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1781–1830 · Modern

Swaminarayan (IAST: Svāmīnārāyaṇa; 3 April 1781 – 1 June 1830), also known as Sahajanand Swami, was a yogi and ascetic believed by followers to be a manifestation of Krishna or the highest manifestation of Purushottama, around whom the Swaminarayan Sampradaya developed.

1784–1842 · Modern

Sándor Csoma de Kőrös was a Hungarian philologist and Orientalist, author of the first Tibetan–English dictionary and grammar book. He was called Phyi-glin-gi-grwa-pa in Tibetan, meaning "the foreign pupil", and was declared a bosatsu or bodhisattva by the Japanese in 1933.

1897 · Modern

Tatiana (Fomicheva), born Tatyana Alekseyevna Fomicheva (January 8 [20], 1897, Moscow Governorate — date of death unknown), was a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church, canonized as a venerable martyr in 2000 for universal church veneration.

1801–1852 · Modern · Benedictines

Ignazia Verzeri (31 July 1801 – 3 March 1852) was an Italian Roman Catholic who became a Benedictine nun and established the Daughters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Her dedication to the needs of girls and their education was one of her top priorities.

1747–1770 · Modern · Order of Discalced Nuns of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel

Teresa Margaret of the Sacred Heart, OCD (15 July 1747 – 7 March 1770) was an Italian Discalced Carmelite nun. During her brief life of quiet service in the monastery, she came to be revered for her mystical gifts. She has been declared a saint by the Catholic Church.

1773–1823 · Modern

Thaddeus Liu (Chinese name: 劉瑞庭; 1773–1823) was a Chinese priest and martyr of the 19th century. He was born in 1773 in Qionglai, near Chengdu, in Sichuan. His Chinese name was Liu Ruiting.

1726 · Modern

Thaddeus of Petrozavodsk (died 1726) was a Russian Orthodox saint and holy fool. According to his hagiography, he lived in the early 18th century and was of Olonets peasant origin, though other accounts suggest he arrived at the Olonets ironworks from the lower Volga.

1774 · Modern

Theodoros of Byzantium was born in 1774 in Constantinople. He died in Mytilene and is recognized as a saint.

1815–1894 · Modern

Theophan the Recluse (Russian: Феофан Затворник, romanized: Feofan Zatvornik), also known as Theophanes the Recluse or the Enlightener Theophan the Recluse of Vysha (Russian: святитель Феофан Затворник Вышенский; January 10, 1815 – January 6, 1894), was a Russian Orthodox bishop…

1868 · Modern

Saint Theophilus was born in Sevsk and died in the Donetsk Oblast in 1868. He is recognized as a saint.

1797–1840 · Modern

Thérèse Kim (Korean: 김 데레사) was a Korean Christian laywoman, born around 1797 in Myeoncheon, Chungcheong Province, who died in prison on January 9, 1840.

1811–1846 · Modern

Thérèse Kim Im-i was a Korean Christian laywoman, born in 1811 in Seoul, Korea, who died by strangulation on September 20, 1846. Recognized as a martyr and beatified in 1925, she was canonized by Pope John Paul II on May 6, 1984, along with 102 other Korean martyrs.

1788–1839 · Modern

Saint Teresa Yi Mae-im (1788–July 20, 1839) was a Korean martyr and a saint of the Catholic Church. Teresa Yi Mae-im was the aunt of fellow Catholic martyrs Barbara Yi Chŏng-hŭi and Magdalena Yi Yŏng-hŭi.

1811–1839 · Modern · Third Order of Saint Dominic

Saint Thomas Nguyễn Văn Đệ (born c. 1811 in Bồ Trang, Thái Bình province, Vietnam; died December 19, 1839, in Cổ Mễ, Bắc Ninh province, Vietnam) was a Dominican tertiary, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church.

1838–1866 · Modern

Thomas Son Chasuhn (1838–1866) was one of the Korean Martyrs canonised by the Roman Catholic church in 1984. His feast day is March 30, and he is also venerated along with the rest of the 103 Korean martyrs on September 20. Thomas was a devout Catholic.

1764–1840 · Modern

Saint Thomas Toán (Vietnamese: Tôma Toán) (born c. 1764 in Cần Phán, Nam Định Province; died June 27, 1840, in Nam Định) was a Vietnamese catechist, Dominican tertiary, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church. Thomas Toán was born around 1764.

1820–1838 · Modern

Saint Thomas Trần Văn Thiện (born c. 1820 in Trung Quán, Quảng Bình Province, Vietnam – died September 21, 1838, in Nhan Biều, Quảng Trị Province, Vietnam) was a seminarian, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church.

1655–1729 · Modern · Order of Friars Minor

Tommaso da Cori (4 June 1655 - 11 January 1729) - born Francesco Antonio Placidi - was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Order of Friars Minor who lived as a hermit for much of his religious life.

1783–1839 · Modern · Dominican Order

Saint Thomas Đinh Viết Dụ (born c. 1783 in Phú Nhai, Nam Định Province, Vietnam; died November 26, 1839, in Bảy Mẫu, Vietnam) was a Dominican friar, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church. Thomas Đinh Viết Dụ was born in Phú Nhai, Nam Định Province.

1798–1856 · Modern · Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods

Anne Thérèse Guérin SP , designated by the Vatican as Saint Theodora, was a French-American saint and the foundress of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, a congregation of Catholic sisters at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana.

1829–1861 · Modern

Jean-Théophane Vénard (21 November 1829 at Saint-Loup-sur-Thouet, Diocese of Poitiers, France – 2 February 1861 in Tonkin, Vietnam) was a French Catholic missionary to Indo-China. He was a member of the Paris Foreign Missions Society.

1752–1794 · Modern · Order of Discalced Nuns of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel

Marie-Madeleine-Claudine Lidoine, known in religion as Mother Thérèse of St. Augustine or sometimes Madame Lidoine (Paris, September 22, 1752 – Paris, July 17, 1794), was the prioress of the Carmelites of Compiègne who were guillotined in Paris during the Reign of Terror.

1724–1783 · Modern

Tikhon of Zadonsk (secular name Timofey Savelyevich Sokolov, Russian: Тимофей Савельевич Соколов; 1724–1783) was an 18th-century Russian Orthodox bishop and spiritual writer whom the Eastern Orthodox Church glorified (canonized) as a saint in 1861. St.

1789–1860 · Modern · Third Order of Saint Dominic

Saint Thomas Khuông (Vietnamese: Tôma Khuông) (born c. 1779 or 1789 in Nam Hoà, Hưng Yên province, Vietnam – died January 30, 1860, in Hưng Yên, Vietnam) was a priest, a Dominican tertiary, a martyr, and a saint of the Catholic Church.

1725–1792 · Modern

Urbain Lefebvre was a French Catholic priest, born in Tours on January 21, 1725, and massacred in Paris on September 2, 1792, during the September Massacres at the Carmes Prison.

1827–1861 · Modern · Dominican Order

Valentin de Berrio-Ochoa (Elorrio, February 14, 1827 – Hải Dương, November 1, 1861) was a Spanish Dominican martyred during the reign of Emperor Tự Đức and canonized by John Paul II along with the other Vietnamese Martyrs on June 19, 1988.

1776 · Modern

Vasily Petrovich Kadomsky (Blessed Vasily of Ryazan (Kadomsky), 1776, village of Shakhmanovo, Moscow (later Ryazan) Governorate — May 2 (15), 1848, Ryazan) was an Orthodox saint and fool-for-Christ. He was canonized as a locally venerated saint of Ryazan in 1997.

1816–1869 · Modern

Basil of Pavlovsky Posad, born Vasily Gryaznov (1816 – February 16, 1869), also known as Holy Vasily, is a Russian saint, glorified in 1999 for living a righteous life. Gryaznov was born in the village of Evseevo Bogorodskogo County, now known as Pavlovo-Posadsky District.

1861 · Modern

Vera the Silent (? - 6 May 1861) was an Orthodox ascetic, a hermit of the Syrkov Maiden Monastery in the Novgorod region, who kept a vow of silence for 23 years.

1660–1727 · Modern · Capuchin Poor Clares

Veronica Giuliani, OSC Cap. (also Veronica de Julianis; 27 December 1660—9 July 1727) was an Italian Capuchin Poor Clares nun and mystic. She was canonized by Pope Gregory XVI in 1839.

1732–1773 · Modern · Dominican Order

Vicente Liêm de la Paz (English: Vicente Liêm of Peace) (Vietnamese: Vinh Sơn Hòa Bình or Vinh Sơn Liêm) (1732 – 7 November 1773) was a Tonkinese (present day northern Vietnamese) Dominican friar venerated as a saint and martyr by the Catholic Church along with other Vietnamese M…

1751–1831 · Modern

Vincenzo Romano (3 June 1751 – 20 December 1831) – born Vincenzo Domenico Romano – was an Italian Roman Catholic priest born in Torre del Greco in Naples.

1821–1862 · Modern

Saint Vincent Dương (Vietnamese: Vinh-Sơn Dương) (born c. 1821 in Doãn Trung, Thái Bình province, Vietnam – died June 6, 1862, in Nam Định, Vietnam) was a martyr and a saint of the Catholic Church. The exact date of Vincent Dương's birth is unknown.

1795–1850 · Modern · Pallottines

Vincent Pallotti, SAC (21 April 1795 – 22 January 1850) was an Italian Catholic cleric and the founder of the Society of the Catholic Apostolate, later known as the Pious Society of Missions (the Pallottines). The original name was restored in 1947.

1745–1824 · Modern · Passionists

Vincenzo Strambi, CP (in religion Vincenzo Maria di San Paolo; 1 January 1745 – 1 January 1824) was an Italian Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of Macerata-Tolentino from 1801 until his resignation in 1823. He was a professed member of the Passionists.

1814–1862 · Modern

Saint Vincent Tường (Vietnamese: Vinh-Sơn Tường) (born c. 1814 in Ngọc Cục, Nam Định Province, Vietnam; died June 16, 1862, in Làng Cốc, Nam Định Province, Vietnam) was a saint of the Catholic Church and a martyr. Very little is known about Vincent Tường.

1784–1847 · Modern

Vincenza Gerosa (29 October 1784 – 29 June 1847), born Caterina Gerosa, was an Italian Roman Catholic professed religious and the co-foundress of the Sisters of Charity of Lovere that she founded alongside Bartolomea Capitanio.

1761–1838 · Modern

Saint Vincent Nguyễn Thế Điểm (born c. 1761 in Ân Đô, Quảng Trị province, Vietnam; died November 24, 1838, in Đồng Hới, Vietnam) was a priest, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church. Vincent Nguyễn Thế Điểm studied at the seminary in Kẻ Vĩnh.

1728–1803 · Modern

Varlaam, born Vasily Petrovich Shaposhnikov (secular name Vasily Petrovich Petrov-Lavrovsky; born c. 1729 in Moscow, died December 15/27, 1802, in Tobolsk), was a Russian Orthodox bishop and an Orthodox saint.

1802–1858 · Modern

Wawrzyniec Wang Bing was born in 1802 in Guiyang and died in 1858 in Guizhou. A member of the Catholic Church, he died by decapitation. He is recognized as a Catholic saint and blessed.

1747–1789 · Modern

Wilhelm Kaliński (also known as Gwilhelm; pseudonym: Father Nikodem Puzyna), cathedral canon and vicar general of Vilnius (born March 6, 1747, in Warsaw; died January 20, 1789, in Vilnius), was a religious, preacher, and orator.

1764–1838 · Modern · Dominican Order

Saint Vincent Đỗ Yến (Vietnamese: Vinh-Sơn Đỗ Yến) (born c. 1764 in Trà Lũ, Nam Định Province, Vietnam – died June 30, 1838, in Hải Dương, Vietnam) was a Dominican friar, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church. Vincent Đỗ Yến was born in Trà Lũ, Nam Định Province, in 1764.

1719–1803 · Modern

Xenia of St. Petersburg (Russian: Святая блаженная Ксения Петербургская, born as Xenia Grigoryevna Petrova (Russian: Ксения Григорьевна Петрова), c. 1719–1730 – c. 1803) is a patron saint of St.

1832–1861 · Modern · Third Order of Saint Dominic

Saint Joseph Nguyễn Duy Khang (born c. 1832 in Cao Mại, Vietnam; died December 6, 1861, in Hải Dương, Vietnam) was a catechist, a Dominican tertiary, a martyr, and a saint of the Catholic Church.

1793–1840 · Modern

Saint Joseph Nguyễn Đình Nghi (Vietnamese: Giuse Nguyễn Đình Nghi) (born c. 1793 in Kẻ Vồi, Vietnam – died November 8, 1840, in Bảy Mẫu, Vietnam) was a priest, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church. Joseph Nguyễn Đình Nghi was born into a moderately wealthy family.

1775–1838 · Modern · Third Order of Saint Dominic

Saint Joseph Nguyễn Đình Uyển (born c. 1775 in Ninh Cường, Nam Định Province, Vietnam – died July 4, 1838, in Hưng Yên, Vietnam) was a catechist, Dominican tertiary, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church. Joseph Nguyễn Đình Uyển was born in Ninh Cường, Nam Định Province.

1787–1838 · Modern · Third Order of Saint Dominic

Saint Joseph Đặng Đình Viên (also Joseph Ðặng Văn Viên) (born c. 1787 in Tiên Chu, Hưng Yên province, Vietnam – died August 21, 1838, in Bảy Mẫu, Vietnam) was a priest, a Dominican tertiary, a martyr, and a saint of the Catholic Church.

1750–1795 · Modern

Saint Zlata of Meglen (Macedonian: Света Великомаченичка Злата Мегленска, Bulgarian: Света Великомъченица Злата Мъгленска, Greek: Ἁγία Χρυσή; died October 18, 1795) is an 18th-century Eastern Orthodox saint and new martyr.

1822–1895 · Modern

Zygmunt Szczęsny Feliński (1 November 1822 in Voiutyn, now Ukraine – 17 September 1895 in Kraków) was a professor of the Saint Petersburg Roman Catholic Theological Academy, Archbishop of Warsaw in 1862-1883 (exiled by Tsar Alexander II to Yaroslavl for 20 years), and founder of…