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1552–1624 · Reformation · Trinitarian Order

Simón de Rojas (28 October 1552 – 29 September 1624) was a Spanish priest of the Trinitarian Order known as the "Apostle of the Ave Maria", for his devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary.

1517 · Reformation

Śrinivāsa Ācārya Ṭhākura (May 15, c. 1517 – May 9, ?) was a famous Vaishnava guru, the pupil of Jiva Gosvamin and teacher of Yadunandana dasa and Radhavallabha dasa, among others. He converted King Bir Hambir to Vaishnava. His daughter, Hemalata Thakurani, was also a guru.

1510–1590 · Reformation

Saint Timothy of Euripus (born Tasos Kalamiotis, 1510) is an Orthodox saint and Bishop of Euripus in Chalcis. His feast day is celebrated on August 16, and in 1993, a church dedicated to Saint Timothy was built in his honor on the island of Kea, which is also commemorated on July…

1550–1568 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Stanisław Kostka, S.J. (28 October 1550 – 15 August 1568) was a Polish novice in the Society of Jesus. He was born at Rostkowo, Przasnysz County, Poland, on 28 October 1550, and died in Rome during the night of 14–15 August 1568.

1439–1504 · Reformation

Stephen III, better known as Stephen the Great (Romanian: Ștefan cel Mare; [ˈʃtefan tʃel ˈmare]; died 2 July 1504), was Voivode of Moldavia from 1457 until his death.

1582–1619 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Stephen Pongracz (Hungarian: Pongrácz István; 1584–1619) was a Hungarian Jesuit priest and martyr who is revered as a saint in the Catholic Church.

1536–1591 · Reformation

Swithun Wells (c. 1536 – 10 December 1591) was an English Roman Catholic martyr who was executed during the reign of Elizabeth I. Wells was a country gentleman and one time schoolmaster whose family sheltered hunted priests.

1538–1630 · Reformation

Saint Syed Abdul Wahab was born in 1538 in Tarakai. He died in 1630.

1565–1622 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Sebastian Kimura (1565 – 10 September 1622) was a Japanese Catholic priest and member of the Society of Jesus. He was among the 55 people killed during the Great Genna Martyrdom and subsequently beatified. Kimura was born into a Christian family in 1565.

1628–1698 · Reformation

Tamanend ("the Affable"; c. 1625 – c. 1701), historically also known as Taminent, Tammany, Saint Tammany or King Tammany, was the Chief of Chiefs and Chief of the Turtle (Pùkuwànku) clan of the Lenni-Lenape nation in the Delaware Valley signing the founding peace treaty with Will…

1630–1696 · Reformation

Saint Theodosius, Bishop of Chernigov, born into the Polonitsky-Uglitsky family around 1630 and died in 1696, was an Orthodox archbishop of the Eparchy of Chernigov who was canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church in 1896.

1489–1556 · Reformation

Thomas Cranmer (2 July 1489 – 21 March 1556) was a theologian, leader of the English Reformation and Archbishop of Canterbury during the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI and, for a short time, Mary I. He is honoured as a martyr in the Church of England.

1575–1608 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Thomas Garnet, SJ (9 November 1575 – 23 June 1608) was an English Jesuit priest who was executed in London during the English Reformation. He is the protomartyr (i.e., the first martyr associated with a place) of Saint Omer and of Stonyhurst College.

1478–1535 · Reformation · Third Order of Saint Francis

Sir Thomas More (7 February 1478 – 6 July 1535), venerated in the Catholic Church as Saint Thomas More, was an English lawyer, judge, social philosopher, author, statesman, theologian, and noted Renaissance humanist.

1590–1634 · Reformation · Dominican Order

Thomas Nishi was born in Hirado in 1590 to his father, Gaspar Nishi Genka. A Catholic priest and member of the Dominican Order, he died in 1634. He is recognized as a saint by the Catholic Church.

1597 · Reformation

Saint Thomas Xico was a canonized saint who died by crucifixion in 1597.

1488–1555 · Reformation · Order of St. Augustine

Thomas of Villanova, OSA (1488 – September 8, 1555), born Tomás García y Martínez, was a Spanish friar of the Order of Saint Augustine who was a noted preacher, ascetic and religious writer of his day.

1495–1583 · Reformation

Tryphon of Pechenga (Russian: Преподобный Трифон Печенгский, Кольский; Finnish: Pyhittäjä Trifon Petsamolainen (Kuolalainen); Skolt Sami: Pââʹss Treeffan; Norwegian Bokmål and Swedish: St./S:t Trifon av Petsamo; 1495–1583) was a Russian monk and ascetic in the Eastern Orthodox Ch…

1546–1612 · Reformation

Tryphon of Vyatka (Russian: Трифин Вятский, romanized: Trifin Vyatsky; c. 1546–1612) , also known as Trofim Dmitrievich Podvizaev, was a Russian abbot and saint. He is known for evangelizing to the Ostyaks, and founded a monastery in Vyatka.

1538–1606 · Reformation

Toribio Alfonso de Mogrovejo (16 November 1538 – 23 March 1606) was a Spanish Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Lima from 1579 until his death. He first studied in the Humanities and Law before being appointed as a university professor.

1588–1602 · Reformation

Basil of Mangazeya (c. 1588, Yaroslavl — c. 1602, Mangazeya) was a Siberian protomartyr and a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church. His feast days (according to the Julian calendar) are March 23, May 10, July 6, May 23 (Synaxis of Rostov and Yaroslavl Saints), and June 10 (Synaxi…

1581–1660 · Reformation · Congregation of the Mission

Vincent de Paul, CM (24 April 1581 – 27 September 1660) was an Occitan French Catholic priest who dedicated himself to serving the poor. Saint Vincent de Paul was ordained subdeacon and deacon at Tarbes Cathedral in South West France.

1587–1651 · Reformation

Virginia Centurione Bracelli (Ligurian: Virginnia Çentrioña, 2 April 1587 – 15 December 1651) was an Italian noblewoman from Genoa. Her father was the Doge of Genoa, and she had a short marriage due to being widowed in 1607. She is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church.

1580 · Reformation

Shah Wajihuddin Alvi Gujarati (Persian: شاه وجیه الدین علوی گجراتی), also known the epithet Haider Ali Saani (Persian: حیدر علی ثانی), was an Islamic scholar and Sufi in the Shattari order.

1501–1572 · Reformation

Zinoviy Otenskiy was an Eastern Orthodox monk and theologian born in 1501 in the Tsardom of Russia and the Grand Principality of Moscow. He died in 1568 and is recognized as a saint.

1585–1612 · Reformation

Zofia Radziwiłł (née Olelkowicz), also Zofia of Słuck (Lithuanian: Sofija Olelkaitė-Radvilienė; Polish: Zofia Olelkowiczówna, 1 May 1585 – 19 March 1612) is a Polish-Lithuanian Orthodox Christian saint.

1550–1610 · Reformation

Ioasaf of Borovsk (died July 5, 1610) was a Russian clergyman and archimandrite of the Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius (1605–1610). He was the inspiration behind the sixteen-month defense of the Trinity Lavra against Polish-Lithuanian invaders. He died during the siege of the St.

1462–1516 · Reformation

Đorđe Branković (Serbian Cyrillic: Ђорђе Бранковић; anglicized as George; also known as Saint Maksim; 1461–1516) was the last male member of the Branković dynasty, and titular Despot of Serbia from 1486 to 1497. The title was granted to him by Hungarian king Matthias Corvinus.