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1875–1936 · Contemporary · Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Leonzio Pérez Ramos, C.M.F. (Muro de Aguas, September 12, 1875 – Barbastro, August 2, 1936), was a Spanish priest who was martyred in Barbastro during the Spanish Civil War and is venerated as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1940–2006 · Contemporary

Leonella Sgorbati, born Rosa Maria Sgorbati, (9 December 1940 – 17 September 2006) was an Italian religious sister of the Consolata Missionaries who served in the missions in both Kenya and in Somalia.

1879–1935 · Contemporary

Leonid Ivanovich Feodorov (Russian: Леонид Иванович Фёдоров; 4 November 1879 – 7 March 1935) was a Studite hieromonk from the Russian Greek Catholic Church, the first Exarch of the Russian Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Russia, and a survivor of the Gulag at Solovki prison camp.…

1864–1956 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Leopold of Alpandeire (Spanish: Leopoldo de Alpandeire; 24 June 1864 – 9 February 1956) – born Francisco Tomás de San Juan Bautista Márquez y Sánchez – was a Spanish Capuchin friar.

1911–1952 · Contemporary

Lavrentia (Levkadia) Herasymiv (alternatively transliterated Harasymiv, in Ukrainian: Лаврентія Левкадія Іллівна Гарасимів) was an ethnic Ukrainian Soviet Greek Catholic nun and martyr. Lavrentia Herasymiv, born Levkadia, on September 30, 1911 in Rudnyky, Lviv Region.

1901–1941 · Contemporary

Elisa Angela Meneguzzi (12 September 1901 - 2 December 1941) was an Italian Roman Catholic professed religious and a member of the Sisters of Saint Francis de Sales. She assumed the religious name of "Liduina" upon making her solemn profession into the order.

1953–1993 · Contemporary · Congregation of the Mission

Lindalva Justo de Oliveira, DC (20 October 1953 - 9 April 1993) was a Brazilian Catholic member of the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul.

1880–1936 · Contemporary

Blessed Lluís Janer Riba (March 4, 1880, Pontils – July 23, 1936, Tarragona) was a Spanish Roman Catholic priest and martyr, murdered by Republicans during the Spanish Civil War. He was beatified on October 13, 2013, in Tarragona as part of a group of 522 Spanish martyrs.

1911–1936 · Contemporary · Benedictines

Lorenzo Ibáñez Caballero was a Spanish Catholic deacon and a member of the Benedictine order. Born in 1911, he died in Barbastro in 1936. He is recognized as a blessed.

1872–1936 · Contemporary · Benedictines

Lorenzo Santolaria Ester was a Spanish Catholic priest and a member of the Benedictine order. Born in 1872 and deceased in 1936, he is recognized as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1874–1936 · Contemporary · Benedictines

Lorenzo Sobrevia Cañardo was a Spanish Catholic priest and Benedictine born in Huesca in 1874. He died in Barbastro in 1936 from a gunshot wound and is recognized as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1817–1908 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor

Louis Brisson, OSFS (23 June 1817 – 2 February 1908) was a French Roman Catholic priest and the founder of both the Oblate Sisters of St. Francis de Sales and the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales.

1923–1961 · Contemporary

Louis Leroy was a French 19th-century printmaker, painter, and playwright. He is remembered as the journalist and art critic for the French satirical newspaper Le Charivari, who coined the term "impressionists" to satirise the artists now known by the word.

1917–1940 · Contemporary · Lovers of the Holy Cross

Lucia Khambang (1917 – 1940) also referred to as Lucy Khambang, was a Thai Roman Catholic nun and martyr, who was beatified by Pope John Paul II on Mission Sunday, October 22, 1989, during a world tour, along with six other martyrs who with her refused to renounce their faith.

1908–1947 · Contemporary · Franciscans

Lucien Botovasoa, TOFS (1908 – 14 April 1947) was a Malagasy Catholic schoolteacher and a member of the Secular Franciscan Order. Botovasoa served as a teacher for his entire life and was dedicated to both the religious and secular education of children.

1919–1945 · Contemporary

Lucien Croci was a militant of the Young Christian Workers (JOC). He was born on November 15, 1919, in Aubervilliers and died on March 17 or 27, 1945, in the Ravensbrück concentration camp.

1880–1951 · Contemporary · Secular Franciscan Order

Luigi Beltrame Quattrocchi (12 January 1880 – 9 November 1951) and Maria Corsini-Beltrame Quattrocchi (24 June 1884 – 26 August 1965) were two married Italian Catholic laypeople who became the first couple to be beatified together in 2001.

1922–1977 · Contemporary

Luigi Bordino (12 August 1922 - 25 August 1977), born Andrea Bordino, was a Catholic Religious Brother and a member of the Brothers of Saint Joseph Benedict Cottolengo. He assumed the name of "Luigi of the Consolata" after he entered that order.

1825–1900 · Contemporary

Luigi Maria Monti, CFIC (24 July 1825 – 1 October 1900) was an Italian Catholic religious brother and the founder of the Sons of the Immaculate Conception. He was referred to as "Father" despite not being an ordained priest.

1914–1984 · Contemporary

Luigi Novarese (29 July 1914 - 20 July 1984) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and the co-founder (alongside Sr. Elvira Myriam Psorulla) of the Apostolate of the Suffering as well as the Silent Workers of the Cross.

1841–1923 · Contemporary · Clerics Regular of the Ministers of the Sick

Luigi Tezza (1 November 1841 - 26 September 1923) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Camillians. He established the Daughters of St. Camillus and is known as the Apostle of Lima.

1896–1947 · Contemporary

Luigj Prendushi was born in 1896 in Shkodër. He died in 1947 and is recognized as a blessed.

1905–1936 · Contemporary

Luis Campos Górriz (born June 30, 1905, died November 28, 1936, in Picadero de Paterna) was a Spanish layman, a martyr of the Spanish Civil War, and a victim of anti-Catholic persecution, beatified by the Catholic Church.

1891–1937 · Contemporary · Trinitarian Order

Louis of St. Michael of the Saints, born Luis Erdoiza y Zamalloa (Amorebieta-Etxano, August 25, 1891 – Cuenca, September 24, 1936), was a Spanish priest of the Order of the Most Holy Trinity.

1912–1936 · Contemporary · Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Luigi Escalé Binefa (Fondarella, September 18, 1912 – Barbastro, August 15, 1936) was a Spanish religious, martyred in Barbastro during the Spanish Civil War and venerated as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1912–1936 · Contemporary · Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Luigi Lladó Teixidor (Viladasens, May 12, 1912 – Barbastro, August 15, 1936) was a Spanish religious, martyred in Barbastro during the Spanish Civil War and venerated as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1902–1928 · Contemporary

Blessed Luis Magaña Servín (born in Arandas, Jalisco, August 24, 1902 – died in Arandas, Jalisco, February 9, 1928) was the eldest son of Raimundo Magaña Zúñiga and María Concepción Servín, and brother to Delfino and José Soledad.

1912–1936 · Contemporary · Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Luis Masferrer Vila, C.M.F. (Torelló, July 9, 1912 – Barbastro, August 15, 1936), was a Spanish religious who was martyred in Barbastro during the Spanish Civil War and is venerated as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1950–1981 · Contemporary

Luis Navarro, TOFS (21 June 1950 – 1 July 1981) was a Guatemalan Catholic missionary dedicated to catechesis and evangelization among the local people in Guatemala. He was member of the Secular Franciscan Order.

1882–1936 · Contemporary · Dominican Order

Luis Urbano Lanaspa (Zaragoza, June 3, 1882 – Valencia, August 21, 1936) was a Spanish Catholic priest, Dominican friar, philosopher, theologian, and physicist. He was a member of the Royal Spanish Society of Physics and Chemistry and the Royal Spanish Mathematical Society.

1870–1936 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Ambrose of Benaguacil, born Luis Valls Matamales (May 3, 1870, in Benaguacil – August 26, 1936, in Vinalesa, Archdiocese of Valencia), was a Spanish Catholic blessed, martyr, priest, Capuchin friar, and preacher who was a victim of anti-Catholic persecution during the Spanish Civ…

1901–1936 · Contemporary · Benedictines

Luis Vidaurrázaga González was a Spanish Catholic priest and Benedictine monk born in Bilbao in 1901. He died in Madrid in 1936 and is buried in the Church of Nuestra Señora de Montserrat. He is recognized as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1896–1936 · Contemporary

Luisa María Frías Cañizares (Valencia, June 20, 1896 – Paterna, December 6, 1936) was a researcher and professor at the University of Valencia who was tortured and executed during the first months of the Spanish Civil War.

1870–1931 · Contemporary

László, 7th Prince Batthyany-Strattmann (German: Ladislaus Batthyány-Strattmann; 28 October 1870 – 22 January 1931) was a Hungarian aristocrat and physician. Until 1914, he was known as László Batthyány.

1902–1936 · Contemporary

Lúcio Martínez Mancebo was a Spanish priest born in 1902. He died in 1936 from a gunshot wound and is recognized as a blessed.

1847–1908 · Contemporary

Maddalena Caterina Morano (15 November 1847 - 26 March 1908) was an Italian Roman Catholic professed religious who was a member of the Salesian Sisters.

1908–1942 · Contemporary

Maksymilian Binkiewicz was born in 1908 in Żarnowiec and served as a presbyter, cleric, and teacher in the Second Polish Republic. He died in 1942 at the Dachau concentration camp and is buried at Służew Cemetery. He is recognized as a blessed.

1867–1936 · Contemporary

Manuel Albert Ginés was a Latin Catholic priest born in Calanda, Spain, in 1867. He died in his birthplace in 1936 and is buried at the Templo del Pilar in Calanda. He is recognized as a blessed within the Catholic Church.

1869–1936 · Contemporary

Manuel Basulto Jiménez (May 17, 1869, in Adanero – August 12, 1936, in El Pozo del Tío Raimundo) was a Spanish bishop who was killed by the Republican faction during the Spanish Civil War, amidst religious persecutions, along with five other companions.

1913–1936 · Contemporary · Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Manuel Buil Lalueza, C.M.F. (Abizanda, August 31, 1913 – Barbastro, August 13, 1936), was a Spanish religious who was martyred in Barbastro during the Spanish Civil War and is venerated as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1880–1936 · Contemporary

Manuel González-Serna Rodríguez was a Spanish Catholic priest born in Seville in 1880. He died in 1936 at the Iglesia de Santa María de la Encarnación from a gunshot wound. He is recognized as a blessed.

1913–1936 · Contemporary

Manuel Gutiérrez Martín, OMI (born January 1, 1913, in Fresno del Río; died July 24, 1936, in Pozuelo, Madrid), was a Spanish Oblate of the Immaculate Mary. He was a theology student at the Oblate house of studies in Pozuelo, Madrid, and had already received the subdiaconate.

1877–1924 · Contemporary

Manuel Gómez González (May 29, 1877 – May 21, 1924) was a Spanish missionary priest and a Catholic martyr who lived in Brazil. Son of farmers, González was ordained priest on May 24, 1902 in Tui, Galicia, Spain.

1875–1936 · Contemporary

Manuel Legua Marti was born in Alaquàs, Spain, in 1875. A member of the Catholic Church, he died in 1936. He has been recognized as a blessed.

1892–1936 · Contemporary

Emanuel Martin Sierra (born October 2, 1892, in Churriana de la Vega, Province of Granada; died July 26, 1936, in Motril) was a Spanish Catholic priest, ascetic, martyr, and blessed of the Catholic Church. After earning his baccalaureate, he entered the diocesan seminary.

1912–1936 · Contemporary · Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Emanuele Martínez Jarauta, C.M.F. (Murchante, December 22, 1912 – Barbastro, August 15, 1936), was a Spanish religious who was martyred in Barbastro during the Spanish Civil War and is venerated as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1869–1936 · Contemporary

Manuel Medina Olmos (August 9, 1869, in Lanteira, Granada – August 30, 1936, in Vícar, Almería) was a Spanish priest and Bishop of Guadix-Baza who was assassinated during the Spanish Civil War. Considered a martyr by the Catholic Church, he was beatified in 1993.

1887–1936 · Contemporary · Order of Saint Jerome

Manuel Sanz Domínguez (Sotodosos, December 31, 1887 – Paracuellos de Jarama, November 6, 1936) was a Spanish priest who restored the male branch of the Order of Saint Jerome, a martyr of the Spanish Civil War, and is recognized as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1912–1934 · Contemporary

Manuel Seco Gutiérrez (October 4, 1912, Celada Marlantes – October 9, 1934 Turón) known as San Aniceto Adolfo, was one of the Martyrs of Turón, De La Salle Brothers murdered in 1934 during the religious persecution of the Revolution of Asturias in Spain.

1881–1936 · Contemporary · Piarists

Manuel Segura López, also known as Manuel of the Virgin of the Pillar, Sch. P. (Almonacid de la Sierra, January 22, 1881 – Gabasa, July 28, 1936), was a Spanish Piarist priest of the Peralta de la Sal community.