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1832–1916 · Contemporary · Dominican Order

Hyacinthe-Marie Cormier (8 December 1832 – 17 December 1916) was a French Dominican friar and religious priest, who served as the 76th Master of the Order of Preachers from 1904 until 1916. Cormier was beatified by Pope John Paul II on 20 November 1994.

1839–1904 · Contemporary · Sisters of Mary Reparatrix

Hélène Marie Philippine de Chappotin de Neuville (Nantes, 21 May 1839 – Sanremo, 15 November 1904), known as Mary of the Passion (French: Mère Marie de la Passion), was a French religious sister and missionary, who founded the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary in British India in 1…

1040–1113 · Medieval · Benedictines

Ida of Lorraine (also referred to as Blessed Ida of Boulogne) (c. 1040 – 13 April 1113) was a saint and noblewoman. She was the daughter of Godfrey III, Duke of Lower Lorraine and his wife Doda.

1198–1231 · Medieval · Cistercians

Ida of Nivelles (c.1190 – 11 December 1231) was a beatified Cistercian nun and mystic. Ida was born into a prosperous mercantile family in Nivelles, an important market town and pilgrimage destination in Brabant, a short distance to the south of Brussels.

1000–1076 · Medieval

Emad (also transliterated as Imad, Imed and Aimad; Arabic: عماد) is an Arabic masculine given name and surname and means "support" or "pillar".

1322–1333 · Medieval · Nuns of the Order of Preachers

Imelda Lambertini (1322 – 12 May 1333) was an Italian Catholic mystic and devotee of the Dominican Order. She is the patroness of First Communicants and many dioceses make use of her feast as a day to schedule First Communions and Confirmations.

1225–1276 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Pope Innocent V (Latin: Innocentius V; c. 1225 – 22 June 1276), born Pierre de Tarentaise, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 21 January to 22 June 1276. A member of the Order of Preachers, he acquired a reputation as an effective preacher.

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.

1844–1890 · Modern · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Innocenzo da Berzo (19 March 1844 - 3 March 1890), born Giovanni Scalvinoni, was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Order of Friars Minor. Scalvinoni assumed his new religious name upon his profession as a Capuchin friar.

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.

1880–1959 · Contemporary

Ioan Bălan (11 February 1880 – 4 August 1959) was a Romanian bishop of the Greek-Catholic Church. He is venerated as a Blessed in the Roman Catholic Church. He was born in Teiuș, Alba County, the son of Ștefan Bălan and Ana, née Muntean.

1907–1953 · Contemporary

Ioan Suciu (December 4, 1907 – June 27, 1953) was a Romanian bishop of the Greek Catholic Church, born into a clerical family in Blaj. Suciu studied in Rome, Italy first at Sant'Atanasio and then at the Pontificium Institutum Internationale Angelicum, the future Pontifical Unive…

1565–1619 · Reformation

Ippolito Galantini (14 October 1565 – 20 March 1619) was an Italian Roman Catholic and the founder of the Congregation of Christian Doctrine. Galantini became a noted educator in Florence and Pope Leo XI dubbed Galantini as the "Apostle of Florence" due to his activism in educati…

1891–1930 · Contemporary

Irene Stefani, IMC (born Aurelia Mercede Stefani; 22 August 1891 – 31 October 1930) was an Italian religious sister of the Consolata Missionaries.

831–866 · Medieval · Benedictines

Irmgard of Chiemsee (German: Selige Irmgard, also Irmengard; c. 831/833 – 16 July 866), a member of the Carolingian dynasty, was the second daughter of King Louis the German and his wife Hemma. She was the first abbess of Frauenwörth abbey from 857 until her death.

1110–1178 · Medieval · Cistercians

Isaac of Stella, O.Cart, also referred to as Isaac de l'Étoile, (c. 1100, in England – c. 1170s, Étoile, Archigny, France) was a Cistercian (and later Carthusian) monk, theologian and philosopher.

1962–1982 · Contemporary

Isabel Cristina Mrad Campos (29 July 1962 – 1 September 1982) was a Brazilian Catholic laywoman. She served as a Vincentian in her parish, although she never formally joined the movement. In her spare time, she devoted herself to faith.

1225–1270 · Medieval · Poor Clares

Isabelle of France (March 1225 – 23 February 1270) was a French princess and daughter of Louis VIII of France and Blanche of Castile. She was a younger sister of King Louis IX of France (Saint Louis) and of Alfonso, Count of Poitiers, and an older sister of King Charles I of Sici…

1887–1909 · Contemporary · Carmelites

Isidore Bakanja (c. 1880–1890 – 15 August 1909) was a Congolese Catechist who was killed by a plantation agent. He was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1994. Isidore Bakanja, a member of the Boangi tribe, was born in Bokendela, Congo Free State, between 1880 and 1890.

1918–1950 · Contemporary

Isidoro Ngei Ko Lat (17 September 1918 – 24 May 1950) was a catechist from Myanmar who was killed in 1950. He was beatified in 2014. Isidoro Ngei Ko Lat was the son of peasants and the priest Dominic Pedrotti baptized him on 7 September 1918.

1881–1916 · Contemporary · Passionists

Isidore De Loor (18 April 1881 – 6 October 1916), also known by his religious name Isidore of Saint Joseph, was a Belgian professed religious from the Passionists.

1904–1957 · Contemporary · Benedictines

Itala Mela (28 August 1904 – 29 April 1957) was an Italian Roman Catholic theologian and mystic who was a lapsed Christian until a sudden conversion of faith in the 1920s and as a Benedictine oblate virgin assumed the name of "Maria della Trinità".

1885–1970 · Contemporary

Iuliu Hossu (30 January 1885 – 28 May 1970) was a Romanian Greek-Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of Cluj-Gherla. Pope Paul VI elevated Hossu to the rank of cardinal in pectore, that is, secretly, in 1969 but did not publish his appointment until after Hossu's death.

1896–1973 · Contemporary

Ivan Slezyuk (Ukrainian: Іван Слезюк, Polish: Iwan Słeziuk; 14 January 1896 – 2 December 1973) was a Ukrainian Greek Catholic bishop and hieromartyr.

1813–1881 · Modern

Blessed Jacinto Vera Durán (Atlantic Ocean, 3 July 1813 – Pan de Azúcar, Uruguay, 6 May 1881) was a Uruguayan Roman Catholic prelate who served as the first bishop of Montevideo.

1190–1239 · Medieval · Third Order of Saint Francis

Blessed Jacoba of Settesoli (Italian: Giacoma de Settesoli; 1190–1273? was a follower of the Italian saint Francis of Assisi. She is also called Jacqueline Marie de Settesoli, or Brother Jacoba, as Francis had named her.

1228–1298 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Jacobus de Voragine, OP (c. 1230 – 13/16 July 1298) was an Italian chronicler and archbishop of Genoa. He was the author, or more accurately the compiler, of the Golden Legend, a collection of the legendary lives of the greater saints of the medieval church that was one of the mo…

1725–1792 · Modern · Society of Jesus

Jakub Friteyre-Durvé (1725–1792) was a French Jesuit. He was born in Marsac-en-Livradois, a town in Puy-de-Dôme.

1803–1864 · Modern · Holy Ghost Fathers

Jacques-Désiré Laval (18 September 1803 – 9 September 1864) was a French Roman Catholic priest who served in the missions in Mauritius; he was a professed member from the Spiritans. He is known as the "Apostle of Mauritius" due to his tireless work in aiding the poor and ill.

1897–1924 · Contemporary · Premonstratensians

Franz Alexander Kern (11 April 1897 - 20 October 1924), also known by his religious name Jakob, was an Austrian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member from the Premonstratensians.

1875–1954 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Jacques Ghazir Haddad, OFM Cap., born Khalil al-Haddad, was a Lebanese Catholic priest and Capuchin friar. He was the founder of the Franciscan Sisters of the Cross, and a noted preacher and founder of various orphanages and schools across Lebanon.

1340–1409 · Medieval · Order of Friars Minor

Jakub Strzemię (c. 1340 - 20 October 1409) was a Polish Roman Catholic archbishop and a professed member of the Order of Friars Minor. He served as the Archbishop of Halicz from 1392 until his death when the archdiocese was incorporated into that of the Archdiocese of Lviv.

1884–1971 · Contemporary

James Alberione, SSP (Italian: Giacomo) (4 April 1884 – 26 November 1971), was an Italian Catholic priest, and the founder of the Society of St. Paul, of the Daughters of St.

1501–1601 · Reformation

James Duckett (died 19 April 1602) was an English Catholic layman and martyr, executed at Tyburn for printing Catholic devotionals. James Duckett was born at Gilfortrigs in the parish of Skelsmergh in Westmorland at an unknown date.

1231–1314 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Giacomo Salomoni, OP (1231 – 31 May 1314) was an Italian Catholic priest and a professed member of the Order of Preachers. He was a noted ascetic known for being prone to ecstatic states on a frequent basis; he served as a prior of several convents until he settled in Forlì, wher…

1582 · Reformation

James Thompson, also known as James Hudson, was a Catholic priest and martyr of York, hanged during the reign of Elizabeth I. A native of Yorkshire, Thompson arrived at the college at Reims 19 September 1580, and in May of the next year, by virtue of a dispensation, was admitted…

1255–1308 · Medieval · Augustinians

James of Viterbo OSA (Italian: Giacomo da Viterbo; c. 1255 – c. 1307), born Giacomo Capocci (nicknamed Doctor speculativus), was an Italian Roman Catholic Augustinian friar and Scholastic theologian, who later became Archbishop of Naples.

1869–1948 · Contemporary

Jan Wojciech Balicki (25 January 1869 – 15 March 1948) was a Polish Roman Catholic priest who served as a confessor and spiritual director to seminarians in Poland around the time of World War II; he also acted in various leadership positions in the education of new priests and w…

1850–1912 · Contemporary · Society of Jesus

Jan Beyzym, SJ (15 May 1850 – 2 October 1912) was a Polish Catholic priest and a professed member of the Jesuits. He served as an educator in Jesuit boarding schools for a while after his ordination though later left Poland to work alongside lepers in Madagascar where he remained…

1897–1944 · Contemporary · Dominican Order

Prince Jan Franciszek Czartoryski or Blessed Michał (19 February 1897–6 September 1944) was a Polish noble and a Dominican friar. John Czartoryski was born in Pelkinie (Jaroslaw) on 19 February 1897.

1914–1942 · Contemporary

Jan Franciszek Macha (18 January 1914 – 3 December 1942) was a Polish Roman Catholic priest. He was once rejected for ecclesial studies so studied law for some months before being accepted as a seminarian.

1736–1792 · Modern · Society of Jesus

Jean Charton de Millou (1736–1792) was a French Jesuit Catholic priest and martyr, who became a victim of anti-Catholic persecution during the French Revolution. Charton de Millou joined the Society of Jesus on September 7, 1751.

1738–1792 · Modern

Jean-Marie du Lau (30 October 1738, Biras – 2 September 1792, Paris) was a French Catholic prelate who served as the last Archbishop of Arles. He was one of the Catholic Martyrs of September 1792, killed in the September Massacres during the French Revolution.

1743–1792 · Modern

Jean-Baptiste Bottex (June 24, 1918 – May 28, 1979) was a Haitian painter. Hailing from Port Margot, near Cap-Haitien in northern Haiti, Jean-Baptiste and his younger brother Seymour are descendants of the Haitian Generals of the Independence of the North - Raimond de Bottex, an…

1832–1869 · Modern · Dominican Order

Alcide-Vital Lataste, OP (5 September 1832 – 10 March 1869), religious name Marie Jean Joseph Lataste, was a French Catholic priest of the Dominican Order.

1730–1793 · Modern

Jean-Martin Moye (written later in his life as Moÿe) was a French Catholic priest who served as a missionary in China and was the founder of the Sisters of the Congregation of Divine Providence. He also organized the first expression of consecrated life among the women of China.

1331–1414 · Medieval

Jeanne-Marie de Maille (14 April 1331 − 28 March 1414) was a French Roman Catholic anchoress and a member of the Third Order of Saint Francis.

1760–1801 · Modern

Chŏng Yakchong (Korean: 정약종; Hanja: 丁若鍾; 1760 – April 8, 1801), also known as Augustine Chong, was a Korean Catholic martyr who contributed greatly to the spread of Catholicism in Korea. He was the older brother of Chŏng Yagyong and the father of Paul Chong Hasang.

1929–1970 · Contemporary

Jerzy Ciesielski (12 February 1929 – 9 October 1970) was a Polish Roman Catholic from Kraków and a member from the Focolare Movement. Ciesielski was married and was also a close personal friend of Karol Józef Wojtyła – the future Pope John Paul II.