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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…

1905–1938 · Contemporary · Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy

Polish religious sister whose diary records the apparitions of the Divine Mercy devotion.

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.

1856–1925 · Contemporary · Third Order of Saint Francis

Matthew Talbot, TOSF (2 May 1856 – 7 June 1925) was an Irish ascetic revered by many Catholics for his piety, charity and mortification of the flesh. Talbot was a manual labourer and a member of the Third Order of Saint Francis.

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.

1890–1902 · Contemporary · Passionists

A philosopher who converted to Christianity and became its first great apologist, eventually martyred for refusing to sacrifice to idols.

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…

1887–1962 · Contemporary

The 'Hammer of Orthodoxy' who defended the divinity of Christ against Arianism during five periods of exile.

1835–1914 · Contemporary

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

1896–1977 · Contemporary

Abhay Charanaravinda Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (IAST: Abhaya Caraṇāravinda Bhaktivedānta Svāmī Prabhupāda; Bengali: অভয় চরণারবিন্দ ভক্তিবেদান্ত স্বামী প্রভুপাদ; 1 September 1896 – 14 November 1977) was a spiritual, philosophical, and religious teacher from India who spread…

1879–1951 · Contemporary

Abel Gyulbenkyan was a physician born in Talas in 1879. He died in Istanbul in 1951 and is recognized as a saint.

1917–1936 · Contemporary · Passionists

Abilio Ramos y Ramos (Resoba, February 22, 1917 – Manzanares, July 23, 1936), better known by his religious name Abilio de la Cruz, was a Spanish Passionist religious who was executed by firing squad in 1936 during the religious persecution that broke out in Spain during the Civi…

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.

1898–1945 · Contemporary · Congregation of the Mission

Adam Małuszyński was a Catholic presbyter and chaplain belonging to the Congregation of the Mission. Born in 1898 in Sykhiv, he died in 1945 at the Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp. He is currently recognized as a Servant of God.

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.

1887–1936 · Contemporary · Dominican Sisters of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin

Adelfa Soro of Our Lady of the Rosary, born Adelfa Josefa Fermina Soro Bó (Villanueva de Castellón, Valencia, March 6, 1887 – Vallvidrera, Barcelona, July 27, 1936), was a Spanish Dominican nun, martyr of the faith, and blessed.

1910–1936 · Contemporary

Adolf Mariano was born in Josa, Spain, in 1910. He died in 1936 and has been recognized as a blessed.

1920–2003 · Contemporary

Adolfo Rodríguez Vidal, born on July 20, 1920, in Tarragona, Spain, and died on November 8, 2003, in Santiago, Chile, was a Spanish-Chilean bishop who is considered a Servant of God by the Catholic Church.

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.

1838–1924 · Contemporary · Benedictines

Adèle Garnier (August 15, 1838 – June 17, 1924, Tyburn near London) was a French nun (in religion Mother Marie de Saint-Pierre) and the 1898 founder of the Benedictines of the Sacred Heart of Montmartre, which divided in 1964 into two branches: a French branch and an English bran…

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…

1908–1924 · Contemporary

Adílio Daronch (25 October 1908 – 21 May 1924) was a Brazilian Catholic adolescent. Daronch was born to immigrants and lived his entire life in Brazil where he was known to have had a love for football and riding.

1884–1937 · Contemporary

Alexey Yegorovich Yegorov (March 7, 1884, Surushino village, Tver Governorate — August 19, 1937, Moscow) was an igumen and a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church, canonized as a hieromartyr in 2001 for universal veneration.

1880–1937 · Contemporary

Afanasy Kislov was a Christian minister born in 1880 who held citizenship in the Russian Empire. He died in Tver in 1937 and is venerated as a hieromartyr within Eastern Orthodoxy.

1894–1936 · Contemporary

Agapit (Russian: Агапи́т) is an old and uncommon Russian Christian male first name. The name is derived from the Greek word agapētos, meaning loved one. Its colloquial variant is Agap (Ага́п; which can also be the main form of a related name).

1881–1940 · Contemporary

Agatha Phutta (1881 – December 26, 1940) was a Thai blessed of the Catholic Church. Born into a pagan family, she was baptized at the age of 21 and worked as a school cook. Between 1940 and 1944, Thailand was at war with French Indochina.

1854–1928 · Contemporary

Agatangel, born Aleksandr Lavrentyevich Preobrazhensky (September 27, 1854, in Mochily – October 16, 1928, in Yaroslavl), was a Russian Orthodox bishop and a holy new martyr.

1909–1940 · Contemporary · Lovers of the Holy Cross

The Martyrs of Songkhon (Thai: มรณสักขีแห่งสองคอน) (also called Seven Blessed Martyrs of Songkhon) are seven Christian Thais executed in the village Songkhon in Pong Kham subdistrict, Wan Yai District, Mukdahan Province, northeastern Thailand, in December 1940 by local police for…

1818–1902 · Contemporary

Agostino Roscelli (27 July 1818 – 7 May 1902), also known as Augustine Roscelli, and Augustin Roscelli, was an Italian priest who inspired social change in Genoa, Italy for children and disadvantaged women.

1893–1936 · Contemporary

Agatha of Our Lady of the Virtues Hernández Amorós (born January 5, 1893; died August 19, 1936) was a Spanish blessed of the Catholic Church and a nun of the Carmelite Sisters of Charity.

1900–1936 · Contemporary

Agustina Pena Rodríguez was a Spanish nun born in 1900. She died in 1936 and has been recognized as a blessed.

1907–1936 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Josep Alsina i Casas, known as Friar Agustí de Montclar (Montclar d'Urgell, December 8, 1907 – Barcelona, August 12, 1936), was a Capuchin friar, preacher, and poet. He is venerated as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

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.

1914–1936 · Contemporary · Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Agostino Viela Ezcurdia, C.M.F. (Oteiza de la Solana, April 4, 1914 – Barbastro, August 15, 1936), was a Spanish religious who was martyred in Barbastro during the Spanish Civil War and is venerated as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1994–2015 · Contemporary

Akash Bashir (22 June 1994 – 15 March 2015) was a Pakistani layman and a former student of the Don Bosco Technical Institute in Lahore, Pakistan.

1919–1994 · Contemporary · White Fathers

Alain Dieulangard was a French priest, a member of the Society of Missionaries of Africa, a blessed martyr, born on May 21, 1919, in Saint-Brieuc, and killed on December 27, 1994, in Tizi Ouzou.

1870–1953 · Contemporary · Missionaries of the Sacred Heart

Alain Marie Guynot de Boismenu (27 December 1870 – 5 November 1953) was a French Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Vicar Apostolic of Papua from 1908 until his retirement in 1945; he was a professed member of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart and the founder of the Hand…

1899–1985 · Contemporary · Dominican Order

Alain-Marie du Noday was a French Catholic priest and member of the Dominican Order who was born in 1899 in Saint-Servant. He served as a diocesan bishop and died in 1985 in Porto Nacional. He is currently recognized by the Catholic Church as a Servant of God.

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…

1846–1916 · Contemporary · Third Order of Saint Francis

Albert Chmielowski (20 August 1845 – 25 December 1916) - born Adam Hilary Bernard Chmielowski - was a Polish Franciscan tertiary, painter, and disabled veteran of the Uprising of 1863.

1919–1931 · Contemporary

Albertina Berkenbrock (11 April 1919 – 15 June 1931) was a Brazilian Catholic girl killed "in defensum castitatis" ("in defence of chastity") in 1931 after she resisted her attacker's rape attempts.

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.

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.

1918–1946 · Contemporary

Alberto Marvelli (21 March 1918 – 5 October 1946) was an Italian Catholic and a member of the Catholic Action movement. He became noted for his defense of the poor and for selflessness during World War II in tending to the homeless and wounded despite the devastating air raids wh…

1936–2006 · Contemporary

Alberto Baldovino Ramento (August 9, 1936, in Guimba, Nueva Ecija – October 3, 2006, in Tarlac City) was the ninth supreme bishop (Obispo Máximo) and a former chairperson of the Supreme Council of Bishops of the Philippine Independent Church or Iglesia Filipina Independiente (IFI…

1881–1954 · Contemporary

Alcide Amedeo Francesco De Gasperi was an Italian politician and statesman who founded the Christian Democracy party and served as prime minister of Italy in eight successive coalition governments from 1945 to 1953.