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1844–1879 · Modern · Sisters of Charity of Nevers

Bernadette Soubirous, SCN , also known as Bernadette of Lourdes (religious name Marie-Bernarde), was a miller's daughter from Lourdes (Lorda in Occitan), in the department of Hautes-Pyrénées in France, and is best known for experiencing apparitions of a "young lady" who asked for…

1774–1821 · Modern · Congregation of the Mission

Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton SC (August 28, 1774 – January 4, 1821) was an American Catholic educator, known as a founder of the country's parochial school system. Born in New York and reared as an Episcopalian, she married and had five children with her husband William Seton.

1726–1755 · Modern · Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer

Gerard Majella (Italian: Gerardo Maiella; 6 April 1726 – 16 October 1755) was an Italian lay brother of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, better known as the Redemptorists, who is honored as a saint by the Catholic Church.

1713–1784 · Modern · Discalced franciscans

Saint Junípero Serra Ferrer O.F.M. , popularly known simply as Junipero Serra, was a Spanish Catholic priest and missionary of the Franciscan Order. He is credited with establishing the Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

1873–1897 · Modern · Order of Discalced Nuns of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel

The 'Little Flower' who taught the 'Little Way' of performing small acts with great love, a Doctor of the Church.

1696–1787 · Modern · Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer

Founder of the Redemptorists and a Doctor of the Church, he is the patron of confessors and moral theologians.

1807–1870 · Modern · Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

A noblewoman who followed St. Francis and founded the Poor Clares, living a life of extreme poverty and contemplative prayer.

1815–1888 · Modern · Salesians of Don Bosco

The 'Father and Teacher of Youth,' he founded the Salesians to care for and educate young people, especially the poor and abandoned.

1803–1841 · Modern · Society of Mary

A philosopher who converted to Christianity and became its first great apologist, eventually martyred for refusing to sacrifice to idols.

1728–1808 · Modern

Saint 'Abd Al-Malāk was born in Asyut in 1728 and served as a monk. He died in El Quseyya in 1808.

1869–1886 · Modern

Achilleus Kiwanuka, also known as Achileo Kiwanuka or Achilles Kiwanuka or Achiles Kiwanuka (1869 – June 3, 1886), was a Ugandan Catholic martyr revered as a saint in the Catholic Church.

1831–1896 · Modern · Third Order of Saint Francis

Adele Brise was a Belgian teacher born in 1831 in Dion-le-Val and a member of the Third Order of Saint Francis. She died in 1896 in Champion, where she is also buried. She is currently recognized as a Servant of God within the Catholic Church.

1813–1865 · Modern

Adolph Kolping (8 December 1813 — 4 December 1865) was a German Catholic priest and the founder of the Kolping Association. He led the movement for providing and promoting social support for workers in industrialized cities while also working to promote the dignities of workers i…

1789–1828 · Modern · Marianist Sisters

Adèle de Batz de Trenquelléon, FMI, religious name Mary of the Conception (French: Marie de la Conception), (10 June 1789 – 10 January 1828), was a religious sister and the co-founder of the Marianist Sisters with William Joseph Chaminade.

1790–1839 · Modern

Agatha Chon Kyong-hyob was a Korean Christian laywoman, martyr, and saint, born in 1790 in Seoul, Korea, and beheaded on September 26, 1839, near Seoul.

1750–1801 · Modern

Agatha Han Sin-ae was born in 1750 in Boryeong and was a member of the Catholic Church. She died by decapitation in 1801 in Seoul. She is recognized as a blessed.

1787–1839 · Modern

Agatha Kim A-gi was a Korean Christian laywoman, martyr, and saint, born in 1787 in Seoul, Korea, and beheaded on May 24, 1839, near Seoul. Recognized as a martyr and beatified in 1925 by Pius XI, she was solemnly canonized in Seoul by Pope John Paul II on May 6, 1984, along with…

1820–1840 · Modern

Agatha Kwon Chin-i (Korean: 아가타 권진이; Hanja: 權珍伊; 1820–1840) is a Korean Catholic saint, one of the 103 Korean Martyrs. She was born in 1820, to a government official and his wife, St. Magdalene Han Yong-i, who was martyred on December 29, 1839.

1813–1846 · Modern

Agatha Yi Kan-nan was a Korean Christian laywoman, martyr, and saint, born in 1814 in Seoul, Korea, and died on September 20, 1846, in Seoul. Recognized as a martyr and beatified in 1925 by Pius XI, she was solemnly canonized in Seoul by Pope John Paul II on May 6, 1984, along wi…

1824–1840 · Modern

Agatha Yi (Korean: 이 아가타) was a Korean Christian laywoman, born in 1824 in Seoul, Korea, who died at the age of 16 on January 9, 1840. Recognized as a martyr and beatified in 1925 by Pius XI, she was solemnly canonized in Seoul by Pope John Paul II on May 6, 1984, along with 102…

1814–1840 · Modern

St. Agatha Yi Kyong-i (1814–1840) is a Korean saint and martyr. She was born in a Catholic family. She married a eunuch; her bishop advised her to separate from her husband, and she went to live with St. Agatha Kwon Chin-i because her mother was too poor to support her.

1784–1839 · Modern

Agathe Yi So-sa (Korean: 이소사 아가타) was a Korean Christian laywoman, martyr, and saint, born in 1784 in Kuwul, near Incheon, in the Gyeonggi province of Korea, who died by beheading on May 24, 1839, near Seoul.

1750–1801 · Modern

Agatha Yun Jeom-hye was born in 1750 and died in 1801. She was a member of the Catholic Church and is recognized as a blessed.

1799–1818 · Modern

Saint Agathangelos the Esphigmenite (1799–1818) is a saint of the Orthodox Church, canonized as a new martyr. Born in Thrace, he was forcibly converted to Islam at the age of 15.

1817–1858 · Modern

Agatha Lin (林昭), born in Qinglong in the Guizhou province of southwest China in 1817, was a Chinese saint and martyr. She was a headmistress and catechist, and one of the first to evangelize the Miao people. She was beheaded for her faith on January 28, 1858.

1816–1839 · Modern

Agnes Kim Hyo-ju was a Korean Christian laywoman, martyr, and saint, born in 1816 in Seoul, Korea, and died by beheading on September 3, 1839, in Seoul.

1781–1841 · Modern

Anne or Agnes Lê Thi Than, also known as Agnes Dê, was a Vietnamese Christian born in 1781 in northern Cochinchina. She was tortured and killed on July 12, 1841, in Ninh Bình province, Tonkin, for hiding Christian priests.

1821–1856 · Modern

Agnes Tsao Kou Ying (28 April 1821 – 1 March 1856; also Agnes Kouying Tsao), or Cao Guiying (Chinese: 曹桂英), was a Qing dynasty Chinese layperson who was martyred for preaching the Gospel in Guangxi. She was canonized a martyr-saint by Pope John Paul II on 1 October 2000.

1864–1894 · Modern

Agostina Pietrantoni (27 March 1864 – 13 November 1894) born Livia Pietrantoni, was an Italian religious sister of the Sisters of Divine Charity.

1710–1794 · Modern

Saint Alexander the New Martyr of Thessaloniki is a Christian saint. He was born in Thessaloniki during the time of great Turkish tyranny over the city. As a young man, he converted to Islam.

1729–1789 · Modern

Alexandra, born Agafia Semyonovna Melgunova (c. 1729, Ryazan – June 13, 1789, Diveyevo), was an Orthodox Christian nun and saint, and the founder of the Diveyevo Convent. She came from a noble family. Widowed at a young age, she was left to raise her young daughter alone.

1726–1792 · Modern · Society of Jesus

Alexandre Charles Lanfant (September 9, 1726 – September 2, 1792) was a French Jesuit, who served as preacher at the imperial court in Vienna, and later as confessor to King Louis XVI. Killed during the French Revolution, he was beatified by Pope Pius XI.

1782–1815 · Modern

Alexius Gim Si-u was a member of the Catholic Church born in 1782. He died in Daegu in 1815 and is recognized as a blessed.

1845–1866 · Modern

Alexis U Se-yŏng (1845–March 11, 1866) was a Korean Catholic saint and martyr. Born in Sŏhŭng in the former Hwanghae Province, he was the third son of a wealthy noble family. As a teenager, he wished to become a Christian, but his father strongly opposed it.

1727–1803 · Modern · Franciscans

Pietro Giovannelli, in religion Aloysius of the Most Holy Crucifixion (November 7, 1727, Pietracatella – June 4, 1803, Naples), was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a member of the Order of Friars Minor. He is venerated as Venerable in the Catholic Church.

1827–1886 · Modern

Luigi Maria Palazzolo (10 December 1827 – 15 June 1886) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest. He established the Sisters of the Poor which was also known as the Palazzolo Institute.

1804–1884 · Modern · Oratory of Saint Philip Neri

Luigi Scrosoppi (4 August 1804 – 3 April 1884) was an Italian priest of the Catholic Church who founded the Sisters of Providence of Saint Cajetan of Thiene. He was canonized in 2001.

1655–1732 · Modern · Society of Jesus

Alonso Messia Bedoya (Pacaraos, Peru, January 10, 1655 – Lima, January 5, 1732) was a virtuous Jesuit. He was the son of General Francisco Messia y Ramón and Francisca Bedoya y Campusano.

1814–1867 · Modern

Alphonse-Marie Eppinger, SDR; 9 September 1814 – 31 July 1867), born Elisabeth Eppinger, was a French Catholic nun and the founder of the Sisters of the Divine Redeemer.

1728–1792 · Modern · Benedictines

Ambroise Chevreux, O.S.B. (13 February 1728, in Orléans – 2 September 1792, in Paris) was a French Benedictine abbot. He was the last superior general of the Congregation of Saint Maur. He was elected to serve as a deputy of the clergy to the Estates General of 1789.

1812–1891 · Modern

Ambrose of Optina (Russian: Амвросий Оптинский; birth name: Aleksander Mikhaylovich Grenkov, Russian: Александр Михайлович Гренков, December 5, 1812, Bolshaya Lipovitsa settlement, Tambov guberniya – October 23, 1891) was a starets and a hieroschemamonk in Optina Monastery, canon…

1868–1886 · Modern

Ambrosio Kibuuka (1868 – June 3, 1886) aka (Ambrose Kibuuka Katekamu, Kateka Mulundaggana), was a Ugandan Catholic martyr killed for his faith around 1886. He was born in Buganda. He was one of many Christians put to death by King Mwanga II between 1885 and 1887.

1815–1887 · Modern

Ana Marija Marović (pseudonym Filotea, 1815 – 3 October 1887) was a writer and painter in Italy and Montenegro. She also founded a women's congregation and co-founded the Instituto Canal ai Servi, an institution devoted to helping women.

1800–1885 · Modern · Sisters of the Holy Family (Urgell)

Anna Maria Janer Anglarill, also called Maria Janer, (18 December 1800 – 11 January 1885) was a Spanish religious sister who established the congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Urgell.

1785–1836 · Modern

Anastasia Șaguna (born 1785, Miskolc, Habsburg Empire – died January 17, 1836, Pest, Habsburg Empire (today: Budapest, Hungary)) was a Romanian Orthodox believer, known as the mother of Saint Andrei Șaguna, Metropolitan of Transylvania.

1803–1866 · Modern · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Anastasius Hartmann, born as Joseph Alois Hartmann (* 24. February 1803 in Altwis, Lucerne, Switzerland; † 24. April 1886 in Kurji, Patna, India), was a Capuchin, a missionary in India, Titular Bishop and Vicar Apostolic of Patna and Bombay.

1824–1871 · Modern · Society of Jesus

Anatole de Bengy (born 19 September 1824, executed at the court of the Cité Vincennes, Rue Haxo, Paris 26 May 1871) was one of the five Jesuit martyrs of the Paris Commune, along with Pierre Olivaint.

1824–1894 · Modern

Anatol, secular name Aleksey Moiseyevich Zertsalov (born March 24, 1824, in Bobyli; died December 15, 1893, in Kozelsk), was an Orthodox Christian monk and one of the Optina Elders.

1870–1897 · Modern · Salesians of Don Bosco

Andrea Beltrami was a Catholic presbyter and member of the Salesians of Don Bosco, born in Omegna in 1870. A citizen of the Kingdom of Italy, he died of tuberculosis in Turin in 1897. He is recognized by the Catholic Church as the Venerable.

1812–1862 · Modern

Saint Andrew Tường (Vietnamese: Anrê Tường) (born c. 1812 in Ngọc Cục, Nam Định Province, Vietnam – died June 16, 1862, in Làng Cốc, Nam Định Province, Vietnam) was a catechist, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church. Andrew Tường was born in Ngọc Cục, Nam Định Province.