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1641–1700 · Modern · Franciscans

Pedro de Bardeci Aginako (Orduña, Biscay, April 5, 1641 – Santiago, September 12, 1700) was a Basque (Spanish) religious figure who is currently in the process of beatification.

1807–1884 · Modern

Pelagia (Ancient Greek: Πελαγία, d. 457), distinguished as Pelagia of Antioch, Pelagia the Penitent, and Pelagia the Harlot, was a Christian saint and hermit in the 4th or 5th century.

1830–1861 · Modern · Dominican Order

Pere Almató was a Spanish Catholic priest and missionary of the Dominican Order, born in 1830 in Sant Feliu Sasserra. He died by decapitation in 1861 in Hải Dương. He is recognized as a blessed and a saint within the Catholic Church.

1804–1839 · Modern

Perpetua Hong Kum-ju (Korean: 홍금주 페르페투아) was a Korean Christian laywoman, martyr, and saint, born in 1804 near Seoul, Korea, and beheaded on September 26, 1839, in Seoul.

1750–1794 · Modern

Perrine Potier, wife of Turpault, born on April 26, 1750, in Cléré-sur-Layon (at the time in the province of Anjou, diocese of La Rochelle) and executed by firing squad on April 16, 1794, in Avrillé (Maine-et-Loire), is one of the ninety-nine martyrs of Angers.

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.

1749–1830 · Modern

Petar I Petrović-Njegoš (Serbian: Петар I Петровић Његош; 1748 – 31 October 1830) was the Prince-Bishop of Montenegro from 1784 to 1830 and Exarch (legate) of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Montenegro.

1670–1700 · Modern

Peter Artemiev (Russian: Пётр Артемьев; d. March 30, 1700 Solovetsky Monastery, Russia) - was a Russian Orthodox Deacon, a convert to Byzantine Catholicism, and one of the first martyrs of the Russian Catholic Church.

1787–1839 · Modern

Peter Ch’oe Ch’ang-hŭb (1787–December 29, 1839) was a Korean catechist, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church. Born in Seoul into a family of government officials, he lost his father at the age of 13.

1813–1866 · Modern

Saint Peter Ch'oe Hyŏng was a Catholic catechist born in Gongju in 1813. He died by decapitation in Seoul in 1866. He is recognized as a Catholic saint and blessed.

1815–1866 · Modern

Peter Cho Hwa-sŏ (1815–December 13, 1866) was a Korean Catholic saint and martyr. His father was Andrew Cho, a Catholic martyr who died in 1839. Peter Cho Hwa-sŏ moved to Sinchang in Chungcheong Province, where he worked as an assistant to Father Thomas Choe Yang-eop.

1770–1801 · Modern

Peter Choe Pil-je was born in 1770 and was a member of the Catholic Church. He died by decapitation in 1801 and is recognized as a blessed.

1845–1866 · Modern

Peter Chŏng Wŏn-ji (born 1845 in Jinjam, Korea; died December 13, 1866, in Jeonju) was a Korean saint of the Catholic Church and a martyr. Peter Chŏng Wŏn-ji was born into a very devout Catholic family; he was the son of another martyr.

1768–1836 · Modern · Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary

Pierre Coudrin, SSCC (1 March 1768 – 1837) was a French religious priest. He was the founder of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, a religious institute in the Roman Catholic Church known for its missionary work in Hawaii, Africa, Europe, Central America and…

1809–1887 · Modern · Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer

Petrus Norbertus Donders (27 October 1809 – 14 January 1887) was a Dutch Roman Catholic priest and member of the Redemptorists. He served in various missions in the Dutch colony of Surinam.

1819–1860 · Modern

Peter Friedhofen (25 February 1819 – 21 December 1860) was a German Roman Catholic professed religious and the founder of the Brothers of Mercy of Mary Help of Christians. Friedhofen worked as a chimney sweep with his older brother until the latter died.

1799–1840 · Modern

Peter Hong Pyong-ju was a Korean Christian layman, catechist, martyr, and Catholic saint. Born in 1799 in Seosan, Chungcheong Province, Korea, he was beheaded for his faith on January 31, 1840, at Dangkogae near Seoul.

1750–1799 · Modern

Peter Jeong San-pil (Korean: 정산필 베드로; born c. 1739 in Deoksan, Chungcheong Province, Korea; died 1799 in the same place) was a Korean martyr and a blessed of the Catholic Church. Peter Jeong San-pil was born in Deoksan around 1739.

1787–1819 · Modern

Peter Jo Suk (born 1787 in Yanggeun, died August 3, 1819, in Seoul) was a Korean martyr and a blessed of the Catholic Church, one of several thousand Catholics who died in Korea in the 19th century.

1750–1801 · Modern

Peter Cho Yong-sam (Korean: 조용삼 베드로; born in Yanggeun, Gyeonggi Province, Korea; died March 27, 1801, in Cheongju, in the then-province of Chungcheong, Korea) was a Korean martyr and a blessed of the Catholic Church.

1811–1868 · Modern · Society of Mary

Peter Julian Eymard S.S.S. (French: Pierre-Julien Eymard [pjɛʁ ʒyljɛ̃ ɛjmɑʁ]; 4 February 1811 – 1 August 1868) was a French Catholic priest, saint and founder of two religious institutes: the Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament for men and the Servants of the Blessed Sacrament…

1805–1837 · Modern

Peter Kwon Tŭg-in (1805–May 24, 1839) was a martyr and a saint of the Catholic Church. Born in Seoul to a Catholic family, he lost his father in childhood and his mother at the age of 16. He became a devout Catholic under his mother's influence.

1760–1834 · Modern

Peter Lieou also known as Liu Wenyuan Petrus / Baiduo / Peter Liu Wenyuan was Chinese Catholic convert, layman, missionary and a martyr. He was exiled and was strangled to death in a prison for being a Christian and preaching Christianity in China.

1760–1834 · Modern

Saint Peter Liu was born in 1760 in Guizhou and died in 1834 in Guiyang. A member of the Catholic Church, he died by strangling. He is recognized as a Catholic saint and blessed.

1773–1833 · Modern

Peter Lê Tùy (Hanoi, Tonkin, 1773 – Bằng Sở village, Thanh Trì District, Thường Tín prefecture, present-day Bằng Sở village, Hồng Vân commune, Hanoi, Vietnam) was a 19th-century Vietnamese priest who was martyred on October 11, 1833, in Nghệ An province, Tonkin (present-day Vietn…

1796–1846 · Modern

Peter Nam Kjong-mun was born in 1796 and died in 1846. He is recognized as a saint and a blessed.

1796–1846 · Modern

Peter Nam Kyŏng-mun (Korean: 남경문 베드로; born 1796 in Seoul, died September 20, 1846, in the same city) was a Korean saint of the Catholic Church and a martyr. In his youth, he was a soldier, later working as a salt clam merchant. He served as a catechist.

1808–1840 · Modern

Peter Nguyễn Khắc Tự (Vietnamese: Phêrô Nguyễn Khắc Tự) (born c. 1808 in Ninh Bình, Vietnam; died July 10, 1840, in Đồng Hới, Quảng Bình Province, Vietnam) was a catechist, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church.

1783–1840 · Modern

Peter Nguyễn Văn Hiếu (Vietnamese: Phêrô Nguyễn Văn Hiếu) (born c. 1783 in Đồng Chuối, Ninh Bình Province, Vietnam; died April 28, 1840, in Ninh Bình, Vietnam) was a catechist, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church. Peter Nguyễn Văn Hiếu was born around 1783 in Đồng Chuối.

1680–1747 · Modern · Dominican Order

Peter Sanz (22 September 1680 – 26 May 1747) (Catalan: Pere Sans i Jordá, Spanish: Pedro Sans i Jordá) was a Catalan Dominican friar who was sent as a missionary bishop to China. He was declared a martyr and canonized by the Catholic Church.

1819–1866 · Modern

Peter Son Sŏn-ji (1819–December 13, 1866) was a Korean catechist, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church. Born in Imcheon, Chungcheong Province, he was baptized in childhood. He was married and had two children.

1808–1838 · Modern

Peter Trương Văn Đường (born c. 1808 in Kẻ Sở, Hà Nam province, Vietnam; died December 18, 1838, in Sơn Tây, Ha Tay province, Vietnam) was a catechist, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church.

1816–1838 · Modern

Peter Vũ Văn Truật (born c. 1816 in Kẻ Thiếc, Hà Nam Province, Vietnam; died December 18, 1838, in Sơn Tây, Ha Tay Province, Vietnam) was a catechist, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church.

1732–1793 · Modern

Peter Won Si-jang (Korean: 원시장 베드로; born 1732 in Eungjeong-ri, Hongju, in the then-province of Chungcheong, Korea; died January 28, 1793, in Jeonju) was a Korean martyr and a blessed of the Catholic Church. Won Si-jang was a father of several children.

1768–1814 · Modern

Peter Wu Guosheng (traditional Chinese: 吳國盛; simplified Chinese: 吴国盛; pinyin: Wú Guóchéng; 1768 – 7 November 1814) was a Chinese Catholic martyr. He was born in 1768 in the town of Longping in Zunyi county in Guizhou. Prior to his baptism, he was an innkeeper.

1803–1838 · Modern

Peter Yi Ho-yŏng (1803 in Icheon, Korea – November 2, 1838 in Seoul) was a catechist, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church. After his father's death, Peter Yi Ho-yŏng moved to Seoul, where he lived in poverty with his family.

1820–1866 · Modern

Peter Yi Myŏng-sŏ (Korean: 이명서 베드로) (born 1820 in Chungcheong Province, Korea; died December 13, 1866, in Jeonju, Korea) was a Korean martyr and a saint of the Catholic Church.

1836–1866 · Modern

Peter Yu Chong-nyul (Korean: 유정률 베드로) was a Korean Christian layman, Catholic martyr, and saint. He was born in 1836 in Nonje, near Pyongyang, Korea, and died in prison for his faith on February 17, 1866, in Pyongyang.

1826–1839 · Modern

Peter Yu Tae-chol (Korean: 유대철 베드로; c. 1826 – October 31, 1839) was one of the 103 canonised Korean Martyrs martyred during the Gihae persecution of 1839, and a son of a government interpreter named Augustine Nyou Tjin-kil, also a martyr.

1800–1815 · Modern

Peter the Aleut (Russian: Пётр Алеу́т, romanized: Pyotr Aleút), born Cungagnaq (spelling varies) (Russian: Чукагнак, romanized: Chukagnak; died 1815), is venerated as a martyr and saint by the Eastern Orthodox Church.

1780–1857 · Modern

Peter Đoàn Văn Vân (born c. 1780 in Kẻ Bói, Hà Nam province, Vietnam; died May 25, 1857, in Sơn Tây, Vietnam) was a catechist, a martyr, and a saint of the Catholic Church. Peter Đoàn Văn Vân was born in the village of Kẻ Bói, Hà Nam province.

1802–1862 · Modern

Peter Đinh Văn Thuần (Vietnamese: Phêrô Đinh Văn Thuần) (born c. 1802 in Đông Phú, Thái Bình province, Vietnam – died June 6, 1862, in Nam Định, Vietnam) was a saint of the Catholic Church and a martyr. He was born in Đông Phú, Thái Bình province.

1825–1882 · Modern

The Servant of God, Abbé Pierre-Victor Braun, (5 June 1825 – 18 May 1882) was a French Catholic priest who ministered to the poor of Paris. His work laid the foundations for the establishment of several different congregations of Religious Sisters who now serve worldwide.

1802–1862 · Modern

Peter Đa (Vietnamese: Phêrô Đa) (born c. 1802 in Ngọc Cục, Nam Định Province, Vietnam – died June 17, 1862, in Nam Định, Vietnam) was a catechist, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church. Peter Đa was born around 1802 in Ngọc Cục, Nam Định Province.

1800–1862 · Modern

Peter Đinh Văn Dũng (Vietnamese: Phêrô Đinh Văn Dũng) (born c. 1800 in Đông Phú, Thái Bình province, Vietnam – died June 6, 1862, in Nam Định, Vietnam) was a catechist, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church. Peter Đinh Văn Dũng was born in Đông Phú, Thái Bình province.

1766–1838 · Modern

Peter Nguyễn Bá Tuần (Vietnamese: Phêrô Nguyễn Bá Tuần) (born 1766 in Ngọc Đồng, Hưng Yên province, Vietnam – died July 15, 1838, in Nam Định, Vietnam) was a priest, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church. Peter Tuần was born in Ngọc Đồng, Hưng Yên province.

1731–1792 · Modern · Society of Jesus

Petrus Guérin du Rocher was born in Sainte-Honorine-la-Guillaume in 1731. He was a priest of the Jesuits. He taught philosophy at Bourges in 1762, before travelling around Italy, Germany and Poland, developing theories of biblical Exegesis, which contradicted the Encyclopédistes.…

1797–1838 · Modern · Third Order of Saint Dominic

Saint Francis Đỗ Văn Chiểu (born c. 1797 in Trung Lễ, Nam Định Province, Vietnam – died June 25, 1838, in Nam Định, Vietnam) was a catechist, a Dominican tertiary, a martyr, and a saint of the Catholic Church. Francis Đỗ Văn Chiểu came from Trung Lễ, Nam Định Province.

1830–1859 · Modern

Paul Lê Văn Lộc (born c. 1830 in An Nhơn, Vietnam; died February 13, 1859, in Saigon, Vietnam) was a priest, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church. Orphaned at the age of 10, Paul Lê Văn Lộc was taken in by a priest who subsequently sent him to a seminary.

1812–1861 · Modern

Phero Nguyen Van Luu was a Catholic priest born in 1812. He died by decapitation in 1861 in Mỹ Tho. He is recognized as a Catholic saint and blessed.