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1878–1905 · Contemporary · Franciscan Missionaries of Mary

Maria Assunta Pallotta (20 August 1878 - 7 April 1905), born Assunta Maria Pallotta, was an Italian Roman Catholic nun who served as a member of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary and also as part of the missions to China in the aftermath of the Boxer Rebellion.

1884–1957 · Contemporary

María Beatriz del Rosario Arroyo y Pidal, religious name María Rosario of the Visitation, (Filipino: María Beatriz del Rosario Pidal Arroyo; February 17, 1884 – June 14, 1957) was a Filipino nun and the founder of the Dominican Sisters of the Most Holy Rosary of the Philippines (…

1848–1924 · Contemporary · Franciscans

María Bernarda Bütler (28 May 1848 – 19 May 1924), born Verena Bütler, was a Swiss religious sister. She founded the Franciscan Missionary Sisters of Mary Help of Sinners and served in the missions in Ecuador and Colombia.

1888–1922 · Contemporary

Maria Bertilla Boscardin (6 October 1888 – 20 October 1922) was an Italian nun and nurse who displayed a pronounced devotion to duty in working with sick children and victims of the air raids of World War I. She was later canonised a saint by the Roman Catholic Church.

1924–1980 · Contemporary

Maria Bolognesi (21 October 1924 – 30 January 1980) was an Italian Catholic. Throughout her life she suffered from debilitating diseases and was reportedly subject to various demonic possessions and visions.

1884–1949 · Contemporary · Carmelites

Maria Candida of the Eucharist, OCD (born Maria Barba; 16 January 1884 – 12 June 1949) was an Italian Discalced Carmelite. Barba desired to become a nun in her adolescence but her parents forbade this and she was forced to wait two decades to realize her dream; she entered the or…

1884–1965 · Contemporary · Secular Franciscan Order

Luigi Beltrame Quattrocchi (12 January 1880 – 9 November 1951) and Maria Corsini-Beltrame Quattrocchi (24 June 1884 – 26 August 1965) were two married Italian Catholic laypeople who became the first couple to be beatified together in 2001.

1896–1963 · Contemporary · Capuchin Poor Clares

Maria Costanza Panas, born Agnese Pacifica Panas, (15 January 1896 - 28 May 1963), was an Italian Capuchin Poor Clare. Panas did her education in northern Italian cities before she worked as a teacher.

1856–1906 · Contemporary · Soeurs du Saint-Sacrement et Notre-Dame

Maria Cristina of the Immaculate Conception Brando (1 May 1856 – 20 January 1906), born Adelaida Brando, was an Italian saint, nun and the founder of the Congregation of the Sisters, Expiatory Victims of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, an international teaching institute.

1877–1957 · Contemporary · Order of the Brothers Discalced of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel

Maria Crocifissa Curcio, CMST (born Rosa Curcio; 30 January 1877 – 4 July 1957) was an Italian Catholic religious sister who established the congregation of the Carmelite Missionary Sisters of Saint Therese of the Child Jesus.

1862–1934 · Contemporary

Maria Domenica Mantovani (12 November 1862 - 2 February 1934) was an Italian Roman Catholic professed religious, and the co-founder of the Little Sisters of the Holy Family; she established them alongside Giuseppe Nascimbeni.

1901–1972 · Contemporary

Maria Dulce Rodrigues dos Santos (religious name: Maria Teresa of the Eucharistic Jesus; 20 January 1901 – 8 January 1972) was a Brazilian nun and the founder of the Little Missionary Sisters of Mary Immaculate.

1827–1922 · Contemporary · Benedictines

Maria Fortunata Viti (born Anna Felicia Viti; 10 February 1827 – 20 November 1922) was an Italian Benedictine nun who has been beatified by the Roman Catholic Church. Anna Felicia Viti was born in Veroli, a comune in Italy's Province of Frosinone, on 10 February 1827.

1914–1939 · Contemporary · Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance

Maria Sagheddu (17 March 1914 – 23 April 1939) - in religious Maria Gabriella - was an Italian Catholic professed religious and a professed member from the Trappists.

1892–1973 · Contemporary · Franciscans

Maria Gargani, religious name Maria Crocifissa del Divino Amore, (23 December 1892 - 23 May 1973), was an Italian member of the Secular Franciscan Order and the founder of the Sisters Apostles of the Sacred Heart.

1896–1948 · Contemporary · Carmelites

Giuseppina Catanea, OCD (18 February 1894 - 14 March 1948) was an Italian Catholic professed member of the Discalced Carmelites and who assumed the religious name, Maria Giuseppina of Jesus Crucified.

1866–1912 · Contemporary

Maria Grazia Tarallo, CAE (in religion, Maria of the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ; 23 September 1866 – 27 July 1912) was an Italian Catholic member of the Crucified Sisters Adorers of the Holy Eucharist.

1860–1943 · Contemporary · Franciscans

Maria Josefa Karolina Brader (15 August 1860 – 27 February 1943), also known by her religious name Maria Caridad of the Holy Spirit, was a Swiss religious sister who founded the Franciscan Sisters of Mary Immaculate.

1842–1912 · Contemporary

María Josefa Sancho de Guerra (7 September 1842 – 20 March 1912) was a Spanish Roman Catholic nun who established her own congregation known as the Servants of Jesus of Charity. She wanted her new congregation to focus on the care of the sick and the poor.

1865–1935 · Contemporary

Maria Karłowska (4 September 1865 – 24 March 1935) – in religious Maria of Jesus Crucified – was a Polish Roman Catholic professed religious and the founder of the Sisters of the Divine Shepherd of Divine Providence.

1939–2000 · Contemporary

Maria Laura Mainetti (born Teresina Elsa Mainetti; 20 August 1939 – 6 June 2000) was an Italian religious sister of the Sisters of the Cross. Mother superior of a convent in Chiavenna that specialised in helping juvenile delinquents, she was stabbed to death in a satanic sacrific…

1880–1962 · Contemporary

Maria Ludovica De Angelis (born Antonina De Angelis, 24 October 1880 – 25 February 1962) was an Italian religious sister of the Daughters of Our Lady of Mercy, established by Maria Giuseppa Rossello.

1845–1921 · Contemporary · Servite Order

Blessed Costanza Starace (5 September 1845 – 13 September 1921) was an Italian Roman Catholic nun. She was the founder of the religious congregation known as the Compassionist Sisters Servants of Mary.

1893–1976 · Contemporary

Maria Oliva Bonaldo, in religion, Maria Oliva Bonaldo of the Mystical Body (26 March 1893, Castelfranco Veneto – 10 July 1976, Rome) was an Italian Catholic nun. The founder and Superior General of the Daughters of the Church, she was declared venerable by Pope Francis.

1954–1970 · Contemporary

Maria Orsola Bussone (2 October 1954 – 10 July 1970) was an Italian Roman Catholic and a member from the Focolare Movement. Bussone's involvement in her adolescence in parish activities led her to Catholic Action as well as to other movements that she served as an active particip…

1881–1951 · Contemporary · Sisters of the Holy Face

Blessed Maria Pia Mastena (7 December 1881 - 28 June 1951) - born Teresa Maria - was an Italian religious sister in the Roman Catholic Church. She was the founder of the Religious Sisters of the Holy Face.

1890–1945 · Contemporary

Maria Pierina De Micheli (11 September 1890 – 26 July 1945) was a Roman Catholic religious sister who was born near Milan in Italy. She is best known for her association with devotion to the Holy Face of Jesus and for introducing a medal bearing an image from the Shroud of Turin…

1861–1945 · Contemporary · Sisters Hospitallers of Mercy

Maria Raffaella Cimatti (7 June 1861 – 23 June 1945) was an Italian member of the Hospitaller Sisters of Mercy, a religious institute dedicated to medical care. She was beatified by the Catholic Church in 1996.

1894–1943 · Contemporary · Franciscans

Maria Restituta Kafka (1 May 1894 – 30 March 1943) was an Austrian nurse of Czech descent and religious sister of the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity (Sorores Franciscanae a Caritate Christiana).

1909–1954 · Contemporary

Maria Ripamonti (26 May 1909 – 4 July 1954), also known by her religious name Lucia dell'Immacolata, was an Italian Roman Catholic and a professed religious from the Ancelle della carità.

1902–1977 · Contemporary · Salesians of Don Bosco

María Romero Meneses, FMA (13 January 1902 – 7 July 1977) was a Nicaraguan Catholic religious sister and a professed member from the Salesian Sisters of Don Bosco dubbed the "Social Apostle of Costa Rica".

1844–1910 · Contemporary

Maria Schininà (10 April 1844 – 11 June 1910), also known by her religious name Maria of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, was an Italian Roman Catholic nun and the founder of the Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (1889).

1891–1945 · Contemporary

Maria Skobtsova (20 [8 Old Calendar] December 1891 – 31 March 1945) was a Russian noblewoman, poet, nun, and member of the French Resistance during World War II.

1855–1938 · Contemporary · Carmelite Daughters of the Divine Heart of Jesus

Blessed Maria Teresa of Saint Joseph, DCJ (born Anna Maria Tauscher van den Bosch; 19 June 1855 – 20 September 1938), was a German religious sister and the founder of the Carmelite Daughters of the Divine Heart of Jesus.

1830–1905 · Contemporary · Sisters of St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration

Maria Theresia Bonzel (17 September 1830 – 6 February 1905), born Regina Christine Wilhelmine Bonzel, was a German religious sister. She was the founder of the Sisters of Saint Francis of Perpetual Adoration.

1864–1937 · Contemporary

Maria Teresa Casini (27 October 1864 – 3 April 1937) was an Italian nun and was the founder of the Oblate Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

1881–1947 · Contemporary · Augustinian nuns

Maria Giovanna Fasce (27 December 1881 - 18 January 1947) was an Italian Roman Catholic professed religious of the Augustinian nuns in the religious name of "Maria Teresa".

1849–1903 · Contemporary · Comboni Missionary Sisters

Maria Giuseppa Scandola, MSV, (26 January 1849 – 1 September 1903) was an Italian member of the Missionary Sisters of Verona, also known as the Comboni Missionary Sisters. She served in what is now South Sudan, where she offered up her life in 1903.

1863–1922 · Contemporary · Third Order of Saint Francis

Mary Theresa Ledóchowska, SSPC; 29 April 1863 – 6 July 1922), was a Polish Catholic religious sister who founded the Missionary Sisters of St. Peter Claver, dedicated to spreading Catholicism in Africa. She was beatified in 1975. Mary Theresa was the eldest of seven children.

1883–1969 · Contemporary · Salesians of Don Bosco

Maria Troncatti, FMA (16 February 1883 – 25 August 1969) was an Italian Catholic member of the Salesian Sisters of Don Bosco. Troncatti was from a farming family and entered that congregation in 1907; she worked as a nurse during World War I and became part of the missions in Ecu…

1928–1950 · Contemporary

Maria Tuci was an Albanian laywoman and one of the 38 martyrs of Albania. She was tortured and killed by the communist regime of Albanian dictator Enver Hoxha. Maria was born in the village of Ndorfushaz, near Rrëshen in Albania and was born into a devout Roman catholic family.

1876–1926 · Contemporary

Mariam Thresia (born Thresia Chiramel Mankidiyan; 26 April 1876 – 8 June 1926) was an Indian Syro-Malabar Catholic professed religious and the founder of the Congregation of the Holy Family. She was born in Puthenchira, a village in present day Kerala, India.

1954–1995 · Contemporary · Franciscans

Rani Maria Vattalil, FCC (29 January 1954 – 25 February 1995) was an Indian Catholic religious sister and social worker of the Franciscan Clarists who worked in the Diocese of Indore.

1888–1943 · Contemporary

Marianna Biernacka, née Czokało (1888 – 13 July 1943) was a Roman Catholic citizen of Poland, and a victim of Nazi Germany in the Second World War.

1838–1918 · Contemporary · Sisters of the Third Franciscan Order

Marianne Cope, OSF, also known as Marianne of Molokaʻi (born Barbara Koob; January 23, 1838 – August 9, 1918), was a German-born American member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Syracuse. She was founding director of St.

1897–1936 · Contemporary

Mariano Mullerat i Soldevila (24 March 1897 - 13 August 1936) was a Spanish Roman Catholic doctor who also served as the mayor for Arbeca from 1924 until March 1930.

1845–1926 · Contemporary

Mariano de Jesús Euse Hoyos (14 October 1845 - 13 July 1926) was a Colombian Roman Catholic priest ordained in 1872 for the Diocese of Santa Rosa de Osos.

1905–1983 · Contemporary · Augustinians

Mariano de la Mata Aparício, OSA (31 December 1905 - 5 April 1983) was a Spanish Catholic priest and a professed member of the Order of Saint Augustine. He joined the missions in Brazil where he served until his death and was known for his educational work with the poor.

1875–1953 · Contemporary

Mariantonia Samà (2 March 1875 - 27 May 1953) was an Italian Roman Catholic. Samà lived alone with her mother until 1920 aiding her in domestic duties while coping with their poor state due to her father's death before Samà was born.

1875–1900 · Contemporary · Franciscan Missionaries of Mary

Saint Marie de la Paix Giuliani (1875–1900, born Marianna Giuliani) was an Italian religious sister who died for her faith in China during the Boxer Rebellion and was canonised in 2000.