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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…

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.

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…

1835–1914 · Contemporary

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

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…

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.

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.

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.

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".

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.

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.

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…

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.

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.

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.

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.

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…

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…

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.

1841–1926 · Contemporary · Third Order of Saint Dominic

Bartolo Longo, TOSD (10 February 1841 – 5 October 1926) was an Italian lawyer and former Satanic priest who returned to the Catholic faith and became a Dominican tertiary, dedicating his life to the rosary and the Virgin Mary.

1837–1905 · Contemporary

Bonifacia Rodríguez y Castro (6 June 1837 – 8 August 1905) was the co-foundress of the Religious Congregation of the Servants of St. Joseph, who developed the "Nazareth workshop" as both a new format for consecrated life and to help poor and unemployed women.

1841–1914 · Contemporary · Brothers Hospitallers of St. John of God

Benedict Menni, OH (11 March 1841 – 24 April 1914), born Angelo Ercole Menni Figini, was an Italian Roman Catholic priest. Menni was a professed member of the Order of the Brothers Hospitallers of Saint John of God and he went on to establish a religious congregation of women kno…

1880–1928 · Contemporary

Jesús Méndez Montoya (Tarímbaro, June 10, 1880 – Mexico, February 5, 1928) was a Mexican priest. As vicar of Valtierrilla, he was a victim of the Cristero War: on February 5, 1928, the Mexican army broke into his church and executed him by firing squad in the building's courtyar…

1913–1942 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor

Boniface Zukowski (born Piotr Żukowski on January 13, 1913, in Baran-Rapa; died at Auschwitz on April 10, 1942) was a Conventual Franciscan, a martyr of Nazism, and was beatified by John Paul II on June 13, 1999. His feast day is April 10.

1905–1942 · Contemporary

Brunon Zembol, OFM, born Jan Brunon Zembol (September 7, 1905, in Łętownia – August 21, 1942, in Dachau), was a Polish Catholic priest, a Friar Minor (Reformed), a martyr of World War II, and a blessed of the Catholic Church.

1903–1930 · Contemporary · Salesians of Don Bosco

Callistus Caravario (18 June 1903 ― 25 February 1930) was a Salesian priest serving in China, who along with Luigi Versiglia was martyred in China on 25 February 1930. Caravario was born in Cuorgnè, Italy on 18 June 1903.

1845–1912 · Contemporary

Cándida María de Jesús (31 May 1845 – 9 August 1912), born in Andoain, as Juana Josefa Cipitria y Barriola, was a Spanish nun and the founder of the Daughters of Jesus.