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1558–1583 · Reformation

William Hart (born at Wells, 1558; executed at York, 15 March 1583) was an English Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1886. Elected Trappes Scholar at Lincoln College, Oxford, 25 May 1571, he supplicated B.A., 18 June 1574.

1557–1588 · Reformation

William Hartley (born at Wyn, in Derbyshire, England, of a yeoman family about 1557; executed 5 October 1588) was an English Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1929. At eighteen he matriculated at St John's College, Oxford, where he became a chaplain.

1614–1680 · Reformation

William Howard, 1st Viscount Stafford, FRS (30 November 1614 – 29 December 1680) was the youngest son of Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel, and his wife, the former Alethea Talbot.

1636–1679 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

William Ireland (1636 – 24 January 1679) was an English Jesuit and martyr from Lincolnshire. He was falsely accused of conspiring to murder King Charles II during the Popish Plot hysteria, and was executed on 24 January 1679.

1572–1596 · Reformation

William Knight (1572 – 29 November 1596) was an English layman put to death for his Catholic faith at York, England. With him also suffered George Errington of Herst, Northumberland; William Gibson of Ripon; and Henry Abbot of Howden, Yorkshire.

1582 · Reformation

William Lacy (Lacey) (died 1582) was an English Catholic priest and martyr. He and fellow priest Richard Kirkman were executed at York on 22 August 1582. William was born at Houghton (or Tosside, West Riding).

1592 · Reformation

William Patenson (born in Yorkshire or Durham; executed at Tyburn, 22 January 1591–2) was an English Roman Catholic priest and martyr. He was beatified in 1929. He is commemorated on 22 January.

1591 · Reformation

William Pike (died 22 December 1591) was an English Roman Catholic martyr who was beatified in 1987. Several sources state that William was born in Dorset.

1572–1603 · Reformation

William Richardson (1572–1603) was a 16th-century Roman Catholic English martyr. Richardson was born in the village of Wales, West Riding of Yorkshire. He studied for the Roman Catholic priesthood at seminaries in Valladolid and then Seville, both in Spain.

1569–1618 · Reformation

William Southerne (executed at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 30 April 1618) was an English Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1987.

1589 · Reformation

William Spenser (died 24 September 1589) was an English Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1987. Spenser was born at Ghisburn, Yorkshire.

1609–1654 · Reformation · Augustinians

William Tirry (Irish: Liam Tuiridh) OSA (1609 – 12 May 1654) was an Irish Roman Catholic priest of the Order of Saint Augustine following the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland.

1560–1641 · Reformation

William Ward (real name Webster) (about 1560 at Thornby in Westmoreland – 26 July 1641 at Tyburn) was an English Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1929.

1588 · Reformation

William Way (alias May, alias Flower) (died 1588) was an English Catholic priest and martyr executed under Elizabeth I after the Protestant Reformation. He is venerated in the Roman Catholic Church. William Way was born in the Diocese of Exeter about c. 1560.

1562–1633 · Reformation

Xu Guangqi or Hsü Kuang-ch'i (April 24, 1562 – November 8, 1633), also known by his baptismal name Paul or Paul Siu, was a Chinese agronomist, astronomer, mathematician, politician, and writer during the late Ming dynasty.

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.

1584–1650 · Reformation

Zofia Czeska-Maciejowska (1584 – 1 April 1650) was a Polish religious sister and the founder of the Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Czeska was widowed prior to her call into the religious life. Her beatification was celebrated on 9 June 2013.

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.

1444–1504 · Reformation · Franciscans

Blessed Timoteo da Monticchio was a Catholic presbyter and member of the Franciscan order. Born in 1444 in Monticchio, he died in 1504 in Ocre.

1491–1549 · Reformation

Nicanor was born in Thessaloniki in 1491 and was a citizen of the Ottoman Empire. He died in 1549 and is recognized as a Venerable saint.

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.