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1818–1901 · Contemporary

Tommaso Reggio (9 January 1818 - 22 November 1901) was an Italian Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Archbishop of Genoa from 1892 until his death. He was also the founder of the Sisters of Saint Martha.

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

Tomás Capdevila Miró, C.M.F. (Maldà, May 5, 1914 – 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.

1915–1936 · Contemporary · Passionists

Tomás Cuartero Gascón, who took the religious name Tomás of the Blessed Sacrament, C.P. (Tabuenca, February 22, 1915 – Manzanares, October 23, 1936), was a brother of the Passionist Congregation murdered by anticlerical forces during the Spanish Civil War.

1929–1981 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor

Marcello "Tullio" Rappo Maruzzo OFM (23 July 1929 – 1 July 1981) was an Italian Catholic priest and missionary dedicated to catechesis and evangelization among the local people in Guatemala. Maruzzo was a member of the Order of Friars Minor.

1861–1936 · Contemporary

Társila Córdoba Belda was born in 1861 in Collana and died in 1936 in Algemesí. A citizen of Spain, she is recognized as a blessed.

1882–1913 · Contemporary · Sisters of Mercy of the Holy Cross

Ulrika Nisch, SCSC, sometimes called Ulrika of Hegne (born Franziska Nisch, 18 September 1882 – 8 May 1913) was a German religious sister of the Sisters of Mercy of the Holy Cross of Ingenbohl. She performed a wide range of tasks to cater to the needs of those who needed help.

1901–1936 · Contemporary

Urbano Gil Sáez was a Spanish member of the Catholic Church born in 1901. He died in 1936 and has been recognized as a blessed.

1871–1937 · Contemporary

Valentín Palencia (July 26, 1871 – January 15, 1937) was a Spanish Catholic priest and educator of children and youth. A recipient of the Cross of Charity, he was murdered in odium fidei during the religious persecution of the Spanish Civil War.

1875–1952 · Contemporary

Valeriu Traian Frențiu (25 April 1875 – 11 July 1952) was the bishop of the Eparchy of Oradea Mare of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church between 1922 and 1952. He was beatified by Pope Francis in 2019. Frențiu is venerated on the 11th of July.

1890–1966 · Contemporary

Barbara of Skvorchikha (born Barbara Vasilyevna Arkhangelskaya; November 20, 1890 – February 27, 1966, village of Skvorchikha, Ishimbaysky District, BASSR, RSFSR, USSR) was a blessed, holy fool, and recluse.

1899–1950 · Contemporary

Vasile Aftenie (14 June 1899 – 10 May 1950) was a Romanian Auxiliary bishop of the Greek-Catholic Church, titular Bishop of Ulpiana, martyr of the faith and Servant of God of the Catholic Church.

1907–1936 · Contemporary · Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Wenceslaus Clarís Vilaregut, C.M.F. (Olost, January 3, 1907 – Barbastro, August 12, 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.

1935–1958 · Contemporary · Third Order of Saint Francis

Veronica Antal (7 December 1935 – 24 August 1958) was a Romanian Roman Catholic professed member from the Secular Franciscan Order and member of the Militia Immaculatae.

1888–1936 · Contemporary

Vicente Ballester Far was a Spanish Catholic priest born in Benidoleig in 1888. He died in 1936 and is recognized as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1882–1936 · Contemporary

Vicente Blanco Guadilla was born in 1882 in Frómista, Spain. A member of the Catholic Church, he died in 1936 and is recognized as a blessed.

1896–1936 · Contemporary · Benedictines

Vicente Burrel Enjuanes was a Spanish Catholic priest and Benedictine born in 1896 in Juseu. He died in 1936 in Barbastro from a gunshot wound. He is recognized as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1908–1936 · Contemporary

Vicente Cabanes Badenas was a Spanish monk born in Torrent in 1908. A member of the Catholic Church, he died in 1936 and has been recognized as a blessed.

1910–1936 · Contemporary

Vicente Galbis Girones (born September 9, 1910; died September 21, 1936) was a Spanish martyr and a blessed of the Catholic Church. He was married and had a son. A lawyer by profession, he was murdered during the Spanish Civil War.

1885–1936 · Contemporary

Vicente Gay Zarzo was born in Torrent, Spain, in 1885 and died in 1936. A member of the Catholic Church, he is recognized as a blessed.

1891–1936 · Contemporary

Vicente María Izquierdo Alcón (born May 24, 1891, in Mosqueruela; died August 18, 1936, in Rafelbuñol) was a Spanish blessed of the Catholic Church. He was born into a very religious family and entered the seminary in Valencia.

1868–1936 · Contemporary

Vicente Pelufo Corts (born February 26, 1868; died September 11, 1936) was a Spanish blessed of the Catholic Church. He studied at the seminary in Orihuela and was ordained a priest in 1894. He served as pastor of the parish of Saint Vincent in San Vicente del Raspeig.

1872–1936 · Contemporary · Order of Augustinian Recollects

Vicente Pinilla was a Spanish Catholic priest, friar of the Order of Augustinian Recollects, and confessor. Born in Calatayud in 1871, he died in Motril in 1936. He is recognized as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1874–1936 · Contemporary

Vicente Rubiols Castelló (born March 13, 1874, in Gandia; died August 4, 1936) was a Spanish blessed of the Catholic Church. He studied at the seminary in Valencia and was ordained a priest in 1894. For nearly 40 years, he served as the parish priest in La Pobla Llarga.

1881–1936 · Contemporary · Society of Jesus

Vicente Sales Genovés (born October 15, 1881, in Valencia, died September 29, 1936) was a Spanish Jesuit religious brother, a martyr of the Spanish Civil War, and a victim of anti-Catholic persecution, beatified by the Catholic Church.

1859–1936 · Contemporary

Vicente Sicluna Hernández (born September 30, 1859, in Navarrés; died September 22, 1936, in Bolbaite) was a Spanish blessed of the Catholic Church. He studied theology at the seminary in Valencia. He was ordained a priest in 1884 and became the parish priest in Navarrés.

1867–1936 · Contemporary · Order of Augustinian Recollects

Vicente Soler was a Spanish Catholic priest, friar, and missionary who served as the Prior General of the Order of Augustinian Recollects. Born in Malon in 1867, he died in Motril in 1936. He is recognized as a blessed within the Catholic Church.

1889–1937 · Contemporary

Vicente Vilar David (28 June 1889 - 14 February 1937) was a Spanish engineer from Spain at the time of the Spanish Civil War in the 1930s during a period of intense anti-clerical sentiment.

1894–1936 · Contemporary

Vicente de Paúl Canelles Vives (Onda, Castellón, Spain, June 25, 1894 – Calafell, Tarragona, Spain, July 30, 1936) was a Spanish religious, first an Ancient Observance Carmelite and later a Hospitaller of Saint John of God, martyr, and blessed of the Catholic Church.

1903–1936 · Contemporary

Victoria Díez Bustos de Molina (11 November 1903 - 12 August 1936) was a Spanish Roman Catholic and a member from the Teresian Association. Díez worked as a teacher and became well-loved among her students for her deep faith and her passion as well as her commitment to the educat…

1866–1936 · Contemporary

Victoria Quintana Argos was born in 1866 and died in 1936. She was a citizen of Spain who has been beatified.

1888–1937 · Contemporary

Victoria Valverde González was a Spanish nun born in 1888 in Vicálvaro. She died in 1937 in Martos from a gunshot wound and is recognized as a blessed.

1884–1936 · Contemporary · Marist Brothers

Victoriano Gómez Gutiérrez was a Spanish Marist Brother born in 1884 in Villamorón. He died in 1936 in Montcada i Reixac and has been beatified as a blessed.

1921–1961 · Contemporary · Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate

Vincent L'Hénoret, known as Visant Enored in his native Breton, was born on March 12, 1921, in Pont-l'Abbé and was assassinated on May 11, 1961, in Ban Na Thoum, Laos.

1885–1949 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor

Vinçenc Prennushi (born Nikoll Prendushi, 4 September 1885 – 19 March 1949) was an Albanian Roman Catholic professed member from the Order of Friars Minor and he served as the Archbishop of Durrës from 1940 until his death.

1873–1954 · Contemporary

Vladimir Ghika (or Ghica) (25 December 1873 – 16 May 1954) was a Romanian diplomat and essayist who, after his conversion from Romanian Orthodoxy became a priest of the Catholic Church.

1902–1936 · Contemporary · Franciscans

Víctor Chumillas Fernández (Olmeda del Rey, Cuenca, Spain, July 28, 1902 – Fuente el Fresno, Ciudad Real, Spain, August 16, 1936) was a Spanish Franciscan friar, martyr, and blessed of the Catholic Church.

1888–1966 · Contemporary

Valentina of Minsk, born Valentina Sulkovskaya, née Chernyavskaya (April 7, 1888, in Koski – February 6, 1969, ibid.), was an Orthodox saint. She was born into the family of the Orthodox priest Fyodor Chernyavsky, rector of the St.

1936–1976 · Contemporary

Wenceslao Pedernera (1936–1976) was a vineyard worker in Mendoza, Argentina, an organizer for the Catholic rural movement, and a collaborator of Bishop Enrique Angelelli. He was assassinated during the military dictatorship.

1896–1936 · Contemporary · Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer

Victor (Victorian) Calvo Lozano (born December 23, 1896, in Horche, in the province of Guadalajara, Spain; died August 10, 1936) was a Spanish Redemptorist, religious brother, martyr, and blessed of the Catholic Church.

1905–1934 · Contemporary

Saint Victoriano Pío (San Millán de Lara, Burgos, July 7, 1905 – Turón, Asturias, October 9, 1934) was a Spanish religious brother who was killed during the Revolution of Asturias of 1934. Considered a martyr by the Catholic Church, he was canonized in 1999.

1894–1936 · Contemporary

Vincent Queralt Lloret (born November 16 or 17, 1894, in Barcelona; died November 30, 1936, in Valencia) was a Spanish priest of the Congregation of the Mission, a martyr, a victim of the Spanish Civil War of 1936–1939, and a blessed of the Catholic Church.

1903–1942 · Contemporary · Salesians of Don Bosco

Wojciech Nierychlewski, CSMA (also known as Adalbert Nierychlewski), born on April 20, 1903, in Dąbrowice and died on February 7, 1942, in Auschwitz, was a Polish priest beatified in 1999. He is commemorated on February 7 according to the Roman Martyrology.

1904–1974 · Contemporary

Władysław Bukowiński (also known as Ladislao Bukowinski; 22 December 1904 – 3 December 1974), was a Polish Roman Catholic priest who served in the diocese of Karaganda in Kazakhstan.

1907–1964 · Contemporary

Władysław Findysz (13 December 1907 - 21 August 1964) was a Polish priest of the Roman Catholic Church. He was imprisoned under the Communist regime in 1963 until not too long before his death on the charges of sending religious newsletters to his parishioners.

1898–1945 · Contemporary

Władysław Goral, born on May 1, 1898, in Stoczek and died in February 1945 in Oranienburg, was a Polish Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Lublin, and titular bishop of Meloë in Isauria from 1938 to 1945.

1938–1944 · Contemporary

Władysław Ulma was born in 1938 in Markowa, Poland, to parents Józef and Wiktoria Ulma. A member of the Latin Church, he died in 1944 in Markowa from a gunshot wound. He has been beatified as a blessed.

1914–1936 · Contemporary · Salesians of Don Bosco

Xavier Bordas i Piferrer was a Spanish Catholic religious figure and a member of the Salesians of Don Bosco, born in 1914 in Sant Pol de Mar to Marià Bordas i Flaquer. He died in 1936 in Barcelona from a gunshot wound and has been beatified by the Catholic Church.

1913–1936 · Contemporary · Salesians of Don Bosco

Zacarías Abadía Buesa was a Spanish member of the Salesians of Don Bosco born in 1913 in Almuniente. He died in 1936 in Barcelona and has been beatified as a blessed.

1958–1991 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor

Zbigniew Strzałkowski (July 3, 1958 – August 9, 1991) was a Polish priest and missionary of the Order of Friars Minor Conventual who was martyred in hatred of the faith (in odium fidei) in Peru. He is recognized as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1916–1955 · Contemporary · Sisters of Mercy of the Holy Cross

Cecília Schelingová (24 December 1916 – 31 July 1955), also known as Zdenka Schelingová, was a Slovak Roman Catholic religious sister of the Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of the Holy Cross and a victim of communist persecution in the former Czechoslovakia.