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1866–1937 · Contemporary · Carmelites

María Luisa Josefa of the Most Blessed Sacrament, also called "Mother Luisita" (June 21, 1866 – February 11, 1937) was a Mexican Catholic religious sister who founded the Carmelite Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Mexico and the Carmelite Sisters of the Most Sacred Heart of Los Ang…

1901–1937 · Contemporary

María Luisa Montesinos Orduña was born in Valencia in 1901 and died in Picassent in 1937. A citizen of Spain, she is recognized as a blessed.

1888–1960 · Contemporary · Passionist nuns

Maria Giuseppina Teresa Marcucci, in religion Mary Magdalene of the Blessed Sacrament, born April 24, 1888, in San Gemignano, near Lucca, Italy, and died February 10, 1960, in Madrid, Spain, was an Italian nun and a member of the Passionist Nuns.

1882–1936 · Contemporary · Capuchin Poor Clares

María Milagros Ortells Gimeno was a Spanish religious sister of the Capuchin Poor Clares born in Valencia in 1882. She died in 1936 from a gunshot wound and is recognized as a blessed.

1900–1978 · Contemporary · Institute of Religious Daughters of Mary of the Pious Schools

María Nieves Sánchez Fernández, in religion María Nieves of the Holy Family, born May 2, 1900, in Villanueva de Córdoba, Spain, and died May 1, 1978, in Córdoba, was a Spanish nun and a member of the congregation of the Daughters of Mary of the Pious Schools.

1911–1936 · Contemporary

María Pilar Gullón Yturriaga was born in Madrid in 1911 to Manuel Gullón García-Prieto and worked as a nurse. She died in 1936 in Puerto de Somiedo as one of the Spanish martyrs of the 20th century and is buried in Astorga Cathedral. She is recognized as a blessed.

1906–1945 · Contemporary

María Pilar Izquierdo Albero (27 July 1906 – 27 August 1945) was a Spanish religious sister who founded the Missionary Work of Jesus of Mary (1939).

1877–1936 · Contemporary · Carmelites

Jacoba Martínez García, in religion Maria Pilar of Saint Francis Borgia (1877–1936), was one of the three Carmelite martyrs of Guadalajara during the Spanish Civil War. She was beatified on March 29, 1987, by Pope John Paul II. Her feast day is July 24.

1925–1996 · Contemporary

María Portilla Crespo, also known as María de los Desamparados Portilla Crespo or Amparo Portilla Crespo de Romero, born on May 29, 1925, in Valencia, Spain, and died on May 10, 1996, was a Spanish Catholic laywoman, constantly devoted to the poorest, the sick, the marginalized,…

1881–1936 · Contemporary · Order of Discalced Nuns of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel

Elvira Moragas Cantarero, religious name María Sagrario de San Luis Gonzaga, (8 January 1881 – 15 August 1936) was a Spanish nun of the Order of the Discalced Carmelites of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel.

1891–1975 · Contemporary

María Séiquer Gayá was a Spanish nun born in Murcia in 1891. She died in Murcia in 1975 and is recognized as a Venerable within the Catholic Church.

1884–1936 · Contemporary · Capuchin Poor Clares

María Verónica Masiá Ferragut was a Spanish religious sister and a member of the Capuchin Poor Clares. Born in 1884 to Maria Teresa Ferragut Roig, she died in 1936. She is recognized as a blessed.

1892–1936 · Contemporary

María de la Purificación Vidal Pastor was a Catholic martyr killed during the Spanish Civil War. A single laywoman, she was martyred due to her public manifestation of religiosity and was beatified by Pope John Paul II on March 11, 2001.

1926–1998 · Contemporary · Sisters of the Cross

María de la Purísima Salvat Romero (20 February 1926 – 31 October 1998), born María Isabel Salvat Romero, was a Spanish religious sister of the Sisters of the Company of the Cross. She assumed the religious name María de la Purísima of the Cross.

1885–1936 · Contemporary

Maria del Carmen Moreno Benítez (born August 24, 1885, in Villamartín; died September 1, 1936, in Barcelona) was a Spanish Salesian sister, martyr, and blessed of the Catholic Church. She joined the Institute of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians.

1893–1936 · Contemporary

Blessed María del Carmen Viel Ferrando was born in 1893 in Sueca, Spain. She died in 1936.

1848–1911 · Contemporary

María del Carmen Sallés y Barangueras (9 April 1848 – 25 July 1911), religious name Carmen of Jesus, was a Spanish religious sister. She founded the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Conception.

1903–1936 · Contemporary

Maria del Olvido Noguera Albelda (born December 30, 1903, in Valencia; died November 30, 1936) was a Spanish blessed of the Catholic Church. She was a member of Catholic Action. She died during the Spanish Civil War at the age of 32.

1866–1937 · Contemporary

Maria del Refugio Aguilar y Torres (San Miguel de Allende, September 21, 1866 – Mexico City, April 24, 1937) was a Mexican religious sister and founder of the Congregation of the Mercedarian Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament.

1905–1936 · Contemporary · Carmelites

Martienne Valtierra-Tordesillas, in religion Marie Ange de Saint Joseph (1905–1936), was one of the three Carmelite martyrs of Guadalajara during the Spanish Civil War. She was beatified on March 29, 1987, by Pope John Paul II. Her feast day is July 24.

1916–1950 · Contemporary

Matej Krof was a Catholic priest born in 1916 in Mežica. He died in 1950 in Podpeca and is currently recognized as a Servant of God.

1867–1927 · Contemporary

Mateo Correa Magallanes (also known as Mateo Correa, Fr. Correa; July 23, 1866 – February 6, 1927) was a Knight of Columbus, of Council 2140. Correa was born at Tepechitlán, Zacatecas, Mexico. He attended the seminary at Zacatecas on a scholarship, in 1881.

1841–1902 · Contemporary

Matilde of the Sacred Heart (30 May 1841 - 17 December 1902), born Matilde Téllez Robles, was a Spanish nun and the foundress of the congregation of the Hijas de María Madre de la Iglesia.

1864–1936 · Contemporary

Matrona of Anemnyasevo (born Matrona Grigoryevna Belyakova; November 18, 1864, Anemnyasevo, Kasimov Uyezd, Ryazan Governorate — July 29, 1936, Moscow) was a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church.

1885–1952 · Contemporary

Matrona Dimitrievna Nikonova (Russian: Блаженная Матро́на Дими́триевна Ни́конова (Московская), romanized: Blazhennaya Matrona Dimitrievna Nikonova (Moskovskaya); 1881/1885 – 2 May 1952) is a canonized saint of the Russian Orthodox Church who is said to have had the gifts of proph…

1855–1900 · Contemporary · Franciscans

Matthew Feng De was a Franciscan friar born in Shanxi in 1855. He died in Taiyuan in 1900 and is recognized as a Catholic saint and blessed within the Catholic Church.

1882–1935 · Contemporary

Matthew Kadalikattil, born on April 25, 1872, in Edappady, India, and died in Palai on May 23, 1935, was an Indian Catholic priest of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, founder of the Sisters of the Sacred Heart congregation, and recognized as venerable on June 27, 2011, by Pope B…

1851–1914 · Contemporary

Mathew Makil (27 March 1851 – 26 January 1914) was the second Vicar Apostolic and the first indigenous Vicar Apostolic of the Vicariate of Changanacherry, which is the Syro Malabar Archeparchy of Changanacherry today.

1902–1936 · Contemporary · Piarists

Matías Cardona Meseguer (born December 23, 1902, in Vallibona, died August 20, 1936, in the same place) was a Spanish priest of the Piarist Order. He was a victim of the anti-Catholic persecutions during the Spanish Civil War, murdered out of hatred for the faith (odium fidei).

1910–1949 · Contemporary

Maurice Tornay, CRSA (31 August 1910 – 11 August 1949) was a Swiss Catholic priest of the Canons Regular of Saint Augustine – of the Hospitallers of Saint Nicholas and Grand-St-Bernard of Mont Joux branch – who served as part of the missions in China and Tibet.

1903–1936 · Contemporary · Benedictines

Mauro Palazuelos was a Spanish Catholic priest, theologian, and Benedictine prior born in 1903 in Peñacastillo. He died in 1936 in Barbastro from a gunshot wound. He is recognized as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1880–1937 · Contemporary

Archimandrite Mavriky (secular name Mikhail Vladimirovich Poletaev; December 18, 1880, Kronstadt, Saint Petersburg Governorate — October 4, 1937, Karaganda) was an archimandrite of the Russian Orthodox Church. He was glorified as a venerable martyr in August 2000.

1887–1944 · Contemporary

Max Josef Metzger (3 February 1887 – 17 April 1944) was a Catholic priest and leading German pacifist. Due to his activities for peace between nations, Metzger was a thorn in the side of the National Socialists.

1888–1914 · Contemporary

Maxim Timofeyevich Sandovich (Russian: Максим Тимофеевич Сандович, Polish: Maksym Sandowicz, Maksym Gorlicki; 1 February 1888 – 6 August 1914) is a New Martyr and Orthodox saint. He was canonised with the name of Maxim of Gorlice with the title of hieromartyr.

1848–1925 · Contemporary · Benedictines

Meinrad Eugster was a Swiss Benedictine monk born in Altstätten in 1848. He died in Einsiedeln in 1925 and has been declared Venerable within the Catholic Church.

1899–1936 · Contemporary · Trinitarian Order

Melchior of the Holy Spirit, born Melchor Rodríguez Villastrigo (Laguna de Negrillos, January 29, 1899 – Cuenca, September 24, 1936), was a Spanish priest of the Order of the Most Holy Trinity.

1835–1900 · Contemporary

Meletius, born Mikhail Ioannovich Leontovich (October 26/November 6, 1784, in Stari Sanzhary – February 17/29, 1840, in Kharkiv), was a Russian Orthodox bishop and saint of Ukrainian descent.

1859–1915 · Contemporary

Melkon Hrand Guirdjian (Armenian: Մելքոն Հրանդ Կիւրճեան, 1859 in Palu, Ottoman Empire – 1915 in Ankara, Ottoman Empire) was an Armenian writer, professor, and civic activist. Melkon Guirdjian was born in the Havav village in the Palu region that is now considered Elazığ.

1880–1936 · Contemporary · Society of St. Teresa of Jesus

Mercè Prat i Prat, STJ (6 March 1880 - 24 July 1936) was a Spanish Catholic nun who was a member of the Societatis Sanctae Teresiae a Iesu. She assumed the religious name of Maria Mercè of the Sacred Heart.

1935–2004 · Contemporary · Order of the Immaculate Conception

Mercedes de Jesús Egido y Izquierdo, (29 March 1935 – 3 August 2004) was a Spanish Roman Catholic nun of the Order of the Immaculate Conception who undertook a major reform of the Order's way of life. The cause for her beatification is being investigated by the Holy See.

1868–1921 · Contemporary

Metody was an Eastern Orthodox priest and bishop born in 1868. He died in 1921 in Petropavl and is recognized as a hieromartyr.

1855–1900 · Contemporary

Metrophanes, Chi Sung (Cháng Yángjí,常楊吉, his Chinese name is also sometimes translated as Tsi Chung) or Mitrophan (December 10, 1855 – June 10, 1900) was the first Chinese Eastern Orthodox priest to be martyred.

1874–1937 · Contemporary

Michael Blagievsky (birth name: Michael Ioannovich Kobozev; Russian: Михаи́л Иоа́ннович Ко́бозев) (February 4, 1874, Spas-Leonovschina, Moscow Governorate – December 23, 1937, Ryazhsk, Ryazan Oblast) was a Russian archpriest executed by the Bolsheviks and canonized by the Russian…

1837–1910 · Contemporary · Salesians of Don Bosco

Michele Rua (English: Michael Rua; 9 June 1837 – 6 April 1910) was an Italian Catholic priest and professed member of the Salesians of Don Bosco.

1960–1991 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor

Michał Tomaszek (September 23, 1960 – August 9, 1991) was a Polish Catholic priest and missionary of the Order of Friars Minor Conventual. Having been killed in hatred of the faith (in odium fidei) in Peru, he is venerated as a martyr and blessed by the Catholic Church.

1893–1943 · Contemporary

Michał Kozal (27 September 1893 – 26 January 1943) was a Polish Roman Catholic bishop. Kozal was noted for his intelligence and dedication to studies and studied to become a priest during World War I, which disrupted his studies but did not prevent his ordination in 1918; he gain…

1900–1942 · Contemporary

Michał Oziębłowski was a Polish Catholic priest and catechist born in 1900 in Izdebno Kościelne. He died in 1942 at the Dachau concentration camp and is recognized as a saint by the Catholic Church.

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…