Alejandro Labaka Ugarte
Alejandro Labaka Ugarte (1920-1987) was a Spanish Capuchin bishop, missionary in China and later in Ecuador. A tireless …
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Léon XIV
pape, l'a canonisé le 19 octobre 2025
60 saints linked
Alessandro Dordi
Alessandro Dordi (1931-1991), known as Don Sandro, was an Italian Fidei donum missionary priest assassinated in Peru by …
Angelo Angioni
Sardinian priest and missionary in Brazil, founder of the Missionary Institute of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, declared…
Anna Fulgida Bartolacelli
Anna Fulgida Bartolacelli (1928-1993) was an Italian layperson, a member of the Silent Workers of the Cross, recognized …
Bartolo Longo
A former satanic priest who converted, Bartolo Longo (1841-1926) became the apostle of the Rosary, founding the Shrine o…
Camille Costa de Beauregard
A French diocesan priest known as the father of orphans, Camille Costa de Beauregard dedicated his life to the education…
Carmine De Palma
A diocesan priest from Bari, Carmine De Palma (1876-1961) spent his life in service to the Basilica of Saint Nicholas an…
Eduard Gottlieb Profittlich
A German Jesuit and the first resident Catholic bishop in Estonia since the Reformation, Bishop Eduard Profittlich died …
Eduard Profittlich
A German Jesuit and the first resident Catholic bishop in Estonia since the Reformation, Eduard Profittlich chose to rem…
Edward J. Flanagan
An Irish-born priest, Father Edward J. Flanagan is the founder of Boys Town in Nebraska, a revolutionary community dedic…
Eliswa Vakayil
Foundress of the Third Order of the Discalced Carmelites in Kerala, Eliswa Vakayil dedicated her life to contemplative p…
Enrique Ernesto Shaw
Enrique Ernesto Shaw (1921-1962) was an Argentine lay business leader, recognized as Venerable, who dedicated his life t…
Enrique Shaw
Enrique Shaw (1921-1962) was an Argentine naval officer and business leader, declared Venerable, recognized for his exem…
Fausto Gei
Fausto Gei (1927-1968) was an Italian layperson, a member of the Silent Workers of the Cross, who offered his suffering …
Floribert Bwana Chui
A young Congolese layman and member of the Community of Sant'Egidio, Floribert Bwana Chui was murdered in 2007 at the ag…
Fulton Sheen
Fulton Sheen (1895-1979) was an American bishop, a pioneer of radio and television, famous for his program 'Life Is Wort…
Gaspare Goggi
Gaspare Goggi (1877-1908) was an Italian priest, the first professed member of the Sons of Divine Providence (Orionines)…
Gilbert Nicolas
A Franciscan friar of the Observance and co-founder of the Order of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Blessed…
Giuseppe Atonna
An Italian Franciscan religious (1843-1917), Father Berardo of the Heart of Jesus was a zealous preacher, a sought-after…
Gomidas Keumurdjian
Gomidas Keumurdjian (1656-1707) was a married Armenian priest from Constantinople who converted to Catholicism and was b…
Ignatius Maloyan
Armenian Catholic Archbishop of Mardin, Ignatius Maloyan was arrested and executed in 1915 during the Armenian Genocide …
Inés Arango Velásquez
Inés Arango Velásquez (1937-1987) was a Colombian Capuchin nun and missionary in Ecuador. She offered her life while att…
Isidore Bakanja
A young Congolese layman, Isidore Bakanja was martyred in 1909 for refusing to remove his scapular and abandon his Chris…
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…
Jan Bula
Diocesan priest of Brno and martyr of the Czechoslovak communist regime, sentenced to death following the Babice affair …
Jan Świerc and 8 companions
Jan Świerc and his 8 companions are a group of nine Polish Salesian priests martyred by the Nazi regime between 1941 and…
Jan Świerc and companions
Jan Świerc and his eight companions are Polish Salesian priests, martyrs of Nazism at Auschwitz and Dachau, beatified in…
João Luiz Pozzobon
A Brazilian permanent deacon and lay missionary, João Luiz Pozzobon is the founder of the Schoenstatt Rosary Campaign, h…
John Henry Newman
English theologian converted to Catholicism, figure of the Oxford Movement, founder of the Birmingham Oratory and cardin…
José Merino Andrés
José Merino Andrés (1905-1968) was a Spanish Dominican priest, novice master, and preacher, declared Venerable by Pope L…
Joseph Panjikaran
A priest of the Syro-Malabar Church and founder of the Congregation of the Medical Sisters of St. Joseph, Joseph Panjika…
Khalīl al-Haddād
A Lebanese Capuchin and founder of the Franciscan Sisters of the Cross of Lebanon, Father Jacques of Ghazir dedicated hi…
Leone Ramgnino
Leone Ramgnino, in religion Brother Gioacchino della Regina della Pace, is an Italian Discalced Carmelite, guardian of t…
Lycarion May
A Swiss Marist brother and dedicated educator for the poor children of Barcelona, Blessed Lycarion May died a martyr in …
Manuel Izquierdo and 123 companions
Manuel Izquierdo and his 123 companions are martyrs of the Diocese of Jaén, murdered in hatred of the faith during the S…
Manuel Izquierdo Izquierdo and companions
Group of 59 martyrs from the Diocese of Jaén, led by Father Manuel Izquierdo Izquierdo, murdered in hatred of the faith …
Maria de Lourdes Guarda
A Brazilian layperson paralyzed for nearly fifty years, she dedicated her life to the apostolate and the Christian Frate…
Maria Giselda Villela
Brazilian Carmelite (1909-1988), founder of the Carmel of the Holy Family in Pouso Alegre, she is known as "Mãezinha" an…
Maria Krzysztofa Klomfass and 14 companions (15)
Group of fifteen religious sisters of the Congregation of the Sisters of Saint Catherine martyred in 1945 by Red Army so…
Mária Magdolna Bódi
Mária Magdolna Bódi (1921-1945), known as Magdi, was a young Hungarian lay worker and martyr for purity, killed by a Sov…
Maria Olga Tambelli
Maria Olga Tambelli (Sister Teresa), a Daughter of Charity, dedicated 57 years of her life to the service of the destitu…
María Quintero Malfaz
Spanish Cistercian nun, founder of the Monastery of the Holy Cross in Casarrubios del Monte, and mystic.
Maria Troncatti
Italian Salesian religious sister, missionary in Ecuador among the Shuar people, recognized for her medical, social, and…
Mary Glowrey
An Australian medical missionary in India, Sister Mary of the Sacred Heart (Mary Glowrey) is the first religious sister-…
Michael Koodalloor
Michael Koodalloor (Brother Theophane of Kottappuram, 1913-1968) is an Indian Capuchin priest renowned for his humility,…
Nazareno Lanciotti
Italian missionary priest in Brazil, member of the Marian Movement of Priests, murdered in 2001 due to his commitment to…
Nerino Cobianchi
An Italian layperson and father, Nerino Cobianchi (1945-1998) dedicated his life to serving the poor and refugees throug…
Pedro de Corpa and 4 companions
Group of five Spanish Franciscan missionaries martyred in Georgia in 1597 for defending monogamy and the sanctity of Chr…
Peter To Rot
A Tolai lay catechist, husband, and father, Peter To Rot was put to death in 1945 by Japanese occupation forces for defe…
Petro Pavlo Oros
Ukrainian Greek Catholic priest, martyr of the faith under the Soviet regime in 1953.
Pier Giorgio Frassati
A young Italian layperson passionate about the mountains and committed to the poor, Pier Giorgio Frassati left his mark …
Raffaele Mennella
Young Italian professed cleric of the Congregation of the Missionaries of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, recognize…
Raymond Cayre and 49 companions
Raymond Cayre and his 49 companions are French martyrs of the clandestine Saint-Paul Mission, who died in deportation be…
Raymond Cayré and companions
Raymond Cayré (1915-1944) and his 49 companions are martyrs of the apostolate, priests, seminarians, and laypeople depor…
Selim Abu Mrad
Selim Abu Mrad (Father Bechara) was a Lebanese Melkite priest, recognized for his apostolic zeal, his devotion to the co…
Stanisław Streich
A Polish priest and martyr, Stanisław Streich was assassinated in 1938 by a communist militant as he was about to delive…
Tecla Relucenti
Co-foundress and first superior of the Congregation of the Pious Workers of the Immaculate Conception, Tecla Relucenti d…
Teresa Militerni
Italian religious of the congregation of the Sisters of Saint John the Baptist, declared Venerable in 2026.
Teresa Solari
Foundress of the Dominican Sisters of the Little House of Divine Providence, Teresa Solari dedicated her life to welcomi…