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1885–1940 · Contemporary

Michael Piaszczynski (1 November 1885 – 18 December 1940) was a Polish Catholic priest who was arrested by the Nazis and killed at Sachsenhausen concentration camp. As a martyr he was beatified by Pope John Paul II on 13 June 1999.

1888–1975 · Contemporary

Michael Sopoćko (Polish: Michał Sopoćko [ˈmixaw sɔˈpɔt͡ɕkɔ]; 1 November 1888 – 15 February 1975) was a Polish Catholic priest and professor at Vilnius University. He is best known as the spiritual director of Faustina Kowalska. He was beatified by Pope Benedict XVI in 2008.

1875–1942 · Contemporary

Michał Woźniak (born 1 July 1999) is a Polish pair skater. With his current skating partner, Ioulia Chtchetinina, he is the 2025 Four National champion, the 2024 Four National silver medalist, a three-time Polish national champion (2024–26), and the 2024 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb…

1944–1996 · Contemporary · Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance

Michel Fleury (17 November 1923 in Paris – 18 January 2002 in Paris) was a French historian, archivist and archaeologist, specialising in the history and archaeology of Paris. He is buried in the cemetery of the church of Saint-Germain de Loisé in Mortagne-au-Perche.

1912–1976 · Contemporary

Miguel Afonso de Andrade Leite (29 September 1912 – 30 September 1976), better known as "Padre Miguel do Cajuru", was a Brazilian Roman Catholic priest.  He was the son of Francisco Afonso de Andrade Leite and Afonsina Batista de Carvalho.

1888–1971 · Contemporary

Miguel Ángel Builes Gómez (9 September 1888 - 29 September 1971) was a Colombian Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of Santa Rosa de Osos from 1924 until his death.

1854–1910 · Contemporary · Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools

Francisco Luis Febres-Cordero y Muñoz (7 November 1854 – 9 February 1910), known as (later Saint) Miguel Febres Cordero and Brother Miguel, was an Ecuadorian Roman Catholic religious brother.

1891–1927 · Contemporary · Society of Jesus

José Ramón Miguel Agustín Pro Juárez, also known as Blessed Miguel Pro, SJ (January 13, 1891 – November 23, 1927) was a Mexican Jesuit priest executed under the presidency of Plutarco Elías Calles on the false charges of bombing and attempted assassination of former Mexican Presi…

1938 · Contemporary

Mikhail Markov is a Kyrgyzstani chess International Master. He played in the Chess World Cup 2013, being defeated by Levon Aronian in the first round.

1864–1938 · Contemporary

Mikhail Novosyolov (Russian: Михаи́л Новосёлов) is a Soviet-Tajik serial killer and necrophile. He killed 22 people of both sexes aged between 6 and 50 years old - 16 in Russia, and six in Tajikistan. He was born in Sarapul. Novosyolov has been sentenced a total of three times.

1871–1933 · Contemporary

Mikhail Vladimirovich Viktorov (Russian: Михаил Владимирович Викторов; December 24, 1893 – August 1, 1938) was a Russian military leader and Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Naval Forces from August 1937 to January 1938.

1920–1947 · Contemporary

Miroslav Bulešić (13 May 1920 – 24 August 1947) was a Croatian Catholic priest. He studied in Rome before being recalled to his native Istria where he was ordained in 1943 during World War II prior to two parish postings where he became a vocal critic of communism.

1869–1919 · Contemporary

Mitrofan is a Slavic name derived from Greek Μητροφάνης : μήτηρ "mother + φαίνω, "appear, shine". Its English equivalent is Metrophanes. Derived names: Derived patronymics: Derived surnames: Mitrofanov/Mitrofanova, Russian; Mitrokhin/Mitrokhina, Russian; Mitrofanenko, Ukrainia…

1847–1900 · Contemporary · Society of Jesus

The Martyr Saints of China (traditional Chinese: 中華殉道聖人; simplified Chinese: 中华殉道圣人; pinyin: Zhōnghuá xùndào shèngrén), or Augustine Zhao Rong and his Companions, are 120 saints of the Catholic Church.

1893–1950 · Contemporary · Missionaries of the Holy Spirit

Blessed Moisés Lira Serafín (16 September 1893 – 25 June 1950) was a Mexican priest who founded the Congregation of the Missionaries of Charity of Mary Immaculate. Moisés Lira Serafín was born in Tlatempa, Zacatlán, Mexico, on 16 September 1893.

1941–1959 · Contemporary

María Montserrat Grases García (10 July 1941 – 26 March 1959) was a Catalan Catholic laywoman who was a secular member of Opus Dei. Grases became part of Opus Dei on 24 December 1957 after she discerned whether or not her path would allow her to join their ranks.

1831–1913 · Contemporary · Carmelites

Eliswa Vakayil, religious name Eliswa of the Blessed Virgin Mary, (15 October 1831 – 18 July 1913) was a religious sister from Kerala. She was the founder of the first indigenous Carmelite community for women in India, the Third Order of the Discalced Carmelite Nuns (TOCD), which…

1893–1983 · Contemporary

Maria Josefa Alhama y Valera, religious name Maria Esperanza of Jesus, (30 September 1893 – 8 February 1983) was a Spanish religious sister. She was the founder of both the Handmaids of Merciful Love in 1930 and the Sons of Merciful Love in 1951.

1851–1926 · Contemporary · Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne Congregation of Saint Rose of Lima

Rose Hawthorne Lathrop, OP, also known as Mother Mary Alphonsa (May 20, 1851 – July 9, 1926), was an American Dominican religious sister, writer, social worker, and foundress of the Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne.

1823–1906 · Contemporary · Order of the Brothers Discalced of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel

Veronica of the Passion, OCD (born Sophie Leeves; 1 October 1823 – 11 November 1906) was an Ottoman-born English Catholic nun who founded the Sisters of the Apostolic Carmel, a religious congregation for women based in India.

1841–1917 · Contemporary · Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools

Mutien-Marie Wiaux (also known as Mutien-Marie of Malonne; 20 March 1841 – 30 January 1917) was a Belgian member of the Brothers of Christian Schools, who spent his life as a teacher and is honored as a saint by the Catholic Church.

1876–1941 · Contemporary

Mykola Konrad (Ukrainian: Микола Конрад; 16 May 1876 – 26 June 1941) was a Ukrainian Greek Catholic priest and martyr. Konrad was born on 16 May 1876 in the village of Strusów, then a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (modern-day Strusiv, Ukraine).

1896–1951 · Contemporary

Mykola Tsehelskyi (Ukrainian: Мико́ла Цеге́льський; December 17, 1896 – May 25, 1951), sometimes rendered as Nicholas Tsehelskyi, was a Ukrainian Greek Catholic priest, considered to be a martyr by the Catholic Church for his refusal to convert even under duress.

1891–1945 · Contemporary

Lenart "Narte" Velikonja (June 8, 1891 – June 25, 1945) was a Slovene writer and cultural figure. Narte Velikonja was born in Predmeja, the son of Ignatius Velikonja and Maria (née Beuk) Velikonja, and he was baptized Leonardus Velikonja at the parish church in Otlica.

1906–1945 · Contemporary

Natalia Tułasiewicz (9 April 1906 – 31 March 1945) was a Polish teacher in Poznań, Second Polish Republic, and a leader in the Catholic lay apostolate. A member of the Polish Underground State, she was murdered in a gas chamber at the Ravensbrück concentration camp.

1858–1941 · Contemporary

Nathuram Sharma (1859 – 21 August 1932), better known by his pen-name Mahakavi Shankar, was a Hindi and Urdu poet from Harduaganj, Aligarh, North-Western Provinces (now Uttar Pradesh), British India.

1862–1915 · Contemporary

Nazaret Daghavarian (Armenian: Նազարեթ Տաղավարյան, Western Armenian: Նազարէթ Տաղաւարեան, 1862 in Sebastia, Western Armenia, Ottoman Empire – 1915) was an Ottoman Armenian medical doctor, agronomist and public activist, and one of the founders of the Armenian General Benevolent Un…

1889–1943 · Contemporary

Nazaria Ignacia March Mesa (10 January 1889 – 6 July 1943) – in religious Nazaria of Saint Teresa of Jesus – was a Spanish Roman Catholic professed religious and the founder of the Missionaries of the Crusade.

1846–1920 · Contemporary

Nectarios of Aegina (Greek: Νεκτάριος Αιγίνης; 1 October 1846 – 8 November 1920), Metropolitan of Pentapolis and Wonderworker of Aegina, is one of the most renowned Greek saints, venerated in the Eastern Orthodox Church.

1955–1964 · Contemporary

Nelson Santana, also called Nelsinho (31 July 1955 – 24 December 1964), was a Brazilian boy who died of osteosarcoma. He came to be widely venerated in his hometown Ibitinga, and Pope Francis recognized his "heroic virtues" in 2019 and declared him venerable.

1841–1936 · Contemporary

Nelson Henry Baker (February 16, 1842 – July 29, 1936) was an American Catholic monsignor in Lackawanna, New York, whom the Vatican has declared as venerable.

1928–2002 · Contemporary

Phanxicô Xaviê Nguyễn Văn Thuận, also known as Francis-Xavier Nguyễn Văn Thuận , was a Vietnamese cardinal in the Catholic Church. He was a nephew of South Vietnam's first president, Ngô Đình Diệm, and of Archbishop Ngô Đình Thục.

1877–1955 · Contemporary

Nicholas is a male name, the Anglophone version of an ancient Greek name in use since antiquity, and cognate with the modern Greek Νικόλαος, Nikolaos. It originally derived from a combination of two Greek words meaning 'victory' and 'people'.

1895–1944 · Contemporary

Nicholas Bunkerd Kitbamrung (Thai: นิโคลาส บุญเกิด กฤษบำรุง; RTGS: Bunkoet Kritbamrung; 31 January 1895 – 12 January 1944) was a Thai Catholic priest.

1884–1959 · Contemporary · Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer

Nicholas Charnetsky, Mykolai Charnetskyi or Mykolay Charnetsky (Ukrainian: Миколай Чарнецький; December 14, 1884 – April 2, 1959) also known as Nicholas of Volyn ((Ukrainian: Миколай Волинський) was a member of the Redemptorists (Congregation of the Holy Redeemer), a religious co…

1868–1918 · Contemporary

Nicholas II (Nikolai Alexandrovich Romanov; 18 May [O.S. 6 May] 1868 – 17 July 1918) was Emperor of Russia, King of Congress Poland, and Grand Duke of Finland from 1 November 1894 until his abdication in 1917.

1836–1912 · Contemporary

Nicholas (Kasatkin), Equal-to-the-Apostles, Archbishop of Japan, born Ivan Dmitrovich Kasatkin (Russian: Иван Дмитриевич Касаткин; 13 August [O.S. 1 August] 1836 – 16 February 1912) was a Russian Orthodox priest, monk, and bishop.

1904–1998 · Contemporary

Nicola Riezzo (11 December 1904 - 20 August 1998) was an Italian Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Archbishop of Otranto from 1969 until his retirement in 1981.

1882–1958 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Nicola da Gesturi (4 August 1882 – 8 June 1958), born Giovanni Angelo Salvatore Medda, was an Italian Roman Catholic and a professed member of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin. Throughout his life he encouraged and led charitable works in Sardinia.

1943–1964 · Contemporary · Clerics Regular of the Ministers of the Sick

Venerable Nicola D'Onofrio (24 March 1943 – 12 June 1964) was a Catholic Seminarian and member of the Camillian order from Abruzzo, Italy who was declared Venerable by Pope Francis in 2013.

1871–1919 · Contemporary

Nikodim is a masculine given name. It is a variant of the given name Nicodemus. Notable people withe the name include:

1881–1956 · Contemporary

Nikolaj Velimirović (Serbian Cyrillic: Николај Велимировић; 4 January 1881 [O.S. 23 December 1880] – 18 March [O.S. 5 March] 1956) was a Serbian Orthodox prelate who served as Bishop of Ohrid and Žiča from 1920 to 1956.

1898–1945 · Contemporary

Nikolaus Gross (German: Groß) (30 September 1898 – 23 January 1945) was a German Roman Catholic layman and trade unionist. Gross first worked in crafts requiring skilled labor before becoming a coal miner like his father while joining a range of trade union and political movement…

1876–1937 · Contemporary

Nikolay Vladimirovich Vinogradov (Russian: Николай Владимирович Виноградов; 22 April 1947 – 12 June 2025) was a Russian politician who was the governor of Vladimir Oblast. In 1973, Vinogradov joined the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

1979–1993 · Contemporary

Niña Ruiz Abad (October 31, 1979 – August 16, 1993) was a Filipino Catholic girl widely known as "the girl who always wore a rosary". She is in the process of being canonized, and is currently a Servant of God.

1835–1921 · Contemporary

Nuhu Mbogo Kyabasinga (1835–1921) was a prince of the Buganda Kingdom, known for his prominent role in the Muslim community of Uganda. He was born to Kabaka (king) SSuuna Kalema II and his wife Kubina and was a notable figure during his time.

1868–1938 · Contemporary

Nikodim (Russian: Никодим; born Nikolai Vasilyevich Krotkov (Russian: Николай Васильевич Кротков); 29 November [O.S. 17 November] 1868 – 21 August 1938) was a bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church, later the Archbishop of Kostroma and Galich.

1877–1949 · Contemporary

Nykyta Budka (Ukrainian: Никита Будка aka Nikita, Mykyta, or Nicetas Budka; June 7, 1877 in Dobromirka, Austria-Hungary – October 1, 1949 in Karaganda, USSR) was a Austro-Hungarian-born priest of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church who lived and worked in Austria-Hungary, Canada,…

1879–1958 · Contemporary · Salesians of Don Bosco

Octavio Ortiz Arrieta (19 April 1879 – 1 March 1958) was a Peruvian Roman Catholic Church prelate and a professed member of the Salesians of Don Bosco who served as the Bishop of Chachapoyas from 1921 until his death.

1932–1995 · Contemporary · Little Sisters of the Sacred Heart

Odette Prévost (17 July 1932 – 10 November 1995) was a French Roman Catholic nun, who was working as a teacher and a librarian when she was killed in Algiers en route to Mass. She is recognized as a martyr and was proclaimed blessed on 8 December 2018.