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1701–1771 · Modern

Marguerite d'Youville, SGM was a French Canadian widow who founded the Sisters of Charity of Montreal, commonly known as the "Grey Nuns". She was canonized by Pope John Paul II in 1990, becoming the first native-born Canadian to be declared a saint.

1682–1744 · Modern · Franciscans

Maria Crescentia Höss (Höß), TOR (1682–1744) was a religious sister of the Third Order Regular of St. Francis. In 1900, she was beatified by Pope Leo XIII, and she was canonized in 2001 by Pope John Paul II.

1813–1855 · Modern

Maria Crocifissa Di Rosa (6 November 1813 – 15 December 1855) - born as Paola Francesca Di Rosa - was an Italian Roman Catholic professed religious and the founder of the Ancelle della carità (1839).

1805–1866 · Modern · Adorers of the Blood of Christ

Maria Matilda De Mattias (February 4, 1805 – August 20, 1866) was an Italian woman who founded the religious congregation of the Sisters Adorers of the Blood of Christ. She is a saint in the Catholic Church, having been canonized by Pope John Paul II in 2003.

1820–1898 · Modern

Mary Catherine Kasper, A.D.J.C. (German: Maria Katharina Kasper) (born Katharina Kasper; 26 May 1820 – 2 February 1898) was a German Catholic Religious Sister and the foundress of the Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ.

1837–1881 · Modern · Daughters of Mary Help of Christians

Maria Domenica Mazzarello, FMA (9 May 1837 – 14 May 1881) was an Italian Catholic nun who co-founded the Salesian Sisters of Don Bosco. She was born in Mornese, in what is now the province of Alessandria, northern Italy, to a peasant family who worked in a vineyard.

1809–1865 · Modern · Sisters of Adoration, Handmaids of the Blessed Sacrament and of Charity

Micaela Desmaisières López de Dicastillo (1 January 1809 – 24 August 1865) - in religion María Micaela of the Blessed Sacrament - was a Spanish Roman Catholic professed religious and the founder of the Handmaids of the Blessed Sacrament.

1740–1822 · Modern

Maria of Belgorod was born in 1740 and died in 1822. A citizen of the Russian Empire, she is recognized as a saint.

1846–1878 · Modern · Order of Discalced Nuns of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel

Mariam Baouardy, OCD (Arabic: مريم بواردي, or Mary of Jesus Crucified, 5 January 1846 – 26 August 1878), was a Palestinian Discalced Carmelite nun of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church.

1794 · Modern

Marie Clotilde of France (Marie Adélaïde Clotilde Xavière; 23 September 1759 – 7 March 1802), known as Clotilde in Italy, was Queen of Sardinia by marriage to Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia. She was a younger sister of Louis XVI of France.

1713–1787 · Modern · Passionists

Saint Marie Crucifiée Costantini was a Catholic nun and member of the Passionist order. Born in Tarquinia in 1713, she lived there until her death in 1787. She is recognized as a saint by the Catholic Church.

1813–1887 · Modern · Third Order of Saint Francis

Maria Caterina Troiani (19 January 1813 – 6 May 1887) was an Italian Roman Catholic charitable worker who assumed the name of "Maria Caterina of Saint Rose" when she became a nun. Troiani established the Franciscan Missionaries of the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

1817–1898 · Modern · Religious of the Assumption

Marie-Eugénie de Jésus (born Anne-Eugénie Milleret de Brou; 25 August 1817 – 10 March 1898) is a French saint and the foundress of the Religious of the Assumption.

1760–1794 · Modern · Order of Discalced Nuns of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel

Marie-Henriette de la Providence was a French Catholic nun born in 1760 in Cajarc. A member of the Order of Discalced Nuns of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel, she died by decapitation in Paris in 1794. She is recognized as a blessed and canonized saint.

1756–1846 · Modern · Third Order of Saint Francis

Marie-Madeleine Postel (28 November 1756 – 16 July 1846), born Julie Françoise-Catherine Postel, was a French Catholic professed religious and the founder of the Sisters of Christian Schools.

1818–1866 · Modern

Marie-Nicolas-Antoine Daveluy (16 March 1818 – 30 March 1866) was a French missionary and saint. His feast day is March 30, and he is also venerated along with the rest of the 103 Korean martyrs on September 20. Antoine Daveluy was born 16 March 1818 in Amiens, France.

1795–1866 · Modern

Mark Chŏng Ŭi-bae was a Korean teacher and catechist born in 1795. He was a member of the Catholic Church who died by decapitation in Seoul in 1866. He is recognized as a Catholic saint and blessed.

1787–1839 · Modern

Martha Kim Song-im was a Korean Christian laywoman, martyr, and saint, born in 1787 in Pupyeong, Gyeonggi Province, Korea, and died by beheading on May 24, 1839, near Seoul.

1812–1861 · Modern

Marthe Wang Louzhi was a Chinese Christian laywoman, born around 1812, who was executed on July 29, 1861, in Qingyian, near Guiyang, in Guizhou province. Recognized as a Catholic martyr, she was canonized by Pope John Paul II on October 1, 2000.

1800–1800 · Modern

Martha of Tambov (in monasticism Margarita; born Martha Petrovna Aparina; early 18th century, Saransk – September 1 (14), 1800, Tambov) was a schema-nun of the Russian Orthodox Church, a Kirsanov starets, and the founder of the Tikhvin-Theotokos Monastery in the city of Kirsanov.…

1836–1866 · Modern · Paris Foreign Missions Society

Martin Luc Huin, born on October 20, 1836, in Guyonvelle, Haute-Marne, and beheaded on March 30, 1866, in Boryeong, Korea, was a missionary priest of the Paris Foreign Missions Society recognized as a martyr and saint by the Catholic Church.

1787–1840 · Modern

Martin Thọ (born c. 1787 in Kẻ Báng, Nam Định Province, Vietnam – died November 8, 1840, in Bảy Mẫu, Vietnam) was a Vietnamese martyr and a saint of the Catholic Church. His given name was Nho, but he was known by the local custom as Thọ, after his ninth son.

1760–1840 · Modern

Vietnamese Martyrs (Vietnamese: Các Thánh Tử đạo Việt Nam), also known as the Martyrs of Tonkin and Cochinchina, collectively Martyrs of Annam or formerly Martyrs of Indochina, are saints of the Catholic Church who died between 1745 and 1862, and were canonized by Pope John Paul…

1817–1862 · Modern

Martin Wu Xuesheng was born in 1817 and died in 1862 by decapitation. He was a member of the Catholic Church and is recognized as a Catholic saint and blessed.

1796–1868 · Modern

Mary Euphrasia Pelletier, RGS, religious name Mary of Saint Euphrasia, born as Rose Virginie Pelletier (31 July 1796 in Noirmoutier-en-l'Île – 24 April 1868 in Angers), was a French religious sister.

1715–1791 · Modern · Third Order of Saint Francis

Mary Frances of the Five Wounds, TOSF, (Italian: Maria Francesca delle Cinque Piaghe, born Anna Maria Gallo,, 25 March 1715 – 7 October 1791), was an Italian Third Order Franciscan who is honored as a saint in the Catholic Church.

1786–1839 · Modern

Marie Pak Kun-agi (Korean: 박큰아기 마리아) was a Korean Christian laywoman, martyr, and saint, born in 1786 in Seoul, Korea, and beheaded on September 3, 1839, near Seoul.

1819–1839 · Modern

Marie Won Kwi-im was a Korean Christian laywoman, born around 1818 in Yongmeo Ri, Goyang Gun, in the Gyeonggi province of Korea, who died by beheading on July 20, 1839, in Seoul.

1819–1840 · Modern

Saint Maria Yi In-dŏk (1819–January 31, 1840) was a Korean Catholic martyr and saint. Maria Yi In-dŏk was the sister of fellow martyr Magdalena Yi Yŏng-dŏk. During the persecution of Catholics in Korea, she was arrested alongside her older sister.

1804–1839 · Modern

Marie Yi Yon-hui (Korean: 이연희 마리아) was a Korean Christian laywoman and the wife of Damien Nam Myong-hyog. She was born around 1804 in Seoul, Korea, and was beheaded there on September 3, 1839.

1730–1799 · Modern · Daughters of the Divine Saviour (El Salvador)

Saint María Antonia de Paz y Figueroa (religious name María Antonia of Saint Joseph; 1730 – 7 March 1799), later known as Mama Antula in Santiagueño Quechua, was a Catholic religious sister who established the Daughters of the Divine Savior (Spanish: Hijas del Divino Salvador).

1820–1886 · Modern

María Vicenta Rosal Vásquez, Beth. (in religion, María de la Encarnación del Corazón de Jesús; 26 October 1815 - 24 August 1886) was a Guatemalan Catholic member of the Bethlemite Sisters.

1702–1745 · Modern · Dominican Order

Mateusz Alonso de Leciniana was a Dominican Catholic priest and missionary born in 1702 in Nava del Rey. He died in 1745 in Hanoi by decapitation. He is recognized as a blessed saint within the Catholic Church.

1813–1847 · Modern

Saint Matthew Lê Văn Gẫm (born c. 1813 in Gò Công, Vietnam; died May 11, 1847, in Chợ Đũi, Đồng Nai Province, Vietnam) was a martyr and a saint of the Catholic Church. Matthew Lê Văn Gẫm was born in Gò Công to parents Paul Lê Văn Lại and Mary Nguyễn Thị Nhiệm.

1808–1861 · Modern

Saint Matthew Nguyễn Văn Đắc (Phượng) (born c. 1808 in Kẻ Lài, Quảng Bình province, Vietnam; died May 26, 1861, near Đồng Hới, Quảng Bình province, Vietnam) was a martyr and a saint of the Catholic Church.

1808–1857 · Modern

Michael Hồ Đình Hy (胡廷僖; 1808– 22 May 1857) was a Vietnamese mandarin official who was martyred for his Roman Catholic belief during the persecutions by Emperor Tự Đức. He was canonized in 1988 along with another 116 Vietnamese Martyrs.

1804–1838 · Modern

Saint Michael Nguyễn Huy Mỹ (Vietnamese: Micae Nguyễn Huy Mỹ) (born c. 1804 in Kẻ Vĩnh, Vietnam – died August 12, 1838, in Bảy Mẫu, Vietnam) was a martyr and a saint of the Catholic Church. Michael Nguyễn Huy Mỹ was born in Kẻ Vĩnh.

1800–1772 · Modern

Saint Michel de Vourlá was born in Urla in 1800 and died in İzmir in 1771. He was a citizen of the Ottoman Empire.

1623–1703 · Modern

Mitrophan or Mitrofan of Voronezh (Russian transliteration) or Metrophanes of Voronezh (English name) (1623 - 1703) was appointed in 1682 the first bishop of Voronezh. He is reputed to have possessed miracle-working powers.

1832–1869 · Modern · Dominican Order

Narcisa de Jesús Martillo Morán (29 October 1832 – 8 December 1869) was an Ecuadorian virgin and Dominican tertiary in the Roman Catholic Church.

1814–1860 · Modern · First Order of Saint Francis

Nicanor Ascanio was a Spanish Catholic priest, friar, and missionary of the Order of Friars Minor who was born in Villarejo de Salvanés in 1814. He died in Damascus in 1860 and is recognized as a canonized saint of the Catholic Church.

1792–1839 · Modern

Saint Nicholas Bùi Đức Thể (Vietnamese: Nicôla Bùi Đức Thể) (born c. 1792 in Kiên Trung, Nam Định Province, Vietnam – died June 13, 1839, in Thừa Thiên, Vietnam) was a martyr and a saint of the Catholic Church. The exact date of Nicholas Bùi Đức Thể's birth is unknown.

1650–1709 · Modern · Order of the Minims

Nicola Saggio was an Italian Roman Catholic professed oblate of the Order of Minims. He was beatified on 17 September 1786 and was canonized as a saint of the Roman Catholic Church on 23 November 2014.

1808–1858 · Modern

Nimatullah Kassab OLM, also known as "Al-Hardini" in reference to his birth village, (1808 – 14 December 1858) was a Lebanese monk, priest and scholar of the Maronite Church. He has been declared a saint by the Catholic Church.

1817–1836 · Modern

Nunzio Sulprizio (13 April 1817 – 5 May 1836) was an Italian Roman Catholic from Pescara who worked as an apprentice blacksmith. He suffered from poor health during his brief life and was considered to those who knew him to be a gentle and pious individual.

1757–1842 · Modern

Schema-nun Olimpiada (1757, Iași – 1842, Văratec Monastery) was a Romanian nun and the founder of Văratec Monastery. She was canonized as a saint by the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church during its session on July 1, 2025, under the title Saint Venerable Olimpiada of Văr…

1786–1818 · Modern

Saint Onuphrius the New Martyr of Hilandar is an Orthodox Bulgarian saint who practiced asceticism at the Serbian monastery of Hilandar. He was born in Gabrovo, in the Eparchy of Tarnovo, Bulgaria.

1786–1818 · Modern

Saint Onuphrius the New Martyr of Chios (1786–1818) is a saint of the Orthodox Church commemorated on January 4. He is believed to have been a native of the village of Gabrovo in the region of Tarnovo in present-day Bulgaria.

1722–1773 · Modern

Saint Paisius of Hilendar or Paìsiy Hilendàrski (Bulgarian: Свети Паисий Хилендарски; 1722–1773) was a Bulgarian Orthodox clergyman and a key figure of the Bulgarian National Revival.

1816–1865 · Modern

Paola Elisabetta Cerioli (28 January 1816 – 24 December 1865), born Costanza Cerioli, was an Italian Roman Catholic widow and the founder of both the Institute of Sisters of the Holy Family and the congregation of the Family of Bergamo.