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1656–1707 · Modern

Gomidas Keumurdjian (Armenian: Կոմիտաս Քէօմիւրճեան; 1656 – 5 November 1707), known as Cosma de Carbognano, was a married priest of the Armenian Apostolic Church and later a convert to the Armenian Catholic Church.

1709–1794 · Modern

Guillaume Repin (26 August 1709 – 2 January 1794) was a French priest and martyr. He was beatified on 19 February 1984 by Pope John Paul II. Repin was born in Thouarcé, Maine-et-Loire, France on 26 August 1709.

1733–1792 · Modern · Society of Jesus

Guillaume-Antoine Delfaud (1733–1792) was a French Jesuit.

1823–1871 · Modern

The Massacre in the Rue Haxo (French: le massacre de la rue Haxo) was a massacre of priests and gendarmes by communards during the semaine sanglante ("bloody week") at the end of the Paris Commune in May 1871.

1745–1794 · Modern · Order of Discalced Nuns of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel

Born in Paris in 1745, Henriette de Jésus was a Catholic nun of the Order of Discalced Nuns of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel. She died by decapitation in Paris in 1794 and is buried at Picpus Cemetery. She is recognized as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1801 · Modern

Ignatius Choe In-cheol was a member of the Catholic Church born in Seoul. He died by decapitation in Seoul in 1801 and is recognized as a blessed.

1844–1890 · Modern · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Innocenzo da Berzo (19 March 1844 - 3 March 1890), born Giovanni Scalvinoni, was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Order of Friars Minor. Scalvinoni assumed his new religious name upon his profession as a Capuchin friar.

1813–1881 · Modern

Blessed Jacinto Vera Durán (Atlantic Ocean, 3 July 1813 – Pan de Azúcar, Uruguay, 6 May 1881) was a Uruguayan Roman Catholic prelate who served as the first bishop of Montevideo.

1660–1700 · Modern

Hyacinth of the Angels, born Jacinto de los Angeles (c. 1660 in San Francisco Cajonos, Mexico; died September 16, 1700, in Santo Domingo Xagacía), was an indigenous Christian martyr and a blessed of the Roman Catholic Church. He was a Zapotec of tribal chief lineage.

1725–1792 · Modern · Society of Jesus

Jakub Friteyre-Durvé (1725–1792) was a French Jesuit. He was born in Marsac-en-Livradois, a town in Puy-de-Dôme.

1753–1794 · Modern · Carmelites

Jacques Gagnot, born on February 9, 1753, was a priest of the Discalced Carmelites of the Nancy house. During the French Revolution, he was arrested and sentenced to deportation to French Guiana.

1794 · Modern

Jacques Jan was a Catholic priest who died in 1794 at the Martyrs of Rochefort. He is recognized as a blessed.

1746–1794 · Modern · Carmelites

Jacques Retouret was born in Limoges on September 15, 1746. He was educated by the Jesuits, who sought to keep him. He entered the Carmelite Order on July 3, 1763, continued his studies, and was ordained a priest in Limoges.

1803–1864 · Modern · Holy Ghost Fathers

Jacques-Désiré Laval (18 September 1803 – 9 September 1864) was a French Roman Catholic priest who served in the missions in Mauritius; he was a professed member from the Spiritans. He is known as the "Apostle of Mauritius" due to his tireless work in aiding the poor and ill.

1751–1791 · Modern

Jacob Kwon Sang-yeon (1751–December 8, 1791) was a Korean martyr and a blessed of the Catholic Church. Born in Jinsan, in the province of Jeolla, in 1751, he was introduced to the Catholic faith by his cousin, Paul Yun Ji-chung, around 1787.

1730–1799 · Modern

Jakob Won Si-bo (Korean: 원시보 야고보; born 1730 in Eungjeong-ri, Hongju, in the then-province of Chungcheong, Korea; died April 17, 1799, in Cheongju) was a Korean martyr and a blessed of the Catholic Church. Won Si-bo was born in Eungjeong-ri, Hongju.

1801 · Modern

James Yun Yu-o was a member of the Catholic Church. He died in 1801 and is recognized as a blessed.

1752–1801 · Modern

Jakub Zhou Wenmo (1752–May 31, 1801) was a Chinese Catholic priest, missionary, martyr, and blessed of the Catholic Church. Orphaned in childhood, he was raised by his grandmother.

1736–1792 · Modern · Society of Jesus

Jean Charton de Millou (1736–1792) was a French Jesuit Catholic priest and martyr, who became a victim of anti-Catholic persecution during the French Revolution. Charton de Millou joined the Society of Jesus on September 7, 1751.

1792 · Modern

Blessed Jean Lacan was a French Catholic priest and almoner who was born in Rodez. He died in Paris in 1792.

1766–1794 · Modern

Jean-Baptiste Lego (born May 13, 1766, in La Flèche, Sarthe, and died January 1, 1794, in Angers, Maine-et-Loire) was a French priest and martyr who was one of the Martyrs of Angers.

1738–1792 · Modern

Jean-Marie du Lau (30 October 1738, Biras – 2 September 1792, Paris) was a French Catholic prelate who served as the last Archbishop of Arles. He was one of the Catholic Martyrs of September 1792, killed in the September Massacres during the French Revolution.

1724–1794 · Modern · Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools

Jean Mopinot was born in 1724 in Reims and served as a religious in the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools. He died in 1794 at the Martyrs of Rochefort and is recognized as a blessed.

1760–1792 · Modern

Jean-Antoine Savine was a French Catholic priest born in Embrun in 1760. He died in 1792 at the Carmes Prison and is recognized as a blessed.

1743–1792 · Modern

Jean-Baptiste Bottex (June 24, 1918 – May 28, 1979) was a Haitian painter. Hailing from Port Margot, near Cap-Haitien in northern Haiti, Jean-Baptiste and his younger brother Seymour are descendants of the Haitian Generals of the Independence of the North - Raimond de Bottex, an…

1737–1794 · Modern · Carmelites

Jean-Baptiste Duverneuil was a priest of the Discalced Carmelites at the house in Angoulême. During the French Revolution, he was arrested and sentenced to deportation to French Guiana. Imprisoned on a ship at the Rochefort pontoons, he died on July 1, 1794.

1755–1794 · Modern · Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools

Jean-Baptiste Guillaume was a religious member of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, born in 1755 in Fraisans. He died in 1794 among the Martyrs of Rochefort and is recognized as blessed.

1734–1794 · Modern

Jean-Baptiste Souzy was a French Catholic priest born in La Rochelle in 1734. He served as a canon and vicar general before his death in 1794 at the Martyrs of Rochefort. He is recognized as a blessed within the Catholic Church.

1737–1794 · Modern · Franciscans

Jean-Baptiste Triquerie (born July 1, 1737, in Laval, Mayenne; died January 21, 1794, in the same city) was a French priest who was sentenced to death and guillotined during the French Revolution. He is venerated as a Blessed in the Roman Catholic Church.

1732–1794 · Modern

Jean-Baptiste Turpin du Cormier (born September 8, 1732, in Laval, Mayenne; died January 21, 1794, in the same city) was a French priest who was sentenced to death and guillotined during the French Revolution. He is venerated as a Blessed in the Roman Catholic Church.

1759–1792 · Modern · Canon regulars of St. Victor

Jean-Charles-Marie Bernard du Cornillet was a French religious figure and librarian born in Châteaubriant in 1759. A member of the Canon regulars of St. Victor, he died in Paris in 1792. He is recognized as a blessed within Catholicism.

1740–1792 · Modern · Ordo Fratrum Minorum de Regularis Observantia

Jean-Baptiste François Burté, born on June 21, 1740, in Rambervillers and died on September 2, 1792, in Paris, was a French Franciscan friar and priest. He died as a victim of the September Massacres during the French Revolution.

1752–1794 · Modern

Jean-François Jarrige de La Morelie du Breuil was born in 1752 in Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche and served as a Catholic priest and canon. He died in 1794 among the Martyrs of Rochefort and is recognized as blessed.

1832–1869 · Modern · Dominican Order

Alcide-Vital Lataste, OP (5 September 1832 – 10 March 1869), religious name Marie Jean Joseph Lataste, was a French Catholic priest of the Dominican Order.

1720–1794 · Modern · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Jean-Baptiste Loir, in religion Brother Jean-Louis (1720–1794), was a Capuchin priest who died as a martyr on the pontons of Rochefort (Île Madame). He was beatified by Pope John Paul II in Rome on October 1, 1995, along with 63 other French priests and religious.

1730–1793 · Modern

Jean-Martin Moye (written later in his life as Moÿe) was a French Catholic priest who served as a missionary in China and was the founder of the Sisters of the Congregation of Divine Providence. He also organized the first expression of consecrated life among the women of China.

1764–1792 · Modern

Jean-Philippe Marchand was a Catholic priest born in 1764 in Marsais. He died in Paris in 1792 and is recognized as a blessed.

1760–1801 · Modern

Chŏng Yakchong (Korean: 정약종; Hanja: 丁若鍾; 1760 – April 8, 1801), also known as Augustine Chong, was a Korean Catholic martyr who contributed greatly to the spread of Catholicism in Korea. He was the older brother of Chŏng Yagyong and the father of Paul Chong Hasang.

1777–1860 · Modern

Johann Nepomuk von Tschiderer zu Gleifheim (15 April 1777 - 3 December 1860) was an Austrian-Italian Roman Catholic prelate and the Bishop of Trent from 1834 until his death.

1759–1801 · Modern

John Choe Chang-hyeon was born in Seoul in 1759 and was a member of the Catholic Church. He died by decapitation in Seoul in 1801. He is recognized as a blessed.

1801–1890 · Modern · Oratory of Saint Philip Neri

John Henry Newman C.O. (21 February 1801 – 11 August 1890) was an English Catholic theologian, academic, philosopher, historian, writer, and poet. He was previously an Anglican priest, and after his conversion to Catholicism, became a cardinal.

1801 · Modern

John Won Gyeong-do was a member of the Catholic Church who died in 1801. He was executed by decapitation and is recognized as a blessed.

1794–1868 · Modern

John Yi Jeong-sik was born in 1794 and died in 1868. A member of the Catholic Church, he is recognized as a blessed.

1811–1871 · Modern · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Josep Tous Soler (31 March 1811 - 27 February 1871) was a Spanish Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin - a branch of the Franciscan Order.

1739–1794 · Modern · Society of Saint-Sulpice

Joseph Juge de Saint-Martin was a Catholic priest and member of the Society of Saint-Sulpice who was born in Limoges in 1739. He died in Rochefort in 1794 and is recognized as a blessed.

1816 · Modern

Joseph Ko Seong-un was a member of the Catholic Church who died by decapitation in Daegu in 1816. He is recognized as a blessed.

1720–1794 · Modern

Joseph Pellé (born January 20, 1720, in Laval; died January 21, 1794, in the same city) was a French priest who was sentenced to death and guillotined during the French Revolution. He is venerated as a Blessed in the Roman Catholic Church.

1742–1792 · Modern

Joseph-Marie Gros (23 May 1742, Lyon - 3 September 1792, Paris) was a French secular cleric and clergy deputy to the Estates-General of 1789. After being ordained he received his theology doctorate and taught at the College of Navarre from 10 May 1785.

1747–1794 · Modern · Franciscans

Joséphine Leroux (23 January 1747 – 23 October 1794), born Anne-Josepha Leroux, was a French Poor Clare, executed during the French Revolution. She was born in Cambrai, France.

1820–1889 · Modern

José Olallo Valdés, OH (12 February 1820 – 7 March 1889) was a Cuban professed religious and a professed member from the Brothers Hospitallers of Saint John of God.