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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.

1500–1555 · Reformation

Nil Stolobensky (Russian: Нил Столобенский) is a carved and painted wooden sculpture of the eponymous saint, currently housed in the Museum "Legacy of Saint Nil". It is believed to have been created in the 1770s–1780s.

1433–1508 · Reformation

Nilus of Sora (also Nil Sorsky or Nil Sorski; Russian: Нил Сорский; secular name: Nikolai Maikov; Russian: Николай Майков; c. 1433 – 7 May 1508) was a Russian Orthodox monk, spiritual writer, theologian, and the founder of the Sora Hermitage.

1601–1651 · Reformation

Saint Nilus the Myrrh-streamer, also known as Nilos/Nilus the Myrrh-gusher, Nilus of Kynouria, or Nilus the Myroblyte (Greek: Άγιος Νείλος ο Μυροβλήτης; born c. 1601, died 1651), was an Orthodox Christian ascetic who lived at Mount Athos.

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.

1449–1505 · Reformation · Third Order of Saint Dominic

Osanna of Mantua (also "Hosanna") (17 January 1449 – 18 June 1505) was an Italian Dominican tertiary who gained notice as a stigmatic and mystic. Osanna was the daughter of the nobles Niccolò Andreasi, whose family had originated in Hungary, and of Agnese Gonzaga.

1502 · Reformation

Paisius Yaroslavov (Russian: Паисий Ярославов; died 1501) was the most famous monk of the Kamenny Monastery, located by Lake Kubenskoye in Vologda Oblast, Russia. Historians do not know much about Paisiy Yaroslavov.

1463–1515 · Reformation · Third Order of Saint Francis

Paola Gambara Costa (3 March 1463 - 24 January 1515) was an Italian Roman Catholic professed member of the Third Order of Saint Francis. She was born to nobles and married in 1475 to the nobleman Lodovico Antonio Costa - and had one child - who soon acquired a mistress and chasti…

1540–1592 · Reformation · Order of Friars Minor

Paschal Baylón (24 May 1540 – 17 May 1592) was a Spanish Catholic religious brother in the Order of Friars Minor. He served as a shepherd alongside his father in his childhood and adolescence, but desired to enter the religious life.

1448–1567 · Reformation

Joachim (1448?-1567) served as Greek Patriarch of Alexandria between 1486 and 1567. In 1556, Joachim sent a letter to the Russian Czar Ivan IV, asking the Orthodox monarch to provide some material assistance for the Saint Catherine's Monastery in the Sinai Peninsula, which had s…

1525–1607 · Reformation

Job (Russian: Иов, romanized: Iov; died 19 June 1607) was Metropolitan of Moscow and all Rus', the primate of the Russian Orthodox Church, from 1587 to 1589, and the first Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus' from 1589 to 1605.

1550–1657 · Reformation

Parthenius III of Constantinople (Greek: Παρθένιος; died 24 March 1657) was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople in 1656–1657. In 1657 he was charged with treason by the Ottoman Sultan and hanged, after refusing to abjure his own Christian faith.

1581 · Reformation

The Wexford Martyrs were Matthew Lambert, Robert Meyler, Edward Cheevers and Patrick Cavanagh. In 1581, they were convicted of high treason for aiding in the escape of James Eustace, 3rd Viscount Baltinglass; for similarly conveying a Jesuit and other Catholic priests and laymen…

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.

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.

1600–1656 · Reformation

Paul of Kolomna (Russian: Павел Коломенский) was a 17th-century bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church and martyr in the view of the Old Believers. The son of a rural clergyman, he was born in the village of Kolychevo, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast.

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.

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.

1596–1647 · Reformation

Petro Mohyla or Peter Mogila (21 December 1596 – 1 January [O.S. 22 December] 1647) was the Metropolitan of Kiev, Galicia and all Rus' in the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople in the Eastern Orthodox Church from 1633 to 1646.

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…

1572 · Reformation

Peter Janssens van Kalmthout was a Norbertine priest from the Duchy of Brabant who was murdered by Dutch rebels on the night of 16 April 1572. Janssens was born in Kalmthout around 1535, the son of a tenant of Tongerlo Abbey.

1557–1595 · Reformation

Philip Howard, 13th Earl of Arundel (28 June 1557 – 19 October 1595) was an English nobleman. He was canonised by Pope Paul VI in 1970, as one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.

1507–1570 · Reformation

Saint Philip II of Moscow (Russian: Филипп II; born Fyodor Stepanovich Kolychov; Russian: Фёдор Степанович Колычёв; 11 February 1507 – 23 December 1569) was Metropolitan of Moscow and all Rus', the primate of the Russian Orthodox Church, from 1566 to 1568.

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.

1522–1589 · Reformation

Philothei of Athens, (also known as Philotheia or Philothea) (Greek: Άγια Φιλοθέη η Αθηναία) (November 21, 1522 - February 19, 1589), née Revoula Benizelos (Ρεβούλα Μπενιζέλου), was a Greek Orthodox religious sister, martyr and saint from Ottoman-era Greece.

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.

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.

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.

1495–1571 · Reformation

‘’’Raghunāthadāsa Gosvāmī’’’ was a disciple of Śrī Yadunandan Ācārya (see Vilāpa Kusumānjali, verse 4, Caitanya-Caritāmṛta Ādi chapter 12 and Antya 6) one of the apostle of the Vaishnava saint, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, the principal six of whom are renowned as the Six Goswamis of Vr…

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.

1591 · Reformation

Ralph Milner (? at Slackstead, Hampshire, England, early in the sixteenth century – executed 7 July 1591 at Winchester) was an English martyr of the Roman Catholic Church. Along with Roger Dicconson (also spelled Dickenson), a Catholic priest, they were martyred at Winchester.

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.

1450–1520 · Reformation

Ravidas or Raidas was an Indian mystic poet-saint of the Bhakti movement during the 15th to 16th century CE. Venerated as a guru (spiritual teacher) in the modern regions of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, and Haryana, he was a poet,…

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.