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1783–1839 · Modern

Catherine Yi (Korean: 이 가타리나) was a Korean Christian laywoman, martyr, and saint, born around 1783 in Seoul, Korea, and died in September or October 1839 in Seoul.

1758–1794 · Modern

Catherine du Verdier de La Sorinière, born on July 30, 1758, at the Château de la Sorinière in the province of Anjou, died on February 10, 1794, after being executed by firing squad at Avrillé by soldiers of General Turreau's infernal columns.

1761–1839 · Modern

Cecilia Yu So-sa (Korean: 유소사 체칠리아) was a Korean Christian laywoman, martyr, and saint, born in 1761 in Seoul, Korea, who died in prison on November 23, 1839, in Seoul.

1763–1794 · Modern

Charles-Antoine-Nicolas Ancel (Rouen, October 11, 1763 – Rochefort, July 29, 1794) was a French priest and one of the Martyrs of the Hulks of Rochefort, beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1995.

1860–1899 · Modern · Q21684184

Coloma Antònia Martí i Valls (Badalona, June 26, 1860 – June 4, 1899), who took the name Francesca of the Wounds of Jesus, was a Catalan religious sister and a member of the Poor Clares of Divine Providence of Badalona.

1761–1801 · Modern

Columba Kang Wan-suk was a Korean Christian laywoman and catechist martyr, born in 1761 in Naepo, Chungcheong, Korea, and died by beheading on July 2, 1801, in Seoul. Her martyrdom is recognized by the Catholic Church, and she is titled Venerable.

1814–1839 · Modern

Columba Kim Hyo-im was a Korean Christian laywoman, born in 1814, who died on September 26, 1839. Recognized as a martyr and beatified in 1925, she was canonized by Pope John Paul II on May 6, 1984, along with 102 other martyrs of Korea.

1802–1839 · Modern

Damien Nam Myong-hyog (Korean: 남명혁 다미아노) was a Korean Christian layman and catechist, born in 1802 in Munan near Seoul, Korea, and died on May 24, 1839, in Seoul.

1784–1843 · Modern

Righteous Daniel of Achinsk (the Siberian), born Danila Kornilovich Deliye (December 12 (23), 1784, Novye Sanzhary, Poltava Governorate — April 15 (28), 1843, Yeniseysk), was an Orthodox ascetic and a locally venerated saint of the Russian Orthodox Church.

1700–1702 · Modern

Daniil Bogdanovich Bratkovsky (second half of the 17th century – November 15, 1702) was a nobleman, public figure, defender of Orthodoxy, and poet from Volhynia.

1810–1878 · Modern

Saint Demetrius of Kiev (Matrona Yegorova, 1810–1878) was the founder of the Presentation Monastery in Kiev. She was of Bulgarian origin, born in Silistra, and married a Russian officer named Yegorov.

1775–1839 · Modern · Dominican Order

Dominic Tuoc (Vietnamese: Đa Minh Tước) (Trung Lao, 1775 – Nam Dinh, April 2, 1839) was a Vietnamese priest. Beatified in 1900, he was proclaimed a saint by Pope John Paul II in 1988.

1801–1839 · Modern · Third Order of Saint Dominic

Saint Dominic Bùi Văn Úy (born 1801 or 1812 in Tiên Môn, Thái Bình province, Vietnam; died December 19, 1839, in Cổ Mễ, Bắc Ninh province, Vietnam) was a catechist, a Dominican tertiary, a martyr, and a saint of the Catholic Church.

1817–1862 · Modern

Saint Dominic Huyện (Vietnamese: Đaminh Huyện) (born c. 1817 in Đông Thành, Thái Bình province, Vietnam; died June 5, 1862, in Nam Định) was a martyr and a saint of the Catholic Church. Dominic Huyện was born in Đông Thành, Thái Bình province.

1802–1862 · Modern

Saint Dominic Nguyên (Vietnamese: Đaminh Nguyên) (born c. 1802 in Ngọc Cục, Nam Định Province, Vietnam – died June 16, 1862, in Làng Cốc, Nam Định Province, Vietnam) was a martyr and a saint of the Catholic Church. Little is known about the life of Dominic Nguyên.

1818–1862 · Modern

Saint Dominic Nguyễn Đức Mạo (born c. 1818 in Ngọc Cục, Nam Định Province, Vietnam – died June 16, 1862, in Làng Cốc, Nam Định Province, Vietnam) was a Catholic saint and martyr.

1780–1859 · Modern · Third Order of Saint Dominic

Saint Dominic Phạm Trọng Khảm (born c. 1780 in Quần Cống, Nam Định Province, Vietnam – died January 13, 1859, in Nam Định, Vietnam) was a Dominican tertiary, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church. Dominic Phạm Trọng Khảm was born into a wealthy family.

1811–1862 · Modern

Dominique Toaï (1812–1862), born in a small village in Tonkin, was a Christian fisherman who was put to death for his Catholic faith. Considered a martyr by the Catholic Church, he was canonized on June 19, 1988, by Pope John Paul II.

1792–1840 · Modern · Dominican Order

Saint Dominic Trạch (Đoài) (born c. 1792 in Ngoại Vối, Nam Định Province, Vietnam – died September 18, 1840, in Bảy Mẫu, Vietnam) was a Dominican friar, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church. Dominic Trạch was born in 1792 or 1793 in Ngoại Vối, Nam Định Province.

1803–1839 · Modern

Saint Dominic Đinh Đạt (Vietnamese: Đaminh Đinh Đạt) (born c. 1803 in Phú Nhai, Nam Định Province, Vietnam – died July 18, 1839, in Nam Định, Vietnam) was a Catholic saint and martyr. Dominic Đinh Đạt was born in Phú Nhai around 1803 to Christian parents.

1835–1862 · Modern

Saint Dominic Ninh (Vietnamese: Đaminh Ninh) (born c. 1835 or 1841 in Trung Linh, Nam Định Province, Vietnam – died June 2, 1862, in An Triêm, Nam Định Province, Vietnam) was a martyr and a saint of the Catholic Church. Dominic Ninh was born in Trung Linh in Nam Định Province.

1772–1838 · Modern · Dominican Order

Dominic Nguyen Van Hanh (Vietnamese: Đaminh Nguyễn Văn Hạnh; Nghệ An, 1772 – Ba Tòa, August 1, 1838) was a Vietnamese Dominican priest. He is venerated as a martyr and saint by the Catholic Church. He desired to be a priest at an early age.

1786–1839 · Modern · Dominican Order

Saint Dominic Nguyễn Văn Xuyên (born c. 1786 in Hương Hiệp, Nam Định Province, Vietnam; died November 26, 1839, in Bảy Mẫu, Vietnam) was a Dominican friar, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church. Dominic Nguyễn Văn Xuyên was born to wealthy farmers.

1721–1776 · Modern

Dositheus, secular name unknown (died most likely September 14/25 or September 15/26, 1777, in Kyiv), was a Russian Orthodox monk associated with the Kitaevo Hermitage in Kyiv.

1820 · Modern

Metropolitan Dositheus (Georgian: დოსითეოს, Dositeoz; in pre-revolutionary Russian sources: Metropolitan of Kutateli; secular name Datuna Nikolayevich/Nikolozovich Tsereteli; c.

1750–1802 · Modern

Dimitrios was born in the 18th century on Chios. He was martyred in 1802 in Constantinople by the Muslims. Canonized by the Orthodox Church, he is celebrated on January 29.

1805–1832 · Modern

Helena of Diveyevo, born Elena Vasilyevna Manturova, was an Orthodox Christian monastic saint. She came from a noble family. At the age of seventeen, having previously been a person of little religious faith, she experienced a sudden conversion and made a private vow to the Mothe…

1797–1839 · Modern

Elisabeth Chong Chong-hye was a Korean Christian laywoman born in 1797 in Majae (Neung-nae-ri), Gyeonggi Province, who died on December 29, 1839.

1796–1859 · Modern

Emmanuel Lê Van Phung is one of the 117 Vietnamese martyrs canonized by John Paul II in 1988. A father of nine, a zealous Catholic, and a catechist, he sheltered Christian missionaries at the height of the religious persecution under the reign of Emperor Tu Duc (1847–1883).

1756–1798 · Modern

Saint Emmanuel Nguyễn Văn Triệu (1756, Hue, Vietnam – September 17, 1798, Saigon, Vietnam) was a priest, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church. Emmanuel Nguyễn Văn Triệu was orphaned by his father at a young age and lived with his mother in Hue. In 1771, he joined the army.

1746–1822 · Modern

Metropolitan Euthymius (Shervashidze) (known in pre-revolutionary Russian sources as Metropolitan of Gelati; Georgian: მიტროპოლიტი ევფიმი (შერვაშიძე); 1746, Erketi — April 21 (May 3), 1822, Alexander-Svir Monastery) was a Georgian theologian, Metropolitan of Gelati (Gaenati) from…

1808–1880 · Modern · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Esteban de Adoáin (Adoáin, Navarre, October 11, 1808 – Sanlúcar de Barrameda, October 7, 1880) was a Capuchin friar and missionary in the Americas. He has been proclaimed venerable by the Catholic Church.

1802–1861 · Modern

Étienne-Théodore Cuenot, born in Le Bélieu, France, near Morteau (Doubs), on February 8, 1802, and died in Bình Định in Eastern Cochinchina (present-day Vietnam) on November 14, 1861, was a missionary bishop, martyr, and Catholic saint whose feast day is November 14, and who is c…

1779–1858 · Modern

Filaret, born Fyodor Georgiyevich Amfiteatrov, known as Theodosius after taking the great schema (born April 17, 1779, in Vysokoye; died December 21, 1857, in Kyiv), was a Russian Orthodox bishop and a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church.

1650–1727 · Modern

Philotheus, born Rafał Leszczyński, monastic name in the Great Schema Theodore (born 1650 in Ukraine, died May 20/31, 1727, in Tyumen), was a bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church, a missionary in Siberia, and an Orthodox saint.

1750–1833 · Modern

Filofteia Antonescu (born mid-18th century, Bucharest – died 1833, Pasărea Monastery) was a schema-nun at Pasărea Monastery and the mother of Saint Calinic of Cernica.

1841–1868 · Modern · Q11937346

Philomène Ferrer Galceran (Móra d'Ebre, April 3, 1841 – Valls, August 13, 1868) was a Spanish religious sister of the Order of Minims, the initiator of the first expiatory temple dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and is recognized as venerable by the Catholic Church.

1702–1745 · Modern · Dominican Order

Francisco Gil de Frederich (1702–1745) was a Spanish Dominican friar, a missionary in Tonkin, and a martyr who died in Hanoi. He was beatified in 1906 and canonized in 1988 along with 116 other Vietnamese martyrs.

1750–1800 · Modern

Francis Bae Gwan-gyeom (Korean: 배관겸 프란치스코; born c. 1740–1750 in Jinmok, Dangjin, in the then-province of Chungcheong, Korea; died January 7, 1800, in Cheongju, Korea) was a Korean martyr and a blessed of the Catholic Church.

1799 · Modern

Francis Bang (Korean: 방 프란치스코; born in Myeoncheon, Chungcheong Province, Korea; died January 21, 1799, in Hongju, Chungcheong Province) was a Korean martyr and a blessed of the Catholic Church. Francis Bang was born in Myeoncheon in the then-Korean province of Chungcheong.

1805–1839 · Modern

Francis Choe Kyong-hwan (Korean: 최경환 프란치스코) was a Korean Christian layman, catechist, martyr, and Catholic saint. He was born in 1804 or 1805 in Taraekkol, in the Hongju district of Chungcheong Province, Korea, and died for his faith on September 12, 1839, in a prison in Seoul.

1736–1794 · Modern

Francis Duchesne (born January 8, 1736, 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.

1825–1858 · Modern

Saint Francis Trần Văn Trung (Vietnamese: Phanxicô Trần Văn Trung) (born c. 1825 in Phan Xá, Quảng Trị Province, Vietnam – died October 6, 1858, in An Hoà, Quảng Nam Province, Vietnam) was a martyr and a saint of the Catholic Church.

1773–1800 · Modern

Francis Yi Bo-hyeon (Korean: 이보현 프란치스코; born 1773 in Hwangmosil, Deoksan, in the then-province of Chungcheong, Korea; died January 9, 1800, in Haemi, Korea) was a Korean martyr and a blessed of the Catholic Church.

1727–1794 · Modern · Franciscans

François Migoret-Lamberdière (born August 28, 1727, in Lassay-les-Châteaux; died January 21, 1794, in Laval, Mayenne department) 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.

1790–1839 · Modern

Saint Francis Xavier Hà Trọng Mậu (born c. 1790 in Kẻ Riền, Thái Bình Province, Vietnam; died December 19, 1839, in Cổ Mễ, Bắc Ninh Province, Vietnam) was a catechist, a Dominican tertiary, a martyr, and a saint of the Catholic Church.

1803–1837 · Modern

Saint Francis Xavier Nguyễn Cần (also known as Nguyễn Tiến or Tiên Truật) (born c. 1803 in Sơn Miêng, Vietnam; died November 20, 1837, in Ô Cầu Giấy, Hanoi, Vietnam) was a catechist, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church. Francis Xavier Nguyễn Cần was born in Sơn Miêng.

1833–1894 · Modern

The Venerable Franziska Lechner, born on January 1, 1833, in Edling (Kingdom of Bavaria) and died on April 14, 1894, in Breitenfurt, was a Catholic religious sister and founder of the Congregation of the Daughters of Divine Charity. She was declared venerable in 2005.

1799–1838 · Modern

François Jaccard, born on September 6, 1799, in Onnion, Haute-Savoie, and strangled to death on September 21, 1838, in Vietnam, was a 19th-century Savoyard clergyman. The feast day of this martyr priest, who was canonized in 1988, is celebrated in September.

1759–1792 · Modern

François Joseph Pey, also known in German as Franz Josef Pey (Solliès-Pont, January 29, 1759 – Paris, September 2, 1792), was a French priest.