Ángel Riesco Carbajo
Spanish auxiliary bishop and founder of the Secular Institute of the Apostolic Missionaries of Charity, recognized as Ve…
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Áron Márton
Bishop of Alba Iulia, Áron Márton distinguished himself through his heroic defense of the Jews during the Second World W…
Santina Maria Addolorata
Italian religious of the 20th century, founder of the Congregation of the Sisters Disciples of the Sacred Heart, charact…
Satoko Kitahara
Satoko Kitahara (1929-1958), a Japanese convert from the aristocracy, dedicated herself to the ragpickers of the 'Ant Vi…
Sebastiana Lladó Sala
Sebastiana Lladó Sala (1814-1899), in religion Sister Maria Raphaela of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, was a Spanish religio…
Severino Fabriani
An Italian priest and founder of the Daughters of Providence for the deaf-mute, Severino Fabriani dedicated his life to …
Simeon-Marie Cardon and 5 companions (6)
Group of six Cistercian monks from Casamari Abbey murdered by soldiers of the French Revolutionary Army in May 1799 for …
Simon Mpeke
Simon Mpeke (1906-1975), known as Baba Simon, was a Cameroonian priest, a pioneer of the evangelization of the Kirdi peo…
Simpliciano Maresca
Simpliciano Maresca (1827-1898), in religion Simplicien of the Nativity, was an Italian Franciscan priest and founder of…
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 Ca…
Solanus Casey
American Capuchin priest (1870-1957), a humble porter gifted with a charism of healing and co-founder of the Detroit sou…
Solomon Leclercq
A Brother of the Christian Schools and secretary to the Superior General, Solomon Leclercq was massacred at the Carmes c…
Stanisław Papczyński
Polish priest (1631-1701), founder of the Congregation of Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception, the first male re…
Stanisław Streich
A Polish priest and martyr, Stanisław Streich was assassinated in 1938 by a communist militant as he was about to delive…
Stanley Rother
An American priest and missionary, Stanley Rother gave his life for his indigenous community in Guatemala during the civ…
Stefan Wyszyński
Stefan Wyszyński (1901-1981), cardinal and primate of Poland known as the "Primate of the Millennium," was a key figure …
Stephen Ferrando
An Italian Salesian bishop and missionary in India, Stephen Ferrando founded the congregation of the Missionary Sisters …
Suzanne Aubert
Suzanne Aubert (1835-1926) was a French religious sister, foundress of the Sisters of Compassion in New Zealand, recogni…
Teodora Campostrini
Teodora Campostrini (1788-1860) was the foundress of the congregation of the Minims of Charity of Our Lady of Sorrows in…
Teodoro Illera del Olmo and 15 companions (16)
Group of sixteen martyrs (thirteen religious and three laypeople) murdered in hatred of the faith in Catalonia during th…
Teofilius Matulionis
Teofilius Matulionis (1873-1962) was a Lithuanian archbishop, a martyr of the Soviet regime, beatified in 2017 for his h…
Teresa Demjanovich
An American religious of the Sisters of Charity, Sister Miriam Teresa (1901-1927) is known for her spiritual writings on…
Teresa Luisa Gardi
Teresa Luisa Gardi (1769-1837) was an Italian laywoman, a member of the Third Order of Saint Francis, known for her life…
Teresa of Calcutta
A religious sister of Albanian origin born in Skopje in 1910, Mother Teresa founded the Missionaries of Charity in Calcu…
Teresa of Saint Augustine and 15 companions (16)
Community of sixteen Discalced Carmelites guillotined in Paris on July 17, 1794, during the Reign of Terror, led by thei…
Teresa Rosa Ferdinanda de Saldanha
Foundress of the Congregation of the Dominican Sisters of Saint Catherine of Siena in Portugal, she dedicated her life t…
Teresa Toda Juncosa
A wife who fled domestic violence, she founded with her daughter the congregation of the Carmelite Teresian Sisters of S…
Teresa Veronesi
Italian religious sister of the Congregation of the Minims of Our Lady of Sorrows, a dedicated educator and protector of…
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 P…
Titus Brandsma
Dutch Carmelite, philosopher and advisor to Catholic journalists, Titus Brandsma died a martyr at the Dachau camp in 194…
Titus Zeman
A Slovak Salesian priest, Titus Zeman (1915-1969) was persecuted and imprisoned by the communist regime for organizing c…
Ugo De Blasi
An Italian priest of the Diocese of Lecce, Ugo De Blasi dedicated himself to the formation of the laity and Catholic Act…
Saint Vaise of Saintes
A patrician of Saintonge in the 5th century, Vaise was persecuted by his own family for distributing his wealth to the p…
Valeriu Traian Frentiu
Romanian Greek-Catholic bishop and martyr of the faith under the communist regime, beatified in 2019.
Varghese Payapilly
Indian Syro-Malabar priest and founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Destitute, recognized as Venerable by P…
Varghese Payyappilly
A priest of the Syro-Malabar Church in India, Varghese Payyappilly dedicated himself to the poor and the victims of disa…
Vasco de Quiroga
Vasco de Quiroga (c. 1470-1565) was the first bishop of Michoacán in Mexico. A Spanish jurist who became a priest and th…
Vasile Aftenie
Vasile Aftenie (1899-1950) was a Romanian Greek-Catholic auxiliary bishop, a martyr under the communist regime for his r…
Venanzio Katarzyniec
Polish Conventual Franciscan priest (1889-1921), friend of Saint Maximilian Kolbe, known for his humility and invoked as…
Venanzio Maria Quadri
A religious of the Order of Servites of Mary, Venanzio Maria Quadri offered himself as a victim of love following the ex…
Veronica Antal
A Romanian laywoman and Franciscan tertiary, Veronica Antal died a martyr at the age of 22 while defending her chastity.
Veronica of the Passion
Sophie Leeves (Mother Veronica of the Passion) was a British religious sister, a convert from Anglicanism, and the found…
Vicente Garrido Pastor
Spanish priest (1896-1975), founder of the Secular Institute of the Workers of the Cross, declared Venerable by Pope Fra…
Vicente López de Uralde Lazcano
A Spanish Marianist religious (1894-1990), Father Vicente López de Uralde Lazcano dedicated his life to teaching and the…
Vincenzo Grossi
A priest of the Diocese of Cremona, Vincenzo Grossi founded the Institute of the Daughters of the Oratory in 1885 for th…
Virginia Blanco Tardío
Virginia Blanco Tardío (1916-1990) was a Bolivian consecrated laywoman, a pioneer of religious education and a major fig…
Virginia de Brincat
Virginia de Brincat (1862-1952), in religion Sister Margherita of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, was a Maltese nun and found…
Vladimir Ghika
A Romanian prince who converted to Catholicism and was ordained a priest at age 50, Vladimir Ghika dedicated himself to …
Wenceslao Pedernera
Wenceslao Pedernera (1936-1976) was an Argentine lay peasant, a member of Catholic Action, assassinated due to his socia…
Władysław Bukowiński
A Polish priest nicknamed the "Apostle of Kazakhstan," he spent many years in Soviet gulags and dedicated his life to cl…
Władysław Korniłowicz
Polish priest, co-founder of the Laski Work and mentor to Cardinal Wyszyński, recognized as Venerable by the Catholic Ch…
Zofia Czeska
A 17th-century Polish widow, Zofia Czeska dedicated her life and fortune to the education of poor and orphaned girls by …