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1888–1931 · Contemporary

Saint Nikon of Optina (born Nikolai Mitrofanovich Belyaev; September 26, 1888 – August 8, 1931) was a hieromonk of the Russian Orthodox Church and the last clergyman of the Optina Monastery before its closure and destruction during the Soviet era.

1903–1952 · Contemporary

Olympia (Olga) Bida (1903–1952) was a Ukrainian Catholic nun of the Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Immaculate Virgin Mary who died in the Kharsk detention camp near Tomsk, Siberia. She is one of the 25 Ukrainian martyrs beatified by Pope John Paul II in Lviv on June 27, 2001.

1879–1937 · Contemporary

Palladius Ivanovich Popov (1879–1937) was a priest of the Russian Orthodox Church and a hieromartyr. He was canonized and included in the Synaxis of New Martyrs and Confessors of the Russian Church of the 20th century by a decree of the Holy Synod on October 6, 2001.

1888–1953 · Contemporary

Paraskeva Matieshina, or Paraskeva of Dmitrov (Russian: Параске́ва Матиешина), born on October 28, 1888, in the Kamianets-Podilskyi region and died on December 4, 1953, in Dmitrov, was a Soviet venerable saint. Her memory is commemorated on November 23 in the Orthodox Church.

1917–1936 · Contemporary

Pascual Aláez Medina, OMI (born May 11, 1917, in Villaverde de Arcayos; died July 24, 1936, in Pozuelo, Madrid), was a Spanish Oblate of the Immaculate Mary. He took his first vows on August 16, 1935.

1894–1936 · Contemporary

Paschalis Penadés Jornet (born January 3, 1894; died September 15, 1936) was a Spanish blessed of the Catholic Church. He began his studies at the seminary in Valencia and was ordained a priest in 1921. He was murdered during the Spanish Civil War.

1882–1900 · Contemporary · Franciscans

Saint Patrick Dong Bodi, OFS (Chinese: 董博弟) (born c. 1882 in Guchengyin, Shanxi province, China – died July 9, 1900, in Taiyuan) was a seminarian, a Franciscan tertiary, a martyr, and a saint of the Catholic Church.

1893–1900 · Contemporary

Paul Lang Fu (Chinese: 郎福保祿) (born 1893 in Lu, Hebei, China – died July 16, 1900, in Lujiapo, Hebei) was a saint of the Catholic Church and a martyr. He was the son of Saint Lang Yang. During the Boxer Rebellion in China, Christians were persecuted.

1879–1937 · Contemporary

Paulin, born Pyotr Kroshechkin (December 7/19, 1879, in the Penza Governorate – November 3, 1937, in Kemerovo), was a bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church and a new martyr. Born into a peasant family, he desired to become a priest from a young age.

1853–1922 · Contemporary

Paulin Enfert, born in Nevers on July 5, 1853, and died in Gien on September 1, 1922, was a Catholic activist and philanthropist. Initially concerned with catechizing underprivileged youth in the Maison-Blanche neighborhood of the 13th arrondissement of Paris, this layman was res…

1903–1936 · Contemporary · Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Pedro Cunill Padrós, C.M.F. (Vic, March 17, 1903 – Barbastro, August 12, 1936), was a Spanish priest who was martyred in Barbastro during the Spanish Civil War and is venerated as a Blessed by the Catholic Church.

1913–1983 · Contemporary · Piarists

Pedro Díez Gil was a Spanish Piarist priest and teacher who was born in the town of Pampliega, Burgos, on April 14, 1913, and died in Zaragoza on January 14, 1983. He is considered venerable by the Catholic Church.

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

Pedro García Bernal, C.M.F. (Santa Cruz de la Salceda, April 27, 1911 – Barbastro, August 13, 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.

1887–1936 · Contemporary · Society of Jesus

Pedro Gelabert Amer (born March 29, 1887, in Manacor; died August 23, 1936, in Tabernes de Valldigna) was a Jesuit lay brother, a martyr of the Spanish Civil War, and a victim of anti-Catholic persecution, beatified by the Catholic Church.

1874–1936 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Pacifico Salcedo Puchades, OFM Cap., also known as Pacifico of Valencia (Spanish: Pacífico de Valencia, Pacífico (Pedro) Salcedo Puchades; born February 24, 1874, in Castellar, Valencia; died October 12, 1936, in the same place) was a Spanish blessed of the Catholic Church, a mar…

1890–1966 · Contemporary

Pelageya of Ryazan (Pelageya of Zakharovo, born Pelageya Alexandrovna Lobacheva; October 20, 1890 – December 6, 1966) was a resident of the Ryazan Region revered by some as a blessed elder and clairvoyant.

1868–1915 · Contemporary

Petros Galfayan (January 30, 1868, Ichme, Kharpert, Ottoman Empire – 1915, Ayas, Adana Province, Turkey) was an Armenian cultural figure.

1879–1918 · Contemporary

Pimen, born Pyotr Zakharevich Belolikov (October 24/November 5, 1879, in Vasilyevskoye – November 16, 1918, near Verny), was a bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church and one of the New Martyrs of Russia.

1875–1936 · Contemporary · Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Pius (born Julián) Heredia Zubía (Larrea, February 16, 1875 – Santander, December 3, 1936) was a Spanish priest, a Trappist monk, and prior of the Abbey of Viaceli, who was killed by Republicans during the Spanish Civil War.

1871–1938 · Contemporary · Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer

Pedro Romero Espejo, C.Ss.R. (born April 28, 1871, in Pancorbo, Burgos Province, Spain; died July 4, 1938, in Cuenca) was a Spanish Catholic priest, martyr, and victim of anti-Catholic persecution, beatified by the Catholic Church.

1863–1918 · Contemporary

Pyotr Ivanovich Skipetrov (July 4, 1863, Stanki village, Vyaznikovsky Uyezd, Vladimir Governorate — January 19 (February 1), 1918, Petrograd) was a clergyman of the Russian Orthodox Church and a protopresbyter. He was canonized as a saint by the Russian Orthodox Church in 2001.

1890–1936 · Contemporary · Trinitarian Order

Plácido de Jesús, born Plácido Camino Fernández (Laguna de Negrillos, May 6, 1890 – Alcázar de San Juan, July 26, 1936), was a Spanish priest of the Order of the Most Holy Trinity.

1883–1936 · Contemporary · Trinitarian Order

Prudencio Gueréquiz Guezuraga, in religion Friar Prudencio of the Cross (Errigoiti, April 28, 1883 – Andújar, July 31, 1936), was a Spanish priest of the Order of the Most Holy Trinity.

1912–1936 · Contemporary

Publio Rodríguez Moslares, OMI (born November 12, 1912, in Tiedra; died November 28, 1936, in Paracuellos de Jarama) was a Spanish Oblate of the Immaculate Mary.

1897–1930 · Contemporary

Pyotr Yakovlevich Varlamov (1897 – March 11, 1930) was a priest at the Kazan-Bogoroditskaya Church in the village of Preobrazhenovka, Sterlitamak Canton (District), Bashkir ASSR.

1894–1937 · Contemporary

Pyotr Konstantinovich Zinovyev (July 13 [1], 1894, Bereznyaki, Saratov Governorate — December 29, 1937, Kalinin Oblast) was a priest of the Russian Orthodox Church and a hieromartyr, venerated in the Synaxis of New Martyrs and Confessors of the Russian Church.

1891–1937 · Contemporary

Pavel Georgiyevich Ansimov (August 24, 1891, Chetyre Bugra, Astrakhan Uyezd, Astrakhan Governorate — November 21, 1937, Butovo firing range) was a protopresbyter of the Russian Orthodox Church, canonized as a hieromartyr in 2005.

1912–1936 · Contemporary · Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Rafael Briega Morales, C.M.F. (Montemolín, October 24, 1912 – 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.

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.

1913–1936 · Contemporary · Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Raimondo Novich Rabionet, C.M.F., born Ramón Novich Rabionet (La Cellera de Ter, April 18, 1913 – Barbastro, August 13, 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.

1861–1936 · Contemporary · Society of Jesus

Ramón Grimaltós Monllor (born March 3, 1861, in Puebla Larga; died August 23, 1936, in Tabernes de Valldigna) was a religious brother of the Society of Jesus, a martyr of the Spanish Civil War, and a victim of anti-Catholic persecution, beatified by the Catholic Church.

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

Raimondo Illa Salvia (Bellvís, February 12, 1912 – Barbastro, August 15, 1936) was a Spanish religious, martyred in Barbastro during the Spanish Civil War and venerated as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1905–1927 · Contemporary

Ramón Vicente Vargas González (born January 22, 1905, in Ahualulco; died April 1, 1927, in Guadalajara) was a Mexican Christian martyr and a blessed of the Catholic Church.

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.

1904–1936 · Contemporary

Recaredo Centelles Abad (Vall de Uxó, Castellón, May 23, 1904 – Nules, Castellón, October 25, 1936) was a Spanish priest and Doctor of Theology of the Brotherhood of Diocesan Worker Priests, dedicated to the formation of seminarians.

1893–1936 · Contemporary · Salesians of Don Bosco

Recaredo de los Ríos Fabregat, SDB (born January 11, 1893, in Bétera; died December 9, 1936, in Picadero de Paterna) was a Spanish Salesian priest, a martyr of the Spanish Civil War, and a victim of anti-Catholic persecution, beatified by the Catholic Church.

1875–1936 · Contemporary · Congregation of the Mission

Ricardo Atanes Castro, born in Cualedro on August 5, 1875, and died in Gijón on August 14, 1936, was a Galician Latin Catholic priest and a martyr of the Spanish Civil War, beatified by Pope Francis on October 13, 2013.

1853–1936 · Contemporary · Sisters of Charity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Rita Josefa Pujalte Sánchez, in religion Rita of the Sorrowful Virgin (Aspe, February 18, 1853 – Canillejas, July 20, 1936), was a Spanish religious of the Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

1882–1943 · Contemporary

Romain Archutowski (1882–1943) was a Polish Catholic priest arrested and deported by the Nazis to the Majdanek extermination camp. He died there of typhus in 1943.

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.

1909–1936 · Contemporary · Benedictines

Juan Martin Donamaria Valencia (San Martin Unx, November 3, 1909 – Barbastro, August 28, 1936), known in religion as Brother Rosendo, was a Navarrese Benedictine friar.

1864–1936 · Contemporary · Carmelite Sisters of Charity

Rosa Pedret Rull of Our Lady of Good Counsel (born December 5, 1864, in Faset; died August 19, 1936, in El Saler) was a Spanish Carmelite Sister of Charity, martyr, and blessed of the Catholic Church.

1867–1915 · Contemporary

Sahak Gratlyan (1867, Sivas, Sivas Province – 1915) was an Armenian pharmacist and a member of the Social Democrat Hunchakian Party. Born in 1867 in the city of Sivas, the center of Sivas Province, he received a pharmaceutical education and worked as a pharmacist.

1898–1937 · Contemporary

New Martyr Anna of Rybinsk (secular name Maria Alekseyevna Blagoveshchenskaya; January 30, 1898, Borisogleb village, Poshekhonsky Uyezd, Yaroslavl Governorate — March 11, 1937, Yaroslavl) was an Orthodox nun and a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church, canonized as a new martyr in…

1869–1960 · Contemporary

Saint Anthimos of Chios (Chios, 1869 – February 15, 1960), born Argyrios K. Vagianos, was a 20th-century Greek monk widely known for his monastic life and his work in caring for patients with Hansen's disease.

1903–1991 · Contemporary

Saint Gerasimos the Mikragiannanitis, born Anastasios-Athanasios Graikas (Droviani, Northern Epirus, September 5, 1903 – Mount Athos, December 7, 1991), was an Orthodox Christian monk and a contemporary hymnographer.

1880–1936 · Contemporary

Salvador Ferrandis Seguí, born on May 25, 1880, and died on August 3, 1936, was a Spanish priest. He was a priest in Lucena, and along with Francisco Bandrés Sánchez, a Salesian priest in Barcelona, Alfonso López López, a priest in Samalús, and Miguel Remón Salvador, a layman in…

1896–1936 · Contemporary · Franciscans

Salvador Mollar Ventura (1896–1936), born Jean-Baptiste Mollar Ventura, was a Spanish Franciscan friar who was murdered during the Spanish Civil War in Paterna, near Valencia, Spain, on October 27, 1936.

1912–1936 · Contemporary · Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Salvatore Pigem Serra, C.M.F. (Vilobí d'Onyar, December 15, 1912 – Barbastro, August 13, 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.

1903–1936 · Contemporary · Trinitarian Order

James of Jesus, born Santiago Arriaga y Arrien (Arrieta, November 22, 1903 – Cuenca, September 24, 1936), was a Spanish priest of the Order of the Most Holy Trinity.