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1558–1604 · Reformation

John Sugar or Suker (1558 – 16 July 1604) was an English Catholic priest killed by the English crown in 1604. He was beatified as a martyr in 1987. He matriculated at the University of Oxford from St.

1568–1616 · Reformation

John Thulis (also spelt Thules, Thewlis) (c. 1568 – 18 March 1616) was an English Roman Catholic priest. Beatified in 1987, he is one of the Douai Martyrs. Thulis was born at Up Holland, Lancashire, probably about 1568.

1620–1679 · Reformation · Franciscans

John Wall, (aliases John Marsh, Francis Johnson or Dormore or Webb, religious name "Joachim of St. Ann") (1620 – 22 August 1679) was an English Franciscan friar, who is honoured as a martyr by the Catholic Church.

1647–1693 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

John de Britto, SJ (also Brito; Portuguese: João de Brito; also known as Arul Anandar; 1 March 1647 – 4 February 1693) was a Portuguese Jesuit missionary and an evangelist, often called "the Portuguese St. Francis Xavier" by Indian Catholics.

1500–1572 · Reformation · Dominican Order

John of Cologne (Joannes van Hoornaar), was a friar and priest of the Dominican Order, born in the Electorate of Cologne, part of modern Germany. He later became a parish priest of Hoornaar, in the Spanish Netherlands.

1578–1597 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Saint John Soan de Goto (Yohane Gotō), born in 1578 on one of the Goto Islands (Japan) and executed on February 5, 1597, in Nagasaki (Japan), was a Japanese Jesuit seminarian. Along with 25 other Christians, he was crucified in hatred of the Christian faith.

1615–1687 · Reformation · Order of Friars Minor

John of Jesus Hernández y Delgado (Spanish: fray Juan de Jesús; December 1615 – 6 February 1687) was a Spanish Friar Minor and mystic. The cause for his canonization has been submitted to the Holy See.

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.

1499–1569 · Reformation

John of Ávila (Spanish: Juan de Ávila; 6 January 1499– 10 May 1569) was a Spanish priest, preacher, scholastic author, and religious mystic, who has been declared a saint and Doctor of the Church by the Catholic Church.

1580–1623 · Reformation

Josaphat Kuntsevych, OSBM (c. 1580 – 12 November 1623) was a Basilian hieromonk and archeparch of the Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Polotsk from 1618 to 1623.

1569–1592 · Reformation

Joseph Lambton (1569–1592) was an English Catholic priest. He is honoured as a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1987. Member of a prominent Durham family, Joseph Lambton was the second son of Thomas Lambton of Malton-in-Rydale, Yorkshire, and Katharine, daughter of Robert Birkhead…

1534–1597 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

José de Anchieta y Díaz de Clavijo, SJ (Joseph of Anchieta; 19 March 1534 – 9 June 1597) was a Spanish missionary to the Portuguese colony of Brazil in the second half of the 16th century.

1556–1612 · Reformation · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Joseph of Leonessa, OFMCap, (Italian: Giuseppe da Leonessa) (1556 – February 4, 1612) was an Italian Capuchin friar and is a saint of the Catholic Church commemorated on February 4.

1582–1617 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Blessed John Baptist Machado de Távora (Portuguese: João Baptista Machado de Távora), born around 1581 in Angra, in the Azores (Portugal), and died (executed) on May 22, 1617, in Kōri (Nagasaki), Japan, was a Portuguese Jesuit priest and missionary to Japan.

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.

1546–1600 · Reformation · Brothers Hospitallers of St. John of God

Juan Grande Román, OH (6 March 1546 – 3 June 1600) was a Spanish Catholic member of the Brothers Hospitallers of Saint John of God. He adopted the name of "John the Sinner" and died of the plague after tending to victims in 1600.

1600–1659 · Reformation

Juan de Palafox y Mendoza (26 June 1600 – 1 October 1659) was a Spanish politician, administrator, and Catholic clergyman in 17th century Spain and a viceroy of Mexico. Palafox was the Bishop of Puebla (1640−1655), and the interim Archbishop of Mexico (1640−1642).

1563–1631 · Reformation · Franciscans

Juan de Prado, OFM (c. 1563 – 24 May 1631) was a Spanish Roman Catholic priest and a professed member from the Order of Friars Minor. He served as part of the missions in Muslim Morocco at the request of Pope Urban VIII and brought much solace to the small Christian population th…

1532–1611 · Reformation

Juan de Ribera (Seville, Spain, 20 March 1532 – Valencia, 6 January 1611) was an influential figure in 16th and 17th century Spain. Ribera held appointments as Archbishop and Viceroy of Valencia, Latin Patriarchate of Antioch, Commander in Chief, president of the Audiencia, and C…

1596–1628 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Juan de Castillo (14 September 1596 – 17 November 1628) was a Jesuit priest and missionary, and a martyr-saint of the Catholic Church. A Spaniard, he was one of the first to labor at the Jesuit reductions in Paraguay.

1606–1683 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Julien Maunoir (1 October 1606 – 28 January 1683) (also Julian; Breton: Juluan Maner), was a French-born Jesuit priest known as the "Apostle of Brittany". He was beatified in 1951 by Pope Pius XII and is commemorated by the Catholic Church on 29 January and 2 July.

1343–1500 · Reformation

Julian of Norwich (c. 1343 – after 1416), also known as Juliana of Norwich, the Lady Julian, Dame Julian or Mother Julian, was a medieval English Catholic anchoress.

1553–1606 · Reformation · Conventual Franciscans

Julian of Saint Augustine, born Julián Martinet Gutiérrez (c. 1550 – April 8, 1606), was a Spanish Franciscan friar of the Order of Friars Minor Observant, beatified by Pope Leo XII in 1825.

1568–1633 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Julião Nakaura was born in 1568 in Hizen Province, Japan, to his father, Nakaura Sumiyoshi. A member of the Society of Jesus, he served as a Catholic presbyter and bishop. He died in Nagasaki in 1633 and is recognized as a blessed of the Catholic Church.

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.

1580–1622 · Reformation · Dominican Order

Joseph of Saint Hyacinth Negro Maroto (born March 11, 1580, in Villarejo de Salvanés, Spain; died September 10, 1622, on Nishizaka Hill in Nagasaki) was a Spanish Dominican, missionary, martyr, and blessed of the Catholic Church.

1656–1680 · Reformation

Kateri Tekakwitha , given the name Tekakwitha (Tekaouïta, baptized as Catherine ("Kateri" in Mohawk), known as Lily of the Mohawks (1656 – April 17, 1680) and Protectress of Canada, also as Geneviève of New France/ Geneviève of Canada, was a Mohawk/Algonquin young woman when she…

1440–1505 · Reformation · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Blessed Ladislas of Gielniów (c. 1440 – 4 May 1505) was a Polish Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Order of Friars Minor. He was an observant of the Rule of Saint Francis of Assisi and served his order in various capacities that included both a doorkeeper and as…

1593–1631 · Reformation

Liborius Wagner (5 December 1593 – 9 December 1631) was a German Roman Catholic priest. He administered throughout his pastoral mission in Würzburg and was killed "in odium fidei" (in hatred of the faith).

1476–1535 · Reformation · Order of Friars Minor

Laurent of Villamagna, born Lorenzo da Villamagna (May 12, 1476, in Villamagna, Abruzzo, and died June 6, 1535, near Ortona, Italy), was an Italian Franciscan priest declared blessed by the Catholic Church.

1526–1581 · Reformation · Dominican Order

Louis Bertrand, OP (Spanish: Luis Beltrán or Luis Bertrán; Valencian: Lluís Bertran; 1 January 1526 – 9 October 1581) was a Spanish Dominican friar who preached in South America during the 16th century, and is known as the "Apostle to the Americas".

1591–1660 · Reformation · Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul

Louise de Marillac D.C., also known as Louise Le Gras, (August 12, 1591 – March 15, 1660) was the co-founder, with Vincent de Paul, of the Daughters of Charity. She is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church and the Episcopal Church in the United States of America.

1462–1503 · Reformation · Poor Clares

Louise of Savoy (28 December 1461 – 24 July 1503) was a member of the French royal family, who gave up a life of privilege and comfort to become a Poor Clare nun. She was beatified by the Roman Catholic Church in 1839.

1594–1633 · Reformation · Dominican Order

Luke of the Holy Spirit Alonso Gorda (born October 18, 1594, in Carracedo de Vidriales, Zamora Province, Spain; died October 19, 1633, on Nishizaka Hill in Nagasaki, Japan) was a saint of the Catholic Church, a Spanish Dominican, a missionary in the Far East, and a martyr.

1476–1544 · Reformation · Dominican Order

Lucy Brocadelli, also known as Lucy of Narni or Lucy of Narnia (13 December 1476 – 15 November 1544), was a Dominican tertiary who was a mystic and a stigmatic. She has been venerated by the Roman Catholic Church since 1710.

1474–1533 · Reformation · Third Order of Saint Francis

Ludovica Albertoni (1473 – 31 January 1533) was an Italian Roman Catholic noblewoman from the Renaissance period and a professed member of the Third Order of Saint Francis.

1596–1627 · Reformation · Dominican Order

Ludwik Exarch was a Catholic priest of the Dominican Order born in Barcelona, Crown of Aragon, in 1596. He died in Ōmura-shi in 1627 and is recognized as a blessed within the Catholic Church.

1500–1549 · Reformation · Dominican Order

Luis Cáncer de Barbastro or Luis de Cáncer (1500 – 26 June 1549) was a Spanish Dominican priest and pioneer missionary to the New World. He undertook a non-violent approach to converting the American Indians to Christianity, and had significant success in this regard in the Carib…

1574–1622 · Reformation · Dominican Order

Luis Flores was born in Antwerp in 1574 and served as a missionary in the Dominican Order. He died in 1622 and is recognized as a blessed within the Catholic Church.

1586–1597 · Reformation · Order of Friars Minor

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.

1574–1624 · Reformation · Order of Friars Minor

Luis Sotelo, OFM, in English known also as Louis Sotelo, (September 6, 1574 – August 25, 1624) was a Franciscan friar from Spain who died as a martyr in Japan, in 1624, and was beatified by Pope Pius IX in 1867.

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.

1566–1614 · Reformation

Luisa Carvajal y Mendoza (formerly known as Doña Luisa de Carvajal y Mendoza; January 2, 1566 – January 2, 1614) is best known for her mystical religious poetry as well as her fight to spread Catholicism throughout England, by preaching against Anglicanism.

1540–1582 · Reformation

Luke Kirby (also Kirbie c. 1549 – 30 May 1582) was an English Catholic priest and martyr from the North of England, executed during the reign of Elizabeth I. He is one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. Kirby was born in Richmond, North Yorkshire.

1575–1619 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Leonardo Kimura, SJ (also known as レオナルド 木村 or レ゜オナルド; 1575 – 18 November 1619) was a Japanese Catholic evangelist and teacher. Killed as a victim of anti-Catholic persecution in Japan, he was beatified by Pope Pius IX in 1867.

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.

1566–1607 · Reformation · Carmelite nuns

Mary Magdalene de' Pazzi, OCarm (Italian: Maria Maddalena de' Pazzi; born Caterina Lucrezia de' Pazzi; 2 April 1566 – 25 May 1607), was an Italian Carmelite nun and mystic. She has been declared a saint by the Catholic Church.

1611–1634 · Reformation · Augustinians

Magdalene of Nagasaki (長崎のマグダレナ, Nagasaki no Magudarena) (1611-October 15, 1634) was a Japanese Christian who served as a translator and catechist for the Augustine Recollect missionaries. She became a tertiary of the Order of Augustinian Recollects.

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.