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1876–1936 · Contemporary

Facunda Margenat (1876–1936) was a Spanish religious sister of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Girona. Assassinated in odium fidei during the religious persecution of the Spanish Civil War, she is venerated as a blessed and martyr by the Catholic Church.

1881–1936 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Facundo Escanciano Tejerina, known in religion as Aurelio of Ocejo (February 4, 1881, Ocejo – August 17, 1936, Madrid), was a Spanish Roman Catholic friar of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin and a martyr. The Catholic Church venerates him as a blessed.

700–728 · Medieval

Faroald II (also spelled Faruald) was the duke of Spoleto from 703, when he succeeded his own father Thrasimund I. Faroald ruled along with his mother Wachilap. He attacked and took Classis, the port of Ravenna, but he was ordered to return it by King Liutprand.

1890–1936 · Contemporary · Piarists

Faustino Oteiza Segura, or Faustino of Our Lady of Sorrows, Sch. P. (Ayegui, February 14, 1890 – Azanuy, August 9, 1936), was a Piarist priest of the Peralta de la Sal community, a martyr during the Spanish Civil War in 1936, and is venerated as a blessed in the Catholic Church.

1911–1936 · Contemporary · Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Faustino Pérez García (Barindano, July 30, 1911 – Barbastro, August 15, 1936) was a Navarrese Claretian friar. Because he was murdered along with other members of his community while at the Barbastro seminary, he was beatified by John Paul II in 1992.

1915–1936 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor

Federico Herrera Bermejo (born February 21, 1915, in Almagro, died August 16, 1936, in Fuente el Fresno) was a Spanish Franciscan, seminarian, Christian martyr, and blessed of the Roman Catholic Church.

1893–1936 · Contemporary · Carmelites

Feliciana Uribe Orbe was a Spanish nun and nurse born in 1893 in Muxika. A member of the Carmelites, she died in 1936 in Paterna from a gunshot wound. She is recognized as a blessed.

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Feliciano Martínez Granero was a religious figure born in Taberno, Spain. He has been recognized as a blessed.

1878–1939 · Contemporary

Felipe Ripoll Morata (born September 14, 1878, in Teruel; died February 7, 1939, near Girona) was a Spanish Catholic priest, Christian martyr, and blessed of the Roman Catholic Church. He came from a poor, religious family.

1402–1443 · Medieval

Ferdinand the Holy Prince , sometimes called the "Saint Prince" or the "Constant Prince", was an infante of the Kingdom of Portugal. He was the youngest of the "Illustrious Generation" of 15th-century Portuguese princes of the House of Aviz, and served as lay administrator of the…

1821–1893 · Modern · Servite Order

Ferdinando Maria Baccilieri (14 May 1821 - 13 July 1893) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Secular Servites. Baccilieri was also the founder of the Sisters Servants of Mary of Galeazza - a religious congregation designed for women.

1905–1936 · Contemporary · Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Ferdinand Saperas Aluja (born September 8, 1905, in Alió, died August 13, 1936, in Mas Claret) was a Spanish religious of the Claretians, a martyr, a victim of the Spanish Civil War of 1936–1939, and a blessed of the Catholic Church.

1875–1936 · Contemporary

Fernando Español Berdié was a Spanish Catholic priest, lawyer, and secretary born in Anciles in 1875. He died in 1936 in Villar de Olalla, Cuenca, from a gunshot wound. He is recognized as a blessed.

1905–1936 · Contemporary

Fernando Garcia Sendra (born March 3, 1905, in Pego; died September 18, 1936) was a blessed of the Catholic Church. He served as an altar boy before entering the Franciscan College. After three years in Benissa, he returned home due to illness.

1886–1936 · Contemporary

Ferdinand González Añón (born February 17, 1886, in Turís; died August 27, 1936, in Picassent) was a Spanish priest and a blessed of the Catholic Church. He came from a religious family, the son of Fernando González Pons and Isabel Navarro Añón.

1873–1936 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Fernando Olmedo Reguera OFMCap (10 January 1873 – 12 August 1936), also known as Fernando of Santiago, was a Catholic priest and victim of the Spanish Civil War.

1883–1936 · Contemporary · Benedictines

Fernando Salinas Romeo was a Spanish Benedictine monk born in 1883 in Pozán de Vero. He died in Barbastro in 1936 and has been recognized as a blessed.

1880–1936 · Contemporary · Society of Mary

Fidel Fuidio Rodríguez (Yécora, April 24, 1880 – Carrión de Calatrava, October 17, 1936) was a Spanish archaeologist, teacher, and Marianist. He was executed by firing squad during the Civil War, a victim of the repression in the Republican zone.

1906–1942 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Fidelis Chojnacki (1 November 1906 – 9 July 1942) was a Polish Capuchin friar and Roman Catholic priest. He was imprisoned in the Nazi Sachsenhausen concentration camp. He is one of the 108 Martyrs of World War II.

1412–1451 · Medieval

Philippa of Chantemilan (born 1412 in Changy, died October 15, 1451, in Vienne) was a French virgin, venerated as a blessed by the faithful of the Roman Catholic Church. She was born the daughter of Jean de Chantemilan and Jeanne de Vernay.

1858–1915 · Contemporary

Flavianos Michael Malke (Syriac: ܦܠܒܝܐܢܘܣ ܡܝܟܐܝܠ ܡܠܟܝ, Flavyānus Mikhayil Malké), born Ya'Qūb Melkī; (1858 – 29 August 1915) was an Eastern Catholic prelate of the Brothers of Saint Ephrem of a Syriac background. He became the Syrian Catholic eparch of Gazarta (modern Cizre).

1890–1936 · Contemporary

Florencia Caerols Martínez was a Catholic martyr killed during the Spanish Civil War. Single and very active in her parish, she worked as a catechist in the region.

1749–1794 · Modern

Florent Dumontet de Cardaillac was a French Catholic canon and vicar general born in 1749 in Saint-Méard. He died in 1794 in Port-des-Barques and is recognized as a blessed.

1877–1936 · Contemporary

Florentino Asensio Barroso (16 October 1877 – 9 August 1936) was a Spanish Catholic prelate who served as the Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Barbastro. He served as a chaplain of both the Little Sisters of the Poor and the Servants of Jesus as a priest.

1856–1936 · Contemporary · Piarists

Florentín Felipe Naya, born Francisco Felipe Naya and known in religion as Florentín de San Francisco de Borja (Alquézar, October 10, 1856 – Azanuy, August 9, 1936), was a Piarist religious of the Peralta de la Sal community.

1155–1232 · Medieval · Cistercians

Folquet de Marselha (alternatively Folquet de Marseille, Foulques de Toulouse, Fulk of Toulouse; c. 1150 – 25 December 1231) came from a Genoese merchant family who lived in Marseille.

1390–1455 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Fra Giovanni da Fiesole (born Guido di Pietro; c. 1395 — 18 February 1455), known posthumously as Fra Angelico , was a Dominican friar and painter active during the early Florentine Renaissance.

1917–1936 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Friar Marçal de Vilafranca, born Carles Canyes Santacana, was a Catalan Capuchin friar and student. Born in Vilafranca del Penedès in 1917 into a deeply religious family, he was one of nine children, all of whom entered religious life.

1916–1946 · Contemporary

Fran Miraka (born August 13, 1916, in Puka; died March 4, 1946, or October 1946 in Shkodër) was an Albanian Catholic who was shot by the communists for the sake of his faith. He is one of the Thirty-eight Martyrs of Albania.

1825–1888 · Modern

Francesco Faà di Bruno (7 March 1825 – 25 March 1888) was an Italian priest and advocate of the poor, a leading mathematician of his era and a noted religious musician. In 1988 he was beatified by Pope John Paul II. He is the eponym of Faà di Bruno's formula.

1857–1931 · Contemporary

Francesco Maria Greco (26 July 1857 – 13 January 1931) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest who served in the Archdiocese of Cosenza. Along with Raffaela De Vincentis in 1894, he established the Little Workers of the Sacred Hearts.

1901–1969 · Contemporary

Francesco Mottola (3 January 1901 – 29 June 1969) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and the founder of the Secular Institute of the Oblates of the Sacred Heart.

1881–1943 · Contemporary

Francesco Pianzola (5 October 1881 - 4 June 1943) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest who established the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculata, Queen of Peace.

1924–1964 · Contemporary

Francesco Spoto (8 July 1924 – 27 December 1964) was an Italian Catholic priest who served in the missions in the Democratic Republic of Congo and was killed there. He was also a professed member from the Missionary Servants of the Poor.

1564–1603 · Reformation · Order of Friars Minor

Francesco Zirano, OFM Conv. (1565 – 25 January 1603) was a Roman Catholic priest from Sardinia and a professed member of the Order of Friars Minor Conventual. He is recognized as a martyr in the Catholic Church. Born and raised in Sardinia, he became an ordained priest in 1586.

1750–1800 · Modern

Francis Bae Gwan-gyeom (Korean: 배관겸 프란치스코; born c. 1740–1750 in Jinmok, Dangjin, in the then-province of Chungcheong, Korea; died January 7, 1800, in Cheongju, Korea) was a Korean martyr and a blessed of the Catholic Church.

1799 · Modern

Francis Bang (Korean: 방 프란치스코; born in Myeoncheon, Chungcheong Province, Korea; died January 21, 1799, in Hongju, Chungcheong Province) was a Korean martyr and a blessed of the Catholic Church. Francis Bang was born in Myeoncheon in the then-Korean province of Chungcheong.

1736–1794 · Modern

Francis Duchesne (born January 8, 1736, in Laval; died January 21, 1794, in the same city) was a French priest who was sentenced to death and guillotined during the French Revolution. He is venerated as a Blessed in the Roman Catholic Church.

1567–1622 · Reformation · Dominican Order

Francis Morales Sedeño was a Spanish Catholic priest, missionary, and Dominican monk born in Madrid in 1567. He died in Japan in 1622 and is recognized as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1600–1602 · Reformation

Francis Page was a Catholic priest born in Antwerp in 1600. He died at Tyburn in 1602 and is recognized as a blessed.

1550–1621 · Reformation

Francis Taylor (Irish: Proinnsias Táiliúr; Beannaithe, Swords, c. 1550 – Dublin, 29 January 1621) was a Mayor of Dublin, Ireland, who was incarcerated because of his Catholicism. He has been declared a martyr for his faith and beatified by the Catholic Church.

1738–1801 · Modern

Francis Xavier Hong Gyo-man was born in Seoul in 1738 and was a member of the Catholic Church. He died by decapitation in Seoul in 1801 and is recognized as a blessed.

1819–1867 · Modern · Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer

Francis Xavier Seelos, C.Ss.R., (January 11, 1819 – October 4, 1867) was a German Redemptorist who worked as a missionary in the United States frontier. Towards the end of his life, he went to New Orleans to minister to victims of yellow fever.

1773–1800 · Modern

Francis Yi Bo-hyeon (Korean: 이보현 프란치스코; born 1773 in Hwangmosil, Deoksan, in the then-province of Chungcheong, Korea; died January 9, 1800, in Haemi, Korea) was a Korean martyr and a blessed of the Catholic Church.

1764–1801 · Modern

Francis Yun Ji-heon was a member of the Catholic Church born in 1764. He died in Jeonju in 1801 and is recognized as a blessed.

1251–1322 · Medieval · Franciscans

Francesco da Fabriano (2 September 1251 - 22 April 1322) - born Francesco Venimbeni - was an Italian Roman Catholic professed member from the Order of Friars Minor.

1889–1936 · Contemporary · Trinitarian Order

Francesco di San Lorenzo, born Francisco Euba y Gorroño (Amorebieta, July 25, 1889 – Alcázar de San Juan, July 26, 1936), was a Spanish priest of the Order of the Most Holy Trinity.

1881–1936 · Contemporary

Francisca Aldea Araujo, in religion Francesca of the Heart of Jesus (Somolinos, December 17, 1881 – Canillejas, July 20, 1936), was a Spanish religious of the congregation of the Sisters of Charity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

1881–1936 · Contemporary · Carmelites

Francisca Ametzua Ibaibarriaga (Abadiño, March 9, 1881 – El Saler, Valencia, August 19, 1936) was a Carmelite nun. She was born at the Traña-Goti farmhouse in Abadiño. After completing her novitiate in Vitoria, she moved to Oliva to work as a cook at the local school.

1890–1936 · Contemporary

Francisca Cualladó Baixauli (December 3, 1890 - September 19, 1936) was a Spanish Catholic seamstress born in Molino de San Isidro, ward of Ruzafa, Valencia, who was executed by firing squad at the Torre Espioca of Benifaió in 1936, during the Spanish Civil War.