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1909–1980 · Contemporary

Adelaide Bonolis, born on August 14, 1909, in Milan, Italy, and died on August 11, 1980, was a Christian laywoman and founder of charitable works for the needy and for social rehabilitation, particularly for women.

1871–1929 · Contemporary

Adolphe Chatillon, in religion Brother Théophanius-Léo, born in Nicolet, Quebec, on October 31, 1871, and died on April 28, 1929, was a Canadian religious brother and educator.

1916–2001 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Alberto Maria Beretta, born Enrico Beretta (Milan, August 28, 1916 – Bergamo, August 10, 2001), was an Italian priest, physician, and missionary of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, who was proclaimed venerable by the Catholic Church.

1920–1933 · Contemporary

Anfrosina Berardi, born on December 6, 1920, in L'Aquila and died at the age of 12 on March 13, 1933, was a young Italian Catholic renowned for her holiness. She was declared venerable by Pope Francis in April 2021.

1910–1942 · Contemporary · Secular Order of Discalced Carmelites

Anita Cantieri (March 30, 1910, Lucca, Italy – August 24, 1942, Lucca) was an Italian laywoman and a member of the Third Order of Carmel (taking the name Thérèse of the Child Jesus). Wishing to become a nun, she entered the Carmelite convent in Florence at the age of 20.

1872–1936 · Contemporary · Sisters of Saint Michael Archangel

Anna Kaworek, born on June 18, 1872, in Biedrzychowice, Poland, and died on December 30, 1936, in Miejsce Piastowe, was a Polish religious sister and co-founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of Saint Michael the Archangel, a teaching and nursing order.

1936–1995 · Contemporary · Sisters of the Poor, Palazzolo Institute

Celeste Maria, in religion Annelvira Ossoli, born on August 26, 1936, and died on May 23, 1995, in Kikwit, Democratic Republic of the Congo, was a religious sister of the Sisters of the Poor of Bergamo, a missionary, and a nurse in Africa.

1901–1933 · Contemporary

Aurora Calvo Hernández-Agero, born on December 9, 1901, in Béjar, Spain, and died on November 22, 1933, in the same city, was a Spanish laywoman renowned for her holiness. She has been recognized as venerable by Pope Francis.

1906–1975 · Contemporary

Simon Mpeke, best known by the nickname Baba Simon (Father Simon), born in 1906 and died in 1975, was a Cameroonian priest, the first leader of Jesus Caritas in Africa, and later a missionary to the Kirdi people, becoming known as the champion of Kirdi identity.

1865–1934 · Contemporary · Order of the Brothers Discalced of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel

Ildefonso Sánchez Mayorga, in religion Balbino of the Carmel (Balbino del Carmelo), born March 7, 1865, in El Fresno and died May 12, 1934, in Ávila, was a Spanish Carmelite priest. His cause for beatification was opened in 1961.

1909–1937 · Contemporary · Order of the Brothers Discalced of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel

Angelo Calvi, in religion Benignus of the Child Jesus (Italian: Benigno di santa teresa di gesù bambino), born July 23, 1909, and died October 25, 1937, in Milan, was an Italian Carmelite priest. His cause for beatification was opened in 1991.

1902–1932 · Contemporary · Benedictines

Bernardo Vaz Lobo Teixeira de Vasconcelos, O.S.B. (São Romão do Corgo, Celorico de Basto, July 7, 1902 – Foz do Douro, July 4, 1932), better known as Friar Bernardo de Vasconcelos, was a mystical poet and Benedictine monk who, despite passing away just days before turning 30, lef…

1865–1960 · Contemporary

Brigida Maria Postorino, born on November 19, 1865, in Catona, Calabria, and died on March 30, 1960, in Frascati near Rome, was an Italian religious sister and founder of the Daughters of the Immaculate, an order dedicated to serving the poor.

1841–1910 · Contemporary

Camille Costa de Beauregard, born on February 17, 1841, and died on March 25, 1910, was a canon of Chambéry and the 1868 founder of the Bocage orphanage, established for the education of poor and abandoned children.

1844–1908 · Contemporary · Sisters Servants of the Divine Heart

Celia Méndez y Delgado, in religion Maria Teresa of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, born in Fuentes de Andalucía, Spain, on February 11, 1844, and died in Seville on June 2, 1908, was a Spanish religious sister and co-founder of the teaching congregation of the Handmaids of the Divine…

1902–1973 · Contemporary · Poor Clares

Juana de la Concepción Sánchez García, in religion Clara de la Concepción, born February 14, 1902, in Torre en Cameros, Spain, and died in 1973 in Soria, Castile and León, was a Spanish Catholic nun of the Order of Saint Clare.

1931–1995 · Contemporary · Sisters of the Poor, Palazzolo Institute

Alessandra Ghilardi, known in religion as Sister Clarangela Ghilardi, was born on April 21, 1931, in Trescore Balneario, Italy, and died on May 6, 1995, in Kikwit, Zaire.

1881–1972 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Cyril Jean Zohrabian (Armenian: Հովհաննէս Զոհրաբիան Գուրէղ), born on June 25, 1881, in Erzurum (Ottoman Empire) and died on September 20, 1972, in Rome (Italy), was a Catholic priest, a member of the Armenian community of Turkey, who was declared venerable by Pope Francis on Janu…

1876–1924 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Daniele da Samarate, born Felice Rossini (June 15, 1876 – May 19, 1924), was an Italian Catholic priest of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin who served as a missionary in Brazil.

1947–1995 · Contemporary · Sisters of the Poor, Palazzolo Institute

Danielangela Sorti, in religion Sister Anna Maria, born on June 15, 1947, in Bergamo, Italy, and died on May 11, 1995, in Kikwit, Democratic Republic of the Congo, was an Italian nun and nurse.

1936–1995 · Contemporary · Sisters of the Poor, Palazzolo Institute

Teresa Santa Belleri, known in religion as Sister Dinarosa Belleri, was born on November 11, 1936, in Cailina di Villa Carcina, Italy, and died on May 14, 1995, in Kikwit, Zaire.

1865–1944 · Contemporary

Euthymius, born Estat Kereselidze (died 1944 at Zedazeni Monastery), was an Orthodox monk and saint. He came from the village of Sadmeli. After completing primary school, he went to work in Kutaisi and later Tbilisi.

1941–1986 · Contemporary

Elisa Giambelluca, born on April 30, 1941, in Isnello, Italy, and died on July 5, 1986, in Rome, was an Italian mathematics teacher and high school principal. Having died of cancer, she is renowned for her holiness. She has been declared venerable by Pope Francis.

1904–1976 · Contemporary

Elisa Miceli (April 12, 1904 – April 19, 1976) was an Italian Catholic activist, deeply committed to the apostolate, known for founding the congregation of the Rural Catechist Sisters of the Sacred Heart.

1905–1950 · Contemporary · Sons of the Immaculate Conception

Emanuele Stablum, born on June 10, 1895, in Terzolas, Italy, and died on March 16, 1950, was an Italian Catholic religious and physician, and a member of the Sons of the Immaculate Conception.

1888–1969 · Contemporary · Stigmatines

Emilio Recchia, born on February 19, 1888, in Verona, Italy, and died in 1969, was an Italian religious figure who protected about a hundred Jews during the Second World War. He is recognized as Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem and as Venerable by the Catholic Church.

1924–1995 · Contemporary · Sisters of the Poor, Palazzolo Institute

Luigia Rosina Rondi, known in religion as Sister Floralba Rondi, was born on December 10, 1924, in Pedrengo, Italy, and died on April 25, 1995, in Mosango, Democratic Republic of the Congo. She was an Italian religious sister and nurse.

1861–1935 · Contemporary · Angelic Sisters of St. Paul

Flore Bracaval, in religion Mother Jeanne-Marie of the Eucharist, born May 3, 1861, in Mouscron, Belgium, and died January 26, 1935, in Arienzo, Campania, was a Belgian religious sister, restorer, and first superior general of the Congregation of the Angelic Sisters of Saint Paul…

1833–1903 · Contemporary · Hermanas Franciscanas de la Inmaculada

Francisca Pascual Doménech, born in Moncada, Spain, on October 13, 1833, and died on April 26, 1903, was a Spanish religious sister and founder of the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Conception, dedicated to the advancement of women, the elderly, the sick, and the disabled.

1882–1945 · Contemporary

Franz Zagermann (born July 28, 1882, in Zagern near Schillgehnen, Braunsberg district, Warmia; died February 26, 1945, in Glockstein (now Unikowo), Rößel district, now Bartoszyce district, Warmia) was a German-Polish Roman Catholic priest.

1942–1981 · Contemporary

Franz de Castro Holzwarth (Barra do Piraí, May 18, 1942 – Jacareí, February 14, 1981) was a Brazilian lawyer and human rights activist. He was declared venerable by the Catholic Church on December 17, 2022.

1849–1901 · Contemporary

Gabriel of Mount Athos (secular name Georgy; January 20, 1849, Kiev Governorate — November 1, 1901, Novonikolayevskaya stanitsa (now the city of Novoazovsk), Taganrog Okrug, Don Host Oblast) was an Orthodox ascetic, archimandrite, and superior of the Athonite Ilyinsky Skete.

1880–1949 · Contemporary · Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul

Gabriella Borgarino, born on September 2, 1880, in Boves, Italy, and died on January 1, 1949, in Luserna San Giovanni, Turin, was an Italian Catholic nun.

1881–1966 · Contemporary · Passionists

Généreux of the Most Holy Crucifix, born Angelo Fontanarosa on November 6, 1881, in Vetralla (Viterbo, Italy) and died on January 9, 1966, in Mascalucia (Catania, Sicily), was an Italian professed priest of the Congregation of the Passion of Jesus Christ.

1921–2004 · Contemporary

Gianfranco Chiti (Gignese, May 6, 1921 – Rome, November 20, 2004) was an Italian general and a Franciscan Catholic priest. He has been recognized as a Servant of God by the Catholic Church since the introduction of his cause for beatification.

1884–1958 · Contemporary

Giulio Facibeni (Galeata, July 29, 1884 – Florence, June 2, 1958) was an Italian priest and anti-fascist, founder of the Opera della Divina Provvidenza Madonnina del Grappa, recognized as one of the Righteous Among the Nations for his efforts on behalf of Jews in Florence during…

1908–1966 · Contemporary · Missionary Sisters Catechists of the Poor

Gloria Maria Elizondo García, born on August 26, 1908, in Durango, Mexico, and died on December 8, 1966, in Monterrey, was a Mexican business executive who became a religious sister and served as Superior General of the Congregation of the Missionary Catechist Sisters of the Poor…

1903–1996 · Contemporary

Henri Caffarel, born on July 30, 1903, in Lyon and died on September 18, 1996, in Beauvais (Oise), was a French Catholic priest, founder of the Teams of Our Lady and the magazine L'Anneau d'Or. He was declared venerable on March 23, 2026, by a decree of Leo XIV.

1841–1919 · Contemporary

Jérôme (Hieronymus) Jaegen, born in Trier on August 23, 1841, and died in the same city on February 26, 1919, was a figure of social Catholicism in Germany, recognized as venerable by the Catholic Church.

1897–1977 · Contemporary

Ilia Corsaro (October 4, 1897 – March 23, 1977) was an Italian Catholic nun and founder of the Eucharistic Missionary Sisters, an order dedicated to catechetical, educational, and charitable work for youth, the poor, and families.

1923–1979 · Contemporary

Janina Woynarowska, born on May 10, 1923, in Piwniczna, Poland, and died on November 24, 1979, in Kraków, was a Polish nurse renowned for her holiness. She has been declared venerable by Pope Francis.

1895–1978 · Contemporary · Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools

Jean Fromental Cayroche, in religion Brother Bernard Philippe (born Jean Prosper Fromental in Servières on June 27, 1895, and died on December 5, 1978, in Mexico City), was a French De La Salle Brother, a missionary in Central America, and the founder of the Guadalupan Sisters of…

1899–1966 · Contemporary

Joaquim Alves Brás (March 19, 1899 – March 13, 1966) was a Portuguese Catholic priest. Faced with the dire economic and moral situation of a portion of the population, he dedicated himself to the education of disadvantaged young girls, the training of domestic workers, and the ap…

1833–1909 · Contemporary · Oratory of Saint Philip Neri

Joaquim Rosselló (born in Palma de Mallorca on June 28, 1833 – died in the same city on December 20, 1909) was a Spanish priest, founder of the Missionaries of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, and recognized as venerable by the Catholic Church.

1917–1994 · Contemporary · Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer

Jorge Gottau (1917–1994) was an Argentine Redemptorist priest, ordained in 1942 and appointed the first bishop of the Diocese of Añatuya by Pope John XXIII in 1961.

1837–1911 · Contemporary

Joseph of Optina (secular name Ivan Yevfimovich Litovkin; November 2 [14], 1837, Gorodishche village, Kharkov Governorate — May 9 [22], 1911, Optina Monastery) was a priest of the Russian Orthodox Church.

1907–1941 · Contemporary

Maria Antonija Fabjan (born January 23, 1907, in Malo Lipje; died December 15, 1941, in Goražde) was a Slovenian Blessed of the Catholic Church, a nun of the Congregation of the Daughters of Divine Love, and one of the Drina Martyrs.

1945–1976 · Contemporary · Conventual Franciscans

Carlos Murias, born on October 10, 1945, in San Carlos Minas and murdered on July 18, 1976, in Chamical, was an Argentine Catholic priest and Franciscan who was kidnapped, tortured, and executed alongside the French priest Gabriel Longueville during the military dictatorship.

1873–1951 · Contemporary

Laura Meozzi (born January 5, 1873, in Florence, died August 30, 1951, in Pogrzebień) was an Italian nun, the first provincial superior of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians (Salesian Sisters) in Poland, and a Venerable Servant of God of the Catholic Church.

1868–1915 · Contemporary

Louise-Marguerite Claret de la Touche, born Marguerite-Céline on March 15, 1868, in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France, and died on May 14, 1915, in Vische, Turin, Italy, was a French nun and mystic.