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1816–1883 · Modern

Aimée-Adèle Le Bouteiller (2 December 1816 - 18 March 1883) was a French religious sister of the Sisters of Marie Madeleine Postel. She assumed the religious name Marthe and became noted for her work for the congregation in a range of capacities.

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.…

1737–1800 · Modern

Blessed Martin In Eon-min was a member of the Catholic Church born in 1737. He died in 1800.

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.

1801 · Modern

Martinus Yi Jung-bae was a member of the Catholic Church who died by decapitation in 1801. He is recognized as a blessed.

1799 · Modern · Cistercians

The Martyrs of Casamari were six Cistercian monks, led by Siméon Cardon, who were killed by French soldiers in May 1799 at Casamari Abbey. They are recognized as martyrs by the Catholic Church, and their beatification took place on April 17, 2021. Their feast day is May 16.

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.

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.

1819–1876 · Modern · Poor Sisters of St. Francis

Mary Frances Schervier, (German: Franziska Schervier; 3 January 1819 – 14 December 1876) was a German Catholic nun who founded two congregations of religious sisters of the Third Order Regular of St. Francis, both committed to serving the neediest of the poor.

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.

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.

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.

1643–1731 · Modern · Dominican Order

Mary of Jesus de León y Delgado (Spanish: Sor María de Jesús), was a 17th-century Spanish Dominican lay sister, mystic and visionary. She was widely known as La Siervita ("the little servant") in the Canary Islands. She lived a life that was austere and simple.

1863–1899 · Modern · Good Shepherd Sisters

Mary of the Divine Heart (Münster, 8 September 1863 – Porto, 8 June 1899), born Maria Droste zu Vischering, was a German noblewoman and religious sister of the Catholic Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd.

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.

1781–1853 · Modern · Sisters of Charity of St. Anne

María Rafols Bruna (5 November 1781 – 30 August 1853) was a Spanish Roman Catholic nun, mystic and the co-founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of Saint Anne that she established alongside the Catholic priest Juan Bonal Cortada.

1834–1899 · Modern · Franciscans

María del Carmen González-Ramos García-Prieto de Muñoz (30 June 1834 – 9 November 1899), also known by her religious name María del Carmen of the Child Jesus, was a Spanish Roman Catholic professed religious and the founder of the Franciscan Sisters of the Sacred Hearts.

1821–1885 · Modern · Third Order of Saint Francis

María del Tránsito Cabanillas (15 August 1821 – 25 August 1885) was an Argentine Roman Catholic Franciscan tertiary and the founder of the Franciscan Tertiary Missionary Sisters. Upon her solemn profession she assumed the religious name María del Tránsito de Jesús Sacramentado.

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.

1765–1795 · Modern

Matthias Choe In-gil (1765–June 28, 1795) was a Korean martyr and a blessed of the Catholic Church. Born in 1765, Choe In-gil converted to Catholicism in 1784.

1701–1757 · Modern · Benedictines

Maurus Xaverius Herbst or Florian Johann Friedrich Herbst (14 September 1701 – 4 April 1757) was a German Benedictine abbot. Herbst was born in Pleinfeld to Franz Herbst (died 1731) and Anna Maria Clara Herbst (née Gulden).

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.

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.

1852–1890 · Modern

Michael Joseph McGivney (August 12, 1852 – August 14, 1890) was an American Catholic priest based in New Haven, Connecticut. He founded the Knights of Columbus at a local parish to serve as a mutual aid and insurance organization, particularly for immigrants and their families.

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.

1801–1872 · Modern

Michel Guérin, known as Abbé Guérin (born June 8, 1801; died May 29, 1872), was a 19th-century French priest, the first parish priest and founder of the parish of the village of Pontmain, and a witness to the apparition of Our Lady of Pontmain.

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.

1748–1794 · Modern · Carmelites

Michel-Louis Brulard, born in 1748, was a priest and a member of the Order of Discalced Carmelites in Charenton. During the French Revolution, he was arrested and sentenced to deportation to French Guiana.

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.

1762–1794 · Modern

Monique Pichery was born in 1762 in Chalonnes-sur-Loire and died in 1794 in Angers. She is recognized as a blessed.

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.

1763–1825 · Modern · Sisters of Charity of St. Louis

Marie-Louise-Élisabeth de Lamoignon de Molé de Champlâtreux (3 October 1763 – 4 March 1825) - in religion Saint-Louis - was a French Roman Catholic professed religious and the founder of the Sisters of Charity of Saint Louis (1803).

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.

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.

1747–1794 · Modern

Noël Pinot (9 December 1747 – 21 February 1794) was a French refractory priest who was guillotined during the War in the Vendée. He was beatified by the Catholic Church and considered a martyr.

1813–1865 · Modern · Franciscans

Nazju Falzon (1 July 1813 – 1 July 1865) was a Maltese cleric and a professed member from the Secular Franciscan Order. He did not become an ordained priest because he did not feel he was adequate enough for such an honor.

1808–1895 · Modern

Francisca de Paula de Jesus (São João del-Rei, Minas Gerais, 1810 – Baependi, Minas Gerais, 14 June 1895), also known as Nhá Chica ("Aunt Francie" in Portuguese), was a formerly enslaved Afro-Brazilian Catholic laywoman known for her humble life and her dedication to God.

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.