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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.

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.

1550–1579 · Reformation · Franciscans

Patrick O'Hely (Irish: Pádraig Ó hÉilí) (born between 1543 and 1546, died 31 August 1579) was an Irish Franciscan priest from Creevelea Abbey, near Dromahair, County Leitrim, and illegal and underground Bishop of Mayo, who was tortured and executed as part of the Elizabethan era…

1612 · Reformation

Patrick O'Loughran (in Irish: Pádraig Ó Lochráin) (died 1 February 1612) was a priest of the archdiocese of Armagh and an Irish Catholic Martyr. O'Loughran was born in Donaghmore, County Tyrone to an Erenagh family.

1597 · Reformation · Franciscans

Paul Ibaraki was a Japanese Catholic martyr. Coming from a samurai family in Owari, he and his family lived near an Order of Friars Minor monastery. He lived in poverty but frequently helped those who were poorer than himself. He was also a preacher.

1564–1597 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Paul Miki, SJ (Japanese: パウロ三木; (‘Paulo Miki’) c. 1562 – 5 February 1597) was a Japanese Catholic evangelist and Jesuit, known for his martyrdom during a 16th-century anti-Catholic uprising.

1578–1597 · Reformation · Franciscans

Paul Suzuki (born 1563 in Owari Province, present-day Aichi Prefecture; died executed February 5, 1597, on the hills of Nagasaki) was a Japanese Catholic layman, a member of the Third Order of Saint Francis, and a catechist employed by Franciscan missionaries who fell victim to a…

1542–1597 · Reformation · Order of Friars Minor

Peter Baptist Blásquez (Pedro Bautista Blásquez in Spanish), born in San Esteban del Valle, Spain, on June 24, 1542, and died (executed) in Nagasaki, Japan, on February 5, 1597, was a 16th-century Spanish Discalced Franciscan missionary who died for the Christian faith in Japan.

1654–1672 · Reformation

Pedro Calungsod (Spanish: Pedro Calúñgsod or archaically Pedro Calonsor; July 21, 1654 – April 2, 1672), also known as Peter Calungsod and Pedro Calonsor, was a Catholic Filipino-Visayan migrant, sacristan and missionary catechist who, along with the Spanish Jesuit missionary Die…

1480–1572 · Reformation · Franciscans

Pieter van der Moere, also known as Brother Pedro de Gante or Pedro de Mura (c. 1480 – 1572) was a Franciscan missionary in sixteenth century Mexico. Born in Geraardsbergen in present-day Belgium, he was of Flemish descent.

1617 · Reformation

Peter of the Assumption, OFM (Spanish: Pedro de la Asunción; born in Cuerva, died May 22, 1617, in Kōri) was a blessed of the Catholic Church, a martyr, and a Spanish priest of the Franciscan Order.

1506–1546 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Peter Faber, SJ (French: Pierre Lefevre or Favre, Latin: Petrus Faber) (13 April 1506 – 1 August 1546) was a Savoyard Catholic priest, theologian and co-founder of the Society of Jesus, along with Ignatius of Loyola and Francis Xavier.

1565–1640 · Reformation · Canons Regular of Saint Augustine

Peter Fourier was a French canon regular who is honored as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church. Foregoing offers of high office, he served for many years as a pastor in the village of Mattaincourt in the Vosges.

1587–1639 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Peter Kibe, SJ (Japanese: ペトロ岐部, romanized: Petoro Kibe; 1587 – 4 July 1639), his real name is Kibe Shigekatsu (岐部 茂勝), also known as Petro Kasui Kibe (ペトロ・カスイ岐部), was a Japanese Jesuit and Christian martyr.

1501–1598 · Reformation

Peter Snow (c. 1564 – 15 June 1598) was an English Catholic priest who was executed by the state, along with Ralph Grimston, in 1598. They were beatified as martyrs in 1987. Their feast is 15 June.

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.

1591–1624 · Reformation · Dominican Order

Pedro Vásquez, O.P, also known as Peter Vásquez, (1591 – 25 August 1624) was a Spanish Dominican friar, Catholic priest, and missionary who died a martyr in Japan. He was beatified in July 1867 by Pope Pius IX.

1603–1651 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Peter Wright (1603 – 19 May 1651) was an English Jesuit priest and martyr who has been beatified by the Roman Catholic Church. Peter Wright was born in Slipton, Northamptonshire, one of twelve children. Peter was still young when his father died.

1499–1562 · Reformation · Order of Friars Minor

Peter of Alcántara, OFM (born Peter Garavita; Spanish: Pedro de Alcántara; 1499 – October 18, 1562) was a Spanish Franciscan friar who was canonized in 1669. Peter was born at Alcántara, Province of Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain.

1626–1667 · Reformation · Third Order of Saint Francis

Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur (or Betancourt) y Gonzáles, OFB (Spanish: Pedro de San José de Betancur y Gonzáles, 21 March 1626– 25 April 1667), also called Hermano Pedro de San José Betancurt (Brother Peter of Saint Joseph Betancur) or more simply Peter de Betancurt, Hermano…

1645–1679 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Philip Evans, born in 1645 in Monmouth, Gwent, Wales (Great Britain), and executed on July 22, 1679, in Cardiff, Wales, was a Welsh Jesuit priest. He was executed for treason, alongside John Lloyd, for exercising his priesthood.

1594–1646 · Reformation · Benedictines

Philip Powell (sometimes spelled Philip Powel) (2 February 1594 – 30 June 1646) was a lawyer who became a Benedictine monk and priest, serving as a missionary in England during the period of recusancy. He was martyred at Tyburn.

1572–1597 · Reformation · Q131695953

Philip of Jesus, OFM (Spanish: Felipe de Jesús; 1572 – 1597) was a Spanish Franciscan missionary who became one of the Twenty-six Martyrs of Japan. He is the first Mexican Catholic saint and is the patron saint of Mexico City.

1624–1679 · Reformation

Pierre Lambert de la Motte, MEP was a French bishop. He was a founding member of the Paris Foreign Missions Society and became a missionary in Asia. Lambert de la Motte was born 16 January 1624 in La Boissière, Calvados.

1553–1583 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Blessed Peter Berno, born around 1552 in Ascona, in the canton of Ticino (Switzerland), and died (assassinated) on July 25, 1583, in Cuncolim (Goa), was a Swiss Jesuit priest and missionary in India.

1570–1647 · Reformation · Piarists

Pietro Casani (8 September 1570 – 17 October 1647) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Piarists. He became an assistant and a close personal friend of Giuseppe Calasanz.

1561–1622 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Pietro Paolo Navarro was a Catholic priest and member of the Society of Jesus born in 1560 in Laino Borgo. He died in 1622 in Shimabara by burning and is recognized as a blessed of the Catholic Church.

1563–1591 · Reformation

Polydore Plasden (1563–1591) was one of the Catholic Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. A native of London, he studied for the priesthood at Rheims and Rome, and was ordained in 1586 before being sent back to England soon after.

1501–1606 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Ralph Ashley, SJ (died 7 April 1606) was an English Jesuit lay brother who became involved with the aftermath of the Gunpowder Plot. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1929.

1598–1644 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Ralph Corbie, SJ (Corby, Corbington, at times Corrington; 25 March 1598 – 7 September 1644) was an Irish Jesuit. A victim of the anti-Catholic persecutions following the Reformation, he was beatified in 1929. Corbie was born near Dublin.

1588 · Reformation

Ralph Crockett (b. at Barton, near Farndon, Cheshire 1522; executed at Chichester, 1 October 1588) was an English Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1929.

1550–1581 · Reformation

Ralph Sherwin (25 October 1550 – 1 December 1581) was an English Roman Catholic priest, executed in 1581. He is a Catholic martyr and saint. Sherwin was born at Rodsley, Derbyshire to John and Constance Sherwin and christened in Longford church. He was educated at Eton College.

1598–1638 · Reformation · Order of the Brothers Discalced of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel

Redemptus of the Cross, OCD (also Redemptorus of the Cross; 15 March 1598 – 27 November 1638) was a Portuguese Carmelite lay brother. He was put to death, along with other members of a group sent to Aceh by Portuguese authorities.

1552–1613 · Reformation

Regina Protmann (1552 – 18 January 1613) was a Roman Catholic religious sister. She founded the Sisters of Saint Catherine and was a pioneer in the establishment of hospitals as well as schools for girls.

1608–1642 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

René Goupil, SJ (15 May 1608 – 29 September 1642), was a French Jesuit lay missionary (French: donné, "given" or "one who offers himself") who became a lay brother of the Society of Jesus shortly before his death.

1540 · Reformation

Richard Fetherston (Fetherstone, Featherstone) was an English Roman Catholic priest. He was Archdeacon of Brecon, Chaplain to Catharine of Aragon, and Latin tutor to her daughter, Mary Tudor. He was executed on 30 July 1540 and beatified by Pope Leo XIII on 29 December 1886.

1537–1584 · Reformation

Richard Gwyn (ca. 1537 – 15 October 1584), also known by his anglicized name, Richard White, was a Welsh teacher at illegal and underground schools and a bard who wrote both Christian and satirical poetry in the Welsh language.

1550–1588 · Reformation

Richard Leigh (c. 1557 – 1588) was an English Roman Catholic martyr born in Cambridge, the scion of Cheshire gentry, squires of the West Hall, High Legh since the 11th century.

1492–1535 · Reformation · Bridgettines

Richard Reynolds, O.Ss.S (c.1492 – 4 May 1535) was an English Bridgettine monk executed in London for refusing the Oath of Supremacy to King Henry VIII of England. He was canonised by Pope Paul VI in 1970, among the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.

1586 · Reformation

Richard Sergeant (executed at Tyburn, 20 April 1586) was an English Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1987. He was probably a younger son of Thomas Sergeant of Stone, Gloucestershire, by Katherine, daughter of John Tyre of Hardwick.

1550–1588 · Reformation

Richard Simpson (or Sympson) (c. 1553 – 24 July 1588) was an English priest, martyred in the reign of Elizabeth I. He was born in Well, in Yorkshire.

1583 · Reformation

Richard Thirkeld (died 29 May 1583) was an English Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr beatified by Pope Leo XIII in 1886. Thirkeld was born at Coniscliffe, Durham, England.

1585–1622 · Reformation · Récollets

Blessed Lambert Trouvez (in religion: Richard of Saint Anne, of the Order of Friars Minor Recollects), born in 1585 in Beignée (Ham-sur-Heure), then in the Prince-Bishopric of Liège (Belgium), and died (burned alive) on September 10, 1622, in Nagasaki (Japan), was a Franciscan Re…

1550–1586 · Reformation

Robert Anderton (c. 1560 – 25 April 1586) was an English or Manx Catholic priest and martyr under the Elizabethan era religious persecution. Along with his companion, William Marsden, he was beatified by Pope Pius XI in 1929.

1589 · Reformation

Robert Dalby (died 1589) was an English Catholic priest and martyr. Robert Dalby (sometimes called Drury), came from Hemingbrough in the West Riding of Yorkshire (now North Yorkshire) lived at first as a Protestant minister.

1550–1586 · Reformation

Robert Dibdale (or Debdale) (ca. 1556 – 8 October 1586) was an English Catholic priest and martyr. Dibdale was born the son of John Dibdale of Shottery, a village in the county of Warwickshire, within the parish of Stratford-upon-Avon, the birthplace of William Shakespeare's wif…

1567–1607 · Reformation

Robert Drury (1567–1607) was an English Roman Catholic priest, executed for treason. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1987. He was born of a Buckinghamshire family, presumably the younger son of Robert Drury of Hedgerley and Chalfont St. Peter.