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1847–1870 · Modern

Clelia Barbieri (13 February 1847 – 13 July 1870) was an Italian Catholic and the founder of the Little Sisters of the Mother of Sorrows. She is regarded as the youngest founder of a religious congregation in the history of the Catholic church, as she was just twenty-three when s…

1751–1820 · Modern · Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer

Clement Mary Hofbauer CSsR (Czech: Klement Maria Hofbauer; German: Klemens Maria Hofbauer) (26 December 1751 – 15 March 1820) was a Moravian hermit and later a priest of the Redemptorist congregation. He established his congregation, founded in Italy, north of the Alps.

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.

1814–1894 · Modern · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Conrad of Parzham, O.F.M. Cap. (22 December 1818 – 21 April 1894), was a German Capuchin lay brother. He served for over 40 years in the post of porter of the Capuchin friary in Altötting, through which work he gained a widespread reputation for his wisdom and holiness.

1809–1879 · Modern

Cornelia Connelly, SHCJ (née Cornelia Peacock; January 15, 1809 – April 18, 1879) was an American-born educator who was the foundress of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus, a religious congregation in the Roman Catholic Church.

1668–1750 · Modern · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Crispino da Viterbo (13 November 1668 – 19 May 1750) - born Pietro Fioretti - was an Italian Roman Catholic professed religious from Order of Friars Minor Capuchin.

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.

1831–1881 · Modern · Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus

Daniele Comboni, MCCJ (15 March 1831 – 10 October 1881) was an Italian Catholic prelate who served as Vicar Apostolic of Central Africa from 1877 until his death in 1881.

1770–1840 · Modern

Demetrius Augustine Gallitzin (Russian: Дими́трий Дими́триевич Голи́цын, romanized: Dimitry Dimitrievich Golitsyn, December 22, 1770 – May 6, 1840) was an emigre Russian aristocrat and Catholic priest known as "The Apostle of the Alleghenies" and also in the United States as Prin…

1712–1752 · Modern

Devasahayam Pillai or Mar Lazarus Sahada (born Neelakanta Pillai and baptized as Lazarus; 23 April 1712 – 14 January 1752) was an Indian layman and martyr of the Catholic Church. He was canonized as a saint of the church by Pope Francis on 15 May 2022.

1743–1801 · Modern · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Diego José de Cádiz (1743–1801) was a Spanish Capuchin friar who was a noted and popular preacher throughout the region of Andalusia during the 18th century. He was beatified by the Catholic Church in 1894. José Francisco López-Caamaño y García Pérez was born in Cádiz in 1743.

1770–1828 · Modern

Domenico Lentini (20 November 1770 – 25 February 1828) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest. He was ordained in 1794 and was a life-long parish priest in his hometown of Potenza where he promoted Eucharistic devotion and worked alongside the poor of the area.

1802–1854 · Modern · Franciscans

Domenico Mazzarella (5 September 1802 – 4 July 1854) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest. He was also a professed member of the Franciscan Friars Minor of the Alcantarines and assumed the name of "Modestino of Jesus and Mary".

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.

1792–1849 · Modern · Passionists

Dominic Barberi, C.P. (22 June 1792 – 27 August 1849) was an Italian theologian and Passionist priest who was prominent in spreading Catholicism in England. He contributed to the conversion of John Henry Newman. In 1963, he was beatified by Pope Paul VI.

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.

1812–1862 · Modern

Vietnamese Martyrs (Vietnamese: Các Thánh Tử đạo Việt Nam), also known as the Martyrs of Tonkin and Cochinchina, collectively Martyrs of Annam or formerly Martyrs of Indochina, are saints of the Catholic Church who died between 1745 and 1862, and were canonized by Pope John Paul…

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.

1842–1857 · Modern · Salesians of Don Bosco

Dominic Savio (Italian: Domenico Savio; 2 April 1842 – 9 March 1857) was a 19th-century Italian teenager who was a student of John Bosco and became a Catholic saint. He was studying to be a priest when he became ill and died at the age of 14, possibly from pleurisy.

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.

1794–1858 · Modern · Dominican Order

Dominik Hà Trọng Mậu was a Catholic priest and member of the Dominican Order born in 1794. He died by decapitation in Hưng Yên in 1858. He is recognized as a Catholic saint.

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.

1814–1871 · Modern

Edmund Bojanowski (14 November 1814 - 7 August 1871) was a Polish Roman Catholic and the founder of four separate religious congregations. He studied art and literature during his education in Breslau and Berlin before distinguishing himself during a cholera epidemic in which he…

1762–1844 · Modern

Edmund Ignatius Rice, F.P.M., C.F.C. (Irish: Éamonn Iognáid Rís; 1 June 1762 – 29 August 1844) was a Catholic missionary and educationalist who founded two institutes of religious brothers: the Congregation of Christian Brothers and the Presentation Brothers.

1729–1812 · Modern · Franciscans

Egidio Maria of Saint Joseph (16 November 1729 – 7 February 1812) - born Francesco Pontillo - was an Italian professed religious of the Order of Friars Minor.

1837–1897 · Modern · Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Holy Trinity

Eladio Mozas Santamera was a Spanish religious figure born in 1837 in Miedes de Atienza and died in 1897 in Plasencia. A member of the Catholic Church, he is associated with the Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Holy Trinity and holds the title of Venerable.

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.

1788–1857 · Modern · Franciscans

Elisabetta Sanna (full name Elisabetta Sanna Porcu) (23 April 1788 – 17 February 1857) was an Italian Roman Catholic from Codrongianos Province of Sassari who was an active member of both the Secular Franciscan Order and the Union of the Catholic Apostolate.

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.

1858–1893 · Modern · Little Sisters of the Poor of Maiquetía

Emilia de San José, born Emilia Chapellín Istúriz, (7 December 1858 – 18 January 1893) was a Venezuelan religious sister, considered venerable by the Catholic Church.

1787–1852 · Modern

Émilie de Rodat (6 September 1787 – 19 September 1852), born Marie Guillemette (Wilhelmina) Emilie de Rodat, also known as Emily de Rodat, was a nun, virgin, mystic, and the founder of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Villefranche.

1797–1856 · Modern · Franciscans

Emily de Vialar or Émilie de Vialar (1797–1856) was a French nun who founded the missionary congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of the Apparition. She is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church.

1804–1860 · 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.

1708–1737 · Modern

Emmanuel d'Abreu SJ was a Roman Catholic priest who joined the Jesuit order in 1724. He was deputed to Goa in 1733 and then in Macau in 1734. In March 1736, he was arrested in the kingdom of Tonkin (today's Vietnam).

1810–1880 · Modern · Assumptionists

Emmanuel d'Alzon, AA (August 30, 1810 – November 21, 1880) was a French Catholic priest who founded the Assumptionists and was a leading figure of the Catholic Church in France in the 19th century.

1827–1860 · Modern

Engelbert Kolland was an Austrian Empire priest born in 1827 in Ramsau im Zillertal. He died in 1860 in Damascus and is recognized as a blessed within the Catholic Church.

1840–1896 · Modern · Society of St. Teresa of Jesus

Enric d'Ossó i Cervelló (16 October 1840 - 27 January 1896) was a Spanish Catholic priest and the founder of the Society of Saint Teresa of Jesus.

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.

1630–1704 · Modern

Istifan al-Duwayhi or Estephan El Douaihy (Arabic: اسطفانوس الثاني بطرس الدويهي / ALA-LC: Isṭifānūs al-thānī Buṭrus al-Duwayhī; French: Étienne Douaihi; Latin: Stephanus Dovaihi; Italian: Stefano El Douaihy; 2 August 1630 – 3 May 1704) was the 57th Patriarch of the Maronite Churc…

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…