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1917–1936 · Contemporary · Passionists

Abilio Ramos y Ramos (Resoba, February 22, 1917 – Manzanares, July 23, 1936), better known by his religious name Abilio de la Cruz, was a Spanish Passionist religious who was executed by firing squad in 1936 during the religious persecution that broke out in Spain during the Civi…

1909–1980 · Contemporary

Adelaide Bonolis, born on August 14, 1909, in Milan, Italy, and died on August 11, 1980, was a Christian laywoman and founder of charitable works for the needy and for social rehabilitation, particularly for women.

1887–1936 · Contemporary · Dominican Sisters of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin

Adelfa Soro of Our Lady of the Rosary, born Adelfa Josefa Fermina Soro Bó (Villanueva de Castellón, Valencia, March 6, 1887 – Vallvidrera, Barcelona, July 27, 1936), was a Spanish Dominican nun, martyr of the faith, and blessed.

1920–2003 · Contemporary

Adolfo Rodríguez Vidal, born on July 20, 1920, in Tarragona, Spain, and died on November 8, 2003, in Santiago, Chile, was a Spanish-Chilean bishop who is considered a Servant of God by the Catholic Church.

1871–1929 · Contemporary

Adolphe Chatillon, in religion Brother Théophanius-Léo, born in Nicolet, Quebec, on October 31, 1871, and died on April 28, 1929, was a Canadian religious brother and educator.

1838–1924 · Contemporary · Benedictines

Adèle Garnier (August 15, 1838 – June 17, 1924, Tyburn near London) was a French nun (in religion Mother Marie de Saint-Pierre) and the 1898 founder of the Benedictines of the Sacred Heart of Montmartre, which divided in 1964 into two branches: a French branch and an English bran…

1888–1943 · Contemporary

Adèle Mardosewicz (in religion Mother Marie-Stella of the Blessed Sacrament), born on December 14, 1888, in the village of Ciasnówka (Nesvizh Uyezd, in the Polish territory administered by the Russian Empire) and died on August 1, 1943, executed by the Gestapo near Nowogródek, Po…

1884–1937 · Contemporary

Alexey Yegorovich Yegorov (March 7, 1884, Surushino village, Tver Governorate — August 19, 1937, Moscow) was an igumen and a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church, canonized as a hieromartyr in 2001 for universal veneration.

1881–1940 · Contemporary

Agatha Phutta (1881 – December 26, 1940) was a Thai blessed of the Catholic Church. Born into a pagan family, she was baptized at the age of 21 and worked as a school cook. Between 1940 and 1944, Thailand was at war with French Indochina.

1854–1928 · Contemporary

Agatangel, born Aleksandr Lavrentyevich Preobrazhensky (September 27, 1854, in Mochily – October 16, 1928, in Yaroslavl), was a Russian Orthodox bishop and a holy new martyr.

1893–1936 · Contemporary

Agatha of Our Lady of the Virtues Hernández Amorós (born January 5, 1893; died August 19, 1936) was a Spanish blessed of the Catholic Church and a nun of the Carmelite Sisters of Charity.

1907–1936 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Josep Alsina i Casas, known as Friar Agustí de Montclar (Montclar d'Urgell, December 8, 1907 – Barcelona, August 12, 1936), was a Capuchin friar, preacher, and poet. He is venerated as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1914–1936 · Contemporary · Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Agostino Viela Ezcurdia, C.M.F. (Oteiza de la Solana, April 4, 1914 – 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.

1919–1994 · Contemporary · White Fathers

Alain Dieulangard was a French priest, a member of the Society of Missionaries of Africa, a blessed martyr, born on May 21, 1919, in Saint-Brieuc, and killed on December 27, 1994, in Tizi Ouzou.

1916–2001 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Alberto Maria Beretta, born Enrico Beretta (Milan, August 28, 1916 – Bergamo, August 10, 2001), was an Italian priest, physician, and missionary of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, who was proclaimed venerable by the Catholic Church.

1876–1936 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Piotr Mas Ginestar, also known as Peter of Benisa, born Alejandro Mas Ginestar (December 11, 1876, in Benisa, Alicante province; died August 26, 1936, in Vergel, Archdiocese of Valencia), was a Spanish Catholic blessed, martyr, priest, Capuchin friar, and victim of anti-Catholic…

1893–1988 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor

Aleksa Benigar (Zagreb, January 28, 1893 – Rome, November 1, 1988) was a Catholic priest of Slovenian descent, a Croat and native of Zagreb by birth, a Franciscan, a missionary in China, a professor of theology, and a writer who authored a 939-page biography of Blessed Alojzije S…

1910–1983 · Contemporary

Aleksander Woźny (born June 25, 1910, in Uzarzewo, died August 21, 1983, in Poznań) was a Polish priest of the Archdiocese of Poznań, a preacher, a prisoner of the Buchenwald and Dachau concentration camps and the post-war Stalinist period, pastor of St.

1901–1937 · Contemporary

Alexander Alexandrovich Andreyev (February 24, 1901, Moscow – November 4, 1937, Novosibirsk Oblast) was a protopresbyter of the Russian Orthodox Church. He was canonized as a saint by the Russian Orthodox Church in 2000.

1881–1937 · Contemporary

Alexander Mikhailovich Tuberovsky (March 8 [20], 1881, Syntul, Ryazan Governorate — December 23, 1937, Ryazan) was a Russian theologian, a priest of the Russian Orthodox Church, and an archpriest. He served as an extraordinary professor at the Moscow Theological Academy (1917).

1868–1918 · Contemporary

Alexander Petrovich Vasilyev (September 18 [6], 1868 – September 5, 1918) was an archpriest, confessor to the Imperial family, a temperance pastor, a patriot-monarchist, a public figure, and a member of the Main Council of the Union of the Russian People.

1860–1921 · Contemporary

Alexander Ivanovich Yuzefovich (1860 or 1858, Vilna Governorate — January 17, 1921, 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.

1889–1938 · Contemporary

Alexey Semyonovich Skorobogatov (1889, Moscow Governorate — April 5, 1938, Butovo firing range) was a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church, canonized as a martyr in 2000 for universal church veneration.

1863–1918 · Contemporary

Alexey Borisovich Neidhardt (Neidgart) (September 1 [13], 1863, Moscow — November 6, 1918, Nizhny Novgorod) was a Russian politician and statesman. He was a member of the State Council of the Russian Empire and was canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church in 2000.

1888–1937 · Contemporary

Alexei Konstantinovich Vorobyov (February 6, 1888, Antonkovo, Vyatka Governorate — August 20, 1937, Butovo firing range, Moscow Oblast) was a protopresbyter and a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church, canonized as a hieromartyr in 2000.

1859–1923 · Contemporary

Alexey Alexeyevich Mechev (Saint Righteous Alexius of Moscow; March 17 [29], 1859, Moscow — June 22, 1923, Vereya, Moscow Governorate) was a clergyman of the Russian Orthodox Church, a prominent Moscow archpriest of the early 20th century, and rector of the Church of Saint Nichol…

1867–1934 · Contemporary

Saint Alexis of Ugine, born Alexei Ivanovich Medvedkov on July 1, 1867, in the village of Fomitshevo, Vyazma Uyezd, Smolensk Governorate (Russia), and died on August 22, 1934, in Ugine (France), was a holy Orthodox priest commemorated on August 22 (Dormition), October 13 (transla…

1846–1928 · Contemporary

Alexy, born Fyodor Alexeyevich Solovyov (January 5/17, 1846, in Moscow – October 2, 1928, in Sergiyev), was a Russian Orthodox cleric, a great schema-monk, and an Orthodox saint.

1873–1942 · Contemporary

Alexander Afanasyevich Abissov (February 19, 1873, village of Mormozhino, Poshekhonsky Uyezd, Yaroslavl Governorate — February 21, 1942, Svobodny, Baikal-Amur Corrective Labor Camp; now a city in the Amur Region) was a priest of the Russian Orthodox Church.

1910–1936 · Contemporary

Alfonso Sebastiá Viñals (born May 27, 1910, in Valencia; died September 1, 1936, in Paterna) was a Spanish Catholic priest and a blessed of the Catholic Church. He was the son of a laborer. He began his studies at the seminary in Orihuela and was ordained a priest in 1933.

1878–1936 · Contemporary · Conventual Franciscans

Alfonso López López (Secorún, November 16, 1878 – Samalús, August 3, 1936) was a Spanish religious of the Order of Friars Minor Conventual. He is venerated as a martyr of the Spanish Civil War and a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1914–1936 · Contemporary · Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Alfonso Miquel Garriga, C.M.F. (Prades de Molsosa, February 24, 1914 – 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.

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

Alfonso Sorribes Teixidó, C.M.F. (Rocafort de Vallbona, December 17, 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.

1899–1936 · Contemporary · Piarists

Alfred Parte Saiz, SchP (Spanish: Alfredo Parte Saiz; born June 2, 1899, in Cilleruelo de Bricia; died December 27, 1936, in Santander) was a Spanish priest of the Piarist Order, a victim of the Red Terror during the Spanish Civil War, murdered in hatred of the faith (odium fidei…

1914–1936 · Contemporary

Alfred Pellicer Muñoz, OFM (born Alfredo Pellicer Muñoz; 10 April 1914 in Bellreguard, died 4 October 1936 near Gandia) was a Spanish blessed of the Catholic Church, a martyr, a Franciscan friar, and a victim of anti-Catholic persecution during the Spanish Civil War.

1877–1936 · Contemporary · Society of Jesus

Alfred Simón Colomina SJ (born March 18, 1877, in Valencia, died November 29, 1936, near Valencia) was a Spanish Catholic blessed, priest, victim of anti-Catholic persecution, and martyr.

1888–1936 · Contemporary

Ana María Aranda Riera (Alicante, January 24, 1888 – Paterna, October 14, 1936) was a Catholic martyr killed during the Spanish Civil War. A single woman who participated in various parish work groups, she was beatified by Pope John Paul II on March 11, 2001.

1914–1936 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor

Anastasio González Rodríguez (born October 11, 1914, in Villaute; died August 16, 1936, in Fuente el Fresno) was a Spanish Franciscan, seminarian, Christian martyr, and blessed of the Roman Catholic Church.

1898–1936 · Contemporary · Passionists

Anatolio García Nozal (Becerril del Carpio, Palencia Province, March 15, 1898 – Manzanares, Ciudad Real Province, October 23, 1936), better known by his religious name Ildefonso de la Cruz, was a Spanish Passionist who was executed by firing squad in 1936 during the religious per…

1866–1900 · Contemporary · Ordo Fratrum Minorum de Regularis Observantia

André Bauer (Guebwiller, November 24, 1866 – Taiyuan, July 9, 1900) was an Alsatian Franciscan, a martyr of the Boxer Rebellion, and is recognized as a saint by the Catholic Church. He is one of the 120 Martyrs of China, whose feast day is July 9.

1884–1937 · Contemporary

Andrey Vladimirovich Voskresensky (October 2, 1884, Moscow — October 31, 1937, Butovo firing range, Moscow Oblast) was a protopresbyter of the Russian Orthodox Church. He was canonized as a hieromartyr by the Russian Orthodox Church in 2000.

1895–1927 · Contemporary · Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Andrés Solá y Molist, C.M.F. (Taradell, Spain, October 7, 1895 – April 25, 1927, León, Mexico) was a Roman Catholic priest and a member of the Congregation of Missionaries of the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Claretians).

1883–1936 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Miguel Francisco González-Díez González-Núñez, known in religion as Andrés of Palazuelo (May 8, 1883, Palazuelo de Torío – July 31, 1936, Madrid), was a Spanish Roman Catholic priest, a friar of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, and a martyr.

1920–1933 · Contemporary

Anfrosina Berardi, born on December 6, 1920, in L'Aquila and died at the age of 12 on March 13, 1933, was a young Italian Catholic renowned for her holiness. She was declared venerable by Pope Francis in April 2021.

1934–1995 · Contemporary · Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of the Apostles

Jeanne Littlejohn, known in religion as Sister Angèle-Marie, was a Maltese nun of the Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Apostles, born on November 22, 1934, in Tunis and killed on September 3, 1995, in Algiers. She taught sewing and language in the Belcourt district of Algiers.

1861–1937 · Contemporary

Róża Godecka (born Aniela Justyna Godecka-Kostka, coat of arms Dąbrowa; religious name Maria Róża of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary; born September 13, 1861, in Korchevo on the Volga, died October 13, 1937, in Częstochowa) was a Venerable Servant of God in t…

1910–1942 · Contemporary · Secular Order of Discalced Carmelites

Anita Cantieri (March 30, 1910, Lucca, Italy – August 24, 1942, Lucca) was an Italian laywoman and a member of the Third Order of Carmel (taking the name Thérèse of the Child Jesus). Wishing to become a nun, she entered the Carmelite convent in Florence at the age of 20.

1874–1900 · Contemporary

Saint Anna An Jiao (Chinese: 安焦安納) (born 1874 in Anping, Hebei, China – died July 11, 1900, in Liugongying, Hebei) was a saint of the Catholic Church and a martyr. During the Boxer Rebellion in China, Christians were subjected to persecution.

1828–1900 · Contemporary

Saint Anna An Xin (1828, Anping, Hebei, China – July 11, 1900, Liugongying, Hebei) was a saint of the Catholic Church and a martyr. During the Boxer Rebellion in China, Christians were subjected to persecution.

1872–1936 · Contemporary · Sisters of Saint Michael Archangel

Anna Kaworek, born on June 18, 1872, in Biedrzychowice, Poland, and died on December 30, 1936, in Miejsce Piastowe, was a Polish religious sister and co-founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of Saint Michael the Archangel, a teaching and nursing order.