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1807–1867 · Modern

Ignatius Brianchaninov or Ignaty Brianchaninov was a bishop and theologian of the Russian Orthodox Church. He stands out as one of the greatest Eastern Orthodox patristic writers of the nineteenth century.

1799–1864 · Modern · Passionists

Ignatius of St Paul, C.P. (born George Spencer; 21 December 1799 – 1 October 1864) was an English Catholic priest and nobleman as a son of the 2nd Earl Spencer.

1701–1781 · Modern · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Ignazio da Laconi (Sardinian: Ignatziu dae Làconi) (10 December 1701 - 11 May 1781) - born Vincenzo Peis - was a Roman Catholic professed religious born in Sardinia, and a member of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin.

1686–1770 · Modern · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Ignatius of Santhià (5 June 1686 – 22 September 1770), born Lorenzo Maurizio Belvisotti, was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin.

1800–1857 · Modern

Innocence is a lack of guilt, with respect to any kind of crime, or wrongdoing. In a legal context, innocence is prior to the sense of legal guilt and is a primal emotion connected with the sense of self.

1784–1819 · Modern

Innocence is a lack of guilt, with respect to any kind of crime, or wrongdoing. In a legal context, innocence is prior to the sense of legal guilt and is a primal emotion connected with the sense of self.

1797–1879 · Modern

Innocent of Alaska (Russian: Иннокентий; August 26, 1797 – 12 April [O.S. March 31] 1879), also known as Innocent Metropolitan of Moscow, was a Russian Orthodox missionary priest, then the first Orthodox bishop and archbishop in the Americas, and finally the Metropolitan of Mosco…

1682–1731 · Modern

Innocent of Irkutsk (Russian: Иннокентий Иркутский, c. 1680-November 27, 1731) was a missionary to Siberia and the first bishop of Irkutsk in Russia. He was born Ivan Kulczycki (Иван Кульчицкий, Ivan Kouchitzky) to a noble family in the Diocese of Chernigov.

1844–1890 · Modern · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Innocenzo da Berzo (19 March 1844 - 3 March 1890), born Giovanni Scalvinoni, was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Order of Friars Minor. Scalvinoni assumed his new religious name upon his profession as a Capuchin friar.

1705–1754 · Modern

Joasaph of Belgorod (Russian: Иоасаф Белгородский, Ukrainian: Йоаса́ф Бєлгородський, secular name Ioakim Andreyevich Gorlenko, Russian: Иоаким Андреевич Горленко; 8 (19) September 1705 – 10 (21) December 1754) was an 18th-century Russian Orthodox hierarch, bishop of Belgorod from…

1819–1888 · Modern · Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer

Isaac Thomas Hecker (December 18, 1819 – December 22, 1888) was an American Catholic priest and founder of the Paulist Fathers, a North American religious society of men. Hecker was originally ordained a Redemptorist priest in 1849.

1836–1899 · Modern

Isabel de Larrañaga Ramírez, HCSCJ (19 November 1836 - 17 January 1899), religious name Isabel of the Heart of Jesus, born in Manila, was a Filipino religious sister.

1813–1881 · Modern

Blessed Jacinto Vera Durán (Atlantic Ocean, 3 July 1813 – Pan de Azúcar, Uruguay, 6 May 1881) was a Uruguayan Roman Catholic prelate who served as the first bishop of Montevideo.

1838–1896 · Modern · Society of Jesus

Jacques Berthieu, SJ (also James; 27 November 1838 – 8 June 1896) was a French Jesuit priest and missionary in Madagascar. He was murdered during the Menalamba rebellion of 1896. He is the first martyr of Madagascar to be beatified. He was canonized by Pope Benedict XVI in 2012.

1725–1792 · Modern · Society of Jesus

Jakub Friteyre-Durvé (1725–1792) was a French Jesuit. He was born in Marsac-en-Livradois, a town in Puy-de-Dôme.

1803–1864 · Modern · Holy Ghost Fathers

Jacques-Désiré Laval (18 September 1803 – 9 September 1864) was a French Roman Catholic priest who served in the missions in Mauritius; he was a professed member from the Spiritans. He is known as the "Apostle of Mauritius" due to his tireless work in aiding the poor and ill.

1781–1838 · 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…

1736–1792 · Modern · Society of Jesus

Jean Charton de Millou (1736–1792) was a French Jesuit Catholic priest and martyr, who became a victim of anti-Catholic persecution during the French Revolution. Charton de Millou joined the Society of Jesus on September 7, 1751.

1738–1792 · Modern

Jean-Marie du Lau (30 October 1738, Biras – 2 September 1792, Paris) was a French Catholic prelate who served as the last Archbishop of Arles. He was one of the Catholic Martyrs of September 1792, killed in the September Massacres during the French Revolution.

1743–1792 · Modern

Jean-Baptiste Bottex (June 24, 1918 – May 28, 1979) was a Haitian painter. Hailing from Port Margot, near Cap-Haitien in northern Haiti, Jean-Baptiste and his younger brother Seymour are descendants of the Haitian Generals of the Independence of the North - Raimond de Bottex, an…

1809–1854 · Modern · Benedictines

Jean-Baptiste Muard, OSB (1809 – 1854) was a French Benedictine, reformer, and founder of religious orders. Jean-Baptiste Muard was born, the eldest of three sons, on April 29, 1809, in Vireaux to Claude and Catherine Paillot Muard.

1651–1719 · Modern · Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools

Jean-Baptiste de La Salle was a French priest, educational reformer, and founder of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools. He is a saint of the Catholic Church and the patron saint for teachers of youth.

1809–1837 · Modern

Jean-Charles Cornay was a French missionary of the Paris Foreign Missions Society who was martyred in Vietnam. He was executed in Ha Tay, Tonkin, now Vietnam, during the persecutions of Emperor Minh Mạng.

1790–1875 · Modern · Society of Mary

Jean-Claude Colin, SM (7 August 1790 – 15 November 1875) was a French priest who became the founder of the Society of Mary (Marists). Jean-Claude, born on 7 August 1790 at the hamlet of Barbery, in the Beaujolais region of central France, the son of Jacques Colin and his wife Ma…

1802–1840 · Modern · Congregation of the Mission

John Gabriel Perboyre, CM (French: Jean-Gabriel Perboyre; 1802–1840) was a French Catholic priest of the Congregation of the Mission (Vincentians or Lazarists) who served as a missionary in China, where he suffered martyrdom. He was canonized in 1996 by Pope John Paul II.

1832–1869 · Modern · Dominican Order

Alcide-Vital Lataste, OP (5 September 1832 – 10 March 1869), religious name Marie Jean Joseph Lataste, was a French Catholic priest of the Dominican Order.

1824–1852 · Modern

Jean-Louis Bonnard (b. 1 March 1824 at Saint-Christôt-en-Jarret, Diocese of Lyon; beheaded 1 May 1852) was a French Roman Catholic missionary to Vietnam, one of the Martyrs of Vietnam, canonized in 1988.

1786–1859 · Modern

John Vianney (born Jean-Marie Vianney [ʒɑ̃ maʁi vjanɛ] and later Jean-Marie-Baptiste Vianney; 8 May 1786 – 4 August 1859) was a French Catholic priest and member of the Third Order of Mary, often referred to as the Curé d'Ars ("the parish priest of Ars").

1780–1860 · Modern

Jean-Marie Robert de La Mennais, FICP (or de Lamennais; 1780–1860) was a Breton Catholic priest and brother of the philosopher Felicité Robert de Lamennais, whom he influenced in their youth.

1730–1793 · Modern

Jean-Martin Moye (written later in his life as Moÿe) was a French Catholic priest who served as a missionary in China and was the founder of the Sisters of the Congregation of Divine Providence. He also organized the first expression of consecrated life among the women of China.

1666–1736 · Modern

Jeanne Delanoue, religious name Joan of the Cross, (18 June 1666 – 17 August 1736) was the founder of the Congregation of St. Anne of Providence, and is venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church.

1792–1879 · Modern

Jeanne Jugan, LSP (25 October 1792 – 29 August 1879), in religion Mary of the Cross, was a French Catholic religious sister who became known for the dedication of her life to the neediest of the elderly poor.

1811–1854 · Modern

Émilie de Villeneuve (9 March 1811 – 2 October 1854) was a French Catholic nun and the founder of the Sisters of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception of Castres. After she died her cause of canonization was opened.

1773–1838 · Modern

Joan Elizabeth Lucy Bichier des Âges (French: Jeanne-Élisabeth-Lucie Bichier des Âges) (5 July 1773 – 26 August 1838) was a French religious sister, commonly referred to as Elizabeth Bichier. Together with Andrew Fournet, she founded the Sisters of the Cross, Sisters of St.

1760–1801 · Modern

Chŏng Yakchong (Korean: 정약종; Hanja: 丁若鍾; 1760 – April 8, 1801), also known as Augustine Chong, was a Korean Catholic martyr who contributed greatly to the spread of Catholicism in Korea. He was the older brother of Chŏng Yagyong and the father of Paul Chong Hasang.

1765–1826 · Modern · Sisters of Charity of Saint Joan Antida Thouret

Jeanne-Antide Thouret, SCSJA (27 November 1765 - 24 August 1826; also called Joan Antide Thouret and Jane Antide) was a French Catholic nun who founded a branch of the Sisters of Charity.

1783–1854 · Modern · Carmelite Sisters of Charity

Joaquima de Vedruna Vidal de Mas, CCV (or Joaquina, and Joaquina of Saint Francis of Assisi in religion; 16 April 1783 – 28 August 1854) was a Spanish Catholic religious sister and the founder of the Carmelite Sisters of Charity.

1691–1748 · Modern · Dominican Order

Joachim Royo (Spanish: Joaquin Royo Pérez, Chinese name: 华雅敬; 1691 – October 28, 1748) was a Spanish Catholic missionary in China during the 18th century. He died as a martyr in 1748 and was later canonized by the church as a saint.

1777–1860 · Modern

Johann Nepomuk von Tschiderer zu Gleifheim (15 April 1777 - 3 December 1860) was an Austrian-Italian Roman Catholic prelate and the Bishop of Trent from 1834 until his death.

1795–1839 · Modern

John Baptist Yi Kwang-nyol (c. 1800 – July 20, 1839) was one of the 103 Korean Martyrs. His feast day is July 20, and he is also venerated along with the rest of The Korean martyrs on September 20. John embraced Roman Catholicism with his elder brother when he was 28 years old.

1801–1890 · Modern · Oratory of Saint Philip Neri

John Henry Newman C.O. (21 February 1801 – 11 August 1890) was an English Catholic theologian, academic, philosopher, historian, writer, and poet. He was previously an Anglican priest, and after his conversion to Catholicism, became a cardinal.

1654–1734 · Modern · Franciscans

John Joseph of the Cross, OFM (born Carlo Gaetano Calosinto; 15 August 1654 – 5 March 1739) was an Italian Catholic priest and professed member of the Order of Friars Minor who hailed from the island of Ischia.

1811–1860 · Modern · Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer

John Nepomucene Neumann CSsR (German: Johann Nepomuk Neumann, Czech: Jan Nepomucký Neumann, Latin: Ioannes Nepomucenus Neumann; March 28, 1811 – January 5, 1860) was a Bohemian-born American prelate of the Catholic Church.

1823–1867 · Modern

John Yi Yun-il (1822 – January 21, 1867) was a Korean Catholic who was killed during the 19th-century Korean persecution of Christians. He was a family man who made his living as a farmer and who also served as a catechist, i.e. a teacher of Christian religion.

1651–1715 · Modern

John of Tobolsk (Russian: Иоанн Тобольский; 1651–1715), born Ioann Maksimovich Vasilkovskiy (Russian: Иоанн Максимович Васильковский; Ukrainian: Іван Максимович Васильківський, romanized: Ivan Maksymovych Vasylkivskyi) was a teacher, writer and clergyman of Ukrainian Cossack orig…

1690–1730 · Modern

John the Russian (Russian: Иоанн Русский; c. 1690 – 9 June [O.S. 27 May] 1730) was a Russian Orthodox slave who is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church.

1820–1893 · Modern · Secular Order of Discalced Carmelites

Josefa Naval Girbés (11 December 1820 – 24 February 1893) was a Spanish Catholic member of the Secular Order of Discalced Carmelites. She worked with cholera patients towards the end of her life which, along with her heart condition, contributed to her death in 1893.

1811–1871 · Modern · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Josep Tous Soler (31 March 1811 - 27 February 1871) was a Spanish Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin - a branch of the Franciscan Order.

1811–1860 · Modern · Third Order of Saint Francis

Joseph Cafasso (Italian: Giuseppe Cafasso; 15 January 1811 – 23 June 1860) was an Italian Catholic priest who was a significant social reformer in Turin. He was one of the so-called "Social Saints" who emerged during that particular era.

1803–1835 · Modern

Joseph Marchand (17 August 1803 – 30 November 1835) was a French missionary in Vietnam and a member of the Paris Foreign Missions Society. He is now a Catholic saint, celebrated on 30 November. Marchand was born in Passavant, in the Doubs department of France.