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1896–1938 · Contemporary

Olga Vasilievna Evdokimova (in Russian: Ольга Васильевна Евдокимова) (11 July 1896 in Novorozhdestvenska - 10 February 1938 in the Gulag) is a Russian Eastern Orthodox martyr and saint.

1903–1952 · Contemporary

Olympia (Olga) Bida (1903–1952) was a Ukrainian Catholic nun of the Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Immaculate Virgin Mary who died in the Kharsk detention camp near Tomsk, Siberia. She is one of the 25 Ukrainian martyrs beatified by Pope John Paul II in Lviv on June 27, 2001.

1882–1969 · Contemporary

Olinto Marella (14 June 1882 – 6 September 1969) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest who exercised his pastoral service in the Archdiocese of Bologna. Marella was a classmate of Pope John XXIII in Rome and the pope held him in high esteem and supported his pastoral initiatives.

1884–1944 · Contemporary

Omelyan Hryhorovych Kovch (Ukrainian: Омелян Григорович Ковч; August 20, 1884, Kosmach — March 25, 1944) was a Ukrainian Greek-Catholic priest murdered in Majdanek concentration camp.

1876–1938 · Contemporary

Born in 1876 in Belozersky Uyezd, Onezym served as an Eastern Orthodox priest and bishop within the Soviet Union. He died in 1938 and is recognized as a hieromartyr.

1889–1938 · Contemporary

Onuphrius (also Onoufrios; Greek: Ὀνούφριος, romanized: Onouphrios) lived as a hermit in the desert of Upper Egypt in the 4th or 5th centuries.

1897–1942 · Contemporary

Oton Schuster was a Catholic priest born in 1897 in Klagenfurt am Wörthersee. He died in 1942 at Schloss Hartheim and is currently recognized as a Servant of God.

1882–1940 · Contemporary

Otto Neururer (25 March 1882 – 30 May 1940) was an Austrian Roman Catholic priest and was the first priest to die in a Nazi concentration camp.

1915–1972 · Contemporary

Ottorino Zanon was an Italian Catholic priest, presbyter, and partisan born in Vicenza in 1915. He died in a traffic collision in Brescia in 1972. He is recognized as Venerable by the Catholic Church.

1862–1933 · Contemporary · Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate

Ovide Charlebois, OMI (17 February 1862 - 20 November 1933) was a Canadian Missionary Oblate of Mary Immaculate who served as the Apostolic Vicar of Keewatin from his appointment in 1910 until his death.

1876–1936 · Contemporary

Pablo Meléndez Gonzalo (1876–1936) was a Spanish lawyer, politician, and journalist who served as a Valencia city councilor and a deputy of Valencia province. Born in Valencia and dying in Castellar-Oliveral from a gunshot wound, he is recognized as a blessed.

1830–1904 · Contemporary

Pablo de Anda Padilla (July 5, 1830 – June 29, 1904) was a Catholic priest and founder of the Minim Daughters of Mary Immaculate. Pablo de Anda Padilla was born on July 5, 1830, in the city of San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco, Mexico.

1816–1901 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Padre Raffaele of Sant'Elia a Pianisi (14 December 1816 – 6 January 1901), baptized as Domenico Petrucelli, commonly known as Padre Raffaele, was an Italian Priest and a monk of the Franciscan Capuchin order.

1879–1937 · Contemporary

Palladius Ivanovich Popov (1879–1937) was a priest of the Russian Orthodox Church and a hieromartyr. He was canonized and included in the Synaxis of New Martyrs and Confessors of the Russian Church of the 20th century by a decree of the Holy Synod on October 6, 2001.

1908–1927 · Contemporary

Paola Renata Carboni (21 February 1908 - 11 September 1927) was an Italian teenager who is venerated in the Roman Catholic Church. Carboni was the fourth of eight children of a physician who refused to permit his children to attend church or be instructed in religion.

1872–1952 · Contemporary

Paolo Manna (16 January 1872 – 15 September 1952) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a member from the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions as well as the founder of the Pontifical Missionary Union.

1849–1928 · Contemporary

Venerable Paraskeva was a Russian Empire citizen born in 1849 in the Moscow Oblast. A Christian nun who served as a hegumen, she died in 1928 at the Holy Trinity monastery in Topolevka. She is recognized as a saint in Eastern Orthodoxy.

1888–1953 · Contemporary

Paraskeva Matieshina, or Paraskeva of Dmitrov (Russian: Параске́ва Матиешина), born on October 28, 1888, in the Kamianets-Podilskyi region and died on December 4, 1953, in Dmitrov, was a Soviet venerable saint. Her memory is commemorated on November 23 in the Orthodox Church.

1881–1937 · Contemporary

Parteniusz was an Eastern Orthodox priest and bishop born in Irkutsk in 1881. A citizen of the Soviet Union, he died in Arkhangelsk in 1937. He is venerated as a hieromartyr.

1917–1936 · Contemporary

Pascual Aláez Medina, OMI (born May 11, 1917, in Villaverde de Arcayos; died July 24, 1936, in Pozuelo, Madrid), was a Spanish Oblate of the Immaculate Mary. He took his first vows on August 16, 1935.

1894–1936 · Contemporary

Paschalis Penadés Jornet (born January 3, 1894; died September 15, 1936) was a Spanish blessed of the Catholic Church. He began his studies at the seminary in Valencia and was ordained a priest in 1921. He was murdered during the Spanish Civil War.

1885–1936 · Contemporary

Pascual Torres Lloret was a Spanish citizen born in 1885. He died in 1936 and is recognized as a blessed.

1914–1930 · Contemporary

Pasquale Canzii was a Catholic seminarian born in Bisenti in 1914 and a citizen of the Kingdom of Italy. He died in Penne in 1930 and is buried at Santa Maria degli Angeli. He has been declared Venerable.

1882–1900 · Contemporary · Franciscans

Saint Patrick Dong Bodi, OFS (Chinese: 董博弟) (born c. 1882 in Guchengyin, Shanxi province, China – died July 9, 1900, in Taiyuan) was a seminarian, a Franciscan tertiary, a martyr, and a saint of the Catholic Church.

1909–1992 · Contemporary · Congregation of the Holy Cross

Patrick Peyton, CSC (9 January 1909 – 3 June 1992), also known as "the Rosary priest", was an Irish-born Catholic priest of the Congregation of Holy Cross, and founder of the Family Rosary Crusade.

1889–1945 · Contemporary

Paul Chmielewski was a Catholic priest born in 1889 in Unieszewo. He died in 1945 in Klebark Wielki and is currently recognized as a Servant of God.

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.

1839–1900 · Contemporary

1893–1900 · Contemporary

Paul Lang Fu (Chinese: 郎福保祿) (born 1893 in Lu, Hebei, China – died July 16, 1900, in Lujiapo, Hebei) was a saint of the Catholic Church and a martyr. He was the son of Saint Lang Yang. During the Boxer Rebellion in China, Christians were persecuted.

1821–1900 · Contemporary

1897–1978 · Contemporary · Franciscans

Pope Paul VI (born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini; 26 September 1897 – 6 August 1978) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City from 21 June 1963 until his death on 6 August 1978.

1838–1900 · Contemporary

Saint Paul Wu Anjyu was born in 1838 in Hebei and died in 1900 in the same province. A member of the Catholic Church, he is recognized as a Catholic saint and blessed.

1884–1900 · Contemporary

1863–1936 · Contemporary

Paula Isla Alonso de Santa Anastasia was born in 1863 and died in 1936. A citizen of Spain, she is recognized as blessed.

1879–1937 · Contemporary

Paulin, born Pyotr Kroshechkin (December 7/19, 1879, in the Penza Governorate – November 3, 1937, in Kemerovo), was a bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church and a new martyr. Born into a peasant family, he desired to become a priest from a young age.

1853–1922 · Contemporary

Paulin Enfert, born in Nevers on July 5, 1853, and died in Gien on September 1, 1922, was a Catholic activist and philanthropist. Initially concerned with catechizing underprivileged youth in the Maison-Blanche neighborhood of the 13th arrondissement of Paris, this layman was res…

1905–1943 · Contemporary

Paulina Borowik was born in 1905 in Rudno and died in 1943 in the Navahrudak District. She is a Catholic saint.

1898–1991 · Contemporary · Dominican Order

Pauline Vanier, PC, CC, DStJ (née Archer; March 28, 1898 – March 23, 1991) was a Canadian humanitarian who was married to Georges Vanier. Her husband was one of Canada's first professional diplomats, Canada's first ambassador to France, and the first French-Canadian Governor Gene…

1919–1952 · Contemporary

Pavel Djidjov (19 July 1919 – 3 October 1952) was a Bulgarian theologian who was executed after a show trial and beatified by Pope John Paul II in 2002. He is commemorated on November 11. Pavel Djidjov was born to a Latin rite Catholic family in Plovdiv.

1867–1922 · Contemporary

Pavel Svetozarov was an Eastern Orthodox priest and parson born in 1867 in Kartmazovo. He died in 1922 in Ivanovo and is recognized as a saint within the Eastern Orthodox religion.

1888–1960 · Contemporary · Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat

Pavel Peter Gojdič (also known as Pavol Gojdič or Peter Gojdič; 17 July 1888 — 17 July 1960), was a Rusyn Basilian monk and the eparch of the Slovak Greek Catholic Eparchy of Prešov.

1907–1991 · Contemporary · Society of Jesus

Pedro Arrupe y Gondra, SJ (14 November 1907 – 5 February 1991) was a Spanish Catholic priest who served as the 28th superior general of the Society of Jesus from 1965 to 1983.

1890–1936 · Contemporary

Pedro Asúa Mendía (30 August 1890 – 29 August 1936) was a Spanish Roman Catholic priest and engineer. He studied under the Jesuits and he trained also as an architect. He graduated in that field in 1915.

1996–2018 · Contemporary

Pedro Ballester Arenas (1996–2018) was a chemical engineer, student, and numerary member of Opus Dei who held citizenship in Spain and the United Kingdom. Born and raised in Manchester, he died there from bone cancer and is buried in the same city.

1903–1936 · Contemporary · Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Pedro Cunill Padrós, C.M.F. (Vic, March 17, 1903 – Barbastro, August 12, 1936), was a Spanish priest who was martyred in Barbastro during the Spanish Civil War and is venerated as a Blessed by the Catholic Church.

1913–1983 · Contemporary · Piarists

Pedro Díez Gil was a Spanish Piarist priest and teacher who was born in the town of Pampliega, Burgos, on April 14, 1913, and died in Zaragoza on January 14, 1983. He is considered venerable by the Catholic Church.

1886–1936 · Contemporary

Pedro Gambín was a Spanish diocesan priest and archpriest born in Cartagena in 1886. He died in 1936 at La Cadena Pass from a gunshot wound. He is recognized as a blessed within Catholicism.

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

Pedro García Bernal, C.M.F. (Santa Cruz de la Salceda, April 27, 1911 – 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.

1887–1936 · Contemporary · Society of Jesus

Pedro Gelabert Amer (born March 29, 1887, in Manacor; died August 23, 1936, in Tabernes de Valldigna) was a Jesuit lay brother, a martyr of the Spanish Civil War, and a victim of anti-Catholic persecution, beatified by the Catholic Church.

1887–1963 · Contemporary · Order of the Brothers Discalced of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel

Pedro Landeta Azcueta, also known as Aureliano of the Blessed Sacrament, was a Professed Priest of the Discalced Carmelites. Azcueta was born on 27 June 1887 in Artunduaga de Basauri, Spain.