Aloysius Schwartz
American missionary priest, founder of the Sisters of Mary and the Brothers of Christ, dedicated to orphans and the poor…
Place
Villavallelonga
IT
13 saints associated
Choe Yang-eop
The second Catholic priest of Korean origin, Thomas Choe Yang-eop dedicated his life to the clandestine evangelization o…
Ezequiel Moreno y Díaz
Spanish Augustinian Recollect, missionary in the Philippines and later Bishop of Pasto in Colombia, who died of cancer i…
Francisca del Espíritu Santo Fuentes
Foundress of the Congregation of the Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena in the Philippines, Francisca del Espír…
Ignacia del Espíritu Santo
Foundress of the Congregation of the Religious of the Virgin Mary, the first native religious congregation for women in …
Isabel Larrañaga Ramirez
Isabel Larrañaga Ramirez (1836-1899) was a religious sister of Philippine and Spanish origin, foundress of the Congregat…
Joaquina Maria Mercedes Barcelo Pages
Joaquina María Mercedes Barceló y Pagés (Mother Consuelo) was a Spanish religious sister, co-founder of the Congregation…
María Beatriz del Rosario Arroyo
María Beatriz del Rosario Arroyo (1884-1957), in religion Sister Maria Rosario of the Visitation, was a Filipino Dominic…
Mariano Gazpio Ezcurra
A Spanish priest and missionary of the Order of Augustinian Recollects, Mariano Gazpio Ezcurra worked for 28 years in Ch…
Martin Lumbreras Peralta and Melchor Sánchez Pérez
Martin Lumbreras Peralta and Melchor Sánchez Pérez, Spanish Augustinian Recollect priests, were sent as missionaries to …
Martyrs of Japan (16)
Lorenzo Ruiz of Manila and fifteen companions, priests, religious, and laypeople associated with the Dominican Order, pu…
Takayama Ukon
Justo Takayama Ukon, nicknamed the "Samurai of Christ," was a 16th-century Japanese daimyo who chose exile and poverty r…
Vicente Soler Munárriz and 7 companions
Vicente Soler Munárriz and his seven companions are martyrs of the Spanish Civil War, beatified in 1999 by John Paul II.