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1917–1936 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Friar Marçal de Vilafranca, born Carles Canyes Santacana, was a Catalan Capuchin friar and student. Born in Vilafranca del Penedès in 1917 into a deeply religious family, he was one of nine children, all of whom entered religious life.

1916–1946 · Contemporary

Fran Miraka (born August 13, 1916, in Puka; died March 4, 1946, or October 1946 in Shkodër) was an Albanian Catholic who was shot by the communists for the sake of his faith. He is one of the Thirty-eight Martyrs of Albania.

1857–1931 · Contemporary

Francesco Maria Greco (26 July 1857 – 13 January 1931) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest who served in the Archdiocese of Cosenza. Along with Raffaela De Vincentis in 1894, he established the Little Workers of the Sacred Hearts.

1901–1969 · Contemporary

Francesco Mottola (3 January 1901 – 29 June 1969) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and the founder of the Secular Institute of the Oblates of the Sacred Heart.

1881–1943 · Contemporary

Francesco Pianzola (5 October 1881 - 4 June 1943) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest who established the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculata, Queen of Peace.

1924–1964 · Contemporary

Francesco Spoto (8 July 1924 – 27 December 1964) was an Italian Catholic priest who served in the missions in the Democratic Republic of Congo and was killed there. He was also a professed member from the Missionary Servants of the Poor.

1889–1936 · Contemporary · Trinitarian Order

Francesco di San Lorenzo, born Francisco Euba y Gorroño (Amorebieta, July 25, 1889 – Alcázar de San Juan, July 26, 1936), was a Spanish priest of the Order of the Most Holy Trinity.

1881–1936 · Contemporary

Francisca Aldea Araujo, in religion Francesca of the Heart of Jesus (Somolinos, December 17, 1881 – Canillejas, July 20, 1936), was a Spanish religious of the congregation of the Sisters of Charity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

1881–1936 · Contemporary · Carmelites

Francisca Ametzua Ibaibarriaga (Abadiño, March 9, 1881 – El Saler, Valencia, August 19, 1936) was a Carmelite nun. She was born at the Traña-Goti farmhouse in Abadiño. After completing her novitiate in Vitoria, she moved to Oliva to work as a cook at the local school.

1890–1936 · Contemporary

Francisca Cualladó Baixauli (December 3, 1890 - September 19, 1936) was a Spanish Catholic seamstress born in Molino de San Isidro, ward of Ruzafa, Valencia, who was executed by firing squad at the Torre Espioca of Benifaió in 1936, during the Spanish Civil War.

1893–1936 · Contemporary

Blessed Francisca Isidra Fernández Palomero was a Spanish housewife born in 1893 in Villaralto. She was married to Francisco Isidoro Fernández Rubio and died in her birthplace of Villaralto in 1936.

1880–1936 · Contemporary

Gabriela of St. John of the Cross (born July 18, 1880, in L’Espluga de Francolí, died July 31, 1936, in Barcelona) was a Spanish nun, Christian martyr, and blessed of the Catholic Church. Upon feeling a calling to religious life, she joined the Carmelite Missionaries.

1884–1936 · Contemporary · Brothers Hospitallers of St. John of God

Francisco Arias Martín was a Spanish Catholic priest and member of the Brothers Hospitallers of St. John of God. Born in Granada in 1884, he died in Valdemoro in 1936. He is recognized as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1896–1936 · Contemporary · Salesians of Don Bosco

Francisco Bandrés Sánchez was a Spanish Latin Catholic priest and member of the Salesians of Don Bosco. Born in Echo in 1896, he died in Barcelona in 1936. He is recognized as a blessed.

1881–1936 · Contemporary · Dominican Order

Francisco Calvo Burillo (Híjar, November 21, 1881 – Híjar, August 2, 1936) was a Spanish priest, martyred during the Spanish Civil War and venerated as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1901–1936 · Contemporary · Piarists

Francisco Carceller Galindo, SchP (born October 3, 1901, in Forcall; died October 2, 1936, in Castellón de la Plana) was a Spanish priest of the Piarist Fathers.

1914–1937 · Contemporary

Francisco de Paula Castelló Aleu (19 April 1914 – 29 September 1936) was a Spanish Roman Catholic killed during the Spanish Civil War on false accusations of fascism.

1911–1936 · Contemporary · Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Francisco Castán Meseguer, C.M.F. (Fonz, February 1, 1911 – 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.

1888–1936 · Contemporary · Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate

Francisco Esteban Lacal was a Spanish regular priest and member of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, born in Soria in 1888. He died in 1936 in Paracuellos de Jarama and has been beatified.

1857–1929 · Contemporary · Society of Jesus

Francisco Gárate Aranguren, SJ (3 February 1857 - 9 September 1929) was a Spanish Catholic professed religious of the Jesuit order. Aranguren served as a nurse after receiving his qualification in 1877 and became noted for his encouragement and his tender care to the needs of stu…

1876–1936 · Contemporary

Francisco Ibáñez Ibáñez (born September 22, 1876, died August 19, 1936) was a Spanish blessed of the Catholic Church. He was ordained a priest in 1900 and was killed during the Spanish Civil War.

1887–1936 · Contemporary

Blessed Francisco Isidoro Fernández Rubio was a Spanish farmer born in 1887 in Villaralto. He was married to Francisca Isidra Fernández Palomero and died in his birthplace of Villaralto in 1936.

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

Francesc Roura Farró (Cornellà del Terri, January 13, 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.

1912–1936 · Contemporary · Dominican Order

Francisco Monzón Romeo was a Spanish Catholic priest and a member of the Dominican Order. Born in 1912 and dying in 1936, he is recognized as a blessed within the Catholic Church.

1910–1936 · Contemporary

Francisco Polvorinos Gómez, OMI (born January 29, 1910, in Calaveras de Arriba; died July 24, 1936, in Pozuelo, Madrid) was a Spanish Oblate of the Immaculate Mary.

1890–1936 · Contemporary · Conventual Franciscans

Francisco Remón was a Spanish Franciscan friar who was born on September 22, 1890, in Teruel, Spain. During the Spanish Civil War, he was killed in 1936 in Granollers, along with friars Alfonso Lopez, Modesto Vegas, Dionisio Vicente, Pedro Rivera, and Miguel Remón.

1899–1936 · Contemporary

Francisco Sendra Ivars was a Spanish Catholic presbyter born in Benissa in 1899. He died in Teulada in 1936 and has been recognized as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1827–1905 · Contemporary

Francisco de Paula Victor (12 April 1827 – 23 September 1905) was an Afro-Brazilian Catholic priest. He is known in Brazil as the "Apostle of Charity" for his charitable treatment of the poor.

1910–1942 · Contemporary

Franciszek Dachtera (22 September 1910 – 22 August 1942) was a Polish and Roman Catholic priest. He was imprisoned in the Nazi concentration camps at Buchenwald and Dachau, where he died after being tortured in medical experiments. He is one of the 108 Martyrs of World War II.

1920–1942 · Contemporary

Franciszek Kęsy (Berlin, November 13, 1920 – Dresden, August 24, 1942), cited in Hispanic sources as Francisco Kesy, was a Polish Catholic layman, an aspirant to the Salesian minor seminary in Ląd, and a martyr of the Second World War.

1940–1944 · Contemporary

Franciszek Ulma was born in 1940 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 is recognized as blessed.

1886–1948 · Contemporary

Frano Gjini was an Albanian Catholic priest and bishop born in Shkodër in 1886. During his career, he served as the Roman Catholic Bishop of Lezhë, a titular bishop, and a territorial abbot before his death in Shkodër in 1948.

1907–1943 · Contemporary · Third Order of Saint Francis

Franz Jägerstätter, TOSF (also spelled Jaegerstaetter in English; born Franz Huber, 20 May 1907 – 9 August 1943) was an Austrian farmer and conscientious objector during World War II. Jägerstätter was sentenced to death and executed for his refusal to fight for Nazi Germany.

1870–1909 · Contemporary · Society of Mary

François-Benjamin May, known as Benjamin May (born July 21, 1870, in Bagnes, in the Swiss canton of Valais; died July 27, 1909, in Barcelona), was a Marist Brother. He died during the Tragic Week, having been shot to death.

1838–1916 · Contemporary · Franciscans

Frédéric Janssoone, O.F.M., also known as Frédéric of Ghyvelde or Frédéric of Saint-Yves (19 November 1838 — 4 August 1916), was a French-born Franciscan friar and priest who worked in France, Egypt, Palestine and Quebec, where he died.

1887–1936 · Contemporary

Félix Yuste Cava was born in Chulilla, Spain, in 1887. A member of the Catholic Church, he died in 1936 and has been beatified as a blessed.

1936–1997 · Contemporary

Gaetana Tolomeo (10 April 1936 – 24 January 1997), also known as "Nuccia", was an Italian Roman Catholic laywoman. who has been beatified in 2019.

1864–1936 · Contemporary

Genaro Fueyo Castañón (born January 23, 1864, in Linares; died October 20, 1936, in Madrid) was a Spanish priest, a victim of the Spanish Civil War, and a blessed of the Catholic Church. He was born on January 23, 1864, in southern Spain.

1900–1942 · Contemporary · Lay Carmelites

Joseph Georg Simon Häfner (19 October 1900, Würzburg – 20 August 1942, Dachau Concentration Camp) was a German Roman Catholic priest and martyr from the Diocese of Würzburg. On 15 May 2011 he was beatified in Würzburg Cathedral.

1871–1936 · Contemporary · Order of St. Augustine

Gerardo Gil Leal was a Spanish friar of the Order of St. Augustine and an author born in La Vid in 1871. He died in 1936 and has been recognized as a blessed.

1907–1942 · Contemporary

Gerhard Hirschfelder (17 February 1907 – 1 August 1942) was a German Roman Catholic priest. He was a vocal critic of Nazism and used his sermons to condemn Nazi propaganda and other aspects of Nazism which drew suspicion on him from the authorities who monitored him and even inte…

1895–1936 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Germán Garrigues Hernández, also known as Germán of Carcaixent (born Germán (Jorge María) Garrigues Hernández on February 12, 1895, in Carcaixent, Valencian Community; died August 9, 1936, in Carcaixent), was a Spanish Catholic blessed, martyr, priest, and Capuchin friar, who was…

1913–1936 · Contemporary

Germán Gozalbo Andreu (born August 30, 1913, died September 22, 1936) was a Spanish Catholic priest and a blessed of the Catholic Church. He was ordained a priest just a few weeks before his death.

1841–1913 · Contemporary

Giovanni Battista Piamarta (26 November 1841 - 25 April 1913) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and educator. Piamarta was also the founder of the Congregation of the Holy Family of Nazareth.

1899–1946 · Contemporary · Society of Jesus

Giovanni Fausti, born on October 19, 1899, in Marcheno, in the province of Brescia (Italy), and died by firing squad on March 4, 1946, in Shkodër, Albania, was an Italian Catholic priest of the Society of Jesus and a missionary in Albania who was killed in odium fidei during the…

1848–1913 · Contemporary

Giovanni Maria Boccardo (20 November 1848 - 30 December 1913) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and the founder of the Poor Daughters of Saint Cajetan.

1903–1967 · Contemporary · Congregazione di San Giuseppe

Giovanni Schiavo, CSI (8 July 1903 – 27 January 1967) was an Italian Catholic priest in the Congregation of Saint Joseph, also known as the Murialdines. Schiavo entered the Murialdines during World War I in 1917, and was admitted by Eugenio Reffo.

1851–1926 · Contemporary

Giuseppe Allamano, IMC (21 January 1851 – 16 February 1926) was an Italian Catholic priest who established the Consolata Missionaries (IMC) for males and another for females, the Consolata Missionary Sisters.

1905–1945 · Contemporary · Dominican Order

Giuseppe Girotti, OP (19 July 1905 – 1 April 1945) was an Italian Dominican priest who was a biblical scholar and a professor of theology. During World War II, he worked to aid Jewish people amid the Nazi Holocaust.

1896–1948 · Contemporary

Giuseppe Giaccardo (13 June 1896 - 24 January 1948) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Society of Saint Paul that Giacomo Alberione established.