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1899–1936 · Contemporary · Trinitarian Order

Melchior of the Holy Spirit, born Melchor Rodríguez Villastrigo (Laguna de Negrillos, January 29, 1899 – Cuenca, September 24, 1936), was a Spanish priest of the Order of the Most Holy Trinity.

1880–1936 · Contemporary · Society of St. Teresa of Jesus

Mercè Prat i Prat, STJ (6 March 1880 - 24 July 1936) was a Spanish Catholic nun who was a member of the Societatis Sanctae Teresiae a Iesu. She assumed the religious name of Maria Mercè of the Sacred Heart.

1837–1910 · Contemporary · Salesians of Don Bosco

Michele Rua (English: Michael Rua; 9 June 1837 – 6 April 1910) was an Italian Catholic priest and professed member of the Salesians of Don Bosco.

1960–1991 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor

Michał Tomaszek (September 23, 1960 – August 9, 1991) was a Polish Catholic priest and missionary of the Order of Friars Minor Conventual. Having been killed in hatred of the faith (in odium fidei) in Peru, he is venerated as a martyr and blessed by the Catholic Church.

1888–1975 · Contemporary

Michael Sopoćko (Polish: Michał Sopoćko [ˈmixaw sɔˈpɔt͡ɕkɔ]; 1 November 1888 – 15 February 1975) was a Polish Catholic priest and professor at Vilnius University. He is best known as the spiritual director of Faustina Kowalska. He was beatified by Pope Benedict XVI in 2008.

1944–1996 · Contemporary · Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance

Michel Fleury (17 November 1923 in Paris – 18 January 2002 in Paris) was a French historian, archivist and archaeologist, specialising in the history and archaeology of Paris. He is buried in the cemetery of the church of Saint-Germain de Loisé in Mortagne-au-Perche.

1904–1942 · Contemporary

Mieczysław Bohatkiewicz was a Catholic priest, confessor, preacher, and parochus born in 1904 in Krykaly. A citizen of the Second Polish Republic, he died in 1942 in Hlybokaye. He is recognized as a blessed within the Catholic Church.

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

Michele Masip González (Llardecans, June 8, 1913 – 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.

1907–1936 · Contemporary · Conventual Franciscans

Miguel Remón Salvador, O.F.M.Conv. (Caudé, September 17, 1907 – Samalús, August 3, 1936), was a Spanish religious brother of the Order of Friars Minor Conventual.

1941–1991 · Contemporary

Miguel Tiu Imul (born September 5, 1941, in La Montaña, Quiché Department; died October 31, 1991, in Parraxtut, Quiché Department) was a Guatemalan martyr, a victim of the Guatemalan Civil War, and a blessed of the Catholic Church.

1935–1974 · Contemporary

Mikel Beltoja (April 17, 1935 – February 10, 1974) was an Albanian Catholic priest of the Archdiocese of Shkodër who was murdered in odium fidei under the communist and atheist regime of Enver Hoxha. He is venerated as a blessed and martyr by the Catholic Church.

1901–1936 · Contemporary · Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul

Modesta Moro Briz was a Spanish religious sister of the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul, born in 1901 in Santibáñez de Béjar. She died in 1936 in Madrid as one of the Spanish martyrs of the 20th century. She has been beatified as a blessed.

1880–1936 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Modest García Martí, also known as Modest of Albocácer (Spanish: Modesto García Martí; born January 18, 1880, in Albocácer, Castellón province; died August 30, 1936, near Albocácer), was a Spanish blessed of the Catholic Church, a martyr, priest, Capuchin friar, and victim of the…

1912–1936 · Contemporary · Conventual Franciscans

Modesto Vegas was a Spanish Franciscan friar who was born on February 24, 1912, in La Serna, Spain. During the Spanish Civil War, he was killed in 1936 in Lliçà d'Amunt, along with friars Alfonso Lopez, Dionisio Vicente, Pedro Rivera, Francisco Remón, and Miguel Remón.

1831–1913 · Contemporary · Carmelites

Eliswa Vakayil, religious name Eliswa of the Blessed Virgin Mary, (15 October 1831 – 18 July 1913) was a religious sister from Kerala. She was the founder of the first indigenous Carmelite community for women in India, the Third Order of the Discalced Carmelite Nuns (TOCD), which…

1893–1983 · Contemporary

Maria Josefa Alhama y Valera, religious name Maria Esperanza of Jesus, (30 September 1893 – 8 February 1983) was a Spanish religious sister. She was the founder of both the Handmaids of Merciful Love in 1930 and the Sons of Merciful Love in 1951.

1917–1936 · Contemporary · Congregation of the Mission

Narciso Pascual Pascual, born on August 11, 1917, in Sarreaus (Tioira, Maceda) and died in Guadalajara on December 6, 1936, was a Galician Latin Catholic religious, a martyr of the Spanish Civil War, and was beatified by Pope Francis on October 13, 2013.

1882–1936 · Contemporary

Narciso de Esténaga y Echevarría (Logroño, October 29, 1882 – Miguelturra, August 22, 1936) was a Spanish Catholic bishop. He was one of the thirteen bishops killed in the Republican zone during the Spanish Civil War, a victim of religious persecution.

1866–1936 · Contemporary · Society of Jesus

Narcisse Basté Basté (1866–1936) was a Spanish Jesuit who was assassinated during the Spanish Civil War in Valencia, Spain, on October 15, 1936.

1906–1945 · Contemporary

Natalia Tułasiewicz (9 April 1906 – 31 March 1945) was a Polish teacher in Poznań, Second Polish Republic, and a leader in the Catholic lay apostolate. A member of the Polish Underground State, she was murdered in a gas chamber at the Ravensbrück concentration camp.

1889–1943 · Contemporary

Nazaria Ignacia March Mesa (10 January 1889 – 6 July 1943) – in religious Nazaria of Saint Teresa of Jesus – was a Spanish Roman Catholic professed religious and the founder of the Missionaries of the Crusade.

1887–1958 · Contemporary

Dom Ndoc Suma (born July 31, 1887, in Nënshat, Zadrima; died April 22, 1958) was a Roman Catholic priest who died for his faith in communist Albania. He is one of the Thirty-eight Martyrs of Albania.

1890–1936 · Contemporary · Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Nicasio Sierra Ucar, C.M.F. (Cascante, October 11, 1890 – Barbastro, August 12, 1936), was a Spanish priest of Basque origin who was martyred in Barbastro during the Spanish Civil War and is venerated as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1863–1936 · Contemporary

Niceta Plaja Xitra de San Prudencia (born October 31, 1863, in Torrent; died November 24, 1936, in Paterna) was a Spanish nun of the Carmelite Sisters of Charity, a martyr, and a blessed of the Catholic Church.

1895–1944 · Contemporary

Nicholas Bunkerd Kitbamrung (Thai: นิโคลาส บุญเกิด กฤษบำรุง; RTGS: Bunkoet Kritbamrung; 31 January 1895 – 12 January 1944) was a Thai Catholic priest.

1884–1959 · Contemporary · Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer

Nicholas Charnetsky, Mykolai Charnetskyi or Mykolay Charnetsky (Ukrainian: Миколай Чарнецький; December 14, 1884 – April 2, 1959) also known as Nicholas of Volyn ((Ukrainian: Миколай Волинський) was a member of the Redemptorists (Congregation of the Holy Redeemer), a religious co…

1882–1958 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Nicola da Gesturi (4 August 1882 – 8 June 1958), born Giovanni Angelo Salvatore Medda, was an Italian Roman Catholic and a professed member of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin. Throughout his life he encouraged and led charitable works in Sardinia.

1893–1936 · Contemporary · Passionists

Vicente Díez Tejerina (Herreruela de Castillería, February 17, 1893 – Manzanares, July 23, 1936), better known by his religious name Nicéforo de Jesús y María, was a Catholic Passionist priest who was executed by firing squad in 1936 during the religious persecution that broke ou…

1877–1949 · Contemporary

Nykyta Budka (Ukrainian: Никита Будка aka Nikita, Mykyta, or Nicetas Budka; June 7, 1877 in Dobromirka, Austria-Hungary – October 1, 1949 in Karaganda, USSR) was a Austro-Hungarian-born priest of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church who lived and worked in Austria-Hungary, Canada,…

1894–1936 · Contemporary

Octavia Iglesias Blanco was a Spanish nurse born in 1894 in Astorga. She died in 1936 in Puerto de Somiedo as one of the Spanish martyrs of the 20th century and is buried in Astorga Cathedral. She has been beatified as a blessed.

1907–1944 · Contemporary

Odoardo Focherini (sometimes referred to as Edward Focherini; 6 June 1907 – 27 December 1944) was an Italian Roman Catholic journalist. He issued false documents to Jews during World War II in order for them to escape the Nazi regime but was arrested and sent to a concentration c…

1913–1936 · Contemporary

Olga Pérez-Monteserín Núñez was born in Paris in 1913 to parents Demetrio Monteserín and Carmen Núñez Goy. A Spanish citizen and nurse, she died in 1936 at Puerto de Somiedo as one of the Spanish martyrs of the 20th century.

1903–1952 · Contemporary

Olympia (Olga) Bida (1903–1952) was a Ukrainian Catholic nun of the Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Immaculate Virgin Mary who died in the Kharsk detention camp near Tomsk, Siberia. She is one of the 25 Ukrainian martyrs beatified by Pope John Paul II in Lviv on June 27, 2001.

1882–1940 · Contemporary

Otto Neururer (25 March 1882 – 30 May 1940) was an Austrian Roman Catholic priest and was the first priest to die in a Nazi concentration camp.

1876–1936 · Contemporary

Pablo Meléndez Gonzalo (1876–1936) was a Spanish lawyer, politician, and journalist who served as a Valencia city councilor and a deputy of Valencia province. Born in Valencia and dying in Castellar-Oliveral from a gunshot wound, he is recognized as a blessed.

1872–1952 · Contemporary

Paolo Manna (16 January 1872 – 15 September 1952) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a member from the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions as well as the founder of the Pontifical Missionary Union.

1917–1936 · Contemporary

Pascual Aláez Medina, OMI (born May 11, 1917, in Villaverde de Arcayos; died July 24, 1936, in Pozuelo, Madrid), was a Spanish Oblate of the Immaculate Mary. He took his first vows on August 16, 1935.

1894–1936 · Contemporary

Paschalis Penadés Jornet (born January 3, 1894; died September 15, 1936) was a Spanish blessed of the Catholic Church. He began his studies at the seminary in Valencia and was ordained a priest in 1921. He was murdered during the Spanish Civil War.

1885–1936 · Contemporary

Pascual Torres Lloret was a Spanish citizen born in 1885. He died in 1936 and is recognized as a blessed.

1863–1936 · Contemporary

Paula Isla Alonso de Santa Anastasia was born in 1863 and died in 1936. A citizen of Spain, she is recognized as blessed.

1919–1952 · Contemporary

Pavel Djidjov (19 July 1919 – 3 October 1952) was a Bulgarian theologian who was executed after a show trial and beatified by Pope John Paul II in 2002. He is commemorated on November 11. Pavel Djidjov was born to a Latin rite Catholic family in Plovdiv.

1888–1960 · Contemporary · Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat

Pavel Peter Gojdič (also known as Pavol Gojdič or Peter Gojdič; 17 July 1888 — 17 July 1960), was a Rusyn Basilian monk and the eparch of the Slovak Greek Catholic Eparchy of Prešov.

1890–1936 · Contemporary

Pedro Asúa Mendía (30 August 1890 – 29 August 1936) was a Spanish Roman Catholic priest and engineer. He studied under the Jesuits and he trained also as an architect. He graduated in that field in 1915.

1903–1936 · Contemporary · Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Pedro Cunill Padrós, C.M.F. (Vic, March 17, 1903 – Barbastro, August 12, 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.

1886–1936 · Contemporary

Pedro Gambín was a Spanish diocesan priest and archpriest born in Cartagena in 1886. He died in 1936 at La Cadena Pass from a gunshot wound. He is recognized as a blessed within Catholicism.

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

Pedro García Bernal, C.M.F. (Santa Cruz de la Salceda, April 27, 1911 – 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.

1887–1936 · Contemporary · Society of Jesus

Pedro Gelabert Amer (born March 29, 1887, in Manacor; died August 23, 1936, in Tabernes de Valldigna) was a Jesuit lay brother, a martyr of the Spanish Civil War, and a victim of anti-Catholic persecution, beatified by the Catholic Church.

1901–1936 · Contemporary

Pedro Martret Moles was a Catholic priest born in Alt Urgell, Spain, in 1901. He died in 1936 and is recognized as a blessed within the Catholic Church.

1899–1948 · Contemporary

Pedro María Ramírez Ramos (23 October 1899 – 10 April 1948) was a Colombian Roman Catholic priest killed during the outbreak of the Colombian civil war known as La Violencia. He served as the pastor of Armero, where he was stationed until his murder in 1948.

1872–1936 · Contemporary

Pedro Ruiz de Valdivia Pérez was a Spanish Catholic priest born in 1872 in Huétor Vega. He died in 1936 in Alhama de Granada and has been beatified as a blessed.