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1594–1633 · Reformation · Dominican Order

Luke of the Holy Spirit Alonso Gorda (born October 18, 1594, in Carracedo de Vidriales, Zamora Province, Spain; died October 19, 1633, on Nishizaka Hill in Nagasaki, Japan) was a saint of the Catholic Church, a Spanish Dominican, a missionary in the Far East, and a martyr.

1751–1801 · Modern

Lucas Hong Nak-min was born in 1751 and was a member of the Catholic Church. He died by decapitation in Seoul in 1801. He is recognized as a blessed.

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.

1801–1839 · Modern

Lucy Pak Hui-sun was a Korean Christian laywoman, martyr, and saint, born in 1801 in Seoul, Korea, and beheaded on May 24, 1839, near Seoul. Recognized as a martyr and beatified in 1925 by Pope Pius XI, she was solemnly canonized in Seoul by John Paul II on May 6, 1984, along wit…

1750–1801 · Modern

Lucia Yun Un-hye (born in Hangamgae, Korea; died May 14, 1801, in Seoul) was a Korean martyr and a blessed of the Catholic Church. Lucia Yun Un-hye was born in Hangamgae in Gyeonggi Province, Korea. At a young age, she was introduced to the catechism by her mother.

1360–1400 · Medieval · Franciscans

Lucia da Caltagirone was born in 1360 in Caltagirone and served as a Franciscan nun. She died in 1400 in Salerno and is recognized as a blessed.

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.

1919–1945 · Contemporary

Lucien Croci was a militant of the Young Christian Workers (JOC). He was born on November 15, 1919, in Aubervilliers and died on March 17 or 27, 1945, in the Ravensbrück concentration camp.

1450–1470 · Medieval

Lucio de Savoya was born in 1450 and died in 1470 in Constantinople. He is recognized as a blessed.

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.

1780–1801 · Modern

Lucy Yun Un-hye was a Korean Christian laywoman and martyr, born in Gyeonggi, Korea, who was beheaded on May 14, 1801, in Seoul. Her martyrdom is recognized by the Catholic Church; she was declared venerable and subsequently beatified by Pope Francis on August 16, 2014.

1050–1100 · Medieval

Lucy of Settefonti, also known as Lucy of Septifonte or Lucy of the Seven Fountains (born in the 11th century in Bologna, died c. 1100 at Settefonti Abbey), was an Italian Camaldolese nun, virgin, abbess of the Monastery of Saint Christina in Settefonti, and a blessed of the Cath…

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.

1109–1185 · Medieval · Premonstratensians

Ludwig III of Arnstein (born 1109 at Arnstein Castle; died October 28, 1185, at Gommersheim Monastery, present-day Gau-Odernheim) was a count and a multiple monastery founder.

1596–1627 · Reformation · Dominican Order

Ludwik Exarch was a Catholic priest of the Dominican Order born in Barcelona, Crown of Aragon, in 1596. He died in Ōmura-shi in 1627 and is recognized as a blessed within the Catholic Church.

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.

1896–1947 · Contemporary

Luigj Prendushi was born in 1896 in Shkodër. He died in 1947 and is recognized as a blessed.

1905–1936 · Contemporary

Luis Campos Górriz (born June 30, 1905, died November 28, 1936, in Picadero de Paterna) was a Spanish layman, a martyr of the Spanish Civil War, and a victim of anti-Catholic persecution, beatified by the Catholic Church.

1891–1937 · Contemporary · Trinitarian Order

Louis of St. Michael of the Saints, born Luis Erdoiza y Zamalloa (Amorebieta-Etxano, August 25, 1891 – Cuenca, September 24, 1936), was a Spanish priest of the Order of the Most Holy Trinity.

1912–1936 · Contemporary · Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Luigi Escalé Binefa (Fondarella, September 18, 1912 – Barbastro, August 15, 1936) was a Spanish religious, martyred in Barbastro during the Spanish Civil War and venerated as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1574–1622 · Reformation · Dominican Order

Luis Flores was born in Antwerp in 1574 and served as a missionary in the Dominican Order. He died in 1622 and is recognized as a blessed within the Catholic Church.

1912–1936 · Contemporary · Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Luigi Lladó Teixidor (Viladasens, May 12, 1912 – Barbastro, August 15, 1936) was a Spanish religious, martyred in Barbastro during the Spanish Civil War and venerated as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1902–1928 · Contemporary

Blessed Luis Magaña Servín (born in Arandas, Jalisco, August 24, 1902 – died in Arandas, Jalisco, February 9, 1928) was the eldest son of Raimundo Magaña Zúñiga and María Concepción Servín, and brother to Delfino and José Soledad.

1912–1936 · Contemporary · Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Luis Masferrer Vila, C.M.F. (Torelló, July 9, 1912 – Barbastro, August 15, 1936), was a Spanish religious who was martyred in Barbastro during the Spanish Civil War and is venerated as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

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.

1882–1936 · Contemporary · Dominican Order

Luis Urbano Lanaspa (Zaragoza, June 3, 1882 – Valencia, August 21, 1936) was a Spanish Catholic priest, Dominican friar, philosopher, theologian, and physicist. He was a member of the Royal Spanish Society of Physics and Chemistry and the Royal Spanish Mathematical Society.

1870–1936 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Ambrose of Benaguacil, born Luis Valls Matamales (May 3, 1870, in Benaguacil – August 26, 1936, in Vinalesa, Archdiocese of Valencia), was a Spanish Catholic blessed, martyr, priest, Capuchin friar, and preacher who was a victim of anti-Catholic persecution during the Spanish Civ…

1901–1936 · Contemporary · Benedictines

Luis Vidaurrázaga González was a Spanish Catholic priest and Benedictine monk born in Bilbao in 1901. He died in Madrid in 1936 and is buried in the Church of Nuestra Señora de Montserrat. He is recognized as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

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.

1896–1936 · Contemporary

Luisa María Frías Cañizares (Valencia, June 20, 1896 – Paterna, December 6, 1936) was a researcher and professor at the University of Valencia who was tortured and executed during the first months of the Spanish Civil War.

900–887 · Medieval

Luithard (Old High German liut "people" and harti "hard"; also Latinized as Luithardus; born unknown; died 887 in Paderborn) was the third Bishop of Paderborn (862–887). Luithard undertook important collegiate and monastic foundations, such as Niggenkerken near Höxter in 863.

1274–1309 · Medieval · Cistercians

Lukardis of Oberweimar, O.Cist. (born between 1262 and 1276, presumably in Erfurt; died March 22, 1309, in Oberweimar) was a German Cistercian nun and mystic. She is venerated as a blessed in the Roman Catholic Church.

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.

1902–1936 · Contemporary

Lúcio Martínez Mancebo was a Spanish priest born in 1902. He died in 1936 from a gunshot wound and is recognized as a blessed.

1415–1465 · Medieval · Augustinian nuns

Maddalena Albrici (Como, 1390 – Como, May 15, 1465) was an Italian religious sister and abbess of the Augustinian monastery of Saint Andrew in Brunate. Her cult as a blessed was confirmed by Pope Pius X in 1907.

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.

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Magdalena Kiyota Bokusai was the spouse of Simon Kiyota Bokusai. She is recognized as a blessed.

1808–1840 · Modern

Magdalena Yi Jo-i was born in 1808 and died in 1840 by decapitation. She is recognized as a blessed.

1908–1942 · Contemporary

Maksymilian Binkiewicz was born in 1908 in Żarnowiec and served as a presbyter, cleric, and teacher in the Second Polish Republic. He died in 1942 at the Dachau concentration camp and is buried at Służew Cemetery. He is recognized as a blessed.