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1803–1839 · Modern

Jacques Chastan was a French Catholic priest and missionary born in 1803 in Marcoux. He died by decapitation in 1839 in Saenamteo. He is a canonized saint of the Catholic Church.

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.

1753–1794 · Modern · Carmelites

Jacques Gagnot, born on February 9, 1753, was a priest of the Discalced Carmelites of the Nancy house. During the French Revolution, he was arrested and sentenced to deportation to French Guiana.

1746–1794 · Modern · Carmelites

Jacques Retouret was born in Limoges on September 15, 1746. He was educated by the Jesuits, who sought to keep him. He entered the Carmelite Order on July 3, 1763, continued his studies, and was ordained a priest in Limoges.

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.

1754–1792 · Modern

Jakub Gabriel Galais was a Catholic presbyter born in 1754 in Longué-Jumelles. He died in Paris in 1792 and has received beatification.

1751–1791 · Modern

Jacob Kwon Sang-yeon (1751–December 8, 1791) was a Korean martyr and a blessed of the Catholic Church. Born in Jinsan, in the province of Jeolla, in 1751, he was introduced to the Catholic faith by his cousin, Paul Yun Ji-chung, around 1787.

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…

1730–1799 · Modern

Jakob Won Si-bo (Korean: 원시보 야고보; born 1730 in Eungjeong-ri, Hongju, in the then-province of Chungcheong, Korea; died April 17, 1799, in Cheongju) was a Korean martyr and a blessed of the Catholic Church. Won Si-bo was born in Eungjeong-ri, Hongju.

1801 · Modern

James Yun Yu-o was a member of the Catholic Church. He died in 1801 and is recognized as a blessed.

1752–1801 · Modern

Jakub Zhou Wenmo (1752–May 31, 1801) was a Chinese Catholic priest, missionary, martyr, and blessed of the Catholic Church. Orphaned in childhood, he was raised by his grandmother.

1765–1798 · Modern

Saint John Đạt (Vietnamese: Gioan Đạt) (born c. 1765 in Khê Câu, Thanh Hóa Province, Vietnam – died October 28, 1798, in Chợ Rạ, Thanh Hóa Province, Vietnam) was a priest, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church. John Đạt was born in Khê Câu, Thanh Hóa Province.

1798–1861 · Modern

John Đoàn Trinh Hoan (born c. 1798 in Kim Long, Thừa Thiên-Huế province, Vietnam – died May 26, 1861, near Đồng Hới, Quảng Bình province, Vietnam) was a priest, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church.

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.

1652–1714 · Modern · Carmelites

Jean Dominique Lucchesi (1652–1714) was born in Pescaglia on May 18, 1652. He entered the Carmelite Order in 1670, in a convent belonging to the Congregation of Mantua.

1766–1794 · Modern

Jean-Baptiste Lego (born May 13, 1766, in La Flèche, Sarthe, and died January 1, 1794, in Angers, Maine-et-Loire) was a French priest and martyr who was one of the Martyrs of Angers.

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…

1737–1794 · Modern · Carmelites

Jean-Baptiste Duverneuil was a priest of the Discalced Carmelites at the house in Angoulême. During the French Revolution, he was arrested and sentenced to deportation to French Guiana. Imprisoned on a ship at the Rochefort pontoons, he died on July 1, 1794.

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.

1734–1794 · Modern

Jean-Baptiste Souzy was a French Catholic priest born in La Rochelle in 1734. He served as a canon and vicar general before his death in 1794 at the Martyrs of Rochefort. He is recognized as a blessed within the Catholic Church.

1737–1794 · Modern · Franciscans

Jean-Baptiste Triquerie (born July 1, 1737, in Laval, Mayenne; died January 21, 1794, in the same city) was a French priest who was sentenced to death and guillotined during the French Revolution. He is venerated as a Blessed in the Roman Catholic Church.

1732–1794 · Modern

Jean-Baptiste Turpin du Cormier (born September 8, 1732, in Laval, Mayenne; died January 21, 1794, in the same city) was a French priest who was sentenced to death and guillotined during the French Revolution. He is venerated as a Blessed in the Roman Catholic Church.

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.

1759–1792 · Modern · Canon regulars of St. Victor

Jean-Charles-Marie Bernard du Cornillet was a French religious figure and librarian born in Châteaubriant in 1759. A member of the Canon regulars of St. Victor, he died in Paris in 1792. He is recognized as a blessed within Catholicism.

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…

1740–1792 · Modern · Ordo Fratrum Minorum de Regularis Observantia

Jean-Baptiste François Burté, born on June 21, 1740, in Rambervillers and died on September 2, 1792, in Paris, was a French Franciscan friar and priest. He died as a victim of the September Massacres during the French Revolution.

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.

1764–1792 · Modern

Jean-Philippe Marchand was a Catholic priest born in 1764 in Marsais. He died in Paris in 1792 and is recognized as a blessed.

1832–1862 · Modern

Jean-Pierre Néel, born on October 18, 1832, in the hamlet of Soleymieux, in the commune of Sainte-Catherine-sous-Riverie (Rhône), and died on February 18, 1862, in the province of Guizhou (then Kouy-tchéou) in China, was a Catholic missionary priest.

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.

1811–1858 · Modern

1800–1861 · Modern · Dominican Order

Jérôme Hermosilla (Jerónimo Hermosilla y Aransay), born in Santo Domingo de la Calzada in La Rioja on September 30, 1800, and beheaded in Hải Dương (Tonkin) on November 1, 1861, All Saints' Day, was a Spanish missionary bishop and a member of the Order of Preachers.

1782–1839 · Modern

Joachim Hao Kaizhi was born in Guizhou in 1782 and died in Guiyang in 1839. A member of the Catholic Church, he is recognized as a Catholic saint and blessed.

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.

1807–1886 · Modern

Johann Evangelist Wagner, born on December 5, 1807, in Dattenhausen near Dillingen and died on October 10, 1886, in Dillingen, was a Bavarian Catholic priest, rector of the major seminary of Dillingen, and founder of the Regens-Wagner Foundation.

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.

1811–1866 · Modern

Saint John Baptist Chŏn Chang-un (1811–March 9, 1866) was a Korean martyr and a saint of the Catholic Church. Born in 1811 in Seoul, he was baptized by his devout mother.