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, …
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Pape Benoît XVI
pape, a autorisé le décret reconnaissant les vertus héroïques
41 saints linked
Alojs Andritzki
A Sorbian priest and martyr, Alojs Andritzki died at the Dachau concentration camp in 1943 after witnessing to his faith…
André Bessette
A Canadian religious of the Congregation of Holy Cross, Brother André is known for his devotion to Saint Joseph and the …
Antonio Palladino
Italian priest (1881-1926) committed to social action and youth education, founder of the Congregation of the Dominican …
Basil Moreau
French priest and founder of the Congregation of Holy Cross, beatified in 2007.
Bernard Tolomei
Bernard Tolomei (1272-1348), a jurist from Siena who became a hermit, founder of the Benedictine congregation of Monte O…
Cecilia Eusepi
Cecilia Eusepi (1910-1928) was a young Italian layperson, a member of the Third Order of the Servants of Mary. Following…
Charles de Foucauld
Charles de Foucauld (1858-1916) was a French soldier who converted and became a hermit and priest in the Algerian Sahara…
Costanza Starace
Costanza Starace (1845-1921), in religion Sister Maria Maddalena of the Passion, was an Italian religious sister and fou…
Dulce Lopes Pontes
Saint Dulce Lopes Pontes (1914-1992), nicknamed the Good Angel of Bahia, was a Brazilian religious sister famous for her…
Elena Aiello
Foundress of the Minims of the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ and Italian mystic, known for her stigmata and her dedic…
Enrichetta Alfieri
Sister Enrichetta Alfieri (1891-1951) was an Italian nun of the Sisters of Charity, famous for her heroic dedication to …
Saint Euphrasia Eluvathingal
Saint Euphrasia Eluvathingal (1877-1952) was an Indian Syro-Malabar Carmelite nun, known for her life of intense prayer …
Eurosia Fabris
Eurosia Fabris (1866-1932), known as "Mamma Rosa," was an Italian mother and Franciscan tertiary, a model of lay holines…
Felix of Nicosia
An illiterate Sicilian Capuchin friar, Felix of Nicosia spent more than forty years as a questing friar, radiating humil…
Francis-Xavier Nguyễn Văn Thuận
A Vietnamese bishop imprisoned for 13 years by the communist regime, Cardinal Nguyễn Văn Thuận is a heroic herald of the…
Gertrude Comensoli
Gertrude Comensoli (1847-1903) was an Italian religious sister, foundress in Bergamo of the Sacramentine Sisters, dedica…
Henriette Delille
Henriette Delille (1813-1862) was a free woman of color and religious sister, foundress of the Sisters of the Holy Famil…
Hildegard of Bingen
A Rhenish Benedictine abbess, mystic, and visionary, Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) left behind a theological, musical,…
Janez Frančišek Gnidovec
A Slovenian Lazarist priest and Bishop of Skopje, Janez Frančišek Gnidovec was distinguished by his heroic charity, his …
Joaquina Maria Mercedes Barcelo Pages
Joaquina María Mercedes Barceló y Pagés (Mother Consuelo) was a Spanish religious sister, co-founder of the Congregation…
John of Avila
A 16th-century Spanish priest, known as the "Apostle of Andalusia", John of Avila was a great preacher and spiritual mas…
Kadalikkattil Mathai Kathanar
A priest of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church and founder of the Congregation of the Sacred Heart, Father Mathew Kadalikk…
Louis Martin
Louis Martin (1823-1894), a watchmaker and jeweler from Alençon and father of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, was canonized on…
Luigi Biraghi
Luigi Biraghi (1801-1879) was an Italian priest of the Archdiocese of Milan, founder of the Sisters of St. Marcellina co…
Luigi Monza
Italian priest and founder of the La Nostra Famiglia association, dedicated to supporting disabled children.
Luigia Lavizzari
Luigia Lavizzari (1867-1931), in religion Mother Maria Caterina di Gesù Bambino, was an Italian Benedictine nun declared…
Manuela de Jesús Arias Espinosa
Mexican religious, founder of the Clarissan Missionaries of the Most Blessed Sacrament and the Inesian Family, beatified…
Margherita Occhiena
Mother of Saint John Bosco, Margherita Occhiena (Mama Margaret) dedicated her life to the education of her children and …
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…
Maria Crocifissa Curcio
Maria Crocifissa Curcio (1877-1957) was an Italian religious sister, foundress of the Congregation of the Carmelite Miss…
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 Matilde Bucchi
Maria Matilde Bucchi (1812-1882) was an Italian religious sister, founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Prec…
Maria Scrilli
Maria Scrilli (1825-1889), in religion Maria Teresa of Jesus, was an Italian religious sister and foundress of the congr…
Marie-Alphonsine Danil Ghattas
Palestinian nun born in Jerusalem in 1843, co-founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Rosary of Jerusalem, she…
Matthew Makil
A Syro-Malabar bishop and founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Visitation, Matthew Makil was declared vener…
Narcisa de Jesús
An Ecuadorian lay mystic, Narcisa de Jesús (1832-1869) led a life of intense prayer, penance, and charity toward the poo…
Nicolò Rusca
A priest and archpriest of Sondrio, Nicolò Rusca died a martyr in 1618 in Thusis after being tortured by radical Protest…
Raffaello Delle Nocche
Bishop of Tricarico, Raffaello Delle Nocche founded the Congregation of the Sisters Disciples of Jesus in the Eucharist …
Thomas Kurialacherry
Thomas Kurialacherry (1873-1925) was an Indian Syro-Malabar bishop, founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Ad…