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1848–1894 · Modern

Victoire Rasoamanarivo (1848 – 21 August 1894) was a Catholic woman from Madagascar who devoted her life to the poor and the sick. She looked after their needs and spent her free time in prayer.

1846–1897 · Modern

Victor Emilio Moscoso y Cárdenas (21 April 1846 – 4 May 1897) was an Ecuadorian Roman Catholic priest and professed member from the Jesuits. He served as a teacher in the COPEM college in Riobamba since 1892 and it was there that he was slain during the Liberal Revolution which h…

1802–1877 · Modern

Msgr. Victor Scheppers (25 April 1802 in Mechelen – 7 March 1877 in Mechelen) was the founder of the Brothers of Mercy of Mechelen and the Scheppersinstituut Mechelen. He was declared "venerable" by the Roman Catholic Church in March 1987.

1821–1862 · Modern

Saint Vincent Dương (Vietnamese: Vinh-Sơn Dương) (born c. 1821 in Doãn Trung, Thái Bình province, Vietnam – died June 6, 1862, in Nam Định, Vietnam) was a martyr and a saint of the Catholic Church. The exact date of Vincent Dương's birth is unknown.

1795–1850 · Modern · Pallottines

Vincent Pallotti, SAC (21 April 1795 – 22 January 1850) was an Italian Catholic cleric and the founder of the Society of the Catholic Apostolate, later known as the Pious Society of Missions (the Pallottines). The original name was restored in 1947.

1745–1824 · Modern · Passionists

Vincenzo Strambi, CP (in religion Vincenzo Maria di San Paolo; 1 January 1745 – 1 January 1824) was an Italian Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of Macerata-Tolentino from 1801 until his resignation in 1823. He was a professed member of the Passionists.

1814–1862 · Modern

Saint Vincent Tường (Vietnamese: Vinh-Sơn Tường) (born c. 1814 in Ngọc Cục, Nam Định Province, Vietnam; died June 16, 1862, in Làng Cốc, Nam Định Province, Vietnam) was a saint of the Catholic Church and a martyr. Very little is known about Vincent Tường.

1847–1890 · Modern

Vicenta María López y Vicuña (22 March 1847 - 26 December 1890) was a Spanish professed religious and the founder of the Religious of Mary Immaculate.

1849–1874 · Modern

Wincenty Lewoniuk (Krzyczew, 1849 – Pratulin, January 24, 1874) was one of the Martyrs of Podlaskie who were killed in 1874 by the troops of Tsar Alexander II of Russia because they refused to follow the Byzantine liturgy. At that time, Pratulin was part of Russia.

1784–1847 · Modern

Vincenza Gerosa (29 October 1784 – 29 June 1847), born Caterina Gerosa, was an Italian Roman Catholic professed religious and the co-foundress of the Sisters of Charity of Lovere that she founded alongside Bartolomea Capitanio.

1802–1855 · Modern

Vincenza Maria Poloni, ISM, born as Luigia Poloni, (26 January 1802 – 11 November 1855), was an Italian Catholic religious sister who cofounded the Sisters of Mercy of Verona, which she established with Charles Steeb.

1741–1822 · Modern · Theatines

Vincenzo Maria Morelli was a Theatine priest born in Lecce in 1741. He served as the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Otranto until his death in 1822. He is recognized as Venerable by the Catholic Church.

1835–1898 · Modern · Servite Order

Vincenzo Maria Sarnelli (5 April 1835 – 7 January 1898) was an Italian Catholic archbishop. He served as the Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia from 1879 to 1897 and then as the Metropolitan Archbishop of Naples from 1897 to 1898.

1761–1838 · Modern

Saint Vincent Nguyễn Thế Điểm (born c. 1761 in Ân Đô, Quảng Trị province, Vietnam; died November 24, 1838, in Đồng Hới, Vietnam) was a priest, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church. Vincent Nguyễn Thế Điểm studied at the seminary in Kẻ Vĩnh.

1776–1801 · Modern

Viviane Mun Yeong-in was a Korean Christian laywoman and martyr, born in 1776 in Seoul, Korea, and beheaded there on July 2, 1801. Her martyrdom is recognized by the Catholic Church, and she is titled Venerable. She was subsequently beatified by Pope Francis on August 16, 2014.

1728–1803 · Modern

Varlaam, born Vasily Petrovich Shaposhnikov (secular name Vasily Petrovich Petrov-Lavrovsky; born c. 1729 in Moscow, died December 15/27, 1802, in Tobolsk), was a Russian Orthodox bishop and an Orthodox saint.

1802–1858 · Modern

Wawrzyniec Wang Bing was born in 1802 in Guiyang and died in 1858 in Guizhou. A member of the Catholic Church, he died by decapitation. He is recognized as a Catholic saint and blessed.

1747–1789 · Modern

Wilhelm Kaliński (also known as Gwilhelm; pseudonym: Father Nikodem Puzyna), cathedral canon and vicar general of Vilnius (born March 6, 1747, in Warsaw; died January 20, 1789, in Vilnius), was a religious, preacher, and orator.

1761–1850 · Modern

Guillaume-Joseph Chaminade, SM (also known as William Joseph Chaminade; Périgueux, 8 April 1761 – Bordeaux, 22 January 1850) was a French Catholic priest who survived persecution during the French Revolution and later founded the Society of Mary, usually called the Marianists, in…

1764–1838 · Modern · Dominican Order

Saint Vincent Đỗ Yến (Vietnamese: Vinh-Sơn Đỗ Yến) (born c. 1764 in Trà Lũ, Nam Định Province, Vietnam – died June 30, 1838, in Hải Dương, Vietnam) was a Dominican friar, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church. Vincent Đỗ Yến was born in Trà Lũ, Nam Định Province, in 1764.

1719–1803 · Modern

Xenia of St. Petersburg (Russian: Святая блаженная Ксения Петербургская, born as Xenia Grigoryevna Petrova (Russian: Ксения Григорьевна Петрова), c. 1719–1730 – c. 1803) is a patron saint of St.

1857–1886 · Modern

James Buuzaabaylawo (born 1857, died June 3, 1886, in Namugongo) was a Christian martyr, a saint of the Catholic Church, and one of the Martyrs of Uganda murdered by King Mwanga II.

1832–1861 · Modern · Third Order of Saint Dominic

Saint Joseph Nguyễn Duy Khang (born c. 1832 in Cao Mại, Vietnam; died December 6, 1861, in Hải Dương, Vietnam) was a catechist, a Dominican tertiary, a martyr, and a saint of the Catholic Church.

1793–1840 · Modern

Saint Joseph Nguyễn Đình Nghi (Vietnamese: Giuse Nguyễn Đình Nghi) (born c. 1793 in Kẻ Vồi, Vietnam – died November 8, 1840, in Bảy Mẫu, Vietnam) was a priest, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church. Joseph Nguyễn Đình Nghi was born into a moderately wealthy family.

1775–1838 · Modern · Third Order of Saint Dominic

Saint Joseph Nguyễn Đình Uyển (born c. 1775 in Ninh Cường, Nam Định Province, Vietnam – died July 4, 1838, in Hưng Yên, Vietnam) was a catechist, Dominican tertiary, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church. Joseph Nguyễn Đình Uyển was born in Ninh Cường, Nam Định Province.

1787–1838 · Modern · Third Order of Saint Dominic

Saint Joseph Đặng Đình Viên (also Joseph Ðặng Văn Viên) (born c. 1787 in Tiên Chu, Hưng Yên province, Vietnam – died August 21, 1838, in Bảy Mẫu, Vietnam) was a priest, a Dominican tertiary, a martyr, and a saint of the Catholic Church.

1813–1896 · Modern

Zefirino Agostini (24 September 1813 - 6 April 1896) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest that served in his hometown of Verona to perform his pastoral duties.

1750–1795 · Modern

Saint Zlata of Meglen (Macedonian: Света Великомаченичка Злата Мегленска, Bulgarian: Света Великомъченица Злата Мъгленска, Greek: Ἁγία Χρυσή; died October 18, 1795) is an 18th-century Eastern Orthodox saint and new martyr.

1768–1833 · Modern

1822–1895 · Modern

Zygmunt Szczęsny Feliński (1 November 1822 in Voiutyn, now Ukraine – 17 September 1895 in Kraków) was a professor of the Saint Petersburg Roman Catholic Theological Academy, Archbishop of Warsaw in 1862-1883 (exiled by Tsar Alexander II to Yaroslavl for 20 years), and founder of…

1651–1711 · Modern · Order of Friars Minor

Bonaventure of Potenza, born Carlo Antonio Gerardo Lavanga on January 4, 1651, in Potenza (Basilicata) and died on October 26, 1711, in Ravello (Campania), was an Italian Conventual Franciscan, considered blessed by the Roman Catholic Church.

1758–1794 · Modern

Élie Leymarie de Laroche was a French Catholic priest born in 1758 at the Château de la Roche. He died in 1794 on the île Madame and is recognized as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1800–1851 · Modern · Sisters of Providence

Émilie Tavernier Gamelin SP (19 February 1800 – 23 September 1851) was a Canadian Catholic social worker and religious sister best known as the founder of the Sisters of Providence of Montreal. In 2001, she was beatified by Pope John Paul II.

1818–1878 · Modern

Émilie d'Oultremont (11 October 1818 – 22 February 1878) – in religion Marie of Jesus – was a Belgian Roman Catholic widow and later religious sister who founded the Sisters of Mary Reparatrix.

1824–1899 · Modern · Assumptionists

Étienne Pernet A.A. (1824–1899, born Claude-Étienne Pernet-Cordelet) was a French Roman Catholic priest of the Congregation of the Augustinians of the Assumption, and co-founder of the Little Sisters of the Assumption. He was declared venerable by John Paul II in 1983.