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1809–1873 · Modern

Andrei Șaguna was a Metropolitan bishop of the Romanian Orthodox Church in Transylvania, and one of the Romanian community political leaders in the Habsburg monarchy, especially active during the 1848 Revolution. He was an honorary member of the Romanian Academy.

1808–1840 · Modern

Andrew Chŏng Hwa-gyŏng (Korean: 정화경 안드레아; born 1808 in Chungcheong Province, Korea; died January 23, 1840, in Seoul) was a Korean saint of the Catholic Church. He was an assistant to Bishop Laurent Imbert.

1795–1839 · Modern

Andrew Trần An Dũng-Lạc was a Vietnamese Roman Catholic priest. He was executed by beheading during the reign of Minh Mạng. He was canonized by Pope John Paul II on 19 June 1988 and recognized as one of the 117 Vietnamese Martyrs.

1752–1834 · Modern

André-Hubert Fournet (6 December 1752 – 13 May 1834) was a French Roman Catholic priest and together with Jeanne-Elisabeth Bichier des Ages the founder of the Daughters of the Holy Cross, Sisters of St. Andrew.

1856–1886 · Modern

Andrew Kaggwa (or Andrea Kaahwa) (1856 – May 26, 1886) was a Ugandan Catholic martyr killed for his faith. He was one of many Christians put to death by King Mwanga II between 1885 and 1887. He was the king Mwanga's bandmaster-General, the Mugowa.

1985–1886 · Modern

Andrew Kaggwa Kaahwa was a Ugandan catechist born in the Kibaale District in 1985. He died in 1886 at the Munyonyo Martyrs Shrine and is recognized as a canonized saint.

1821–1846 · Modern

Andrew Kim Taegon (21 August 1821 – 16 September 1846), also referred to as Andrew Kim in English, was the first Korean Catholic priest and is the patron saint of Korean clergy.

1808–1835 · Modern

Saint Andrew Trần Văn Trông (born 1808 or 1814 in Huế, Vietnam; died November 28, 1835, in Hội An, Vietnam) was a martyr and a saint of the Catholic Church. Andrew Trần Văn Trông was born into a Catholic family. From the age of 15, he worked to support his family.

1763 · Modern

Andrew of Simbirsk (Andrey Ilyich Ogorodnikov; 1763–1841, Simbirsk) was an Eastern Orthodox saint, a blessed fool for Christ. He is included in the Synaxis of Simbirsk Saints. His feast days in the Orthodox Church are May 21 (June 3) and December 10.

1727–1794 · Modern

André Duliou (born July 19, 1727, in Saint-Laurent-des-Mortiers; died January 21, 1794, in Laval) 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.

1825–1898 · Modern

Angela Truszkowska (born Sophia Camille Truszkowska, May 16, 1825 – October 10, 1899) was a Polish religious sister who has been beatified by the Roman Catholic Church. Foundress of the Congregation of Sisters of St. Felix of Cantalice Third Order Regular of St.

1642–1720 · Modern · Carmelites

Angelo Paoli, O.Carm (born Francesco; 1 September 1642 – 20 January 1720) was an Italian Catholic priest in the Carmelite Order. He became known as the "father of the poor" due to his strong charitable outreach, for which he received praise from a number of cardinals and other pr…

1800–1861 · Modern

Angelo Francesco Ramazzotti (3 August 1800 – 24 September 1861) was an Italian Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Patriarch of Venice. He established the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions in 1850.

1669–1739 · Modern · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Luca Antonio Falcone (19 October 1669 – 30 October 1739) – in religious life Angelo – was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Franciscan Order of Friars Minor Capuchin in Cosenza.

1789–1839 · Modern

Saint Anna Kim Chang-gŭm (1789–July 20, 1839) was a Korean Catholic martyr and saint. Little is known about her life. Born into a Catholic family, she lost her husband in her youth and lived in poverty with her mother, spending her time in prayer.

1819–1893 · Modern

Anna Maria Ravell i Barrera was born in Arenys de Mar, Spain, in 1819 and died in 1893. She holds the title of Servant of God.

1769–1837 · Modern · Trinitarian Order

Anna Maria Taigi (née Giannetti; 29 May 1769 – 9 June 1837) was an Italian Catholic professed member from the Secular Trinitarians. Taigi reportedly experienced a series of ecstasies during her life and heard the voices of God and Jesus Christ on several occasions.

1843–1888 · Modern

Giovanna Francesca Michelotti (29 August 1843 – 1 February 1888), born Anna Michelotti, was an Italian religious sister. Upon her investiture, Michelotti assumed the name Giovanna Francesca.

1782–1839 · Modern

Anna Pak Agi (Korean: 박아기 안나; 1782 – 24 May 1839) is one of 103 Korean Martyrs. Her feast day is May 24, and she is also venerated along with the rest of the 103 Korean martyrs on September 20. Anna Pak A-gi [Agi] was born in 1783 in Gangcheon, Joseon. Her family was Catholic.

1841–1867 · Modern

Blessed Anna Yi was a member of the Catholic Church born in 1841. She died by decapitation in Seoul in 1867.

1782–1816 · Modern

Anna Yi Si-im was a member of the Catholic Church born in 1782. She died by decapitation in Andong in 1816. She is recognized as a blessed.

1842–1885 · Modern · Daughters of St. Anne

Marianna Orsi, in religion Anna del Salvatore, born on February 22, 1842, in Albareto, Italy, and died on June 7, 1885, in Palermo, Sicily, was an Italian religious sister of the congregation of the Daughters of Saint Anne.

1644–1711 · Modern · Ursulines

Anne Bourdon (August 29, 1644 – November 4, 1711) was a nun in New France. She was the first Canadian-born superior of the Ursuline order in New France. She was also known as Mère de Sainte-Agnès.

1774–1824 · Modern · Augustinian nuns

Anne Catherine Emmerich, CRV (also Anna Katharina Emmerick; 8 September 1774 – 9 February 1824) was a Roman Catholic Augustinian canoness of the Congregation of Windesheim. During her lifetime, she was a mystic, Marian visionary and stigmatist.

1779–1851 · Modern

Anne-Marie Javouhey, SJC (November 10, 1779 – July 15, 1851) was a French nun who founded the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Cluny. She is venerated in the Roman Catholic Church.

1768–1838 · Modern

Anne-Marie Rivier (19 December 1768 – 3 February 1838) was a French Catholic religious sister and the foundress of the Sisters of the Presentation of Mary.

1715–1794 · Modern · Order of Discalced Nuns of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel

Anne-Marie-Madeleine-Françoise Thouret, known as Charlotte of the Resurrection, is the oldest of the martyrs of Compiègne, who were executed by guillotine in Paris during the reign of terror.

1800–1882 · Modern · Sisters of Saint Dorothy of Cemmo

Annunciata Astoria Cocchetti (9 May 1800 – 23 March 1882) was an Italian religious sister and the founder of the Suore di Santa Dorotea di Cemmo, a congregation dedicated to the educational needs of the poor in Brescia and the surrounding cities.

1650–1716 · Modern

Anthim the Iberian (Romanian: Antim Ivireanul, Georgian: ანთიმოზ ივერიელი – Antimoz Iverieli; secular name: Andria; 1650 — September or October 1716) was a Georgian theologian, scholar, calligrapher, philosopher and one of the greatest ecclesiastic figures of Wallachia, led the p…

1660–1740 · Modern

Anthony, also spelled Antony, is a masculine given name derived from the Antonii, a gens (Roman family name) to which Mark Antony (Marcus Antonius) belonged. According to Plutarch, the Antonii gens were Heracleidae, being descendants of Anton, a son of Heracles.

1665–1717 · Modern · Society of Jesus

Anthony Baldinucci, S.J. (June 19, 1665 – November 7, 1717), was an Italian Jesuit priest and missionary, best known for his unusual methods of conducting missions. Baldinucci was born in Florence, the son of the art historian and biographer Filippo Baldinucci.

1800–1802 · Modern

Anthony Hong Ik-man was born in 1800 and was a member of the Catholic Church. He died by decapitation in Seoul in 1802. He is recognized as a blessed.

1822–1867 · Modern

Anthony Jeong Chan-mun was born in 1822 and was a member of the Catholic Church. He died in Jinju in 1867 and is recognized as a blessed.

1795–1841 · Modern

Anthony Kim Song-u (Gusan, 1795 – Tangkogae, April 29, 1841) was a Korean Catholic and a martyr for the faith. He was beatified on July 5, 1925, by Pope Pius XI.

1768–1840 · Modern

Saint Anthony Nguyễn Hữu Quỳnh (born c. 1768 in Mỹ Hương, Quảng Bình Province, Vietnam; died July 10, 1840, in Đồng Hới, Quảng Bình Province, Vietnam) was a martyr and a saint of the Catholic Church.

1769–1838 · Modern

Saint Anthony Nguyễn Đích (Vietnamese: Antôn Nguyễn Đích) (born c. 1769 in Chi Long, Vietnam; died August 12, 1838, in Bảy Mẫu, Vietnam) was a martyr and a saint of the Catholic Church. Anthony Nguyễn Đích was born in Chi Long.

1801 · Modern

Anthony Yi Hyeon was a member of the Catholic Church who died in Seoul in 1801. He was executed by decapitation and is recognized as a blessed.

1795–1865 · Modern

Venerable Anthony of Optina was an Eastern Orthodox monk born in 1795 in Tutayev. He died in 1865 at Optina Pustyn.

1764–1794 · Modern

Antoine Auriel-Constant, born in Manobre (in the modern-day commune of Sainte-Mondane) in Guyenne on April 19, 1764, and died on June 16, 1794, on the prison ships of Rochefort, was a priest for the Diocese of Cahors and was martyred during the Reign of Terror.

1729–1794 · Modern

Antoine Banassat was a French Catholic priest and politician born in 1729 in Guéret. He served as a deputy to the Estates-General and the National Constituent Assembly of 1789 before dying in 1794 in Hiers-Brouage, Rochefort, due to deportation.

1826–1879 · Modern · Third Order of Saint Francis

Antoine Chevrier, TOSF (16 April 1825 – 2 October 1879) was a French Catholic priest and a member of the Third Order of Saint Francis. He founded the Institute of the Prado with its two branches: the Sisters of Prado and the Institute of the Priests of Prado.

1800–1862 · Modern

Blessed Anton Martin Slomšek (26 November 1800 – 24 September 1862) was a Slovene Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of Lavant from 1846 until his death. He served also as an author and poet as well as a staunch advocate of the nation's culture.

1772–1858 · Modern · Congregation of the Schools of Charity

Antonio Angelo Cavanis (Venice, January 16, 1772 – Venice, March 12, 1858) was an Italian priest and educator, founder of the Congregation of the Schools of Charity. The Catholic Church has bestowed upon him the title of Venerable.

1822–1898 · Modern · Sisters Oblates of the Most Sacred Saviour

Antonia Maria de Oviedo Schöntal (16 March 1822 – 28 February 1898) was a Swiss-Spanish religious sister in the Roman Catholic Church and the co-founder of the Oblate Sisters of the Most Holy Redeemer, a congregation that she established with the Benedictine Bishop José María Ser…

1701–1792 · Modern · Dominican Order

Antonio Alcalde Barriga (14 March 1701 - 7 August 1792) was a Spanish Roman Catholic prelate and professed member from the Order of Preachers who served as the Bishop of Guadalajara.

1682–1752 · Modern · Franciscans

Antonio Lucci (2 August 1682 – 25 July 1752), born Angelo Nicola Lucci, was an Italian Catholic professed member from the Order of Friars Minor Conventual (the "Franciscans") and served as the Bishop of Bovino from 1729 until his death.

1789–1846 · Modern

Antonio Maria Gianelli (12 April 1789 – 7 June 1846) was an Italian Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of Bobbio from 1837 until his death. He was also the founder of the Figlie di Nostra Signora del Giardino and the Missionaries of Saint Alphonsus.

1819–1892 · Modern · Servite Order

Antonio Maria Pucci (16 April 1819 - 12 January 1892) - born Eustachio Pucci - was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member from the Servite Order.

1801–1842 · Modern

Antonio Provolo (17 February 1801 – 4 November 1842) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest best known for his work with deaf-mute children in Verona. He was the founder of the Institute for the Deaf as well as two religious orders dedicated to the care of deaf-mute children.

1797–1855 · Modern

Antonio Francesco Davide Ambrogio Rosmini-Serbati, IC was an Italian Catholic priest and philosopher. He founded the Rosminians, officially the Institute of Charity, and pioneered the concept of social justice and Italian Liberal Catholicism.