Library

1597 · Reformation · Franciscans

Paul Ibaraki was a Japanese Catholic martyr. Coming from a samurai family in Owari, he and his family lived near an Order of Friars Minor monastery. He lived in poverty but frequently helped those who were poorer than himself. He was also a preacher.

1564–1597 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Paul Miki, SJ (Japanese: パウロ三木; (‘Paulo Miki’) c. 1562 – 5 February 1597) was a Japanese Catholic evangelist and Jesuit, known for his martyrdom during a 16th-century anti-Catholic uprising.

1578–1597 · Reformation · Franciscans

Paul Suzuki (born 1563 in Owari Province, present-day Aichi Prefecture; died executed February 5, 1597, on the hills of Nagasaki) was a Japanese Catholic layman, a member of the Third Order of Saint Francis, and a catechist employed by Franciscan missionaries who fell victim to a…

1600–1656 · Reformation

Paul of Kolomna (Russian: Павел Коломенский) was a 17th-century bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church and martyr in the view of the Old Believers. The son of a rural clergyman, he was born in the village of Kolychevo, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast.

1542–1597 · Reformation · Order of Friars Minor

Peter Baptist Blásquez (Pedro Bautista Blásquez in Spanish), born in San Esteban del Valle, Spain, on June 24, 1542, and died (executed) in Nagasaki, Japan, on February 5, 1597, was a 16th-century Spanish Discalced Franciscan missionary who died for the Christian faith in Japan.

1654–1672 · Reformation

Pedro Calungsod (Spanish: Pedro Calúñgsod or archaically Pedro Calonsor; July 21, 1654 – April 2, 1672), also known as Peter Calungsod and Pedro Calonsor, was a Catholic Filipino-Visayan migrant, sacristan and missionary catechist who, along with the Spanish Jesuit missionary Die…

1506–1546 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Peter Faber, SJ (French: Pierre Lefevre or Favre, Latin: Petrus Faber) (13 April 1506 – 1 August 1546) was a Savoyard Catholic priest, theologian and co-founder of the Society of Jesus, along with Ignatius of Loyola and Francis Xavier.

1565–1640 · Reformation · Canons Regular of Saint Augustine

Peter Fourier was a French canon regular who is honored as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church. Foregoing offers of high office, he served for many years as a pastor in the village of Mattaincourt in the Vosges.

1587–1639 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Peter Kibe, SJ (Japanese: ペトロ岐部, romanized: Petoro Kibe; 1587 – 4 July 1639), his real name is Kibe Shigekatsu (岐部 茂勝), also known as Petro Kasui Kibe (ペトロ・カスイ岐部), was a Japanese Jesuit and Christian martyr.

1596–1647 · Reformation

Petro Mohyla or Peter Mogila (21 December 1596 – 1 January [O.S. 22 December] 1647) was the Metropolitan of Kiev, Galicia and all Rus' in the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople in the Eastern Orthodox Church from 1633 to 1646.

1597 · Reformation · Franciscans

The 26 Martyrs of Japan (Japanese: 日本二十六聖人, Hepburn: Nihon Nijūroku Seijin) were a group of Catholics who were executed by crucifixion on 5 February 1597, in Nagasaki, Japan. Their martyrdom is especially significant in the history of the Catholic Church in Japan.

1499–1562 · Reformation · Order of Friars Minor

Peter of Alcántara, OFM (born Peter Garavita; Spanish: Pedro de Alcántara; 1499 – October 18, 1562) was a Spanish Franciscan friar who was canonized in 1669. Peter was born at Alcántara, Province of Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain.

1626–1667 · Reformation · Third Order of Saint Francis

Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur (or Betancourt) y Gonzáles, OFB (Spanish: Pedro de San José de Betancur y Gonzáles, 21 March 1626– 25 April 1667), also called Hermano Pedro de San José Betancurt (Brother Peter of Saint Joseph Betancur) or more simply Peter de Betancurt, Hermano…

1572 · Reformation

Peter Janssens van Kalmthout was a Norbertine priest from the Duchy of Brabant who was murdered by Dutch rebels on the night of 16 April 1572. Janssens was born in Kalmthout around 1535, the son of a tenant of Tongerlo Abbey.

1645–1679 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Philip Evans, born in 1645 in Monmouth, Gwent, Wales (Great Britain), and executed on July 22, 1679, in Cardiff, Wales, was a Welsh Jesuit priest. He was executed for treason, alongside John Lloyd, for exercising his priesthood.

1557–1595 · Reformation

Philip Howard, 13th Earl of Arundel (28 June 1557 – 19 October 1595) was an English nobleman. He was canonised by Pope Paul VI in 1970, as one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.

1507–1570 · Reformation

Saint Philip II of Moscow (Russian: Филипп II; born Fyodor Stepanovich Kolychov; Russian: Фёдор Степанович Колычёв; 11 February 1507 – 23 December 1569) was Metropolitan of Moscow and all Rus', the primate of the Russian Orthodox Church, from 1566 to 1568.

1572–1597 · Reformation · Q131695953

Philip of Jesus, OFM (Spanish: Felipe de Jesús; 1572 – 1597) was a Spanish Franciscan missionary who became one of the Twenty-six Martyrs of Japan. He is the first Mexican Catholic saint and is the patron saint of Mexico City.

1507 · Reformation

Philippina of Chalon was a nun born to Louis II of Chalon-Arlay and Eleonor of Armagnac. She died in 1507 and is recognized as a saint.

1522–1589 · Reformation

Philothei of Athens, (also known as Philotheia or Philothea) (Greek: Άγια Φιλοθέη η Αθηναία) (November 21, 1522 - February 19, 1589), née Revoula Benizelos (Ρεβούλα Μπενιζέλου), was a Greek Orthodox religious sister, martyr and saint from Ottoman-era Greece.

1563–1591 · Reformation

Polydore Plasden (1563–1591) was one of the Catholic Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. A native of London, he studied for the priesthood at Rheims and Rome, and was ordained in 1586 before being sent back to England soon after.

1495–1571 · Reformation

‘’’Raghunāthadāsa Gosvāmī’’’ was a disciple of Śrī Yadunandan Ācārya (see Vilāpa Kusumānjali, verse 4, Caitanya-Caritāmṛta Ādi chapter 12 and Antya 6) one of the apostle of the Vaishnava saint, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, the principal six of whom are renowned as the Six Goswamis of Vr…

1550–1581 · Reformation

Ralph Sherwin (25 October 1550 – 1 December 1581) was an English Roman Catholic priest, executed in 1581. He is a Catholic martyr and saint. Sherwin was born at Rodsley, Derbyshire to John and Constance Sherwin and christened in Longford church. He was educated at Eton College.

1450–1520 · Reformation

Ravidas or Raidas was an Indian mystic poet-saint of the Bhakti movement during the 15th to 16th century CE. Venerated as a guru (spiritual teacher) in the modern regions of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, and Haryana, he was a poet,…

1608–1642 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

René Goupil, SJ (15 May 1608 – 29 September 1642), was a French Jesuit lay missionary (French: donné, "given" or "one who offers himself") who became a lay brother of the Society of Jesus shortly before his death.

1537–1584 · Reformation

Richard Gwyn (ca. 1537 – 15 October 1584), also known by his anglicized name, Richard White, was a Welsh teacher at illegal and underground schools and a bard who wrote both Christian and satirical poetry in the Welsh language.

1492–1535 · Reformation · Bridgettines

Richard Reynolds, O.Ss.S (c.1492 – 4 May 1535) was an English Bridgettine monk executed in London for refusing the Oath of Supremacy to King Henry VIII of England. He was canonised by Pope Paul VI in 1970, among the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.

1585–1622 · Reformation · Récollets

Blessed Lambert Trouvez (in religion: Richard of Saint Anne, of the Order of Friars Minor Recollects), born in 1585 in Beignée (Ham-sur-Heure), then in the Prince-Bishopric of Liège (Belgium), and died (burned alive) on September 10, 1622, in Nagasaki (Japan), was a Franciscan Re…

1485–1535 · Reformation · Carthusian Order

Robert Lawrence, OCart (died 4 May 1535) was one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. He was hanged, drawn, and quartered at Tyburn for declining to sign the Oath of Supremacy. His feast day is 4 May. Born about 1485, Robert Lawrence was a graduate of Cambridge.

1561–1595 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Robert Southwell, SJ (c. 1561 – 21 February 1595), also Saint Robert Southwell, was an English Catholic priest of the Jesuit Order. He was also an author of Christian poetry in Elizabethan English, and a clandestine missionary in Elizabethan England.

1591 · Reformation

Ralph Milner (? at Slackstead, Hampshire, England, early in the sixteenth century – executed 7 July 1591 at Winchester) was an English martyr of the Roman Catholic Church. Along with Roger Dicconson (also spelled Dickenson), a Catholic priest, they were martyred at Winchester.

1576–1628 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Roque González de Santa Cruz, SJ (17 November 1576 – 15 November 1628) was a Guaraní-Spanish Jesuit priest who was the first missionary among the Guarani in Paraguay. He was murdered in 1628 and is venerated as a martyr and a saint by the Catholic Church.

1586–1617 · Reformation · Third Order of Saint Dominic

Rose of Lima, TOSD (born Isabel Flores de Oliva; 20 April 1586 – 24 August 1617) (Latin: Rosa Limana, Spanish: Rosa de Lima), was a member of the Third Order of Saint Dominic in Lima, Peru, Spanish Empire, who became known for both her life of severe penance and her care of the p…

1489–1564 · Reformation

Rupa Goswami (Sanskrit: रूप गोस्वामी, Bengali: রূপ গোস্বামী, IAST: Rūpa Gosvāmī; 1489–1564) was a devotional teacher (guru), poet, and philosopher of the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition.

1522 · Reformation

According to Catholic tradition, Saint Amaro or Amarus the Pilgrim (Spanish: San Amaro, Portuguese: Santo Amaro, Galician: Santo Amaro) was an abbot and sailor who it was claimed sailed across the Atlantic Ocean to an earthly paradise.

1667–1686 · Reformation

Apostolos the New (Greek: Άγιος Απόστολος ο Νέος), was born in Agios Lavrentios of Magnesia, Pelion, Greece, in 1667 A.D. His father was Costas Stamatiou (Greek: Κώστας Σταματίου) and his mother was Melo (Greek: Μελώ). At the age of 15 he became an orphan.

1450–1539 · Reformation · Benedictines

Arthur of Glastonbury (c. 1539), according to some French sources, was an English Catholic in the sixteenth century. He was martyred during the period of King Henry VIII's suppression of the Catholic Church due to his refusal to accept the king's claim to spiritual leadership of…

1544–1566 · Reformation

Saint Cyril of Thessaloniki was born in 1544 in Thessaloniki and died in the same city in 1566. He was a citizen of the Ottoman Empire and is recognized as a Reverend Martyr.

1497–1515 · Reformation

Saint George of Kratovo (Bulgarian: Георги Софийски Нови, romanized: Georgi Sofiyski Novi, Serbian: Свети Ђорђе Кратовац, Macedonian: Свети Ѓорѓи Кратовски) was an Orthodox South Slavic writer and silversmith from Kratovo.

1579–1601 · Reformation

Germaine Cousin, also Germana Cousin, Germaine of Pibrac, or Germana, (1579–1601) was a French saint. She was born in 1579 to humble parents at Pibrac, a village 15 km (9.3 mi) from Toulouse.

1400–1500 · Reformation

Saint Markella or Marcella (Greek: Μαρκέλλα) was an inhabitant of 14th-century Chios who was canonized by the Greek Orthodox Church. Her feast day is celebrated on 22 July.

1601–1651 · Reformation

The Nile River is a major north-flowing river in northeastern Africa which empties into the Mediterranean Sea. At 7,088 km long, it is the longest river in the world, although the volume of water it carries is much smaller than other major rivers such as the Amazon or Congo.

1500–1501 · Reformation

Potenciana (in Latin Potentiana) was a Spanish virgin and anchoress, possibly of the walled-in type, who died probably in the 16th century and whose cult has spread from Spain to other parts of Europe.

1597 · Reformation · Franciscans

The 26 Martyrs of Japan (Japanese: 日本二十六聖人, Hepburn: Nihon Nijūroku Seijin) were a group of Catholics who were executed by crucifixion on 5 February 1597, in Nagasaki, Japan. Their martyrdom is especially significant in the history of the Catholic Church in Japan.

1550–1566 · Reformation

Juliana Olshanskaya (c. 1525 – c. 1540; Ukrainian: Юліанія Юріївна Ольшанська Дубровицька, romanized: Yulianiia Yuriivna Olshanska Dubrovytska) was a member of the Olshanski noble family who became a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church.

1520–1567 · Reformation · Order of Friars Minor

Salvador of Horta O.F.M. (Catalan: Salvador d'Horta; Spanish: Salvador de Horta; Italian: Salvatore da Horta; December 1520 – 18 March 1567) was a Spanish Franciscan lay brother from the region of Catalonia in Spain, who was celebrated as a miracle worker during his lifetime.

1608–1681 · Reformation

Ramdas (c. 1608 – c. 1682) pronunciation , also Samarth Ramdas or Ramdas Swami, was an Indian Hindu saint, philosopher, poet, mystic and spiritual master. He was a devotee of the Hindu deities Rama and Hanuman.

1540–1604 · Reformation · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Seraphin of Montegranaro (Italian: Serafino da Montegranaro; 1540 – October 12, 1604), was an Italian Capuchin lay brother, who is honored as a saint by the Catholic Church.

1444–1516 · Reformation

Serapion (Russian: Серапион; died March 16, 1516) was Archbishop of Novgorod the Great and Pskov from 1506 to 1509. He is a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church; his feast day is March 16 by the Julian calendar.

1607–1642 · Reformation

Simeon of Verkhoturye (Russian: Симеон Верхотурский; 1607–1642), also known as Simeon of Merkushino (Russian: Симеон Меркушинский), is a Russian Orthodox saint. He is the patron saint of the Ural region.