Adolphe Chatillon
Canadian religious of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, dedicated educator and Visitor General for…
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Adrian Osmolowski
Adrian Osmolowski (1838-1924) was a Polish Franciscan religious. Exiled to Italy after the suppression of his convent by…
Aegidius Mary of Saint Joseph
A humble Alcantarine Franciscan friar, Aegidius Mary of Saint Joseph (1729-1812) dedicated his life to the poor and sick…
Blessed Albert the Great
Born in Swabia at the end of the 12th century, Albert the Great was one of the greatest geniuses of the Middle Ages, exc…
Aldo Brienza
Aldo Brienza (1922-1989), in religion Immacolato Giuseppe di Gesù, was an Italian Discalced Carmelite religious who live…
Blessed Alexander of Foigny
Son of a king of Scotland in the 13th century, Alexander renounced his crown to follow the example of his sister, Saint …
Blessed Alexis Falconieri
A 13th-century Florentine merchant, Alexis Falconieri founded the Order of the Servants of Mary with six companions foll…
Alfano Vaser
The first Marist Brother of Italian origin, the Venerable Alfano Vaser (1873-1943) was an exemplary educator and a dedic…
Alfredo Morganti
Italian Franciscan priest (1886-1969), teacher and spiritual director, recognized as Venerable by Pope Francis in 2022.
Aloísio Sebastião Boeing
Aloísio Sebastião Boeing (1913-2006) was a Brazilian Dehonian priest, a dedicated novice master, and founder of the Mari…
Aloiz Kashuba
Aloiz (Serafin) Kaszuba (1910-1977) was a Polish Capuchin priest who carried out a heroic clandestine ministry in Ukrain…
Alpert Mosch
A French Lasallian religious of Alsatian origin, Brother Alpert Mosch dedicated himself to the education of immigrant ch…
Blessed Alphonse Rodriguez of Segovia
A merchant in Segovia, Alphonsus Rodriguez lost his family and joined the Society of Jesus as a lay brother at the age o…
Saint Ambrose Autpert
A French monk who became abbot of San Vincenzo al Volturno in Italy in the 8th century, Ambrose Autpert distinguished hi…
Saint Ambrose of Siena
Born in Siena in 1220, Ambrose Sansedoni was an illustrious Dominican, a disciple of Albert the Great and a fellow stude…
André Bessette
A Canadian religious of the Congregation of Holy Cross, Brother André is known for his devotion to Saint Joseph and the …
Andrés García Acosta
Andrés García Acosta (1800-1853), known as Fray Andresito, was a Spanish Franciscan religious who emigrated to South Ame…
Saint Andrew Corsini
Born into the noble Corsini family in Florence, Andrew initially led a life of debauchery before converting and entering…
Blessed Andrew Dotti
A Tuscan nobleman born in 1256, Andrew Dotti joined the Servite Order after being moved by Saint Philip Benizi. A zealou…
Blessed Andrew of Segni
Coming from the illustrious family of the Counts of Segni, Andrew renounced princely honors to become a Franciscan monk.…
Angelo Calvi
Angelo Calvi (1909-1937), in religion Father Benigno di Santa Teresa del Bambino Gesù, was an Italian Discalced Carmelit…
Blessed Angelo of Acri
A Capuchin religious born in Calabria in 1669, Angelo of Acri overcame difficult beginnings in religious life to become …
Angelo Paoli
Angelo Paoli (1642-1720) was an Italian Carmelite religious, nicknamed the "father of the poor" for his tireless dedicat…
Blessed Angelus of Chivasso
A 15th-century Piedmontese Franciscan friar, Angelo of Chivasso distinguished himself by his exemplary piety and love of…
Blessed Anthony Neyrot
A Dominican from Rivoli, Antoine Neyrot was captured by pirates and briefly renounced his faith in Tunis. Touched by gra…
Anthony of St. Ann Galvão
An 18th-century Brazilian Franciscan friar, Anthony of St. Ann Galvão founded the Recolhimento de Nossa Senhora da Luz i…
Antoni Kowalczyk
A Polish Oblate brother and missionary in Canada, Antoni Kowalczyk was distinguished by his humility, his courage in the…
Antonio Filomeno Maria Losito
Italian Redemptorist priest (1838-1917), known as the Apostle of Canosa, recognized as Venerable in 2015.
Antonio Pietro Cortinovis
Italian Capuchin religious, founder of the 'Opera San Francesco per i Poveri' in Milan, recognized for his immense chari…
Antonio Repiso Martínez
Mexican Jesuit priest and founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Divine Shepherd, recognized for his apostoli…
Arcangelo Maria Biasi
Italian Conventual Franciscan religious, co-founder of the Militia of the Immaculata with Saint Maximilian Kolbe, he off…
Artemides Zatti
Artemides Zatti (1880-1951) was an Italian Salesian lay brother who emigrated to Argentina, becoming a nurse and pharmac…
August Czartoryski
A Polish prince born in Paris, August Czartoryski renounced his noble titles and fortune to join the Salesians of Don Bo…
Augustin Arnaud Pagés
Augustin Arnaud Pagés (Brother Victorin-Nymphas) was a French Lasallian religious, missionary in Cuba and Puerto Rico, r…
Blessed Augustin Novello
A Sicilian nobleman and brilliant law professor, Matthew of Termini changed his life after narrowly escaping death at th…
Basilio Martinelli
Basilio Martinelli (1872-1962) was an Italian priest and educator of the Cavanis Institute, recognized as venerable by P…
Beniamino Filon
Beniamino Filon, in religion Brother Giacomo da Balduina, was an Italian Capuchin priest renowned for his ministry of co…
Benildus Romançon
Pierre Romançon, in religion Brother Benildus, was a French religious of the Christian Schools, recognized for his excep…
Benvenuto Bambozzi
Benvenuto Bambozzi (1809-1875) was an Italian Franciscan priest, recognized for his humility, pastoral zeal, and declare…
Bernard Kryszkiewicz
A Polish Passionist priest, Venerable Bernard Kryszkiewicz distinguished himself by his heroic charity during the Second…
Bernard Łubieński
Polish Redemptorist priest (1846-1933), known as the Apostle of Poland, who dedicated his life to popular missions despi…
Bernard Mary of Jesus
Blessed Bernard Mary of Jesus (1831-1911), born Cesare Pietro Silvestrelli, was Superior General and second founder of t…
Blessed Bernard of Corleone
Born Filippo Latini in Sicily, this shoemaker with a violent temperament converted after a life of duels and excess. Bec…
Bernard of Corleone
Filippo Latino, known as Bernard of Corleone (1605-1667), was a Sicilian Capuchin lay brother. A former skilled swordsma…
Bernardino Piccinelli
A priest of the Order of Servites of Mary and auxiliary bishop of Ancona, the Venerable Bernardino Piccinelli distinguis…
Bernardo de Vasconcelos
Bernardo de Vasconcelos (1902-1932) was a Portuguese Benedictine religious, recognized as Venerable for his heroic accep…
Bernardo Felipe Fromental
Jean-Prosper Fromental (Brother Bernardo Felipe) was a French Lasallian religious, founder in Mexico of the congregation…
Bernardo Maria Clausi
An Italian religious of the Order of Minims, Bernardo Maria Clausi (1789-1849) was a sought-after spiritual advisor, clo…
Berthold of Garsten
The first abbot of Garsten in Austria, Saint Berthold (c. 1060-1142) was an exemplary Benedictine reformer, renowned for…
Blessed Bertrand of Garrigues
A faithful disciple of Saint Dominic born in the 12th century, Bertrand of Garrigues was a zealous missionary in Langued…
Blessed Bonaventure Bonaccorsi
A former leader of the Ghibelline faction in Pistoia, Bonaventure Bonaccorsi converted under the influence of Saint Phil…
Bonaventure of Barcelona
Spanish Franciscan religious (1620-1684), founder of the Riformella and spiritual retreat convents (Ritiri) in Italy, be…
Venerable Brother Egidio of Saint Joseph
An 18th-century Franciscan religious, Egidio de Saint-Joseph distinguished himself by his humility and charity in Naples…
Blessed Brother Giles
A citizen of Assisi who became one of the first companions of Saint Francis in 1209, Giles distinguished himself by his …
Carlo Sterpi
An Italian priest and co-founder of the Little Work of Divine Providence alongside Saint Luigi Orione, Carlo Sterpi dist…
Cesare Maria Barzaghi
An Italian Barnabite priest (1863-1941), Cesare Maria Barzaghi dedicated himself to the education of youth and helping t…
Charbel Makhluf
A Lebanese Maronite monk and hermit (1828-1898), Saint Charbel is world-renowned for his life of extreme asceticism, his…
Charles de Foucauld
Charles de Foucauld (1858-1916) was a French soldier who converted and became a hermit and priest in the Algerian Sahara…
Charles of Sezze
Charles of Sezze (1613-1670), lay brother of the Order of Friars Minor Reformed, Italian mystic and spiritual writer, wa…
Claudio Granzotto
An Italian Franciscan friar and sculptor, Claudio Granzotto combined his artistic genius with a deep life of prayer and …
Clemens Fuhl
A priest of the Order of Saint Augustine and Prior General in Rome, Clemens Fuhl was a major figure in the renewal of th…
Clemente Recalcati
An Italian Capuchin priest and missionary in Brazil, Clemente Recalcati (Brother Giampietro) dedicated his life to the e…
Clovis Veuthey
Swiss Conventual Franciscan, theologian, and founder of the Crusade of Charity, declared Venerable in 2021.
Columba Marmion
A Benedictine abbot of Irish origin, Columba Marmion is a great spiritual master of the 20th century, famous for his wri…
Blessed Conrad of Offida
An Italian Franciscan religious of the 13th century, Conrad of Offida distinguished himself by his profound humility, re…
Conrad of Parzham
A Capuchin lay brother, Saint Conrad of Parzham (1818-1894) served for forty-one years as the porter of the Altötting fr…
Crispin of Viterbo
Italian Capuchin friar and questor, famous for his joy, humility, and Marian devotion, canonized in 1982.
Cyprian Iwene Tansi
The first Nigerian blessed, Cyprian Iwene Tansi was a zealous diocesan priest before becoming a Trappist monk in England…
Damião de Bozzano
Pio Giannotti, in religion Friar Damião de Bozzano, is an Italian Capuchin priest who dedicated 66 years of his life to …
Domingo Iturrate
A Spanish Trinitarian priest, Domingo Iturrate (1901-1927) was distinguished by his profound Eucharistic piety, his obed…
Domingo Lázaro Castro
A Spanish Marianist priest, Domingo Lázaro Castro was a dedicated educator, provincial of his order, and founder of the …
Egidio Laurent
A religious Canon Regular of the Lateran, Egidio Laurent (Brother Giles) distinguished himself by his humility, his char…
Egidio Malacarne
An Italian Passionist priest, Egidio Malacarne was postulator general of his congregation for over thirty years, working…
Egidio Marcelli
Egidio Marcelli (1874-1953), in religion Brother Lawrence of the Holy Spirit, was an Italian Passionist religious, a hum…
Blessed Elia of Saint Clement (Teodora Fracasso)
Italian Carmelite nun (1901-1927), beatified in 2006 by Benedict XVI, known for her spirituality of spiritual childhood …
Emanuele Stablum
Emanuele Stablum (1895-1950) was an Italian religious and physician of the Congregation of the Sons of the Immaculate Co…
Enrico Beretta
The Venerable Enrico Beretta (Father Alberto), brother of Saint Gianna Beretta Molla, was an Italian Capuchin priest and…
Enrico Rebuschini
Italian Camillian religious (1860-1938), Enrico Rebuschini dedicated his life to caring for the sick in Cremona while ov…
Eustachius Kugler
A German Hospitaller Brother, Eustachius Kugler distinguished himself through the construction of the Regensburg hospita…
Exupérien Mas
A Brother of the Christian Schools, Exupérien Mas (1829-1905) was a remarkable spiritual mentor and a social activist co…
Felice Prinetti
An Italian army officer who became an Oblate of the Virgin Mary priest, Felice Prinetti (1842-1916) is the founder of th…
Felice Rossini
Felice Rossini (1876-1924), in religion Brother Daniel of Samarate, was an Italian Capuchin missionary. Sent to Brazil, …
Felice Tantardini
Felice Tantardini, nicknamed the "Blacksmith of God," was a PIME coadjutor brother who spent nearly 70 years in Burma, c…
Felix Monasterio Ateca
Felix of the Virgin (1902-1951) was a Spanish Trinitarian priest, teacher, and master of novices, recognized as Venerabl…
Felix of Nicosia
An illiterate Sicilian Capuchin friar, Felix of Nicosia spent more than forty years as a questing friar, radiating humil…
Filippo Rinaldi
Filippo Rinaldi (1856-1931), an Italian Salesian priest and third successor of Don Bosco, greatly expanded the congregat…
Firminius Wickenhauser
A German Franciscan friar and sculptor, Firminius Wickenhauser (1876-1939) was distinguished by his sacred art and his t…
Fra Angelico
A Dominican painter of the Italian Quattrocento, Fra Angelico placed his artistic genius at the service of the Gospel. P…
Francesco Convertini
Francesco Convertini (1898-1976) was an Italian Salesian priest, a devoted missionary in India, recognized as Venerable …
Francesco Marinoni
Francesco Marinoni (1490-1562) was an Italian Venerable Theatine priest. A companion of Saint Cajetan of Thiene, he work…
Saint Francis Borgia
A Grandee of Spain and Duke of Gandia, Francis Borgia left the court of Charles V after being struck by the vanity of ea…
Francis Mary of Camporosso
Francis Mary of Camporosso (1804-1866) was a Capuchin lay brother, a beggar for the convent of Genoa for about forty yea…
Blessed Francis of Posadas
A Dominican religious born in Cordoba in the 17th century, Francisco de Posadas distinguished himself by his early devot…
Francisco de Paula Tarin Arnau
Francisco de Paula Tarín Arnau (1847-1910) was a Spanish Jesuit priest, a tireless missionary in Andalusia, and known as…
Francisco Gárate Aranguren
Francisco Gárate Aranguren (1857-1929) was a Spanish Jesuit brother, a devoted porter at the University of Deusto in Bil…
Francisco Garmendia Mendizábal
Spanish Lasallian religious, dedicated educator and provincial, declared Venerable in 2008.
François-Léon Clergue
François-Léon Clergue (1825-1907), in religion Father Marie-Antoine of Lavaur, was a French Capuchin priest known as the…
Franz Alexander Kern
Austrian Premonstratensian priest (1897-1924), Father Jakob Kern offered his physical sufferings and his life in a spiri…
Frederick of Regensburg
Augustinian lay brother and carpenter in Regensburg during the 13th-14th century, famous for his humility and Eucharisti…
Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows
Italian Passionist religious who died at 23 in 1862, canonized in 1920, venerated as the patron of youth, students, and …
Galileo Nicolini
Galileo Nicolini (1882-1897) was a young Italian Passionist novice who died of tuberculosis at the age of 14 and was dec…
Gerardo Sagarduy de Lasgoitia
Spanish Passionist lay brother, nicknamed the "holy porter" of the monastery of Saints John and Paul in Rome, recognized…
Gerland of Germany
A religious and knight of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem in the 13th century, Gerland dedicated himself to the ser…
Germano Ruopollo
The Venerable Germano Ruopollo (1850-1909), born Vincenzo Ruoppolo, was an Italian Passionist priest. A brilliant mind, …
Gesualdo Melacrino
Gesualdo Melacrino (1725-1803) was an Italian Capuchin friar, nicknamed the "Apostle of Calabria," recognized as Venerab…
Giacinto Bianchi
An Italian priest and founder of the congregation of the Daughters of Mary Missionaries, Giacinto Bianchi dedicated hims…
Giacomo Bulgaro
Giacomo Bulgaro (1879-1967) was an Italian Conventual Franciscan friar, a humble shoemaker and porter at the friary of B…
Gilbert Nicolas
A Franciscan friar of the Observance and co-founder of the Order of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Blessed…
Giles of Laurenzana
Italian Franciscan religious (1443-1518), a simple lay brother known for his contemplative life, his love of nature, and…
Gioacchino Maria Stevan
Italian religious of the Order of Servites of Mary, declared Venerable by John Paul II in 1997.
Giocondo Pio Lorgna
Italian Dominican priest, pastor of the Basilica of Santi Giovanni e Paolo in Venice and founder of the Congregation of …
Giovanni Giuseppe Bonzi
Italian Capuchin priest, theologian, and founder of charitable works such as the 'Sorriso Francescano' and the Little Se…
Giovanni Maoloni
Giovanni Maoloni, in religion Brother Marcellin of Capradosso, is an Italian Capuchin religious recognized as Venerable …
Giovanni Nadiani
A lay brother of the Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament, Giovanni Nadiani distinguished himself by his profound Eucha…
Giovanni Schiavo
An Italian Josephite priest and missionary in Brazil, Blessed Giovanni Schiavo dedicated himself to the education of you…
Giulio Bocci
Italian Capuchin priest, founder of the Work of Vocations and the Franciscan Volunteers for Vocations, declared Venerabl…
Giuseppe Ambrosini
Giuseppe Ambrosini (1889-1913) was a young Italian priest from the Diocese of Vicenza, recognized as Venerable by John P…
Giuseppe Ambrosoli
Blessed Giuseppe Ambrosoli (1923-1987) was an Italian Comboni missionary priest and doctor. Known as the "doctor of char…
John Saziari
John Saziari (c. 1327 - 1371) was an Italian farmer and Franciscan tertiary from Cagli, known for his life of prayer, wo…
Blessed Rainier (Regnier) of Borgo San Sepolcro
Born in Tuscany around 1510, Raynier entered the Capuchins after a brief marriage imposed by his parents. Recognized for…