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1476–1539 · Reformation · Knights Hospitaller

Sir Adrian Fortescue (c. 1476 – 9 July 1539) was a courtier at the court of King Henry VIII of England and member of the Third Order of Saint Dominic who was executed in 1539 and later beatified as a Roman Catholic martyr.

1598–1638 · Reformation · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Agathangelus of Vendôme, born François Nouri, was a Franciscan priest of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, born on July 31, 1598, in Vendôme and died on October 7, 1629, in Gondar.

1602–1634 · Reformation · Dominican Order

Agnes of Jesus, OP (born Agnès Galand and also known as Agnes of Langeac; 17 November 1602 – 19 October 1634) was a French Catholic nun of the Dominican Order.

1569 · Reformation

Agustín de Revengy was a Catholic theologian who died in 1569. He is recognized as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1593–1659 · Reformation · Order of St. Augustine

Alain de Solminihac (25 November 1593 – 31 December 1659) was a French Roman Catholic religious reformer and served as the Bishop of Cahors from 1636 until his death.

1560–1595 · Reformation

Alexander Rawlins (1560 - 7 April 1595) was an English Roman Catholic martyr, beatified in 1929. While Richard Challoner says that Rawlins was born somewhere on the border between Worcestershire and Gloucestershire, Rawlins stated to the examiners that he was born a Catholic in…

1551–1583 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Alfons Pacheco was a Spanish Catholic priest and missionary born in Minaya in 1551. A member of the Society of Jesus, he died in 1583. He is recognized as a blessed within the Catholic Church.

1568–1622 · Reformation · Dominican Order

Alfonso de Mena (born February 3, 1568, in Logroño; died September 10, 1622, in Nagasaki) was a Spanish priest and Dominican friar (OP), nephew of the Jesuit Blessed Peter Paul Navarro (died 1622), an evangelist and missionary in the Far East, a martyr, and a blessed of the Catho…

1576–1622 · Reformation

Alix Le Clerc (2 February 1576 – 9 January 1622), known as Mother Alix, was a French religious leader and founder of the Canonesses of Saint-Augustin of the Notre-Dame Congregation (French: Notre-Dame), a religious order created to provide education to girls, especially those liv…

1551–1620 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Not to be confused with Ambrósio Fernandes Brandão. Ambroise Fernandez (in Portuguese, Ambrósio Fernandes), born around 1551 in Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal, and died (executed) on January 7, 1620, in Nagasaki, Japan, was a Portuguese Jesuit brother and missionary in Japan.

1602–1686 · Reformation · Dominican Order

Ana Monteagudo Ponce de Leon, OP (26 July 1602 – 10 January 1686), also known as Ana (or Ann) of the Angels Monteagudo, was a Peruvian Catholic nun in the Dominican Order.

1624–1644 · Reformation

Andrew of Phú Yên (1625 – 26 July 1644) is known as the "Protomartyr of Vietnam." Baptized in 1641, he was a dedicated assistant to Jesuit missionaries and was thus arrested in the persecution of Christians launched in 1644.

1550–1626 · Reformation · Order of Discalced Nuns of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel

Anne of Saint Bartholomew (Spanish: Ana de San Bartolomé; born Ana García Manzanas; 1 October 1550 – 7 June 1626) was a Spanish Discalced Carmelite and companion to Teresa of Ávila who established new monasteries in France and the Low Countries.

1590 · Reformation

Anthony Middleton (died 1590) was an English Roman Catholic priest and martyr from Yorkshire. He trained at Douai College, and returned to England in 1586.

1571–1593 · Reformation

Anthony Page (1563 – April 1593) was an English Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1987. Page was born at Harrow-on-the-Hill, Middlesex, in 1563. He was of gentle birth and matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford on 23 November 1581.

1628–1679 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Anthony Turner (1628–20 June 1679) was an English Jesuit priest and martyr. He was a victim of the Popish Plot, and was falsely convicted and executed for conspiracy to murder Charles II. He was beatified in 1929 by Pope Pius XI and his feast day is 20 June.

1585–1626 · Reformation

Antonio Franco (26 September 1585 – 2 September 1626) was an Italian Catholic priest and prelate of Santa Lucia del Mela. Franco was beatified in 2013 when a miracle was discovered to have been performed through his intercession.

1460–1513 · Reformation

Arcangelo Canetoli (1460 - 16 April 1513) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a canon regular of Santa Maria di Reno. Canetoli escaped the massacre of his parents and brothers who were killed in Bologna during a political feud and embraced the religious life not long after w…

1590–1643 · Reformation · Order of Friars Minor

Arthur "Francis" Bell, OFM (13 January 1590 – 11 December 1643) was an English Franciscan friar. He was found guilty of being a Catholic priest by a court sitting under the auspices of Parliament during the English Civil War. He was executed at Tyburn in London.

1563–1626 · Reformation

Baltasar de Torres, SJ (born December 14, 1563, in Granada; died June 20, 1626, in Nagasaki) was a Jesuit missionary, priest, blessed of the Catholic Church, and martyr. A victim of anti-Catholic persecution in Japan, he was murdered in odium fidei (out of hatred for the faith).

1447–1516 · Reformation · Carmelites

Baptista Spagnuoli Mantuanus, O.Carm (Italian: Battista Mantovano, English: Battista the Mantuan or simply Mantuan; also known as Johannes Baptista Spagnolo; 17 April 1447 – 22 March 1516) was an Italian Carmelite reformer, humanist, and poet.

1560–1625 · Reformation · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Marco Passionei (13 September 1560 – 30 April 1625) - in religion Benedetto da Urbino - was an Italian Roman Catholic and a professed member from the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin.

1541–1588 · Reformation

Thomas Holford (sometimes called Thomas Acton) (1541–1588) was an English Protestant schoolteacher who became a Catholic priest during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I.

1610–1679 · Reformation · Ursulines of Piacenza

Brigida Morello Zancano (17 June 1610 – 3 September 1679), born Brigida Morello, was an Italian Roman Catholic widow and later a nun of the Ursuline Sisters of Mary Immaculate that she herself had established in her widowhood.

1571–1624 · Reformation

Caius of Korea (1571 in Korea – 15 November 1624 in Nagasaki, Japan) is the 128th of the 205 Catholic Martyrs of Japan beatified by Pope Pius IX on 7 July 1867, after he had canonized the Twenty-six Martyrs of Japan five years before on 8 June 1862.

1607–1638 · Reformation · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Cassien of Nantes, OFM Cap. (born Gonzalve Vaz Lopez-Netto; 1607 – 1638) was a French Capuchin missionary priest in Africa during the 17th century.

1487–1574 · Reformation · Third Order of Saint Dominic

Catherine of Racconigi (1486 – 1547, Racconigi) was an Italian member of the Third Order of St. Dominic, who is recognized for being a mystic and a stigmatic.

1640–1679 · Reformation · Franciscans

Charles Mahoney (or Mahony; alias Charles Meehan; c. 1640 – 12 August 1679) was an Irish Franciscan friar. He is considered a martyr by the Roman Catholic Church, one of the Eighty-five martyrs of England and Wales beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1987.

1564–1622 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Charles Spinola (1564 – 10 September 1622), also known as Carlo Spinola, was a Jesuit missionary from Genoa, Italy, martyred in Japan as a missionary. Charles (or Carlo) Spinola was born in January 1564 in Genoa, Italy, the son of Ottavio Spinola, Count of Tassarolo.

1560–1590 · Reformation

Christopher Bales, also spelt Christopher Bayles, alias Christopher Evers (c.1564–1590), was an English Catholic priest and martyr. He was beatified in 1929. Christopher was born at Coniscliffe near Darlington, County Durham, England, about 1564.

1562–1588 · Reformation

Christopher Buxton was born in 1562 in Derbyshire and worked as a politician. A member of the Catholic Church, he was executed in 1588 in Canterbury by being hanged, drawn, quartered, and decapitated. He is recognized as a blessed.

1598 · Reformation

Christopher Robinson (died 19 August 1598) was an English Catholic priest and martyr, beatified in 1987. Robinson was born at Woodside, near Westward, Cumberland between 1565 and 1570.

1501–1600 · Reformation

Christopher Wharton (before 1546 – 28 March 1600) was an English Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1987. Wharton was born at Middleton, Yorkshire, before 1546.

1467–1501 · Reformation · Dominican Order

Columba of Rieti was an Italian religious sister of the Third Order of St. Dominic who was noted as a mystic. She was renowned for her spiritual counsel, devotion to the Blessed Sacrament, and fantastic miracles were attributed to her.

1533–1612 · Reformation · Order of Friars Minor

Concobhar Ó Duibheannaigh (c. 1532 – 1 (O.S.)/11 (N.S.) February 1612; Conor O'Devany, Cornelius O'Devany) was an Irish Franciscan priest from Donegal Abbey and Roman Catholic bishop during the religious persecution of the Catholic Church in Ireland that began during the reign of…

1619 · Reformation

Cosmas Takeya Sozaburō, born in Korea and executed on November 18, 1619, in Nagasaki, Japan, was a Japanese Catholic layman of Korean descent, a member of the Third Order of Saint Francis, and a victim of the anti-Catholic persecution in Japan.

1638–1690 · Reformation · Third Order of Saint Francis

Cristóbal of Saint Catherine (25 July 1638 – 21 July 1690) – born Cristóbal López de Valladolid Orea – was a Roman Catholic Spanish priest and a professed member of the Third Order of Saint Francis.

1600–1638 · Reformation · Order of the Brothers Discalced of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel

Denis of the Nativity, OCD (also Dionysius of the Nativity, born as Pierre Berthelot; 12 December 1600 – 27 November 1638) was a French Discalced Carmelite friar who served in Goa. He had previously been a sailor and cartographer in the service of the king of Portugal.

1530–1584 · Reformation · Franciscans

Dermot O'Hurley (c. 1530 – 19 or 20 June 1584)—also Dermod or Dermond O'Hurley: Irish: Diarmaid Ó hUrthuile—was the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Cashel in Ireland during the reign of Elizabeth I, who was put to death for treason.

1627–1672 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Diego Luis de San Vitores, SJ (November 12, 1627 – April 2, 1672) was a Spanish Jesuit missionary who founded the first Catholic church on the island of Guam. He is responsible for establishing the Christian presence in the Mariana Islands.

1574–1636 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Diego Yuki Ryosetsu was a Japanese missionary and member of the Society of Jesus who was born in Awa Province in 1574. He died in Ōsaka in 1636 and is recognized as a blessed within the Catholic Church.

1578–1624 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Diogo de Carvalho, SJ (1578 – 22 February 1624) was a Portuguese Jesuit missionary martyred in Edo period Japan. Carvalho was born in Coimbra, Portugal, in 1578.

1450–1521 · Reformation · Dominican Order

Domenico Spadafora (1450 – 21 December 1521) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Order of Preachers. Spadafora was a noted evangelist and attracted countless to the Dominican fold while also converting the hearts of others who led dissolute lives.

1566–1602 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Dominic Collins, SJ (Irish: Doiminic Ó Coileáin; 1566 – 31 October 1602) was an Irish Jesuit lay brother, an ex-soldier, who died for his Catholic faith. He was beatified by Pope John Paul II, along with 16 other Irish Catholic Martyrs, on 27 September 1993.

1592–1628 · Reformation · Dominican Order

Dominic Castellet Vinale (born Francis Castellet Vinale; October 17, 1592, in Esparreguera, Catalonia; died September 8, 1628, on Nishizaka Hill, Nagasaki) was a Catholic blessed, Dominican friar, missionary, and martyr.

1605–1642 · Reformation

Edmund Catherick (c. 1605 – 13 April 1642) was an English Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1929. Catherick was probably born in Lancashire about 1605.

1565–1590 · Reformation

The Dryburne Martyrs: Richard Hill, Richard Holiday, John Hogg and Edmund Duke (all died 27 May 1590) were English Roman Catholic priests and martyrs, executed at Dryburne, County Durham, in the reign of Elizabeth I. They were beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1987.

1587 · Reformation

Edmund Sykes (born at Leeds; executed at York Tyburn, 23 March 1587) was an English Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1987. He was a student at the English college at Reims, where he was ordained 21 February 1581.

1600–1646 · Reformation

Edward Bamber (alias Reading) (b. c. 1600, at the Moor, Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire; executed at Lancaster 7 August 1646) was an English Roman Catholic priest. He was beatified in 1987. Bamber was born the son of Richard Bamber, at Carleton, Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire.

1557–1588 · Reformation

Edward James (c.1557 – 1 October 1588) was an English Catholic priest and martyr. James was born at Barton, Breaston, near Long Eaton, Derbyshire.