Gaetano Clausellas Ballvé
A Spanish priest and chaplain of an old-age home in Sabadell, Gaetano Clausellas Ballvé was murdered in hatred of the fa…
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Gaetano Francesco Mauro
Italian priest and founder of the Congregation of the Pious Rural Catechist Workers (Ardorini Missionaries), dedicated t…
Geevarghese Ivanios
Syro-Malankara archbishop and founder of the Bethany congregations, Mar Ivanios was the principal architect of the resto…
Geevarghese Mar Ivanios
Geevarghese Mar Ivanios (1882-1953) is the founder of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church and the Order of the Imitation …
Giacomo Abbondo
Giacomo Abbondo (1720-1788) was an Italian priest, pastor of Tronzano Vercellese, beatified in 2016 by Pope Francis.
Giacomo Viale
Italian Franciscan priest, devoted pastor of Bordighera for nearly fifty years, nicknamed the father of the poor.
Giorgio La Pira
Giorgio La Pira (1904-1977), nicknamed the "saintly mayor" of Florence, was an Italian politician of the Third Order of …
Giovanni Antonio Farina
Italian bishop, known as the "bishop of the poor," Giovanni Antonio Farina (1803-1888) founded in 1836 the Sisters Teach…
Giovanni Bacile
An Italian priest (1880-1941) from Sicily, Giovanni Bacile was distinguished by his pastoral zeal, his educational work …
Giovanni Barra
Italian priest (1914-1975) dedicated to the education and spiritual guidance of youth, founder of the Casa Alpina, and d…
Giovanni Battista Quilici
An Italian priest from Livorno, Father Giovanni Battista Quilici dedicated himself to the marginalized and founded the c…
Giovanni Battista Scalabrini
Bishop of Piacenza and founder of the Missionaries of St. Charles (Scalabrinians), Giovanni Battista Scalabrini (1839-19…
Giovanni Ferro
Giovanni Ferro (1901-1992) was an Italian archbishop of the Somascan Order, proclaimed Venerable in 2019. Recognized for…
Giovanni Folci
An Italian priest (1890-1963), Father Giovanni Folci founded the Opera Divin Prigioniero and the Saint Pius X pre-semina…
Giovanni Fornasini
Italian priest and martyr of the Marzabotto massacre, known as the angel on a bicycle, beatified in 2021.
Giovanni Giuseppe Bonzi
Italian Capuchin priest, theologian, and founder of charitable works such as the 'Sorriso Francescano' and the Little Se…
Giovanni Jacono
Giovanni Jacono (1873-1957) was an Italian bishop, recognized as Venerable by the Catholic Church, known for his charity…
Giovanni Schiavo
An Italian Josephite priest and missionary in Brazil, Blessed Giovanni Schiavo dedicated himself to the education of you…
Giovanni Tavelli
Giovanni Tavelli (1386-1446), Bishop of Ferrara and member of the Order of Jesuates, distinguished himself by his charit…
Giulio Bocci
Italian Capuchin priest, founder of the Work of Vocations and the Franciscan Volunteers for Vocations, declared Venerabl…
Giuseppe Allamano
Giuseppe Allamano (1851-1926), a diocesan priest of Turin and rector of the Consolata Shrine, founded the Consolata Miss…
Giuseppe Ambrosoli
Blessed Giuseppe Ambrosoli (1923-1987) was an Italian Comboni missionary priest and doctor. Known as the "doctor of char…
Giuseppe Beotti
An Italian priest and martyr of Nazism, Father Giuseppe Beotti was executed by firing squad in 1944 for protecting perse…
Giuseppe Bernardi
An Italian priest and pastor of Boves, Giuseppe Bernardi was martyred by the SS on September 19, 1943, after negotiating…
Giuseppe Lazzati
Giuseppe Lazzati (1909-1986) was an Italian academic and politician, a major figure of the consecrated laity and founder…
Giuseppe Marchetti
An Italian Scalabrinian priest and missionary in Brazil, Giuseppe Marchetti dedicated himself to emigrants and orphans, …
Giuseppe Maria Leone
An Italian Redemptorist priest, the Venerable Giuseppe Maria Leone (1829-1902) was an influential spiritual guide, notab…
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…
Giuseppina Operti
Giuseppina Operti (1871-1949), in religion Sister Mary of the Angels, was an Italian religious, founder of the Institute…
Giustina Schiapparoli
Co-foundress of the Benedictine Sisters of Divine Providence of Voghera, Giustina Schiapparoli dedicated her life to the…
Gloria Esperanza Elizondo García
Mexican religious sister and Superior General of the Catechist Missionary Sisters of the Poor, declared Venerable in 202…
Guglielmo Massaia
Guglielmo Massaia (1809-1889) was an Italian Capuchin cardinal, famous for his thirty-five years of evangelizing and hum…
Guido Schäffer
A Brazilian doctor, surfer, and seminarian, Guido Schäffer dedicated his life to the poor and the sick before dying trag…
Guy of Montpellier
Founder of the Order of the Holy Spirit in the 12th century, Guy of Montpellier dedicated his life and fortune to the po…
Hanna Chrzanowska
Polish nurse and pioneer of home care and chaplaincy for the sick, collaborator of Karol Wojtyła.
Hanna Helena Chrzanowska
Hanna Helena Chrzanowska (1902-1973) was a Polish lay nurse, a pioneer of parish home nursing, and a close collaborator …
Hermínio Pinzetta
Hermínio Pinzetta, in religion Brother Salvador of Casca (1911-1972), was a Brazilian Capuchin religious known for his s…
Ignác Stuchlý
Ignác Stuchlý (1869-1953) was a Salesian priest, pioneer and founder of the Salesian work in Czechoslovakia, recognized …
Ignacy Posadzy
Polish priest (1898-1984), co-founder of the Society of Christ for Polish Emigrants and founder of the Missionary Sister…
Inés Arango Velásquez
Inés Arango Velásquez (1937-1987) was a Colombian Capuchin nun and missionary in Ecuador. She offered her life while att…
Irene Stefani
Sister Irene Stefani (1891-1930), an Italian Consolata missionary, dedicated her life to the sick and the poor in Kenya,…
Isabel Méndez Herrero
Isabel Méndez Herrero (1924-1953), in religion Sister Isabel de María Inmaculada, was a Spanish religious of the Congreg…
Isidore Bakanja
A young Congolese layman, Isidore Bakanja was martyred in 1909 for refusing to remove his scapular and abandon his Chris…
Isidore Ngei Ko Lat
A Burmese lay catechist, Isidore Ngei Ko Lat was murdered in 1950 alongside Father Mario Vergara. He is the first indige…
Isidoro Zorzano Ledesma
Isidoro Zorzano Ledesma (1902-1943) was an Argentine industrial engineer, one of the first members of Opus Dei, recogniz…
Ismael Perdomo Borrero
Archbishop of Bogotá and Primate of Colombia, recognized as Venerable for his pastoral zeal, his heroic patience in the …
Isora María del Tránsito Ocampo
Argentine Dominican nun (1841-1900), known as Sister Leonor de Santa María, she led a life of contemplation, humility, a…
István Sándor
István Sándor (1914-1953) was a Hungarian Salesian coadjutor brother, a martyr for the faith under the communist regime,…
Itala Mela
Itala Mela (1904-1957), in religion Mary of the Trinity, was a Benedictine oblate and Italian mystic, apostle of the Ind…
Iuliu Hossu
A Romanian Greek-Catholic bishop and cardinal martyr, Iuliu Hossu distinguished himself by his heroic fidelity to the Ch…
Iuliu Hossu and 6 bishops
Iuliu Hossu and six other bishops of the Romanian Greek-Catholic Church were martyred under the communist regime between…
Jacint Alegre i Pujals
A Spanish Jesuit, the Venerable Jacint Alegre i Pujals dedicated his life to the most destitute sick and inspired the cr…
Jacinto Vera
The first bishop of Montevideo, Jacinto Vera (1813-1881) was a tireless pastor, known as the Gaucho Bishop, beatified in…
Jacques-Désiré Laval
A French Spiritan priest and missionary, Jacques-Désiré Laval is the Apostle of Mauritius, where he devoted himself enti…
Jadwiga Jaroszewska
Jadwiga Jaroszewska (Mother Wincenta of the Passion of the Lord) was a Polish religious sister, founder of the Congregat…
Ján Havlík
Ján Havlík (1928-1965) was a Slovak Lazarist seminarian, a martyr of the Czechoslovak communist regime, beatified in 202…
Jan Pietraszko
Auxiliary bishop of Krakow and a prominent figure in Polish university pastoral care under the communist regime.
Janina Woynarowska
Janina Woynarowska (1923-1979) was a Polish nurse, a consecrated layperson within the Secular Institute of Christ the Re…
Jean-Baptiste Fouque
Priest from Marseille (1851-1926) devoted to the poor, founder of the Saint-Joseph Hospital and numerous social works, b…
Jean-Marie du Lau and 190 companions (191)
Group of 191 ecclesiastics and laypeople murdered in Paris on September 2 and 3, 1792, for refusing to take the schismat…
Jérôme Lejeune
A French physician and geneticist, Jérôme Lejeune discovered trisomy 21 in 1958. Committed to the defense of human life,…
Jesús Emilio Jaramillo Monsalve
Bishop Jesús Emilio Jaramillo Monsalve (1916-1989), Bishop of Arauca in Colombia, was a pastor devoted to the poor and i…
Jesús María Echavarría Aguirre
Bishop of Saltillo in Mexico and founder of the Institute of the Catechist Sisters of Guadalupe, he endured the trials o…
João de Oliveira Matos Ferreira
João de Oliveira Matos Ferreira (1879-1962) was a Portuguese auxiliary bishop of Guarda, founder of the League of Servan…
Joaquim Masmitjà de Puig
Spanish priest and founder of the Congregation of the Missionary Sisters of the Heart of Mary, dedicated to the educatio…
Joaquim Rosselló i Ferrà
Spanish priest and founder of the Congregation of the Missionaries of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, recognized as…
Johann Baptist Jordan
Johann Baptist Jordan (1848-1918), in religion Francis Mary of the Cross, was a German priest and founder of the Society…
John Henry Newman
English theologian converted to Catholicism, figure of the Oxford Movement, founder of the Birmingham Oratory and cardin…
John McAuliffe
American religious of the Brothers of the Sacred Heart and missionary in Uganda, nicknamed 'the man who always prays', d…
John Paul I
Pope with a 33-day pontificate in 1978, Albino Luciani, nicknamed the 'smiling pope', was distinguished by his humility,…
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 …
John Sullivan
Irish Jesuit priest (1861-1933), converted from Anglicanism, famous for his charity towards the sick and his historic ec…
John XXIII
Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli (1881-1963), elected pope in 1958 under the name John XXIII, nicknamed "the Good Pope," convene…
José Antonio Plancarte y Labastida
The Venerable José Antonio Plancarte y Labastida (1840-1898) was a Mexican priest, founder of the Daughters of Mary Imma…
José Bau Burguet
José Bau Burguet (1867-1932) was a Spanish priest of the Diocese of Valencia, known for his pastoral zeal, his dedicatio…
José María Arizmendiarrieta
A Spanish Basque priest (1915-1976), José María Arizmendiarrieta is the founder of the Mondragón cooperative movement, c…
José María Fernández Sánchez and 38 companions (39)
José María Fernández Sánchez and his 38 companions are a group of 39 martyrs of the Vincentian Family (33 Lazarists and …
José María Gran Cirera and 9 companions (10)
Group of ten martyrs (three Spanish missionary priests and seven indigenous Mayan laypeople) murdered in hatred of the f…
José Pio Gurruchaga Castuariense
A Spanish priest and founder of the Parochial Auxiliaries of Christ the Priest, José Pio Gurruchaga Castuariense disting…
Joseph Lang
Auxiliary bishop of Zagreb, Joseph Lang (1857-1924) is renowned for his heroic charity towards the poor and the sick.
Joseph Staub
Joseph Staub (Father Marie-Clément), born in 1876 and died in 1936, was an Alsatian Assumptionist priest and founder of …
Joseph Thạo Tiến and 16 companions (17)
Seventeen martyrs (missionaries and laypeople) murdered in Laos between 1954 and 1970 in hatred of the faith, beatified …
Joseph Vithayathil
A priest of the Syro-Malabar Church, Father Joseph Vithayathil (1865-1964) is the co-founder of the Congregation of the …
Josephine Bakhita
A former Sudanese slave, Josephine Bakhita became a Canossian religious sister in Italy, radiating humility, heroic forg…
Josip Tomičić
Josip Tomičić (Brother Ante), born in 1901 and died in 1981, was a Croatian Capuchin religious, a humble questor and por…
Józef and Wiktoria Ulma with seven children (9)
The Ulma family, consisting of parents Józef and Wiktoria and their seven children, was martyred in 1944 in Poland for h…
József Mindszenty
Primate of Hungary and cardinal, József Mindszenty is a major figure of Christian resistance against Nazism and Communis…
Juan Aguilar Donis and 5 companions (6)
Group of six martyrs of the Dominican family (five religious and one layman) executed in hatred of the faith in 1936 in …
Juan de Jesús López y González
Mexican bishop (1872-1950), founder of the Congregation of the Catholic Teacher Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, de…
Juan de Palafox y Mendoza
Juan de Palafox y Mendoza (1600-1659) was a Spanish bishop, reformer, writer, and protector of the indigenous people in …
Juan Sáez Hurtado
Spanish priest (1897-1982) of the Diocese of Cartagena, nicknamed 'Don Juan el Bueno', he distinguished himself by his p…
Juan Sánchez Hernández
Spanish priest (1902-1975), member of the Brotherhood of Diocesan Worker Priests and founder of the Secular Institute of…
Juana de la Cruz Vázquez Gutiérrez
Spanish Franciscan nun, abbess, and mystic of the 16th century, famous for her ecstatic sermons and for being appointed …
Juana Méndez Romero
Juana Méndez Romero (1937-1990), nicknamed Juanita, was a Spanish religious of the Workers of the Heart of Jesus. Afflic…
Juana Vázquez Gutiérrez
Spanish Franciscan mystic nun, abbess, and preacher gifted with an exceptional charism in the 16th century.
Karolina Kózka
A young Polish laywoman who died a martyr in 1914 while defending her chastity against a Russian soldier, Karolina Kózka…
Laura of Saint Catherine of Siena
Colombian religious and missionary, the first saint native to Colombia, she is the founder of the Congregation of the Mi…
Leonard Melki
A Lebanese Capuchin priest and missionary in Mesopotamia, Blessed Leonard Melki (1881-1915) died as a martyr during the …
Leonardo Lanzuela Martinez
A Spanish Lasallian religious (Brother Adolphe), he dedicated his life to the education of youth and helping the needy i…
Leonella Sgorbati
Sister Leonella Sgorbati (1940-2006), an Italian Consolata missionary nun, dedicated her life to serving the sick in Ken…
Leonia Maria Nastał
A Polish religious sister of the Congregation of the Sisters Servants of the Immaculate Conception, declared venerable i…
Leopoldina Naudet
Leopoldina Naudet (1773-1834) was an Italian religious of French origin, foundress of the Institute of the Sisters of th…
Libério Rodrigues Moreira
Brazilian priest (1884-1980) recognized for his pastoral zeal, simplicity of life, and total dedication to the poor and …
Librada Orozco Santa Cruz
Foundress of the Congregation of the Franciscan Sisters of Our Lady of Refuge, dedicated to the reception and rehabilita…
Lodovico Pavoni
A 19th-century priest from Brescia, Lodovico Pavoni founded the Saint Barnabas Institute for disadvantaged youth and the…
Lorena D'Alessandro
Lorena D'Alessandro (1964-1981) was a young Italian layperson, declared Venerable by Pope Francis in 2023. Despite a ser…
Louis-Antoine-Rose Ormières
A French priest of the Diocese of Carcassonne, Louis-Antoine-Rose Ormières is the founder of the Congregation of the Sis…
Louis-Antoine-Rose Ormières Lacase
French priest and founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Guardian Angel, dedicated to the education of rural …
Louis-Édouard Cestac
A priest of the Diocese of Bayonne, Louis-Édouard Cestac (1801-1868) was the founder of the Congregation of the Servants…
Louis-Marie-Joseph Querbes
French priest and founder of the Clerics of Saint Viator congregation, dedicated to the Christian education of rural you…
Luca Passi
Luca Passi (1789-1866) was an Italian priest, founder of the Work of Saint Dorothy and the Institute of the Sisters of S…
Lucien Botovasoa
Lucien Botovasoa (1908-1947) was a Malagasy lay teacher, father, and member of the Third Order of Saint Francis, who die…
Ludovico Longari
Priest and Superior General of the Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament, recognized as Venerable by Pope Francis in 201…
Ludwika Szczęsna
Ludwika Szczęsna (1863-1916), in religion Mother Klara, was a Polish religious sister and co-foundress of the Congregati…
Luigi Beltrame Quattrocchi and Maria Corsini
The first married couple beatified together by the Catholic Church in 2001, Luigi Beltrame Quattrocchi and Maria Corsini…
Luigi Carrara and 3 companions (4)
Luigi Carrara, Giovanni Didonè, Vittorio Faccin, and Albert Joubert are four missionaries and priests murdered in 1964 i…
Luigi Maria Ranieri
Luigi Maria Ranieri (1895-1918) was a young Italian Barnabite religious, recognized as Venerable in 2018 for his heroic …
Luigi Novarese
An Italian priest and apostle to the sick, Blessed Luigi Novarese founded the Centre for the Volunteers of Suffering to …
Luigi Savaré
Italian priest (1878-1949) dedicated to the education of youth and social works in Lodi, declared Venerable by Pope Fran…
Luigi Sodo
Luigi Sodo (1811-1895) was an Italian bishop renowned for his pastoral charity, doctrinal firmness, and dedication to th…