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1891–1936 · Contemporary

Vicente María Izquierdo Alcón (born May 24, 1891, in Mosqueruela; died August 18, 1936, in Rafelbuñol) was a Spanish blessed of the Catholic Church. He was born into a very religious family and entered the seminary in Valencia.

1868–1936 · Contemporary

Vicente Pelufo Corts (born February 26, 1868; died September 11, 1936) was a Spanish blessed of the Catholic Church. He studied at the seminary in Orihuela and was ordained a priest in 1894. He served as pastor of the parish of Saint Vincent in San Vicente del Raspeig.

1872–1936 · Contemporary · Order of Augustinian Recollects

Vicente Pinilla was a Spanish Catholic priest, friar of the Order of Augustinian Recollects, and confessor. Born in Calatayud in 1871, he died in Motril in 1936. He is recognized as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1874–1936 · Contemporary

Vicente Rubiols Castelló (born March 13, 1874, in Gandia; died August 4, 1936) was a Spanish blessed of the Catholic Church. He studied at the seminary in Valencia and was ordained a priest in 1894. For nearly 40 years, he served as the parish priest in La Pobla Llarga.

1881–1936 · Contemporary · Society of Jesus

Vicente Sales Genovés (born October 15, 1881, in Valencia, died September 29, 1936) was a Spanish Jesuit religious brother, a martyr of the Spanish Civil War, and a victim of anti-Catholic persecution, beatified by the Catholic Church.

1859–1936 · Contemporary

Vicente Sicluna Hernández (born September 30, 1859, in Navarrés; died September 22, 1936, in Bolbaite) was a Spanish blessed of the Catholic Church. He studied theology at the seminary in Valencia. He was ordained a priest in 1884 and became the parish priest in Navarrés.

1867–1936 · Contemporary · Order of Augustinian Recollects

Vicente Soler was a Spanish Catholic priest, friar, and missionary who served as the Prior General of the Order of Augustinian Recollects. Born in Malon in 1867, he died in Motril in 1936. He is recognized as a blessed within the Catholic Church.

1889–1937 · Contemporary

Vicente Vilar David (28 June 1889 - 14 February 1937) was a Spanish engineer from Spain at the time of the Spanish Civil War in the 1930s during a period of intense anti-clerical sentiment.

1894–1936 · Contemporary

Vicente de Paúl Canelles Vives (Onda, Castellón, Spain, June 25, 1894 – Calafell, Tarragona, Spain, July 30, 1936) was a Spanish religious, first an Ancient Observance Carmelite and later a Hospitaller of Saint John of God, martyr, and blessed of the Catholic Church.

1876–1956 · Contemporary · Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate

Victor Lelièvre was a French missionary and member of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate who was born in Vitré in 1876. He died in Quebec City in 1956 and is currently recognized as a Servant of God within the Catholic Church.

1903–1936 · Contemporary

Victoria Díez Bustos de Molina (11 November 1903 - 12 August 1936) was a Spanish Roman Catholic and a member from the Teresian Association. Díez worked as a teacher and became well-loved among her students for her deep faith and her passion as well as her commitment to the educat…

1866–1936 · Contemporary

Victoria Quintana Argos was born in 1866 and died in 1936. She was a citizen of Spain who has been beatified.

1888–1937 · Contemporary

Victoria Valverde González was a Spanish nun born in 1888 in Vicálvaro. She died in 1937 in Martos from a gunshot wound and is recognized as a blessed.

1884–1936 · Contemporary · Marist Brothers

Victoriano Gómez Gutiérrez was a Spanish Marist Brother born in 1884 in Villamorón. He died in 1936 in Montcada i Reixac and has been beatified as a blessed.

1885–1966 · Contemporary · Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools

Victorin-Nymphas Pagès, born in 1885 and died in 1966, was a French priest, a member of the De La Salle Brothers, and a missionary and teacher in Cuba, Florida, and Puerto Rico. Pope Francis declared him venerable in April 2019.

1878–1934 · Contemporary

Viktor Ostrovidov was born in 1875 in Zolotoye and served as an Eastern Orthodox monk, priest, and bishop. A citizen of the Soviet Union, he died of meningitis in 1934 in Neritsa. He is recognized as a prelate.

1908–1945 · Contemporary

Viktor Perkan was a Catholic priest born in 1908 in Ilirska Bistrica, a town then part of Austria–Hungary. He held citizenship in both Austria–Hungary and the Kingdom of Italy before his death in 1945 in Jelšane.

1889–1937 · Contemporary

Viktorin Dobronravov was born in 1889 in Chișinău and held citizenship in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union. An Eastern Orthodox figure, he died in 1937 in Borovichi. He is recognized as a hieromartyr.

1842–1924 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Venerable Viktrizius Weiß was a Catholic theologian and a member of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin. Born in Eggenfelden in 1842, he died in Vilsbiburg in 1924.

1916–1949 · Contemporary

Viljem Savelli was a Catholic priest born in Celje in 1916. He died in Ljubljana in 1949 and is currently recognized as a Servant of God.

1930–1943 · Contemporary

Vilko Mavsar was born in 1930 in Šentrupert and died in the same location in 1943. He is recognized as a Servant of God.

1892–1945 · Contemporary

Baron Vilmos Apor de Altorja (29 February 1892 – 2 April 1945) was a Hungarian Roman Catholic prelate, born as a baron in the noble Apor family, and served as a bishop during World War II.

1879–1965 · Contemporary · Salesians of Don Bosco

Vincent Cimatti, SDB was a Roman Catholic priest, bishop, prefect apostolic and Salesian provincial to Japan. He is founder of the Caritas Sisters of Jesus.

1921–1961 · Contemporary · Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate

Vincent L'Hénoret, known as Visant Enored in his native Breton, was born on March 12, 1921, in Pont-l'Abbé and was assassinated on May 11, 1961, in Ban Na Thoum, Laos.

1845–1917 · Contemporary

Vincenzo Grossi (9 March 1845 – 7 November 1917) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and the founder of the Daughters of the Oratory. Pope Paul VI beatified Grossi on 1 November 1975 and a second miracle that Pope Francis approved in 2015 paved the path for his eventual canoniz…

1922–1942 · Contemporary

Vinko Mravlje was born in 1922 in Brezovica pri Ljubljani and died in 1942 in the same location. He is recognized as a Servant of God.

1885–1949 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor

Vinçenc Prennushi (born Nikoll Prendushi, 4 September 1885 – 19 March 1949) was an Albanian Roman Catholic professed member from the Order of Friars Minor and he served as the Archbishop of Durrës from 1940 until his death.

1908–1991 · Contemporary

Vissarion of the Agathonos (Greek: Άγιος Βησσαρίων ο Αγαθωνίτης), secular name: Andreas Korkoliakos (Greek: Ανδρέας Κορκολιάκος; 1908–22 January 1991), was a Greek Orthodox monk and Saint of the Agathonos Monastery, close to Lamia, Central Greece.

1829–1902 · Contemporary

Vital-Justin Grandin (8 February 1829 – 3 June 1902) was a Roman Catholic priest and bishop. He has been labelled as a key architect of the Canadian Indian residential school system by contemporary news sources, which has been considered an instrument of cultural genocide.

1907–1946 · Contemporary

Vitaliy Bayrak (Ukrainian: Віталій Байрак), sometimes referred to as Volodomyr Bayrak (Ukrainian: Володоир Байрак; February 24, 1907 – April 21, 1946), was a Ukrainian Catholic priest and martyr.

1943–1995 · Contemporary · Sisters of the Poor, Palazzolo Institute

Maria Rosa Zorza, known in religion as Sister Vitarosa, was an Italian nun and nurse born on October 9, 1943, in Bergamo, Italy, and died on May 28, 1995, in Kikwit, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

1848–1918 · Contemporary

Vladimir (Russian: Владимир), baptismal name: Vasily Nikiforovich Bogoyavlensky (Russian: Василий Никифорович Богоявленский; 1 January 1848 – 7 February [O.S. January 25] 1918), was a bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church.

1892–1937 · Contemporary

Vladimir Ambartsumovich Ambartsumov (September 20 [October 2], 1892, Shemakha, Baku Governorate, Russian Empire — November 5, 1937, Moscow, USSR) was a priest and clergyman of the Russian Orthodox Church.

1870–1937 · Contemporary

Vladimir Nikolayevich Damaskin (1870–1937) was a priest of the Russian Orthodox Church and a hieromartyr. He was canonized as one of the New Martyrs and Confessors of the Russian Church for universal veneration at the Jubilee Bishops' Council of the Russian Orthodox Church in Aug…

1876–1918 · Contemporary

Vladimir Fyodorovich Dmitrievsky (1876, Novgorod Governorate — 1918, Semirechye Oblast) was a priest of the Russian Orthodox Church, canonized in 2000 as a member of the Synaxis of New Martyrs and Confessors of the Russian Church.

1873–1954 · Contemporary

Vladimir Ghika (or Ghica) (25 December 1873 – 16 May 1954) was a Romanian diplomat and essayist who, after his conversion from Romanian Orthodoxy became a priest of the Catholic Church.

1885–1937 · Contemporary

Vladimir Konstantinovich Lyubich-Yarmolovich-Lozina-Lozinsky (May 26, 1885, Dukhovshchina, Smolensk Governorate — December 26, 1937, Novgorod) was a protopresbyter of the Russian Orthodox Church. He was canonized as a saint by the Russian Orthodox Church in 2000.

1897–1918 · Contemporary

Prince Vladimir Pavlovich Paley (Russian: Князь Владимир Павлович Палей; 9 January 1897 – 18 July 1918) was a Russian nobleman and poet who was murdered by the Bolsheviks when he was 21 years old.

1892–1938 · Contemporary

Vladimir Vasilevsky was an Eastern Orthodox priest born in Tashkent in 1892 and a citizen of the Soviet Union. He died in Kharkiv in 1938 and is recognized as a saint within the Eastern Orthodox Church.

1876–1940 · Contemporary

Vladimir Mikhailovich Vorobyov (Russian: Владимир Михайлович Воробьёв; born 6 January 1969) is an officer of the Russian Navy. He currently holds the rank of Admiral, and is a deputy commander in chief of the Russian Navy since 2024.

1869–1931 · Contemporary

Vladimir Fyodorovich Vvedensky (1869–April 3, 1931) was a Russian Orthodox priest, martyr, and saint, born in Shuya (Vladimir Governorate) and who died on Anzer Island (one of the Solovetsky Islands). He was canonized in 2002.

1881–1937 · Contemporary

Vladimir Dmitrievich Vvedensky (July 14, 1881, Kalyazinsky Uyezd, Tver Governorate — November 3, 1937, Kashin, Kalinin Oblast) was a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church, venerated as a hieromartyr.

1923–1945 · Contemporary · Teutonic Order

Vojteh Weiss was a seminary student and a monk of the Teutonic Order born in 1923 in Črnomelj. He died in 1945 in Kočevski Rog and is currently recognized as a Servant of God.

1906–1941 · Contemporary

Volodymyr Pryjma (Ukrainian: Володимир Прийма; 17 July 1906 – 26 June 1941) was a Ukrainian Greek Catholic choir director and martyr. Pryjma was born on 17 July 1906 in the village of Stradch, Yavoriv District.

1943 · Contemporary

Vukašin Mandrapa (Serbian Cyrillic: Вукашин Мандрапа; died 1942 or 1943), also known as Vukašin of Klepci (Serbian: Вукашин Клепачки, romanized: Vukašin Klepački) is venerated as a Serbian Orthodox saint who was allegedly murdered in the Jasenovac concentration camp.

1882–1918 · Contemporary

Vyacheslav Georgiyevich Lukanin (March 4, 1882, Perm — August 3, 1918, Nevyansk) was a deacon of the Perm and Yekaterinburg dioceses of the Russian Orthodox Church.

1902–1936 · Contemporary · Franciscans

Víctor Chumillas Fernández (Olmeda del Rey, Cuenca, Spain, July 28, 1902 – Fuente el Fresno, Ciudad Real, Spain, August 16, 1936) was a Spanish Franciscan friar, martyr, and blessed of the Catholic Church.

1899–1987 · Contemporary · Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer

Vítor Coelho de Almeida (Sacramento, Minas Gerais, 22 September 1899 – Aparecida, 21 July 1987), better known as Padre Vítor Coelho, was a Brazilian Redemptorist priest and catechist.

1888–1966 · Contemporary

Valentina of Minsk, born Valentina Sulkovskaya, née Chernyavskaya (April 7, 1888, in Koski – February 6, 1969, ibid.), was an Orthodox saint. She was born into the family of the Orthodox priest Fyodor Chernyavsky, rector of the St.

1907–2003 · Contemporary

Sister Wanda Boniszewska, born on May 20, 1907, in Nowa Kamionka near Nowogródek and died on March 2, 2003, in Chylice, often nicknamed Konwalia (Lily of the Valley), was a Polish stigmatized religious sister of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Angels of Vilnius.