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1876–1958 · Contemporary

Pope Pius XII (Italian: Pio XII; born Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli; 2 March 1876 – 9 October 1958) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City from 2 March 1939 until his death on 9 October 1958.

1906–1991 · Contemporary

Saint Porphyrios (Bairaktaris) the Kafsokalyvite (Greek: Ὅσιος Πορφύριος ὁ Καυσοκαλυβίτης; secular name: Evangelos Bairaktaris (Greek: Εὐάγγελος Μπαϊρακτάρης; February 7, 1906 – December 2, 1991) was a Greek Athonite hieromonk who became widely known for his gifts of spiritual di…

1884–1936 · Contemporary

Potapy Emelianov Потапий Емельянов (c. 1889, Ufa Governorate, Russian Empire – 14 August 1936, Nadvoitsy, Segezhsky District, Karelian ASSR, USSR) was a Russian clergyman and Eastern Catholic martyr under Stalinism.

1865–1930 · Contemporary

Rafael Merry del Val y Zulueta, OL (10 October 1865 – 26 February 1930) was a Spanish Catholic bishop, Vatican official, and cardinal. Before becoming a cardinal, he served as the secretary of the papal conclave of 1903 that elected Pope Pius X, who is said to have accepted his…

1911–1973 · Contemporary

Rafael Sánchez García, born on June 14, 1911, in Oliva de la Frontera and died on August 8, 1973, in Badajoz, was a Spanish Catholic priest known for serving as the chaplain of the Provincial Hospital of Badajoz. He is recognized as venerable by the Catholic Church.

1876–1948 · Contemporary · Order of the Brothers Discalced of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel

Raffaele Rossi, OCD, born Carlo Rossi, (28 October 1876 – 17 September 1948), was an Italian Discalced Carmelite and cardinal. Rossi served in the Sacred Consistorial Congregation in the Roman Curia from 1930 until his death and as a friar had the religious name "Raffaele of Sain…

1856–1919 · Contemporary · Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools

Raphaël-Louis Rafiringa, FSC (born Firinga; 3 November 1856 – 19 May 1919) was a Catholic religious brother from Madagascar who served as a De La Salle Brother at a time in his nation when foreign missionaries were expelled.

1915–1991 · Contemporary · Capuchin Poor Clares

Raphaëlle Marie of the Jesus-Host, born Rafaela Martínez-Cañavate Ballesteros (March 30, 1915 – May 29, 1991), was a Spanish Catholic nun of the Order of Poor Clares of the Capuchin Reform. She is recognized as venerable by the Catholic Church.

1900–1945 · Contemporary · Pallottines

Richard Henkes (26 May 1900 – 22 February 1945) was a German Roman Catholic priest of the Society of the Catholic Apostolate (Pallottines). Henkes served as a teacher but was best known for his preaching abilities in the pulpit where he made strong-worded condemnations of Nazism…

1886–1963 · Contemporary

Jean-Baptiste Nicolas Robert Schuman was a Luxembourg-born French statesman. Schuman was a Christian democratic (Popular Republican Movement) political thinker and activist.

1921–1978 · Contemporary · Cistercians

Romano Bottegal (Lamon, 28 December 1921 – Beirut, 19 February 1978) was an Italian religious priest of the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance). Bottegal joined the order in the 1940s and lived as a hermit in Lebanon.

1874–1964 · Contemporary · Franciscans

Rosa Elena Cornejo Pazmiño (11 December 1874 – 24 October 1964), also known by her religious name María Francisca of the Wounds, was an Ecuadorian religious sister in the Roman Catholic Church.

1871–1954 · Contemporary · Carmelite Sisters of Saint Joseph (Barcelona)

Rosa Ojeda i Creus (Vilanova i la Geltrú, August 30, 1871 – Barcelona, May 15, 1954), in religion Rose of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, was a Spanish nun, founder of the Carmelite Sisters of Saint Joseph, and recognized as venerable by the Catholic Church since 1998.

1951–1974 · Contemporary

Rosa Staltari was born in 1951 in Antonimina and served as a nun. She died in 1974 in Palermo and has been declared Venerable.

1901–1944 · Contemporary

Rozalia Celakówna was born in 1901 in Jachówka and worked as a nurse. She died in 1944 in Kraków and is buried at the Rakowicki Cemetery. She holds the status of Venerable.

1901–1959 · Contemporary

Saint George of Drama (Greek: Ὁ Ὅσιος Γεώργιος τῆς Δράμας; born 1 January 1901), born Athanasios Karslidis, was a Greek Orthodox monk of Caucasian origin. He is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church and associated with both Greek and Georgian Orthodox traditions.

1920–1991 · Contemporary

Iakovos Tsalikis (Greek: Ιάκωβος Ευβοίας, November 5, 1920–November 21, 1991), also known as Iakovos of Evia (and Saint Jacob/James Tsalikis) was an Ottoman-born Greek saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church. He was abbot of the Monastery of Saint David the Elder.

1920–1943 · Contemporary

Salvo Rosario Antonio D'Acquisto MOVM (15 October 1920 – 23 September 1943) was a member of the Italian Carabinieri during the Second World War. After Italy surrendered in September 1943 to the Allies, the Germans occupied most of the country.

1917–1968 · Contemporary · Sisters of the Sacred Heart (Ragusa)

Emanuela Giovanna Scribano, in religion Santina di Gesù Scribano, born on December 4, 1917, in Ragusa, and died on May 12, 1968, was an Italian religious sister renowned for her holiness. She was recognized as venerable by Pope Benedict XVI in 2007.

1929–1958 · Contemporary

Satoko Kitahara (北原 怜子, Kitahara Satoko; 22 August 1929 – 23 January 1958) – later known as Elisabeth Maria Kitahara – was a Japanese Roman Catholic.

1873–1958 · Contemporary

Schema-Igumen John (Russian: Схиигумен Иоанн, Finnish: Skeemaigumeeni Johannes, born Ivan Alekseyevich Alekseyev, Russian: Иван Алексеевич Алексеев; 26 February 1873, village Gubka, Novotorzhsky Uyezd, Tver Governorate, Russian Empire – 5 June 1958, New Valamo, Heinävesi, Finland…

1897–1987 · Contemporary

Orsola Rivata, in religion Mother Scholastica, born July 12, 1897, in Guarene and died March 24, 1987, in Sanfrè, was an Italian Catholic nun, co-founder and first Superior General of the Pious Disciples of the Divine Master.

1913–1988 · Contemporary · Adorers of the Blood of Christ

Noeme or Noemy Cinque, in religion Serafina Cinque, born on January 31, 1913, in Urucurituba, Brazil, and died on October 21, 1988, in Manaus, was a Brazilian religious sister of the Adorers of the Blood of Christ.

1898–1971 · Contemporary

Shtjefën Kurti (24 December 1898 – 20 October 1971) was an Albanian Roman Catholic priest killed during a period of communist persecution. Kurti served as a priest during a volatile period for his nation in which communist repression enjoined state atheism and led to strict rules…

1854–1941 · Contemporary

Simeon Popović (Serbian Cyrillic: Симеон Поповић; 19 December 1854 – 1 April 1941), sometimes romanized as Symeon Popovich, was a Serbian Orthodox hieromonk and the first abbot of the Dajbabe Monastery, which he founded.

1877–1943 · Contemporary · Salesians of Don Bosco

Simon Srugi, also known as Simaan Srugi, born on June 27, 1877, in Nazareth and died on November 27, 1943, was a Salesian religious brother in Beit Gemal, Palestine.

1907–2005 · Contemporary · Carmelites

Lúcia de Jesus Rosa dos Santos, OCD, (28 March 1907 – 13 February 2005) also known as Lúcia of Fátima and by her religious name Maria Lúcia of Jesus and of the Immaculate Heart, was a Discalced Carmelite from Portugal.

1844–1915 · Contemporary

Schemarchimandrite Gabriel (secular name Gabriel Fyodorovich Zyryanov; March 14 (26), 1844, Frolovo village, Irbit Uyezd, Perm Governorate — September 24, 1915, Kazan) was an archimandrite of the Russian Orthodox Church.

1828–1921 · Contemporary

Venerable Sofrony Smirnov was an Eastern Orthodox priest born in Moscow in 1828. A citizen of the Russian Empire, he lived until 1921.

1889–1964 · Contemporary

Basilia Cornago Zapater, later known as Sister Mónica de Jesús, was born in Monteagudo, Navarre, on May 17, 1889. She was the third of ten children.

1901–1981 · Contemporary

Stefan Wyszyński was a Polish Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Warsaw and Archbishop of Gniezno from 1948 to 1981. He previously served as Bishop of Lublin from 1946 to 1948. He was created a cardinal on 12 January 1953 by Pope Pius XII.

1895–1978 · Contemporary · Salesians of Don Bosco

Stephen Ferrando (28 September 1895 – 21 June 1978) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest belonging to the Salesians of Don Bosco. He served in the missions in Asia once he was ordained and was stationed in India where he led a diocese of his own.

1911–1953 · Contemporary

Szilárd Ignác Bogdánffy (21 February 1911 – 3 October 1953) was a Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop of Satu Mare and Oradea of the Latins. On 30 October 2010 he was proclaimed blessed in a ceremony held in the Cathedral Basilica of St.

1899–1944 · Contemporary

Sára Salkaházi, SSS (born Sarolta Klotild Schalkház; 11 May 1899 – 27 December 1944) was a Hungarian Catholic religious sister who saved the lives of approximately one hundred Jews during World War II.

1882–1950 · Contemporary

Sílvia Cardoso Ferreira da Silva (26 July 1882 – 2 November 1950) was a Portuguese Roman Catholic. During her lifetime she led a tireless apostolate dedicated to serving the poor in Brazil (where she travelled to and once lived) and in her native land where she founded retreat ce…

1895–1958 · Contemporary · Sisters Missionaries of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary

Tarsilla Osti, born on December 6, 1895, in Pula, Istria, and died on December 26, 1958, in Rome, was an Istrian nun and a missionary of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary. Renowned for her holiness, she was recognized as venerable by Pope Benedict XVI in 2008.

1914–1988 · Contemporary

Teofilo Bastida Camomot (3 March 1914 – 27 September 1988) was a Roman Catholic archbishop from the Philippines. Ordained a diocesan priest of the Archdiocese of Cebu on 14 December 1941, he was eventually appointed an auxiliary bishop on 23 March 1955 and receiving the titular s…

1867–1957 · Contemporary

Teresa Fardella de Blasi, born on May 24, 1867, in New York and died on August 26, 1957, was an Italian officer's wife. She dedicated herself to street children and adolescents, founding a charitable organization and the Poor Daughters of the Crowned Virgin.

1850–1907 · Contemporary

Thérèse Gallifa Palmarola (Sant Hipòlit de Voltregà, June 21, 1850 – Barcelona, March 17, 1907) was a Spanish religious sister, founder of the Handmaids of the Passion, and recognized as venerable by the Catholic Church.

1848–1917 · Contemporary · Carmelite Sisters of Saint Joseph

Thérèse Guasch y Toda, born on May 28, 1848, in Riudecanyes (Catalonia, Spain) and died on December 15, 1917, in Barcelona, was a Spanish religious sister known in religion as Thérèse of the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

1885–1946 · Contemporary · Order of the Brothers Discalced of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel

Teresa Janina Kierocińska (religious name Maria Teresa of St. Joseph, 14 June 1885 – 12 July 1946) was a Discalced Carmelite nun born in Wieluń, who cofounded the Carmelite Sisters of the Infant Jesus and was honored with the title of the Righteous Among the Nations.

1894–1964 · Contemporary

Maria Teresa Merlo (20 February 1894 – 5 February 1964) – in religious life "Tecla" – was an Italian Roman Catholic professed religious and the co-founder of the Daughters of Saint Paul that she established alongside Blessed Giacomo Alberione.

1875–1953 · Contemporary · Sisters Canons of the Cross

Teresa de la Cruz Candamo, born on August 19, 1875, in Lima, Peru, and died on August 24, 1953, in Lima, was a Peruvian religious sister and the founder of the Canonesses of the Cross in 1919.

1858–1902 · Contemporary

Teresa of St. Rose of Lima, CSST was an Indian Catholic religious sister and the founder of the Institute of the Carmelite Sisters of Saint Teresa in Kerala, India. Teresa of St.

1916–1945 · Contemporary

Teresio Olivelli (7 January 1916 – 12 January 1945) was an Italian Roman Catholic soldier during World War II and part of the Italian Resistance movement to Fascism and the Nazi regime.

1915–2005 · Contemporary · Order of Discalced Nuns of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel

Tereza Margarida of the Heart of Mary OCD (born Maria Luiza Rezende Marques; 24 December 1915 – 14 November 2005), was a Brazilian Discalced Carmelite nun from the interior of the state of Minas Gerais.

1897–1926 · Contemporary · Carmelite Daughters of the Divine Heart of Jesus

Teresa Ysseldijk (Apeldoorn, November 13, 1897 – Saint Louis, March 10, 1926), known as Maria Teresa of the Most Holy Trinity, was a Dutch Catholic religious sister of the Congregation of the Carmelite Sisters of the Divine Heart of Jesus who lived her religious life in Missouri.…

1873–1925 · Contemporary

Venerable Thomas of Kurialacherry (14 January 1873 – 2 June 1925) was a Catholic bishop from Kerala. Kurialacherry was a member of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, had his ordination in May 1899 from Cardinal Cassantha, and was bishop of what would become the Archdiocese of Chan…

1882–1936 · Contemporary · Dominican Order

Titus Maria Horten, OP (born Franz Aloysius Laurenz Friedrich Horten on August 9, 1882, in Elberfeld, now a district of Wuppertal; died January 25, 1936, in Oldenburg) was a German Dominican friar and Roman Catholic priest from the Horten entrepreneurial family.

1908–1994 · Contemporary · Society of Jesus

Tomás Morales Pérez (30 October 1908 - 1 October 1994) was a Spanish Catholic priest and professed member from the Jesuits who founded the Institutos Seculares de los Cruzados de María.