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1953–1993 · Contemporary · Congregation of the Mission

Lindalva Justo de Oliveira, DC (20 October 1953 - 9 April 1993) was a Brazilian Catholic member of the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul.

1782–1856 · Modern · Passionists

Lorenzo Maria of Saint Francis Xavier (30 October 1782 – 12 June 1856) – born Lorenzo Salvi – was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Passionists.

1373–1456 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Lorenzo da Ripafratta (1373 - 27 September 1456) was an Italian Roman Catholic professed religious from the Order of Preachers. He was born to nobles in Pisa and served as a novice master in Cortona in the latter half of his career while distinguishing himself in aiding the ill d…

1390–1450 · Medieval

Louis Aleman (c. February 1390 – 16 September 1450) was a French Roman Catholic cardinal and a professed member of the now-suppressed Canons Regular of Saint John Baptist.

1817–1908 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor

Louis Brisson, OSFS (23 June 1817 – 2 February 1908) was a French Roman Catholic priest and the founder of both the Oblate Sisters of St. Francis de Sales and the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales.

1200–1227 · Medieval

Louis IV the Saint (German: Ludwig IV. der Heilige; 28 October 1200 – 11 September 1227), a member of the Ludovingian dynasty, was Landgrave of Thuringia and Saxon Count palatine from 1217 until his death. He was the husband of Elizabeth of Hungary.

1923–1961 · Contemporary

Louis Leroy was a French 19th-century printmaker, painter, and playwright. He is remembered as the journalist and art critic for the French satirical newspaper Le Charivari, who coined the term "impressionists" to satirise the artists now known by the word.

1673–1716 · Modern · Third Order of Saint Dominic

Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort, SMM was a French Catholic priest known for his influence on Catholic Mariology. He wrote a number of books that went on to become classic Catholic titles, including Secret of the Rosary and True Devotion to Mary, and influenced several popes.

1809–1890 · Modern

Louis-Antoine-Rose Ormières Lacase (14 July 1809 - 16 January 1890) was a French Roman Catholic priest from the Diocese of Carcassonne and the founder of the Sisters of the Guardian Angel - an order dedicated to the care of children and the educational needs of the poor.

1801–1868 · Modern

Louis-Édouard Cestac (6 January 1801 – 27 March 1868) was a French Roman Catholic priest and alongside his sister Marie-Louise-Élise co-founded the Serviteurs de Marie.

1462–1503 · Reformation · Poor Clares

Louise of Savoy (28 December 1461 – 24 July 1503) was a member of the French royal family, who gave up a life of privilege and comfort to become a Poor Clare nun. She was beatified by the Roman Catholic Church in 1839.

1789–1866 · Modern

Luca Passi (22 January 1789 – 18 April 1866) was an Italian priest and the founder of the Teaching Sisters of Saint Dorothy. Two brothers of his were priests – following the example of their paternal uncle – and Passi himself moved to Venice in order to dedicate himself to both h…

1180–1260 · Medieval · Third Order of Saint Francis

Luchesius Modestini, TOSF (also Luchesio, Lucchese, Lucesio, Lucio, or Luchesius of Poggibonsi) (c. 1180 - 1260) is honored by tradition within the Franciscan Order as being, along with his wife, Buonadonna de' Segni, the first members of the Franciscan Order of Penance, most com…

1917–1940 · Contemporary · Lovers of the Holy Cross

Lucia Khambang (1917 – 1940) also referred to as Lucy Khambang, was a Thai Roman Catholic nun and martyr, who was beatified by Pope John Paul II on Mission Sunday, October 22, 1989, during a world tour, along with six other martyrs who with her refused to renounce their faith.

1908–1947 · Contemporary · Franciscans

Lucien Botovasoa, TOFS (1908 – 14 April 1947) was a Malagasy Catholic schoolteacher and a member of the Secular Franciscan Order. Botovasoa served as a teacher for his entire life and was dedicated to both the religious and secular education of children.

1476–1544 · Reformation · Dominican Order

Lucy Brocadelli, also known as Lucy of Narni or Lucy of Narnia (13 December 1476 – 15 November 1544), was a Dominican tertiary who was a mystic and a stigmatic. She has been venerated by the Roman Catholic Church since 1710.

1474–1533 · Reformation · Third Order of Saint Francis

Ludovica Albertoni (1473 – 31 January 1533) was an Italian Roman Catholic noblewoman from the Renaissance period and a professed member of the Third Order of Saint Francis.

1650–1724 · Modern

Ludovico Sabbatini (30 August 1650 – 11 June 1724) was an Italian priest and religious educator, who was beatified by the Catholic Church in 1765. He is venerated on 11 June, the day of his death.

1880–1951 · Contemporary · Secular Franciscan Order

Luigi Beltrame Quattrocchi (12 January 1880 – 9 November 1951) and Maria Corsini-Beltrame Quattrocchi (24 June 1884 – 26 August 1965) were two married Italian Catholic laypeople who became the first couple to be beatified together in 2001.

1801–1879 · Modern

Luigi Biraghi (2 November 1801 – 11 August 1879) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest who served in his home of Milan. Biraghi later went on to establish his own religious congregation known as the Sisters of Saint Marcellina.

1922–1977 · Contemporary

Luigi Bordino (12 August 1922 - 25 August 1977), born Andrea Bordino, was a Catholic Religious Brother and a member of the Brothers of Saint Joseph Benedict Cottolengo. He assumed the name of "Luigi of the Consolata" after he entered that order.

1817–1897 · Modern

Luigi Caburlotto (7 June 1817 – 9 July 1897) was an Italian priest and was the founder of the Daughters of Saint Joseph. Caburlotto was cleared for beatification in 2014 after a miracle was found to have been attributed to his intercession and he was beatified on 16 May 2015 in…

1825–1900 · Contemporary

Luigi Maria Monti, CFIC (24 July 1825 – 1 October 1900) was an Italian Catholic religious brother and the founder of the Sons of the Immaculate Conception. He was referred to as "Father" despite not being an ordained priest.

1914–1984 · Contemporary

Luigi Novarese (29 July 1914 - 20 July 1984) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and the co-founder (alongside Sr. Elvira Myriam Psorulla) of the Apostolate of the Suffering as well as the Silent Workers of the Cross.

1841–1923 · Contemporary · Clerics Regular of the Ministers of the Sick

Luigi Tezza (1 November 1841 - 26 September 1923) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Camillians. He established the Daughters of St. Camillus and is known as the Apostle of Lima.

1950–1981 · Contemporary

Luis Navarro, TOFS (21 June 1950 – 1 July 1981) was a Guatemalan Catholic missionary dedicated to catechesis and evangelization among the local people in Guatemala. He was member of the Secular Franciscan Order.

1574–1624 · Reformation · Order of Friars Minor

Luis Sotelo, OFM, in English known also as Louis Sotelo, (September 6, 1574 – August 25, 1624) was a Franciscan friar from Spain who died as a martyr in Japan, in 1624, and was beatified by Pope Pius IX in 1867.

1566–1614 · Reformation

Luisa Carvajal y Mendoza (formerly known as Doña Luisa de Carvajal y Mendoza; January 2, 1566 – January 2, 1614) is best known for her mystical religious poetry as well as her fight to spread Catholicism throughout England, by preaching against Anglicanism.

1425–1490 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Luke Spicola (c. 1425 – 1490) was an Italian Catholic priest belonging to the Order of Friars Preachers. Luca Spicola was born about 1425, in Pontecorvo.

1870–1931 · Contemporary

László, 7th Prince Batthyany-Strattmann (German: Ladislaus Batthyány-Strattmann; 28 October 1870 – 22 January 1931) was a Hungarian aristocrat and physician. Until 1914, he was known as László Batthyány.

1847–1908 · Contemporary

Maddalena Caterina Morano (15 November 1847 - 26 March 1908) was an Italian Roman Catholic professed religious who was a member of the Salesian Sisters.

1197–1257 · Medieval · Cistercians

Infanta Mafalda of Portugal was a Portuguese infanta (princess), later Queen consort of Castile for a brief period. She was the second youngest daughter of King Sancho I of Portugal and Dulce of Aragon.

1826–1883 · Modern · Order of Friars Minor

Mamerto Esquiú Medina (11 May 1826 – 10 January 1883) - born Mamerto de la Ascensión Esquiú - was an Argentine Roman Catholic professed member from the Order of Friars Minor and the Bishop of Córdoba from 1880 until his death.

1877–1924 · Contemporary

Manuel Gómez González (May 29, 1877 – May 21, 1924) was a Spanish missionary priest and a Catholic martyr who lived in Brazil. Son of farmers, González was ordained priest on May 24, 1902 in Tui, Galicia, Spain.

1912–1934 · Contemporary

Manuel Seco Gutiérrez (October 4, 1912, Celada Marlantes – October 9, 1934 Turón) known as San Aniceto Adolfo, was one of the Martyrs of Turón, De La Salle Brothers murdered in 1934 during the religious persecution of the Revolution of Asturias in Spain.

1166–1237 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Manés de Guzmán, OP (c. 1166 – 1235) , was a Castilian Dominican priest beatified in the Roman Catholic Church. His younger brother, Domingo de Guzmán was the founder of the Order of Preachers, whom he helped in his reforming aims throughout his life.

1801–1880 · Modern · Congregation of the Mission

Marcantonio (Mark Anthony) Durando (22 May 1801 – 10 December 1880) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Congregation of the Mission in an effort to follow the teachings of Vincent de Paul – an ardent focus of his life and pastoral career.

1921–1945 · Contemporary

Marcel Callo (6 December 1921 – 19 March 1945) was a French Catholic member of the Young Christian Workers, a Catholic Action movement inspiring lay participation and solidarity with the poor.

1827–1911 · Contemporary

Marcelina Darowska (16 January 1827 – 5 January 1911) was a Polish religious sister who was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1996. She was inspired to co-found the Sisters of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, a congregation in Poland, Belarus and Ukraine.

1810–1871 · Modern

The Massacre in the Rue Haxo (French: le massacre de la rue Haxo) was a massacre of priests and gendarmes by communards during the semaine sanglante ("bloody week") at the end of the Paris Commune in May 1871.

1835–1906 · Contemporary

Marcelo Rafael José María de los Dolores Hilario Spínola y Maestre (14 January 1835 - 19 January 1906) was a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as the Archbishop of Seville. He established the Handmaids of the Divine Heart.

1425–1496 · Medieval · Franciscans

Blessed Marco da Montegallo (1425 - 19 March 1496) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest from the Order of Friars Minor. He was born to a nobleman and served as a doctor in Ascoli Piceno before he was pressured into marriage in 1451 - the couple annulled their marriage after both…

1515–1584 · Reformation

Margaret Ball (1515–1584) was a prominent member of 16th-century Irish society, who, despite being the widow of a Lord Mayor of Dublin, was arrested for her adherence to the Catholic faith and died of deprivation in the dungeons of Dublin Castle.

1473–1541 · Reformation

Margaret Plantagenet, Countess of Salisbury (14 August 1473 – 27 May 1541), was the only surviving daughter of George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence (a brother of Kings Edward IV and Richard III), and his wife Isabel Neville.

1276–1311 · Medieval

Margaret of Brabant (4 October 1276 – 14 December 1311), was the daughter of John I, Duke of Brabant and Margaret of Flanders. She was the wife of Henry, Count of Luxembourg, and after his election as King of Germany in 1308, she became Queen of Germany.

1463–1521 · Reformation · Poor Clares

Margaret of Lorraine, Duchess of Alençon (1463 at the castle of Vaudémont, Lorraine – 2 November 1521 in Argentan, Normandy) was a French noblewoman and a nun of the order of Poor Clares (Ordre des Clarisses). She was beatified in 1921.

1590–1660 · Reformation · Order of Discalced Nuns of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel

Margaret of the Blessed Sacrament, OCD (6 March 1590, in Paris – 24 May 1660, in Paris), was a French Discalced Carmelite nun. She was the second daughter of Marie of the Incarnation, who introduced the Reform of the Carmelite Order into France.

1291–1351 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Margareta Ebner (1291 – 20 June 1351) was a German professed religious from the Dominican Nuns. Ebner – from 1311 – experienced a series of spiritual visions in which Jesus Christ gave her messages which she recorded in letters and a journal at the behest of her spiritual directo…

1207–1225 · Medieval

Margaret of Louvain (also known as Fiere Margriet or Margaretha de Trotse (Dutch); Marguerite la Fière (French); 1207–1225) was a servant murdered by thieves. She is venerated in the Roman Catholic Church; her shrine is in St. Peter's Church in Louvain.

1884–1934 · Contemporary · Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy

Blessed María Pilar López de Maturana Ortiz de Zárate (25 July 1884 – 23 July 1934), also known by her religious name Margarita María, was a Spanish Roman Catholic professed religious and the founder of the Mercedarian Missionaries of Bérriz.