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1190–1246 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Peter González Telmo, OP (1190 – 15 April 1246), also known as Saint Elmo, was a Castilian Dominican friar and priest, born in 1190 in Frómista, Palencia, Kingdom of Castile and Leon. St. Peter Gonzalez was born in Castille, Spain, in 1190.

1750–1799 · Modern

Peter Jeong San-pil (Korean: 정산필 베드로; born c. 1739 in Deoksan, Chungcheong Province, Korea; died 1799 in the same place) was a Korean martyr and a blessed of the Catholic Church. Peter Jeong San-pil was born in Deoksan around 1739.

1787–1819 · Modern

Peter Jo Suk (born 1787 in Yanggeun, died August 3, 1819, in Seoul) was a Korean martyr and a blessed of the Catholic Church, one of several thousand Catholics who died in Korea in the 19th century.

1750–1801 · Modern

Peter Cho Yong-sam (Korean: 조용삼 베드로; born in Yanggeun, Gyeonggi Province, Korea; died March 27, 1801, in Cheongju, in the then-province of Chungcheong, Korea) was a Korean martyr and a blessed of the Catholic Church.

1501–1598 · Reformation

Peter Snow (c. 1564 – 15 June 1598) was an English Catholic priest who was executed by the state, along with Ralph Grimston, in 1598. They were beatified as martyrs in 1987. Their feast is 15 June.

1591–1624 · Reformation · Dominican Order

Pedro Vásquez, O.P, also known as Peter Vásquez, (1591 – 25 August 1624) was a Spanish Dominican friar, Catholic priest, and missionary who died a martyr in Japan. He was beatified in July 1867 by Pope Pius IX.

1732–1793 · Modern

Peter Won Si-jang (Korean: 원시장 베드로; born 1732 in Eungjeong-ri, Hongju, in the then-province of Chungcheong, Korea; died January 28, 1793, in Jeonju) was a Korean martyr and a blessed of the Catholic Church. Won Si-jang was a father of several children.

1603–1651 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Peter Wright (1603 – 19 May 1651) was an English Jesuit priest and martyr who has been beatified by the Roman Catholic Church. Peter Wright was born in Slipton, Northamptonshire, one of twelve children. Peter was still young when his father died.

1917–1953 · Contemporary

Petro Pavlo Oros (Ukrainian: Петро Павло Орос, Hungarian: Orosz Péter Pál; 14 July 1917 – 27 August 1953) was a Greek Catholic Eparchy of Mukachevo hierarch after the Church was suppressed by the communist regime.

1890–1957 · Contemporary

Petro Verhun (In Ukrainian: Петро Вергун) was a Ukrainian Greek Catholic priest and martyr. He belonged to the Ukrainian Catholic Church, a Uniate Church that maintains the Byzantine Rite while being in unity with the Roman Catholic Church, and is venerated as a Blessed in the Ro…

1731–1792 · Modern · Society of Jesus

Petrus Guérin du Rocher was born in Sainte-Honorine-la-Guillaume in 1731. He was a priest of the Jesuits. He taught philosophy at Bourges in 1762, before travelling around Italy, Germany and Poland, developing theories of biblical Exegesis, which contradicted the Encyclopédistes.…

1774–1801 · Modern

Philip Hong Pil-ju was born in 1774 and was a member of the Catholic Church. He died by decapitation in 1801 and is recognized as a blessed.

1594–1646 · Reformation · Benedictines

Philip Powell (sometimes spelled Philip Powel) (2 February 1594 – 30 June 1646) was a lawyer who became a Benedictine monk and priest, serving as a missionary in England during the period of recusancy. He was martyred at Tyburn.

1907–1940 · Contemporary

The Martyrs of Songkhon (Thai: มรณสักขีแห่งสองคอน) (also called Seven Blessed Martyrs of Songkhon) are seven Christian Thais executed in the village Songkhon in Pong Kham subdistrict, Wan Yai District, Mukdahan Province, northeastern Thailand, in December 1940 by local police for…

1856–1931 · Contemporary · Salesians of Don Bosco

Filippo Rinaldi (28 May 1856 – 5 December 1931) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Salesians of Don Bosco; he served as the third Rector Major for the order from 1922 until his death in 1931.

1931–1957 · Contemporary

Pierina Morosini (7 January 1931 – 6 April 1957) was an Italian Roman Catholic from Bergamo. She was killed after a man tried to rape her. Morosini served as a member of the Catholic Action movement. Her beatification was held on 4 October 1987 in Saint Peter's Basilica.

1803–1861 · Modern

Pierre Bonhomme (4 July 1803 – 9 September 1861) was a French Roman Catholic priest who exercised his pastoral mission in Cahors. He went on to establish the new religious congregation known as the Sisters of Our Lady of Calvary of Gramat.

1670–1740 · Modern

Pierre Vigne (20 August 1670 – 8 July 1740) was a French Roman Catholic priest who established the Blessed Sacrament Sisters of Valence. Pope John Paul II beatified him in 2004. Pierre Vigne was born in 1670 as one of five children to Pierre Vigne and Frances Gautier.

1170–1208 · Medieval · Cistercians

Pierre de Castelnau (? - died 15 January 1208) was a French ecclesiastic who was made papal legate in 1199 to address the Cathar heresy before being murdered in 1208.

1369–1387 · Medieval

Pierre de Luxembourg (19 July 1369 – 2 July 1387) was a French Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of Metz. He is venerated in the Catholic Church as a blessed, having been beatified by Pope Clement VII, 140 years after his death.

1904–1945 · Contemporary

The Abbé Pierre de Porcaro was a French Roman Catholic priest who worked as an undercover minister during the Second World War. He was eventually captured by the Nazis and died in Dachau concentration camp.

1759–1792 · Modern

Pierre-Jacques-Marie Vitalis (born 1759 in Carpentras, died September 2, 1792, in Saint-Germain-des-Prés) was a French Catholic priest and blessed. After his ordination, he served as a parish priest from 1784 to 1785 and later became a vicar at Saint-Méry.

1878–1903 · Contemporary · Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance

Pierre-Joseph Cassant (6 March 1878 – 17 June 1903) was a French Roman Catholic priest and professed member of the Trappists. During his novitiate he received the religious name of Marie-Joseph and was known for his strong determination to his studies to fulfil his lifelong wish…

1752–1794 · Modern

Pierre-Joseph Le Groing de la Romagere was a French Catholic priest who served as a vicar general, deacon, and catechist. Born in Saint-Sauvier in 1752, he died in 1794 among the Martyrs of Rochefort. He is recognized as a blessed within the Catholic Church.

1744–1792 · Modern

Blessed Pierre-Louis de La Rochefoucauld-Bayers, born on October 12, 1744, at the Logis du Vivier (Saint-Cybard-d'Eyrat) and died on September 2, 1792, at the Carmes Prison (Paris), was an 18th-century French prelate and politician.

1150–1187 · Medieval

Pietro Acotanto was a monk born in Venice in 1150 and a citizen of the Republic of Venice. He died in Venice in 1187 and is recognized as a blessed within the Catholic Church.

1553–1583 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Blessed Peter Berno, born around 1552 in Ascona, in the canton of Ticino (Switzerland), and died (assassinated) on July 25, 1583, in Cuncolim (Goa), was a Swiss Jesuit priest and missionary in India.

1320–1365 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Pietro Cambiani was a Catholic priest and member of the Dominican Order born in 1320 in Ruffia. He died in 1365 in Susa from a stab wound and is recognized as a blessed.

1390–1445 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Pierre Capucci, born in 1390 in Città di Castello and died in 1445 in Cortona, was an Italian Dominican and a priest of the Order of Preachers. He was beatified in 1816 by Pius VII. His liturgical memorial is celebrated on October 21.

1570–1647 · Reformation · Piarists

Pietro Casani (8 September 1570 – 17 October 1647) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Piarists. He became an assistant and a close personal friend of Giuseppe Calasanz.

1399–1452 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Pietro Geremia (10 August 1399 – 3 March 1452) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member from the Order of Preachers. Geremia was born in Palermo but spent an extended period of time in Bologna – where he experienced a radical conversion – and Fiesole for his ad…

1561–1622 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Pietro Paolo Navarro was a Catholic priest and member of the Society of Jesus born in 1560 in Laino Borgo. He died in 1622 in Shimabara by burning and is recognized as a blessed of the Catholic Church.

1937–1993 · Contemporary

Giuseppe "Pino" Puglisi was an Italian Roman Catholic priest who openly challenged the Sicilian Mafia controlling his Palermo neighbourhood of Brancaccio. The Mafia killed him on his 56th birthday.

1837–1912 · Contemporary · Dominican Order

Pio Alberto del Corona (5 July 1837 – 15 August 1912) - born Alberto del Corona and in religious Pio - was a Roman Catholic Italian prelate and the founder of the Suore Domenicane dello Spirito Santo.

1875–1936 · Contemporary · Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Pius (born Julián) Heredia Zubía (Larrea, February 16, 1875 – Santander, December 3, 1936) was a Spanish priest, a Trappist monk, and prior of the Abbey of Viaceli, who was killed by Republicans during the Spanish Civil War.

1908–1942 · Contemporary

Piotr Edward Dańkowski (born June 21, 1908, in Jordanów, died on April 3, 1942, in Auschwitz) is a Polish Catholic saint who is one of the 108 Martyrs of World War II beatified by Pope John Paul II. He is the patron saint of clerics and priests of the Archdiocese of Krakow.

1871–1938 · Contemporary · Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer

Pedro Romero Espejo, C.Ss.R. (born April 28, 1871, in Pancorbo, Burgos Province, Spain; died July 4, 1938, in Cuenca) was a Spanish Catholic priest, martyr, and victim of anti-Catholic persecution, beatified by the Catholic Church.

1908–1939 · Contemporary

Piotr Szarek (7 May 1908 – 9 September 1939) was a Polish Catholic clergyman, and a member of the Congregation of the Missionwho was publicly murdered by the Nazis on the ninth day of the Second World War.

1792–1878 · Modern · Franciscans

Pope Pius IX (Italian: Pio IX; born Giovanni Maria Battista Pietro Pellegrino Isidoro Mastai-Ferretti; 13 May 1792 – 7 February 1878) was head of the Catholic Church from 1846 to 1878.

1739–1814 · Modern

Pius Kim Jin-hu was a Catholic born in Joseon in 1739. He died in 1814 and is recognized as a blessed of the Catholic Church.

1868–1889 · Modern · Passionists

Pius of Saint Aloysius (born Luigi Campidelli, 29 April 1868 – 2 November 1889) was an Italian Roman Catholic professed cleric from the Passionists.

1844–1915 · Contemporary · Benedictines

Tommaso Riccardi, OSB (24 June 1844 – 25 March 1915) was an Italian Catholic priest and Benedictine monk of the Cassinese Congregation. His monastic name was Placido. He was beatified in 1954. Tommaso Riccardi was born in Trevi on 24 June 1844 and spent his childhood in Umbria.

1890–1936 · Contemporary · Trinitarian Order

Plácido de Jesús, born Plácido Camino Fernández (Laguna de Negrillos, May 6, 1890 – Alcázar de San Juan, July 26, 1936), was a Spanish priest of the Order of the Most Holy Trinity.

850 · Medieval

Blessed Podiven (Podivín) was, according to the Saint Wenceslaus legends, a servant and the closest associate of Saint Wenceslaus. He was said to be the only assistant who helped Wenceslaus in his most pious deeds, accompanying him on pilgrimages, baking hosts, and preparing sacr…

1807–1871 · Modern · Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary

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.

1780–1840 · Modern

Blessed Protasius Hong Jae-yeong was a member of the Catholic Church born in 1780 to his father, Lucas Hong Nak-min. He died by decapitation in 1840.

1492 · Medieval · Augustinians

Prudence Castori was a Catholic nun of the Augustinian order who was born in Milan. She died in 1492 and is recognized as a blessed.

1883–1936 · Contemporary · Trinitarian Order

Prudencio Gueréquiz Guezuraga, in religion Friar Prudencio of the Cross (Errigoiti, April 28, 1883 – Andújar, July 31, 1936), was a Spanish priest of the Order of the Most Holy Trinity.

1912–1936 · Contemporary

Publio Rodríguez Moslares, OMI (born November 12, 1912, in Tiedra; died November 28, 1936, in Paracuellos de Jarama) was a Spanish Oblate of the Immaculate Mary.

1919–1946 · Contemporary

Qerim Sadiku (12 February 1919 – 4 March 1946) was a Catholic Albanian blessed who had converted from Islam. He was executed by a firing squad in Shkodër along with clerics Danjel Dajani, Giovanni Fausti, Gjon Shllaku, Mark Çuni and Gjelosh Lulashi.