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1867–1922 · Contemporary

Pavel Svetozarov was an Eastern Orthodox priest and parson born in 1867 in Kartmazovo. He died in 1922 in Ivanovo and is recognized as a saint within the Eastern Orthodox religion.

1874–1936 · Contemporary

Pedro Poveda (born Pedro José Luis Francisco Javier Poveda Castroverde; 3 December 1874 – 28 July 1936) was a Spanish Catholic priest, humanitarian, and educator. He was the founder of the Teresian Association.

1892–1937 · Contemporary

Pedro de Jesús Maldonado Lucero (June 15, 1892 – February 11, 1937) was a Mexican diocesan priest who became the first canonized saint and martyr from Chihuahua City, Mexico.

1900 · Contemporary

Saint Pelagia Bereža di Ustjug died in 1900. She is recognized as a saint.

1890–1966 · Contemporary

Pelageya of Ryazan (Pelageya of Zakharovo, born Pelageya Alexandrovna Lobacheva; October 20, 1890 – December 6, 1966) was a resident of the Ryazan Region revered by some as a blessed elder and clairvoyant.

1878–1929 · Contemporary

Saint Peter (born Shimon bar Yonah; 1 BC – AD 64/68), also known as Peter the Apostle, Simon Peter, Simeon, Simon, or Cephas, was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus and one of the first leaders of the early Christian Church.

1837–1900 · Contemporary

1843–1900 · Contemporary

1912–1945 · Contemporary

Saint Peter To Rot was a Papua New Guinean Catholic who was canonized for his continued practice of Catholicism in the face of Japanese repression during World War II.

1842–1900 · Contemporary

1860–1900 · Contemporary · Franciscans

Peter Wu Anbang was a Catholic priest and bishop born in Taiyuan in 1860. A member of the Franciscans, he died in Taiyuan in 1900. He is recognized as a Catholic saint and blessed.

1850–1900 · Contemporary · Franciscans

1839–1900 · Contemporary

1862–1937 · Contemporary

Peter of Krutitsy (Священному́ченик Пётр Крути́цкий, born Pyotr Fyodorovich Polyansky, Пётр Фёдорович Поля́нский; July 10, 1862 (June 28 O.S.) – October 10, 1937 (September 27 O. S.), was a Russian Orthodox bishop and martyr.

1868–1915 · Contemporary

Petros Galfayan (January 30, 1868, Ichme, Kharpert, Ottoman Empire – 1915, Ayas, Adana Province, Turkey) was an Armenian cultural figure.

1880–1900 · Contemporary · Franciscans

1860–1918 · Contemporary

Russian Orthodox priest and martyr (1860–1918)

1913–1979 · Contemporary

Philoumenos (Hasapis) of Jacob's Well (Greek: Φιλούμενος Χασάπης; Φιλούμενος ο Κύπριος; or Φιλούμενος Ορουντιώτης, 15 October 1913 – 29 November 1979) was the Hegumen of the Greek Orthodox monastery of Jacob's Well, from the city of Nablus (Neapolis) in the West Bank.

1865–1906 · Contemporary

Photios Kalpidis (Greek: Φώτιος Καλπίδης, 1862–1906) or Photios of Korytsa was the Greek Orthodox metropolitan bishop of Korçë, Ottoman Empire, from 1902 to 1906. He was assassinated in 1906 by irregular bands due to his pro-Greek activity.

1901–1925 · Contemporary · Third Order of Saint Dominic

Pier Giorgio Frassati TOP (6 April 1901 – 4 July 1925) was an Italian Catholic activist and a member of the Third Order of Saint Dominic. He was dedicated to social justice issues and joined several charitable organizations, including Catholic Action and the Society of Saint Vinc…

1879–1918 · Contemporary

Pimen, born Pyotr Zakharevich Belolikov (October 24/November 5, 1879, in Vasilyevskoye – November 16, 1918, near Verny), was a bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church and one of the New Martyrs of Russia.

1864–1900 · Contemporary

Piotr Wang Erman was born in 1864 in Shanxi and died in 1900 in Taiyuan. He was a member of the Catholic Church and is recognized as a Catholic saint and blessed.

1881–1900 · Contemporary

Piotr Zhu Rixin was born in Hebei in 1881 and died in the same region in 1900. A member of the Catholic Church, he is recognized as a Catholic saint and blessed.

1863–1918 · Contemporary

Pyotr Ivanovich Skipetrov (July 4, 1863, Stanki village, Vyaznikovsky Uyezd, Vladimir Governorate — January 19 (February 1), 1918, Petrograd) was a clergyman of the Russian Orthodox Church and a protopresbyter. He was canonized as a saint by the Russian Orthodox Church in 2001.

1869–1919 · Contemporary

Platon, born Paul Kulbusch (also spelled Kuhlbusch or Kuldbush; 25 July [O.S. 13 July] 1869 – 14 January 1919), was an Estonian bishop and the first Orthodox saint of Estonian ethnicity. Paul Kulbusch was born on 25 July [O.S.

1860–1918 · Contemporary

Platon Gornykh was a Christian minister born in 1860 who died in 1918. He is recognized as a hieromartyr.

1902–1971 · Contemporary

Pope Cyril VI (born Azer Youssef Atta; 2 August 1902 – 9 March 1971) was the 116th Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark from 10 May 1959 until his death in 1971.

1864–1937 · Contemporary

Porphyrius (Latin: Porphyrius; Ancient Greek: Πορφύριος, Porphyrios; Slavonic: Порфирий, Porfiriy; c. 347–420) was bishop of Gaza from 395 to 420, known, from the account in his Life, for Christianizing the recalcitrant pagan city of Gaza, and demolishing its temples.

1864–1918 · Contemporary

Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine (1 November 1864 – 18 July 1918), later known as Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna of Russia, was a German princess of the House of Hesse-Darmstadt, and the wife of Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia, the fifth son of Emperor Alexa…

1859–1923 · Contemporary

Prokopios Lazaridis (Greek: Προκόπιος Λαζαρίδης, 1859–1923) was a Greek Orthodox metropolitan bishop, who served as a head in a number of bishoprics during the late Ottoman period.

1878–1937 · Contemporary

Prokopiusz was a Soviet Union citizen born in 1877 in Novokuznetsk. An Eastern Orthodox bishop and priest, he died in 1937 in Tortkul. He is recognized as a hieromartyr.

1882–1938 · Contemporary

Pyotr Doroshenko was born in 1882 in Chuhuiv and died in 1938 in Kharkiv. A citizen of the Soviet Union and a practitioner of Eastern Orthodoxy, he is recognized as a saint.

1897–1930 · Contemporary

Pyotr Yakovlevich Varlamov (1897 – March 11, 1930) was a priest at the Kazan-Bogoroditskaya Church in the village of Preobrazhenovka, Sterlitamak Canton (District), Bashkir ASSR.

1894–1937 · Contemporary

Pyotr Konstantinovich Zinovyev (July 13 [1], 1894, Bereznyaki, Saratov Governorate — December 29, 1937, Kalinin Oblast) was a priest of the Russian Orthodox Church and a hieromartyr, venerated in the Synaxis of New Martyrs and Confessors of the Russian Church.

1891–1937 · Contemporary

Pavel Georgiyevich Ansimov (August 24, 1891, Chetyre Bugra, Astrakhan Uyezd, Astrakhan Governorate — November 21, 1937, Butovo firing range) was a protopresbyter of the Russian Orthodox Church, canonized as a hieromartyr in 2005.

1911–1938 · Contemporary · Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance

Rafael Arnáiz Barón, OCSO (9 April 1911 – 26 April 1938), also named María Rafael in religion, was a Spanish Trappist conventual oblate. He studied architecture in Madrid, but decided to cease his studies in favor of the religious life.

1878–1938 · Contemporary

Rafael Guízar y Valencia (16 April 1878 – 6 June 1938) was a Mexican bishop of the Roman Catholic Church who was persecuted during the Mexican Revolution.

1850–1925 · Contemporary · Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Rafaela Porras Ayllón, religious name Mary of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, (1 March 1850 – 6 January 1925) was a Spanish religious sister who established the Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in conjunction with her sister Dolores.

1832–1914 · Contemporary · Baladites

Rafqa Pietra Chobok (Arabic: رفقا بطرسيّة شبق , June 29, 1832 – March 23, 1914), also known as Saint Rafka and Saint Rebecca, was a Lebanese Maronite nun who was canonized by Pope John Paul II on June 10, 2001. She is a patron of lost parents and the sick.

1835–1907 · Contemporary · Order of the Brothers Discalced of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel

Raphael of Saint Joseph Kalinowski OCD (1 September 1835 – 15 November 1907) was a Polish Carmelite, social activist, participant in the January Uprising, and a saint of the Catholic Church.

1841–1900 · Contemporary

1897–1930 · Contemporary · Brothers Hospitallers of St. John of God

Riccardo Pampuri, OH (2 August 1897 – 1 May 1930) - born Erminio Filippo Pampuri was an Italian medical doctor and a veteran of World War I who was also a professed member of the Brothers Hospitallers of Saint John of God.

1914–1949 · Contemporary

Roman Volodymyrovych Lysko (Ukrainian: Роман Володимирович Лиско; 14 August 1914 – 14 October 1949) was a Ukrainian Greek Catholic priest and martyr. Lysko was born on 14 August 1914 in Horodok, Lviv Oblast. He studied theology and graduated from the Lviv Theological Academy.

1880–1942 · Contemporary

Roman Sitko (30 March 1880 – 12 October 1942) was a Polish Catholic priest. In 1941 he was arrested by the Nazis and murdered at Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. He is considered a martyr and was beatified by Pope John Paul II on 13 June 1999.

1878–1900 · Contemporary

Christian laywoman, martyr, saint

1878–1900 · Contemporary

1855–1900 · Contemporary

Rose Fan Hui was a Chinese Catholic teacher born in Hebei in 1855. She died in Hebei in 1900 and is recognized as a blessed Catholic saint.

1885–1915 · Contemporary

Rupen Chilingiryan (Sevag) (Ռուբէն Յովհաննէսի Չիլինկիրեան (Սեւակ), February 28, 1886, Silivri, Ottoman Empire – August 26, 1915, Çankırı, Ottoman Empire) was an Armenian poet, prose-writer, and doctor.

1874–1915 · Contemporary

Rupen Zartarian or Ruben Zardaryan (Armenian: Ռուբեն Զարդարյան Western Armenian: Ռուբէն Զարդարեան; 1874 – 16 August 1915) was an Armenian writer, educator, and political activist. He was killed by Ottoman authorities during the Armenian genocide.

1876–1945 · Contemporary · Society of Jesus

Rupert Mayer (23 January 1876 – 1 November 1945) was a German Jesuit priest and a leading figure of the Catholic resistance to Nazism in Munich. In 1987, he was beatified by Pope John Paul II. Mayer was born and grew up in Stuttgart, one of five siblings.