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1515–1604 · Reformation

Sidi Abdellah ben Ahmed Khalid ben Hassoun (1515 in Fez – 1604 in Salé) is, alongside Sidi Ben Acher al-Andaloussi, Sidi Ahmed Hajji, and Sidi Ahmed Turki, one of the principal saints of Salé. He is the patron saint of the city.

1563–1595 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

The Venerable François Abraham de Georgiis, born in 1563 in Aleppo, Syria, and killed by throat-slitting on April 30, 1595, in Massawa, Eritrea, was a Lebanese Maronite Jesuit priest. Sent to join the Jesuit mission in Ethiopia, he suffered martyrdom there in April 1595.

1598–1638 · Reformation · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Agathangelus of Vendôme, born François Nouri, was a Franciscan priest of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, born on July 31, 1598, in Vendôme and died on October 7, 1629, in Gondar.

1614–1641 · Reformation

Agnes Maria Huyn van Amstenrade (Amstenrade, September 14, 1614 – Venlo, July 8, 1641), also known as Countess Agnes Maria Huyn, was the daughter of Werner Huyn and Leyffardt von Lerodt.

1568–1622 · Reformation · Dominican Order

Alfonso de Mena (born February 3, 1568, in Logroño; died September 10, 1622, in Nagasaki) was a Spanish priest and Dominican friar (OP), nephew of the Jesuit Blessed Peter Paul Navarro (died 1622), an evangelist and missionary in the Far East, a martyr, and a blessed of the Catho…

1551–1620 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Not to be confused with Ambrósio Fernandes Brandão. Ambroise Fernandez (in Portuguese, Ambrósio Fernandes), born around 1551 in Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal, and died (executed) on January 7, 1620, in Nagasaki, Japan, was a Portuguese Jesuit brother and missionary in Japan.

1555–1624 · Reformation · Order of Discalced Nuns of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel

Ana de Pedruja Rebolledo, who took the name Ana de San Agustín (Valladolid, 1555–Villanueva de la Jara, 1624), was a Spanish Discalced Carmelite nun, mystic, and founder, declared venerable by Pope Pius VI.

1641 · Reformation

Ángela de Carranza, also known as Ángela de Dios (Córdoba del Tucumán, Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata, between 1641 and 1642 – after 1694), was an Augustinian tertiary accused by the Lima Inquisition in 1689.

1505–1622 · Reformation · Franciscans

Apollinaire Franco, or Apollinaire of Japan, was a Franciscan priest born in Aguilar de Campoo in Old Castile (Spain) around 1570. He was burned alive in Omura, Japan, in 1622 for failing to comply with the 1614 order issued by the shoguns for Catholic missionaries to leave the c…

1563–1626 · Reformation

Baltasar de Torres, SJ (born December 14, 1563, in Granada; died June 20, 1626, in Nagasaki) was a Jesuit missionary, priest, blessed of the Catholic Church, and martyr. A victim of anti-Catholic persecution in Japan, he was murdered in odium fidei (out of hatred for the faith).

1575–1609 · Reformation

Bartolomé Ximénez (Iniesta, Cuenca, Spain, 1575 – Ayora, Valencia, Spain, 1609), also known as Venerable Bartolomé Ximénez, was a Spanish Discalced Franciscan friar. He founded the Ancient Brotherhood of Mary Most Holy of the Conception of Puebla del Salvador.

1620–1682 · Reformation

Benito Latras y Loriz, better known as "Cosán" (Cos Sant or holy body), was an abbot of the Monastery of Santa María de Alaón and a deputy of the Cortes of Aragon.

1600–1597 · Reformation · Franciscans

The Martyrs of Nagasaki were 26 Franciscan and Jesuit missionaries as well as Japanese converts to Christianity, aged between 12 and 64, who were executed in 1597 by order of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. They are venerated as martyrs and saints in the Catholic and Anglican churches.

1644–1694 · Reformation

Bénigne Joly, born in 1644 and died in 1694, was a French Catholic priest and religious writer from Dijon. This native of Dijon, sometimes called the "father of the poor" or the "Burgundian Saint Vincent de Paul," was a diocesan priest of the Diocese of Langres, which included th…

1648–1695 · Reformation

Catalina de Balboa Ugarte, in religion Catalina de San Mateo de la Concepción (Santa María de Guía de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, April 30, 1648 – Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, May 26, 1695), was a Canarian Poor Clare nun.

1620–1689 · Reformation

Catherine de Francheville, born September 21, 1620, at the Château de Truscat in Sarzeau and died March 3, 1689, in Vannes, was a 17th-century Breton religious woman who, after completing the Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius of Loyola herself, founded the first retreat house…

1500 · Reformation

Christina of Hamm (15th century; died 15th or 16th century) was a mystic and a blessed of the Roman Catholic Church. Information regarding Christina’s life is limited to a brief account by Werner Rolevinck in his 1470s universal history, Fasciculus temporum.

1643–1693 · Reformation

Cornelius of Pereslavl, born Konon, was a saintly monk of the Russian Orthodox Church. He came from a merchant family in Ryazan. In his youth, he ran away from home to become a spiritual disciple of Elder Paul, a monk at the Lukyanov Hermitage near Pereslavl-Zalessky.

1597 · Reformation · Franciscans

Cosmas Takeya was a katana blacksmith from Owari. He was baptized by Jesuit missionaries and became a member of the Third Order of Saint Francis.

1619 · Reformation

Cosmas Takeya Sozaburō, born in Korea and executed on November 18, 1619, in Nagasaki, Japan, was a Japanese Catholic layman of Korean descent, a member of the Third Order of Saint Francis, and a victim of the anti-Catholic persecution in Japan.

1514–1527 · Reformation

Cristóbal Acxotecatl (died 1527) is a Mexican saint. He is known as one of the Child Martyrs of Tlaxcala. He was one of the first Christian martyrs in the Americas.

1594–1697 · Reformation

Dalmat of Iset (Dalmat of Perm, born Dmitry Ivanovich Mokrinsky; 1594, Beryozovo — June 25 (July 5), 1697, Dalmatovsky Dormition Monastery) was the founder of the Dalmatovsky Dormition Monastery.

1570–1633 · Reformation

Dionysius of Radonezh (secular name David Fyodorovich Zobninovsky, also Zobninov, Zobninsky, Zobnikovsky; c. 1570, Rzhev – c. May 15, 1633, Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius) was an archimandrite of the Trinity Lavra of St.

1592–1628 · Reformation · Dominican Order

Dominic Castellet Vinale (born Francis Castellet Vinale; October 17, 1592, in Esparreguera, Catalonia; died September 8, 1628, on Nishizaka Hill, Nagasaki) was a Catholic blessed, Dominican friar, missionary, and martyr.

1559–1630 · Reformation · Order of the Brothers Discalced of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel

Dominic of Jesus and Mary (1559–1630) was a Spanish Discalced Carmelite and high-ranking official of the order who participated in certain episodes of the Thirty Years' War, as well as the founding of the Discalced Carmelite convent in Ghent.

1549–1629 · Reformation

Dorothea of Kashin (Russian: Дорофея Кашинская, Dorofeya Kashinskaya) was a Russian nun born in 1549 who died on September 24, 1629 (October 4 in the Gregorian calendar) in Kashin. She lived as a recluse and nun in Moscow, Russia.

1548 · Reformation

Helena, born Diewoczkina (died November 18, 1547, in Moscow), was a Russian Orthodox nun, a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church, and the first abbess of the Novodevichy Convent in Moscow.

1597 · Reformation · Franciscans

Francis Kichi (died February 5, 1597) was a Japanese Christian during the Azuchi-Momoyama period. He was executed in Nagasaki under Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s ban on Christianity and is one of the Twenty-Six Martyrs of Japan who were canonized as saints.

1551–1583 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Francisco Aranha (died Cuculim, July 25, 1583) was a Jesuit religious born in the Diocese of Braga. He was martyred in Cuculim, India, on July 25, 1583, while engaged in missionary work, and was beatified by the Catholic Church.

1578–1623 · Reformation · Ordo Fratrum Minorum de Regularis Observantia

Francis Galvez (born August 15, 1578, in Utiel, Spain; died executed December 4, 1623, in Edo, Japan) was a Franciscan friar (Order of Friars Minor) and catechist who was martyred for his faith in Japan alongside other Christian missionaries.

1552–1608 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Francisco da Costa Pinto, born in 1552 in Angra, in the Azores, Portugal, and died (assassinated) on January 11, 1608, in the province of Ibiapaba in present-day Brazil (then a Portuguese possession), was a Portuguese Jesuit priest.

1540–1570 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Francisco Pérez Godoy, SJ (born c. 1540 in Torrijos, died July 15, 1570, in the Atlantic Ocean near Las Palmas) was a Spanish Jesuit novice, a blessed of the Catholic Church, and a victim of Huguenot persecution of Catholics.

1574–1604 · Reformation · Order of the Brothers Discalced of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel

Francisco Sánchez Pascual, born in 1544 in Villapalacios and died on December 26, 1604, was a Spanish philanthropist and promoter of devotion to the Child Jesus who became a Discalced Carmelite under the name Francis of the Child Jesus.

1597–1632 · Reformation

Francis of Jesus Terrero de Ortega Pérez, OESA (Spanish: Francisco Terrero de Ortega Pérez; born 1597 in Villamediana, died September 3, 1632, in Nagasaki) was a Spanish priest of the Order of Saint Augustine, a martyr, and a blessed of the Catholic Church who was a victim of ant…

1585–1647 · Reformation · Carmelites

Friar Francisco de la Cruz (Mora, December 28, 1585 – San Clemente, July 6, 1647) was a Castilian Carmelite friar, a lay brother of the Order of the Brothers of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel (O. Carm.). Upon his death, he was declared a Venerable Servant of God.

1604–1680 · Reformation · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Gabriel Macià, also known as Gabriel of Canet (Canet de Mar, Maresme, November 30, 1604 – Barcelona, 1680), was a Capuchin friar. He has been proclaimed venerable by the Catholic Church. He served as novice master and provincial definitor of the order.

1578–1597 · Reformation · Franciscans

Gabriel de Duisco (executed February 5, 1597, on the hills of Nagasaki) was a Japanese Catholic layman, converted by Gonsalo Garcia, who became a catechist and a member of the Third Order of Saint Francis.

1567–1632 · Reformation

Gabriel of St. Mary Magdalene, born Gabriel Tarazona Rodríguez (October 1567 in Sonseca – September 3, 1632, in Nagasaki), was a Spanish Franciscan friar, a martyr, and a blessed of the Catholic Church who was a victim of anti-Catholic persecution in Japan.

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.

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.

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.

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.

1612 · Reformation

Joseph of Zaonikiev (secular name Ilarion Amvrosimov; c. 1530 – September 21, 1612) was a monk of the Russian Orthodox Church and the founder of the Zaonikiev Hermitage.

1530 · Reformation · Poor Clares

Isabella Maria della Passione, also known as Isabella of Sicily or Saint Isabella the Poor Clare (died 1530), was an Italian religious sister. She is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church, which commemorates her on June 4.

1645–1690 · Reformation · Benedictines

Isabella Tomasi, known as Sister Maria Crocifissa della Concezione (Agrigento, May 29, 1645 – Palma di Montechiaro, October 16, 1699), was an Italian noblewoman and religious sister, considered venerable by the Catholic Church.

1551–1597 · Reformation · Franciscans

Joachim Sakakibara (also Sakachibara or Saccachibara; born 1556 in Osaka, Japan – died executed February 5, 1597, in Tateyama, Nagasaki, Japan) was a Japanese physician, catechist, and Franciscan tertiary who was martyred for his faith in Nagasaki.

1597 · Reformation · Franciscans

John Kinuya was a member of the Third Order of St. Francis who died as a martyr in Japan in 1597. When persecution against Catholics intensified, he and 25 companions—8 priests and religious and 17 laypeople—were arrested, insulted, and severely tortured.

1649–1679 · Reformation

John Lloyd (Brecknockshire, 1630 – Cardiff, July 22, 1679) was a Welsh priest. Martyred under Charles II, he is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church and is remembered as one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.

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.

1540–1605 · Reformation

Saint John of Prislop (c. 1540 – c. 1605) left his parents' home to live in the monastic community of Prislop, eventually becoming its abbot. On March 20, 1585, he was elected Metropolitan of Transylvania.