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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64 Martyrs of Vietnam (Tonkin)
Group of 64 martyrs (54 Vietnamese and 10 European missionaries) beatified in 1900 by Pope Leo XIII, who witnessed to th…
Adolph Kolping
German priest (1813-1865), founder of the Kolping Society for the support and training of young workers.
Alonso de Orozco
A Spanish Augustinian religious of the Golden Age, royal court preacher and spiritual writer, Alonso de Orozco led a lif…
Andrea Carlo Ferrari
Cardinal-Archbishop of Milan, Blessed Andrea Carlo Ferrari distinguished himself by his pastoral zeal, his social commit…
Andrey Sheptytsky
Greek Catholic Metropolitan of Lviv, Andrey Sheptytsky led his Church through the turmoil of the two World Wars, disting…
Ángela de la Cruz
A Spanish religious sister born in Seville in 1846, Ángela de la Cruz (María de los Ángeles Guerrero González) founded t…
Antonín Cyril Stojan
Archbishop of Olomouc and committed politician, Antonín Cyril Stojan distinguished himself through his active charity to…
António José de Sousa Barroso
A Portuguese missionary bishop in Africa and India, then Bishop of Porto, he distinguished himself by his charity toward…
Antonio Maria Gianelli
A Genoese priest who became Bishop of Bobbio, Antonio Maria Gianelli (1789-1846) founded the congregation of the Daughte…
Antonio Rosmini
An Italian priest, philosopher, and theologian, Antonio Rosmini (1797-1855) was the founder of the Institute of Charity …
August Czartoryski
A Polish prince born in Paris, August Czartoryski renounced his noble titles and fortune to join the Salesians of Don Bo…
Bartolo Longo
A former satanic priest who converted, Bartolo Longo (1841-1926) became the apostle of the Rosary, founding the Shrine o…
Bernardo Mattio
An Italian diocesan priest and archpriest of Dronero for over forty years, Bernardo Mattio distinguished himself through…
Bianca Piccolomini Clementini
Foundress of the Company of Saint Angela Merici of Siena, Bianca Piccolomini Clementini dedicated her life to the educat…
Camila Rolón
Argentine religious sister and foundress of the Poor Sisters of Saint Joseph, dedicated to the poor and the sick.
Cayetana Alberta Giménez Adrover
Cayetana Alberta Giménez Adrover (1837-1922), known as Mother Alberta, was a Spanish religious sister, foundress of the …
Charles of Sezze
Charles of Sezze (1613-1670), lay brother of the Order of Friars Minor Reformed, Italian mystic and spiritual writer, wa…
Ciriaco María Sancha y Hervás
Cardinal-Archbishop of Toledo and founder of the congregation of the Sisters of Charity of Cardinal Sancha, he was disti…
Clare of Montefalco
Augustinian nun of Montefalco (1268-1308), abbess and mystic of the Passion of Christ; canonized by Leo XIII in 1881. Fe…
Diego José of Cádiz
Spanish Capuchin priest and famous popular preacher, defender of the faith against the ideas of the Enlightenment.
Dolores Márquez Romero
Dolores Márquez Romero (1817-1904) was a Spanish religious sister, foundress of the Congregation of the Philippian Siste…
Elena Guerra
Elena Guerra (1835-1914) was an Italian religious sister from Lucca, founder of the Oblates of the Holy Spirit and a maj…
Elias Peter Hoayek
Maronite Patriarch and key figure in the founding of Greater Lebanon, Elias Peter Hoayek is recognized for his heroic ch…
Emmanuel Domingo y Sol
Spanish priest (1836-1909), founder of the Brotherhood of Diocesan Worker Priests of the Heart of Jesus and the Pontific…
English Martyrs of 1886 (54)
Group of 54 Catholics (bishops, priests, religious, and laypeople) executed in England and Wales between 1535 and 1679 f…
Felice Canelli
Felice Canelli (1880-1977) was an Italian diocesan priest from San Severo, a Salesian cooperator, and a pioneer of socia…
Filomena Ferrer Galcerán
A religious of the Order of Minims, Filomena Ferrer Galcerán (1841-1868) is known for her life of asceticism, her mystic…
Flavian Michael Melki
Syriac Catholic bishop and martyr of the 1915 genocide, beatified in 2015.
Francisco de Asís Méndez Casariego
Spanish priest (1850-1924), co-founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Most Holy Trinity of Madrid and founder…
Frédéric Ozanam
Frédéric Ozanam (1813-1853) was a French layperson, founder of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul and a precursor of t…
Gaetano Errico
Gaetano Errico (1791-1860), a Neapolitan priest and founder of the congregation of the Missionaries of the Sacred Hearts…
Germano Ruopollo
The Venerable Germano Ruopollo (1850-1909), born Vincenzo Ruoppolo, was an Italian Passionist priest. A brilliant mind, …
Giles of Laurenzana
Italian Franciscan religious (1443-1518), a simple lay brother known for his contemplative life, his love of nature, and…
Giovanni Ancina
A Piedmontese physician who became a priest of the Oratory under the influence of Saint Philip Neri, and later Bishop of…
Giovanni Battista Arista
Giovanni Battista Arista (1863-1920) was an Italian Oratorian priest who became Bishop of Acireale, recognized for his p…
Giuseppe Atonna
An Italian Franciscan religious (1843-1917), Father Berardo of the Heart of Jesus was a zealous preacher, a sought-after…
Giuseppe Benedetto Dusmet
A Benedictine cardinal and Archbishop of Catania, Blessed Giuseppe Benedetto Dusmet (1818-1894) is famous for his heroic…
Giuseppe Dal Vago
Italian Franciscan priest (1822-1895), Minister General of the Order of Friars Minor, he was a great restorer of the Ord…
Giuseppe Marchetti
An Italian Scalabrinian priest and missionary in Brazil, Giuseppe Marchetti dedicated himself to emigrants and orphans, …
Guglielmo Massaia
Guglielmo Massaia (1809-1889) was an Italian Capuchin cardinal, famous for his thirty-five years of evangelizing and hum…
Guido Maria Conforti
Bishop of Parma and founder of the Xaverian Missionaries (1895), Guido Maria Conforti dedicated his life to evangelizati…
Hildegard Burjan
An Austrian politician of Jewish origin who converted to Catholicism, Hildegard Burjan founded the Caritas Socialis to s…
Hroznata
A Bohemian nobleman who became a Premonstratensian lay brother, Blessed Hroznata (1217) founded Teplá Abbey and died a m…
Humilis of Bisignano
A lay Franciscan friar and Calabrian mystic, Saint Humilis of Bisignano (1582-1637) was renowned for his ecstasies, infu…
Hyacinthe-Marie Cormier
French Dominican priest, 76th Master General of the Order of Preachers, he reorganized the College of Saint Thomas in Ro…
Idesbald of the Dunes
A 12th-century Flemish Cistercian abbot, Idesbald of the Dunes led his abbey with wisdom and piety. His cult was confirm…
Isabel Larrañaga Ramirez
Isabel Larrañaga Ramirez (1836-1899) was a religious sister of Philippine and Spanish origin, foundress of the Congregat…
Jacinto Vera
The first bishop of Montevideo, Jacinto Vera (1813-1881) was a tireless pastor, known as the Gaucho Bishop, beatified in…
Jean-Baptiste Berthier
Jean-Baptiste Berthier (1840-1908) was a French La Salette missionary priest and founder of the Congregation of the Miss…
Jean-Gabriel Perboyre
Jean-Gabriel Perboyre (1802-1840), a French Lazarist priest, was a missionary in China where he died a martyr, strangled…
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…
Johann Baptist Jordan
Johann Baptist Jordan (1848-1918), in religion Francis Mary of the Cross, was a German priest and founder of the Society…
Johann Nepomuk von Tschiderer
Johann Nepomuk von Tschiderer (1777-1860) was an exemplary Bishop of Trent, renowned for his boundless charity towards t…
John Henry Newman
English theologian converted to Catholicism, figure of the Oxford Movement, founder of the Birmingham Oratory and cardin…
José Gras Granollers
A Spanish priest and founder of the Institute of the Daughters of Christ the King, José Gras Granollers dedicated his li…
José Pio Gurruchaga Castuariense
A Spanish priest and founder of the Parochial Auxiliaries of Christ the Priest, José Pio Gurruchaga Castuariense disting…
Josefa María de Santa Inés
Josefa María de Santa Inés (1625-1696), known as Inés de Benigánim, was a Spanish Discalced Augustinian nun known for he…
Josep Torras i Bages
Bishop of Vic and a leading figure of the Catalan Renaixença, Josep Torras i Bages (1846-1916) is known for his defense …
Joseph Amand Passerat
A French Redemptorist priest, successor to Saint Clement Mary Hofbauer as Vicar General of the transalpine communities, …
Juan Nepomuceno Zegrí Moreno
Juan Nepomuceno Zegrí Moreno (1831-1905) was a Spanish priest, founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of …
Katharine Drexel
A Philadelphia heiress who became a religious sister, Katharine Drexel (1858-1955) founded the Sisters of the Blessed Sa…
Leo Dehon
Leo Dehon (1843-1925) was a French priest, founder of the Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Deho…
Louis-Zéphirin Moreau
Louis-Zéphirin Moreau (1824-1901) was Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe in Quebec, founder of the Sisters of Saint Joseph and th…
Louise-Thérèse de Montaignac de Chauvance
Foundress of the Oblates of the Heart of Jesus, Louise-Thérèse de Montaignac de Chauvance (1820-1885) dedicated her life…
Luigi Savaré
Italian priest (1878-1949) dedicated to the education of youth and social works in Lodi, declared Venerable by Pope Fran…
Mamerto Esquiú
A Franciscan friar and Bishop of Córdoba, Mamerto Esquiú is a major figure of 19th-century Argentina, famous for his rol…
Marcelo Spínola y Maestre
Marcelo Spínola y Maestre (1835-1906), Cardinal-Archbishop of Seville known as the "advocate of the poor" and the "beggi…
Marco Criado
A Spanish Trinitarian and missionary in the Alpujarras, Blessed Marco Criado died a martyr in 1569, stoned and tortured …
Maria Angela Astorch
A Spanish Capuchin Poor Clare nun and great mystic, Maria Angela Astorch (1592-1665) is known as the "mystic of the brev…
Maria Laura Baraggia
Maria Laura Baraggia (1851-1923) was an Italian religious sister, foundress of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Fa…
Maria Lucrezia Zileri dal Verme
Maria Lucrezia Zileri dal Verme (1839-1923) was an Italian religious sister, reformer, and superior of the Missionary Ur…
Maria Maddalena Martinengo
Italian Capuchin Poor Clare religious, mystic, and abbess, known for her humility and spiritual writings.
Maria Merkert
Maria Luisa Merkert (1817-1872) was a Polish religious sister, co-founder and first Superior General of the Congregation…
Maria Schininà
Maria Schininà, from the Sicilian nobility, abandoned her worldly life to dedicate herself to the poor and found the con…
Maria Teresa Lega
Maria Teresa Lega (1812-1890) was an Italian religious sister, founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Fa…
Marie-Anne Blondin
Foundress of the Congregation of the Sisters of Saint Anne in Quebec, Esther Blondin (Mother Marie-Anne) dedicated herse…
Martyrs of England 1895 (9)
Group of nine Catholics (abbots, monks, laypeople) executed in England between 1539 and 1572 for refusing to recognize t…
Martyrs of Indonesia (2)
Denis of the Nativity and Redemptus of the Cross are two Discalced Carmelites martyred in 1638 in Sumatra, recognized as…
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 of the Divine Heart (Droste)
A religious of the Congregation of the Good Shepherd, she inspired Pope Leo XIII to consecrate the human race to the Sac…
Mary Potter
Mary Potter (1847-1913) was the foundress of the congregation of the Sisters of the Little Company of Mary, dedicated to…
Nikola Tavelić and 3 companions (4)
Nikola Tavelić and his three Franciscan companions were martyred in Jerusalem on November 14, 1391, for preaching the Ch…
Nunzio Sulprizio
Nunzio Sulprizio (1817-1836) was a young Italian layperson, an orphan who suffered abuse, who offered his sufferings fro…
Paolo Pio Perazzo
Paolo Pio Perazzo (1846-1911), nicknamed the "saintly railwayman," was an Italian layperson, Franciscan tertiary, and pi…
Paula de Jesús Gil Cano
Foundress of the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Conception, she dedicated her life to orphans and the sick in Spai…
Pietro Bonilli
Italian priest and founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Spoleto, dedicated to the poor and o…
Pietro Uccelli
Pietro Uccelli (1874-1954) was an Italian Xaverian priest and missionary. After serving in China, he heroically dedicate…
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…
Rafael Manuel Almansa Riaño
A Franciscan religious and later a Colombian diocesan priest, Father Almansa left his mark on Bogota through his absolut…
Ramón Ibarra y González
Bishop Ramón Ibarra y González (1853-1917) was the first archbishop of Puebla in Mexico and a major spiritual and eccles…
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 Maria Benedetta Gattorno
Rosa Maria Benedetta Gattorno (1831-1900) was an Italian widow, foundress of the Daughters of Saint Anne, dedicated to a…
Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order (7)
Seven Florentine merchants who, around 1233, abandoned the world to found the Order of the Servites of Mary, dedicated t…
Stefano Bellesini
An Italian Augustinian priest (1774-1840), a great educator of poor youth in Trento and a devoted parish priest in Genaz…
Thaddeus McCarthy
An Irish bishop from a royal dynasty, Thaddeus McCarthy (1455-1492) spent his life peacefully defending his episcopal ri…
Theophilus of Corte
Corsican Friar Minor of the Observance (1676-1740), itinerant preacher and promoter of the Franciscan "ritiri", beatifie…
Thomas of Tolentino
A Franciscan missionary and martyr in India, Thomas of Tolentino was a defender of evangelical poverty.
Tommaso Reggio
Archbishop of Genoa and founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Martha, Blessed Tommaso Reggio was distinguish…
Urban II
Pope from 1088 to 1099, Eudes de Lagery, under the name Urban II, was the promoter of the Gregorian Reform and the initi…
Vendelin Vošnjak
Slovenian Franciscan priest (1861-1933), founder and first provincial of the Croatian Franciscan Province of Saints Cyri…