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1799 · Modern · Cistercians

The Martyrs of Casamari were six Cistercian monks, led by Siméon Cardon, who were killed by French soldiers in May 1799 at Casamari Abbey. They are recognized as martyrs by the Catholic Church, and their beatification took place on April 17, 2021. Their feast day is May 16.

1786–1839 · Modern

Marie Pak Kun-agi (Korean: 박큰아기 마리아) was a Korean Christian laywoman, martyr, and saint, born in 1786 in Seoul, Korea, and beheaded on September 3, 1839, near Seoul.

1819–1839 · Modern

Marie Won Kwi-im was a Korean Christian laywoman, born around 1818 in Yongmeo Ri, Goyang Gun, in the Gyeonggi province of Korea, who died by beheading on July 20, 1839, in Seoul.

1819–1840 · Modern

Saint Maria Yi In-dŏk (1819–January 31, 1840) was a Korean Catholic martyr and saint. Maria Yi In-dŏk was the sister of fellow martyr Magdalena Yi Yŏng-dŏk. During the persecution of Catholics in Korea, she was arrested alongside her older sister.

1801–1840 · Modern

Marie Yi Seong-rye (in Korean: Yi Seong-rye Maria) was a Korean Christian laywoman and martyr, born in 1801 in Hongju, Chungcheong, Korea, and beheaded on January 31, 1840, at Danggogae, near Seoul.

1804–1839 · Modern

Marie Yi Yon-hui (Korean: 이연희 마리아) was a Korean Christian laywoman and the wife of Damien Nam Myong-hyog. She was born around 1804 in Seoul, Korea, and was beheaded there on September 3, 1839.

1813–1847 · Modern

Saint Matthew Lê Văn Gẫm (born c. 1813 in Gò Công, Vietnam; died May 11, 1847, in Chợ Đũi, Đồng Nai Province, Vietnam) was a martyr and a saint of the Catholic Church. Matthew Lê Văn Gẫm was born in Gò Công to parents Paul Lê Văn Lại and Mary Nguyễn Thị Nhiệm.

1808–1861 · Modern

Saint Matthew Nguyễn Văn Đắc (Phượng) (born c. 1808 in Kẻ Lài, Quảng Bình province, Vietnam; died May 26, 1861, near Đồng Hới, Quảng Bình province, Vietnam) was a martyr and a saint of the Catholic Church.

1765–1795 · Modern

Matthias Choe In-gil (1765–June 28, 1795) was a Korean martyr and a blessed of the Catholic Church. Born in 1765, Choe In-gil converted to Catholicism in 1784.

1804–1838 · Modern

Saint Michael Nguyễn Huy Mỹ (Vietnamese: Micae Nguyễn Huy Mỹ) (born c. 1804 in Kẻ Vĩnh, Vietnam – died August 12, 1838, in Bảy Mẫu, Vietnam) was a martyr and a saint of the Catholic Church. Michael Nguyễn Huy Mỹ was born in Kẻ Vĩnh.

1801–1872 · Modern

Michel Guérin, known as Abbé Guérin (born June 8, 1801; died May 29, 1872), was a 19th-century French priest, the first parish priest and founder of the parish of the village of Pontmain, and a witness to the apparition of Our Lady of Pontmain.

1748–1794 · Modern · Carmelites

Michel-Louis Brulard, born in 1748, was a priest and a member of the Order of Discalced Carmelites in Charenton. During the French Revolution, he was arrested and sentenced to deportation to French Guiana.

1782–1862 · Modern

Moses, born Timofey Ivanovich Putilov (January 15, 1782, in Borisoglebsky; died June 16, 1862, in Kozelsk), was the superior and starets of the Optina Monastery and an Orthodox monastic saint.

1792–1839 · Modern

Saint Nicholas Bùi Đức Thể (Vietnamese: Nicôla Bùi Đức Thể) (born c. 1792 in Kiên Trung, Nam Định Province, Vietnam – died June 13, 1839, in Thừa Thiên, Vietnam) was a martyr and a saint of the Catholic Church. The exact date of Nicholas Bùi Đức Thể's birth is unknown.

1740–1792 · Modern · Society of Jesus

Nikolas Verron, born in Quimperlé in 1740 and murdered in Paris on September 3, 1792, was a Jesuit priest and martyr. He is one of the Martyrs of September 1792, beatified by Pope Pius XI on October 17, 1926.

1757–1842 · Modern

Schema-nun Olimpiada (1757, Iași – 1842, Văratec Monastery) was a Romanian nun and the founder of Văratec Monastery. She was canonized as a saint by the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church during its session on July 1, 2025, under the title Saint Venerable Olimpiada of Văr…

1786–1818 · Modern

Saint Onuphrius the New Martyr of Hilandar is an Orthodox Bulgarian saint who practiced asceticism at the Serbian monastery of Hilandar. He was born in Gabrovo, in the Eparchy of Tarnovo, Bulgaria.

1786–1818 · Modern

Saint Onuphrius the New Martyr of Chios (1786–1818) is a saint of the Orthodox Church commemorated on January 4. He is believed to have been a native of the village of Gabrovo in the region of Tarnovo in present-day Bulgaria.

1796–1840 · Modern

Paul Ho Hyob (Korean: 허협 바오로) was a Korean Christian soldier, martyr, and Catholic saint, born in 1796 in Seoul, Korea, and died in late January or early February 1840 in Seoul.

1826–1859 · Modern

Paul Hạnh (Vietnamese: Phaolô Hạnh) (born 1826 or 1827 in Vietnam – died May 28, 1859, in Saigon, Vietnam) was a saint of the Catholic Church and a martyr. Paul Hạnh was born in 1826 or 1827. After moving to Chợ Quán, he worked as a merchant.

1793–1857 · Modern

Paul Le-Bao-Tinh (also spelled Le-Bao Thin) was a Vietnamese Catholic priest. He lived in the first half of the 19th century and was sentenced to death by Emperor Tu Duc. He was beheaded in 1857.

1838–1861 · Modern

Paul Tchen (Chen Changpin) (April 11, 1838 – July 29, 1861) was a Chinese Catholic saint and martyr, born on April 11, 1838, in Xintian (Guizhou province) and beheaded in Qingyang on July 29, 1861. A seminarian, he was condemned and executed.

1792–1862 · Modern

Paul Vũ Văn Dương (also known as Đổng) (Vietnamese: Phaolô Vũ Văn Dương) (born c. 1792 in Vực Đường, Hưng Yên Province, Vietnam – died June 3, 1862, in Nam Định, Vietnam) was a martyr and a saint of the Catholic Church.

1743–1798 · Modern

Paul Yi Do-gi (Korean: 이도기 바오로; born 1743 in Cheongyang, Korea; died July 24, 1798, in Jeongsan) was a Korean martyr and a blessed of the Catholic Church. Yi Do-gi was born in 1743 in Cheongyang. In his hometown, he encountered the Catholic faith and became a Christian.

1759–1791 · Modern

Paul Yun Ji-chung (Korean: 윤지충 바오로) was a Korean Christian layman, Catholic martyr, and blessed. He was born in 1759 in Jinsan, Jeolla Province, Korea, and was beheaded on December 8, 1791, in Jeonju, Jeolla.

1760–1795 · Modern

Paul Yun Yu-il (Korean: 윤유일 바오로; born 1760 in Yeoju, Korea; died June 28, 1795, in Seoul) was a Korean martyr and a blessed of the Catholic Church. Yun Yu-il learned about the Christian faith from Ambrose Kwon Cheol-sin and his younger brother, Francis Xavier Kwon Il-sin.

1705–1770 · Modern

Paul, born Piotr Koniuszkiewicz (born 1705 in Koniuszki, now Łuki near Sambir; died October 24/November 4, 1770, in Kyiv), was a bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church of Ukrainian descent.

1811–1889 · Modern

Paula Delpuig i Gelabert, known in religion as Paula of Saint Louis (Malgrat de Mar, Maresme, February 3, 1811 – Vic, Osona, February 23, 1889), was a sister of the Carmelite Sisters of Charity, or Vedrunas, and the second superior general of the congregation.

1771–1840 · Modern

Paul Phạm Khắc Khoan (born c. 1771 in Vietnam – died April 28, 1840, in Ninh Bình, Vietnam) was a priest, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church. After his ordination, Paul Phạm Khắc Khoan worked in Kẻ Vĩnh and Phúc Nhạc.

1790–1840 · Modern

Paul Nguyễn Ngân (Vietnamese: Phaolô Nguyễn Ngân) (born c. 1771 or 1790 in Cự Khanh, Thanh Hóa province, Vietnam – died November 8, 1840, in Bảy Mẫu, Vietnam) was a priest, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church. After his ordination, he worked in the Phúc Nhạc parish.

1798–1838 · Modern

Paul Nguyễn Văn Mỹ (Vietnamese: Phaolô Nguyễn Văn Mỹ; Tân Thanh, 1798 – Gò-Voi Hill, December 18, 1838), also known in Italian as Paolo Mi, was a Vietnamese catechist, a victim of the persecutions against Christians ordered by Minh Mạng, and is venerated as a saint and martyr by…

1808–1854 · Modern

Monk Pavel (secular name Pyotr Vasilyevich Velikodvorsky; June 29, 1808, Zimogorye, Novgorod Governorate — May 5, 1854, Bila Krynytsia, Austrian Empire) was a monk of the Old Orthodox Church of Christ (Old Believers accepting the Belokrinitskaya hierarchy) and a spiritual writer.…

1780–1842 · Modern

Peter Khan (Vietnamese: Phêrô Khan) (born c. 1780 in Hòa Huệ, Nghệ An Province, Vietnam – died July 12, 1842, in Hà Tĩnh, Vietnam) was a priest, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church. Peter Khan was born in the village of Nguyên Kiệt in Nghệ An Province.

1826–1859 · Modern

Peter Đoàn Công Quý (Vietnamese: Phêrô Đoàn Công Quý) (born c. 1826 in Búng, Vietnam – died July 31, 1859, in Châu Đốc, An Giang Province, Vietnam) was a priest, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church.

1641–1700 · Modern · Franciscans

Pedro de Bardeci Aginako (Orduña, Biscay, April 5, 1641 – Santiago, September 12, 1700) was a Basque (Spanish) religious figure who is currently in the process of beatification.

1804–1839 · Modern

Perpetua Hong Kum-ju (Korean: 홍금주 페르페투아) was a Korean Christian laywoman, martyr, and saint, born in 1804 near Seoul, Korea, and beheaded on September 26, 1839, in Seoul.

1750–1794 · Modern

Perrine Potier, wife of Turpault, born on April 26, 1750, in Cléré-sur-Layon (at the time in the province of Anjou, diocese of La Rochelle) and executed by firing squad on April 16, 1794, in Avrillé (Maine-et-Loire), is one of the ninety-nine martyrs of Angers.

1787–1839 · Modern

Peter Ch’oe Ch’ang-hŭb (1787–December 29, 1839) was a Korean catechist, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church. Born in Seoul into a family of government officials, he lost his father at the age of 13.

1815–1866 · Modern

Peter Cho Hwa-sŏ (1815–December 13, 1866) was a Korean Catholic saint and martyr. His father was Andrew Cho, a Catholic martyr who died in 1839. Peter Cho Hwa-sŏ moved to Sinchang in Chungcheong Province, where he worked as an assistant to Father Thomas Choe Yang-eop.

1845–1866 · Modern

Peter Chŏng Wŏn-ji (born 1845 in Jinjam, Korea; died December 13, 1866, in Jeonju) was a Korean saint of the Catholic Church and a martyr. Peter Chŏng Wŏn-ji was born into a very devout Catholic family; he was the son of another martyr.

1799–1840 · Modern

Peter Hong Pyong-ju was a Korean Christian layman, catechist, martyr, and Catholic saint. Born in 1799 in Seosan, Chungcheong Province, Korea, he was beheaded for his faith on January 31, 1840, at Dangkogae near Seoul.

1750–1799 · Modern

Peter Jeong San-pil (Korean: 정산필 베드로; born c. 1739 in Deoksan, Chungcheong Province, Korea; died 1799 in the same place) was a Korean martyr and a blessed of the Catholic Church. Peter Jeong San-pil was born in Deoksan around 1739.

1787–1819 · Modern

Peter Jo Suk (born 1787 in Yanggeun, died August 3, 1819, in Seoul) was a Korean martyr and a blessed of the Catholic Church, one of several thousand Catholics who died in Korea in the 19th century.

1750–1801 · Modern

Peter Cho Yong-sam (Korean: 조용삼 베드로; born in Yanggeun, Gyeonggi Province, Korea; died March 27, 1801, in Cheongju, in the then-province of Chungcheong, Korea) was a Korean martyr and a blessed of the Catholic Church.

1805–1837 · Modern

Peter Kwon Tŭg-in (1805–May 24, 1839) was a martyr and a saint of the Catholic Church. Born in Seoul to a Catholic family, he lost his father in childhood and his mother at the age of 16. He became a devout Catholic under his mother's influence.

1773–1833 · Modern

Peter Lê Tùy (Hanoi, Tonkin, 1773 – Bằng Sở village, Thanh Trì District, Thường Tín prefecture, present-day Bằng Sở village, Hồng Vân commune, Hanoi, Vietnam) was a 19th-century Vietnamese priest who was martyred on October 11, 1833, in Nghệ An province, Tonkin (present-day Vietn…

1796–1846 · Modern

Peter Nam Kyŏng-mun (Korean: 남경문 베드로; born 1796 in Seoul, died September 20, 1846, in the same city) was a Korean saint of the Catholic Church and a martyr. In his youth, he was a soldier, later working as a salt clam merchant. He served as a catechist.

1808–1840 · Modern

Peter Nguyễn Khắc Tự (Vietnamese: Phêrô Nguyễn Khắc Tự) (born c. 1808 in Ninh Bình, Vietnam; died July 10, 1840, in Đồng Hới, Quảng Bình Province, Vietnam) was a catechist, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church.

1783–1840 · Modern

Peter Nguyễn Văn Hiếu (Vietnamese: Phêrô Nguyễn Văn Hiếu) (born c. 1783 in Đồng Chuối, Ninh Bình Province, Vietnam; died April 28, 1840, in Ninh Bình, Vietnam) was a catechist, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church. Peter Nguyễn Văn Hiếu was born around 1783 in Đồng Chuối.

1819–1866 · Modern

Peter Son Sŏn-ji (1819–December 13, 1866) was a Korean catechist, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church. Born in Imcheon, Chungcheong Province, he was baptized in childhood. He was married and had two children.