Louis

Saint Louis (Louis IX)

Feast: August 25th • 13th century

King of France in the 13th century, Louis IX is the model of the Christian sovereign combining justice, piety, and courage. Known for his charity towa…

Saint Louis of Anjou (Bishop of Toulouse)

Feast: August 19th • 13th century

Son of the King of Naples and grand-nephew of Saint Louis, Louis of Anjou renounced the throne to embrace Franciscan poverty. Appointed Bishop of Toul…

Blessed Louis Alleman

Feast: September 16th • 15th century

Louis Alleman was an illustrious prelate of the 15th century, Archbishop of Arles and Cardinal, involved at the forefront of the Council of Basel. Aft…

Blessed Louis Morbiole

• 15th century

Born in Bologna in the 15th century, Louis Morbiole initially led a life of debauchery before undergoing a radical conversion following an illness in …

Venerable Louis of Blois (Blosius)

Feast: January 7th • 16th century

A former page to Charles V, Louis de Blois renounced court life at fourteen to enter the Abbey of Liessies. Upon becoming abbot, he reformed his monas…

Saint Aloysius Gonzaga

Feast: June 21st • 16th century

Born into the illustrious House of Gonzaga, Aloysius renounced his titles and fortune to enter the Society of Jesus. A model of purity and penance fro…

Venerable Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort

Feast: April 28th • 18th century

Born in Brittany in 1673, Louis-Marie Grignon de Montfort was an indefatigable apostolic missionary who traveled throughout western France. Founder of…

Anastasius Hartmann

Feast: April 24th • 19th century

Anastasius Hartmann (1803-1866) was a Swiss Capuchin missionary, bishop, and vicar apostolic of Patna and Bombay in India, recognized as Venerable by …

Venerable Louis-Marie Baudouin

Feast: February 12th • 19th century

A Vendéen priest and founder, Louis-Marie Baudouin lived through the French Revolution while remaining faithful to the Church, experiencing imprisonme…

Stefano Bellesini

Feast: February 2nd • 19th century

An Italian Augustinian priest (1774-1840), a great educator of poor youth in Trento and a devoted parish priest in Genazzano, he died while caring for…

Lodovico Pavoni

Feast: April 1st • 19th century

A 19th-century priest from Brescia, Lodovico Pavoni founded the Saint Barnabas Institute for disadvantaged youth and the congregation of the Sons of M…

Piotr Kosiba

Feast: January 4th • 20th century

Piotr Kosiba (1855-1939), in religion Brother Alojzy, was a Polish Franciscan religious. Known as the Apostle of Kindness, he spent his life as a ques…

Louis-Antoine-Rose Ormières Lacase

Feast: January 16th • 19th century

French priest and founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Guardian Angel, dedicated to the education of rural children and the care of the s…

Luigi Scrosoppi

Feast: April 3rd • 19th century

An Italian priest from Udine and Oratorian of Saint Philip Neri, Luigi Scrosoppi (1804-1884) dedicated his life to orphans and abandoned young girls a…

Luigi Balbiano

Feast: March 22nd • 19th century

Italian priest (1812-1884), vicar of Avigliana for 47 years, recognized as Venerable by John Paul II in 1981.

Luis de Trelles y Noguerol

• 19th century

Luis de Trelles y Noguerol (1819-1891) was a Spanish layperson, advocate for the poor, and founder of the Spanish Nocturnal Adoration, recognized as v…

Louis Martin

Feast: July 12th • 19th century

Louis Martin (1823-1894), a watchmaker and jeweler from Alençon and father of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, was canonized on October 18, 2015, by Pope Fra…

Pius of Saint Aloysius

Feast: November 2nd • 19th century

Pius of Saint Aloysius (Luigi Campidelli, 1868-1889) was a young Italian Passionist religious who died of tuberculosis at 21 and was beatified in 1985…

Luigi Maria Monti

Feast: October 1st • 19th century

Founder of the Congregation of the Sons of the Immaculate Conception, Luigi Maria Monti dedicated his life to the care of the sick and the education o…

Louis-Zéphirin Moreau

Feast: May 24th • 20th century

Louis-Zéphirin Moreau (1824-1901) was Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe in Quebec, founder of the Sisters of Saint Joseph and the Sisters of Saint Martha, and…

Louis Brisson

Feast: October 12th • 20th century

A priest of the Diocese of Troyes, Louis Brisson is the founder of the Oblates and the Oblate Sisters of Saint Francis de Sales, committed to educatio…

Luis Zambrano Blanco

Feast: February 14th • 20th century

Spanish priest (1909-1983), founder of the secular institute "Hogar de Nazaret" dedicated to the service of parishes and the most destitute.

Aloísio Sebastião Boeing

Feast: April 17th • 21st century

Aloísio Sebastião Boeing (1913-2006) was a Brazilian Dehonian priest, a dedicated novice master, and founder of the Marian Fraternity of the Heart of …

Miguel Febres Cordero

Feast: February 9th • 20th century

A religious of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, Saint Miguel Febres Cordero was a brilliant Ecuadorian educator, linguist, and …

Hyacinthe-Marie Cormier

Feast: May 21st • 20th century

French Dominican priest, 76th Master General of the Order of Preachers, he reorganized the College of Saint Thomas in Rome (the future Angelicum) and …

Luigi Tezza

Feast: September 26th • 20th century

An Italian Camillian priest, Luigi Tezza (1841-1923) is the co-founder of the Daughters of Saint Camillus. He dedicated his life to the service of the…

Luigi Talamoni

Feast: October 3rd • 20th century

An Italian priest and founder of the Misericordine Sisters of Monza, Luigi Talamoni distinguished himself through his pastoral dedication, his ministr…

Luigi Variara

Feast: February 1st • 20th century

An Italian Salesian priest and missionary in Colombia, Blessed Luigi Variara dedicated his life to the lepers of Agua de Dios and founded the Congrega…

José María Amigó Ferrer

Feast: October 1st • 20th century

Spanish Capuchin bishop and founder of the Tertiary Capuchin Sisters and the Tertiary Capuchin Friars (Amigonians), dedicated to the education of trou…

Luigi Boccardo

Feast: June 9th • 20th century

Italian priest, spiritual director and founder of the Sisters of Jesus the King, beatified in 2007.

Louis-Antoine-Rose Ormières

Feast: January 16th • 19th century

A French priest of the Diocese of Carcassonne, Louis-Antoine-Rose Ormières is the founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Guardian Angel, de…

Luigi Palić

Feast: February 20th • 20th century

A Franciscan priest and martyr in Kosovo, Luigi Palić gave his life in 1913 to defend the Christian faith and freedom of conscience in the face of for…

Agostino Ernesto Castrillo

Feast: October 16th • 20th century

An Italian Franciscan bishop (1904-1955), Agostino Ernesto Castrillo distinguished himself by his heroic pastoral dedication during the war and his se…

Luigi Beltrame Quattrocchi and Maria Corsini

Feast: November 25th • 20th century

The first married couple beatified together by the Catholic Church in 2001, Luigi Beltrame Quattrocchi and Maria Corsini bore witness to a holiness li…

Columba Marmion

Feast: January 30th • 20th century

A Benedictine abbot of Irish origin, Columba Marmion is a great spiritual master of the 20th century, famous for his writings on filial adoption in Ch…

Alojs Andritzki

Feast: February 3rd • 20th century

A Sorbian priest and martyr, Alojs Andritzki died at the Dachau concentration camp in 1943 after witnessing to his faith with joy and courage in the f…

Aloiz Kashuba

Feast: September 20th • 20th century

Aloiz (Serafin) Kaszuba (1910-1977) was a Polish Capuchin priest who carried out a heroic clandestine ministry in Ukraine and Kazakhstan under the Sov…

Luigi Bordino

Feast: August 25th • 20th century

An Italian Cottolengo brother and nurse, Luigi Bordino devoted himself body and soul to the service of the sick and the poor after surviving captivity…

Luigi Novarese

Feast: July 20th • 20th century

An Italian priest and apostle to the sick, Blessed Luigi Novarese founded the Centre for the Volunteers of Suffering to promote the spiritual and acti…

Luigi Rocchi

Feast: March 26th • 20th century

An Italian layperson who suffered from Duchenne muscular dystrophy, Luigi Rocchi transformed his suffering into a path of faith and love, becoming a s…

Aloysius Stepinac

Feast: February 10th • 20th century

Archbishop of Zagreb and cardinal, Aloysius Stepinac courageously opposed both fascist and communist totalitarianism before dying in internal exile in…

Aloysius Schwartz

Feast: March 16th • 20th century

American missionary priest, founder of the Sisters of Mary and the Brothers of Christ, dedicated to orphans and the poor in Asia and Latin America.

Luigi Lo Verde

Feast: February 12th • 20th century

Filippo Lo Verde, in religion Brother Luigi, was a young Italian Franciscan religious born in Tunisia, recognized as Venerable in 2016 for the heroic …

Luigi Monza

Feast: September 29th • 20th century

Italian priest and founder of the La Nostra Famiglia association, dedicated to supporting disabled children.

Luis Navarro

Feast: July 1st • 20th century

Luis Obdulio Arroyo Navarro (1950-1981) was a Guatemalan lay catechist, a member of the Third Order of Saint Francis, who was murdered in hatred of th…

King Louis

Heraldic description of an inscription dedicated to King Louis, accompanied by the arms of France and those of the Lis and Thieselin families. The emb…