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1556–1584 · Reformation

George Haydock (born 1556; executed at Tyburn, 12 February 1584) was an English Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1987. He is not to be confused with his relative, also a priest, George Leo Haydock (1774–1849).

1593–1633 · Reformation

George Herbert (3 April 1593 – 1 March 1633) was an English poet, orator, and priest of the Church of England. His poetry is associated with the writings of the metaphysical poets, and he is recognised as "one of the foremost British devotional lyricists." He was born in Wales in…

1550–1610 · Reformation

George Napper (or Napier; c. 1550 – 9 November 1610) was an English Catholic priest murdered during the Reformation. He is recognized as a Catholic martyr, having been beatified in 1929 by Pope Pius XI.

1550–1589 · Reformation

George Nichols (c. 1550 – 19 October 1589) was an English Catholic martyr. Born at Oxford in 1550, George Nichols entered Brasenose College, a constituent college of the University of Oxford, in 1564 or 1565 where he received his B.A. degree in 1571.

1594 · Reformation

John Ingram (1565 – 26 July 1594) was an English Jesuit and martyr from Stoke Edith, Herefordshire, who was executed in Gateshead on 26 July 1594, during the reign of Elizabeth I.

1489–1554 · Reformation

Gerasim of Boldino (secular name Grigory; 1489, Pereslavl-Zalessky — May 1, 1554, Trinity Boldino Monastery) was a monk of the Russian Church and the founder of the Boldino Monastery near Dorogobuzh and the Trinity Monastery in Zhizdra.

1506–1579 · Reformation

Gerasimos of Kefalonia (Greek: Άγιος Γεράσιμος) is the patron saint of the island of Kefalonia in Greece. Gerasimos (1506-1579) came from the aristocratic and wealthy Notaras family.

1544 · Reformation

German Gardiner (Germain, Jermyn) (date of birth unknown; executed at Tyburn, 7 March 1544) was a Roman Catholic layman and nephew to Stephen Gardiner who became involved in the Prebendaries' Plot against Thomas Cranmer.

1486–1537 · Reformation · Somaschi Fathers

Gerolamo Emiliani, CRS (Italian: Gerolamo Emiliani also Jerome Aemilian, Hiëronymus Emiliani) (1486 – 8 February 1537) was an Italian humanitarian, founder of the Somaschi Fathers, and is considered a saint by the Catholic Church.

1534 · Reformation

The alleged finding of human remains, designated San Geronimo, in 1853 afforded striking confirmation of an incident recorded by a Spanish Benedictine named Diego de Haedo, who published a topography and history of Algiers in 1612.

1438–1508 · Reformation · Carmelites

Giacomino de' Canepacci, known as da Crevacuore (Piasca, 1438 – Vercelli, March 3, 1508), was an Italian religious, a lay brother of the Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel. He was beatified by equipollence by Pope Gregory XVI in 1845.

1518 · Reformation

Blessed Giles of Lorenzana died in 1518.

1598–1634 · Reformation · Dominican Order

Giordano di San Stefano Ansalone, OP (1598 – 17 November 1634) was an Italian Dominican missionary in Asia. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1981 and canonized in 1987 by Pope John Paul II. Ansalone was born at Santo Stefano Quisquina in Sicily.

1451–1505 · Reformation · Servite Order

Giovannangelo Porro (1451 - 23 October 1505) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and hermit who hailed from the Milanese region and was a professed member of the Servites. Porro was born to nobles and became a priest after the death of his father.

1426–1511 · Reformation · Dominican Order

Blessed Giovanni Liccio (c.1430 - 14 November 1511) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Order of Preachers. Liccio was a noted miracle worker and a pious preacher who was also known for his simple and ascetic manner of living.

1544 · Reformation

Saint Giovanni Maria Scolarici was a Catholic Church presbyter born in Piraino. He died in Piraino in 1544.

1490–1562 · Reformation · Theatines

Francesco Marinoni (25 December 1490 – 13 December 1562) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest who was a member of the Theatines. He assumed the name Giovanni upon his admittance into the order.

1567–1623 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Jerome de Angelis (Italian: Girolamo degli Angeli, 1567 – 4 December 1623) was an Italian Jesuit missionary to Japan. He was beatified in 1867. He was born Girolamo degli Angeli at Castro-Giovanni, Sicily.

1427–1501 · Reformation

Giuliana Puricelli (1427 - 15 August 1501) was an Italian Roman Catholic professed religious from the Order of Saint Augustine. Puricelli left her home after her father wanted to have her married and so fled to a hermitage where she placed herself under the spiritual direction of…

1588–1618 · Reformation · Piarists

Venerable Glicerio Landriani was a Piarist regular cleric born in Milan in 1588, a citizen of the Duchy of Milan. During his life, he served as an abbot and a rector. He died in Rome in 1618.

1512–1572 · Reformation · Order of Friars Minor

Godfried Coart {Godfried van Melveren} (Melveren, 1512 - Den Briel, July 9, 1572) was a Franciscan friar and one of the martyrs of Gorkum. He is honored as the first canonized saint of Belgium.

1556–1597 · Reformation · Order of Friars Minor

Gonsalo Garcia, O.F.M. (Portuguese: Gonçalo Garcia; 1556 – 5 February 1597) was a lay brother of the Franciscans from Portuguese Bombay and Bassein in early modern India.

1538 · Reformation · Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy

Blessed Gonzalo de Ubeda was a Catholic priest and a member of the Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy. He served as both a diocesan bishop and an auxiliary bishop within the Catholic Church until his death in 1525.

1450–1563 · Reformation

Gury of Kazan (né Grigory Grigoryevich Rugotin; c. 1500, Radonezh – 5 December 1563, Kazan), also called Gurias, was a prelate of the Russian Orthodox Church who became the first archbishop of Kazan and Svyazhsk in 1555. In the Russian Orthodox Church, he is revered as a saint.

1438–1508 · Reformation

Grazia of Cattaro (Mulla, October 27, 1438 – Murano, November 9, 1508) was an Italian religious of the Order of Saint Augustine. His cult as a blessed was confirmed by Pope Leo XIII in 1889.

1438–1508 · Reformation · Augustinians

Gracià de Kotor was born in 1438 in Muo and served as a Catholic priest within the Augustinian order. He died in 1508 in Murano, Venice. He is recognized as a blessed within the Catholic Church.

1625–1697 · Reformation

Gregorio Giovanni Gaspare Barbarigo (16 September 1625 – 18 June 1697) was an Italian cardinal and is venerated as a saint of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the Bishop of Bergamo and later as the Bishop of Padua.

1589–1637 · Reformation · Dominican Order

Guillaume Courtet, O.P. (1589–1637) was a French Dominican friar, Catholic priest, and missionary. One of the first Frenchman to have visited Japan, he died as a martyr by beheading in Nagasaki at the hands of the Tokugawa Shogunate on Michaelmas Day 1637 after three days continu…

1451–1536 · Reformation

Guru Jambheshwar, also known as Guru Jambhoji, (1451–1536) was a sadhak, yogi, saint and the founder of the Bishnoi Panth, a Vaishnavite sect noted for its devotion to Vishnu, emphasis on non-violence, and ethos of environmental conservation in the arid regions of Rajasthan, Indi…

1469–1539 · Reformation

Gurū Nānak (15 April 1469 – 22 September 1539; Gurmukhi: ਗੁਰੂ ਨਾਨਕ), also known as Bābā Nānak ('Father Nanak'), was an Indian spiritual teacher, mystic and poet, who is regarded as the founder of Sikhism and is the first of the ten Sikh Gurus.

1628 · Reformation

The Reverend Martyr Habakkuk of Thessaloniki died in 1628 in Thessaloniki.

1659 · Reformation

Blessed Habnit of Waldburg was a herder who died in 1659.

1587–1623 · Reformation

Hara Tanenobu was born in 1587 at Usui Castle to his father, Hara Taneyoshi, and was a citizen of the Tokugawa shogunate. He died in 1623 at Takanawa by execution through burning. He is recognized as a blessed figure.

1599–1643 · Reformation · Franciscans

Henry Heath (1599–1643), religious name Paul of St. Magdalene, was an English priest of the Order of Friars Minor and a Roman Catholic martyr. Heath was born in 1599 and baptised at St. John's, Peterborough, 16 December 1599. His father was John Heath.

1595–1645 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Henry Morse (1595 – 1 February 1645) was one of the Catholic Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. Henry Morse was born a Protestant in 1595 at his grandmother's house at Brome in the English county of Suffolk, the son of Robert Morse, a minor landowner of Tivetshall St Mary, Norf…

1558–1595 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Henry Walpole, SJ (1558 – 7 April 1595) was an English Jesuit martyr, executed at York for refusing to take the Oath of Supremacy. Walpole was born at Docking, Norfolk, in 1558, the eldest son of Christopher Walpole, by Margery, heiress of Richard Beckham of Narford.

1505–1568 · Reformation

Archbishop Herman (Russian: Герман), born Grigory Fyodorovich Sadyrev-Polev (Russian: Григорий Фёдорович Садырев-Полев; died 6 November 1567), was the archbishop of Kazan from 1564 to 1567. He was also a candidate for the position of metropolitan of Moscow.

1530–1612 · Reformation

Hermogenes, or Germogen (Russian: Гермоге́н) (secular name Yermolay) (before 1530 – 17 February 1612) was the Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia from 1606. It was he who inspired the popular uprising that put an end to the Time of Troubles.

1566–1624 · Reformation · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Honoré de Paris was a Catholic priest of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, born in Paris in 1566 to Jean Bochart de Champigny. A citizen of the Kingdom of France, he died in Chaumont in 1624. He holds the status of Venerable within the Catholic Church.

1563–1600 · Reformation

Akechi Tama (明智たま, Akechi Tama), usually referred to as Hosokawa Gracia (細川ガラシャ, Hosokawa Garasha), (1563 – 25 August 1600) was a member of the aristocratic Akechi family from the Sengoku period.

1539 · Reformation · Benedictines

Hugh Faringdon, O.S.B. (died 14 November 1539), earlier known as Hugh Cook, later as Hugh Cook alias Faringdon and Hugh Cook of Faringdon, was an English Benedictine monk who presided as the last Abbot of Reading Abbey in the town of Reading in Berkshire, England.

1585 · Reformation

Hugh Taylor (died 25 November 1585) was an English Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1987. Born at Durham, Taylor arrived at Reims on 2 May 1582 and was ordained a priest. He was sent on the English mission on 27 March 1585.

1582–1637 · Reformation · Order of Friars Minor

Humilis of Bisignano (Italian: Umile da Bisignano) (1582 – 26 November 1637) was a Franciscan friar who was widely known in his day as a mystic and wonderworker. He has been declared a saint by the Catholic Church.

1585–1640 · Reformation · Franciscans

Hyacintha Mariscotti, T.O.R., or Hyacintha of Mariscotti (Italian: Giacinta Marescotti), was an Italian religious sister of the Third Order Regular of St. Francis.

1477–1523 · Reformation

Ignace of Vologda was an aristocrat born in 1477 to Andrey Bolshoy and Helen of Mezetsk in the Duchy of Uglich. He was an Eastern Orthodox figure who died in Vologda in 1523. He is recognized as a Venerable.

1611–1689 · Reformation · Servite Order

Pope Innocent XI (Latin: Innocentius XI; Italian: Innocenzo XI; 16 May 1611 – 12 August 1689), born Benedetto Odescalchi, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 21 September 1676 until his death on 12 August 1689.

1589–1655 · Reformation · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Giuseppe Marcinò (24 October 1589 – 16 November 1655), religious name Innocenzo of Caltagirone, was an Italian priest and a member of the Capuchins. He was well known for his frequent and often sensational predications and miracles attributed to him since 1623.

1526–1570 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Inácio de Azevedo, SJ (1526–1570) was a Portuguese Jesuit missionary. He is one of the Forty Martyrs of Brazil, beatified by Pope Pius IX in 1854. He was born Dom Inácio de Azevedo de Ataíde Abreu e Malafaia in the city of Porto, probably in the first quarter of the year 1526.

1587–1622 · Reformation

Agnes Takeya (イネス竹屋; 1580–1622) was a Korean-Japanese Roman Catholic martyr. Takeya was born in Korea in 1580. During the 1592–1598 Japanese invasions of Korea, she was kidnapped, enslaved, and taken to Japan. There, she was converted to Christianity.

1450–1504 · Reformation

Agnes of Aislingen (born 15th century in Aislingen, died probably January 21, 1504, in Rebdorf, Germany) was a saint of the Catholic Church and a hermit. She was a recluse at an Augustinian monastery near Rebdorf.