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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

1809–1873 · Modern

Andrei Șaguna was a Metropolitan bishop of the Romanian Orthodox Church in Transylvania, and one of the Romanian community political leaders in the Habsburg monarchy, especially active during the 1848 Revolution. He was an honorary member of the Romanian Academy.

1795–1839 · Modern

Andrew Trần An Dũng-Lạc was a Vietnamese Roman Catholic priest. He was executed by beheading during the reign of Minh Mạng. He was canonized by Pope John Paul II on 19 June 1988 and recognized as one of the 117 Vietnamese Martyrs.

1856–1886 · Modern

Andrew Kaggwa (or Andrea Kaahwa) (1856 – May 26, 1886) was a Ugandan Catholic martyr killed for his faith. He was one of many Christians put to death by King Mwanga II between 1885 and 1887. He was the king Mwanga's bandmaster-General, the Mugowa.

1821–1846 · Modern

Andrew Kim Taegon (21 August 1821 – 16 September 1846), also referred to as Andrew Kim in English, was the first Korean Catholic priest and is the patron saint of Korean clergy.

1669–1739 · Modern · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Luca Antonio Falcone (19 October 1669 – 30 October 1739) – in religious life Angelo – was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Franciscan Order of Friars Minor Capuchin in Cosenza.

1782–1839 · Modern

Anna Pak Agi (Korean: 박아기 안나; 1782 – 24 May 1839) is one of 103 Korean Martyrs. Her feast day is May 24, and she is also venerated along with the rest of the 103 Korean martyrs on September 20. Anna Pak A-gi [Agi] was born in 1783 in Gangcheon, Joseon. Her family was Catholic.

1779–1851 · Modern

Anne-Marie Javouhey, SJC (November 10, 1779 – July 15, 1851) was a French nun who founded the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Cluny. She is venerated in the Roman Catholic Church.

1768–1838 · Modern

Anne-Marie Rivier (19 December 1768 – 3 February 1838) was a French Catholic religious sister and the foundress of the Sisters of the Presentation of Mary.

1650–1716 · Modern

Anthim the Iberian (Romanian: Antim Ivireanul, Georgian: ანთიმოზ ივერიელი – Antimoz Iverieli; secular name: Andria; 1650 — September or October 1716) was a Georgian theologian, scholar, calligrapher, philosopher and one of the greatest ecclesiastic figures of Wallachia, led the p…

1660–1740 · Modern

Anthony, also spelled Antony, is a masculine given name derived from the Antonii, a gens (Roman family name) to which Mark Antony (Marcus Antonius) belonged. According to Plutarch, the Antonii gens were Heracleidae, being descendants of Anton, a son of Heracles.

1697–1772 · Modern

Metropolitan Arsenius (secular name Alexander Ioannovich Matsieyevich, Russian: Алекса́ндр Иоа́ннович Мацее́вич; 1697, Volodymyr – 28 February 1772, Reval) was bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church, metropolitan of Rostov and Yaroslavl who protested against the confiscation of th…

1814–1856 · Modern

Auguste Chapdelaine, Chinese name Mǎ Lài (Chinese: 馬賴; 6 February 1814 – 29 February 1856) was a French Christian missionary of the Paris Foreign Missions Society.

1822–1851 · Modern

Augustin Schoeffler (22 November 1822–1 May 1851) was a French saint and martyr in the Catholic Church and a member of the Paris Foreign Missions Society. He was a priest in Lorraine who joined the Foreign Missions of Paris.

1746–1815 · Modern

Augustine Zhao Rong (Chinese name: 趙榮; 赵荣; Zhào Róng; 1746–1815) was a Chinese Catholic priest who was martyred in 1815. He was canonized by Pope John Paul II on October 1, 2000, as one of the 120 Martyrs of China. He was born in 1746 in Wuchuan county of Guizhou.

1831–1877 · Modern · Order of the Brothers Discalced of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel

Louis Martin (22 August 1823 – 29 July 1894) and Azélie-Marie "Zélie" Guérin Martin (23 December 1831 – 28 August 1877) were a French Catholic couple and the parents of five nuns, including Thérèse of Lisieux, a Carmelite canonized by the Catholic Church in 1925, and her elder si…

1764 · Modern

Baba Mastnath (born 1764) was a Hindu saint. He was born in bohr village in Rohtak district in the Indian state of Haryana. His father named Sabla belongs to Rebari Hindu community. He is a reincarnation of Guru Gorakhnath.

1825–1839 · Modern

Saint Barbara Yi (Korean: 이 바르바라; Hanja: 李巴巴拉; 1825–1839) was a 14-year-old Korean girl who was made a Catholic saint. She was imprisoned for her faith and died during her imprisonment on 27 May 1839, in Seoul, Joseon.

1791–1858 · Modern · Ursulines

Benedetta Cambiagio Frassinello was an Italian Roman Catholic professed religious and the founder of the Benedictine Sisters of Providence. Frassinello married to appease her parents in 1816 but the couple decided to lead a chaste life and both pursued a call to the religious lif…

1748–1783 · Modern · Third Order of Saint Francis

Benedict Joseph Labre, TOSF (French: Benoît-Joseph Labre, 26 March 1748 – 16 April 1783) was a French Franciscan tertiary, and Catholic saint. Labre was from a well-to-do family near Arras, France.

1805–1862 · Modern · Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools

Benildus Romançon, F.S.C. (French: Bénilde; born Pierre Romançon; 14 June 1805 – 13 August 1862) was a French schoolteacher and member of the Brothers of the Christian Schools (De La Salle Brothers) who was declared a saint by the Catholic Church in 1948.

1755–1838 · Modern

Bernard Vu Van Due, (Vietnamese: Thánh Bênađô Vũ Văn Duệ) (1755 – 1 August 1838) was a Vietnamese convert to Catholicism. He became a priest and worked as a missionary in the country for several decades.

1839–1894 · Modern · Franciscans

Caterina Volpicelli (21 January 1839 – 28 December 1894) was an Italian Roman Catholic professed religious and the foundress of the Maids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church.

1806–1876 · Modern · Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul

Catherine Labouré, DC (May 2, 1806 – December 31, 1876) was a French member of the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul and a Marian visionary.

1828–1898 · Modern · Lebanese Maronite Order

Charbel Makhlouf, O.L.M. (born Youssef Antoun Makhlouf; Arabic: شربل مخلوف, May 8, 1828 – December 24, 1898) was a Lebanese Maronite monk and priest. During his life, he obtained a wide reputation for holiness, and for his ability to unite Christians, Muslims and Druze.

1821–1893 · Modern · Passionists

Charles of Mount Argus (11 December 1821 – 5 January 1893), was a Dutch Passionist priest who served in 19th-century Ireland. He gained a reputation for his compassion for the sick and those in need of guidance.

1782–1861 · Modern

Eugène de Mazenod, OMI (born Charles-Joseph-Eugène de Mazenod; 1 August 1782 – 21 May 1861) was a French aristocrat and Catholic bishop who founded the congregation of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate.

1819–1840 · Modern

Saint Barbara Choe Yong-i (Korean: 최영이 바르바라, 1819 – February 1, 1840), also known as Bareubara Choe Yeong-i, was a Korean Roman Catholic laywoman, martyr and saint. She is one of the 103 Korean martyrs. Saint Barbara Choe Yon-gi was born in Seoul, Korea.

1697–1744 · Modern

Chiara Offreduccio (16 July 1194 – 11 August 1253), known as Clare of Assisi (sometimes spelled Clara, Clair or Claire; Italian: Chiara d'Assisi), is an Italian saint who was one of the first followers of Francis of Assisi. Inspired by the teachings of St. Francis, St.

1751–1820 · Modern · Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer

Clement Mary Hofbauer CSsR (Czech: Klement Maria Hofbauer; German: Klemens Maria Hofbauer) (26 December 1751 – 15 March 1820) was a Moravian hermit and later a priest of the Redemptorist congregation. He established his congregation, founded in Italy, north of the Alps.

1814–1894 · Modern · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Conrad of Parzham, O.F.M. Cap. (22 December 1818 – 21 April 1894), was a German Capuchin lay brother. He served for over 40 years in the post of porter of the Capuchin friary in Altötting, through which work he gained a widespread reputation for his wisdom and holiness.

1654–1714 · Modern

Constantin Brâncoveanu was Prince of Wallachia between 1688 and 1714. Constantin Brâncoveanu was the son of Pope Brâncoveanu (Matthew) and his wife, Stanca Cantacuzino. Maternally, he was a descendant of the noble Greek family Cantacuzino.

1714–1779 · Modern

Kosmas the Aetolian, sometimes Cosmas the Aetolian or Patrokosmas "Father Kosmas" (Greek: Κοσμᾶς ὁ Αἰτωλός, Kosmas Etolos; c. 1714 – 24 August 1779) was a monk, who is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church.

1668–1750 · Modern · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Crispino da Viterbo (13 November 1668 – 19 May 1750) - born Pietro Fioretti - was an Italian Roman Catholic professed religious from Order of Friars Minor Capuchin.