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1892–1966 · Contemporary · Franciscans

Marija Petković, also known as The Blessed Mary of Jesus Crucified Petković; (Croatian: Marija od Propetoga Isusa Petković, Italian: Maria Di Gesù Crocifisso), (10 December 1892 - 9 July 1966) was the founder of the Catholic Congregation of the Daughters of Mercy.

1834–1900 · Contemporary

Mark Ji Tianxiang was a Chinese lay Catholic and doctor. He was martyred during the Boxer Rebellion and had been an opium addict. He was canonized in 2000 by Pope John Paul II. Ji was born in Jizhou District, Hengshui, Zhili (now Hebei), China in 1834.

1888–1915 · Contemporary

Martiros Guntagchyan (1888, Kayseri – 1915, victim of the Armenian Genocide) was an Armenian lawyer and cultural figure. After receiving his primary education in his birthplace, he joined the Armenian Revolutionary Federation in 1909.

1836–1900 · Contemporary

Saint Maria An Guo (born 1836 in Anping, Hebei, China; died July 11, 1900, in Liugongying, Hebei) was a martyr and a saint of the Catholic Church. Maria An Guo was born in 1836 in Anping, Hebei Province.

1871–1900 · Contemporary

Saint Maria An Linghua (born 1871 in Anping, Hebei, China; died July 11, 1900, in Liugongying, Hebei) was a Catholic saint and martyr. Maria An Linghua was born in 1871 in Anping, Hebei Province. During the Boxer Rebellion, Christians in China were subjected to persecution.

1885–1900 · Contemporary

Saint Maria Qi Yu (Chinese: 齊玉瑪利) (born 1885 in Daji, Hebei, China – died June 28, 1900, in Wangla, Hebei) was a saint of the Catholic Church and a martyr. Maria Qi Yu was born in 1885 in Daji, Hebei Province.

1872–1900 · Contemporary · Franciscan Missionaries of Mary

Saint Maria Chiara Nanetti or Mary Clare (1872-1900, born Clelia Nanetti) was an Italian religious sister who died for her faith in China during the Boxer Rebellion and was canonised in 2000.

1849–1900 · Contemporary

Saint Maria Du Zhao (1849 in Qifengzhuang, Hebei, China – June 28, 1900, in Wangjiatian, Hebei) was a saint of the Catholic Church and a martyr. Maria Du Zhao was born into a Christian family in the village of Qifengzhuang in Shen County, Hebei Province.

1858–1900 · Contemporary

Saint Maria Du Tian (1858–June 29, 1900) was a Chinese martyr and a saint of the Catholic Church. Born in 1858 in Shenzhou, Hebei, she married Du Yonghe from the village of Du, with whom she had two sons and three daughters.

1884–1900 · Contemporary

Saint Maria Fan Kun (1884 in Daji, Hebei, China – June 28, 1900, in Wangla, Hebei) was a saint of the Catholic Church and a martyr. Maria Fan Kun was born in Daji and raised in an orphanage founded by Catholic priests in the village of Wangla.

1863–1900 · Contemporary

1835–1900 · Contemporary

Saint Maria Guo Li (Chinese: 郭李瑪利) (born 1835 in Hujiache, Hebei, China – died July 7, 1900, in the same place) was a saint of the Catholic Church and a martyr. Maria Guo Li was the wife of Guo Zhinfang. The couple had many children, whom they raised in the Catholic faith.

1866–1900 · Contemporary · Franciscan Missionaries of Mary

Saint Marie-Hermine of Jesus (1866–1900, born Irma Grivot) was a French nun and Mother Superior who died during the Boxer Rebellion in China and was canonised in 2000.

1842–1909 · Contemporary · Sisters of St. Joseph of the Sacred Heart

Mary Helen MacKillop RSJ (in religion Mary of the Cross; 15 January 1842 – 8 August 1909) was an Australian religious sister. She was born in Melbourne but is best known for her activities in South Australia.

1851–1900 · Contemporary

Mary Wang was born in 1851 in Hebei and was a member of the Catholic Church. She died by decapitation in Hebei in 1900. She is recognized as a Catholic saint and blessed.

1883–1900 · Contemporary

Saint Maria Zhao (Chinese: 趙瑪利) (born 1883 in Zhaojia, Hebei, China – died July 1900, ibid.) was a saint of the Catholic Church and a martyr. Maria Zhao was born in 1883 in Zhaojia, Hebei Province. During the Boxer Rebellion, Christians in China were subjected to persecution.

1840–1900 · Contemporary

Marie Zhao Guo was a Chinese lay Christian, born around 1840, who was beheaded on July 28, 1900, alongside her daughters Rose Zhao, 22, and Marie Zhao, 17.

1889–1900 · Contemporary

Saint Maria Zheng Xu (born c. 1889 in Kou, Hebei, China; died June 28, 1900, in Wangla, Hebei) was a saint of the Catholic Church and a martyr. Maria Zheng Xu was born around 1889 in Kou, Hebei Province.

1850–1900 · Contemporary

Mary Zhu was born in 1850 in Hebei and died in 1900 in the same province. A member of the Catholic Church, she is recognized as a Catholic saint and blessed.

1878–1963 · Contemporary

María Guadalupe García Zavala (27 April 1878 – 24 June 1963) – born Anastasia Guadalupe García Zavala – was a Mexican Roman Catholic religious sister and the co-founder of the Handmaids of Santa Margherita and the Poor. She is also known as "Mother Lupita".

1926–1998 · Contemporary · Sisters of the Cross

María de la Purísima Salvat Romero (20 February 1926 – 31 October 1998), born María Isabel Salvat Romero, was a Spanish religious sister of the Sisters of the Company of the Cross. She assumed the religious name María de la Purísima of the Cross.

1848–1911 · Contemporary

María del Carmen Sallés y Barangueras (9 April 1848 – 25 July 1911), religious name Carmen of Jesus, was a Spanish religious sister. She founded the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Conception.

1867–1927 · Contemporary

Mateo Correa Magallanes (also known as Mateo Correa, Fr. Correa; July 23, 1866 – February 6, 1927) was a Knight of Columbus, of Council 2140. Correa was born at Tepechitlán, Zacatecas, Mexico. He attended the seminary at Zacatecas on a scholarship, in 1881.

1841–1902 · Contemporary

Matilde of the Sacred Heart (30 May 1841 - 17 December 1902), born Matilde Téllez Robles, was a Spanish nun and the foundress of the congregation of the Hijas de María Madre de la Iglesia.

1864–1936 · Contemporary

Matrona of Anemnyasevo (born Matrona Grigoryevna Belyakova; November 18, 1864, Anemnyasevo, Kasimov Uyezd, Ryazan Governorate — July 29, 1936, Moscow) was a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church.

1885–1952 · Contemporary

Matrona Dimitrievna Nikonova (Russian: Блаженная Матро́на Дими́триевна Ни́конова (Московская), romanized: Blazhennaya Matrona Dimitrievna Nikonova (Moskovskaya); 1881/1885 – 2 May 1952) is a canonized saint of the Russian Orthodox Church who is said to have had the gifts of proph…

1855–1900 · Contemporary · Franciscans

Matthew Feng De was a Franciscan friar born in Shanxi in 1855. He died in Taiyuan in 1900 and is recognized as a Catholic saint and blessed within the Catholic Church.

1880–1937 · Contemporary

Archimandrite Mavriky (secular name Mikhail Vladimirovich Poletaev; December 18, 1880, Kronstadt, Saint Petersburg Governorate — October 4, 1937, Karaganda) was an archimandrite of the Russian Orthodox Church. He was glorified as a venerable martyr in August 2000.

1888–1914 · Contemporary

Maxim Timofeyevich Sandovich (Russian: Максим Тимофеевич Сандович, Polish: Maksym Sandowicz, Maksym Gorlicki; 1 February 1888 – 6 August 1914) is a New Martyr and Orthodox saint. He was canonised with the name of Maxim of Gorlice with the title of hieromartyr.

1835–1900 · Contemporary

Meletius, born Mikhail Ioannovich Leontovich (October 26/November 6, 1784, in Stari Sanzhary – February 17/29, 1840, in Kharkiv), was a Russian Orthodox bishop and saint of Ukrainian descent.

1859–1915 · Contemporary

Melkon Hrand Guirdjian (Armenian: Մելքոն Հրանդ Կիւրճեան, 1859 in Palu, Ottoman Empire – 1915 in Ankara, Ottoman Empire) was an Armenian writer, professor, and civic activist. Melkon Guirdjian was born in the Havav village in the Palu region that is now considered Elazığ.

1868–1921 · Contemporary

Metody was an Eastern Orthodox priest and bishop born in 1868. He died in 1921 in Petropavl and is recognized as a hieromartyr.

1855–1900 · Contemporary

Metrophanes, Chi Sung (Cháng Yángjí,常楊吉, his Chinese name is also sometimes translated as Tsi Chung) or Mitrophan (December 10, 1855 – June 10, 1900) was the first Chinese Eastern Orthodox priest to be martyred.

1874–1937 · Contemporary

Michael Blagievsky (birth name: Michael Ioannovich Kobozev; Russian: Михаи́л Иоа́ннович Ко́бозев) (February 4, 1874, Spas-Leonovschina, Moscow Governorate – December 23, 1937, Ryazhsk, Ryazan Oblast) was a Russian archpriest executed by the Bolsheviks and canonized by the Russian…

1893–1943 · Contemporary

Michał Kozal (27 September 1893 – 26 January 1943) was a Polish Roman Catholic bishop. Kozal was noted for his intelligence and dedication to studies and studied to become a priest during World War I, which disrupted his studies but did not prevent his ordination in 1918; he gain…

1900–1942 · Contemporary

Michał Oziębłowski was a Polish Catholic priest and catechist born in 1900 in Izdebno Kościelne. He died in 1942 at the Dachau concentration camp and is recognized as a saint by the Catholic Church.

1885–1940 · Contemporary

Michael Piaszczynski (1 November 1885 – 18 December 1940) was a Polish Catholic priest who was arrested by the Nazis and killed at Sachsenhausen concentration camp. As a martyr he was beatified by Pope John Paul II on 13 June 1999.

1875–1942 · Contemporary

Michał Woźniak (born 1 July 1999) is a Polish pair skater. With his current skating partner, Ioulia Chtchetinina, he is the 2025 Four National champion, the 2024 Four National silver medalist, a three-time Polish national champion (2024–26), and the 2024 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb…

1902–1941 · Contemporary · Capuchin Poor Clares

Mieczysława Kowalska was a Polish religious sister of the Capuchin Poor Clares born in Warsaw in 1902. She died of tuberculosis in 1941 at the Soldau concentration camp. She is recognized as a saint in the Catholic Church.

1891–1927 · Contemporary · Society of Jesus

José Ramón Miguel Agustín Pro Juárez, also known as Blessed Miguel Pro, SJ (January 13, 1891 – November 23, 1927) was a Mexican Jesuit priest executed under the presidency of Plutarco Elías Calles on the false charges of bombing and attempted assassination of former Mexican Presi…

1926–1990 · Contemporary

Mijalče Kirilov Parnadžiev was a North Macedonian sculptor and bishop born in Štip in 1926. He died in Lesnovo in 1990 and is recognized as a saint.

1915 · Contemporary

Mikayel Gharagyozyan was arrested in April 1915 as part of a list of 58 prominent Armenian doctors compiled by Dr. Bahaeddin Shakir, one of the leaders of the Committee of Union and Progress. He was killed in 1915 near Tigranakert.

1873–1919 · Contemporary

Michael Bleive (born October 29, 1873, in Olustvere, Suure-Jaani, Viljandi County, Governorate of Livonia, present-day Estonia; died January 14, 1919, in Tartu), also spelled Michael Bleiwe, born Mihkel Bleive, also spelled Mihhail Bleive, and known in Russian as Mikhail Ivanovic…

1870–1931 · Contemporary

Mikhail Pavlovich Cheltsov (May 27, 1870, Kikino village, Ryazhsky Uyezd, Ryazan Governorate — January 7, 1931, Leningrad) was a protopresbyter of the Russian Orthodox Church and a theologian. He was canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church in 2005.

1877–1961 · Contemporary

Schemarchimandrite Mikhail (secular name Maksim Kuzmich Galushko; 1877, Polnaya — March 24, 1961, Kharkiv) was a schemarchimandrite of the Russian Orthodox Church, a venerable confessor, and a locally venerated saint of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.

1890–1937 · Contemporary

Mikhail Ivanovich Gusev (Mikhail of Kulebaki; October 25, 1890, Diveyevo, Arzamas Uyezd, Nizhny Novgorod Governorate — November 20, 1937) was a clergyman of the Russian Orthodox Church and an archpriest.

1938 · Contemporary

Mikhail Markov is a Kyrgyzstani chess International Master. He played in the Chess World Cup 2013, being defeated by Levon Aronian in the first round.

1864–1938 · Contemporary

Mikhail Novosyolov (Russian: Михаи́л Новосёлов) is a Soviet-Tajik serial killer and necrophile. He killed 22 people of both sexes aged between 6 and 50 years old - 16 in Russia, and six in Tajikistan. He was born in Sarapul. Novosyolov has been sentenced a total of three times.

1871–1933 · Contemporary

Mikhail Vladimirovich Viktorov (Russian: Михаил Владимирович Викторов; December 24, 1893 – August 1, 1938) was a Russian military leader and Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Naval Forces from August 1937 to January 1938.

1848–1907 · Contemporary

Misha-Samuel (born Mikhail Vasilyevich Lazarev; 1848 – February 23 [March 8], 1907) was a holy fool of Pereslavl, venerated in Orthodoxy as Blessed Mikhail of Pereslavl, a locally canonized saint of the Yaroslavl Diocese.