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1905–1942 · Contemporary

Brunon Zembol, OFM, born Jan Brunon Zembol (September 7, 1905, in Łętownia – August 21, 1942, in Dachau), was a Polish Catholic priest, a Friar Minor (Reformed), a martyr of World War II, and a blessed of the Catholic Church.

1887–1936 · Contemporary · Trinitarian Order

Bonaventura of Saint Catherine (Spanish: Buenaventura de Santa Catalina), born Buenaventura Gavicaechevarría Guerricabeitia (Ajangiz, July 14, 1887 – Alcázar de San Juan, July 26, 1936), was a Spanish priest of the Order of the Most Holy Trinity.

1841–1910 · Contemporary

Camille Costa de Beauregard, born on February 17, 1841, and died on March 25, 1910, was a canon of Chambéry and the 1868 founder of the Bocage orphanage, established for the education of poor and abandoned children.

1933–1994 · Contemporary · Sisters Augustines Missionaries

Caridad Álvarez Martín was a Spanish religious sister, born in Santa Cruz de la Salceda, Burgos, Spain, on May 9, 1933. A member of the Augustinian Missionaries, she was murdered on October 23, 1994, alongside Sister Esther Paniagua Alonso.

1911–1936 · Contemporary · Piarists

Carlos Navarro Miquel, Sch.P. (born February 11, 1911, in Torrente de Cinca, died September 22, 1936, at the Monastery of Montserrat) was a Spanish priest of the Piarist Order and a victim of the anti-Catholic persecutions during the Spanish Civil War, murdered in hatred of the f…

1924–1940 · Contemporary

Cecilia Butsi (born December 16, 1924; died December 26, 1940) was a Thai martyr and a blessed of the Catholic Church. She was baptized in 1926 at the age of two. Between 1940 and 1944, Thailand was at war with French Indochina.

1913–1936 · Contemporary

Cecilio Vega Domínguez, OMI (born September 8, 1913, in Villamor de Órbigo; died July 24, 1936, in Pozuelo, Madrid) was a Spanish Oblate of the Immaculate Mary. He made his first vows on August 15, 1931, and his perpetual vows in 1934.

1844–1908 · Contemporary · Sisters Servants of the Divine Heart

Celia Méndez y Delgado, in religion Maria Teresa of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, born in Fuentes de Andalucía, Spain, on February 11, 1844, and died in Seville on June 2, 1908, was a Spanish religious sister and co-founder of the teaching congregation of the Handmaids of the Divine…

1873–1900 · Contemporary · Franciscans

Cesidio of Fossa (born Angelo Giacomantonio on August 30, 1873, in Fossa, Italy; died July 4, 1900, in Hengchow, Hunan province, China) was an Italian Reformed Franciscan missionary.

1924–1994 · Contemporary · White Fathers

Charles Deckers, born in Antwerp on December 26, 1924, and died on December 27, 1994, in Tizi Ouzou, Algeria, was a Belgian White Father assassinated in a terrorist act carried out by the GIA.

1958–1994 · Contemporary · White Fathers

Christian Chessel, born in Digne-les-Bains on October 27, 1958, and murdered in Tizi Ouzou, Algeria, on December 27, 1994, was a French Catholic priest and White Father.

1902–1973 · Contemporary · Poor Clares

Juana de la Concepción Sánchez García, in religion Clara de la Concepción, born February 14, 1902, in Torre en Cameros, Spain, and died in 1973 in Soria, Castile and León, was a Spanish Catholic nun of the Order of Saint Clare.

1931–1995 · Contemporary · Sisters of the Poor, Palazzolo Institute

Alessandra Ghilardi, known in religion as Sister Clarangela Ghilardi, was born on April 21, 1931, in Trescore Balneario, Italy, and died on May 6, 1995, in Kikwit, Zaire.

1872–1936 · Contemporary · Piarists

Clemente Martínez Cebrián, Sch. P. (Carazo, Burgos, November 23, 1872 – Madrid, August 1936) was a Piarist priest of the San Antón community, murdered on an unknown day in August 1936 during the Spanish Civil War.

1895–1936 · Contemporary

Concepción Rodríguez Fernández de Santa Magdalena (born December 13, 1895, in Eulalia; died November 24, 1936, in Paterna) was a Spanish Carmelite Sister of Charity, martyr, and blessed of the Catholic Church.

1905–1975 · Contemporary

Constantin Sârbu (born January 10, 1905, in Cavadinești, Romania; died October 23, 1975, in Bucharest, Romania) was a Romanian Orthodox priest, canonized as a saint by the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church during its session on July 11–12, 2024, under the title Saint Pri…

1866–1936 · Contemporary · Society of Jesus

Constantino Carbonell Sempere (born April 12, 1866, in Alcoy, died August 23, 1936, in Tabernes de Valldigna) was a Jesuit priest, a martyr of the Spanish Civil War, and a victim of anti-Catholic persecution, beatified by the Catholic Church.

1894–1936 · Contemporary

Cosme Brun Ararà (Santa Coloma de Farners, November 12, 1894 – Boadilla del Monte, September 1, 1936), born Simón Isidro Joaquín Brun Ararà, was a Spanish Hospitaller religious. He is considered a blessed and martyr by the Catholic Church.

1903–1936 · Contemporary · Amigonian Friars

Crescence Garcia Pobo, born on April 15, 1903, in Celadas, Spain, and died on October 3, 1936, in Paracuellos de Jarama, near Madrid, was an Amigonian priest executed during the Spanish Civil War.

1885–1936 · Contemporary

Cristòfol Baqués i Almirall (Olesa de Bonesvalls, Alt Penedès, March 20, 1885, or 1884 – Barcelona, August 20, 1936) was a priest, blessed, and member of the Brotherhood of Diocesan Laborer Priests. He was ordained a priest on June 13, 1908.

1875–1936 · Contemporary

Cruz Laplana y Laguna (Plan, May 3, 1875 – Villar de Olalla, August 7, 1936) was a Spanish Catholic bishop. He was one of the thirteen bishops killed in the Republican zone during the Spanish Civil War, a victim of religious persecution.

1881–1972 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Cyril Jean Zohrabian (Armenian: Հովհաննէս Զոհրաբիան Գուրէղ), born on June 25, 1881, in Erzurum (Ottoman Empire) and died on September 20, 1972, in Rome (Italy), was a Catholic priest, a member of the Armenian community of Turkey, who was declared venerable by Pope Francis on Janu…

1919–1942 · Contemporary

Czesław Jóźwiak (also known as Ceslaus; born September 7, 1919, in Łążyn near Bydgoszcz; died August 24, 1942, in Dresden) was a Polish resistance fighter associated with the Salesians of Don Bosco.

1901–1936 · Contemporary

Candida of the Blessed Virgin Mary of the Angels (born Candida Cayuso González; 5 January 1901 – 24 November 1936) was a Spanish blessed of the Catholic Church and a nun of the Carmelite Sisters of Charity.

1912–1936 · Contemporary · Conventual Franciscans

Pedro Rivera was a French Franciscan friar who was born on September 3, 1912, in Valladolid, Spain. During the Spanish Civil War, he was killed in 1936 in Barcelona, along with friars Alfonso Lopez, Modesto Vegas, Dionisio Vicente, Francisco Remón, and Miguel Remón.

1933–1996 · Contemporary · Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance

Célestin Marie Georges Maxime Ringeard, born on July 29, 1933, in Touvois, Loire-Atlantique, and died in Algeria after late April 1996, was one of the seven monks of Tibhirine whose fate inspired the film Of Gods and Men by Xavier Beauvois, which won an award at the 2010 Cannes F…

1876–1924 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Daniele da Samarate, born Felice Rossini (June 15, 1876 – May 19, 1924), was an Italian Catholic priest of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin who served as a missionary in Brazil.

1947–1995 · Contemporary · Sisters of the Poor, Palazzolo Institute

Danielangela Sorti, in religion Sister Anna Maria, born on June 15, 1947, in Bergamo, Italy, and died on May 11, 1995, in Kikwit, Democratic Republic of the Congo, was an Italian nun and nurse.

1962–1997 · Contemporary

Daniele Badiali (March 3, 1962 – March 18, 1997) was an Italian Catholic priest and missionary in Peru who was murdered by a regime death squad in odium fidei. The Catholic Church has opened the cause for his beatification.

1880–1936 · Contemporary · Society of Jesus

Dariusz Hernández Morató, SJ (Spanish: Darío Hernández Morató; born October 25, 1880, in Buñol, died September 29, 1936, in Picadero de Paterna) was a Catholic priest, a Jesuit, and a martyr of the Spanish Civil War who was a victim of anti-Catholic persecution and is honored as…

1907–1936 · Contemporary · Piarists

David Carlos de Vergara Marañón, also known as David of the Blessed Sacrament, Sch. P. (Asarta, Mendaza, December 29, 1907 – Gabasa, July 28, 1936), was a Spanish Piarist religious of the Peralta de la Sal community, a martyr during the Spanish Civil War in 1936, and is venerated…

1889–1927 · Contemporary

David Uribe Velasco (Buenavista de Cuéllar, Guerrero, December 29, 1889 – San José Vista Hermosa, Morelos, April 12, 1927) was a Mexican priest and martyr of the Catholic Church.

1920–1959 · Contemporary

Dedë Malaj (born November 16, 1920, or according to other sources November 16, 1917, in Northern Albania; died May 11 or 12, 1959, on the shores of Lake Shkodra) was a Roman Catholic priest who was arrested, tortured, and shot for his faith in atheist Albania under the Enver Hoxh…

1920–1947 · Contemporary

Dedë Maçaj (born October 21 or February 5, 1920, in Mal i Jushit near Shkodër; died March 15 or March 28, 1947, in Përmet, Albania) was a Roman Catholic priest. He was executed by firing squad by the communist regime in Albania for his faith.

1901–1936 · Contemporary · Order of Augustinian Recollects

Deogracias Palacios, O.A.R. (born May 22, 1901, in Baños de Valdearados; died July 25, 1936, in Motril), was a blessed of the Catholic Church and a priest of the Order of Augustinian Recollects. At the age of 15, he entered the Augustinian order.

1896–1936 · Contemporary

Didacus Llorca Llopis (born July 2, 1896, in Oliva; died September 6, 1936) was a Spanish Catholic priest, Christian martyr, and blessed of the Catholic Church. He was baptized the day after his birth, on July 3, 1896.

1880–1936 · Contemporary

Diego Ventaja Milán (Ohanes, June 22, 1880 – Vícar, August 30, 1936) was a Spanish Catholic bishop. He was one of the thirteen bishops killed in the Republican zone during the Spanish Civil War, a victim of religious persecution.

1904–1944 · Contemporary

Dimitri Andreyevich Klepinin, or Saint Dimitri of Paris (Russian: Димитрий Андреевич Клепинин), was a Russian Orthodox priest, a stateless resistance fighter in occupied Paris, who died for France, and is recognized as a martyr and saint.

1902–1975 · Contemporary

Saint Dimitrios Gagastathis (August 1, 1902 – January 29, 1975) was a 20th-century Greek clergyman and father of nine children, who was canonized by the Orthodox Church in 2025 and is commemorated on January 29, the day of his repose.

1936–1995 · Contemporary · Sisters of the Poor, Palazzolo Institute

Teresa Santa Belleri, known in religion as Sister Dinarosa Belleri, was born on November 11, 1936, in Cailina di Villa Carcina, Italy, and died on May 14, 1995, in Kikwit, Zaire.

1890–1936 · Contemporary

Mateo Molinos Coloma (Forcall, August 21, 1890–Traveseras, August 8, 1936), better known as Dionisio Luis, was a Spanish Catholic religious, a member of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, who was killed during the religious persecution amid the Spanish Civil…

1868–1936 · Contemporary · Piarists

Dionisio Pamplona Polo, also known as Dionisio of Saint Barnabas (Calamocha, October 11, 1868 – Monzón, July 25, 1936), was a Spanish Piarist priest who was murdered during the Spanish Civil War in 1936. Considered a martyr, he is venerated as a blessed in the Catholic Church.

1871–1936 · Contemporary · Conventual Franciscans

Dionisio Vicente Ramos was a Spanish Franciscan friar who was born on October 9, 1871, in Teruel, Spain. During the Spanish Civil War, he was killed in 1936 in Granollers, along with friars Alfonso Lopez, Modesto Vegas, Pedro Rivera, Francisco Remón, and Miguel Remón.

1924–1975 · Contemporary

Dometie Manolache (October 15, 1924, Bălănești, Romania – July 6, 1975, Râmeț, Romania) was a Romanian Orthodox monk with the rank of archimandrite, canonized as a saint by the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church during its session on July 11–12, 2024, under the title Sain…

1900–1936 · Contemporary · Franciscans

Domingo Alonso de Frutos (born May 12, 1900, in Navares de Ayuso; died August 16, 1936, in Fuente el Fresno) was a Spanish Franciscan, priest, theologian, Christian martyr, and blessed of the Roman Catholic Church.

1846–1939 · Contemporary

Duncan McMillan may refer to: Duncan McMillan (linguist) (1914–1993), British linguist Duncan McMillan (playwright) (born 1980), British playwright and director

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

Eduardo Ripoll Diego, C.M.F. (Jàtiva, January 9, 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.

1875–1938 · Contemporary

Ekaterina Dmitrievna Dekalina (Ekaterina of Simbirsk; November 1875, Panskaya Sloboda village, Simbirsk Uyezd, Simbirsk Governorate — February 17, 1938, Ulyanovsk) was an Orthodox saint and a nun at the Spassky Convent in Simbirsk from 1890 to 1918.

1892–1938 · Contemporary

Ekaterina Mikhailovna Cherkasova (December 4, 1892, Kashino, Volokolamsk Uyezd, Moscow Governorate — February 5, 1938, Butovo firing range) was a novice and a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church, canonized as a venerable martyr in 2001 for universal church veneration.

1865–1944 · Contemporary

Euthymius, born Estat Kereselidze (died 1944 at Zedazeni Monastery), was an Orthodox monk and saint. He came from the village of Sadmeli. After completing primary school, he went to work in Kutaisi and later Tbilisi.