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1991–2006 · Contemporary

Carlo Acutis (3 May 1991 – 12 October 2006) was an English-born Italian Catholic teenager known for his devotion to the Eucharist and his use of digital media to promote Catholic devotion.

1891–1942 · Contemporary · Order of Discalced Nuns of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel

Edith Stein OCD was a German philosopher who converted to Catholicism and became a Discalced Carmelite nun. She was murdered in the gas chamber at the Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp on 9 August 1942, and is canonized as a martyr and saint of the Catholic Church; she is…

1905–1938 · Contemporary · Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy

Polish religious sister whose diary records the apparitions of the Divine Mercy devotion.

1850–1917 · Contemporary · Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Frances Xavier Cabrini MSC (Italian: Francesca Saverio [or Saveria] Cabrini; born Maria Francesca Cabrini; 15 July 1850 – 22 December 1917), also known as Mother Cabrini, was a prominent Italian-American religious sister in the Catholic Church.

1920–2005 · Contemporary

Pope John Paul II (born Karol Józef Wojtyła; 18 May 1920 – 2 April 2005) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City from 16 October 1978 until his death in 2005.

1894–1941 · Contemporary · Conventual Franciscans

Maximilian Maria Kolbe OFMConv (born Raymund Kolbe; Polish: Maksymilian Maria Kolbe; 8 January 1894 – 14 August 1941) was a Polish Conventual Franciscan friar, priest, missionary, and martyr.

1910–1997 · Contemporary · Missionaries of Charity

Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu , better known as Mother Teresa or Saint Mother Teresa, was an Albanian-Indian Catholic nun, founder of the Missionaries of Charity and a Catholic saint. Born in Skopje, then part of the Ottoman Empire, she was raised in a devoutly Catholic family.

1887–1968 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Pio of Pietrelcina (born Francesco Forgione; 25 May 1887 – 23 September 1968), widely known as Padre Pio (Italian for "Father Pius", Latin: Pater Pius) was an Italian friar of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, priest, stigmatist and mystic.

1890–1902 · Contemporary · Passionists

A philosopher who converted to Christianity and became its first great apologist, eventually martyred for refusing to sacrifice to idols.

1917–1980 · Contemporary

Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez (15 August 1917 – 24 March 1980) was a prelate of the Catholic Church in El Salvador. He served as Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of San Salvador, the Titular Bishop of Tambeae, as Bishop of Santiago de María, and finally as the fourth Archbis…

1887–1962 · Contemporary

The 'Hammer of Orthodoxy' who defended the divinity of Christ against Arianism during five periods of exile.

1835–1914 · Contemporary

Known for his motto 'To restore all things in Christ,' he promoted frequent Holy Communion and fought Modernism.

1896–1977 · Contemporary

Abhay Charanaravinda Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (IAST: Abhaya Caraṇāravinda Bhaktivedānta Svāmī Prabhupāda; Bengali: অভয় চরণারবিন্দ ভক্তিবেদান্ত স্বামী প্রভুপাদ; 1 September 1896 – 14 November 1977) was a spiritual, philosophical, and religious teacher from India who spread…

1879–1951 · Contemporary

Abel Gyulbenkyan was a physician born in Talas in 1879. He died in Istanbul in 1951 and is recognized as a saint.

1903–1942 · Contemporary

Adam Bargielski (January 7, 1903 – September 8, 1942) was a Polish Roman Catholic priest. He was born in Kalinowo, Łomża County. He died in the Nazi German Dachau concentration camp.

1888–1943 · Contemporary

Adèle Mardosewicz (in religion Mother Marie-Stella of the Blessed Sacrament), born on December 14, 1888, in the village of Ciasnówka (Nesvizh Uyezd, in the Polish territory administered by the Russian Empire) and died on August 1, 1943, executed by the Gestapo near Nowogródek, Po…

1884–1937 · Contemporary

Alexey Yegorovich Yegorov (March 7, 1884, Surushino village, Tver Governorate — August 19, 1937, Moscow) was an igumen and a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church, canonized as a hieromartyr in 2001 for universal veneration.

1880–1937 · Contemporary

Afanasy Kislov was a Christian minister born in 1880 who held citizenship in the Russian Empire. He died in Tver in 1937 and is venerated as a hieromartyr within Eastern Orthodoxy.

1894–1936 · Contemporary

Agapit (Russian: Агапи́т) is an old and uncommon Russian Christian male first name. The name is derived from the Greek word agapētos, meaning loved one. Its colloquial variant is Agap (Ага́п; which can also be the main form of a related name).

1854–1928 · Contemporary

Agatangel, born Aleksandr Lavrentyevich Preobrazhensky (September 27, 1854, in Mochily – October 16, 1928, in Yaroslavl), was a Russian Orthodox bishop and a holy new martyr.

1818–1902 · Contemporary

Agostino Roscelli (27 July 1818 – 7 May 1902), also known as Augustine Roscelli, and Augustin Roscelli, was an Italian priest who inspired social change in Genoa, Italy for children and disadvantaged women.

1898–1927 · Contemporary

Cristóbal Magallanes Jara (anglicized as Christopher Magallanes; July 30, 1869 – May 25, 1927) was a Mexican Catholic priest and martyr who was killed without trial on the way to say Mass during the Cristero War. He had faced trumped-up charges of inciting rebellion.

1863–1900 · Contemporary

Alberico (Alberic) Crescitelli (1863–1900), Chinese name Guo Xide (Chinese: 郭西德), was an Italian Catholic priest and missionary to China. Born in Italy on 30 June 1863, Alberico Crescitelli entered the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions in 1880 and was ordained a priest on…

1901–1952 · Contemporary · Society of Jesus

Alberto Hurtado, SJ , popularly known as Padre Hurtado, was a Chilean Jesuit priest, lawyer, social worker, and writer of Basque ancestry. He founded the Hogar de Cristo foundation in 1944.

1901–1937 · Contemporary

Alexander Alexandrovich Andreyev (February 24, 1901, Moscow – November 4, 1937, Novosibirsk Oblast) was a protopresbyter of the Russian Orthodox Church. He was canonized as a saint by the Russian Orthodox Church in 2000.

1881–1937 · Contemporary

Aleksandr Bykov (Russian: Александр Быков; born 23 January 1953) is a former Soviet fencer. He competed in the individual and team épée events at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

1881–1937 · Contemporary

Alexander Mikhailovich Tuberovsky (March 8 [20], 1881, Syntul, Ryazan Governorate — December 23, 1937, Ryazan) was a Russian theologian, a priest of the Russian Orthodox Church, and an archpriest. He served as an extraordinary professor at the Moscow Theological Academy (1917).

1868–1918 · Contemporary

Alexander Petrovich Vasilyev (September 18 [6], 1868 – September 5, 1918) was an archpriest, confessor to the Imperial family, a temperance pastor, a patriot-monarchist, a public figure, and a member of the Main Council of the Union of the Russian People.

1860–1921 · Contemporary

Alexander Ivanovich Yuzefovich (1860 or 1858, Vilna Governorate — January 17, 1921, Semirechye Oblast) was a priest of the Russian Orthodox Church, canonized in 2000 as a member of the Synaxis of New Martyrs and Confessors of the Russian Church.

1889–1938 · Contemporary

Alexey Semyonovich Skorobogatov (1889, Moscow Governorate — April 5, 1938, Butovo firing range) was a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church, canonized as a martyr in 2000 for universal church veneration.

1863–1918 · Contemporary

Alexey Borisovich Neidhardt (Neidgart) (September 1 [13], 1863, Moscow — November 6, 1918, Nizhny Novgorod) was a Russian politician and statesman. He was a member of the State Council of the Russian Empire and was canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church in 2000.

1888–1937 · Contemporary

Alexei Konstantinovich Vorobyov (February 6, 1888, Antonkovo, Vyatka Governorate — August 20, 1937, Butovo firing range, Moscow Oblast) was a protopresbyter and a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church, canonized as a hieromartyr in 2000.

1859–1923 · Contemporary

Alexey Alexeyevich Mechev (Saint Righteous Alexius of Moscow; March 17 [29], 1859, Moscow — June 22, 1923, Vereya, Moscow Governorate) was a clergyman of the Russian Orthodox Church, a prominent Moscow archpriest of the early 20th century, and rector of the Church of Saint Nichol…

1867–1934 · Contemporary

Saint Alexis of Ugine, born Alexei Ivanovich Medvedkov on July 1, 1867, in the village of Fomitshevo, Vyazma Uyezd, Smolensk Governorate (Russia), and died on August 22, 1934, in Ugine (France), was a holy Orthodox priest commemorated on August 22 (Dormition), October 13 (transla…

1862–1937 · Contemporary

Aleksy – Polish name, male first name deriving from the Greek Aléxios (Αλέξιος), meaning "Defender", and thus of the same origin as the Latin Alexius. The female form: Aleksja, Aleksa

1895–1942 · Contemporary

Aleksy Sobaszek (1895–1942) was a Polish Roman Catholic priest. He died in a Nazi concentration camp. He is one of the 108 Martyrs of World War II who were beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1999.

1846–1928 · Contemporary

Alexy, born Fyodor Alexeyevich Solovyov (January 5/17, 1846, in Moscow – October 2, 1928, in Sergiyev), was a Russian Orthodox cleric, a great schema-monk, and an Orthodox saint.

1862–1938 · Contemporary

Alexander (Greek: Ἀλέξανδρος) is a masculine name of Greek origin. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history.

1873–1942 · Contemporary

Alexander Afanasyevich Abissov (February 19, 1873, village of Mormozhino, Poshekhonsky Uyezd, Yaroslavl Governorate — February 21, 1942, Svobodny, Baikal-Amur Corrective Labor Camp; now a city in the Amur Region) was a priest of the Russian Orthodox Church.

1872–1937 · Contemporary

Alexander Hotovitzky (or Hotovitsky Russian: Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Хотови́цкий) (1872-1937) was a Russian Orthodox hieromartyr. He was ordained to the priesthood while working in the United States in the 1890s.

1851–1940 · Contemporary

Alexander Petrovsky may refer

1917–1943 · Contemporary

Alexander Schmorell (16 September [O.S. 3 September] 1917 – 13 July 1943), also sometimes referred to as Saint Alexander of Munich, was a Russian-German student at Munich University who, with five others, formed a resistance group (part of the Widerstand) known as White Rose (Ger…

1872–1918 · Contemporary

Alexandra Feodorovna (Russian: Александра Фёдоровна, romanized: Aleksandra Fyodorovna; born Princess Alix of Hesse and by Rhine; 6 June 1872 – 17 July 1918) was the last empress of Russia as the consort of Nicholas II from their marriage on 26 November [O.S.

1904–1918 · Contemporary

Alexei Nikolaevich (Russian: Алексей Николаевич Романов, romanized: Aleksey Nikolaevich Romanov; 12 August [O.S. 30 July] 1904 – 17 July 1918) was the last Russian tsesarevich (heir apparent).

1877–1947 · Contemporary

Saint Alexius of Rome or Alexius of Edessa (Greek: Ἀλέξιος, Alexios), also Alexis, was a fourth-century Greek monk who lived in anonymity and is known for his dedication to Christ. Two versions of his life exist, one in Syriac and the other in Greek.

1854–1909 · Contemporary

Alexis Georgievich Toth (also Alexis of Wilkes-Barre; March 14, 1853 – May 7, 1909) was a Ruthenian priest who later became a Russian Orthodox missionary in the United States.

1870–1937 · Contemporary

Alexiy Sibirsky was born in 1870 in Kozlovo and died in 1937 in Tver. He is recognized as a hieromartyr.

1839–1910 · Contemporary

Alfonso Maria Fusco (23 March 1839 – 6 February 1910) was a Roman Catholic priest and the founder of the Sisters of Saint John the Baptist – also known as the Baptistine Sisters.

1899–1939 · Contemporary

Alicja Jadwiga Kotowska ((1899-11-20)20 November 1899, Warsaw – 11 November 1939, near Wielka Piaśnica) was a Polish religious sister who was head of the Resurrectionist convent in Wejherowo between 1934 and 1939.

1898–1942 · Contemporary · Divine Word Missionaries

Aloysius Liguda (23 January 1898 – 8 December 1942) was a Polish priest and is venerated as a blessed martyr of the Society Of The Divine Word Missionaries (SVD). Liguda was a chaplain, and teacher. He died at Dachau concentration camp in the course of medical experimentation.