40 Martyrs of England and Wales (40)
Group of forty Catholics — men and women, clergy and laity — executed for their faith in England and Wales between 1535 …
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Alain de Solminihac
Alain de Solminihac (1593-1659) was a French reforming bishop, abbot of Chancelade and later bishop of Cahors, recognize…
Alexandru Rusu
A Romanian Greek-Catholic bishop and martyr under the communist regime, Alexandru Rusu (1884-1963) was arrested in 1948 …
Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster
A Benedictine cardinal and Archbishop of Milan, Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster was a devoted pastor, a great scholar of the …
Aloysius Stepinac
Archbishop of Zagreb and cardinal, Aloysius Stepinac courageously opposed both fascist and communist totalitarianism bef…
Angelo Ramazzotti
Bishop of Pavia and later Patriarch of Venice, Angelo Ramazzotti is the founder of the Lombard Seminary for Foreign Miss…
Anselmo Polanco and Felipe Ripoll
Anselmo Polanco, Bishop of Teruel, and his vicar general Felipe Ripoll are two martyrs of the Spanish Civil War, execute…
Anthony Mary Claret
Catalan missionary and preacher, Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba and founder of the Congregation of Missionaries Sons of …
Antônio de Almeida Lustosa
Salesian Archbishop of Fortaleza in Brazil, Antônio de Almeida Lustosa (1886-1974) was a zealous pastor, prolific writer…
Antonio Maria Gianelli
A Genoese priest who became Bishop of Bobbio, Antonio Maria Gianelli (1789-1846) founded the congregation of the Daughte…
Antonio Provolo
Italian priest (1801-1842), pioneer of the education of the deaf-mute using the oral method and founder of the Company o…
Armida Barelli
Armida Barelli (1882-1952) was an Italian laywoman, co-founder of the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart and presid…
Áron Márton
Bishop of Alba Iulia, Áron Márton distinguished himself through his heroic defense of the Jews during the Second World W…
August Hlond
August Hlond (1881-1948), cardinal and Primate of Poland, is the founder of the Society of Christ for Polish Emigrants. …
Augusto Bertazzoni
Augusto Bertazzoni (1876-1972) was a devoted Italian bishop, close to Don Bosco, recognized for his pastoral work and he…
Aurelio Bacciarini
Swiss bishop and apostolic administrator of Ticino, Aurelio Bacciarini (1873-1935) is the founder of the Company of Sain…
Bartolo Longo
A former satanic priest who converted, Bartolo Longo (1841-1926) became the apostle of the Rosary, founding the Shrine o…
Bartolomea Capitanio
Italian religious (1807-1833), Bartolomea Capitanio founded in Lovere, with Vincenza Gerosa, the Institute of the Sister…
Benildus Romançon
Pierre Romançon, in religion Brother Benildus, was a French religious of the Christian Schools, recognized for his excep…
Bernadette Soubirous
Bernadette Soubirous (1844-1879), a native of Lourdes, received eighteen apparitions of the Virgin Mary in 1858 and ende…
Boļeslavs Sloskāns
Latvian Catholic bishop, victim of Soviet persecution and deported to the Gulag, he later lived in exile in Belgium wher…
Brigida Maria Postorino
Foundress of the Institute of the Daughters of Mary Immaculate, Brigida Maria Postorino dedicated her life to the educat…
Catherine of Palma
A Majorcan mystic born in Valldemossa in 1531, Catalina Tomàs was a canoness regular of Saint Augustine at the convent o…
Claude de la Colombière
A French Jesuit priest, spiritual director of Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque at Paray-le-Monial and one of the first apost…
Clemens August von Galen
Bishop of Münster nicknamed the "Lion of Münster," Clemens August von Galen distinguished himself through his heroic res…
Clemens von Galen
Bishop of Münster nicknamed the 'Lion of Münster', he courageously opposed the Nazi regime and its euthanasia program fo…
Diego Ventaja Milán and 8 companions
Diego Ventaja Milán, Bishop of Almería, Manuel Medina Olmos, Bishop of Guadix, and seven Brothers of the Christian Schoo…
Diego Ventaja, Manuel Medina and companions
Diego Ventaja Milán, Bishop of Almería, and Manuel Medina Olmos, Bishop of Guadix, along with seven Brothers of the Chri…
Domenico Lentini
Domenico Lentini (1770-1828) was an Italian diocesan priest from Lauria. Known as the "Angel of the Altar," he was disti…
Dominic Savio
A young Piedmontese layperson born in 1842, a student of Saint John Bosco at the Oratory of Turin, Dominic Savio founded…
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…
Elia Dalla Costa
Cardinal and archbishop of Florence, Elia Dalla Costa (1872-1961) distinguished himself through his moral resistance aga…
Elisabeth Canori Mora
A Roman wife and mother, Elisabeth Canori Mora heroically lived through the trials of a difficult marriage. Having becom…
English Martyrs of 1886 (54)
Group of 54 Catholics (bishops, priests, religious, and laypeople) executed in England and Wales between 1535 and 1679 f…
Eugénie Joubert
Eugénie Joubert (1876-1904) was a French religious sister of the congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Family of the S…
Felix Mary Ghebreamlak
An Eritrean priest and the first Ethiopian Cistercian monk, Felix Mary Ghebreamlak worked for the introduction of Easter…
Filippo Rinaldi
Filippo Rinaldi (1856-1931), an Italian Salesian priest and third successor of Don Bosco, greatly expanded the congregat…
Florentino Asensio Barroso
Florentino Asensio Barroso (1877-1936) was a Spanish bishop and martyr of the faith, a victim of religious persecution d…
Fortunato Maria Farina
Fortunato Maria Farina (1881-1954) was an Italian bishop of the dioceses of Troia and Foggia, recognized for his pastora…
Francesca Paola Prestigiacomo
Italian religious and founder of the Institute of the Sisters of the Sacred Heart of the Incarnate Word, recognized as v…
Gabriele Allegra
An Italian Franciscan missionary, Blessed Gabriele Allegra (1907-1976) was the first to translate the complete Bible int…
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 …
Gemma Galgani
Gemma Galgani (1878-1903) was a young Italian lay mystic from Lucca, marked by the stigmata and who died of tuberculosis…
Giacinto Longhin
Giacinto Longhin (1863-1936) was an Italian Capuchin bishop who led the Diocese of Treviso for thirty-two years, noted f…
Giacomo Gaglione
An Italian layperson and spiritual son of Padre Pio, Giacomo Gaglione lived fifty years of paralysis in mystical joy, fo…
Giuseppe Di Donna
Giuseppe Di Donna (1901-1952) was an Italian Trinitarian missionary in Madagascar who became Bishop of Andria, where he …
Giuseppina Catanea
Giuseppina Catanea (1894-1948), in religion Sister Maria Giuseppina di Gesù Crocifisso, was an Italian Discalced Carmeli…
Gomidas Keumurdjian
Gomidas Keumurdjian (1656-1707) was a married Armenian priest from Constantinople who converted to Catholicism and was b…
Hemma of Gurk
Saint Hemma of Gurk (c. 980 - 1045) was a Carinthian noblewoman who dedicated her immense fortune to the founding of mon…
Jacinto Vera
The first bishop of Montevideo, Jacinto Vera (1813-1881) was a tireless pastor, known as the Gaucho Bishop, beatified in…
Jakob Gapp
An Austrian Marianist priest, Jakob Gapp firmly opposed National Socialism. Arrested by the Gestapo, he was sentenced to…
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…
Jeanne-Antide Thouret
French religious (1765-1826), founder in Besançon of the Sisters of Charity, a congregation dedicated to the poor and th…
Jeanne-Elisabeth Bichier des Ages
A religious sister from Poitou, Jeanne-Elisabeth Bichier des Ages (1773-1838) founded with Saint Andre-Hubert Fournet th…
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…
John Bosco
Piedmontese priest (1815-1888), founder of the Society of Saint Francis de Sales (Salesians) and the Daughters of Mary H…
John Duns Scotus
John Duns Scotus (1266-1308), nicknamed the Subtle Doctor, is a Scottish Franciscan theologian and philosopher, famous f…
Joseph Panjikaran
A priest of the Syro-Malabar Church and founder of the Congregation of the Medical Sisters of St. Joseph, Joseph Panjika…
Joseph Pignatelli
A Spanish Jesuit of noble lineage, Joseph Pignatelli (1737-1811) maintained and prepared the rebirth of the Society of J…
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…
Juana María Condesa Lluch
Foundress of the Congregation of the Handmaids of Mary Immaculate, dedicated to the protection and education of young wo…
Jurgis Matulaitis-Matulevičius
Bishop of Vilnius and renovator of the Congregation of Marian Fathers, Blessed Jurgis Matulaitis-Matulevičius distinguis…
Luigia Tincani
Luigia Tincani (1889-1976) was an Italian religious sister, foundress of the Union of Saint Catherine of Siena of the Mi…
Manuel Aparici Navarro
Manuel Aparici Navarro (1902-1964) is a Spanish Venerable, a major figure of the Spanish Catholic Youth Action and a pre…
Manuel González y García
Manuel González García (1877-1940) was a Spanish bishop, founder of the Eucharistic Reparation Family, beatified in 2001…
Marguerite d'Youville
A Canadian widow who became the foundress of the Sisters of Charity of Montreal, known as the Grey Nuns, Marguerite d'Yo…
Maria Cristina of Savoy
Queen of the Two Sicilies nicknamed the "Reginella Santa," Maria Cristina of Savoy distinguished herself by her immense …
Maria Elisa Andreoli
Foundress of the Congregation of the Servants of Mary Reparatrix, she dedicated her life to education, the poor, and Mar…
Maria Giuseppa Rossello
Italian religious sister born in 1811 in Albissola Marina, Maria Giuseppa Rossello founded the Daughters of Our Lady of …
María Pilar López de Maturana
Spanish Blessed, foundress of the Missionary Mercedarian Sisters of Berriz, she transformed her cloistered monastery int…
Maria Speranza della Croce
Spanish religious and missionary in China, she is the founder of the congregation of the Augustinian Recollect Missionar…
Martyrs of England 1929 (136)
Group of 136 Catholics (priests, religious, and laypeople) executed in England between 1541 and 1680 for their fidelity …
Martyrs of England and Wales (54)
Group of 54 Catholics (50 priests and 4 laypeople) executed in England and Wales between 1535 and 1679 for refusing to r…
Martyrs of Orange (32)
The 32 martyrs of Orange were a group of nuns from various congregations guillotined in July 1794 for their fidelity to …
Mary Euphrasia Pelletier
French religious sister born Rose-Virginie Pelletier (1796-1868), foundress of the Congregation of Our Lady of Charity o…
Massimo Rinaldi
Massimo Rinaldi (1869-1941) was an Italian Scalabrinian missionary in Brazil, then procurator general of his congregatio…
Michael Garicoïts
A French Basque priest, Michael Garicoïts (1797-1863) founded the Society of the Priests of the Sacred Heart of Jesus of…
Miguel Ángel Builes
A Colombian bishop and founder of missionary congregations, Bishop Miguel Ángel Builes left his mark on the religious hi…
Nelson Baker
Nelson Baker (1842-1936) was an American Catholic priest, famous for his monumental charitable work in Lackawanna, known…
Nicholas Charnetsky and 24 companions
Nicholas Charnetsky (1884-1959) and his 24 companions are martyrs of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, persecuted by …
Noël Pinot
A French priest and martyr of the Revolution, Blessed Noël Pinot was guillotined in Angers in 1794 for refusing to swear…
Olinto Fedi
An Italian priest and founder of the Congregation of the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate, Olinto Fedi dedicated his…
Osanna of Kotor
Born Orthodox in Montenegro, Osanna of Kotor converted to Catholicism and lived for over forty years as a Dominican recl…
Ovide Charlebois
Ovide Charlebois (1862-1933) was a Canadian Oblate missionary and the first Vicar Apostolic of Keewatin, recognized for …
Paola Renata Carboni
A young Italian laywoman and secretary of Catholic Action, Paola Renata Carboni (1908-1927) offered her sufferings and h…
Paolo Manna
An Italian missionary priest, Paolo Manna worked in Burma before having to return to Italy for health reasons. There, he…
Pauline Jaricot
Pauline Jaricot (1799-1862) was a French laywoman, founder of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith and the Livin…
Pedro Asúa Mendía
Spanish priest and architect, martyr of the Spanish Civil War and designer of the Seminary of Vitoria.
Pierre-René Rogue
A French Lazarist priest, Pierre-René Rogue was a martyr of the French Revolution, guillotined in Vannes in 1796 for ref…
Pietro Casani
Pietro Casani (1572-1647), in religion Peter of the Nativity of Mary, was an Italian priest and co-founder of the Order …
Pietro Di Vitale
An Italian seminarian from the Diocese of Palermo, Pietro Di Vitale (1916-1940) is recognized for his abandonment to the…
Pius XII
Pope from 1939 to 1958, the Venerable Pius XII guided the Church through the Second World War and the Cold War, leaving …
Salvador of Horta
Catalan Franciscan friar (1520-1567), a lay brother famous during his lifetime as a healer, who died in Cagliari and was…
September Martyrs (191)
Group of 191 Catholics (bishops, priests, religious, and laypeople) massacred in Paris between September 2 and 5, 1792, …
Solomon Leclercq
A Brother of the Christian Schools and secretary to the Superior General, Solomon Leclercq was massacred at the Carmes c…
Sophie-Thérèse de Soubiran
Sophie-Thérèse de Soubiran (1834-1889), in religion Marie-Thérèse de Soubiran, was the foundress of the Congregation of …
Stephen Ferrando
An Italian Salesian bishop and missionary in India, Stephen Ferrando founded the congregation of the Missionary Sisters …
Teofilius Matulionis
Teofilius Matulionis (1873-1962) was a Lithuanian archbishop, a martyr of the Soviet regime, beatified in 2017 for his h…
Teresa Margaret Redi
Discalced Carmelite from Florence, Anna Maria Redi, in religion Teresa Margaret of the Sacred Heart (1747-1770), lived a…
Theophilus of Corte
Corsican Friar Minor of the Observance (1676-1740), itinerant preacher and promoter of the Franciscan "ritiri", beatifie…
Vendelin Vošnjak
Slovenian Franciscan priest (1861-1933), founder and first provincial of the Croatian Franciscan Province of Saints Cyri…
Veronica of the Passion
Sophie Leeves (Mother Veronica of the Passion) was a British religious sister, a convert from Anglicanism, and the found…
Vincenza Gerosa
Italian religious, Vincenza Gerosa (1784-1847) was, with Bartolomea Capitanio, the co-foundress of the Sisters of Charit…
Vincenzo Cimatti
Vincenzo Cimatti (1879-1965) was an Italian Salesian priest and missionary, a pioneer of the Salesian mission in Japan, …
Vladimir Ghika
A Romanian prince who converted to Catholicism and was ordained a priest at age 50, Vladimir Ghika dedicated himself to …