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1884–1966 · Contemporary

Sebastian, born Stepan Vasilyevich Fomin (October 28, 1884, in Kosmodemyanskoye, Oryol Governorate – April 19, 1966), was a Russian Orthodox clergyman and a member of the Synaxis of New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia.

1911–1954 · Contemporary · Franciscans

Karl Serreqi, OFM (born February 2, 1911, in Shkodër; died April 5, 1954, in Burrel Prison), was a Franciscan priest who, in atheist Albania under the Enver Hoxha regime, upheld the seal of the confessional while under torture.

1884–1942 · Contemporary

Kazimierz Witold Gostyński (born April 8, 1884, in Warsaw, died May 6, 1942, in Dachau concentration camp) was a Polish Catholic priest, educator, scout leader, founder of the Union of Lublin High School No. 3 and the Jan Hetman Zamoyski High School No.

1886–1941 · Contemporary

Kazimierz Lach (born February 27, 1886, in Strzelczyska, died April 5, 1941, in Dachau concentration camp) was a Polish Catholic priest, a diocesan priest of the Diocese of Przemyśl, a victim of German terror during World War II, a Servant of God, and a martyr.

1864–1937 · Contemporary

Konstantin, secular name Konstantin Grigoryevich Dyakov (born May 9/21, 1871 or 1875 in the Chernigov Governorate, died November 10, 1937, in Kyiv) was a bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church and a new martyr.

1896–1918 · Contemporary

Konstantin of Merkushino (Konstantin Stefanovich Bogoyavlensky) (May 18, 1896 – July 14 [27], 1918) was a priest of the Russian Orthodox Church who was executed by firing squad in Merkushino in 1918 and canonized as a hieromartyr in 2002.

1886–1944 · Contemporary · Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul

Kornelija Horvat (Koprivnica, December 22, 1886 – Hvar, January 3, 1944) was a Croatian Catholic nun, a Sister of Charity, and a victim of the Yugoslav communist regime.

1876–1938 · Contemporary

Nikolai Konstantinovich Krasovsky (May 7, 1876, Vladimir Governorate — January 31, 1938, Butovo firing range, Moscow Oblast) was a priest and a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church, canonized as a hieromartyr in 2001 for veneration by the entire church.

1859–1937 · Contemporary

Kronid, born Konstantin Petrovich Lyubimov (1 May/13 May 1859 in Levkiyevo – 10 December 1937 at the Butovo firing range), was a Russian Orthodox monk, archimandrite, and the last superior of the Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius before its closure by the Bolshevik authorities.

1871–1900 · Contemporary

Saint Lang Yang (Chinese: 郎楊) (born 1871 in Lu, Hebei, China; died July 16, 1900, in Lujiapo, Hebei) was a saint of the Catholic Church and a martyr. Lang Yang was born in the village of Lu in Hebei province. She had one son, Paul Lang Fu.

1873–1951 · Contemporary

Laura Meozzi (born January 5, 1873, in Florence, died August 30, 1951, in Pogrzebień) was an Italian nun, the first provincial superior of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians (Salesian Sisters) in Poland, and a Venerable Servant of God of the Catholic Church.

1868–1950 · Contemporary

Lawrence (Russian: Лавре́нтий, Lavrentiy; born Luka Evseevich Proskura; 1868, Karilskoie village, Krolevetsky District, Chernigov Governorate, Russian Empire – January 19, 1950, Chernigov, USSR) was a Russian clergyman and archimandrite of the Russian Orthodox Church.

1906–1943 · Contemporary · Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth

Leokadia Matuszewska (Maria Heliodora Matuszewska; born February 8, 1906, in Stara Huta, 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.

1859–1936 · Contemporary · Order of Augustinian Recollects

León Inchausti, O.A.R. (born June 27, 1859, in Ajánguiz, Biscay; died July 25, 1936, in Motril) was a blessed of the Catholic Church and a priest of the Order of Augustinian Recollects. He entered the Augustinian order in 1878.

1883–1929 · Contemporary

Leonardo Pérez Larios (Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco, November 28, 1889 – April 25, 1927, León, Mexico) was a layman beatified by Benedict XVI in the city of Guadalajara. He was martyred alongside the Claretian priests Andrés Solá y Molist and José Trinidad Rangel.

1875–1936 · Contemporary · Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Leonzio Pérez Ramos, C.M.F. (Muro de Aguas, September 12, 1875 – Barbastro, August 2, 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.

1880–1936 · Contemporary

Blessed Lluís Janer Riba (March 4, 1880, Pontils – July 23, 1936, Tarragona) was a Spanish Roman Catholic priest and martyr, murdered by Republicans during the Spanish Civil War. He was beatified on October 13, 2013, in Tarragona as part of a group of 522 Spanish martyrs.

1868–1915 · Contemporary

Louise-Marguerite Claret de la Touche, born Marguerite-Céline on March 15, 1868, in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France, and died on May 14, 1915, in Vische, Turin, Italy, was a French nun and mystic.

1914–1996 · Contemporary · Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance

Paul Gabriel Dochier, better known by his religious name Brother Luc, born on January 31, 1914, in Bourg-de-Péage (Drôme) and murdered on April 20, 1996, was one of the seven monks of Tibhirine killed during the Algerian Civil War of 1993–2000, a conflict that claimed 200,000 liv…

1900–1976 · Contemporary

Lucia Eleonora Schiavinato, better known as Lucia Schiavinato (Musile di Piave, October 31, 1900 – Verona, November 17, 1976), was an Italian religious figure; a consecrated laywoman of great spirituality, she was the founder of the "Piccoli Rifugi" (recognized as a secular insti…

1869–1900 · Contemporary

Saint Lucy Wang Wang (born 1869 in Weixian, Hebei, China; died July 22, 1900, in Majiazhuang) was a saint of the Catholic Church and a martyr. During the Boxer Rebellion in China, Christians were subjected to persecution.

1919–1945 · Contemporary

Lucien Croci was a militant of the Young Christian Workers (JOC). He was born on November 15, 1919, in Aubervilliers and died on March 17 or 27, 1945, in the Ravensbrück concentration camp.

1909–1941 · Contemporary

Ludwik Pius Bartosik (August 21, 1909 – December 13, 1941) was a Polish Franciscan friar born in Kokanin. He was martyred in 1941 and beatified as one of the 108 Martyrs of World War II by Pope John Paul II on June 13, 1999. His feast day is June 12.

1909–1994 · Contemporary

Luigi Bosio (1909–1994) was an Italian Catholic priest who served as the parish priest of Belfiore for 30 years and subsequently as a canon of Verona Cathedral for more than 20 years.

1873–1943 · Contemporary · Salesians of Don Bosco

Luigi Maria Olivares (Corbetta, October 18, 1873 – Pordenone, May 19, 1943) was an Italian Catholic bishop of the sees of Sutri and Nepi. He was declared venerable by Pope John Paul II on December 20, 2004.

1905–1936 · Contemporary

Luis Campos Górriz (born June 30, 1905, died November 28, 1936, in Picadero de Paterna) was a Spanish layman, a martyr of the Spanish Civil War, and a victim of anti-Catholic persecution, beatified by the Catholic Church.

1891–1937 · Contemporary · Trinitarian Order

Louis of St. Michael of the Saints, born Luis Erdoiza y Zamalloa (Amorebieta-Etxano, August 25, 1891 – Cuenca, September 24, 1936), was a Spanish priest of the Order of the Most Holy Trinity.

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

Luigi Escalé Binefa (Fondarella, September 18, 1912 – 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.

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

Luigi Lladó Teixidor (Viladasens, May 12, 1912 – 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.

1902–1928 · Contemporary

Blessed Luis Magaña Servín (born in Arandas, Jalisco, August 24, 1902 – died in Arandas, Jalisco, February 9, 1928) was the eldest son of Raimundo Magaña Zúñiga and María Concepción Servín, and brother to Delfino and José Soledad.

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

Luis Masferrer Vila, C.M.F. (Torelló, July 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.

1882–1936 · Contemporary · Dominican Order

Luis Urbano Lanaspa (Zaragoza, June 3, 1882 – Valencia, August 21, 1936) was a Spanish Catholic priest, Dominican friar, philosopher, theologian, and physicist. He was a member of the Royal Spanish Society of Physics and Chemistry and the Royal Spanish Mathematical Society.

1870–1936 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Ambrose of Benaguacil, born Luis Valls Matamales (May 3, 1870, in Benaguacil – August 26, 1936, in Vinalesa, Archdiocese of Valencia), was a Spanish Catholic blessed, martyr, priest, Capuchin friar, and preacher who was a victim of anti-Catholic persecution during the Spanish Civ…

1896–1936 · Contemporary

Luisa María Frías Cañizares (Valencia, June 20, 1896 – Paterna, December 6, 1936) was a researcher and professor at the University of Valencia who was tortured and executed during the first months of the Spanish Civil War.

1905–1944 · Contemporary

Luís Gonzaga do Monte (Vitória de Santo Antão, January 3, 1905 — Natal, February 28, 1944), known as Father Monte or Canon Monte, was a Brazilian Catholic priest, a presbyter of the clergy of Natal, and a founding member of the North-Riograndense Academy of Letters.

1877–1973 · Contemporary

Luiza Andaluz, born on February 12, 1877, and died on August 20, 1973, was a Portuguese Catholic nun and founder of the Congregation of the Servants of Our Lady of Fatima. She is recognized as venerable by the Catholic Church.

1857–1900 · Contemporary · Society of Jesus

Saint Léon-Ignace Mangin (who adopted the Chinese name Ren Defen), born on July 30, 1857, in Verny, Moselle (France), and died on July 20, 1900, in Zhujiahe, Hebei (China), was a Jesuit missionary priest in China who was massacred during the Boxer Rebellion.

1888–1974 · Contemporary

Léontine Dolivet, born in Betton near Rennes in Brittany on December 28, 1888, and died in Betton on November 14, 1974, was a Christian laywoman who dedicated her life to the catechism of children. Her cause for beatification has been open in the Diocese of Rennes since 2017.

1893–1970 · Contemporary

Elena Raparelli, born on April 2, 1893, in Grottaferrata and died on February 26, 1970, in Mezzojuso, was an Italian Catholic nun. In religious life, she was known as Mother Macrina and was the founder of the Basilian Sisters, Daughters of Saint Macrina.

1918–1946 · Contemporary · Daughters of the Church

Madeleine Rose Volpato (in Italian: Maddalena Rosa Volpato), in religion Madeleine of the Child Jesus, born July 24, 1918, in Zero Branco and died May 28, 1946, in Venice, was an Italian Catholic nun of the Congregation of the Daughters of the Church, declared venerable by Pope F…

1869–1936 · Contemporary

Manuel Basulto Jiménez (May 17, 1869, in Adanero – August 12, 1936, in El Pozo del Tío Raimundo) was a Spanish bishop who was killed by the Republican faction during the Spanish Civil War, amidst religious persecutions, along with five other companions.

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

Manuel Buil Lalueza, C.M.F. (Abizanda, August 31, 1913 – 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.

1913–1936 · Contemporary

Manuel Gutiérrez Martín, OMI (born January 1, 1913, in Fresno del Río; died July 24, 1936, in Pozuelo, Madrid), was a Spanish Oblate of the Immaculate Mary. He was a theology student at the Oblate house of studies in Pozuelo, Madrid, and had already received the subdiaconate.

1892–1936 · Contemporary

Emanuel Martin Sierra (born October 2, 1892, in Churriana de la Vega, Province of Granada; died July 26, 1936, in Motril) was a Spanish Catholic priest, ascetic, martyr, and blessed of the Catholic Church. After earning his baccalaureate, he entered the diocesan seminary.

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

Emanuele Martínez Jarauta, C.M.F. (Murchante, December 22, 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.

1869–1936 · Contemporary

Manuel Medina Olmos (August 9, 1869, in Lanteira, Granada – August 30, 1936, in Vícar, Almería) was a Spanish priest and Bishop of Guadix-Baza who was assassinated during the Spanish Civil War. Considered a martyr by the Catholic Church, he was beatified in 1993.

1887–1936 · Contemporary · Order of Saint Jerome

Manuel Sanz Domínguez (Sotodosos, December 31, 1887 – Paracuellos de Jarama, November 6, 1936) was a Spanish priest who restored the male branch of the Order of Saint Jerome, a martyr of the Spanish Civil War, and is recognized as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1881–1936 · Contemporary · Piarists

Manuel Segura López, also known as Manuel of the Virgin of the Pillar, Sch. P. (Almonacid de la Sierra, January 22, 1881 – Gabasa, July 28, 1936), was a Spanish Piarist priest of the Peralta de la Sal community.

1915–1936 · Contemporary · Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Emanuele Torras Sais, C.M.F., born Manuel Torras Sais (Sant Martí Vell, February 12, 1915 – 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.

1902–1936 · Contemporary

Manuel Torró Garcia (born July 2, 1902, died September 21, 1936) was a Spanish martyr and a blessed of the Catholic Church. He came from a religious family and was married. He was also a member of Catholic Action. During the Spanish Civil War, he was murdered at the age of 34.