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1881–1936 · Contemporary · Dominican Order

Francisco Calvo Burillo (Híjar, November 21, 1881 – Híjar, August 2, 1936) was a Spanish priest, martyred during the Spanish Civil War and venerated as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1901–1936 · Contemporary · Piarists

Francisco Carceller Galindo, SchP (born October 3, 1901, in Forcall; died October 2, 1936, in Castellón de la Plana) was a Spanish priest of the Piarist Fathers.

1911–1936 · Contemporary · Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Francisco Castán Meseguer, C.M.F. (Fonz, February 1, 1911 – 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.

1876–1936 · Contemporary

Francisco Ibáñez Ibáñez (born September 22, 1876, died August 19, 1936) was a Spanish blessed of the Catholic Church. He was ordained a priest in 1900 and was killed during the Spanish Civil War.

1913–1936 · Contemporary · Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Francesc Roura Farró (Cornellà del Terri, January 13, 1913 – Barbastro, August 15, 1936) was a Spanish religious, martyred in Barbastro during the Spanish Civil War and venerated as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1910–1936 · Contemporary

Francisco Polvorinos Gómez, OMI (born January 29, 1910, in Calaveras de Arriba; died July 24, 1936, in Pozuelo, Madrid) was a Spanish Oblate of the Immaculate Mary.

1890–1936 · Contemporary · Conventual Franciscans

Francisco Remón was a Spanish Franciscan friar who was born on September 22, 1890, in Teruel, Spain. During the Spanish Civil War, he was killed in 1936 in Granollers, along with friars Alfonso Lopez, Modesto Vegas, Dionisio Vicente, Pedro Rivera, and Miguel Remón.

1908–1943 · Contemporary

Franciszek Drzewiecki, FDP (born February 26, 1908, in Zduny near Łowicz; died September 13, 1942, in Hartheim) was a Polish Catholic priest, member of the Orionists, a blessed of the Catholic Church, and a martyr of World War II.

1895–1941 · Contemporary · Pallottines

Franciszek Kilian, SAC (born October 10, 1895, in Zawada, died November 10, 1941, in the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in the Death Block) was a Polish Pallottine, a martyr for the faith, and a Servant of God, who served as rector of the Major Seminary in Ołtarzew from 19…

1920–1942 · Contemporary

Franciszek Kęsy (Berlin, November 13, 1920 – Dresden, August 24, 1942), cited in Hispanic sources as Francisco Kesy, was a Polish Catholic layman, an aspirant to the Salesian minor seminary in Ląd, and a martyr of the Second World War.

1889–1942 · Contemporary

Franciszek Rosłaniec (born Rosłoniec; 19 December 1889 in Wyśmierzyce – October 1942 in Hartheim) was a Polish Catholic priest, biblical theologian, professor and dean of the Faculty of Catholic Theology at the University of Warsaw, and a martyr of World War II, beatified by the…

1882–1945 · Contemporary

Franz Zagermann (born July 28, 1882, in Zagern near Schillgehnen, Braunsberg district, Warmia; died February 26, 1945, in Glockstein (now Unikowo), Rößel district, now Bartoszyce district, Warmia) was a German-Polish Roman Catholic priest.

1942–1981 · Contemporary

Franz de Castro Holzwarth (Barra do Piraí, May 18, 1942 – Jacareí, February 14, 1981) was a Brazilian lawyer and human rights activist. He was declared venerable by the Catholic Church on December 17, 2022.

1870–1909 · Contemporary · Society of Mary

François-Benjamin May, known as Benjamin May (born July 21, 1870, in Bagnes, in the Swiss canton of Valais; died July 27, 1909, in Barcelona), was a Marist Brother. He died during the Tragic Week, having been shot to death.

1849–1901 · Contemporary

Gabriel of Mount Athos (secular name Georgy; January 20, 1849, Kiev Governorate — November 1, 1901, Novonikolayevskaya stanitsa (now the city of Novoazovsk), Taganrog Okrug, Don Host Oblast) was an Orthodox ascetic, archimandrite, and superior of the Athonite Ilyinsky Skete.

1848–1927 · Contemporary · Dominican Sisters of Saint Catherine of Siena (Bogotá)

Gabriela Durán Párraga (Firavitoba, May 22, 1848 – Bogotá, July 19, 1927), also known by her religious name Gabriela of Saint Martin, was a Colombian Catholic nun, educator, and co-founder of the Congregation of Dominican Sisters of Saint Catherine of Siena, the first Catholic re…

1880–1949 · Contemporary · Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul

Gabriella Borgarino, born on September 2, 1880, in Boves, Italy, and died on January 1, 1949, in Luserna San Giovanni, Turin, was an Italian Catholic nun.

1882–1915 · Contemporary · Mechitarists

Karapet Movsesi Ter-Sahakyan (August 25, 1882, Mush, Bitlis Vilayet, Ottoman Empire – June 18, 1915, Anifa, Trabzon Vilayet, Ottoman Empire) was an Armenian historian, Byzantinist, philologist, poet, and editor. He was a member of the Mechitarist Congregation of Venice.

1885–1915 · Contemporary

Garegin Gyurjyan (also spelled Kyurjyan or Kenjyan, 1885, Kharpert, Kharpert Province – 1915) was an Armenian pharmacist. He was born in 1885 in the city of Kharpert, the center of Kharpert Province. He received a pharmaceutical education and worked as a pharmacist in Melitene.

1888–1915 · Contemporary

Garnik Tughlajian (1888, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire – 1915) was an Armenian editor and educator. Born in Constantinople, he served as an editor for the newspapers Manzume-i Efkâr and Oragir. On the eve of World War I, he worked as a French teacher at a school in Sivas.

1888–1959 · Contemporary

Archimandrite Gabriel (secular name Ivan Ivanovich Igoshkin; May 23, 1888, village of Samodurovka (Sadovka), Penza Governorate — October 18, 1959, Melekess) was a clergyman of the Russian Orthodox Church and rector of the Church of Saint Nicholas in Pyzhi.

1864–1936 · Contemporary

Genaro Fueyo Castañón (born January 23, 1864, in Linares; died October 20, 1936, in Madrid) was a Spanish priest, a victim of the Spanish Civil War, and a blessed of the Catholic Church. He was born on January 23, 1864, in southern Spain.

1881–1966 · Contemporary · Passionists

Généreux of the Most Holy Crucifix, born Angelo Fontanarosa on November 6, 1881, in Vetralla (Viterbo, Italy) and died on January 9, 1966, in Mascalucia (Catania, Sicily), was an Italian professed priest of the Congregation of the Passion of Jesus Christ.

1921–1944 · Contemporary

Yuri (Georgy) Danilovich Skobtsov (February 27, 1921, Tiflis — February 1, 1944, Dora-Mittelbau concentration camp) was a subdeacon, social activist, and member of the French Resistance who was canonized as a saint.

1874–1937 · Contemporary

Georgy Yakovlevich Izvekov (February 24 [March 8], 1874, Kaluga — November 27, 1937, Moscow, Butovo firing range) was a Russian expert and collector of Russian folk songs, a sacred music composer, a priest, an archpriest, and a hieromartyr.

1906–1945 · Contemporary · Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul

Geralda Jakob (Donjara near Carevdar, July 17, 1906 – Jazovka pit, May 15, 1945) was a Croatian Catholic nun, a Sister of Charity, and a victim of the Yugoslav communist regime.

1883–1937 · Contemporary

Bishop German (secular name Nikolai Stepanovich Ryashentsev; November 10 (22), 1883, Tambov — September 15, 1937, Syktyvkar) was a bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church, Bishop of Vyazniki, and vicar of the Vladimir Diocese.

1895–1936 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Germán Garrigues Hernández, also known as Germán of Carcaixent (born Germán (Jorge María) Garrigues Hernández on February 12, 1895, in Carcaixent, Valencian Community; died August 9, 1936, in Carcaixent), was a Spanish Catholic blessed, martyr, priest, and Capuchin friar, who was…

1913–1936 · Contemporary

Germán Gozalbo Andreu (born August 30, 1913, died September 22, 1936) was a Spanish Catholic priest and a blessed of the Catholic Church. He was ordained a priest just a few weeks before his death.

1875–1915 · Contemporary

Vahan Ghazaryan (1875, Marsovan – 1915, Edessa) was an Armenian physician and editor.

1921–2004 · Contemporary

Gianfranco Chiti (Gignese, May 6, 1921 – Rome, November 20, 2004) was an Italian general and a Franciscan Catholic priest. He has been recognized as a Servant of God by the Catholic Church since the introduction of his cause for beatification.

1899–1946 · Contemporary · Society of Jesus

Giovanni Fausti, born on October 19, 1899, in Marcheno, in the province of Brescia (Italy), and died by firing squad on March 4, 1946, in Shkodër, Albania, was an Italian Catholic priest of the Society of Jesus and a missionary in Albania who was killed in odium fidei during the…

1884–1958 · Contemporary

Giulio Facibeni (Galeata, July 29, 1884 – Florence, June 2, 1958) was an Italian priest and anti-fascist, founder of the Opera della Divina Provvidenza Madonnina del Grappa, recognized as one of the Righteous Among the Nations for his efforts on behalf of Jews in Florence during…

1869–1900 · Contemporary · Franciscans

Joseph Marie Gambaro, born Giuseppe Maria Gambaro, was an Italian Reformed Franciscan Catholic priest and missionary in China. He was born on August 7, 1869, in Galliate, a town in the province of Novara in Piedmont, Italy, and died on July 7, 1900, in Hengshawan in the Hunan pro…

1908–1966 · Contemporary · Missionary Sisters Catechists of the Poor

Gloria Maria Elizondo García, born on August 26, 1908, in Durango, Mexico, and died on December 8, 1966, in Monterrey, was a Mexican business executive who became a religious sister and served as Superior General of the Congregation of the Missionary Catechist Sisters of the Poor…

1883–1936 · Contemporary

Gonzalo Viñes Masip (born January 19, 1883, in Xàtiva, died December 10, 1936) was a blessed of the Catholic Church. He completed secondary school and subsequently entered the seminary in Valencia. In 1906, at the age of 23, he was ordained a priest.

1880–1936 · Contemporary · Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Gregorio Chirivás Lacambra, C.M.F. (Siétamo, April 24, 1880 – Barbastro, August 12, 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.

1912–1936 · Contemporary

Gregorio Escobar García, OMI (born September 12, 1912, in Estella; died November 28, 1936, in Paracuellos de Jarama) was a Spanish Oblate of the Immaculate Mary. He made his first vows in the Oblate congregation on August 15, 1930.

1889–1937 · Contemporary

Grigory Ivanovich Averin (January 24, 1889, Valy Pokrov village, Yuryevetsky Uyezd, Kostroma Governorate — September 20, 1937, Temirtau) was a priest of the Russian Orthodox Church. He was canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church in 2000.

1908–1936 · Contemporary

Guillermo Plaza Hernández (born June 25, 1908, in Yuncos; died August 9, 1936, in Argés) was a blessed priest, a victim of anti-Catholic persecution during the Spanish Civil War.

1920–1945 · Contemporary · Franciscans

Gérard-Martin Cendrier, born on June 16, 1920, in Paris and died on January 25, 1945, was a Catholic religious figure who was persecuted, deported, and died in a concentration camp during the Second World War.

1900–1943 · Contemporary

Helena Cierpka, Sister Maria Gwidona of the Divine Mercy (born April 11, 1900, in Granowiec, died August 1, 1943, near Nowogródek), was a Polish religious sister of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth and a blessed of the Catholic Church.

1903–1996 · Contemporary

Henri Caffarel, born on July 30, 1903, in Lyon and died on September 18, 1996, in Beauvais (Oise), was a French Catholic priest, founder of the Teams of Our Lady and the magazine L'Anneau d'Or. He was declared venerable on March 23, 2026, by a decree of Leo XIV.

1889–1936 · Contemporary · Salesians of Don Bosco

Enrique Sáiz Aparicio (born December 1, 1889, in Ubierna, Burgos; died October 2, 1936, in Madrid) was a Spanish priest, a Salesian of Don Bosco (SDB), a Christian martyr, and a blessed of the Roman Catholic Church.

1879–1936 · Contemporary · Trinitarian Order

Ermenegildo dell'Assunta, born Hermenegildo Iza y Aregita (Mendata, April 13, 1879 – Alcázar de San Juan, July 26, 1936), was a Spanish priest of the Order of the Most Holy Trinity.

1887–1936 · Contemporary

Herminia Martínez Amigó was a Catholic martyr who was killed during the Spanish Civil War. Due to her public displays of religious devotion, she was murdered alongside her husband and was beatified by Pope John Paul II on March 11, 2001.

1877–1936 · Contemporary

Blessed Herminio Motos Torrecillas (born in María, Almería, December 9, 1877; died in María, Almería, October 13, 1936) was the archpriest and parish priest of María (1912–1936). He was killed at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War as a victim of religious persecution.

1841–1919 · Contemporary

Jérôme (Hieronymus) Jaegen, born in Trier on August 23, 1841, and died in the same city on February 26, 1919, was a figure of social Catholicism in Germany, recognized as venerable by the Catholic Church.

1893–1936 · Contemporary · Piarists

Ignacy Casanovas Perramón, SchP (born Ignasi Casanovas Perramón on June 15, 1893, in Igualada; died September 16, 1936, in Òdena) was a Spanish priest of the Piarist Order.

1884–1938 · Contemporary

Hieromartyr Ignatius (secular name Alexander Alexandrovich Lebedev; May 28, 1884, Chukhloma, Kostroma Governorate — September 11, 1938, correctional labor colony near Alatyr, Chuvash ASSR) was a schema-archimandrite and a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church, canonized as a hiero…