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1874–1936 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Pacifico Salcedo Puchades, OFM Cap., also known as Pacifico of Valencia (Spanish: Pacífico de Valencia, Pacífico (Pedro) Salcedo Puchades; born February 24, 1874, in Castellar, Valencia; died October 12, 1936, in the same place) was a Spanish blessed of the Catholic Church, a mar…

1905–1950 · Contemporary

Pere Tarrés i Claret (30 May 1905 – 31 August 1950) was a Catholic doctor from Barcelona, who became a priest. Claret served as a doctor during the Spanish Civil War, and administered to the poor and to those who suffered from tuberculosis; he also co-established a clinic for tho…

1917–1953 · Contemporary

Petro Pavlo Oros (Ukrainian: Петро Павло Орос, Hungarian: Orosz Péter Pál; 14 July 1917 – 27 August 1953) was a Greek Catholic Eparchy of Mukachevo hierarch after the Church was suppressed by the communist regime.

1890–1957 · Contemporary

Petro Verhun (In Ukrainian: Петро Вергун) was a Ukrainian Greek Catholic priest and martyr. He belonged to the Ukrainian Catholic Church, a Uniate Church that maintains the Byzantine Rite while being in unity with the Roman Catholic Church, and is venerated as a Blessed in the Ro…

1907–1940 · Contemporary

The Martyrs of Songkhon (Thai: มรณสักขีแห่งสองคอน) (also called Seven Blessed Martyrs of Songkhon) are seven Christian Thais executed in the village Songkhon in Pong Kham subdistrict, Wan Yai District, Mukdahan Province, northeastern Thailand, in December 1940 by local police for…

1856–1931 · Contemporary · Salesians of Don Bosco

Filippo Rinaldi (28 May 1856 – 5 December 1931) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Salesians of Don Bosco; he served as the third Rector Major for the order from 1922 until his death in 1931.

1931–1957 · Contemporary

Pierina Morosini (7 January 1931 – 6 April 1957) was an Italian Roman Catholic from Bergamo. She was killed after a man tried to rape her. Morosini served as a member of the Catholic Action movement. Her beatification was held on 4 October 1987 in Saint Peter's Basilica.

1904–1945 · Contemporary

The Abbé Pierre de Porcaro was a French Roman Catholic priest who worked as an undercover minister during the Second World War. He was eventually captured by the Nazis and died in Dachau concentration camp.

1878–1903 · Contemporary · Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance

Pierre-Joseph Cassant (6 March 1878 – 17 June 1903) was a French Roman Catholic priest and professed member of the Trappists. During his novitiate he received the religious name of Marie-Joseph and was known for his strong determination to his studies to fulfil his lifelong wish…

1891–1936 · Contemporary

Pilar Villalonga Villalba was born in Valencia, Spain, in 1891 and died in 1936. She is recognized as a blessed.

1937–1993 · Contemporary

Giuseppe "Pino" Puglisi was an Italian Roman Catholic priest who openly challenged the Sicilian Mafia controlling his Palermo neighbourhood of Brancaccio. The Mafia killed him on his 56th birthday.

1837–1912 · Contemporary · Dominican Order

Pio Alberto del Corona (5 July 1837 – 15 August 1912) - born Alberto del Corona and in religious Pio - was a Roman Catholic Italian prelate and the founder of the Suore Domenicane dello Spirito Santo.

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

Pius (born Julián) Heredia Zubía (Larrea, February 16, 1875 – Santander, December 3, 1936) was a Spanish priest, a Trappist monk, and prior of the Abbey of Viaceli, who was killed by Republicans during the Spanish Civil War.

1908–1942 · Contemporary

Piotr Edward Dańkowski (born June 21, 1908, in Jordanów, died on April 3, 1942, in Auschwitz) is a Polish Catholic saint who is one of the 108 Martyrs of World War II beatified by Pope John Paul II. He is the patron saint of clerics and priests of the Archdiocese of Krakow.

1871–1938 · Contemporary · Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer

Pedro Romero Espejo, C.Ss.R. (born April 28, 1871, in Pancorbo, Burgos Province, Spain; died July 4, 1938, in Cuenca) was a Spanish Catholic priest, martyr, and victim of anti-Catholic persecution, beatified by the Catholic Church.

1908–1939 · Contemporary

Piotr Szarek (7 May 1908 – 9 September 1939) was a Polish Catholic clergyman, and a member of the Congregation of the Missionwho was publicly murdered by the Nazis on the ninth day of the Second World War.

1844–1915 · Contemporary · Benedictines

Tommaso Riccardi, OSB (24 June 1844 – 25 March 1915) was an Italian Catholic priest and Benedictine monk of the Cassinese Congregation. His monastic name was Placido. He was beatified in 1954. Tommaso Riccardi was born in Trevi on 24 June 1844 and spent his childhood in Umbria.

1890–1936 · Contemporary · Trinitarian Order

Plácido de Jesús, born Plácido Camino Fernández (Laguna de Negrillos, May 6, 1890 – Alcázar de San Juan, July 26, 1936), was a Spanish priest of the Order of the Most Holy Trinity.

1875–1936 · Contemporary · Congregation of the Mission

Ponciano Nieto Asensio was a Spanish Catholic priest, member of the Congregation of the Mission, and author. Born in 1875 in Valverde de Campos, he died in Madrid in 1936. He is recognized as a blessed.

1883–1936 · Contemporary · Trinitarian Order

Prudencio Gueréquiz Guezuraga, in religion Friar Prudencio of the Cross (Errigoiti, April 28, 1883 – Andújar, July 31, 1936), was a Spanish priest of the Order of the Most Holy Trinity.

1912–1936 · Contemporary

Publio Rodríguez Moslares, OMI (born November 12, 1912, in Tiedra; died November 28, 1936, in Paracuellos de Jarama) was a Spanish Oblate of the Immaculate Mary.

1919–1946 · Contemporary

Qerim Sadiku (12 February 1919 – 4 March 1946) was a Catholic Albanian blessed who had converted from Islam. He was executed by a firing squad in Shkodër along with clerics Danjel Dajani, Giovanni Fausti, Gjon Shllaku, Mark Çuni and Gjelosh Lulashi.

1890–1936 · Contemporary

Rafael Alonso Gutiérrez was born in 1890 and died in 1936. A citizen of Spain, he is recognized as a blessed.

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

Rafael Briega Morales, C.M.F. (Montemolín, October 24, 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.

1899–1936 · Contemporary · Dominican Order

Rafael Pardo Molina was a Spanish Catholic priest and member of the Dominican Order born in Valencia in 1899. He died in 1936 and has been recognized as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1843–1900 · Contemporary

Rafaela Ybarra Arambarri de Vilallonga (16 January 1843 – 23 February 1900) was a Spanish Roman Catholic widow and the founder of the Sisters of the Holy Guardian Angels.

1897–1936 · Contemporary · Augustinians

Raimunda Masiá Ferragut was a Spanish Augustinian nun born in 1897 to Maria Teresa Ferragut Roig. She died in 1936 and has been beatified as a blessed.

1881–1936 · Contemporary · Benedictines

Raimundo Lladós Salud was a Spanish Catholic priest and a member of the Benedictine order. Born in 1881 and deceased in 1936, he is recognized as a blessed within the Catholic Church.

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

Raimondo Novich Rabionet, C.M.F., born Ramón Novich Rabionet (La Cellera de Ter, April 18, 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.

1910–1936 · Contemporary · Benedictines

Ramiro Sanz de Galdeano Mañeru was a Spanish Catholic priest and Benedictine monk born in 1910 in Villatuerta. He died in 1936 in Barbastro from a gunshot wound and is recognized as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1906–1936 · Contemporary

Ramón Esteban Bou Pascual was a Spanish Catholic vicar born in 1906. He died in 1936 and has been recognized as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1861–1936 · Contemporary · Society of Jesus

Ramón Grimaltós Monllor (born March 3, 1861, in Puebla Larga; died August 23, 1936, in Tabernes de Valldigna) was a religious brother of the Society of Jesus, a martyr of the Spanish Civil War, and a victim of anti-Catholic persecution, beatified by the Catholic Church.

1914–1936 · Contemporary · Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Raimondo Illa Salvia (Bellvís, February 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.

1902–1936 · Contemporary

Ramón Martí Soriano was a Spanish Catholic presbyter born in 1902. He died in 1936 and is recognized as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1905–1927 · Contemporary

Ramón Vicente Vargas González (born January 22, 1905, in Ahualulco; died April 1, 1927, in Guadalajara) was a Mexican Christian martyr and a blessed of the Catholic Church.

1904–1936 · Contemporary

Recaredo Centelles Abad (Vall de Uxó, Castellón, May 23, 1904 – Nules, Castellón, October 25, 1936) was a Spanish priest and Doctor of Theology of the Brotherhood of Diocesan Worker Priests, dedicated to the formation of seminarians.

1893–1936 · Contemporary · Salesians of Don Bosco

Recaredo de los Ríos Fabregat, SDB (born January 11, 1893, in Bétera; died December 9, 1936, in Picadero de Paterna) was a Spanish Salesian priest, a martyr of the Spanish Civil War, and a victim of anti-Catholic persecution, beatified by the Catholic Church.

1875–1936 · Contemporary · Congregation of the Mission

Ricardo Atanes Castro, born in Cualedro on August 5, 1875, and died in Gijón on August 14, 1936, was a Galician Latin Catholic priest and a martyr of the Spanish Civil War, beatified by Pope Francis on October 13, 2013.

1848–1913 · Contemporary · Sisters of the Institute of Jesus, Mary and Joseph

Rita Lopes de Almeida (religious name Rita Amada de Jesus, 5 March 1848 – 6 January 1913), was a Portuguese religious sister and the founder of the Sisters of Jesus, Mary and Joseph.

1853–1936 · Contemporary · Sisters of Charity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Rita Josefa Pujalte Sánchez, in religion Rita of the Sorrowful Virgin (Aspe, February 18, 1853 – Canillejas, July 20, 1936), was a Spanish religious of the Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

1931–1945 · Contemporary

Rolando Maria Rivi (7 January 1931 – 13 April 1945) was an Italian Roman Catholic seminarian. Rivi was noted for his studious and pious nature with an intense love for Jesus Christ, which was evident through frequent confession and the reception of the Eucharist.

1882–1943 · Contemporary

Romain Archutowski (1882–1943) was a Polish Catholic priest arrested and deported by the Nazis to the Majdanek extermination camp. He died there of typhus in 1943.

1826–1906 · Contemporary · Franciscans

Maria Rosa Flesch (born Margaretha Flesch, 24 February 1826 – 25 March 1906), was a German religious sister in the Roman Catholic Church. She founded the Franciscan Sisters of the Blessed Virgin Mary of the Angels, whose first Mother Superior she was.

1909–1936 · Contemporary · Benedictines

Juan Martin Donamaria Valencia (San Martin Unx, November 3, 1909 – Barbastro, August 28, 1936), known in religion as Brother Rosendo, was a Navarrese Benedictine friar.

1890–1949 · Contemporary · Salesians of Don Bosco

Rudolf Komórek (11 October 1890 – 11 December 1949) was a Polish priest and a professed member of the Salesians of Don Bosco while also serving as part of the missions in Brazil.

1928–1977 · Contemporary · Society of Jesus

Rutilio Grande García, SJ (5 July 1928 in El Paisnal – 12 March 1977 in Aguilares) was a Salvadoran Jesuit priest assassinated in 1977 by Salvadoran security forces.

1876–1961 · Contemporary · Third Order of Saint Francis

Countess Róża Maria Czacka (also known under religious name Elżbieta; 22 October 1876 – 15 May 1961) was a Polish religious sister who founded the Franciscan Sisters Servants of the Cross.

1864–1936 · Contemporary · Carmelite Sisters of Charity

Rosa Pedret Rull of Our Lady of Good Counsel (born December 5, 1864, in Faset; died August 19, 1936, in El Saler) was a Spanish Carmelite Sister of Charity, martyr, and blessed of the Catholic Church.

1862–1936 · Contemporary

Salvador Damián Enguix Garés was born in Alzira, Spain, in 1862. He died in 1936 and has been recognized as a blessed.

1862–1936 · Contemporary

Salvador Estrugo Solves was a Spanish presbyter of the Catholic Church who lived from 1862 to 1936. He has been beatified and holds the status of blessed.