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1902–1953 · Contemporary · Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions

Alfredo Cremonesi (15 May 1902 – 7 February 1953) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions. He studied in Crema and Milan before setting off from Genoa to Naples and then to the Burmese missions via boat.

1880–1954 · Contemporary · Benedictines

Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster, O.S.B. was an Italian Catholic prelate and professed member of the Benedictines who served as the Archbishop of Milan from 1929 until his death.

1889–1978 · Contemporary

Alfredo María Obviar y Aranda (29 August 1889 – 1 October 1978) was a Filipino prelate of the Catholic Church and the founder of the Congregation of the Missionary Catechists of Saint Thérèse of the Infant Jesus. He was Bishop of Lucena until his death.

1877–1954 · Contemporary

Alfredo Verzosa y Florentín (9 December 1877 – 27 June 1954) was the fourth native Filipino to be elevated as bishop of the Catholic Church and the first from Northern Luzon. He was also the first Ilocano bishop.

1899–1939 · Contemporary

Alicja Jadwiga Kotowska ((1899-11-20)20 November 1899, Warsaw – 11 November 1939, near Wielka Piaśnica) was a Polish religious sister who was head of the Resurrectionist convent in Wejherowo between 1934 and 1939.

1914–1943 · Contemporary

Alojs Andritzki (firstname also written Aloys, in Upper Sorbian Alojs Andricki, 2 July 1914 - 3 February 1943) was a Sorbian Roman Catholic priest who suffered martyrdom in the Dachau Concentration Camp in 1943.

1875–1923 · Contemporary · Salesians of Don Bosco

Luigi Variara (15 January 1875 – 1 February 1923) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Salesians of Don Bosco. He served for most of his life as part of the missions in Colombia where he worked with lepers and the children of outcast lepers.

1878–1913 · Contemporary · Franciscans

Alojzije Palić OFM (Latin: Aloysius Mathaeus Paliq, Albanian: Luigj Paliq; 1877 or 1878 – 7 March 1913) was a Kosovo Croat Franciscan and Catholic priest in Albania and martyr, murdered by Montenegrin soldiers in 1913.

1898–1942 · Contemporary · Divine Word Missionaries

Aloysius Liguda (23 January 1898 – 8 December 1942) was a Polish priest and is venerated as a blessed martyr of the Society Of The Divine Word Missionaries (SVD). Liguda was a chaplain, and teacher. He died at Dachau concentration camp in the course of medical experimentation.

1930–1992 · Contemporary

Aloysius Philip Schwartz (September 18, 1930 – March 16, 1992) was an American Catholic priest who ran social service programs for thousands of orphans in South Korea, the Philippines and Mexico.

1898–1960 · Contemporary · Franciscans

Aloysius Viktor Stepinac (Croatian: Alojzije Viktor Stepinac, 8 May 1898 – 10 February 1960) was a Croat prelate of the Catholic Church. Made a cardinal in 1953, Stepinac served as Archbishop of Zagreb from 1937 until his death.

1913–2006 · Contemporary

Aloísio Sebastião Boeing (24 December 1913 – 17 April 2006), was a Catholic Dehonian priest from the Diocese of Joinville. On February 23, 2023, Pope Francis recognized his heroic virtues.

1931–1991 · Contemporary · Augustinians

Alphonse Gallegos, OAR (February 20, 1931 – October 6, 1991), was an American Catholic prelate who served as Auxiliary Bishop of Sacramento from 1981 until his death in 1991.

1872–1900 · Contemporary · Franciscan Missionaries of Mary

Saint Amandina of Schakkebroek (28 December 1872 – 9 July 1900), born Pauline Jeuris, was a Franciscan sister of Belgian origin who served in China. She was beatified and canonized together with other martyrs of the Boxer Rebellion. Her official name was "Marie-Pauline Jeuris".

1872–1922 · Contemporary

Ambrosios Pleiathidis (Greek: Αμβρόσιος Πλειανθίδης, 1872–1922) also known as Ambrosios of Moschonisia was the Greek Orthodox metropolitan bishop of Moschonisia, in modern Turkey, from February to September 1922.

1861–1927 · Contemporary

St. Ambrosius (Georgian: ამბროსი, Ambrosi) (September 7, 1861 – March 29, 1927) was a Georgian religious figure and scholar who served as the Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia from 1921 to 1927.

1868–1918 · Contemporary

Bishop Ambrose (secular name Vasiliy Ivanovich Gudko, Russian: Василий Иванович Гудко; December 28, 1867 – August 9, 1918) was bishop of Sarapul and Yelabuga. He was canonized as a Russian Saint by the Russian Orthodox Church in 2000.

1878–1932 · Contemporary

Ambroży is a Polish surname and given name. Notable people with the name include:

1889–1970 · Contemporary

Amphilochios Makris (Greek: Αμφιλόχιος Μακρής, 13 December 1889 – 16 April 1970) was a Greek Orthodox hieromonk, missionary, and teacher from the island of Patmos, Greece. He was greatly revered in Greece for his wisdom and experience as a starets (elder).

1885–1937 · Contemporary

Amphilochius of Iconium (Greek: Ἀµφιλόχιος Ἰκονίου) was a Christian bishop of the fourth century, son of a Cappadocian family of distinction, born, perhaps at Caesarea, ca. 339/340, died probably 394–403.

1894–1971 · Contemporary

Amphilochius of Pochayiv (Ukrainian: Амфілохій Почаївський) was a 20th-century Ukrainian Orthodox saint from Ternopil Oblast of western Ukraine.

1901–1977 · Contemporary · Q108896108

Amalia of Jesus Flagellated MJC (22 July 1901 – 18 April 1977), born Amalia Aguirre Queija, was a Catholic religious sister and mystic. She was co-founder of the institute of the Missionary Sisters of Jesus Crucified, best known for receiving, in the 1930s, the apparitions of Our…

1845–1906 · Contemporary

Ana Petra Pérez Florido (6 December 1845 – 16 August 1906), religious name Petra of Saint Joseph, was a Spanish religious sister. She established the Congregation of the Mothers of the Forsaken and St.

1888–1927 · Contemporary

Anacleto González Flores (July 13, 1888 – April 1, 1927) was a Mexican Catholic layman and lawyer who was tortured and executed during the persecution of the Catholic Church under Mexican President Plutarco Elías Calles.

1882–1942 · Contemporary · Franciscans

Anastazy Jakub Pankiewicz (July 9, 1882 – May 20, 1942) was a Polish Roman Catholic Franciscan friar and priest. He was arrested on October 10, 1941 and taken to the Nazi concentration camp at Dachau, where he died.

1880–1938 · Contemporary

Anatoly (Russian: Анато́лий, romanized: Anatoliy, Ukrainian: Анато́лій, romanized: Anatolii) is a common Russian and Ukrainian masculine given name, derived from the Greek name Anatolios (Ἀνατόλιος), meaning "he of the sunrise", from ἀνατολή anatolē, "sunrise".

1850–1921 · Contemporary

Andrea Ferrari (13 August 1850 – 2 February 1921) – later adopting the middle name "Carlo" – was an Italian Catholic prelate who served as a cardinal and as the Archbishop of Milan from 1894 until his death.

1863–1936 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Giacinto Bonaventura Longhin (22 November 1863 – 26 June 1936) - in religious Andrea di Campodarsego - was an Italian Roman Catholic prelate and professed member from the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin who served as the Bishop of Treviso from 1904 until his death.

1929–2008 · Contemporary

Andrew Willoughby Ninian Bertie (15 May 1929 – 7 February 2008) was Prince and Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta from 1988 until his death in 2008. On 20 February 2015 a formal inquiry for the cause of his beatification and canonisation was opened in Rome.

1865–1944 · Contemporary · Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat

Andrey Sheptytsky OSBM (Polish: Andrzej Szeptycki; Ukrainian: Андрей Шептицький, romanized: Andrey Sheptytsky; 29 July 1865 – 1 November 1944) was a prelate and theologian of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church who served as Metropolitan of Galicia and Archbishop of Lviv from 190…

1887–1941 · Contemporary

Andriy Ishchak (Ukrainian: Андрі́й Іща́к; 23 September 1887 – 26 June 1941) was a Ukrainian Greek Catholic priest and martyr. Ishchak was born in the city of Mykolayiv in the Lviv Oblast. He studied theology at universities in Lviv (Ukraine) and Innsbruck (Austria).

1870–1918 · Contemporary

Archbishop Andronik (also spelled Andronic; Russian: Архиепископ Андроник, secular name Vladimir Alexandrovich Nikolsky, Russian: Владимир Александрович Никольский; August 1, 1870 – July 7, 1918), was a bishop in the Russian Orthodox Church and a saint, glorified as Hieromartyr A…

1891–1953 · Contemporary

Archmandrite Andrei Tsikota MIC (/(t)sɪˈkoʊtə/; Chinese: 祁高德;Belarusian: Андрэй Цікота; Polish: Andrzej Cikoto), also anglicised as Andrew Cikoto (5 December 1891 – 11 February 1952), was a Belarusian Roman Catholic and Greek Catholic priest, Superior General of the Congregation…

1845–1937 · Contemporary · Congregation of the Holy Cross

André Bessette, C.S.C. (born Alfred; 9 August 1845 – 6 January 1937), commonly known as Brother André (French: Frère André) and since his canonization as Saint André of Montreal, was a lay brother of the Congregation of Holy Cross and a significant figure of the Catholic Church a…

1916–1944 · Contemporary

Angela Brecelj (7 October 1916 – 12 July 1944) was a Slovenian shop assistant. She was a devout Catholic who was abducted and later killed by communists during World War II. She is considered a martyr by some. Angela was born on 7 October 1916 into a Slovenian family in Žapuže.

1948–1961 · Contemporary

Angela Iacobellis (October 28, 1948 – March 27, 1961) was an Italian girl whose cause for sainthood by the Roman Catholic Church has been initiated. She is therefore titled Servant of God.

1900–1944 · Contemporary · Trinitarian Order

Angela Maria Autsch, baptized as Maria Cäcilia Autsch, religious name Angela Maria of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (26 March 1900 – 23 December 1944), was a German religious sister of the Congregation Sisters of the Most Holy Trinity. Her beatification process was opened in 1992.

1881–1922 · Contemporary

Angela Salawa, T.O.S.F. (Polish: Aniela Salawa) (9 September 1881 – 12 March 1922) was a Polish woman who served in hospitals in World War I. She was the 11th child and lived in a very religious family.

1846–1932 · Contemporary · Sisters of the Cross

Angela of the Cross Guerrero y González, HCC (Spanish: Ángela de la Cruz or María de los Ángeles Guerrero González; 30 January 1846 – 2 March 1932) was a Spanish religious sister and the foundress of the Sisters of the Company of the Cross, a Catholic religious institute dedicate…

1875–1941 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Anicet Adalbert Kopliński (né Koplin; 30 July 1875 – 16 October 1941) was a Polish Capuchin friar of German descent and priest in Warsaw. He was imprisoned in the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz, where he died.

1882–1936 · Contemporary · Dominican Order

Anna Ivanovna Abrikosova TOSD (Russian: Анна Ивановна Абрикосова; 23 January 1882 – 23 July 1936), later known as Mother Catherine of Siena (Russian: Екатери́на Сие́нская, Ekaterína Siénskaya), was a Russian Greek Catholic religious sister and literary translator, who died after…

1928–1944 · Contemporary

Anna Kolesárová (14 July 1928 – 22 November 1944) was a Slovak Roman Catholic virgin and a martyr. Her life was cut short in 1944 when a Soviet soldier killed her after she resisted his rape attempt.

1844–1904 · Contemporary

Anna Maria Rubatto (14 February 1844, Carmagnola – 6 August 1904, Montevideo) was an Italian Roman Catholic nun who assumed the name Maria Francesca of Jesus. She was the founder of the Capuchin Sisters of Mother Rubatto.

1831–1900 · Contemporary

Rosa Maria Benedetta Gattorno Custo (14 October 1831 – 6 May 1900) was an Italian Roman Catholic who was widowed and later became a nun. She was also the founder of the Daughters of Saint Anne and assumed the new name of "Anna Rosa" after she had established her order and made he…

1882–1925 · Contemporary · Franciscans

Anna Schäffer (February 18, 1882 – October 5, 1925) was a German woman who lived in Mindelstetten in Bavaria. She was canonized by Pope Benedict XVI on October 21, 2012. Schäffer's father, a carpenter, died at the age of 40, leaving his family in great poverty.

1886–1900 · Contemporary

Anna Wang (Chinese: 王亞納) was a Catholic lay girl who was martyred during the Boxer Rebellion. She was declared a saint by John Paul II. She is one of the Martyrs of China. Anna was born in 1886 in Majiazhuang, Hebei, China, to a poor Christian family.

1911–1922 · Contemporary

Anne de Guigné (25 April 1911 – 14 January 1922) was a young French girl who is being considered for sainthood by the Roman Catholic Church. Anne was the oldest of four siblings. Her parents were wealthy and prominent.

1866–1900 · Contemporary · Franciscan Missionaries of Mary

Marie of Saint Just, born Anne-Françoise Moreau (9 April 1866 – 9 July 1900) was a French nun in the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary. She was one of the 120 Martyrs of China. During the Boxer Rebellion, she was killed on 9 July 1900 in Taiyuan.

1900–1926 · Contemporary · Benedictines

Mary Annella Zervas, O.S.B. (born Anna Cordelia Zervas; April 7, 1900 – August 14, 1926), was an American Catholic religious sister who joined the Benedictines and died at 26 after a three-year battle with pityriasis rubra pilaris. Until the 1960s, Zervas's grave in St.

1851–1927 · Contemporary · Cistercians

Annibale Maria di Francia, RCJ (or Hannibal Mary di Francia; 5 July 1851 – 1 June 1927) was an Italian Rogationist Father known for founding a series of orphanages, the Rogationists and the Daughters of Divine Zeal. He has been canonised and his feast day is 1 June.