Library

1872–1900 · Contemporary · Franciscan Missionaries of Mary

Saint Amandina of Schakkebroek (28 December 1872 – 9 July 1900), born Pauline Jeuris, was a Franciscan sister of Belgian origin who served in China. She was beatified and canonized together with other martyrs of the Boxer Rebellion. Her official name was "Marie-Pauline Jeuris".

1872–1922 · Contemporary

Ambrosios Pleiathidis (Greek: Αμβρόσιος Πλειανθίδης, 1872–1922) also known as Ambrosios of Moschonisia was the Greek Orthodox metropolitan bishop of Moschonisia, in modern Turkey, from February to September 1922.

1861–1927 · Contemporary

St. Ambrosius (Georgian: ამბროსი, Ambrosi) (September 7, 1861 – March 29, 1927) was a Georgian religious figure and scholar who served as the Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia from 1921 to 1927.

1868–1918 · Contemporary

Bishop Ambrose (secular name Vasiliy Ivanovich Gudko, Russian: Василий Иванович Гудко; December 28, 1867 – August 9, 1918) was bishop of Sarapul and Yelabuga. He was canonized as a Russian Saint by the Russian Orthodox Church in 2000.

1878–1932 · Contemporary

Ambroży is a Polish surname and given name. Notable people with the name include:

1889–1970 · Contemporary

Amphilochios Makris (Greek: Αμφιλόχιος Μακρής, 13 December 1889 – 16 April 1970) was a Greek Orthodox hieromonk, missionary, and teacher from the island of Patmos, Greece. He was greatly revered in Greece for his wisdom and experience as a starets (elder).

1885–1937 · Contemporary

Amphilochius of Iconium (Greek: Ἀµφιλόχιος Ἰκονίου) was a Christian bishop of the fourth century, son of a Cappadocian family of distinction, born, perhaps at Caesarea, ca. 339/340, died probably 394–403.

1882–1942 · Contemporary · Franciscans

Anastazy Jakub Pankiewicz (July 9, 1882 – May 20, 1942) was a Polish Roman Catholic Franciscan friar and priest. He was arrested on October 10, 1941 and taken to the Nazi concentration camp at Dachau, where he died.

1880–1938 · Contemporary

Anatoly (Russian: Анато́лий, romanized: Anatoliy, Ukrainian: Анато́лій, romanized: Anatolii) is a common Russian and Ukrainian masculine given name, derived from the Greek name Anatolios (Ἀνατόλιος), meaning "he of the sunrise", from ἀνατολή anatolē, "sunrise".

1866–1900 · Contemporary · Ordo Fratrum Minorum de Regularis Observantia

André Bauer (Guebwiller, November 24, 1866 – Taiyuan, July 9, 1900) was an Alsatian Franciscan, a martyr of the Boxer Rebellion, and is recognized as a saint by the Catholic Church. He is one of the 120 Martyrs of China, whose feast day is July 9.

1884–1937 · Contemporary

Andrey Vladimirovich Voskresensky (October 2, 1884, Moscow — October 31, 1937, Butovo firing range, Moscow Oblast) was a protopresbyter of the Russian Orthodox Church. He was canonized as a hieromartyr by the Russian Orthodox Church in 2000.

1870–1918 · Contemporary

Archbishop Andronik (also spelled Andronic; Russian: Архиепископ Андроник, secular name Vladimir Alexandrovich Nikolsky, Russian: Владимир Александрович Никольский; August 1, 1870 – July 7, 1918), was a bishop in the Russian Orthodox Church and a saint, glorified as Hieromartyr A…

1891–1900 · Contemporary

1845–1937 · Contemporary · Congregation of the Holy Cross

André Bessette, C.S.C. (born Alfred; 9 August 1845 – 6 January 1937), commonly known as Brother André (French: Frère André) and since his canonization as Saint André of Montreal, was a lay brother of the Congregation of Holy Cross and a significant figure of the Catholic Church a…

1846–1932 · Contemporary · Sisters of the Cross

Angela of the Cross Guerrero y González, HCC (Spanish: Ángela de la Cruz or María de los Ángeles Guerrero González; 30 January 1846 – 2 March 1932) was a Spanish religious sister and the foundress of the Sisters of the Company of the Cross, a Catholic religious institute dedicate…

1874–1900 · Contemporary

Saint Anna An Jiao (Chinese: 安焦安納) (born 1874 in Anping, Hebei, China – died July 11, 1900, in Liugongying, Hebei) was a saint of the Catholic Church and a martyr. During the Boxer Rebellion in China, Christians were subjected to persecution.

1828–1900 · Contemporary

Saint Anna An Xin (1828, Anping, Hebei, China – July 11, 1900, Liugongying, Hebei) was a saint of the Catholic Church and a martyr. During the Boxer Rebellion in China, Christians were subjected to persecution.

1892–1943 · Contemporary

Maria Rajmunda of Jesus and Mary, CSFN, born Anna Kokołowicz (Kukołowicz) (August 24, 1892, in Barwaniszki, Vilnius region – August 1, 1943, near Nowogródek), was a Polish religious sister of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth and a blessed of the Cath…

1886–1938 · Contemporary

Anna Makandina was born in 1886 in the Vladimir Governorate and was a citizen of the Soviet Union. An Eastern Orthodox Reverend Martyr, she died in 1938 at the Butovo firing range, where she is also buried.

1844–1904 · Contemporary

Anna Maria Rubatto (14 February 1844, Carmagnola – 6 August 1904, Montevideo) was an Italian Roman Catholic nun who assumed the name Maria Francesca of Jesus. She was the founder of the Capuchin Sisters of Mother Rubatto.

1882–1925 · Contemporary · Franciscans

Anna Schäffer (February 18, 1882 – October 5, 1925) was a German woman who lived in Mindelstetten in Bavaria. She was canonized by Pope Benedict XVI on October 21, 2012. Schäffer's father, a carpenter, died at the age of 40, leaving his family in great poverty.

1888–1940 · Contemporary

Anna Vasilyevna Serova (1888 – early 1940s) was a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church, canonized as a martyr for universal veneration at the Jubilee Bishops' Council of the Russian Orthodox Church in 2000.

1886–1900 · Contemporary

Anna Wang (Chinese: 王亞納) was a Catholic lay girl who was martyred during the Boxer Rebellion. She was declared a saint by John Paul II. She is one of the Martyrs of China. Anna was born in 1886 in Majiazhuang, Hebei, China, to a poor Christian family.

1870–1937 · Contemporary

Anna Ivanovna Zertsalova (January 31, 1870, Moscow — November 27, 1937, Butovo firing range) was a spiritual writer and a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church, canonized as a martyr in 2000 for universal church veneration.

1886–1900 · Contemporary

Anna Wang was a young Chinese Christian, born around 1886, who was killed at the age of fourteen on July 22, 1900, in Majiazhuang, near Daining in Hebei province. During the Boxer Rebellion, she refused to renounce her faith and was beheaded.

1866–1900 · Contemporary · Franciscan Missionaries of Mary

Marie of Saint Just, born Anne-Françoise Moreau (9 April 1866 – 9 July 1900) was a French nun in the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary. She was one of the 120 Martyrs of China. During the Boxer Rebellion, she was killed on 9 July 1900 in Taiyuan.

1851–1927 · Contemporary · Cistercians

Annibale Maria di Francia, RCJ (or Hannibal Mary di Francia; 5 July 1851 – 1 June 1927) was an Italian Rogationist Father known for founding a series of orphanages, the Rogationists and the Daughters of Divine Zeal. He has been canonised and his feast day is 1 June.

1858–1931 · Contemporary

Anthony, also spelled Antony, is a masculine given name derived from the Antonii, a gens (Roman family name) to which Mark Antony (Marcus Antonius) belonged. According to Plutarch, the Antonii gens were Heracleidae, being descendants of Anton, a son of Heracles.

1880–1943 · Contemporary

Antoni Beszta-Borowski (9 September 1880 – 15 July 1943) was a Polish Roman Catholic priest. He was dean of Bielsk Podlaski. He is one of the 108 Martyrs of World War II.

1858–1941 · Contemporary

Antoni Julian Nowowiejski (11 February 1858 – 28 May 1941) was a Polish bishop of Płock (1908–1941), titular archbishop of Silyum, first secretary of Polish Episcopal Conference (1918–1919), honorary citizen of Płock and historian.

1869–1942 · Contemporary

Antoni Rewera (6 January 1869 – 1 October 1942) was a Polish Roman Catholic priest and martyr. One of the 108 Martyrs of World War II, Rewera served as a professor of the diocesan seminary in Sandomierz for 16 years and as dean of its cathedral chapter from 1931 until his death.

1882–1942 · Contemporary

Blessed Antoni Zawistowski (1882–1942) was a Polish priest. He died in a Nazi concentration camp. He is one of the 108 Martyrs of World War II. He was beatified by Pope John Paul II as one of 108 Polish Martyrs of World War II.

1915–1941 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor

Antonin Bajewski (17 January 1915 – 18 May 1941), born Jan Eugene Bajewski, was a Polish Franciscan friar. He has been declared a martyr by the Catholic Church following his death in Auschwitz Concentration Camp in 1941 and was beatified as one of the 108 Martyrs of World War II…

1842–1900 · Contemporary · Franciscans

Antonino Fantosati was born in Trevi in 1842 and served as a Franciscan priest, missionary, and titular bishop and vicar apostolic. A citizen of the Papal States and the Kingdom of Italy, he died in Hengyang in 1900 after being stoned.

1867–1915 · Contemporary

Aram Achekbashian (Armenian: Արամ Աչըքպաշյան, 1867 in Arapgir – 1915 in Constantinople) was an Armenian politician who became a member of Social-Democrat Hunchakian Party Central Committee in 1903. In 1886, Achekbashian entered the Faculty of Law at Constantinople University.

1889–1937 · Contemporary

Arcadius (Ancient Greek: Ἀρκάδιος Arkadios; c. 377 – 1 May 408) was Roman emperor from 383 to his death in 408. He was the eldest son of the Augustus Theodosius I (r. 379–395) and his first wife Aelia Flaccilla, and the brother of Honorius (r. 393–423).

1846–1912 · Contemporary · Franciscans

Arcangelo Tadini (12 October 1846 – 20 May 1912) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest. Tadini was ordained as a priest in 1870 and went on to found a religious congregation dedicated to the poor and ill while taking advantage of the Industrial Revolution to support women in work…

1892–1915 · Contemporary

Armen Dorian (Armenian: Արմէն Տօրեան; 28 January 1892 – 1915) was a renowned Armenian poet, teacher, and editor who lived in the Ottoman Empire. He studied at the Sorbonne University in Paris, France. He wrote poetry in French and Armenian.

1870–1921 · Contemporary

Armenag Haigazian (Armenian: Արմենակ Հայկազեան; 1870–1921), was an Armenian theologian, educator, scientist, linguist and musician. He was born to Harutune Haigazian and Mary Tavonkian on September 22, 1870, in Hadjin, Cilicia, Ottoman Empire, now Turkey.

1837–1909 · Contemporary · Divine Word Missionaries

Arnold Janssen SVD (5 November 1837 – 15 January 1909), was a German-Dutch Catholic priest and missionary who is venerated as a saint. He founded the Society of the Divine Word, a Catholic missionary religious congregation, also known as the Divine Word Missionaries, as well as t…

1833–1905 · Contemporary

Arsenia, born Anna Gavrilovna Dobronravova, and known in the great schema as Thomaisa (born 1879 in Shagarskoye, died January 23, 1939, in Ivanovo), was a Russian Orthodox nun and a holy new martyr.

1840–1924 · Contemporary

Saint Arsenios the Cappadocian (Greek: Ὅσιος Ἀρσένιος ὁ Καππαδόκης; 1840 – November 10, 1924), born in Kephalochori, Cappadocia (Greek: Κεφαλοχώρι) was a Greek dean and the spiritual father of Paisios of Mount Athos. He had a brother named Vlasios.

1881–1915 · Contemporary

Artin Tchitchéguian was a physician and pharmacist born in 1881. He died in 1915 during the Armenian Genocide and is recognized as a saint.

1871–1938 · Contemporary

Saint Augusta or St. Augusta, formerly named Ventura, is a city in Stearns County, Minnesota, United States, directly south of the city of St. Cloud. The population was 3,497 at the 2020 census. St. Augusta is part of the Saint Cloud Metropolitan Statistical Area.

1886–1937 · Contemporary

Born in 1886 in Kamenka, Ivanovo Oblast, Saint Augustin was an archbishop in the Eastern Orthodox Church and a citizen of the Soviet Union. He died in 1937 in Tula Oblast and is recognized as a hieromartyr.

1906 · Contemporary

Bajrangdas Bapa was a Hindu saint born in 1906. He held citizenship in the British Raj, the Dominion of India, and India.

1880–1918 · Contemporary

Varvara Alexeyevna Yakovleva (Russian: Варвара Алексеевна Яковлева; c. 1880 – July 18, 1918), called Nun Barbara (Russian: Инокиня Варвара), was a Russian Orthodox nun in the convent of Grand Duchess Elizabeth Fyodorovna.

1849–1900 · Contemporary

Barbe Cui Lianzhi was born in 1849 in Liushuitao, China. She was killed during the Boxer Rebellion in 1900 because she had embraced the Catholic faith. She was canonized on October 1, 2000, by Pope John Paul II, along with the 120 Martyrs of China.

1858–1918 · Contemporary

Barlaam Konoplyov was born in 1858 in Kalinino and practiced Eastern Orthodoxy. He died in 1918 in Osinsky Uyezd. He is recognized as a Reverend Martyr.

1871–1918 · Contemporary

Barsanuphius (Greek: Βαρσανούφιος, romanized: Barsanouphios; Arabic: برسانوف, romanized: Barsanūf; Italian: Barsonofio, Barsanofrio, Barsanorio; died after 543), also known as Barsanuphius of Palestine, Barsanuphius of Gaza or Barsanuphius the Great (in Eastern Orthodoxy), was a…