…
Julián Heredia Zubía and 17 companions (18)
Group of 18 Cistercian martyrs (16 monks of Viaceli and 2 nuns of Fons Salutis) murdered in 1936 during the Spanish Civi…
Kadalikkattil Mathai Kathanar
A priest of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church and founder of the Congregation of the Sacred Heart, Father Mathew Kadalikk…
Luigi Bordino
An Italian Cottolengo brother and nurse, Luigi Bordino devoted himself body and soul to the service of the sick and the …
Luigi Lo Verde
Filippo Lo Verde, in religion Brother Luigi, was a young Italian Franciscan religious born in Tunisia, recognized as Ven…
Manuela de Jesús Arias Espinosa
Mexican religious, founder of the Clarissan Missionaries of the Most Blessed Sacrament and the Inesian Family, beatified…
María Antonia de Paz y Figueroa
An 18th-century Argentine laywoman, María Antonia de Paz y Figueroa, known as Mama Antula, spread the Ignatian spiritual…
Maria Bolognesi
Maria Bolognesi (1924-1980) was an Italian lay mystic, stigmatist, and devoted to the service of the poor and orphans.
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 ho…
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 Sal…
Maria Edvige Zivelonghi
Maria Edvige Zivelonghi (1919-1949) was an Italian religious sister of the Congregation of the Daughters of Jesus, decla…
María Elisea Oliver Molina
María Elisea Oliver Molina (1869-1931) was a Spanish religious sister, founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of the…
Maria Gargani
Maria Gargani (1892-1973), in religion Sister Maria Crocifissa del Divino Amore, was an Italian schoolteacher, foundress…
Mariam Vattalil
Mariam Vattalil (Sister Rani Maria) was an Indian Franciscan Clarist nun, a martyr for social justice among the poor and…
Marie-Anne-Marcelle Mallet
Marie-Anne-Marcelle Mallet (1805-1871) is the foundress of the Institute of the Sisters of Charity of Quebec. Recognized…
Marie-Élisabeth Turgeon
Canadian religious sister and foundress of the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary, dedicated to …
Marie-Eugène of the Child Jesus
A French Carmelite priest and founder of the Notre-Dame de Vie Institute, Blessed Marie-Eugène of the Child Jesus (1894-…
Marie-Teresa Dupouy Bordes
French religious sister (1873-1953), founder of the congregation of the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus …
Mario Vergara
Mario Vergara (1910-1950) was an Italian PIME missionary priest, martyred in Burma with the catechist Isidore Ngei Ko La…
Mateo Casals Mas and 108 companions (109)
Mateo Casals Mas and his 108 companions are a group of 109 Claretian missionaries martyred in Spain between 1936 and 193…
Nicolò Rusca
A priest and archpriest of Sondrio, Nicolò Rusca died a martyr in 1618 in Thusis after being tortured by radical Protest…
Nikollë Prennushi and 37 companions (38)
Group of 38 Catholic martyrs murdered in hatred of the faith under the communist regime of Enver Hoxha in Albania betwee…
Nunzio Russo
An Italian priest from Palermo, Nunzio Russo (1841-1906) is the founder of the Congregation of the Daughters of the Cros…
Óscar Romero
Archbishop of San Salvador, Óscar Romero was assassinated on March 24, 1980, during the Salvadoran Civil War for his def…
Pedro Asúa Mendía
Spanish priest and architect, martyr of the Spanish Civil War and designer of the Seminary of Vitoria.
Rani Maria Vattalil
An Indian Franciscan Clarist nun, Sister Rani Maria dedicated herself to defending poor farmers before being assassinate…
Rolando Rivi
Rolando Rivi (1931-1945) was a young Italian seminarian, a martyr for the faith, murdered by communist partisans during …
Sosio Del Prete
Italian Franciscan priest, co-founder of the Congregation of the Little Servants of Christ the King dedicated to helping…
Takayama Ukon
Justo Takayama Ukon, nicknamed the "Samurai of Christ," was a 16th-century Japanese daimyo who chose exile and poverty r…
Valentín Palencia Marquina and 4 companions (5)
The Spanish priest Valentín Palencia Marquina and four young laymen from the Patronato de San José were martyred togethe…
Vicenç Queralt Lloret and 20 companions (21)
Vicenç Queralt Lloret and his 20 companions, members of the Vincentian Family, were martyred in Spain in hatred of the f…
William Gagnon
William Gagnon (1905-1972) was a Canadian-American Hospitaller of the Order of Saint John of God, declared Venerable by …