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1540–1605 · Reformation

Saint John of Prislop (c. 1540 – c. 1605) left his parents' home to live in the monastic community of Prislop, eventually becoming its abbot. On March 20, 1585, he was elected Metropolitan of Transylvania.

1572–1636 · Reformation · Carmelites

John of St. Samson (1571–1636), also known as Jean du Moulin or Jean de Saint-Samson, was a French Carmelite friar and mystic of the Catholic Church. He is known as the soul of the Touraine Reform of the Carmelite Order, which stressed prayer, silence and solitude.

1500 · Reformation

Venerable Joona was an Eastern Orthodox priest who died in 1480. He is buried at the Pskovo-Pechersky Dormition Monastery.

1440–1515 · Reformation

Joseph Volotsky (Russian: Ио́сиф Во́лоцкий; 1439 or 1440 – September 9, 1515), also known as Joseph of Volotsk or Joseph of Volokolamsk, born Ivan Sanin (Russian: Ива́н Са́нин), was a prominent Russian theologian and early proponent of tsarist autocracy.

1561–1613 · Reformation · Trinitarian Order

Juan García López-Rico (10 July 1561 – 14 February 1613), known as John Baptist of the Conception, was a Spanish Roman Catholic priest from the Trinitarian Order who would establish a branch of his order which he named the Order of Discalced Trinitarians.

1552–1615 · Reformation

Justo Takayama Ukon (ジュスト高山右近), born Takayama Hikogorō (高山彦五郎) and also known as Dom Justo Takayama (c. 1552/1553 - 5 February 1615) was a Japanese Catholic daimyō and samurai during the Sengoku period that saw rampant anti-Catholic sentiment.

1500 · Reformation

Venerable Karp Myodushskiy was an Eastern Orthodox saint born in 1500 in the Tsardom of Russia. He died in the Kovrovsky Uyezd.

1520–1605 · Reformation

Venerable Leontius the Myroblyte was born in 1520 and died in 1605.

1540 · Reformation

Venerable Longin of Koryazhemsky was an Eastern Orthodox monk and Christian minister in the Tsardom of Russia. He died in 1540 at the Koryazhemsky Nikolayevsky Monastery and is recognized as a saint.

1505–1588 · Reformation · Dominican Order

Louis of Granada, in some sources Luis of Granada, (1504 – 31 December 1588), was a Dominican friar who was noted as theologian, writer and preacher. His beatification process has been long open with the Holy See, with his current status being venerable.

1554–1624 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Luis de la Puente SJ (also D'Aponte, de Ponte, Dupont) (11 November 1554 – 16 February 1624) was a Spanish Jesuit theologian and ascetic writer. He was one of the most esteemed ascetical writer of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

1443–1503 · Reformation · Dominican Order

Maddalena Panattieri, OP (1443 – 13 October 1503) was an Italian Sister of Penance of Saint Dominic. Panattieri was a stigmatic and received visions during her life with one in particular being the French invasion of the Italian peninsula.

1649 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Manuel Solórzano (1905 – 12 March 1977) was a Salvadoran Catholic who was an active participant in his local parish and was close with its priest, Rutilio Grande García.

1530–1575 · Reformation

Margarida de Chaves (Ponta Delgada, 1530 – Ponta Delgada, September 8, 1575) was a matron from the city of Ponta Delgada, in the Azores, who was declared a Venerable of the Roman Catholic Church due to her virtue and the miracles attributed to her intercession.

1594–1633 · Reformation · Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul

Marguerite Naseau (July 1594 – February 1633) was a French nun and the first member of Daughters of Charity. Marguerite Naseau was born in a peasant family in July 1594 in Suresnes. She did not have formal education.

1619–1648 · Reformation · Order of the Brothers Discalced of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel

The Venerable Marguerite Parigot, known in religion as Marguerite of the Blessed Sacrament, was a French Carmelite born in 1619 in Beaune, where she also died in 1648. A promoter of devotion to the Child Jesus, her mysticism aligns her with the French School of spirituality.

1514–1577 · Reformation · Dominican Order

Maria Bagnesi, TOSD (15 August 1514 – 28 May 1577) was an Italian Catholic professed member of the Third Order of Saint Dominic. Bagnesi remained confined to her bed for most of her life after falling ill upon receiving news that her father arranged a marriage for her – she escap…

1463–1542 · Reformation · Third Order of Saint Francis

Maria Llorença Requenses Llong (Italian: Maria Lorenza Longo; 1463 – 21 December 1539) was a Spanish nun and the founder of the order of the Capuchin Poor Clares.

1623–1677 · Reformation · Lay Carmelites

Maria Petyt, also Petijt or Petiyt (1 January 1623 – 1 November 1677), was known as a "great mystic". Her writings have been cited as "unequaled in volume and mystical content within the historical context of the Flemish-speaking 17th century." Maria Petyt was born in Hazebrouck…

1623–1695 · Reformation · Carmelites

Mother Mariana of the Purification (November 5, 1623 in Lisbon – December 8, 1695 in Beja) was a nun of the Carmelite Order of the Ancient Observance who, having been born in Lisbon, Portugal, and lived and professed her religious vows at the Carmelite Convent of Our Lady of Hope…

1605–1663 · Reformation

Mother Maria Eletta of Jesus, born Caterina Tramazzoli (Terni, January 28, 1605 – Prague, January 11, 1663), was an Italian religious, a Carmelite Servant of God, and the founder of the Discalced Carmelite monasteries in Vienna, Graz, and the Discalced Carmelite monastery of Hrad…

1554–1633 · Reformation

Marina de Escobar Montaña (8 February 1554 – 9 June 1633) was a Spanish Catholic mystic of the Counter-Reformation era. Restricted in her activity due to poor health, she devoted herself to prayer and contemplation under the guidance of her Jesuit confessors and spiritual advisor…

1587–1649 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Martin Stredonius SJ (Latin: Martinus Stredonius, Czech: Martin Středa, also Martin Středovský, Polish: Marcin Strzoda; born November 11, 1587, in Gleiwitz, Duchy of Opole; died August 26, 1649, in Brno, Margraviate of Moravia) was one of the leading Jesuits of the Bohemian Provi…

1585–1645 · Reformation · Sisters of Loreto

Mary Ward, IBVM CJ (23 January 1585 – 30 January 1645) was an English Catholic religious sister whose activities led to the founding of the Congregation of Jesus and the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary, better known as the Sisters of Loreto.

1602–1665 · Reformation · Order of the Immaculate Conception

Mary of Jesus of Ágreda, OIC, also known as the Abbess of Ágreda (Spanish: María de Jesús de Ágreda; born María Coronel y de Arana; 2 April 1602 – 24 May 1665), was an abbess and spiritual writer.

1552–1610 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Matteo Ricci SJ was an Italian Jesuit priest and one of the founding figures of the Jesuit China missions. He created the Kunyu Wanguo Quantu, a 1602 map of the world written in Chinese characters.

1480–1543 · Reformation · Augustinian nuns

Mattia Ciccarelli (24 February 1481 – 18 January 1543), in religious Cristina, was an Italian nun from the Order of Saint Augustine noted for her ecstasies and the reception of the stigmata.

1475–1556 · Reformation

Maximus the Greek, also known as Maximos the Greek or Maksim Grek (Greek: Μάξιμος ὁ Γραικός; Russian: Максим Грек; c. 1475 – c. 1556), was a Greek monk, publicist, writer, scholar, and translator active in Russia.

1577–1652 · Reformation

Dom Michel Le Nobletz (Breton: Mikel an Nobletz) (1577–1652) was a vigorous Counter-Reformation missionary active in the west of Brittany, who was responsible for a revival of popular Catholic culture.

1627–1679 · Reformation

Miguel Mañara Vicentelo de Leca (3 March 1627 – 9 May 1679) was the main founder of the Hospital de la Caridad in Seville. Born in Seville, his family originated in Corsica. His father Tomás Mañara Leca y Colona had been born in Calvi.

1621–1686 · Reformation · Order of the Minims

Nicholas Barré, O.M. (21 October 1621 – 31 May 1686), was a French Minim friar and Catholic priest, who founded the Sisters of the Infant Jesus. He has been beatified by the Roman Catholic Church.

1500–1555 · Reformation

Nil Stolobensky (Russian: Нил Столобенский) is a carved and painted wooden sculpture of the eponymous saint, currently housed in the Museum "Legacy of Saint Nil". It is believed to have been created in the 1770s–1780s.

1433–1508 · Reformation

Nilus of Sora (also Nil Sorsky or Nil Sorski; Russian: Нил Сорский; secular name: Nikolai Maikov; Russian: Николай Майков; c. 1433 – 7 May 1508) was a Russian Orthodox monk, spiritual writer, theologian, and the founder of the Sora Hermitage.

1601–1651 · Reformation

Saint Nilus the Myrrh-streamer, also known as Nilos/Nilus the Myrrh-gusher, Nilus of Kynouria, or Nilus the Myroblyte (Greek: Άγιος Νείλος ο Μυροβλήτης; born c. 1601, died 1651), was an Orthodox Christian ascetic who lived at Mount Athos.

1450–1515 · Reformation

The Venerable Pachomius of Kena was an Eastern Orthodox figure born in 1450 and a citizen of the Tsardom of Russia. He died in 1515 in the Arkhangelsk Oblast.

1440–1520 · Reformation

Angelina Branković (Albanian: Angjelina Arianiti; Serbian Cyrillic: Ангелина Бранковић; Church Slavonic: Ангели́на Бра́нкович; c. 1440–1520), née Arianiti, was an Albanian princess who served as Despotess Consort of Serbia through her marriage to Despot Stefan Branković (r. 1458–…

1600–1600 · Reformation

Born in 1600 in Ioannina, the Venerable Theophanes the New died in 1600 at the Saint John the Baptist Monastery in Veria.

1621–1699 · Reformation · Order of the Brothers Discalced of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel

Serafina of God, OCarm, (Italian: Serafina di Dio), also known as Seraphine of Capri, (24 October 1621 – 17 March 1699) an Italian Carmelite who was the founder of seven Carmelite convents of the ancient observance in Southern Italy.

1493–1585 · Reformation

The Venerable Sergius of Malofinezj was an Eastern Orthodox priest born in 1493 in the Pinezhsky Uyezd of the Russian State. He lived until 1585.

1585–1641 · Reformation

Simon of Volomsk, or Saint Simon of Volomsk (born September 18, 1585, in Volokolamsk; died July 12, 1641, at the Saint Simon of Volomsk Monastery), is an Orthodox martyr saint, commemorated on July 12.

1490–1542 · Reformation

Solomonia Yuryevna Saburova (Russian: Соломония Юрьевна Сабурова; c. 1490 – 18 December 1542) was the grand princess of Moscow as the wife of Vasili III of Russia. She was canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church as Saint Sofia of Suzdal.

1500–1542 · Reformation

Venerable Stefan Komelsky was a Christian minister born in 1500 in the Vologodsky Uyezd of the Tsardom of Russia. He practiced Eastern Orthodoxy and died in 1542.

1601–1697 · Reformation

Stephen of Piperi (Serbian: Свети Стефан Пиперски) (died May 20, 1697) is a saint of the Serbian Orthodox Church. He was born into the Nikšić clan in the village of Kuti in Župa of poor but devout parents, Radoje and Jaćima Krulanović.

1589–1662 · Reformation · Carmelites

María de Jesús y del Espino was born in Hoyos del Espino, Ávila, in 1589 and died in the odor of sanctity at the Monastery of the Mother of God in Piedrahíta, Ávila, on January 22, 1662. She was a 17th-century Spanish mystic of the Carmelite ascetic school.

1460–1548 · Reformation

The Venerable Theophilus the Myroblyte was born in 1460 in Nea Zichni. He died in 1548 on Mount Athos.

1508–1537 · Reformation · Franciscans

Thomas Belchiam (1508–1537) was an English Franciscan who died in Newgate Prison in the reign of Henry VIII. He is a Catholic martyr, declared venerable by Pope Leo XIII. The year of death is in question: the Victoria County History for Kent puts the events in 1534.

1481–1571 · Reformation

The Venerable Théodoret of Kola was a Russian State monk and hegumen born in 1481 in Rostov Veliky. He died in 1571 at the Solovetsky Monastery.

1550–1568 · Reformation

Theodosius was a Russian Orthodox monk who lived in Russia during the 16th century. Born around 1530 in or near Vologda, he died in 1568. He founded a monastery in Totma.

1500–1503 · Reformation

Tikhon of Lukh, of Kostroma (Tikhon of Lukh; born Timofey; first half of the 15th century, Grand Duchy of Lithuania — June 16 (29), 1503, Tikhonova Pustyn, Russian State) was an Orthodox monk, ascetic, non-possessor, and founder of the Nikolo-Tikhonov Monastery (modern-day villag…

1587–1647 · Reformation · Trinitarian Order

Thomas de la Virgen (1587–1647) was a Spanish Discalced Trinitarian friar. Bedridden by illness for forty years, he saw the greatest religious and political figures of the Golden Age pass by his bedside to seek his counsel. Pope Pius VII declared him venerable in 1805.