Adele Bonolis
Italian layperson (1909-1980), declared Venerable in 2021, she dedicated her life to the rehabilitation of marginalized …
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Alexandrina Maria da Costa
A Portuguese mystic paralyzed after a fall to preserve her purity, she lived solely on the Eucharist for over thirteen y…
Alexandru Rusu
A Romanian Greek-Catholic bishop and martyr under the communist regime, Alexandru Rusu (1884-1963) was arrested in 1948 …
Alfredo Obviar
Alfredo Obviar (1889-1978) was a Filipino bishop, founder of the Congregation of the Missionary Catechists of Saint Ther…
Aloysius Stepinac
Archbishop of Zagreb and cardinal, Aloysius Stepinac courageously opposed both fascist and communist totalitarianism bef…
Anthony Mary Claret
Catalan missionary and preacher, Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba and founder of the Congregation of Missionaries Sons of …
Antoine Chevrier
A priest from Lyon and founder of the Prado Providence work, Antoine Chevrier dedicated himself entirely to the educatio…
Anton Durcovici
Bishop of Iași and martyr of the faith, Anton Durcovici died in prison under the Romanian communist regime in 1951.
Antonio Celona
Italian priest (1873-1952), founder of the Congregation of the Reparatory Servants of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, recogni…
Antonio Maria Gianelli
A Genoese priest who became Bishop of Bobbio, Antonio Maria Gianelli (1789-1846) founded the congregation of the Daughte…
Antonio Maria Pucci
Antonio Maria Pucci (1819-1892), religious of the Order of the Servants of Mary, was for nearly half a century the paris…
Armida Barelli
Armida Barelli (1882-1952) was an Italian laywoman, co-founder of the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart and presid…
Augusto Bertazzoni
Augusto Bertazzoni (1876-1972) was a devoted Italian bishop, close to Don Bosco, recognized for his pastoral work and he…
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…
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 Jarrige
An Auvergnat Dominican tertiary, Catherine Jarrige (1754-1836), nicknamed Catinon Menette, distinguished herself by her …
Clara Fey
Clara Fey (1815-1894) was a German religious sister, foundress of the Sisters of the Poor Child Jesus, dedicated to the …
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…
Clorinda Letizia Formai
Clorinda Letizia Formai (1876-1954), in religion Mother Serafina, was an Italian religious sister and foundress of the c…
Clovis Veuthey
Swiss Conventual Franciscan, theologian, and founder of the Crusade of Charity, declared Venerable in 2021.
Dominic Savio
A young Piedmontese layperson born in 1842, a student of Saint John Bosco at the Oratory of Turin, Dominic Savio founded…
Donato Giannotti
Italian priest (1828-1914), founder of the Congregation of the Servant Sisters of the Immaculate, recognized as Venerabl…
Doroteo Hernández Vera
A Spanish priest and founder of the secular institute Cruzada Evangélica, Doroteo Hernández Vera dedicated himself to th…
Elia Dalla Costa
Cardinal and archbishop of Florence, Elia Dalla Costa (1872-1961) distinguished himself through his moral resistance aga…
Emily de Vialar
A French religious sister born in Gaillac in 1797, Emily de Vialar founded the missionary congregation of the Sisters of…
Emmanuel Domingo y Sol
Spanish priest (1836-1909), founder of the Brotherhood of Diocesan Worker Priests of the Heart of Jesus and the Pontific…
Emmanuela Giovanna Scribano
An Italian religious sister of the Institute of the Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Ragusa, Sister Santina di Gesù offere…
Eufemia Gemma Giannini
Eufemia Gemma Giannini (1884-1971) was an Italian religious sister, a close friend of Saint Gemma Galgani, and the found…
Eugene Bossilkov
Bulgarian Passionist bishop and martyr of communism, executed by firing squad in 1952 and beatified by John Paul II in 1…
Flora Manfrinati
Flora Manfrinati (1906-1954) was an Italian laywoman, founder of the Family of Educator Apostles and the Work of Our Lad…
Fortunato Maria Farina
Fortunato Maria Farina (1881-1954) was an Italian bishop of the dioceses of Troia and Foggia, recognized for his pastora…
Francesco Antonio Fasani
Conventual Franciscan of Lucera, tireless preacher and confessor nicknamed the "Padre Maestro", devotee of the Immaculat…
Francisco Gárate Aranguren
Francisco Gárate Aranguren (1857-1929) was a Spanish Jesuit brother, a devoted porter at the University of Deusto in Bil…
Frédéric Ozanam
Frédéric Ozanam (1813-1853) was a French layperson, founder of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul and a precursor of t…
Gemma Galgani
Gemma Galgani (1878-1903) was a young Italian lay mystic from Lucca, marked by the stigmata and who died of tuberculosis…
George Preca
Maltese priest (1880-1962), founder of the Society of Christian Doctrine (M.U.S.E.U.M.), George Preca is the first canon…
Giacinto Bianchi
An Italian priest and founder of the congregation of the Daughters of Mary Missionaries, Giacinto Bianchi dedicated hims…
Giacomo Gaglione
An Italian layperson and spiritual son of Padre Pio, Giacomo Gaglione lived fifty years of paralysis in mystical joy, fo…
Giovanna Francesca Michelotti
Anna Michelotti (1843-1888), in religion Sister Giovanna Francesca, is the foundress of the congregation of the Little S…
Giovanni Battista Rubino
Piedmontese priest and founder of the Congregation of the Oblate Sisters of Saint Aloysius Gonzaga (the Luigines), decla…
Giovanni Calabria
A priest from Verona (1873-1954), Giovanni Calabria founded the Poor Servants and the Poor Handmaids of Divine Providenc…
Giovanni Ferro
Giovanni Ferro (1901-1992) was an Italian archbishop of the Somascan Order, proclaimed Venerable in 2019. Recognized for…
Giovanni Folci
An Italian priest (1890-1963), Father Giovanni Folci founded the Opera Divin Prigioniero and the Saint Pius X pre-semina…
Giovanni Jacono
Giovanni Jacono (1873-1957) was an Italian bishop, recognized as Venerable by the Catholic Church, known for his charity…
Giuseppe Di Donna
Giuseppe Di Donna (1901-1952) was an Italian Trinitarian missionary in Madagascar who became Bishop of Andria, where he …
Giuseppe Giaccardo
The first priest of the Pauline Family and a close collaborator of Father James Alberione, Giuseppe Timoteo Giaccardo de…
Giuseppe Quadrio
An Italian Salesian priest and theologian, Giuseppe Quadrio distinguished himself by his theological contribution to the…
Ignacy Posadzy
Polish priest (1898-1984), co-founder of the Society of Christ for Polish Emigrants and founder of the Missionary Sister…
Itala Mela
Itala Mela (1904-1957), in religion Mary of the Trinity, was a Benedictine oblate and Italian mystic, apostle of the Ind…
János Scheffler
Bishop of Satu Mare and martyr of communism, Blessed János Scheffler died in prison in 1952 for his absolute fidelity to…
Jean-Martin Moye
A priest from Lorraine and missionary in China, Jean-Martin Moye is the founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of Pr…
Jeanne-Elisabeth Bichier des Ages
A religious sister from Poitou, Jeanne-Elisabeth Bichier des Ages (1773-1838) founded with Saint Andre-Hubert Fournet th…
Jeanne-Germaine Castang
Jeanne-Germaine Castang (1878-1897), Sister Marie-Céline of the Presentation, was a French Poor Clare nun beatified in 2…
Joan of France
Daughter of Louis XI, briefly Queen of France, Joan of France founded after the annulment of her marriage the Order of t…
Joaquim Alves Brás
Portuguese priest (1899-1966), founder of the Obra de Santa Zita and the Secular Institute of the Cooperators of the Fam…
John XXIII
Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli (1881-1963), elected pope in 1958 under the name John XXIII, nicknamed "the Good Pope," convene…
Joseph Pignatelli
A Spanish Jesuit of noble lineage, Joseph Pignatelli (1737-1811) maintained and prepared the rebirth of the Society of J…
József Mindszenty
Primate of Hungary and cardinal, József Mindszenty is a major figure of Christian resistance against Nazism and Communis…
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…
Juana María Condesa Lluch
Foundress of the Congregation of the Handmaids of Mary Immaculate, dedicated to the protection and education of young wo…
Laura Evangelista Alvarado Cardozo
Laura Evangelista Alvarado Cardozo (1875-1967), in religion Mary of Saint Joseph, is the first blessed of Venezuela. She…
Luigi Savaré
Italian priest (1878-1949) dedicated to the education of youth and social works in Lodi, declared Venerable by Pope Fran…
Luigia Sinapi
Luigia Sinapi (1916-1978) was an Italian laywoman and mystic, declared Venerable by Pope Francis in 2025.
Luigia Tincani
Luigia Tincani (1889-1976) was an Italian religious sister, foundress of the Union of Saint Catherine of Siena of the Mi…
Madaleina Catherine Beauchamp Hambrough
A British Brigittine nun, she was Abbess General of her order and distinguished herself by her heroism in saving persecu…
Magdalena Aulina Saurina
Magdalena Aulina Saurina (1897-1956) was a Spanish foundress, a pioneer of consecrated secularity, and declared Venerabl…
Magdalene of Canossa
Magdalene of Canossa (1774-1835) was a marchioness of Verona who renounced her rank to serve the poor and founded the Ca…
Marcantonio Durando
An Italian Lazarist priest (1801-1880), Marcantonio Durando dedicated himself to popular missions and the organization o…
Margaret of Hungary
A Hungarian princess, daughter of King Béla IV, Margaret (1242-1270) became a Dominican nun at the convent on the Danube…
Margaret Sinclair
Margaret Sinclair (1900-1925) was a Scottish factory worker from Edinburgh who entered the Poor Clare Colettines in Lond…
Maria Assunta Pallotta
Franciscan Missionary of Mary religious, sent to China where she served humbly before dying of typhus at the age of 26.
Maria Berenice Hencker
Colombian religious sister and foundress of the Congregation of the Little Sisters of the Annunciation, beatified in 202…
Maria Bertilla Boscardin
An Italian religious sister of the Teachers of Saint Dorothy and a nurse at the hospital in Treviso, Maria Bertilla Bosc…
Maria del Refugio Aguilar y Torres
Foundress of the congregation of the Mercedarian Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament in Mexico, Maria del Refugio Aguilar y…
Maria Dulce Rodrigues dos Santos
Maria Dulce Rodrigues dos Santos (Mother Maria Teresa of Jesus Eucharist) is the Brazilian founder of the Congregation o…
Maria Giuseppa Rossello
Italian religious sister born in 1811 in Albissola Marina, Maria Giuseppa Rossello founded the Daughters of Our Lady of …
Maria Goretti
Maria Goretti (1890-1902) was a young Italian peasant girl, mortally wounded at the age of eleven for resisting an assau…
Maria Oliva Bonaldo
Maria Oliva Bonaldo (1893-1976) was an Italian religious sister, foundress of the Daughters of the Church, declared Vene…
Maria Pia Mastena
Foundress of the congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Face, Maria Pia Mastena dedicated her life to education, the ca…
Maria Pierina
An Italian religious sister of the Congregation of the Daughters of the Immaculate Conception, she was the promoter of t…
Maria Teresa Merlo
Co-foundress and first Superior General of the Daughters of Saint Paul congregation, collaborator of Blessed James Alber…
Mariana de Jesús de Paredes
Ecuadorian mystic (1618-1645), recluse and Franciscan tertiary nicknamed the "Lily of Quito", who offered herself as a v…
Martyrs of Laval (19)
Group of nineteen Christians (fifteen priests, three nuns, and one laywoman) executed in Mayenne in 1794 for their fidel…
Martyrs of Vietnam (117)
Group of 117 martyrs of Vietnam (Andrew Dung-Lac, priest, and his 116 companions), put to death for their faith between …
Mary Euphrasia Pelletier
French religious sister born Rose-Virginie Pelletier (1796-1868), foundress of the Congregation of Our Lady of Charity o…
Mary Ward
Mary Ward was an English religious sister, foundress of the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary (IBVM) and the Congrega…
Maximiliano Valdés Subercaseaux
Maximiano Valdés Subercaseaux (1908-1982), in religion Francisco de San Miguel, was the first Chilean Capuchin and the f…
Melchior Chyliński
Melchior Chyliński (1694-1741), in religion Brother Raphael, was a Polish Franciscan priest renowned for his heroic char…
Michael Garicoïts
A French Basque priest, Michael Garicoïts (1797-1863) founded the Society of the Priests of the Sacred Heart of Jesus of…
Michał Kozal
Auxiliary Bishop of Włocławek and Polish martyr, Michał Kozal died at the Dachau concentration camp in 1943 after heroic…
Montserrat Grases
Montserrat Grases (1941-1959) was a young Spanish layperson, a member of Opus Dei, declared Venerable by Pope Francis in…
Octavio Ortiz Arrieta
The first Salesian priest born in Peru, Monsignor Octavio Ortiz Arrieta was a dedicated missionary bishop who led the Di…
Olinto Fedi
An Italian priest and founder of the Congregation of the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate, Olinto Fedi dedicated his…
Paola Elisabetta Cerioli
An Italian widow who became the foundress of the Congregation of the Holy Family of Bergamo, dedicated to orphans and ru…
Paolo Manna
An Italian missionary priest, Paolo Manna worked in Burma before having to return to Italy for health reasons. There, he…
Paul VI
Giovanni Battista Montini, pope under the name Paul VI from 1963 to 1978, brought the Second Vatican Council to its conc…
Pedro Legaria Armendariz
Spanish priest (1878-1956), founder of the Congregation of the Slaves of Christ the King, recognized as Venerable by the…
Peter Donders
A Dutch Redemptorist priest, Peter Donders dedicated his life to the evangelization and care of lepers and slaves in Sur…
Pierre Bienvenu Noailles
French priest and founder of the Holy Family Association of Bordeaux, recognized as Venerable in 1988.
Pius X
Pope from 1903 to 1914, Giuseppe Sarto, known as Pius X, was a reformer of the liturgy and promoted frequent and early c…
Raphaela Mary Porras y Ayllón
Spanish religious sister, foundress of the Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus; after her removal from office in 1893…
Rosa Elena Cornejo Pazmiño
Founder of the Institute of the Franciscan Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate, she dedicated her life to Eucharistic a…
Rose Venerini
Italian religious born in Viterbo in 1656, Rose Venerini founded the first public school for girls in Italy in 1685 and …
Rupert Mayer
A German Jesuit priest, Blessed Rupert Mayer was a courageous opponent of Nazism in Munich and a tireless apostle to the…
Simon of Lipnica
A Polish Franciscan priest of the Observance, Simon of Lipnica distinguished himself by his fervent preaching and his he…
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…
Sophie-Thérèse de Soubiran
Sophie-Thérèse de Soubiran (1834-1889), in religion Marie-Thérèse de Soubiran, was the foundress of the Congregation of …
Stefan Wyszyński
Stefan Wyszyński (1901-1981), cardinal and primate of Poland known as the "Primate of the Millennium," was a key figure …
Teresa Eustochio Verzeri
Italian religious born in Bergamo in 1801, Teresa Eustochio (Ignazia) Verzeri founded the congregation of the Daughters …
Teresa of Jesus Jornet
Spanish religious, Saint Teresa of Jesus Jornet e Ibars (1843-1897) founded in 1873 in Barbastro the congregation of the…
Valeriu Traian Frentiu
Romanian Greek-Catholic bishop and martyr of the faith under the communist regime, beatified in 2019.
Vasile Aftenie
Vasile Aftenie (1899-1950) was a Romanian Greek-Catholic auxiliary bishop, a martyr under the communist regime for his r…
Vilmos Apor
Bishop of Győr and martyr, Vilmos Apor was killed in 1945 while protecting refugee women from Soviet soldiers.
Vincent Pallotti
Roman priest (1795-1850), founder of the Union and the Society of the Catholic Apostolate (Pallottines), he was a precur…
Vincentia Maria López y Vicuña
Vincentia Maria López y Vicuña (1847-1890) was a Spanish religious, foundress in Madrid of the congregation of the Relig…
Vincenza Gerosa
Italian religious, Vincenza Gerosa (1784-1847) was, with Bartolomea Capitanio, the co-foundress of the Sisters of Charit…
Virginia Blanco Tardío
Virginia Blanco Tardío (1916-1990) was a Bolivian consecrated laywoman, a pioneer of religious education and a major fig…