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1585 · Reformation

Muiris Mac Ionrachtaigh, anglicised as Maurice MacKenraghty (died 30 April 1585), was an Irish Roman Catholic priest who was put to death, officially for high treason, but in reality as part of the religious persecution of the Catholic Church in Ireland by Queen Elizabeth I and h…

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.

1584–1619 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Melchior Grodziecki (c. 1582 – 7 September 1619) was a Silesian Jesuit priest. He is considered a martyr and saint by the Catholic Church. He was canonized in 1995 and is liturgically commemorated on 19 January.

1599–1632 · Reformation

Melchior of Saint Augustine, born Melchor Sánchez Pérez (Granada 1599 – Nagasaki, December 11, 1632), was a Spanish missionary of the Order of Augustinian Recollects. A martyr in Japan, he was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1989.

1555–1597 · 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.

1583–1628 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

1598–1637 · Reformation · Dominican Order

The 16 Martyrs of Japan (日本の殉教者, Nihon no junkyōsha) were Christians who were persecuted for their faith in Japan, mostly during the 17th century.

1591–1625 · Reformation · Trinitarian Order

Michael de Sanctis (Catalan: Miquel dels Sants) (29 September 1591 – 10 April 1625), sometimes called Michael of the Saints, was a Discalced Trinitarian born in Vic, a city of Catalonia, Spain.

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.

1572 · Reformation

Saint Michel de Bourla died in 1572 in Turkey. He was a saint who died by decapitation.

1544 · Reformation

Saint Michel des Agrapha was a baker born in the Metropolis of Karpenisi. He died in Thessaloniki in 1544 and is recognized as a saint.

1445–1522 · Reformation · Camaldolese

Michele Pini (born 23 August 1986 in Italy) is an Italian footballer. In 2015, at the age of 28, Pini retired from football, leaving Lumezzane to work at a factory because the latter earned more money.

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.

1579–1624 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Miguel de Carvalho SJ, also known as Michael Carvalho, (1579 – 25 August 1624) was a Roman Catholic missionary from Portugal. He was beatified in July 1867 by Pope Pius IX. Miguel was born in Braga, in 1579, to a noble and wealthy family.

1550–1590 · Reformation

Miles Gerard (born about 1550 at Wigan; executed at Rochester 13 (30?) April, 1590) was an English Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1929.

1620–1684 · Reformation · Franciscans

Miguel Baptista Gran Peris, OFM (24 November 1620 - 11 September 1684 ), known as Blessed Bonaventura Gran or Fra Bonaventura of Barcelona, was a Catalonian Franciscan friar. He was beatified by Pope Pius X in 1906.

1650–1626 · Reformation

The Martyrs of Japan (Japanese: 日本の殉教者, Hepburn: Nihon no junkyōsha) were Christian missionaries and followers who were persecuted and executed, mostly during the Tokugawa shogunate period in the 17th century.

1591 · Reformation

Blessed Montford Scott (b. in Hawstead, Suffolk, England; executed at Fleet Street, London, on 1 July 1591) was an English Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1987 as one of the Eighty-five martyrs of England and Wales.

1592–1690 · Reformation

Mönch Mälkeʾa Krestos was a monk and abbot who lived from 1592 to 1690. He is recognized as a saint.

1482–1521 · Reformation

Neagoe Basarab was the Voivode (Prince) of Wallachia between 1512 and 1521. Born into the boyar family of the Craiovești (his reign marks the climax of the family's political influence) as the son of Pârvu Craiovescu or Basarab Țepeluș cel Tânăr, Neagoe Basarab, who replaced Vlad…

1500 · Reformation

Nectaire de Karyes was a monk who died in 1500. He is recognized as a saint.

1406–1500 · Reformation

Saint Nectarius was born in Bitola in 1406 and died in 1500. He is recognized as a saint.

1587–1667 · Reformation

Nektary Telyashin was born in 1586 in Ostashkov and served as an Eastern Orthodox priest, hegumen, and archbishop. He died in 1667 in Moscow and is recognized as a prelate.

1450–1508 · Reformation

Nephon II of Constantinople (Nifon II (Greek: Νήφων; Albanian: Nifoni; died 11 August 1508), born Nicholas (Νικόλαος), was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople three times: from 1486 to 1488, from 1497 to 1498 and for a short time in 1502.

1592–1637 · Reformation

Nicholas Ferrar (22 February 1592 – 4 December 1637) was an English scholar, courtier and businessman, who was ordained a deacon in the Church of England.

1550–1588 · Reformation

Nicholas Garlick (c. 1555 – 24 July 1588) was an English Catholic priest, martyred in Derby in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. He was born around 1555, near Dinting in Glossop, within the county of Derby.

1590 · Reformation

Nicholas Horner (died 3 March 1590) was an English Roman Catholic layman, hanged, drawn and quartered because he had "relieved and assisted" Christopher Bales, a seminary priest. A tailor by trade, he was charged with making a jerkin for a priest.

1550–1606 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Nicholas Owen, S.J., (c. 1562 – 1/2 March 1606) was an English Jesuit lay brother who was the principal builder of priest holes during the reigns of Queen Elizabeth I and James I of England.

1534–1572 · Reformation · Franciscans

Nicholas Pieck, O.F.M., "Nicolaas" or "Claes Pieck" in Dutch, was a Franciscan friar who was one of a group of Catholic clergy and lay brothers, the Martyrs of Gorkum, who were executed for refusal to renounce their faith in 1572.

1596–1679 · Reformation

Nicholas Postgate (1596 or 1597 – 7 August 1679) was an English Catholic priest who was executed for treason during the anti-Catholic persecution in England.

1500–1555 · Reformation

Nicholas Ridley (c. 1500 – 16 October 1555) was an English Bishop of London (the only bishop called "Bishop of London and Westminster"). Ridley was one of the Oxford Martyrs burned at the stake during the Marian Persecutions, for his teachings and his support of Lady Jane Grey.

1501–1576 · Reformation

Nicholas Salos of Pskov (Russian: Николай Салос) was a Russian self-styled prophet ("Fool-for-Christ") in opposition of Tsar Ivan IV's oprichnina. In 1570, Ivan IV retaliated by raiding Pskov.

1550–1586 · Reformation

Nicholas Woodfen born Nicholas Wheeler (1550 - 21 January 1586), also known as Nicholas Devereux, was an English Roman Catholic priest who was hanged, drawn and quartered at Tyburn, London on 21 January 1586.

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.

1642–1678 · Reformation

Nicolas Roland (8 December 1642 - 27 April 1678) was a French priest, canon and educator. He was a friend, contemporary and spiritual director of John Baptist de La Salle.

1638–1686 · Reformation

Niels Steensen (Danish: Niels Steensen; Latinized to Nicolas Steno or Nicolaus Stenonius; 1 January 1638 – 25 November 1686 [NS: 11 January 1638 – 5 December 1686]) was a Danish scientist, a pioneer in both anatomy and geology who became a Catholic bishop in his later years.

1576 · Reformation

Saint Nicholas of Pskov was a fool for Christ. He lived for thirty-five years as a beggar on the streets of Pskov. Summer and winter, he was naked or nearly naked and feigned madness to attract the contempt of men. He fell asleep in peace in 1576.

1520–1583 · Reformation · Franciscans

Nicolás Factor (29 June 1520 – 23 December 1583) was a Spanish Roman Catholic priest and a professed member from the Order of Friars Minor as well as a painter of the Renaissance period.

1563–1618 · Reformation

Nicolò Rusca (20 April 1563 – 24 July 1618) was an Italian priest who served in the Diocese of Como. Rusca was arrested under false pretenses and was killed through the use of torture in 1618. He was recognized by the Roman Catholic Church as a martyr and was beatified in 2013.

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.

1700–1696 · Reformation

Saint Noultzos was born in Kastoria in 1700 and died in the same city in 1696. He was a citizen of the Ottoman Empire.

1613–1649 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Noël Chabanel (February 2, 1613 – December 8, 1649) was a Jesuit missionary at Sainte-Marie among the Hurons, and one of the Canadian Martyrs. Chabenal was born February 2, 1613 in the village of Saugues, France, the youngest of four children.

1629–1681 · Reformation

Oliver Plunkett (or Oliver Plunket; Irish: Oilibhéar Pluincéid; 1 November 1625 – 1 July 1681) was the Catholic Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland and the last victim of the Popish Plot.

1493–1565 · Reformation · Third Order of Saint Dominic

Osanna of Cattaro (Serbian: Озана Которска, romanized: Ozana Kotorska; 25 November 1493 – 27 April 1565) was a Catholic visionary and anchoress from Cattaro. She was a convert from Orthodoxy of Serbian descent from Montenegro.

1449–1505 · Reformation · Third Order of Saint Dominic

Osanna of Mantua (also "Hosanna") (17 January 1449 – 18 June 1505) was an Italian Dominican tertiary who gained notice as a stigmatic and mystic. Osanna was the daughter of the nobles Niccolò Andreasi, whose family had originated in Hungary, and of Agnese Gonzaga.

1520–1602 · Reformation

Blessed Osios Serafeim Domvous was a Greek Orthodox monk born in 1520 within the Ottoman Empire. He died in 1602 and is buried at the Osios Serafeim Domvos monastery.

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.

1502 · Reformation

Paisius Yaroslavov (Russian: Паисий Ярославов; died 1501) was the most famous monk of the Kamenny Monastery, located by Lake Kubenskoye in Vologda Oblast, Russia. Historians do not know much about Paisiy Yaroslavov.