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1040–1101 · Medieval · Benedictines

Thiemo (Thimo, also called Dietmar or Theodemarus; c. 1040 – 28 September 1101/02) was Archbishop of Salzburg from 1090 until his death. A scion of the Bavarian comital House of Vornbach (Formbach), Thiemo reportedly was a talented painter and sculptor.

1497–1540 · Reformation

Thomas Abel (or Abell) (ca. 1497 – 30 July 1540) was an English priest who was martyred during the reign of Henry VIII. The place and date of his birth are unknown.

1616 · Reformation

Thomas Atkinson (born about 1546, died 11 March 1616) was an English Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1987. He was born in the East Riding of Yorkshire, was ordained priest at Reims, and returned to England in 1588.

1552–1585 · Reformation

Thomas Aufield (1552 – 6 July 1585), also called Thomas Alfield, was an English Roman Catholic martyr. He was born in Gloucestershire and educated at Eton College and King's College, Cambridge.

1563–1589 · Reformation

Thomas Belson (c. 1563 - 5 July 1589) was an English Roman Catholic layman and martyr, beatified in 1987. Belson was born at Brill in Buckinghamshire, although the date is uncertain. He was the son of Augustine Belson.

1594 · Reformation

John Cornelius (Irish: Seán Conchobhar Ó Mathghamhna; 1557 – 4 July 1594) also called Mohun, was an Irish Catholic priest and Jesuit born in Cornwall. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1929.

1604–1642 · Reformation · Franciscans

Thomas Bullaker, also known as John Baptist Bullaker, (born at Chichester about the year 1604; executed at Tyburn, 12 October 1642) was an English Catholic priest and member of the Order of Friars Minor. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1987.

1549–1582 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Thomas Cottam (1549 – 30 May 1582) was an English Catholic priest from Lancashire who was executed during the reign of Elizabeth I. He was a member of the Jesuit order. Cottam was born to Protestant parents, Laurence Cottam of Dilworth and his wife Anne née Brewer.

1582 · Reformation

Thomas Ford (died 28 May 1582), a Devonshire native, was a Catholic martyr executed during the reign of Elizabeth I. He received a Masters of Arts at Trinity College, Oxford, on 24 July 1567, and became a fellow (although one source says president) there.

1600–1642 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Thomas Holland, SJ (1600 at Sutton, Lancashire – executed 12 December 1642 at Tyburn) was an English Jesuit priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1929. Holland was born in Lancashire, possibly son of Richard Holland, gentleman. He attended the English College at St.

1537 · Reformation · Carthusian Order

Thomas Johnson, OCart, (died 20 September 1537) was a Carthusian who was killed by starvation in Tudor England. He is venerated in the Roman Catholic Church as a martyr and has been beatified. His feast day is on 4 May.

1500–1539 · Reformation

Thomas Marshall (the Blessed John Beche), also known as John Beche, (died 1 December 1539) was the last Abbot of Colchester Abbey. Thomas Marshall, commonly known as John Beche, was a member of the Colchester Beche family, who were a dynasty of renowned pewtersmiths in the town.…

1590–1616 · Reformation

Thomas Maxfield (real name Macclesfield) (c.1590 – 1 July 1616) was an English Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1929.

1501–1600 · Reformation

Thomas Palasor (c. 1570 - 9 August 1600) was an English Catholic priest. He was a martyr of the English Reformation and was beatified in 1987. Palasor was born at Ellerton-on-Swale, parish of Catterick, North Riding of Yorkshire.

1528–1572 · Reformation

Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland, 1st Baron Percy, KG (1528 – 22 August 1572) was an English nobleman, politician and Roman Catholic rebel leader, who led the Rising of the North against Elizabeth I in 1569.

1621–1679 · Reformation · Benedictines

Thomas Pickering (c. 1621 – 9 May 1679) was a Benedictine lay brother who served in England during the time of recusancy in the late seventeenth century. He was martyred as a result of the fraudulent claims of Titus Oates that he was part of a plot to murder King Charles II.

1557–1587 · Reformation

Thomas Pilchard (Pilcher) (born at Battle, Sussex, 1557; executed at Dorchester, 21 March 1587) was an English Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1987 as one of the Eighty-five martyrs of England and Wales, with whom he is commemorated on 4 May.

1559–1592 · Reformation

Thomas Pormort (about 1559, probably at Little Limber – executed 29 February 1592, at St. Paul's Churchyard) was an English Roman Catholic priest. He was beatified in 1987. He was probably related to the family of Pormort of Great Grimsby and Saltfleetby, Lincolnshire.

1562–1642 · Reformation

Thomas Reynolds (c. 1562 – 21 January 1642), born Thomas Green (possible alias during priestly ministry, Richard Reynolds), was an English Reformation Catholic priest and martyr. Reynolds place of birth is not clear, possibly Warwickshire, more likely Oxfordshire.

1552–1579 · Reformation

Thomas Sherwood (c. 1551–1578) was a Catholic layman and martyr. He was arrested on suspicion of treason, having visited a house where it seems that Mass was secretly celebrated.

1501–1600 · Reformation

Thomas Sprott (d. 11 July 1600), also spelled Thomas Spratt, was an English martyr, as was his colleague, Thomas Hunt, who is also known as Thomas Benstead.

1635–1680 · Reformation

Thomas Thwing (1635–1680) was an English Roman Catholic priest and martyr, executed for his supposed part in the Barnbow Plot, an offshoot of the fabricated Popish Plot invented by Titus Oates. His feast day is 23 October. His father was George Thwing, Esq.

1567–1602 · Reformation

Thomas Tichborne (1567 – 20 April 1602) was an English Roman Catholic priest. He is regarded as a Catholic martyr. Born at Hartley Mauditt, Hampshire, in 1567, Thomas was a younger son of Nicholas Tichborne and Mary Myll.

1571–1627 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Thomas Tsugi, SJ (1571 – 1627) was a Japanese Catholic preacher and member of the Society of Jesus. He was killed during the anti-Catholic persecutions in Japan and was beatified by Pope Pius IX in 1867.

1616 · Reformation

Thomas Tunstall (Tunstal) (executed at Norwich, 13 July 1616) was an English Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1929. Tunstall was born in Lancashire.

1501–1605 · Reformation

Thomas Welbourne (Welbourn) (born Hutton Buscel, North Riding of Yorkshire - executed at York, 1 August 1605) was an English Roman Catholic teacher. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1929.

1618–1679 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Thomas Whitbread (alias Harcourt) (1618–30 June 1679) was an English Jesuit missionary and martyr, wrongly convicted of conspiracy to murder Charles II of England and hanged during the Popish Plot.

1614–1646 · Reformation

Thomas Whittaker (1614 at Burnley, Lancashire – executed 7 August 1646 at Lancaster) was an English Roman Catholic priest. A Catholic martyr, he was beatified in 1987. Son of Thomas Whitaker, schoolmaster, and Helen, his wife, he was educated first at his father's school.

1535–1573 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Thomas Woodhouse was an English Catholic priest and martyr at Tyburn on 19 June 1573, being disembowelled alive. He was the first priest executed under Queen Elizabeth.

1190–1260 · Medieval · Order of Friars Minor

Thomas of Celano OFM (Italian: Tommaso da Celano; c. 1185 – c. 1265) was an Italian friar of the Franciscans (Order of Friars Minor) as well as a poet and the author of three hagiographies about Francis of Assisi.

1260–1321 · Medieval · Franciscans

Thomas of Tolentino, OFM (Italian: Tommaso di or da Tolentino; c. 1255 – 8 April 1321) was an Italian Franciscan missionary who was martyred with his three companions in Thane, India, for blaspheming Muhammad.

1577–1622 · Reformation · Dominican Order

Thomas of Zumárraga and Lazcano (Spanish: Tomás de Zumárraga y Lazcano; 9 March 1577 – 12 September 1622) was a Spanish Dominican friar, Catholic priest, missionary, and martyr of Japan. He was beatified in May 1867 by Pope Pius IX. Thomas was born in Vitoria, in 1577.

1380–1471 · Medieval · Canons Regular of Saint Augustine

Thomas à Kempis CRV (c. 1380 – 1 May 1471; German: Thomas von Kempen; Dutch: Thomas van Kempen) was a German-Dutch Catholic canon regular of the Augustinians and the author of The Imitation of Christ, one of the best known Christian devotional books.

1600–1601 · Reformation

Thurston Hunt (executed 31 March 1601 at Lancaster) was an English Catholic priest. He was tried and executed with Robert Middleton, also a priest. They were declared to be martyrs by the Catholic Church, and beatified in 1987, by Pope John Paul II.

1904–1955 · Contemporary

Tit Liviu Chinezu (22 June 1904 – 15 January 1955) was a Romanian bishop of the Greek-Catholic Church. Born to a priest in Huduc village, Mureș County, he went to Rome in 1925, studying first at Sant'Atanasio college and becoming a Doctor of Sacred Theology at the Pontificium In…

1915–1969 · Contemporary · Salesians of Don Bosco

Titus Zeman (4 January 1915 – 8 January 1969) was a Slovak Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Salesians of Don Bosco. Zeman studied in Italian cities prior to his ordination and worked in Slovakia to protect fellow Salesians after the communist regime outlawed re…

1879–1917 · Contemporary

Thomas Saleh (3 May 1879 – 28 February 1917), born Jirays H̱anā S̱āleẖ, religious name Thūmā from B'abdāt, was a Lebanese Maronite priest of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin.

1818–1901 · Contemporary

Tommaso Reggio (9 January 1818 - 22 November 1901) was an Italian Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Archbishop of Genoa from 1892 until his death. He was also the founder of the Sisters of Saint Martha.

1563–1631 · Reformation · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Tommaso da Olera (1563 - 3 May 1631) - born Tommaso Acerbis was a Roman Catholic Italian friar of the Capuchins. Leading a life of humility and service, Acerbis, initially a shepherd with no formal education, joined the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin in Verona at the age of seven…

1929–1981 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor

Marcello "Tullio" Rappo Maruzzo OFM (23 July 1929 – 1 July 1981) was an Italian Catholic priest and missionary dedicated to catechesis and evangelization among the local people in Guatemala. Maruzzo was a member of the Order of Friars Minor.

900–930 · Medieval

Livonir Ruschel, known as Tuto (born 2 July 1979) is a Brazilian former professional footballer.

1260–1330 · Medieval · Franciscans

Blessed Ugo Panziera, or Panciera, also known as Ugo da Prato (circa 1260 – circa 1330), was an Italian theologian, Franciscan friar, missionary, and writer. He wrote epistles, laude of Jacoponic inspiration, and thirteen spiritual treatises of Bonaventurian inspiration.

1200–1260 · Medieval · Order of St. Augustine

Ugolino da Gualdo Cattaneo (1200 - 1 January 1260) was an Italian Roman Catholic professed religious and friar of the Order of Saint Augustine. Ugolino is best known for founding an Augustinian convent in Gualdo Cattaneo in 1258 where he served as its prior until his death.

1882–1913 · Contemporary · Sisters of Mercy of the Holy Cross

Ulrika Nisch, SCSC, sometimes called Ulrika of Hegne (born Franziska Nisch, 18 September 1882 – 8 May 1913) was a German religious sister of the Sisters of Mercy of the Holy Cross of Ingenbohl. She performed a wide range of tasks to cater to the needs of those who needed help.

1136–1189 · Medieval

Humbert III (1136 – 4 March 1189), surnamed the Blessed, was Count of Savoy from 1148 to 1189. His parents were Amadeus III of Savoy and Mahaut of Albon. He ceded rights and benefits to monasteries and played a decisive role in the organisation of Hautecombe Abbey.

1035–1099 · Medieval · Benedictines

Pope Urban II (Latin: Urbanus II; c. 1035 – 29 July 1099), otherwise known as Odo of Châtillon or Otho de Lagery, was the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 12 March 1088 to his death.

1310–1370 · Medieval · Benedictines

Pope Urban V (Latin: Urbanus V; born Guillaume de Grimoard, 1310 – 19 December 1370) was head of the Catholic Church from 28 September 1362 until his death on 19 December 1370. He was a member of the Order of Saint Benedict and the only Avignon pope to be beatified.

750–829 · Medieval · Benedictines

The Blessed Utto was the first abbot of the Bavarian Metten Abbey of the Benedictine Order. His feast is celebrated on October 3. Utto was presumably a monk at the abbey of Reichenau; his place of birth is unknown.

1875–1952 · Contemporary

Valeriu Traian Frențiu (25 April 1875 – 11 July 1952) was the bishop of the Eparchy of Oradea Mare of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church between 1922 and 1952. He was beatified by Pope Francis in 2019. Frențiu is venerated on the 11th of July.

1899–1950 · Contemporary

Vasile Aftenie (14 June 1899 – 10 May 1950) was a Romanian Auxiliary bishop of the Greek-Catholic Church, titular Bishop of Ulpiana, martyr of the faith and Servant of God of the Catholic Church.