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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.

1792–1878 · Modern · Franciscans

Pope Pius IX (Italian: Pio IX; born Giovanni Maria Battista Pietro Pellegrino Isidoro Mastai-Ferretti; 13 May 1792 – 7 February 1878) was head of the Catholic Church from 1846 to 1878.

1739–1814 · Modern

Pius Kim Jin-hu was a Catholic born in Joseon in 1739. He died in 1814 and is recognized as a blessed of the Catholic Church.

1742–1823 · Modern · Benedictines

Pope Pius VII (Italian: Pio VII; born Barnaba Niccolò Maria Luigi Chiaramonti; 14 August 1742 – 20 August 1823) was head of the Catholic Church from 14 March 1800 to his death in August 1823.

1868–1889 · Modern · Passionists

Pius of Saint Aloysius (born Luigi Campidelli, 29 April 1868 – 2 November 1889) was an Italian Roman Catholic professed cleric from the Passionists.

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.

1807–1871 · Modern · Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary

The Massacre in the Rue Haxo (French: le massacre de la rue Haxo) was a massacre of priests and gendarmes by communards during the semaine sanglante ("bloody week") at the end of the Paris Commune in May 1871.

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.

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.

1764–1794 · Modern

Élisabeth of France (Élisabeth Philippine Marie Hélène; 3 May 1764 – 10 May 1794), also known as Madame Élisabeth, was a French princess. She was the youngest child of Louis, Dauphin of France, and Duchess Maria Josepha of Saxony, and she was a sister of King Louis XVI.

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.

1780–1840 · Modern

Blessed Protasius Hong Jae-yeong was a member of the Catholic Church born in 1780 to his father, Lucas Hong Nak-min. He died by decapitation in 1840.

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.

1694–1741 · Modern · Conventual Franciscans

Melchor Chyliński (8 January 1694 – 2 December 1741) - in religious Rafał - was a Polish Roman Catholic priest and a professed member from the Order of Friars Minor Conventual.

1764–1794 · Modern

René Lego was born in 1764 in La Flèche, France, and was a member of the Catholic Church. He died in 1794 in Angers. He is recognized as a blessed.

1766–1792 · Modern

René-Joseph Urvoy was a French Catholic priest born in Plouisy in 1766. He died in Paris in 1792 and is recognized as a blessed within the Catholic Church.

1720–1794 · Modern

René-Louis Ambroise (born March 1, 1720, in Laval; died January 21, 1794, in the same city) was a French priest who was sentenced to death and guillotined during the French Revolution. He is venerated as a blessed in the Roman Catholic Church.

1736–1792 · Modern · Society of Jesus

Robert Guérin du Rocher was born in Repas in 1736. He was the younger brother of Petrus and like his brother became a Jesuit priest. He did missionary work in the Middle east and eventually settled as a pastor in Salonika, before being expelled by the Ottomans.

1821–1888 · Modern

Robert Spiske was a Catholic theologian born in 1821 in Leśnica, Kingdom of Prussia. He died in 1888 in Wrocław and is recognized as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

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…

1786–1856 · Modern · Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul

Rosalie Rendu, DC (born Jeanne-Marie Rendu; 9 September 1786 – 7 February 1856) was a French Catholic member of the Daughters of Charity who organized care for the poor in the Paris slums during the Industrial Revolution. She was beatified in the Catholic Church in 2003.

1745–1794 · Modern

Rosalie du Verdier de La Sorinière (in religion Sister Rosalie-Céleste), born on August 12, 1745, at the Château de la Sorinière near Chemillé in the province of Anjou, and died by guillotine in Angers on January 27, 1794, was a Benedictine nun of Our Lady of Calvary, a martyr in…

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.

1741–1794 · Modern · Order of Discalced Nuns of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel

Rose-Chrétien de la Neuville, OCD (1741 - 17 July 1794) was a French Discalced Carmelite nun killed during the French Revolution. She was beatified as one of the Martyrs of Compiègne in 1906. She married young but was widowed.

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.

1767–1795 · Modern

Saba Ji Hwang (Korean: 지 황 사바; born 1767 in Seoul, Korea; died June 28, 1795, in the same city) was a Korean martyr and a blessed of the Catholic Church. Ji Hwang was born in 1767 into the family of a royal musician.

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.

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.

1853–1895 · Modern · Franciscans

Salvatore Lilli was a Franciscan priest and a martyr killed by the Muslim Turks under Abdul Hamid on 22 November 1895. He was born on 19 June 1853 in Cappadocia, Abruzzo, Italy to Vincenzo and Annunziata Lilli.

1808–1860 · Modern · Franciscans

The Martyrs of Damascus were eleven Catholic saints martyred while praying inside a Franciscan-run parish in Damascus by Druze during the 1860 civil conflict in Mount Lebanon and Damascus.

1765–1792 · Modern

Sanktus Huré, also known as Saintin Huré (born 1765 in Vigny near Rouen, died September 2, 1792, in Saint-Germain-des-Prés), was a French Catholic priest and blessed. He was a priest in the Diocese of Versailles.

1823–1896 · Modern

Saturnina Rodríguez de Zavalía (27 November 1823 – 5 April 1896), also known by her religious name Catalina de María, was an Argentine Roman Catholic professed religious and the founder of the Handmaids of the Heart of Jesus.

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.

1629–1710 · Modern

Sebastian Valfrè (9 March 1629 – 30 January 1710) was a Catholic priest and a member of the Oratory of Saint Philip Neri. He is called the Apostle of Turin for his long years of service to the people of that city, where he served as the provost of the local Oratory for many years…

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.

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.

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.

1741–1794 · Modern · Order of Discalced Nuns of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel

Blessed Sister Saint Martha was a Catholic nun of the Order of Discalced Nuns of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel. Born in Bannes in 1741, she died by decapitation in Paris in 1794.

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.

1834–1889 · Modern

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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.

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.

1774–1840 · Modern · Augustinians

Stephen Bellesini was a Roman Catholic friar in the Order of the Hermits of Saint Augustine (O.S.A). He was born in Trento, Italy, on 25 November 1774, and died in Genazzano, Italy, on 2 February 1840.