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1912–1945 · Contemporary

Saint Peter To Rot was a Papua New Guinean Catholic who was canonized for his continued practice of Catholicism in the face of Japanese repression during World War II.

1842–1900 · Contemporary

1860–1900 · Contemporary · Franciscans

Peter Wu Anbang was a Catholic priest and bishop born in Taiyuan in 1860. A member of the Franciscans, he died in Taiyuan in 1900. He is recognized as a Catholic saint and blessed.

1850–1900 · Contemporary · Franciscans

1839–1900 · Contemporary

1924–1976 · Contemporary

Petra Mönnigmann was a German Catholic nun born in Oelde in 1924. She died in India in 1976 and has been recognized as a Venerable by the Catholic Church.

1917–1953 · Contemporary

Petro Pavlo Oros (Ukrainian: Петро Павло Орос, Hungarian: Orosz Péter Pál; 14 July 1917 – 27 August 1953) was a Greek Catholic Eparchy of Mukachevo hierarch after the Church was suppressed by the communist regime.

1890–1957 · Contemporary

Petro Verhun (In Ukrainian: Петро Вергун) was a Ukrainian Greek Catholic priest and martyr. He belonged to the Ukrainian Catholic Church, a Uniate Church that maintains the Byzantine Rite while being in unity with the Roman Catholic Church, and is venerated as a Blessed in the Ro…

1829–1905 · Contemporary

Philibert Vrau was a French businessman, lay Roman Catholic activist, and Christian socialist. Vrau's father was a manufacturer of sewing thread; his mother, Sophie Aubineau, was a Parisian. He attended the municipal college of Lille.

1907–1940 · Contemporary

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…

1856–1931 · Contemporary · Salesians of Don Bosco

Filippo Rinaldi (28 May 1856 – 5 December 1931) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Salesians of Don Bosco; he served as the third Rector Major for the order from 1922 until his death in 1931.

1901–1925 · Contemporary · Third Order of Saint Dominic

Pier Giorgio Frassati TOP (6 April 1901 – 4 July 1925) was an Italian Catholic activist and a member of the Third Order of Saint Dominic. He was dedicated to social justice issues and joined several charitable organizations, including Catholic Action and the Society of Saint Vinc…

1931–1957 · Contemporary

Pierina Morosini (7 January 1931 – 6 April 1957) was an Italian Roman Catholic from Bergamo. She was killed after a man tried to rape her. Morosini served as a member of the Catholic Action movement. Her beatification was held on 4 October 1987 in Saint Peter's Basilica.

1938–1996 · Contemporary · Dominican Order

Pierre-Lucien Claverie OP (8 May 1938 – 1 August 1996) was a French Catholic prelate who was a professed member from the Order of Preachers, and served as the Bishop of Oran from 1981 until his murder in 1996 by Islamic extremists.

1914–1991 · Contemporary · Emmanuel Community

Pierre Goursat was born in Paris in 1914 and died in Neuilly-sur-Seine in 1991. A French Catholic, he served as a moderator and secretary within the Emmanuel Community. He is currently recognized as a Servant of God.

1877–1965 · Contemporary · Third Order of Saint Francis

Pierre Louis Marie Galibert was born in 1877 in Angles and served as a Catholic priest and bishop. A member of the Third Order of Saint Francis, he held positions as both a diocesan and titular bishop before his death in 1965.

1904–1945 · Contemporary

The Abbé Pierre de Porcaro was a French Roman Catholic priest who worked as an undercover minister during the Second World War. He was eventually captured by the Nazis and died in Dachau concentration camp.

1878–1903 · Contemporary · Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance

Pierre-Joseph Cassant (6 March 1878 – 17 June 1903) was a French Roman Catholic priest and professed member of the Trappists. During his novitiate he received the religious name of Marie-Joseph and was known for his strong determination to his studies to fulfil his lifelong wish…

1937–1993 · Contemporary

Giuseppe "Pino" Puglisi was an Italian Roman Catholic priest who openly challenged the Sicilian Mafia controlling his Palermo neighbourhood of Brancaccio. The Mafia killed him on his 56th birthday.

1837–1912 · Contemporary · Dominican Order

Pio Alberto del Corona (5 July 1837 – 15 August 1912) - born Alberto del Corona and in religious Pio - was a Roman Catholic Italian prelate and the founder of the Suore Domenicane dello Spirito Santo.

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.

1908–1942 · Contemporary

Piotr Edward Dańkowski (born June 21, 1908, in Jordanów, died on April 3, 1942, in Auschwitz) is a Polish Catholic saint who is one of the 108 Martyrs of World War II beatified by Pope John Paul II. He is the patron saint of clerics and priests of the Archdiocese of Krakow.

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.

1908–1939 · Contemporary

Piotr Szarek (7 May 1908 – 9 September 1939) was a Polish Catholic clergyman, and a member of the Congregation of the Missionwho was publicly murdered by the Nazis on the ninth day of the Second World War.

1864–1900 · Contemporary

Piotr Wang Erman was born in 1864 in Shanxi and died in 1900 in Taiyuan. He was a member of the Catholic Church and is recognized as a Catholic saint and blessed.

1881–1900 · Contemporary

Piotr Zhu Rixin was born in Hebei in 1881 and died in the same region in 1900. A member of the Catholic Church, he is recognized as a Catholic saint and blessed.

1876–1958 · Contemporary

Pope Pius XII (Italian: Pio XII; born Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli; 2 March 1876 – 9 October 1958) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City from 2 March 1939 until his death on 9 October 1958.

1909–1943 · Contemporary

Placid Grebenc was a Catholic priest born in 1909 in Dolenji Lazi, a location within the former Austria–Hungary and later the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. He died in 1943 in Grčarice. He is currently recognized by the Catholic Church as a Servant of God.

1844–1915 · Contemporary · Benedictines

Tommaso Riccardi, OSB (24 June 1844 – 25 March 1915) was an Italian Catholic priest and Benedictine monk of the Cassinese Congregation. His monastic name was Placido. He was beatified in 1954. Tommaso Riccardi was born in Trevi on 24 June 1844 and spent his childhood in Umbria.

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.

1843–1911 · Contemporary

Maria Clotilde of Savoy (Ludovica Teresa Maria Clotilde; 2 March 1843 – 25 June 1911) was born in Turin to Vittorio Emanuele II, later King of Italy and his first wife, Adelaide of Austria. She was the wife of Prince Napoléon-Jérôme Bonaparte.

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.

1900–1945 · Contemporary · Order of the Brothers Discalced of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel

Jacques de Jésus, OCD (born Lucien Bunel; 1900 – 2 June 1945), better known as Père Jacques, was a French Catholic priest and Discalced Carmelite friar.

1919–1946 · Contemporary

Qerim Sadiku (12 February 1919 – 4 March 1946) was a Catholic Albanian blessed who had converted from Islam. He was executed by a firing squad in Shkodër along with clerics Danjel Dajani, Giovanni Fausti, Gjon Shllaku, Mark Çuni and Gjelosh Lulashi.

1911–1938 · Contemporary · Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance

Rafael Arnáiz Barón, OCSO (9 April 1911 – 26 April 1938), also named María Rafael in religion, was a Spanish Trappist conventual oblate. He studied architecture in Madrid, but decided to cease his studies in favor of the religious life.

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.

1878–1938 · Contemporary

Rafael Guízar y Valencia (16 April 1878 – 6 June 1938) was a Mexican bishop of the Roman Catholic Church who was persecuted during the Mexican Revolution.

1865–1930 · Contemporary

Rafael Merry del Val y Zulueta, OL (10 October 1865 – 26 February 1930) was a Spanish Catholic bishop, Vatican official, and cardinal. Before becoming a cardinal, he served as the secretary of the papal conclave of 1903 that elected Pope Pius X, who is said to have accepted his…

1899–1936 · Contemporary · Dominican Order

Rafael Pardo Molina was a Spanish Catholic priest and member of the Dominican Order born in Valencia in 1899. He died in 1936 and has been recognized 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.

1850–1925 · Contemporary · Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Rafaela Porras Ayllón, religious name Mary of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, (1 March 1850 – 6 January 1925) was a Spanish religious sister who established the Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in conjunction with her sister Dolores.

1843–1900 · Contemporary

Rafaela Ybarra Arambarri de Vilallonga (16 January 1843 – 23 February 1900) was a Spanish Roman Catholic widow and the founder of the Sisters of the Holy Guardian Angels.

1876–1948 · Contemporary · Order of the Brothers Discalced of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel

Raffaele Rossi, OCD, born Carlo Rossi, (28 October 1876 – 17 September 1948), was an Italian Discalced Carmelite and cardinal. Rossi served in the Sacred Consistorial Congregation in the Roman Curia from 1930 until his death and as a friar had the religious name "Raffaele of Sain…

1832–1914 · Contemporary · Baladites

Rafqa Pietra Chobok (Arabic: رفقا بطرسيّة شبق , June 29, 1832 – March 23, 1914), also known as Saint Rafka and Saint Rebecca, was a Lebanese Maronite nun who was canonized by Pope John Paul II on June 10, 2001. She is a patron of lost parents and the sick.

1881–1936 · Contemporary · Benedictines

Raimundo Lladós Salud was a Spanish Catholic priest and a member of the Benedictine order. Born in 1881 and deceased in 1936, he is recognized as a blessed within 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.

1910–1936 · Contemporary · Benedictines

Ramiro Sanz de Galdeano Mañeru was a Spanish Catholic priest and Benedictine monk born in 1910 in Villatuerta. He died in 1936 in Barbastro from a gunshot wound and is recognized as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1906–1936 · Contemporary

Ramón Esteban Bou Pascual was a Spanish Catholic vicar born in 1906. He died in 1936 and has been recognized 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.