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1891–1936 · Contemporary · Sisters of Adoration, Handmaids of the Blessed Sacrament and of Charity

Manuela Arriola Uranga (Ondarroa, December 29, 1891 – Madrid, November 10, 1936), better known as Manuela of the Sacred Heart, was a Spanish religious sister and one of the twenty-three Adorers of the Blessed Sacrament murdered during the religious persecution that broke out duri…

1913–1936 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor

Marcelino Ovejero Gómez (born September 13, 1913, in Becedas, died August 16, 1936, in Fuente el Fresno) was a Spanish Franciscan, seminarian, Christian martyr, and blessed of the Roman Catholic Church.

1888–1919 · Contemporary · Third Order of Saint Francis

Margalida Amengual Campaner, born on September 2, 1888, in Costitx on the Spanish island of Majorca, and who died at the age of thirty on January 30, 1919, was a Spanish laywoman renowned for her holiness. She was recognized as venerable by the Pope in 2013.

1931–1957 · Contemporary · Ursulines of Piacenza

Maria Celina Kannanaikal, born on February 13, 1931, near Trichur in Kerala, India, and who died at the age of 26 on July 26, 1957, in Cannanore (Kannur), was an Indian nun and member of the Ursulines of Mary Immaculate, renowned for her holiness and mystical experiences.

1845–1900 · Contemporary · Sisters Servants of Our Lady of Sorrows of Nocera de' Pagani

Maria Consiglia Addatis, born on January 5, 1845, in Naples, Italy, and died on January 11, 1900, was an Italian religious sister, founder of the Handmaids of Our Lady of Sorrows of Nocera de' Pagani, and recognized as venerable by Pope Francis in 2016.

1955–1974 · Contemporary

Maria Cristina Ogier, born on March 9, 1955, in Florence, Italy, and died on January 8, 1974, in Rome, was a young Italian laywoman who, despite being ill, was committed to Christianity and the support of charitable works.

1921–1959 · Contemporary

Maria Dolores Segarra Gestoso, born on March 15, 1921, in Melilla, Spain, and died on March 1, 1959, in Granada, was a Spanish Catholic nun and the founder of the Missionary Sisters of Christ the Priest. She was recognized as venerable by Pope Francis in 2020.

1882–1945 · Contemporary · Q5406091

Angela Giorgi, in religion Maria Eleonora Giorgi, born on January 16, 1882, in Firenzuola near Florence, Italy, and died on November 6, 1945, in Florence, was an Italian religious sister, superior of the Servants of Our Lady of Sorrows of Florence, and renowned for her holiness.

1861–1935 · Contemporary

Marie Élise Andreoli (Agugliaro, July 10, 1861 – Rovigo, December 1, 1935) was an Italian religious sister, founder of the Servants of Mary Reparator, and recognized as venerable by the Catholic Church.

1867–1916 · Contemporary

María Eufrasia Iaconis was an Italian religious sister, born on November 18, 1867, in Casino di Calabria, now Castelsilano, Italy, and died on August 2, 1916, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

1845–1926 · Contemporary · Sisters Clarists of the Rule of Urban IV

Maria Giuseppina Benvenuti, known as Moretta, born Zeinab Alif in the Kordofan province of Sudan around 1845 and died on April 24, 1926, in Serra de' Conti, Italy, was a Sudanese Catholic nun, former slave, and abbess, renowned for her holiness.

1889–1962 · Contemporary · Sisters Conceptionists Servants of the Poor

Maria Isabel Picão Caldeira Carneiro, in religion Marie-Isabelle of the Most Holy Trinity, born February 1, 1889, and died July 3, 1962, was a Portuguese nun and founder of the Conceptionist Sisters in the Service of the Poor.

1913–1971 · Contemporary

Maria Paola Muzzedu, born on February 26, 1913, in Aggius, and died in the same town on August 12, 1971, was an Italian Catholic religious sister who founded the Society of the Daughters of Mater Purissima. She is recognized as venerable by the Catholic Church.

1926–1940 · Contemporary

Maria Phon (born January 6, 1926; died December 26, 1940) was a Thai blessed of the Catholic Church. She was baptized when she was one month old. Between 1940 and 1944, Thailand was at war with French Indochina.

1847–1919 · Contemporary · Sisters Crucified Adorers of the Eucharist

Marie Pie de la Croix (Pellezzano, December 12, 1847 – San Giorgio a Cremano, July 1, 1919) was an Italian religious sister, founder of the Crucified Sisters Adorers of the Eucharist, and recognized as venerable by the Catholic Church.

1837–1908 · Contemporary · Sisters of the Poor, Palazzolo Institute

Maria Teresa Gabrieli was an Italian schoolteacher and religious sister, an educator of the poor, and co-founder of the congregation and work of the Sisters of the Poor – Palazzolo Institute.

1930–1950 · Contemporary

Marie-Thérèse of Jesus (1930–1950), born María Teresa González-Quevedo y Cadarso, was a Spanish Carmelite Sister of Charity recognized as venerable by the Catholic Church.

1871–1949 · Contemporary · Carmelites

Joséphine Marguerite Operti (1871–1949), better known by her religious name Mary of the Angels, was an Italian nun who founded the congregation of the Carmelite Sisters of Saint Teresa in 1894.

1874–1932 · Contemporary

Maria of Gatchina, born Lidia Aleksandrovna Lelanova (1874, Saint Petersburg – April 19, 1932, ibid.), was an Orthodox monastic and new martyr. Born into a wealthy merchant family, she attended a girls' gymnasium.

1903–1940 · Contemporary

Marian Górecki (born May 2, 1903, in Poznań; died March 22, 1940, at Stutthof concentration camp) was a Polish Catholic priest, venerated as a martyr and blessed by the Catholic Church. His feast day is March 22.

1907–1943 · Contemporary

Marian Konopiński (Przemęt, September 10, 1907 – Dachau, January 1, 1943) was a Polish priest who died in captivity at the Dachau concentration camp, where he had been imprisoned for his opposition to the Nazi regime.

1909–1939 · Contemporary

Marian Skrzypczak (born April 15, 1909, in Janowiec Wielkopolski, died October 5, 1939, in Płonkowo) was a Polish Catholic priest of the Archdiocese of Gniezno and a blessed of the Roman Catholic Church.

1856–1936 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Fidelis of Puzol, born Mariano Climent Sanchis (January 8, 1856, in Puzol, Valencian Community – September 27, 1936, near Sagunto), was a Spanish Capuchin friar, Catholic martyr, and blessed of the Catholic Church, who was a victim of anti-Catholic persecution during the Spanish…

1857–1936 · Contemporary · Trinitarian Order

Mariano of Saint Joseph, born Santiago Altolaguirre Altolaguirre (Igorre, December 30, 1857 – Villanueva del Arzobispo, July 26, 1936), was a Spanish priest of the Order of the Most Holy Trinity.

1890–1943 · Contemporary

Maria Clemenza of Jesus Crucified, born Helena Staszewska (Złoczew, July 30, 1890 – Oświęcim, July 27, 1943), was a Polish religious sister, venerated as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1914–1988 · Contemporary · Sisters of Mercy of St. Borromeo

Adalberta Vojtěcha Hasmandová (March 25, 1914 – January 21, 1988) was a Czechoslovak Catholic nun of the Institute of the Sisters of Charity of Saint Charles Borromeo.

1865–1941 · Contemporary

Maria Berchmana Leidenix (born November 28, 1865, in Vienna; died December 23, 1941, in Pale) was an Austrian nun of the Congregation of the Daughters of Divine Charity, one of the Drina Martyrs, and a blessed of the Catholic Church.

1912–1941 · Contemporary

Maria Bernadeta Banja (born July 18, 1912, in Veliki Grđevac, died December 15, 1941, in Goražde) was a Croatian-Hungarian nun of the Congregation of the Daughters of Divine Charity, one of the Drina Martyrs, and a Blessed of the Catholic Church.

1893–1941 · Contemporary

Julia Ivanisević (born November 25, 1893, in Godinjak; died December 15, 1941, in Goražde) was a Croatian nun of the Congregation of the Daughters of Divine Love, a blessed of the Catholic Church, and one of the Drina Martyrs.

1933–1969 · Contemporary

Marin Shkurti (born October 1, 1933, in Samrisht near Shkodër; died April 1, 1969) was a Roman Catholic priest who was arrested, tortured, and executed by firing squad for his faith in atheist Albania under the Enver Hoxha regime.

1932–1960 · Contemporary

Mario Borzaga, born on August 27, 1932, in Trento, Italy, and murdered on April 25, 1960, in Laos, was an Italian Catholic missionary of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate. Having died a martyr in odium fidei, he is venerated as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1931–1964 · Contemporary

Mario Mariano Hiriart Pulido (Santiago, Chile, July 23, 1931 – Milwaukee, United States, July 15, 1964) was a Chilean Schoenstatt lay religious, engineer, and professor. He is venerated in the Catholic Church, having been declared Venerable by Pope Francis.

1888–1915 · Contemporary

Martiros Guntagchyan (1888, Kayseri – 1915, victim of the Armenian Genocide) was an Armenian lawyer and cultural figure. After receiving his primary education in his birthplace, he joined the Armenian Revolutionary Federation in 1909.

1877–1937 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Frederic of Berga, born Martí Tarrés Puigpelat (October 8, 1877, in Berga – February 16/17, 1937, in Barcelona), was a Spanish priest of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, a martyr, and a blessed of the Catholic Church.

1900–1936 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor

Martín Lozano Tello (born September 19, 1900, in Corral de Almaguer; died August 16, 1936, in Boca de Balondillo) was a Spanish Franciscan, biblical scholar, Christian martyr, and blessed of the Roman Catholic Church.

1910–1936 · Contemporary

Martín Martínez Pascual (Valdealgorfa, November 11, 1910 – Valdealgorfa, August 18, 1936) was a Spanish priest who was executed by firing squad by militiamen shortly after the beginning of the Spanish Civil War. He was beatified in 1995 and is commemorated on August 18.

1836–1900 · Contemporary

Saint Maria An Guo (born 1836 in Anping, Hebei, China; died July 11, 1900, in Liugongying, Hebei) was a martyr and a saint of the Catholic Church. Maria An Guo was born in 1836 in Anping, Hebei Province.

1871–1900 · Contemporary

Saint Maria An Linghua (born 1871 in Anping, Hebei, China; died July 11, 1900, in Liugongying, Hebei) was a Catholic saint and martyr. Maria An Linghua was born in 1871 in Anping, Hebei Province. During the Boxer Rebellion, Christians in China were subjected to persecution.

1885–1900 · Contemporary

Saint Maria Qi Yu (Chinese: 齊玉瑪利) (born 1885 in Daji, Hebei, China – died June 28, 1900, in Wangla, Hebei) was a saint of the Catholic Church and a martyr. Maria Qi Yu was born in 1885 in Daji, Hebei Province.

1849–1900 · Contemporary

Saint Maria Du Zhao (1849 in Qifengzhuang, Hebei, China – June 28, 1900, in Wangjiatian, Hebei) was a saint of the Catholic Church and a martyr. Maria Du Zhao was born into a Christian family in the village of Qifengzhuang in Shen County, Hebei Province.

1858–1900 · Contemporary

Saint Maria Du Tian (1858–June 29, 1900) was a Chinese martyr and a saint of the Catholic Church. Born in 1858 in Shenzhou, Hebei, she married Du Yonghe from the village of Du, with whom she had two sons and three daughters.

1884–1900 · Contemporary

Saint Maria Fan Kun (1884 in Daji, Hebei, China – June 28, 1900, in Wangla, Hebei) was a saint of the Catholic Church and a martyr. Maria Fan Kun was born in Daji and raised in an orphanage founded by Catholic priests in the village of Wangla.

1835–1900 · Contemporary

Saint Maria Guo Li (Chinese: 郭李瑪利) (born 1835 in Hujiache, Hebei, China – died July 7, 1900, in the same place) was a saint of the Catholic Church and a martyr. Maria Guo Li was the wife of Guo Zhinfang. The couple had many children, whom they raised in the Catholic faith.

1841–1907 · Contemporary · Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary

Marie-Marthe Chambon, born Françoise Chambon (Chambéry, March 6, 1841 – March 21, 1907, Chambéry), was a French nun of the Order of the Visitation, known for her mystical experiences and for introducing the devotion of the Chaplet of the Holy Wounds.

1883–1900 · Contemporary

Saint Maria Zhao (Chinese: 趙瑪利) (born 1883 in Zhaojia, Hebei, China – died July 1900, ibid.) was a saint of the Catholic Church and a martyr. Maria Zhao was born in 1883 in Zhaojia, Hebei Province. During the Boxer Rebellion, Christians in China were subjected to persecution.

1840–1900 · Contemporary

Marie Zhao Guo was a Chinese lay Christian, born around 1840, who was beheaded on July 28, 1900, alongside her daughters Rose Zhao, 22, and Marie Zhao, 17.

1889–1900 · Contemporary

Saint Maria Zheng Xu (born c. 1889 in Kou, Hebei, China; died June 28, 1900, in Wangla, Hebei) was a saint of the Catholic Church and a martyr. Maria Zheng Xu was born around 1889 in Kou, Hebei Province.

1893–1936 · Contemporary

María Amparo Carbonell Muñoz (born November 9, 1893, died September 6, 1936) was a Spanish Salesian, martyr, and blessed of the Catholic Church. She joined the convent of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians.

1871–1936 · Contemporary

Maria Calaf Miracle of Our Lady of Providence (born December 18, 1871; died August 19, 1936) was a Spanish blessed of the Catholic Church. She received a religious upbringing at home and became a nun.

1882–1936 · Contemporary

Maria Concepción Odriozola Zabalia de San Ignacio (born February 8, 1882, in Azpeitia; died November 24, 1936, in Paterna) was a Spanish Carmelite Sister of Charity, martyr, and blessed of the Catholic Church.