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1815–1848 · Modern

Maria Domenica Lazzeri (1815–1848) also known as "la Meneghina" was an Italian mystic. She would become the most famous stigmatic of Tyrol. The cause for her beatification was started in 1995. Maria Domenica Lazzeri was born on 16 May 1815 in Capriana, Italy.

1813–1884 · Modern

Maria Gay Tibau (Llagostera, October 24, 1813 – Girona, March 18, 1884) was a religious sister from Girona and founder of the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Girona.

1653–1705 · Modern · Third Order of Saint Francis

Maria Hueber (22 May 1653 – 31 July 1705) was a Tyrolean religious sister, a pioneer in educating girls in and foundress of a congregation of the Third Order of Saint Francis in Brixen.

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.

1782–1824 · Modern

Maria Luisa of Spain was a Spanish infanta, daughter of King Charles IV and Maria Luisa of Parma. In 1795, she married her first cousin Louis of Bourbon-Parma, heir apparent to the Duchy of Parma.

1687–1737 · Modern · Capuchin Poor Clares

Maria Maddalena Martinengo (5 October 1687 – 27 July 1737), born Margherita Martinengo, was an Italian Roman Catholic professed nun of the order of the Capuchin Poor Clare nuns.

1770–1824 · Modern · Third Order of Saint Francis

Caterina Sordini (16 April 1770 – 29 November 1824) was an Italian Roman Catholic professed religious that established the Sisters of Perpetual Adoration, in latin Adoratrices Perpetuae Sanctissimi Sacramenti, devoted to the Eucharist.

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.

1817–1872 · Modern

Maria Luise Merkert (21 September 1817 in Neisse, Prussia - 14 November 1872 in Neisse) was a German Roman Catholic professed religious and the co-foundress of the Sisters of Saint Elizabeth.

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.

1807–1890 · Modern

Maria Repetto (1 November 1807 – 5 January 1890) was an Italian Roman Catholic professed religious from the Sisters of Our Lady of Refuge in Mount Calvary.

1734–1801 · Modern · Sisters of the Most Holy Trinity (Rome)

Maria Teresa Cucchiari (1734–1801), in religion Mother Maria Teresa of the Most Holy Trinity, was an Italian religious sister and educator, and the founder of the Congregation of the Trinitarian Sisters of Rome.

1825–1889 · Modern · Carmelites

Maria Scrilli, religious name Maria Teresa of Jesus, (15 May 1825 – 14 November 1889) was an Italian religious sister who established the Sisters of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. Scrilli became a noted educator and opened several schools.

1782–1876 · Modern

Jeanne Haze (27 February 1782 – 7 January 1876), also known by her religious name Marie-Thérèse of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, was a Belgian Roman Catholic professed religious and the foundress of the Daughters of the Cross.

1825–1888 · Modern · Third Order of Saint Francis

Anna Maria Katherina Scherer (31 October 1825 – 16 June 1888) was a Swiss religious sister and the co-founder of the Sisters of Mercy of the Holy Cross. She founded that congregation alongside the Capuchin priest Theodosius Florentini.

1826–1886 · Modern · Franciscans

Maria Velotti (16 November 1826 - 3 September 1886), religious name Maria Luigia del Santissimo Sacramento, was an Italian religious sister. She was a member in the Third Order of Saint Francis and the founder of the Suore Francescane Adoratrici della Santa Croce.

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.

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.

1754–1794 · Modern

Marie Anne Pichery was born in 1754 in Chalonnes-sur-Loire and died in 1794 in Angers. She is recognized as blessed.

1817–1887 · Modern

Mother Marie-Louise Angélique Clarac, born on April 6, 1817, in Auch, France, and died on June 21, 1887, in Moncalieri, in the province of Turin, Italy, was a French religious sister, founder of the Sisters of Charity of Saint Mary, and has been recognized as a Servant of God by…

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.

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.

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.

1684–1759 · Modern

Marie Louise Trichet, also known as Marie-Louise de Jésus (1684–1759), was a French Catholic figure who, with Louis de Montfort, founded the Congregation of religious women called Daughters of Wisdom and since the age of seventeen devoted her life to caring for the poor and the s…

1653–1744 · Modern · Dominican Order

Marie Poussepin (14 October 1653 – 24 January 1744) was a French Dominican who founded the congregation of the Dominican Sisters of Charity of the Presentation.

1811–1849 · Modern · Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary

Marie-Rose Durocher, SNJM (6 October 1811 – 6 October 1849) was a Canadian Catholic religious sister who founded the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary. She was beatified in 1982.

1841–1884 · Modern

Marie Deluil-Martiny (28 May 1841 – 27 February 1884), known in religion as Marie of Jesus, was a French Catholic religious sister and the founder of the Daughters of the Heart of Jesus. She was murdered by the convent's gardener in 1884.

1723–1794 · Modern

Marie de La Dive was born in 1723 in Saint-Crespin-sur-Moine, France, and was married to François du Verdier de La Sorinière. She died in Angers in 1794 and is recognized as blessed.

1661–1717 · Modern · Order of Discalced Nuns of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel

Marianna Fontanella, OCD (7 January 1661 – 16 December 1717), also known as Maria degli Angeli or Mary of the Angels, was an Italian Catholic member of the Discalced Carmelites.

1742–1794 · Modern · Order of Discalced Nuns of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel

Born in 1742 in Fresnes-Mazancourt, France, Marie du Saint Esprit was a Catholic nun of the Order of Discalced Nuns of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel. She died by decapitation in Paris in 1794 and is recognized as blessed by the Catholic Church.

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.

1734–1794 · Modern

Marie-Anne Vaillot was a French nun born in 1734 in Fontainebleau. She died in 1794 in Avrillé and has been beatified as a blessed.

1762–1792 · Modern · Society of Saint-Sulpice

Marie-Auguste Luzeau de la Mulonnière was a Catholic priest and member of the Society of Saint-Sulpice born in 1762 in Sucé-sur-Erdre. He died in 1792 at the Carmes Prison and is recognized as a blessed.

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.

1878–1897 · Modern · Poor Clares

Jeanne-Germaine Castang (24 May 1878 – 30 May 1897) – in religious Marie-Céline of the Presentation – was a French Roman Catholic nun from the Poor Clares.

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.

1765–1794 · Modern · Order of Discalced Nuns of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel

The Martyrs of Compiègne were the 16 members of the Carmel of Compiègne, France: 11 Discalced Carmelite nuns, three lay sisters, and two externs (or tertiaries).

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.

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.

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.

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…

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.

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.

1840–1881 · Modern

Marie-Élisabeth Turgeon (7 February 1840 – 17 August 1881), born as Élisabeth Turgeon, was a Canadian religious sister and the founder of the Sisters of Our Lady of the Rosary. She assumed the name Marie-Élisabeth as her religious name.

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.

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.