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1936–1976 · Contemporary

Wenceslao Pedernera (1936–1976) was a vineyard worker in Mendoza, Argentina, an organizer for the Catholic rural movement, and a collaborator of Bishop Enrique Angelelli. He was assassinated during the military dictatorship.

1050–1126 · Medieval · Benedictines

Werner von Ellerbach (also known as Werner of Wiblingen, Latinized as Wernerus de Sancto Blasio; born between 1050 and 1100; died 1126 in Wiblingen) was a Benedictine monk at St. Blasien Abbey in the Black Forest and the first abbot of Wiblingen Abbey near Ulm.

1896–1936 · Contemporary · Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer

Victor (Victorian) Calvo Lozano (born December 23, 1896, in Horche, in the province of Guadalajara, Spain; died August 10, 1936) was a Spanish Redemptorist, religious brother, martyr, and blessed of the Catholic Church.

1905–1934 · Contemporary

Saint Victoriano Pío (San Millán de Lara, Burgos, July 7, 1905 – Turón, Asturias, October 9, 1934) was a Spanish religious brother who was killed during the Revolution of Asturias of 1934. Considered a martyr by the Catholic Church, he was canonized in 1999.

1537 · Reformation · Carthusian Order

The Carthusian Martyrs of London were English monks belonging to the Carthusian Order, most of whom were members of the prestigious London Charterhouse, put to death by Henry VIII between May 4, 1535, and September 20, 1537, for refusing to sign the Act of Supremacy.

1894–1936 · Contemporary

Vincent Queralt Lloret (born November 16 or 17, 1894, in Barcelona; died November 30, 1936, in Valencia) was a Spanish priest of the Congregation of the Mission, a martyr, a victim of the Spanish Civil War of 1936–1939, and a blessed of the Catholic Church.

700 · Medieval

Winthir (born in England; died in Neuhausen) was presumably an itinerant preacher who Christianized the Upper Bavarian region between the Würm and the Isar rivers in the 8th or 12th century.

1903–1942 · Contemporary · Salesians of Don Bosco

Wojciech Nierychlewski, CSMA (also known as Adalbert Nierychlewski), born on April 20, 1903, in Dąbrowice and died on February 7, 1942, in Auschwitz, was a Polish priest beatified in 1999. He is commemorated on February 7 according to the Roman Martyrology.

1898–1945 · Contemporary

Władysław Goral, born on May 1, 1898, in Stoczek and died in February 1945 in Oranienburg, was a Polish Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Lublin, and titular bishop of Meloë in Isauria from 1938 to 1945.

1857–1886 · Modern

James Buuzaabaylawo (born 1857, died June 3, 1886, in Namugongo) was a Christian martyr, a saint of the Catholic Church, and one of the Martyrs of Uganda murdered by King Mwanga II.

1958–1991 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor

Zbigniew Strzałkowski (July 3, 1958 – August 9, 1991) was a Polish priest and missionary of the Order of Friars Minor Conventual who was martyred in hatred of the faith (in odium fidei) in Peru. He is recognized as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1895–1936 · Contemporary

Zósimo Izquierdo Gil (born December 17, 1895, in Teruel; died July 30, 1936) was a Spanish Christian martyr and a blessed of the Catholic Church. Zósimo Gil was born on December 17, 1895, into a very religious family. He entered the seminary and was ordained a priest in 1920.

1651–1711 · Modern · Order of Friars Minor

Bonaventure of Potenza, born Carlo Antonio Gerardo Lavanga on January 4, 1651, in Potenza (Basilicata) and died on October 26, 1711, in Ravello (Campania), was an Italian Conventual Franciscan, considered blessed by the Roman Catholic Church.

1880–1936 · Contemporary · Trinitarian Order

Álvaro Santos Cejudo (Daimiel, February 19, 1880 – Alcázar de San Juan, September 17, 1936) was a Spanish Trinitarian tertiary who was executed by firing squad by Republicans during the Spanish Civil War.

1877–1936 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor

Ángel Hernández-Ranera de Diego (born October 1, 1877, in Pastrana; died August 16, 1936, in Fuente el Fresno) was a Spanish Franciscan, priest, missionary, Christian martyr, and blessed of the Roman Catholic Church.

1890–1936 · Contemporary · Dominican Order

Ángel Marina Álvarez (born March 28, 1890, in Barruelo de los Carabeos; died August 14, 1936, in El Picado near Almagro) was a Spanish Catholic priest, a Dominican friar, a martyr, a victim of the Spanish Civil War of 1936–1939, and a blessed of the Catholic Church.

1882–1936 · Contemporary

Ángel de la Red Pérez, known in religious life as Arcángel of Valdavida (February 26, 1882, Valdavida – August 14, 1936, Jove), was a Spanish Roman Catholic priest, a friar of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, and a martyr. The Catholic Church venerates him as a blessed.

1190–1265 · Medieval

Blessed Eve of Saint-Martin, also known as Eve of Liège, who died in 1266, was a recluse in the Principality of Liège who, together with Juliana of Liège, was responsible for the origin of the Feast of Corpus Christi.