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1799–1864 · Modern

Gabriel Taborin (1799–1864) was a French religious brother and founder of the Brothers of the Holy Family of Belley, France. Taborin was born in Belleydoux, France, on November 1, 1799.

1838–1862 · Modern · Passionists

Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows (born Francesco Possenti 1 March 1838 – 27 February 1862) was an Italian Passionist seminarian. Born to a professional family, he gave up ambitions of a secular career to enter the Passionist congregation.

1750–1815 · Modern

Louis Gabriel Taurin Dufresse, MEP (8 December 1750 – 14 September 1815) was a French Catholic prelate who served as Vicar Apostolic of Se-Ciuen from 1801 to 1815. He was member of the Paris Foreign Missions Society.

1827–1889 · Modern

Gaetana Sterni (26 June 1827 – 26 November 1889) was an Italian Roman Catholic professed religious and the founder of the Sisters of Divine Will.

1791–1860 · Modern

Gaetano Errico, MSSCC (19 October 1791 – 29 October 1860) was an Italian Catholic priest from Naples and the founder of the Missionaries of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary.

1777–1853 · Modern

Gaspare Luigi Bertoni, CSS (9 October 1777 – 12 June 1853) was an Italian Catholic priest and the founder of the Congregation of the Sacred Stigmata, also known as the Stigmatines.

1786–1837 · Modern

Gaspar Melchior Balthazar del Bufalo, CPPS (January 6, 1786 – December 28, 1837), also known as Gaspare del Bufalo, was a Catholic priest and the founder of the Missionaries of the Precious Blood. Canonised as a saint in 1954, he is liturgically commemorated on October 21.

1702–1744 · Modern · Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer

Gennaro Maria Sarnelli (12 September 1702 – 30 June 1744) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member from the Redemptorists. Sarnelli was one of Alphonsus Maria de' Liguori's earliest companions and a prolific writer on a range of religious topics.

1760–1833 · Modern

Georg Michael Wittmann (22 (23?) January 1760, near Pleistein, Oberpfalz, Bavaria – 8 March 1833, at Ratisbon) was a German prelate of the Catholic Church.

1720–1788 · Modern

Giacomo Abbondo (27 August 1720 – 9 February 1788) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest who hailed from Vercelli. Abbondo served as a pastor and provost in his home town of Tronzano where he administered to the people while proclaiming the message of the Gospel and bringing the s…

1649–1714 · Modern

Giovanni Alberto Badoer or Gianalberto Badoaro (12 May 1649 – 17 May 1714) was a Venetian Catholic cardinal who served as Patriarch of Venice and Bishop of Brescia. Giovanni Alberto Badoer was born in Venice on 12 May 1649 of a family of the patrician nobility.

1803–1888 · Modern

Giovanni Antonio Farina (11 January 1803 – 4 March 1888) was an Italian Catholic bishop known for his compassionate treatment of the poor and for his enlightened views of education; he was sometimes dubbed as the "Bishop of the Poor".

1791–1844 · Modern

Giovanni Battista Quilici (26 April 1791 – 10 June 1844) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and the founder of the Daughters of the Crucified as well as several other religious institutions.

1698–1764 · Modern

Giovanni Battista de' Rossi was a Catholic presbyter born in Voltaggio in 1698. He died in Rome in 1764 and is recognized by the Church as the Venerable.

1826–1855 · Modern

Giovanni Battista Mazzucconi (1 March 1826 – 7 September 1855) was an Italian priest from the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions. He was killed in hatred of the faith in Papua New Guinea during his work there amongst the people.

1760–1816 · Modern · Franciscans

John of Triora (Chinese name: 蓝月旺; 1760 – 1816, Italian name: Giovanni da Triora) was an Italian missionary and martyr saint of 19th century China. He was born in 1760 in Molini di Triora. His parents were Antonio Maria Lantrua and Maria Pasqua Ferraironi.

1807–1872 · Modern

Giovannina Franchi (24 June 1807 – 23 February 1872) was an Italian Roman Catholic professed religious and the founder of the Suore Infermiere dell'Addolorata.

1696–1755 · Modern · Redemptoristines

Giulia Crostarosa (31 October 1696 – 14 September 1755) was an Italian Roman Catholic nun who founded the Order of the Most Holy Redeemer (Redemptoristines), an order of contemplative nuns.

1811–1861 · Modern · Dominican Order

Saint Joseph Tuân (Vietnamese: Giuse Tuân) (born c. 1811 or 1821 in Trần Xá, Hưng Yên Province, Vietnam – died April 30, 1861, in Hưng Yên, Vietnam) was a Dominican friar, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church. Joseph Tuân came from a poor family.

1741–1823 · Modern

Giuseppe Bartolomeo Menocchio was a Catholic priest and bishop born in 1741 in Carmagnola and a citizen of the Papal States. He served as a titular bishop and died in Rome in 1823. He is recognized as Venerable by the Catholic Church.

1786–1842 · Modern · Franciscans

Giuseppe Benedetto Cottolengo or Joseph Benedict Cottolengo (3 May 1786 – 30 April 1842) was the founder of the Little House of Divine Providence and is a saint of the Roman Catholic Church.

1818–1894 · Modern · Benedictines

Giuseppe Benedetto Dusmet (15 August 1818 – 4 April 1894) – born Giuseppe Dusmet – was an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal who served as the Archbishop of Catania from 1867 until his death.

1649–1713 · Modern · Theatines

Joseph Mary Tomasi CR (Italian: Giuseppe Maria Tomasi di Lampedusa; 12 September 1649 – 1 January 1713), also known as the "Saint Duke", was an Italian Catholic priest, scholar, reformer and cardinal as well as a member of the princely Tomasi family.

1841–1897 · Modern

Giuseppe Antonio Tovini (14 March 1841 – 16 January 1897) was an Italian banker and lawyer who became a member of the Secular Franciscan Order. He was one of the founder of Banca di Valle Camonica, Banca San Paolo di Brescia and Banco Ambrosiano. His nephew was Mosè Tovini.

1656–1707 · Modern

Gomidas Keumurdjian (Armenian: Կոմիտաս Քէօմիւրճեան; 1656 – 5 November 1707), known as Cosma de Carbognano, was a married priest of the Armenian Apostolic Church and later a convert to the Armenian Catholic Church.

1809–1889 · Modern · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Guglielmo Massaia, OFM Cap. (born Lorenzo; 9 June 1809 - 6 August 1889) was an Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church who served as a missionary and a Capuchin friar. Pope Francis named him Venerable on 1 December 2016.

1709–1794 · Modern

Guillaume Repin (26 August 1709 – 2 January 1794) was a French priest and martyr. He was beatified on 19 February 1984 by Pope John Paul II. Repin was born in Thouarcé, Maine-et-Loire, France on 26 August 1709.

1733–1792 · Modern · Society of Jesus

Guillaume-Antoine Delfaud (1733–1792) was a French Jesuit.

1869–1886 · Modern

Gyaviira Musoke (died Namugongo, June 3, 1886) was one of the 22 Catholic martyrs known and venerated worldwide as the Uganda Martyrs. They were pages at the royal court of the Kabaka of Buganda, Mwanga II (1884–1903), who were killed between November 15, 1885, and January 27, 18…

1760 · Modern

1823–1871 · Modern

The Massacre in the Rue Haxo (French: le massacre de la rue Haxo) was a massacre of priests and gendarmes by communards during the semaine sanglante ("bloody week") at the end of the Paris Commune in May 1871.

1860–1892 · Modern · Missionaries of the Sacred Heart

Henri Baptiste Stanislas Verjus (born May 26, 1860, in Oleggio, Piedmont-Sardinia; died November 13, 1892, in the same town, then part of Italy) was a French missionary and Vicar Apostolic of New Pomerania (present-day New Britain, Papua) in 1889.

1767–1834 · Modern

Henriette Aymer de La Chevalerie (8 November 1767 – 23 November 1834) was a French religious sister, who along with Peter Coudrin founded the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary.

1813–1862 · Modern

Henriette Díaz DeLille, SSF (March 11, 1813 – November 17, 1862) was a Louisiana Creole of color and Catholic religious sister from New Orleans. She founded the Sisters of the Holy Family in 1836 and served as their first Mother Superior.

1745–1794 · Modern · Order of Discalced Nuns of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel

Born in Paris in 1745, Henriette de Jésus was a Catholic nun of the Order of Discalced Nuns of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel. She died by decapitation in Paris in 1794 and is buried at Picpus Cemetery. She is recognized as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1796–1839 · Modern

Ignatius Kim Che-jun is a saint who is one of the Korean Martyrs. He was born in Myonch’on, Ch’ungch’ong, Korea, in 1796, and was beheaded in Seoul on September 26, 1839. He was beatified in July 1925 and canonized on May 6, 1984.

1663–1748 · Modern · Religious of the Virgin Mary

Ignacia del Espíritu Santo luco, also known as "Mother Ignacia" (February 1, 1663 – September 10, 1748) was a Filipino religious sister of the Catholic Church.

1708–1783 · Modern

Ignatius Capizzi was a Catholic presbyter, writer, and theologian born in 1708 in Bronte. He died in 1783 in Palermo and is recognized by the Catholic Church as the Venerable.

1801 · Modern

Ignatius Choe In-cheol was a member of the Catholic Church born in Seoul. He died by decapitation in Seoul in 1801 and is recognized as a blessed.

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.

1762–1838 · Modern · Dominican Order

Ignacio Clemente Delgado Cebrián (born in the village of Villafeliche, Province of Zaragoza, Kingdom of Spain, on November 22, 1762 – died in prison in Nam Dinh, Tonkin, on July 25, 1838) was a Dominican friar and 19th-century Spanish Catholic missionary who became a bishop and i…

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.

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.

1784–1839 · Modern

Juliette Kim (Korean: 김 율리에타) was a Korean Christian laywoman, martyr, and saint, born in 1784 near Seoul, Korea, and beheaded on September 26, 1839, near Seoul.

1743–1773 · Modern · Dominican Order

Hyacinthe Castañeda, born Jacinto María Castañeda y Pujassons (Játiva, Kingdom of Spain, January 13, 1743 – Hanoi, Tonkin, November 7, 1773), was an 18th-century Spanish Dominican friar and Catholic missionary who died a martyr in Tonkin (modern-day Vietnam).

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.