Giuseppe Baldo
A priest of the Diocese of Verona and pastor of Ronco all'Adige, Giuseppe Baldo dedicated himself to the poor and the si…
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Giuseppe Bartolomeo Menochio
An Augustinian bishop and confessor to Pope Pius VII, the Venerable Giuseppe Bartolomeo Menochio demonstrated heroic fid…
Giuseppe Benedetto Dusmet
A Benedictine cardinal and Archbishop of Catania, Blessed Giuseppe Benedetto Dusmet (1818-1894) is famous for his heroic…
Giuseppe Ghezzi
An Italian nobleman who became a simple Franciscan lay friar, Giuseppe Ghezzi (1872-1955), nicknamed the 'Count with the…
Giuseppe Giaccardo
The first priest of the Pauline Family and a close collaborator of Father James Alberione, Giuseppe Timoteo Giaccardo de…
Giuseppe Gualandi
Italian priest (1826-1907), founder of the Little Mission for the Deaf-Mutes, dedicated to the education and spiritual a…
Giuseppe Maria Tomasi
Saint Giuseppe Maria Tomasi (1649-1713) was an Italian Theatine cardinal, known as the "Prince of Liturgists" for his sc…
Giuseppe Moscati
An Italian lay doctor, Giuseppe Moscati (1880-1927) dedicated his life to the free care of the poor in Naples, combining…
Giuseppe Nascimbeni
Giuseppe Nascimbeni (1851-1922) was an Italian priest, pastor of Castelletto di Brenzone, and founder of the Institute o…
Giuseppe Pesci
An Italian Passionist priest (1853-1929), the Venerable Giuseppe Pesci distinguished himself by his profound humility, c…
Giuseppe Picco
An Italian Jesuit priest, Giuseppe Picco (1867-1946) dedicated himself to leading spiritual retreats and an itinerant ap…
Giuseppe Tovini
Giuseppe Tovini (1841-1897) was an Italian lawyer, father, and Catholic activist, beatified in 1998 by John Paul II.
Giuseppina Catanea
Giuseppina Catanea (1894-1948), in religion Sister Maria Giuseppina di Gesù Crocifisso, was an Italian Discalced Carmeli…
Giuseppina Gabriela Bonino
Foundress of the congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Savigliano, dedicated to the service of the poor, orp…
Giuseppina Suriano
Giuseppina Suriano (1915-1950), nicknamed Pina, was a young Sicilian laywoman active in Catholic Action, who offered her…
Gregor Cäsarius Buhl
A German Lasallian religious, the Venerable Gregor Cäsarius Buhl (1896-1973) dedicated his life to the education and spi…
Grimoaldo of the Purification
Grimoaldo of the Purification (1883-1902), born Ferdinando Santamaria, was an Italian Passionist religious beatified in …
Grimoaldo Santamaria
A young Italian Passionist religious (1883-1902), Grimoaldo Santamaria is a model of Marian piety and serenity in the fa…
Guido Maria Conforti
Bishop of Parma and founder of the Xaverian Missionaries (1895), Guido Maria Conforti dedicated his life to evangelizati…
Hedwig Borzecka
The Venerable Hedwig Borzecka (1863-1906) was a Polish religious sister who co-founded, with her mother Blessed Celine B…
Helena Stollenwerk
Co-foundress of the Missionary Sisters Servants of the Holy Spirit, Helena Stollenwerk (Mother Maria) dedicated her life…
Honorat Koźmiński
A Polish Capuchin priest, Blessed Honorat Koźmiński founded numerous clandestine religious congregations to circumvent t…
Hroznata
A Bohemian nobleman who became a Premonstratensian lay brother, Blessed Hroznata (1217) founded Teplá Abbey and died a m…
Hyacinthe-Marie Cormier
French Dominican priest, 76th Master General of the Order of Preachers, he reorganized the College of Saint Thomas in Ro…
Ignacy Kłopotowski
A Polish priest and founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Loreto, Ignacy Kłopotowski …
Ignacy Posadzy
Polish priest (1898-1984), co-founder of the Society of Christ for Polish Emigrants and founder of the Missionary Sister…
Ignatius Maloyan
Armenian Catholic Archbishop of Mardin, Ignatius Maloyan was arrested and executed in 1915 during the Armenian Genocide …
Ignatius of Santhià
Ignatius of Santhià, a Piedmontese Capuchin friar born in 1686 and died in Turin in 1770, was a master of novices, milit…
Isabel Larrañaga Ramirez
Isabel Larrañaga Ramirez (1836-1899) was a religious sister of Philippine and Spanish origin, foundress of the Congregat…
Isidore Bakanja
A young Congolese layman, Isidore Bakanja was martyred in 1909 for refusing to remove his scapular and abandon his Chris…
Isidore of Saint Joseph
A Belgian Passionist brother, Isidore of Saint Joseph distinguished himself by his humility, obedience, and heroic accep…
Ivan Merz
Ivan Merz (1896-1928) was a Croatian Catholic layperson, pioneer of Catholic Action and apostle of youth, beatified by J…
Jacinta Marto
Jacinta Marto (1910-1920) was the youngest of the three shepherds of Fatima, witnesses to the Marian apparitions of 1917…
Jacques Gianiel
Swiss Passionist lay brother, companion of Saint Paul of the Cross, declared Venerable in 1989.
Jacques-Désiré Laval
A French Spiritan priest and missionary, Jacques-Désiré Laval is the Apostle of Mauritius, where he devoted himself enti…
Jakob Gapp
An Austrian Marianist priest, Jakob Gapp firmly opposed National Socialism. Arrested by the Gestapo, he was sentenced to…
James Alberione
An Italian priest and founder of the Pauline Family, James Alberione dedicated his life to evangelization through modern…
Jan Beyzym
A Polish Jesuit priest, Jan Beyzym dedicated his life to the lepers of Madagascar, founding the hospital of Marana.
Jan Sarkander
Jan Sarkander (1576-1620), a Catholic priest from Moravia, died in Olomouc from the effects of torture for refusing to v…
Jan Wojciech Balicki
Polish priest and theologian, rector of the Przemyśl seminary and founder of a shelter for women in difficulty, beatifie…
Janina Szymkowiak
A Polish religious sister of the Congregation of the Seraphic Sisters, Sister Maria Sancja heroically devoted herself to…
Januarius Maria Sarnelli
An 18th-century Italian Redemptorist priest and companion of Saint Alphonsus Liguori, he distinguished himself through h…
Jaume Clotet Fabres
Co-founder of the Congregation of the Claretian Missionaries, Jaume Clotet Fabres distinguished himself by his dedicatio…
Jean Leon Le Prevost
Jean Leon Le Prevost (1803-1874) was a French religious, founder of the Institute of the Brothers of Saint Vincent de Pa…
Jean-Baptiste Souzy and 63 companions
A priest of the Diocese of La Rochelle, Jean-Baptiste Souzy was deported to the Rochefort prison ships during the Reign …
Jean-Bernard Rousseau
Jean-Bernard Rousseau, in religion Brother Scubilion, was a French Lasallian religious, apostle of Reunion Island and ca…
Jean-Gabriel Perboyre
Jean-Gabriel Perboyre (1802-1840), a French Lazarist priest, was a missionary in China where he died a martyr, strangled…
Jeanne Chézard de Matel
Jeanne Chézard de Matel (1596-1670) was a French mystic and the foundress of the Order of the Incarnate Word and Blessed…
Jeanne Jugan
Breton religious sister (1792-1879), foundress of the Little Sisters of the Poor, dedicated to the service of the destit…
Jeremiah of Wallachia
The first Romanian blessed, Jeremiah of Wallachia (1556-1625) was a Capuchin friar who dedicated forty years of his life…
Jérôme Lejeune
A French physician and geneticist, Jérôme Lejeune discovered trisomy 21 in 1958. Committed to the defense of human life,…
Jerónimo Mariano Usera y Alarcón
The Venerable Jerónimo Mariano Usera y Alarcón (1810-1891) was a Spanish priest and missionary, founder of the congregat…
Jerzy Popiełuszko
Chaplain of the Solidarity trade union, Father Jerzy Popiełuszko was an indefatigable defender of human rights and freed…
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…
João Luiz Pozzobon
A Brazilian permanent deacon and lay missionary, João Luiz Pozzobon is the founder of the Schoenstatt Rosary Campaign, h…
Johann Nepomuk von Tschiderer
Johann Nepomuk von Tschiderer (1777-1860) was an exemplary Bishop of Trent, renowned for his boundless charity towards t…
Johannes Laurentius Weiss and 2 companions
Johannes Laurentius Weiss (Father Liberatus) and his companions Michele Pio Fasoli and Samuele Marzorati were Franciscan…
Johannes Ludovicus Paquay
Blessed Valentin Paquay (1828-1905), nicknamed the "holy little Father" of Hasselt, is a Belgian Franciscan priest renow…
John Duns Scotus
Scottish Franciscan theologian and philosopher of the 13th century, nicknamed the 'Subtle Doctor', he is famous for his …
John Duns Scotus
John Duns Scotus (1266-1308), nicknamed the Subtle Doctor, is a Scottish Franciscan theologian and philosopher, famous f…
John of Dukla
John of Dukla (c. 1414-1484) was a Polish Franciscan, preacher and confessor in Lviv, canonized by John Paul II in 1997 …
John XXIII
Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli (1881-1963), elected pope in 1958 under the name John XXIII, nicknamed "the Good Pope," convene…
Jordan Mai
German Franciscan friar (1866-1922) renowned for his humility, his service to the poor in Dortmund, and his offering of …
Josaphata Hordashevska
Co-founder of the Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate, the first active congregation of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Chu…
José Álvarez-Benavides and 114 companions
Group of 115 Spanish martyrs (95 clergy and religious, and 20 laypeople) murdered in hatred of the faith between 1936 an…
José Gras Granollers
A Spanish priest and founder of the Institute of the Daughters of Christ the King, José Gras Granollers dedicated his li…
José León Torres
José León Torres (1849-1930) was an Argentine Mercedarian priest, restorer of his order in Argentina, and founder of the…
José María Amigó Ferrer
Spanish Capuchin bishop and founder of the Tertiary Capuchin Sisters and the Tertiary Capuchin Friars (Amigonians), dedi…
José María de Yermo y Parres
Mexican priest (1851-1904), founder of the Servants of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and of the Poor, dedicated to the servi…
José Trinidad Rangel Montaño and companions (3)
Three martyrs of the Cristero War in Mexico (two priests and one layman), executed on April 25, 1927, at Rancho de San J…
Josefa Campos Talamanes
Spanish religious and founder of the Congregation of the Catechist Religious Workers of Our Lady of Sorrows, dedicated t…
Josefa Naval Girbés
A Spanish laywoman, embroiderer, and catechist, she dedicated her life to the Christian education of young girls and to …
Josefa Stenmanns
Co-foundress of the Missionary Sisters Servants of the Holy Spirit, Josefa Stenmanns dedicated her life to the service o…
Saint Josemaría Escrivá
Spanish priest born in 1902 in Barbastro and died in Rome in 1975, Josemaría Escrivá founded Opus Dei in 1928 and was ca…
Josep Manyanet i Vives
Catalan priest (1833-1901), Josep Manyanet i Vives founded the Sons of the Holy Family and the Missionary Daughters of t…
Josep Tàpies and 6 companions
Group of seven diocesan priests from the Diocese of Urgell martyred on August 13, 1936, in Salàs de Pallars at the begin…
Josep Torras i Bages
Bishop of Vic and a leading figure of the Catalan Renaixença, Josep Torras i Bages (1846-1916) is known for his defense …
Joseph Amand Passerat
A French Redemptorist priest, successor to Saint Clement Mary Hofbauer as Vicar General of the transalpine communities, …
Joseph Gérard
A priest of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, Blessed Joseph Gérard is the Apostle of Lesotho, where he spent m…
Joseph Lang
Auxiliary bishop of Zagreb, Joseph Lang (1857-1924) is renowned for his heroic charity towards the poor and the sick.
Joseph Marello
Joseph Marello (1844-1895), a Piedmontese priest, founder of the Congregation of the Oblates of Saint Joseph and Bishop …
Joseph Savelberg
Dutch priest (1827-1907), founder of the Little Sisters of Saint Joseph and the Brothers of Saint Joseph for the care of…
Joseph Tàpies Sirvant and companions (7)
Group of seven diocesan priests from Urgell (Catalonia) martyred in 1936 at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War for t…
Joseph Vandor
A Salesian priest of Hungarian origin, Joseph Vandor was a dedicated missionary in Cuba, an educator of youth, and a pea…
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…
Józef Bilczewski
Józef Bilczewski (1860-1923), theologian and Latin Archbishop of Lviv, was a tireless pastor and apostle of the Eucharis…
Józef Sebastian Pelczar
Józef Sebastian Pelczar (1842-1924) was bishop of Przemyśl, theologian, and founder of the Congregation of the Servants …
Juan Bautista and Jacinto de los Ángeles
Juan Bautista and Jacinto de los Ángeles, Zapotec laymen and prosecutors in San Francisco Cajonos, were martyred in 1700…
Juan Collell Cuatrecasas
Spanish priest and founder of the Servants of the Sacred Heart of Jesus of Vic, dedicated to the support and social adva…
Juan Nepomuceno Zegrí Moreno
Juan Nepomuceno Zegrí Moreno (1831-1905) was a Spanish priest, founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of …
Juan Vicente Zengotitabengoa Lausen
Spanish Discalced Carmelite, missionary in India, and founder of the magazine La Obra Máxima, declared Venerable in 1996…
Juana María Condesa Lluch
Foundress of the Congregation of the Handmaids of Mary Immaculate, dedicated to the protection and education of young wo…
Julia Navarrete Guerrero
Mexican religious sister and foundress of the Missionary Daughters of the Most Pure Virgin Mary, she dedicated herself t…
Julien-Nicolas Rèche
A French religious of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, Blessed Julien-Nicolas Rèche (Brother Arno…
Julio María Matovelle
Julio María Matovelle (1852-1929) was an Ecuadorian priest, lawyer, and politician, founder of the Missionaries and the …
Jurgis Matulaitis-Matulevičius
Bishop of Vilnius and renovator of the Congregation of Marian Fathers, Blessed Jurgis Matulaitis-Matulevičius distinguis…
Kamen Vitchev, Pavel Djidjov and Josaphat Chichkov
Three Bulgarian Assumptionist priests, martyrs of communism in 1952, beatified by John Paul II in 2002.
Karolina Gerhardinger
Karolina Gerhardinger (1797-1879), in religion Maria Theresia of Jesus, was a Bavarian religious sister and foundress of…
Karolina Kózka
A young Polish laywoman who died a martyr in 1914 while defending her chastity against a Russian soldier, Karolina Kózka…
Kaspar Stanggassinger
Kaspar Stanggassinger (1871-1899) was a Bavarian Redemptorist priest and dedicated educator of young seminarians, beatif…
Kateri Tekakwitha
A Mohawk virgin born in 1656 and died in 1680, Kateri Tekakwitha was, in 2012, the first North American Indigenous perso…
Katharine Drexel
A Philadelphia heiress who became a religious sister, Katharine Drexel (1858-1955) founded the Sisters of the Blessed Sa…
Kazimierz Wyszyński
Kazimierz Wyszyński (1700-1755), in religion Casimir of Saint Joseph, was a Polish religious, Superior General of the Co…
Khalīl al-Haddād
A Lebanese Capuchin and founder of the Franciscan Sisters of the Cross of Lebanon, Father Jacques of Ghazir dedicated hi…
Laura Evangelista Alvarado Cardozo
Laura Evangelista Alvarado Cardozo (1875-1967), in religion Mary of Saint Joseph, is the first blessed of Venezuela. She…
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…
Laura Vicuña
Young Chilean girl (1891-1904) who offered her life for the conversion of her mother and heroically resisted the violenc…
Leo Dupont
Léon Papin-Dupont (1797-1876), nicknamed the "Holy Man of Tours," is a French layperson recognized as Venerable, famous …
Leonardo Castellanos y Castellanos
Bishop of Tabasco in Mexico, known as the poor bishop, he died in 1912 from yellow fever contracted while caring for the…
Librada Orozco Santa Cruz
Foundress of the Congregation of the Franciscan Sisters of Our Lady of Refuge, dedicated to the reception and rehabilita…
Lino Maupas
Father Lino Maupas (1866-1924) was a Venerable Franciscan friar, known for his heroic devotion to the poor, prisoners, a…
Lodovico Pavoni
A 19th-century priest from Brescia, Lodovico Pavoni founded the Saint Barnabas Institute for disadvantaged youth and the…
Lojze Grozde
Lojze Grozde (1923-1943) was a young Slovenian layman, a member of Catholic Action, murdered in hatred of the faith by c…
Lorenzo Maria of Saint Francis Xavier
Italian Passionist priest (1782-1856), known as the apostle of the Child Jesus, beatified by John Paul II in 1989.
Lorenzo Maria of Saint Francis Xavier
Italian Passionist religious (1782-1856), known as the apostle of the Child Jesus, beatified by John Paul II in 1989.
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 …
Teresa Eustochio Verzeri
Italian religious born in Bergamo in 1801, Teresa Eustochio (Ignazia) Verzeri founded the congregation of the Daughters …
William Repin and 98 companions (99)
William Repin and his 98 companions are martyrs of the French Revolution, executed in Angers between 1793 and 1794 for t…