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1826–1839 · Modern

Peter Yu Tae-chol (Korean: 유대철 베드로; c. 1826 – October 31, 1839) was one of the 103 canonised Korean Martyrs martyred during the Gihae persecution of 1839, and a son of a government interpreter named Augustine Nyou Tjin-kil, also a martyr.

1800–1815 · Modern

Peter the Aleut (Russian: Пётр Алеу́т, romanized: Pyotr Aleút), born Cungagnaq (spelling varies) (Russian: Чукагнак, romanized: Chukagnak; died 1815), is venerated as a martyr and saint by the Eastern Orthodox Church.

1780–1857 · Modern

Peter Đoàn Văn Vân (born c. 1780 in Kẻ Bói, Hà Nam province, Vietnam; died May 25, 1857, in Sơn Tây, Vietnam) was a catechist, a martyr, and a saint of the Catholic Church. Peter Đoàn Văn Vân was born in the village of Kẻ Bói, Hà Nam province.

1802–1862 · Modern

Peter Đinh Văn Thuần (Vietnamese: Phêrô Đinh Văn Thuần) (born c. 1802 in Đông Phú, Thái Bình province, Vietnam – died June 6, 1862, in Nam Định, Vietnam) was a saint of the Catholic Church and a martyr. He was born in Đông Phú, Thái Bình province.

1802–1862 · Modern

Peter Đa (Vietnamese: Phêrô Đa) (born c. 1802 in Ngọc Cục, Nam Định Province, Vietnam – died June 17, 1862, in Nam Định, Vietnam) was a catechist, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church. Peter Đa was born around 1802 in Ngọc Cục, Nam Định Province.

1800–1862 · Modern

Peter Đinh Văn Dũng (Vietnamese: Phêrô Đinh Văn Dũng) (born c. 1800 in Đông Phú, Thái Bình province, Vietnam – died June 6, 1862, in Nam Định, Vietnam) was a catechist, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church. Peter Đinh Văn Dũng was born in Đông Phú, Thái Bình province.

1766–1838 · Modern

Peter Nguyễn Bá Tuần (Vietnamese: Phêrô Nguyễn Bá Tuần) (born 1766 in Ngọc Đồng, Hưng Yên province, Vietnam – died July 15, 1838, in Nam Định, Vietnam) was a priest, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church. Peter Tuần was born in Ngọc Đồng, Hưng Yên province.

1797–1838 · Modern · Third Order of Saint Dominic

Saint Francis Đỗ Văn Chiểu (born c. 1797 in Trung Lễ, Nam Định Province, Vietnam – died June 25, 1838, in Nam Định, Vietnam) was a catechist, a Dominican tertiary, a martyr, and a saint of the Catholic Church. Francis Đỗ Văn Chiểu came from Trung Lễ, Nam Định Province.

1830–1859 · Modern

Paul Lê Văn Lộc (born c. 1830 in An Nhơn, Vietnam; died February 13, 1859, in Saigon, Vietnam) was a priest, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church. Orphaned at the age of 10, Paul Lê Văn Lộc was taken in by a priest who subsequently sent him to a seminary.

1812–1861 · Modern

Phero Nguyen Van Luu was a Catholic priest born in 1812. He died by decapitation in 1861 in Mỹ Tho. He is recognized as a Catholic saint and blessed.

1783–1867 · Modern

Metropolitan Philaret (secular name Vasily Mikhaylovich Drozdov, Василий Михайлович Дроздов; 26 December 1782 – 1 December 1867) was Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna and the most influential figure in the Russian Orthodox Church for more than 40 years, from 1821 to 1867.

1815–1853 · Modern

Saint Philip Phan Văn Minh (born c. 1815 in Cái Mơn, Vĩnh Long province, Vietnam; died July 3, 1853, in Đinh Khao, Vietnam) was a priest, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church. He was the youngest of 14 children born to Dominic Phan Văn Đức and Anna Tiêu.

1837–1866 · Modern

Pierre Aumaître was a French Catholic priest and missionary born in Charente in 1837. He died by decapitation in Seoul in 1866. He is recognized as a saint in the Catholic Church.

1808–1838 · Modern

Pierre-Rose-Ursule Dumoulin-Borie (20 February 1808 – 24 November 1838) was a French Catholic missionary priest and a member of the Paris Foreign Missions Society. He is a Catholic saint, canonized in 1988 along with other Vietnamese Martyrs.

1803–1839 · Modern

Pierre Maubant (Vassy, September 20, 1803 – Saenamteo, Seoul, September 21, 1839) was a Catholic missionary of the Paris Foreign Missions Society who was among the first missionaries to enter the hermit kingdom of Korea.

1818–1860 · Modern

Pierre-François Néron (1818–1860), born in Bornay (Jura) on September 21, 1818, admitted to the Paris Foreign Missions Society on August 1, 1846, ordained a priest on June 17, 1848, and martyred in Tonkin (Vietnam) on November 3, 1860, is the only martyr from the Jura.

1839–1866 · Modern

Pierre Henri Dorie (1839–1866) was a French missionary of the Paris Foreign Missions Society, who was martyred in Korea in 1866. His feast day is 7 March, and he is also venerated along with the rest of the 103 Korean Martyrs on 20 September.

1763–1839 · Modern

Pietro Trương Văn Thi (Ké-So, 1763 – Hanoi, December 21, 1839) was a Vietnamese priest. A Christian from birth, he became a priest and was charged after helping his fellow priest Andrew Dũng-Lạc, with whom he suffered martyrdom.

1790–1838 · Modern

Saint Peter Vu Dang Khoa (1790 – November 24, 1838) was a Vietnamese priest. He is one of the 117 Vietnamese Martyrs, a group of clergy and missionaries who died during religious persecutions in the Asian country between 1745 and 1862.

1796–1838 · Modern · Dominican Order

Peter Nguyễn Văn Tự (Vietnamese: Phêrô Nguyễn Văn Tự) (born c. 1796 in Ninh Cường, Vietnam – died September 5, 1838, in Bắc Ninh, Vietnam) was a Dominican friar, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church.

1710–1766 · Modern · Piarists

Pompilio Maria Pirrotti (29 September 1710 – 15 July 1766), born Domenico Michele Giovan Battista, was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Piarists.

1799–1839 · Modern

Protasius Chŏng Kuk-bo was born in 1799 and died in 1839 in Seoul. A member of the Catholic Church, he died of disease and is recognized as a Catholic saint and blessed.

1784–1839 · Modern

Rose Kim, or Rose Kim No-sa, was a Korean Christian laywoman, martyr, and saint, born in 1784 in Seoul, Korea, and killed there on July 20, 1839.

1815–1876 · Modern

Rosa Francisca Dolors Molas Vallvé (24 March 1815 – 11 June 1876) was a Spanish Roman Catholic religious sister. Following her solemn religious profession she assumed the name of "Maria Rosa" and also established the religious congregation known as the Sisters of Our Lady of Cons…

1769–1852 · Modern · Society of the Sacred Heart

Rose Philippine Duchesne, RSCJ , was a French religious sister and educator whom Pope John Paul II canonized in 1988. A native of France, she immigrated as a missionary to America, and is recognized for her care and education of Indigenous American survivors of the United States…

1656–1728 · Modern

Rose Venerini (9 February 1656 – 7 May 1728), also called Rosa Venerini, was an Italian Roman Catholic saint and virgin who founded the first public schools for girls and young women in Italy.

1776–1857 · Modern

Safta Brâncoveanu (1776–1857) was a Romanian noblewoman and philanthropist. She was the daughter of Teodor Balș and Zoe Rosetti-Balș and married in 1793 to Grigore Brâncoveanu, lord of Craiova.

1805–1816 · Modern

John of Tourkolekas (born 1805 in Tourkolekas, Arcadia; died October 16, 1816, in Monemvasia, Peloponnese) was a martyr and the son of the famous resistance fighter against long-standing Ottoman rule in the Peloponnese, Stamatelos Tourkolekas, and his wife Sophia, née Demetriou K…

1872–1886 · Modern

Saint Kizito (1872 – June 3, 1886) also known as Kizito Omuto, was one of the Martyrs of Uganda and the youngest martyr slain by the King Mwanga II of Buganda.

1805–1871 · Modern · Carmelites

Saint Kuriakose Elias Chavara, CMI (10 February 1805 – 3 January 1871) was an Indian Catholic priest, religious, philosopher and social reformer.

1811–1880 · Modern · Daughters of Our Lady of Mercy

Maria Giuseppa Rossello (27 May 1811 – 7 December 1880) was an Italian religious sister who founded the Daughters of Our Lady of Mercy. She has been declared a saint by the Catholic Church. She was born Benedetta Rossello in Albissola Marina in 1811.

1676–1740 · Modern · Order of Friars Minor

Theophilus of Corte (30 October 1676 – 17 June 1740) - born Biagio Arrighi - was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member from the Order of Friars Minor.

1745–1792 · Modern · Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools

Solomon Leclercq, FSC (born Guillaume-Nicolas-Louis Leclercq; 15 November 1745 – 2 September 1792) was a French religious brother of the Institute of the De La Salle Brothers.

1780–1839 · Modern

Sébastien Nam I-gwan (Korean: 남이관 세바스티아노) was a Korean Christian layman and catechist, born in 1780 in Chungju, Chungcheong Province, Korea, and died on September 26, 1839, at Dangkogae near Seoul.

1794–1895 · Modern

Shah Fazl-e-Rahman was a Sufi, mystic, and ulema born in 1794 in Ganj Muradabad. He lived and died in Ganj Muradabad in 1885 and is venerated as a saint.

1750–1840 · Modern

Saint Simon Hoa was born in 1750 and died in 1840. He is recognized as a saint.

1787–1840 · Modern

Simon Phan Đắc Hoà was a physician born in 1774. A member of the Catholic Church, he died by decapitation in 1840. He is recognized as a Catholic saint and blessed.

1759–1799 · Modern · Benedictines

Siméon Cardon, born Ignace-Alexandre-Joseph Cardon and also known by the Italian name Simeone (Cambrai, March 13, 1759 – Veroli, May 14, 1799), was a French religious.

1814–1866 · Modern

Siméon-François Berneux (14 May 1814 – 8 March 1866) was a French Catholic missionary to Asia, and a member of the Paris Foreign Missions Society who was canonized as a saint. Berneux was executed in the anti-Christian purges at Saenamteo, Seoul, Korea, in 1866.

1740 · Modern

Escrava Anastácia (12 May 1740 – unknown) is a popular folk saint venerated in Brazil. An enslaved woman of African descent, Anastácia is depicted as possessing incredible beauty, having piercing blue eyes and wearing a punitive iron facemask.

1735–1784 · Modern

Solomon I the Great (Georgian: სოლომონ I დიდი) (1735 – April 23, 1784) was a king (mepe) of Imereti from 1752 to 1765 and again from 1767 until his death in 1784.

1845–1888 · Modern

Sophia most commonly refers to: Sophia or SOPHIA may also refer to:

1703–1771 · Modern

Sophronius has been the name of several notable individuals:

1739–1813 · Modern

Saint Sophronius of Vratsa (or Sofroniy Vrachanski; Bulgarian: Софроний Врачански; 1739–1813), born Stoyko Vladislavov (Bulgarian: Стойко Владиславов), was a Bulgarian cleric and one of the leading figures of the early Bulgarian National Revival.

1774–1794 · Modern

Anastasius of Strumica (Bulgarian: Spas Strumski (Solunski), Greek: Anastasios ek Voulgarias; 1774, Radovish, Strumica province — August 8 or 29, 1794, Thessaloniki) was an Eastern Orthodox saint venerated as a martyr.

1808–1838 · Modern

1631–1701 · Modern · Piarists

Stanislaus Papczyński, MIC (18 May 1631 – 17 September 1701), born Jan Papczyński and in religion Stanislaus of Jesus and Mary, was a Polish Catholic priest who founded the Marians of the Immaculate Conception, the first Polish religious order for men.

1787–1840 · Modern

Stephen Min Kuk-ka (Korean: 민극가; Hanja: 閔克可; 1787–1840) was a Korean Roman Catholic saint. He was martyred by strangulation after refusing to deny his faith. His feast day is January 20, and he is also venerated along with the rest of the 103 Korean martyrs on September 20.

1813–1839 · Modern · Third Order of Saint Dominic

Saint Stephen Nguyễn Văn Vinh (Vietnamese: Stêphanô Nguyễn Văn Vinh) (born c. 1813 in Bồ Trang, Vietnam – died December 19, 1839, in Cổ Mễ, Bắc Ninh province, Vietnam) was a Dominican tertiary, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church.

1803–1846 · Modern

U Sur-im (Hangul: 우술임; Hanja: 禹述任), later Suzanne U Sur-im (우술임 수산나), was a Korean Christian laywoman and the wife of Sébastien Nam I-gwan. She was born around 1802 in Gwangju, Gyeonggi Province, Korea, and died in prison on September 20, 1846, in Seoul.