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1569–1608 · Reformation

Saisho Atsutomo was born in 1569 and lived within the Tokugawa shogunate. He died in 1608 and is recognized as a blessed.

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.

1500–1535 · Reformation · Carthusian Order

Sebastian Newdigate, O.Cart (7 September 1500 – 19 June 1535) was the seventh child of John Newdigate, Sergeant-at-law. He spent his early life at court, and later became a Carthusian monk.

1502–1600 · Reformation · Order of Friars Minor

Sebastián de Aparicio y del Pardo (20 January 1502 – 25 February 1600) was a Spanish colonist in Mexico shortly after its conquest by Spain, who after a lifetime as a rancher and road builder entered the Order of Friars Minor as a lay brother.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

1584 · Reformation

Simon the Blessed (also known as Simon of Yuryevets, Simon of Yuryev, or Simon of Yuryegorsk; born in the village of Bratskoye near Odelevo, Plyos volost — died November 4 (14), 1584 or 1586, Yuryevets, present-day Ivanovo Oblast) was an Eastern Orthodox saint and fool for Christ…

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.

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.

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.

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.

1457–1530 · Reformation · Dominican Order

Stephana de Quinzanis, TOSD (variant spellings include Stephanie, Stefana; also, Quinzani) (1457 – 2 January 1530) was an Italian sister of the Third Order of St. Dominic, stigmatic and mystic. She was beatified by Pope Benedict XIV in 1740.

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.

1555–1587 · Reformation

Stephen Rowsham (Rousham, Rouse) was an English Catholic priest, executed on 3 April 1587. He is a Catholic martyr, and was beatified by Pope John Paul in 1987. A native of Oxfordshire, born c. 1555, he entered Oriel College, Oxford, in 1572.

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.

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.

1591 · Reformation

Sydney Hodgson (died 10 December 1591) was an English Roman Catholic lawyer, beatified by the Catholic Church as a martyr in 1929. He was a Catholic convert.

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…

1600–1651 · Reformation · Dominican Order

Terence Albert O'Brien (Irish: Muiris Ó Briain Aradh) (1600 – 30 October 1651) was an Irish priest of the Dominican Order and Roman Catholic Bishop of Emly. During the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland, he was captured by the New Model Army following the Siege of Limerick.

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.

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.

1460–1548 · Reformation

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

1497–1540 · Reformation

Thomas Abel (or Abell) (ca. 1497 – 30 July 1540) was an English priest who was martyred during the reign of Henry VIII. The place and date of his birth are unknown.

1616 · Reformation

Thomas Atkinson (born about 1546, died 11 March 1616) was an English Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1987. He was born in the East Riding of Yorkshire, was ordained priest at Reims, and returned to England in 1588.

1552–1585 · Reformation

Thomas Aufield (1552 – 6 July 1585), also called Thomas Alfield, was an English Roman Catholic martyr. He was born in Gloucestershire and educated at Eton College and King's College, Cambridge.

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.

1563–1589 · Reformation

Thomas Belson (c. 1563 - 5 July 1589) was an English Roman Catholic layman and martyr, beatified in 1987. Belson was born at Brill in Buckinghamshire, although the date is uncertain. He was the son of Augustine Belson.

1594 · Reformation

John Cornelius (Irish: Seán Conchobhar Ó Mathghamhna; 1557 – 4 July 1594) also called Mohun, was an Irish Catholic priest and Jesuit born in Cornwall. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1929.

1604–1642 · Reformation · Franciscans

Thomas Bullaker, also known as John Baptist Bullaker, (born at Chichester about the year 1604; executed at Tyburn, 12 October 1642) was an English Catholic priest and member of the Order of Friars Minor. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1987.

1549–1582 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Thomas Cottam (1549 – 30 May 1582) was an English Catholic priest from Lancashire who was executed during the reign of Elizabeth I. He was a member of the Jesuit order. Cottam was born to Protestant parents, Laurence Cottam of Dilworth and his wife Anne née Brewer.

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.

1582 · Reformation

Thomas Ford (died 28 May 1582), a Devonshire native, was a Catholic martyr executed during the reign of Elizabeth I. He received a Masters of Arts at Trinity College, Oxford, on 24 July 1567, and became a fellow (although one source says president) there.

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.

1620 · Reformation

Blessed Thomas Gengoro died in 1620. He was the spouse of Maria Gengoro.

1600–1642 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Thomas Holland, SJ (1600 at Sutton, Lancashire – executed 12 December 1642 at Tyburn) was an English Jesuit priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1929. Holland was born in Lancashire, possibly son of Richard Holland, gentleman. He attended the English College at St.

1574–1600 · Reformation

Thomas Hunt (born Thomas Benstead) was an English Catholic priest and martyr, born in Norfolk, England, in 1574 and executed in Lincoln, United Kingdom, on July 11, 1600, during the reign of Elizabeth I.

1537 · Reformation · Carthusian Order

Thomas Johnson, OCart, (died 20 September 1537) was a Carthusian who was killed by starvation in Tudor England. He is venerated in the Roman Catholic Church as a martyr and has been beatified. His feast day is on 4 May.

1600–1637 · Reformation · Augustinians

Thomas Kintsuba Jihyoe was born in 1600 in the Tokugawa shogunate and served as an Augustinian Catholic priest. He died in 1637 and is recognized as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1500–1539 · Reformation

Thomas Marshall (the Blessed John Beche), also known as John Beche, (died 1 December 1539) was the last Abbot of Colchester Abbey. Thomas Marshall, commonly known as John Beche, was a member of the Colchester Beche family, who were a dynasty of renowned pewtersmiths in the town.…

1590–1616 · Reformation

Thomas Maxfield (real name Macclesfield) (c.1590 – 1 July 1616) was an English Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1929.