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1869–1919 · Contemporary

Mitrofan is a Slavic name derived from Greek Μητροφάνης : μήτηρ "mother + φαίνω, "appear, shine". Its English equivalent is Metrophanes. Derived names: Derived patronymics: Derived surnames: Mitrofanov/Mitrofanova, Russian; Mitrokhin/Mitrokhina, Russian; Mitrofanenko, Ukrainia…

1889–1938 · Contemporary

Mikhail Alexandrovich Berezin (June 13 [25], 1889, village of Maloye Karachkino, Kozmodemyansky Uyezd, Kazan Governorate — January 13, 1938) was a priest of the Russian Orthodox Church, canonized in 2002 as a member of the Synaxis of New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia.

1847–1900 · Contemporary · Society of Jesus

The Martyr Saints of China (traditional Chinese: 中華殉道聖人; simplified Chinese: 中华殉道圣人; pinyin: Zhōnghuá xùndào shèngrén), or Augustine Zhao Rong and his Companions, are 120 saints of the Catholic Church.

1930–2007 · Contemporary

Muhammad Yaqoob Sharrudi was born in 1930 and died in 2007. He served as an ulema, preacher, researcher, and mystic, and is recognized as a saint.

1841–1917 · Contemporary · Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools

Mutien-Marie Wiaux (also known as Mutien-Marie of Malonne; 20 March 1841 – 30 January 1917) was a Belgian member of the Brothers of Christian Schools, who spent his life as a teacher and is honored as a saint by the Catholic Church.

1876–1941 · Contemporary

Mykola Konrad (Ukrainian: Микола Конрад; 16 May 1876 – 26 June 1941) was a Ukrainian Greek Catholic priest and martyr. Konrad was born on 16 May 1876 in the village of Strusów, then a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (modern-day Strusiv, Ukraine).

1896–1951 · Contemporary

Mykola Tsehelskyi (Ukrainian: Мико́ла Цеге́льський; December 17, 1896 – May 25, 1951), sometimes rendered as Nicholas Tsehelskyi, was a Ukrainian Greek Catholic priest, considered to be a martyr by the Catholic Church for his refusal to convert even under duress.

1890–1938 · Contemporary

Mykola Yefimov was born in 1890 in Verkhnii Saltiv and was a citizen of the Soviet Union. An Eastern Orthodox figure, he died in Kharkiv in 1938. He is recognized as a hieromartyr.

1877–1942 · Contemporary

Narcyz Putz (born October 28, 1877, in Sieraków; died December 5, 1942, in Dachau) was a Polish Catholic priest, a blessed of the Roman Catholic Church, administrator and pastor of the Sacred Heart of Jesus parish in Bydgoszcz (1920–1925), pastor of St.

1879–1942 · Contemporary

Narcyz Turchan was a Polish monk and presbyter born in 1879 in Wieliczka. He died in 1942 at the Dachau concentration camp. He is recognized as a saint in the Catholic Church.

1858–1941 · Contemporary

Nathuram Sharma (1859 – 21 August 1932), better known by his pen-name Mahakavi Shankar, was a Hindi and Urdu poet from Harduaganj, Aligarh, North-Western Provinces (now Uttar Pradesh), British India.

1862–1915 · Contemporary

Nazaret Daghavarian (Armenian: Նազարեթ Տաղավարյան, Western Armenian: Նազարէթ Տաղաւարեան, 1862 in Sebastia, Western Armenia, Ottoman Empire – 1915) was an Ottoman Armenian medical doctor, agronomist and public activist, and one of the founders of the Armenian General Benevolent Un…

1846–1920 · Contemporary

Nectarios of Aegina (Greek: Νεκτάριος Αιγίνης; 1 October 1846 – 8 November 1920), Metropolitan of Pentapolis and Wonderworker of Aegina, is one of the most renowned Greek saints, venerated in the Eastern Orthodox Church.

1875–1937 · Contemporary

Archimandrite Neophytus (secular name Nikolai Alexandrovich Osipov; May 9 [21], 1875, Augustów, Suwałki Governorate — November 3, 1937, Antibessky camp site, Siblag, Novosibirsk Oblast) was an archimandrite of the Russian Orthodox Church.

1882–1915 · Contemporary

Nerses Shahpaghlian was an Ottoman Empire citizen born in Van in 1882 who served as a military physician and surgeon. He died in Muş in 1915 during the Armenian Genocide and is recognized as a saint.

1877–1955 · Contemporary

Nicholas is a male name, the Anglophone version of an ancient Greek name in use since antiquity, and cognate with the modern Greek Νικόλαος, Nikolaos. It originally derived from a combination of two Greek words meaning 'victory' and 'people'.

1868–1918 · Contemporary

Nicholas II (Nikolai Alexandrovich Romanov; 18 May [O.S. 6 May] 1868 – 17 July 1918) was Emperor of Russia, King of Congress Poland, and Grand Duke of Finland from 1 November 1894 until his abdication in 1917.

1836–1912 · Contemporary

Nicholas (Kasatkin), Equal-to-the-Apostles, Archbishop of Japan, born Ivan Dmitrovich Kasatkin (Russian: Иван Дмитриевич Касаткин; 13 August [O.S. 1 August] 1836 – 16 February 1912) was a Russian Orthodox priest, monk, and bishop.

1945–1980 · Contemporary

Nicolás Castro was born in 1945 and died in 1980. A citizen of Guatemala, he has reached the status of beatification.

1876–1937 · Contemporary

Born in 1876 in Pokrov, Nikita was an Eastern Orthodox priest and bishop in the Soviet Union. He died in 1937 at the Butovo firing range and is recognized as a hieromartyr.

1871–1919 · Contemporary

Nikodim is a masculine given name. It is a variant of the given name Nicodemus. Notable people withe the name include:

1859–1919 · Contemporary

Orthodox priest and martyr (1859–1919)

1885–1938 · Contemporary

Nikolai Pospelov was a Christian minister born in 1885 in the Russian Empire. He died in 1938 at the Butovo firing range, where he was executed by shooting and subsequently buried. He is recognized as a hieromartyr within Eastern Orthodoxy.

1881–1956 · Contemporary

Nikolaj Velimirović (Serbian Cyrillic: Николај Велимировић; 4 January 1881 [O.S. 23 December 1880] – 18 March [O.S. 5 March] 1956) was a Serbian Orthodox prelate who served as Bishop of Ohrid and Žiča from 1920 to 1956.

1898–1945 · Contemporary

Nikolaus Gross (German: Groß) (30 September 1898 – 23 January 1945) was a German Roman Catholic layman and trade unionist. Gross first worked in crafts requiring skilled labor before becoming a coal miner like his father while joining a range of trade union and political movement…

1875–1941 · Contemporary

Nikolai Vasilyevich Krylov (April 26 (May 8), 1875, Petrovskoye, Vereysky Uyezd, Moscow Governorate — night of December 11–12, 1941, Karaganda Region) was a protopresbyter. He was canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church in 2000.

1876–1937 · Contemporary

Nikolay Vladimirovich Vinogradov (Russian: Николай Владимирович Виноградов; 22 April 1947 – 12 June 2025) was a Russian politician who was the governor of Vladimir Oblast. In 1973, Vinogradov joined the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

1862–1918 · Contemporary

Nikolai Ivanovich Lyubomudrov (April 11 [23], 1862, Yurkino village, Yaroslavl Governorate — October 20 [November 2], 1918, Latskoye village, Yaroslavl Governorate) was an Orthodox priest and a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church, canonized as a hieromartyr in 2000 for universal…

1835–1921 · Contemporary

Nuhu Mbogo Kyabasinga (1835–1921) was a prince of the Buganda Kingdom, known for his prominent role in the Muslim community of Uganda. He was born to Kabaka (king) SSuuna Kalema II and his wife Kubina and was a notable figure during his time.

1868–1938 · Contemporary

Nikodim (Russian: Никодим; born Nikolai Vasilyevich Krotkov (Russian: Николай Васильевич Кротков); 29 November [O.S. 17 November] 1868 – 21 August 1938) was a bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church, later the Archbishop of Kostroma and Galich.

1871–1973 · Contemporary

Saint Olga Lozhkina was a nun born in 1871 in the Russian Empire. She died in 1973 and is buried at the Kalitnikovskoye Cemetery.

1916–1979 · Contemporary

Olinka "Olga" Arrsamquq Michael (Russian: Ольга Аррсамкук Майкл; née Arrsamquq, (1916-02-03)February 3, 1916 – (1979-11-08)November 8, 1979), known as Olga Michael, Olga of Alaska, Olga of Kwethluk, or Matushka Olga (Russian: матушка Ольга), was a Native American Eastern Orthodox…

1896–1938 · Contemporary

Olga Vasilievna Evdokimova (in Russian: Ольга Васильевна Евдокимова) (11 July 1896 in Novorozhdestvenska - 10 February 1938 in the Gulag) is a Russian Eastern Orthodox martyr and saint.

1882–1969 · Contemporary

Olinto Marella (14 June 1882 – 6 September 1969) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest who exercised his pastoral service in the Archdiocese of Bologna. Marella was a classmate of Pope John XXIII in Rome and the pope held him in high esteem and supported his pastoral initiatives.

1884–1944 · Contemporary

Omelyan Hryhorovych Kovch (Ukrainian: Омелян Григорович Ковч; August 20, 1884, Kosmach — March 25, 1944) was a Ukrainian Greek-Catholic priest murdered in Majdanek concentration camp.

1876–1938 · Contemporary

Born in 1876 in Belozersky Uyezd, Onezym served as an Eastern Orthodox priest and bishop within the Soviet Union. He died in 1938 and is recognized as a hieromartyr.

1889–1938 · Contemporary

Onuphrius (also Onoufrios; Greek: Ὀνούφριος, romanized: Onouphrios) lived as a hermit in the desert of Upper Egypt in the 4th or 5th centuries.

1879–1937 · Contemporary

Palladius Ivanovich Popov (1879–1937) was a priest of the Russian Orthodox Church and a hieromartyr. He was canonized and included in the Synaxis of New Martyrs and Confessors of the Russian Church of the 20th century by a decree of the Holy Synod on October 6, 2001.

1888–1953 · Contemporary

Paraskeva Matieshina, or Paraskeva of Dmitrov (Russian: Параске́ва Матиешина), born on October 28, 1888, in the Kamianets-Podilskyi region and died on December 4, 1953, in Dmitrov, was a Soviet venerable saint. Her memory is commemorated on November 23 in the Orthodox Church.

1881–1937 · Contemporary

Parteniusz was an Eastern Orthodox priest and bishop born in Irkutsk in 1881. A citizen of the Soviet Union, he died in Arkhangelsk in 1937. He is venerated as a hieromartyr.

1882–1900 · Contemporary · Franciscans

Saint Patrick Dong Bodi, OFS (Chinese: 董博弟) (born c. 1882 in Guchengyin, Shanxi province, China – died July 9, 1900, in Taiyuan) was a seminarian, a Franciscan tertiary, a martyr, and a saint of the Catholic Church.

1847–1900 · Contemporary · Society of Jesus

The Martyr Saints of China (traditional Chinese: 中華殉道聖人; simplified Chinese: 中华殉道圣人; pinyin: Zhōnghuá xùndào shèngrén), or Augustine Zhao Rong and his Companions, are 120 saints of the Catholic Church.

1839–1900 · Contemporary

1893–1900 · Contemporary

Paul Lang Fu (Chinese: 郎福保祿) (born 1893 in Lu, Hebei, China – died July 16, 1900, in Lujiapo, Hebei) was a saint of the Catholic Church and a martyr. He was the son of Saint Lang Yang. During the Boxer Rebellion in China, Christians were persecuted.

1821–1900 · Contemporary

1897–1978 · Contemporary · Franciscans

Pope Paul VI (born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini; 26 September 1897 – 6 August 1978) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City from 21 June 1963 until his death on 6 August 1978.

1838–1900 · Contemporary

Saint Paul Wu Anjyu was born in 1838 in Hebei and died in 1900 in the same province. A member of the Catholic Church, he is recognized as a Catholic saint and blessed.

1884–1900 · Contemporary

1879–1937 · Contemporary

Paulin, born Pyotr Kroshechkin (December 7/19, 1879, in the Penza Governorate – November 3, 1937, in Kemerovo), was a bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church and a new martyr. Born into a peasant family, he desired to become a priest from a young age.

1905–1943 · Contemporary

Paulina Borowik was born in 1905 in Rudno and died in 1943 in the Navahrudak District. She is a Catholic saint.