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1912–1936 · Contemporary · Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Salvatore Pigem Serra, C.M.F. (Vilobí d'Onyar, December 15, 1912 – Barbastro, August 13, 1936), was a Spanish religious who was martyred in Barbastro during the Spanish Civil War and is venerated as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1903–1936 · Contemporary · Trinitarian Order

James of Jesus, born Santiago Arriaga y Arrien (Arrieta, November 22, 1903 – Cuenca, September 24, 1936), was a Spanish priest of the Order of the Most Holy Trinity.

1909–1936 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Santiago Mestre Iborra (Rafelbuñol, Valencia province, April 10, 1909 – Masamagrell, September 29, 1936) was a Spanish religious. He was murdered, along with his eight brothers, at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War, a victim of the terror unleashed in the Republican zone.

1765–1792 · Modern

Sanktus Huré, also known as Saintin Huré (born 1765 in Vigny near Rouen, died September 2, 1792, in Saint-Germain-des-Prés), was a French Catholic priest and blessed. He was a priest in the Diocese of Versailles.

1903–1936 · Contemporary · Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Sebastián Calvo Martínez, C.M.F. (Gumiel de Izán, January 20, 1903 – Barbastro, August 12, 1936), was a Spanish priest who was martyred in Barbastro during the Spanish Civil War and is venerated as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1913–1936 · Contemporary · Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Sebastiano Riera Coromina (Ribes de Freser, October 13, 1913 – Barbastro, August 15, 1936) was a Spanish religious, martyred in Barbastro during the Spanish Civil War and venerated as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1912–1936 · Contemporary · Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Secundino Ortega García, C.M.F. (Santa Cruz de la Salceda, May 20, 1912 – Barbastro, August 13, 1936), was a Spanish priest who was martyred in Barbastro during the Spanish Civil War and is venerated as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1891–1936 · Contemporary · Trinitarian Order

Segundo de Santa Teresa, born Segundo García Cabezas (Los Barrios de Nistoso, March 24, 1891 – Andújar, July 31, 1936), was a Spanish priest of the Order of the Most Holy Trinity.

1893–1947 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor

Serafin Koda, OFM (born April 25, 1893, in Janjeva, Kosovo; died May 11, 1947, in Lezhë) was a Roman Catholic Franciscan friar who was arrested and tortured for his faith in atheist Albania under the Enver Hoxha regime.

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Blessed Simon Yempo (Edo, 1623) was a Japanese convert. Simon Yempo was a Buddhist monk who converted to Christianity and became a catechist. He was burned as a martyr in 1623. He was beatified by Pope Pius IX in 1867.

1584 · Reformation

Simon the Blessed (also known as Simon of Yuryevets, Simon of Yuryev, or Simon of Yuryegorsk; born in the village of Bratskoye near Odelevo, Plyos volost — died November 4 (14), 1584 or 1586, Yuryevets, present-day Ivanovo Oblast) was an Eastern Orthodox saint and fool for Christ…

1208–1250 · Medieval · Franciscans

Simon of Collazzone, also known as Simon of Spoleto (born c. 1200 in Collazzone, Italy; died April 24, 1250, in Spoleto), was an early Franciscan and a companion of Saint Francis. He is traditionally venerated as Blessed.

1876–1936 · Contemporary

Sofía Ximénez Ximénez (Valencia, October 15, 1876 – Paterna, September 23, 1936) was a Catholic martyr killed during the Spanish Civil War. A widow and mother of two, she was murdered alongside her sister due to her public participation in religious activities.

1902–1938 · Contemporary

Stanisław Streich, born on August 27, 1902, in Bromberg and murdered on February 27, 1938, in Luboń, was a Polish Catholic priest and martyr. He was killed by a communist assassin while celebrating Mass with children in the Church of Saint John Bosco in Luboń.

1898–1941 · Contemporary

Stefan Grelewski (born July 3, 1898, in Dwikozy; died as a martyr on May 24, 1941, in Dachau) was a Polish Catholic priest, beatified by the Catholic Church in 1999.

1347–1424 · Medieval

Stefano Maconi, born in Siena in 1347 and died on August 7, 1424, was a Carthusian monk and Prior General. He worked to reunite the divided Carthusian Order and played a leading role in ending the schism within the order. He is beatified.

1890–1936 · Contemporary · Trinitarian Order

Stephen of Saint Joseph, born Esteban Ciriaco Barrenechea Arriaga (Elorrio, December 26, 1880 – Alcázar de San Juan, September 12, 1936), was a Spanish religious of the Order of the Most Holy Trinity.

1762–1801 · Modern

Kang Gyeong-bok, also known as Suzanne Kang Gyeong-bok, was a Korean Christian laywoman and martyr, born in 1762 in Korea and beheaded on July 2, 1801, in Seoul. Her martyrdom is recognized by the Catholic Church, and she is titled Venerable.

56 · Early Church

Blessed Elio of Koštabona (Saint Helias), a Christian deacon, missionary, preacher, and Roman martyr, born in Koštabona (then Castrum Bonae), died on July 18, 56, in Koper (then Aegida), is considered the patron saint of the city of Koper, the Diocese of Koper, and Istria.

1166–1236 · Medieval

Blessed Theodore of Celles, born in Dinant in 1166 and died in Clairlieu, near Huy, on August 18, 1236, was a crusader knight, canon of Liège, and the principal founder of the Order of the Holy Cross (the Crosier Fathers). His feast day is August 18.

1889–1936 · Contemporary

Teresa of the Divine Shepherdess Chambó y Palés (born February 5, 1889; died August 19, 1936) was a Spanish blessed of the Catholic Church and a nun of the Congregation of the Carmelite Sisters of Charity.

1909–1936 · Contemporary · Carmelites

Eusébia Garcia-Garcia, in religion Thérèse of the Child Jesus and of Saint John of the Cross (1909–1936), was one of the three Carmelite martyrs of Guadalajara during the Spanish Civil War. She was beatified on March 29, 1987, by Pope John Paul II. Her feast day is July 24.

1574–1600 · Reformation

Thomas Hunt (born Thomas Benstead) was an English Catholic priest and martyr, born in Norfolk, England, in 1574 and executed in Lincoln, United Kingdom, on July 11, 1600, during the reign of Elizabeth I.

1746–1792 · Modern

Thomas-Nicolas Dubray (Beauvais, January 21, 1746 – Paris, September 1792) was a French clergyman. Dubray entered the Society of Saint-Sulpice as a novice in 1768 and was known as an amiable young man.

850 · Medieval

Thecla of Roubaix was a virgin, wealthy benefactress, and ascetic from Roubaix in French Flanders. Her feast day is February 20. Jean Cousin in his History of Tournai and Arnould de Raisse (Raissius) in his Supplement to the Lives of the Belgian Saints give her the titles of piou…

1866–1936 · Contemporary · Society of Jesus

Tomás Sitjar Fortiá (born March 21, 1866, in Girona; died August 19, 1936, in Gandia) was a Catholic priest, Jesuit, and martyr of the Spanish Civil War, who was a victim of anti-Catholic persecution and is honored as a blessed of the Catholic Church.

1914–1936 · Contemporary · Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Tomás Capdevila Miró, C.M.F. (Maldà, May 5, 1914 – Barbastro, August 13, 1936), was a Spanish religious who was martyred in Barbastro during the Spanish Civil War and is venerated as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1915–1936 · Contemporary · Passionists

Tomás Cuartero Gascón, who took the religious name Tomás of the Blessed Sacrament, C.P. (Tabuenca, February 22, 1915 – Manzanares, October 23, 1936), was a brother of the Passionist Congregation murdered by anticlerical forces during the Spanish Civil War.

1227–1270 · Medieval · Sylvestrines

Ugo degli Atti (Serra San Quirico, first half of the 13th century – Sassoferrato, July 26, 1270) was an Italian religious figure, a monk of the Sylvestrine Congregation of the Order of Saint Benedict. He is venerated as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1192–1262 · Medieval · Cistercians

Urraca Díaz de Haro, also known as Urraca of Cañas (c. 1192–1262), was the daughter of Diego López II de Haro the Good and his second wife, Toda Pérez de Azagra.

1375–1410 · Medieval

Ursulina Veneri of Parma (Parma, 1375 – Verona, April 7, 1410) was a Benedictine oblate declared blessed. Ursulina, the daughter of Pietro Veneri and Bertolina, recovered from a serious illness at the age of eleven through the intercession of Saint Peter of Verona.

700–722 · Medieval

Uta of Uttenweiler (died 722 in Uttenweiler) was a beatified woman. Little is known about the life of Blessed Uta. According to one legend, she was of noble birth, while another legend claims she was a servant.

1100–1108 · Medieval

Uto of Kyburg, also spelled Utto or Otto (born at Kyburg Castle; died September 24, 1108, in St. Blasien), was abbot of St. Blasien Abbey in the southern Black Forest from 1086 to 1108. He was a member of the noble House of Kyburg and is a blessed.

1871–1937 · Contemporary

Valentín Palencia (July 26, 1871 – January 15, 1937) was a Spanish Catholic priest and educator of children and youth. A recipient of the Cross of Charity, he was murdered in odium fidei during the religious persecution of the Spanish Civil War.

1890–1966 · Contemporary

Barbara of Skvorchikha (born Barbara Vasilyevna Arkhangelskaya; November 20, 1890 – February 27, 1966, village of Skvorchikha, Ishimbaysky District, BASSR, RSFSR, USSR) was a blessed, holy fool, and recluse.

1907–1936 · Contemporary · Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Wenceslaus Clarís Vilaregut, C.M.F. (Olost, January 3, 1907 – Barbastro, August 12, 1936), was a Spanish religious who was martyred in Barbastro during the Spanish Civil War and is venerated as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1910–1936 · Contemporary

Vicente Galbis Girones (born September 9, 1910; died September 21, 1936) was a Spanish martyr and a blessed of the Catholic Church. He was married and had a son. A lawyer by profession, he was murdered during the Spanish Civil War.

1891–1936 · Contemporary

Vicente María Izquierdo Alcón (born May 24, 1891, in Mosqueruela; died August 18, 1936, in Rafelbuñol) was a Spanish blessed of the Catholic Church. He was born into a very religious family and entered the seminary in Valencia.

1868–1936 · Contemporary

Vicente Pelufo Corts (born February 26, 1868; died September 11, 1936) was a Spanish blessed of the Catholic Church. He studied at the seminary in Orihuela and was ordained a priest in 1894. He served as pastor of the parish of Saint Vincent in San Vicente del Raspeig.

1874–1936 · Contemporary

Vicente Rubiols Castelló (born March 13, 1874, in Gandia; died August 4, 1936) was a Spanish blessed of the Catholic Church. He studied at the seminary in Valencia and was ordained a priest in 1894. For nearly 40 years, he served as the parish priest in La Pobla Llarga.

1881–1936 · Contemporary · Society of Jesus

Vicente Sales Genovés (born October 15, 1881, in Valencia, died September 29, 1936) was a Spanish Jesuit religious brother, a martyr of the Spanish Civil War, and a victim of anti-Catholic persecution, beatified by the Catholic Church.

1859–1936 · Contemporary

Vicente Sicluna Hernández (born September 30, 1859, in Navarrés; died September 22, 1936, in Bolbaite) was a Spanish blessed of the Catholic Church. He studied theology at the seminary in Valencia. He was ordained a priest in 1884 and became the parish priest in Navarrés.

1894–1936 · Contemporary

Vicente de Paúl Canelles Vives (Onda, Castellón, Spain, June 25, 1894 – Calafell, Tarragona, Spain, July 30, 1936) was a Spanish religious, first an Ancient Observance Carmelite and later a Hospitaller of Saint John of God, martyr, and blessed of the Catholic Church.

1590–1632 · Reformation · Augustinians

Vicente de Santo António, born Vicente Simões de Carvalho (1590 in Albufeira, Portugal; died September 3, 1632, in Nagasaki, Japan), OESA, was a Portuguese missionary, martyr, and blessed of the Catholic Church.

1921–1961 · Contemporary · Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate

Vincent L'Hénoret, known as Visant Enored in his native Breton, was born on March 12, 1921, in Pont-l'Abbé and was assassinated on May 11, 1961, in Ban Na Thoum, Laos.

1849–1874 · Modern

Wincenty Lewoniuk (Krzyczew, 1849 – Pratulin, January 24, 1874) was one of the Martyrs of Podlaskie who were killed in 1874 by the troops of Tsar Alexander II of Russia because they refused to follow the Byzantine liturgy. At that time, Pratulin was part of Russia.

1776–1801 · Modern

Viviane Mun Yeong-in was a Korean Christian laywoman and martyr, born in 1776 in Seoul, Korea, and beheaded there on July 2, 1801. Her martyrdom is recognized by the Catholic Church, and she is titled Venerable. She was subsequently beatified by Pope Francis on August 16, 2014.

1902–1936 · Contemporary · Franciscans

Víctor Chumillas Fernández (Olmeda del Rey, Cuenca, Spain, July 28, 1902 – Fuente el Fresno, Ciudad Real, Spain, August 16, 1936) was a Spanish Franciscan friar, martyr, and blessed of the Catholic Church.

1888–1966 · Contemporary

Valentina of Minsk, born Valentina Sulkovskaya, née Chernyavskaya (April 7, 1888, in Koski – February 6, 1969, ibid.), was an Orthodox saint. She was born into the family of the Orthodox priest Fyodor Chernyavsky, rector of the St.

1224 · Medieval · Cistercians

Blessed Walter of Bierbeek (Bierbeek – Himmerode, 1224) was a son of the then-lord Walter I of Bierbeek. In his youth, Walter was likely a squire to Duke Henry I of Brabant and participated in the failed Third Crusade (1189–1192).