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1661–1734 · Modern · Lay Carmelites

Mariangela Virgili (September 8, 1661, Ronciglione – November 10, 1734, Ronciglione) was an Italian laywoman of the Third Order of Carmel and a mystic.

1707–1788 · Modern

Mariano Arciero (26 February 1707 – 16 February 1788) was an Italian priest of the Roman Catholic Church. As a priest in Naples he exercised his functions as both a pastor and theologian, and was later known as the "Apostle of Calabria" due to his tireless apostolate and efforts…

1778–1866 · Modern · Franciscans

Mariano da Roccacasale (13 January 1778 – 31 May 1866) - born Domenico di Nicolantonio - was an Italian Roman Catholic professed religious from the Order of Friars Minor.

1759–1802 · 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.

1798–1866 · Modern · Sisters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary

Marie-Amélie Fristel, born in Saint-Malo on October 10, 1798, and died in Paramé on October 14, 1866, was a French religious sister. She dedicated her life to education, the poor, and particularly the elderly.

1806–1885 · Modern

Marie-Josephte Fitzbach (October 16, 1806 – September 1, 1885) was the founder of the Good Shepherd Sisters of Québec. The daughter of Charles Fitzbach, a native of Luxembourg, and Geneviève Nadeau, she was born in St-Vallier de Bellechasse, Lower Canada.

1781–1858 · Modern

Marie-Madeleine d'Houët (1781–1858) also known as Viscountess de Bonnault d'Houët, was a French widow and single mother who, later in her life, was inspired by zeal for God and guided by Ignatian spirituality to found a religious institute of Religious Sisters known as the Faithf…

1794–1864 · Modern

Marie-Rosalie Cadron-Jetté, SM (January 27, 1794 – April 5, 1864), religious name Marie of the Nativity, was a Canadian widow and midwife who undertook the charitable care of unwed and struggling mothers between 1840 and 1864.

1708–1768 · Modern

Venerable Marie-Thérèse Scherrer was a nun and abbess born in Genoa in 1708. She died in Fanano in 1768.

1810–1829 · Modern

Martha, born Maria Semyonovna Milyukova, was an Orthodox Christian monastic saint. She entered the Diveyevo Convent with her older sister at the age of 13. Despite her youth, her spiritual director, the future Saint Seraphim of Sarov, allowed her to become a novice.

1784–1882 · Modern · Oblate Sisters of Providence

Mary Elizabeth Lange, OSP (born Elizabeth Clarisse Lange; c. 1789 – February 3, 1882) was an American religious sister in Baltimore, Maryland who founded the Oblate Sisters of Providence in 1829, the first African-American religious congregation in the United States.

1801–1840 · Modern

Marie Yi Seong-rye (in Korean: Yi Seong-rye Maria) was a Korean Christian laywoman and martyr, born in 1801 in Hongju, Chungcheong, Korea, and beheaded on January 31, 1840, at Danggogae, near Seoul.

1813–1859 · Modern · Society of African Missions

Melchior-Marie-Joseph de Marion-Brésillac, S.M.A. (2 December 1813 – 25 June 1859) was a French Catholic prelate and the founder of the Society of African Missions. Brésillac was born at Castelnaudary, France, on December 2, 1813. He was eldest of five children.

1797–1863 · Modern · Society of Priests of the Sacred Heart of Betharram

Michel Garicoïts (15 April 1797 – 14 May 1863) was a French Basque Roman Catholic priest and the founder of the Congregation of the Sacred Heart of Jesus of Bétharram. He combated Jansenism in his parish due to the threat that it posed to the faith.

1782–1862 · Modern

Moses, born Timofey Ivanovich Putilov (January 15, 1782, in Borisoglebsky; died June 16, 1862, in Kozelsk), was the superior and starets of the Optina Monastery and an Orthodox monastic saint.

1728–1784 · Modern · Presentation Sisters

Honora "Nano" Nagle (c. 1718 – 26 April 1784) was an Irish Catholic religious sister who served as a pioneer of Catholic education in Ireland despite legal prohibitions.

1749–1809 · Modern

Nicodemus the Hagiorite or Nicodemus of the Holy Mountain (Greek: Ὅσιος Νικόδημος ὁ Ἁγιορείτης; 1749 – July 14, 1809) was a Greek ascetic monk, mystic, theologian, and philosopher, venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church.

1790–1865 · Modern

Nicola Mazza (10 March 1790 – 2 August 1865) was an Italian Catholic priest known for his work in the African missions of the 19th century. He was dedicated to both the evangelization of Central Africa (he used to be called "Don Congo" due to this) and equal access to a good educ…

1830–1860 · Modern · Franciscans

Nicolás María Alberca y Torres was a Spanish Catholic priest and Franciscan missionary born in Aguilar de la Frontera in 1830. He died in Damascus in 1860 and is recognized as a Venerable in the Catholic Church.

1723–1794 · Modern

Paisius Velichkovsky or Wieliczkowski (Paisie de la Neamţ in Romanian; Паисий Величковский in Russian; Паїсій Величковський in Ukrainian; 20 December 1722 – 15 November 1794) was an Eastern Orthodox monk and theologian who helped spread staretsdom or the concept of the spiritual…

1811–1889 · Modern

Paula Delpuig i Gelabert, known in religion as Paula of Saint Louis (Malgrat de Mar, Maresme, February 3, 1811 – Vic, Osona, February 23, 1889), was a sister of the Carmelite Sisters of Charity, or Vedrunas, and the second superior general of the congregation.

1799–1862 · Modern

Pauline Marie Jaricot (22 July 1799 – 9 January 1862) was a French member of the Third Order of Saint Dominic. She also was the founder of the Society of the Propagation of the Faith and the Association of the Living Rosary.

1874–1897 · Modern · Society of Jesus

Petar Barbarić, SJ (19 May 1874 – 15 April 1897) is a Bosnian Herzegovinian Catholic novice from Šiljevišta, near Ljubuški, Bosnia Vilayet (modern Bosnia and Herzegovina, who was in the midst of his studies for the priesthood before he died of tuberculosis.

1642–1704 · Modern · Society of Jesus

Johann Philipp Jeningen (5 January 1642 – 8 February 1704) was a German Roman Catholic priest from Eichstätt in Bavaria. He served as a popular missionary at the shrine of Our Lady of Schönenberg and attracted many pilgrims from across the globe.

1766–1853 · Modern

Pierre Toussaint was a formerly enslaved Haitian-American hairdresser and philanthropist, brought to New York City by his enslavers in 1787. He was declared Venerable by Pope John Paul II in 1996.

1757–1793 · Modern · Premonstratensians

Pierre-Adrien Toulorge (4 May 1757 – 13 October 1793) was a French Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Premonstratensians and was killed during the French Revolution - he also remained in hiding for most of the revolution and celebrated secret Masses and administe…

1793–1861 · Modern

Pierre-Bienvenu Noailles, born on October 27, 1793, in Bordeaux, France, and died on February 8, 1861, in the same city, was a Catholic priest and founder of the Congregation of the Holy Family of Bordeaux. His cause for beatification was introduced on June 23, 1944.

1810–1880 · Modern

Born in Vologda in 1810, the Venerable Pimen served as a deacon and presbyter within Eastern Orthodoxy. He died at the Ugresha Monastery in 1880.

1815–1877 · Modern

Placide Viel (26 September 1815 — 4 March 1877), born Eulalie-Victoire Jacqueline Viel, was a French Roman Catholic professed religious and mother general who was active in organizing relief during the Franco-Prussian War.

1737–1787 · Modern · Order of Discalced Nuns of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel

Louise of France, OCD (Louise-Marie; 15 July 1737 – 23 December 1787) was a French princess and Discalced Carmelite, the youngest of the ten children of King Louis XV and Queen Maria Leszczyńska.

1790–1868 · Modern

Rafael Cordero y Molina (October 24, 1790 – July 5, 1868), known as Maestro Cordero, was a self-educated Afro–Puerto Rican who provided free schooling to the children of his city regardless of race or social standing.

1838–1887 · Modern · Dominican Sisters of the Immaculate Conception (Krakow)

Marie Colombe Białecka (Jaśniszcze, August 23, 1838 – Wielowieś, March 18, 1887) was a Polish Catholic nun, founder of the Sisters of St. Dominic of Cracow, and recognized as venerable by the Catholic Church.

1700–1700 · Modern

Saint Demetrius the New, or Saint Demetrius of Basarabov, is an Orthodox saint of Bulgarian origin, the patron saint of Bucharest and Wallachia.

1816–1889 · Modern

Salvador Valera Parra (27 February 1816 – 15 March 1889), also known as "Cura Valera", was a Spanish Catholic priest who served in the provinces of Murcia and Almería. He was declared Venerable by Pope Francis in March 2021.

1754–1833 · Modern

Seraphim of Sarov (Russian: Серафим Саровский; 30 July [O.S. 19 July] 1754 or 1759 – 14 January [O.S. 2 January] 1833), born Prókhor Isídorovich Moshnín (Mashnín) [Про́хор Иси́дорович Мошни́н (Машни́н)], is one of the most renowned Russian saints and is venerated in the Eastern O…

1792–1849 · Modern

Severino Fabriani (January 7, 1792, Spilamberto – August 27, 1849, Modena) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and founder of the Congregation of the Daughters of Providence for the Deaf. The Catholic Church venerates him as Venerable.

1689–1787 · Modern

Schemarchimandrite Synesius (Ivanov) (1689, Priluki — May 10 [21], 1787) was a schemarchimandrite of the Ascension Monastery in Irkutsk and a venerable saint of the Russian Church.

1810–1877 · Modern

Sisto Riario Sforza (5 December 1810 – 29 September 1877) was an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal who served as the Archbishop of Naples from 1845 until his death.

1826–1887 · Modern

María Soledad Torres y Acosta (2 December 1826 – 11 October 1887) - born Manuela - was a Spanish Roman Catholic professed religious and the founder of the Servants of Mary.

1665–1741 · Modern · Dominican Order

María de San Antonio Lorenzo y Fuentes or Sor María de San Antonino (August 5, 1665 in Garachico, Tenerife – May 10, 1741 in Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife) was a Dominican religious sister and Spanish mystic.

1843–1897 · Modern · Carmelites

Teresa Jornet Ibars, HAD (9 January 1843 – 26 August 1897), also known as Saint Teresa of Jesus, was a Spanish religious sister who founded of the Little Sisters of the Abandoned Elderly.

1782–1838 · Modern

Carlo Tancredi Falletti di Barolo (26 October 1782 – 4 September 1838) was an Italian Roman Catholic noble who, with his wife Juliette Colbert, co-founded the Sisters of Saint Anne. Born and raised in Turin, Falletti came from a long line of nobles originally from France.

1676–1748 · Modern · Dominican Order

Teresa Chikaba, OP (Ewe: Chicaba or Chicava; c. 1676 – 6 December 1748) was an African princess captured by Spanish traders and brought to Spain, where she was enslaved. She later gained freedom and became a Dominican nun.

1826–1898 · Modern · Carmelite Sisters of Saint Joseph

Thérèse Toda y Juncosa (Teresa Toda i Juncosa, in religion Thérèse of Saint Joseph), born August 19, 1826, in Riudecanyes (Catalonia, Spain) and died July 30, 1898, in Barcelona, was a wife and mother.

1718–1791 · Modern

Theodore of Sanaksar (born Ivan Ignatievich Ushakov in 1718 in the village of Burnakovo, Rybinsk Uyezd, Yaroslavl Province; died February 19, 1791 (March 2 in the Gregorian calendar)) was a monk of the Russian Orthodox Church and the uncle of Admiral Fyodor Fyodorovich Ushakov.

1821–1861 · Modern

Choe Yang-Eop Thomas (1 March 1821 – 15 June 1861), also spelled Ch'oe Yang-Ōp Thomas, was a Korean Roman Catholic priest during the Joseon dynasty, who travelled across Eastern Asia as a seminarian and priest before settling at last after a period of persecution back in his home…

1780–1841 · Modern

Palackal Thoma Malpan (c. 1780–1841) was an Indian Catholic priest of the Syro-Malabar Church based in India. He was the senior priest and founder who envisaged the formation of the first native religious institution in India, Carmelites of Mary Immaculate also known as C.M.I.

1809–1860 · Modern

Théodelinde Bourcin-Dubouché, known commonly as Marie-Thérèse of the Heart of Jesus (French: Marie-Thérèse du Cœur de Jésus) (2 May 1809, Montauban – 30 August 1863, Paris), was a Roman Catholic French nun, artist, and founder of the Sisters of Adoration in Paris, France.

1805–1885 · Modern · Sisters of the Cenacle

Thérèse Couderc (1 February 1805 – 26 September 1885) - born Marie-Victoire Couderc - was a French religious sister and the co-founder of the Sisters of the Cenacle.

1628–1703 · Modern · Capuchin Poor Clares

Ursula Micaela Morata (Cartagena, Spain, 21 October 1628 – Alicante, Spain, 9 January 1703) was a nun, mystic, and founder of the convent of the Capuchin Poor Clares in Alicante, Spain. Born into a well-to-do family, Morata was the youngest of thirteen brothers and sisters.