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

Rafael Briega Morales, C.M.F. (Montemolín, October 24, 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.

1899–1936 · Contemporary · Dominican Order

Rafael Pardo Molina was a Spanish Catholic priest and member of the Dominican Order born in Valencia in 1899. He died in 1936 and has been recognized as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1843–1900 · Contemporary

Rafaela Ybarra Arambarri de Vilallonga (16 January 1843 – 23 February 1900) was a Spanish Roman Catholic widow and the founder of the Sisters of the Holy Guardian Angels.

1694–1741 · Modern · Conventual Franciscans

Melchor Chyliński (8 January 1694 – 2 December 1741) - in religious Rafał - was a Polish Roman Catholic priest and a professed member from the Order of Friars Minor Conventual.

1881–1936 · Contemporary · Benedictines

Raimundo Lladós Salud was a Spanish Catholic priest and a member of the Benedictine order. Born in 1881 and deceased in 1936, he is recognized as a blessed within the Catholic Church.

1913–1936 · Contemporary · Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Raimondo Novich Rabionet, C.M.F., born Ramón Novich Rabionet (La Cellera de Ter, April 18, 1913 – Barbastro, August 13, 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.

1501–1606 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Ralph Ashley, SJ (died 7 April 1606) was an English Jesuit lay brother who became involved with the aftermath of the Gunpowder Plot. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1929.

1598–1644 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Ralph Corbie, SJ (Corby, Corbington, at times Corrington; 25 March 1598 – 7 September 1644) was an Irish Jesuit. A victim of the anti-Catholic persecutions following the Reformation, he was beatified in 1929. Corbie was born near Dublin.

1588 · Reformation

Ralph Crockett (b. at Barton, near Farndon, Cheshire 1522; executed at Chichester, 1 October 1588) was an English Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1929.

1910–1936 · Contemporary · Benedictines

Ramiro Sanz de Galdeano Mañeru was a Spanish Catholic priest and Benedictine monk born in 1910 in Villatuerta. He died in 1936 in Barbastro from a gunshot wound and is recognized as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1232–1316 · Medieval · Third Order of Saint Francis

Ramon Llull TOSF , sometimes anglicized as Raymond Lully, was a Mallorcan Catholic philosopher, theologian, poet, missionary, apologist and former knight.

1906–1936 · Contemporary

Ramón Esteban Bou Pascual was a Spanish Catholic vicar born in 1906. He died in 1936 and has been recognized as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1861–1936 · Contemporary · Society of Jesus

Ramón Grimaltós Monllor (born March 3, 1861, in Puebla Larga; died August 23, 1936, in Tabernes de Valldigna) was a religious brother of the Society of Jesus, a martyr of the Spanish Civil War, and a victim of anti-Catholic persecution, beatified by the Catholic Church.

1914–1936 · Contemporary · Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Raimondo Illa Salvia (Bellvís, February 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.

1902–1936 · Contemporary

Ramón Martí Soriano was a Spanish Catholic presbyter born in 1902. He died in 1936 and is recognized as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1152 · Medieval · Benedictines

Raoul, founder of Vaucelles Abbey or Saint Raoul (died c.1151) is a saint of the Catholic Church who founded the famous monastery of Vaucelles in France. Raoul was an English Benedictine monk who became a follower of St. Bernard of Clairvaux (who founded the Cistercian order).

1083–1160 · Medieval · Knights Hospitaller

Raymond du Puy (c. 1083–1160) was a knight from Dauphiné then in the Holy Roman Empire and the second master of the Knights Hospitaller, also known as the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, from around 1121 until 1160.

1330–1399 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Raymond of Capua, (ca. 1303 – 5 October 1399) was a leading member of the Dominican Order and served as its Master General from 1380 until his death.

1904–1936 · Contemporary

Recaredo Centelles Abad (Vall de Uxó, Castellón, May 23, 1904 – Nules, Castellón, October 25, 1936) was a Spanish priest and Doctor of Theology of the Brotherhood of Diocesan Worker Priests, dedicated to the formation of seminarians.

1893–1936 · Contemporary · Salesians of Don Bosco

Recaredo de los Ríos Fabregat, SDB (born January 11, 1893, in Bétera; died December 9, 1936, in Picadero de Paterna) was a Spanish Salesian priest, a martyr of the Spanish Civil War, and a victim of anti-Catholic persecution, beatified by the Catholic Church.

1598–1638 · Reformation · Order of the Brothers Discalced of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel

Redemptus of the Cross, OCD (also Redemptorus of the Cross; 15 March 1598 – 27 November 1638) was a Portuguese Carmelite lay brother. He was put to death, along with other members of a group sent to Aceh by Portuguese authorities.

1000–1039 · Medieval · Benedictines

Regimbald (died 1039) was a Benedictine abbot of Lorsch Abbey, and bishop of Speyer, from 1032. He was previously at the abbey of Saints Ulrich and Afra and at Ebersberg Abbey. He is a Catholic and Orthodox saint, feast day 13 October.

1552–1613 · Reformation

Regina Protmann (1552 – 18 January 1613) was a Roman Catholic religious sister. She founded the Sisters of Saint Catherine and was a pioneer in the establishment of hospitals as well as schools for girls.

1180–1220 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Reginald of Orleans, OP (c. 1180 – 30 June 1220) was an Italian Dominican friar and Catholic priest. He was one of the earliest members and a close collaborator of Saint Dominic.

1764–1794 · Modern

René Lego was born in 1764 in La Flèche, France, and was a member of the Catholic Church. He died in 1794 in Angers. He is recognized as a blessed.

1766–1792 · Modern

René-Joseph Urvoy was a French Catholic priest born in Plouisy in 1766. He died in Paris in 1792 and is recognized as a blessed within the Catholic Church.

1720–1794 · Modern

René-Louis Ambroise (born March 1, 1720, 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.

1875–1936 · Contemporary · Congregation of the Mission

Ricardo Atanes Castro, born in Cualedro on August 5, 1875, and died in Gijón on August 14, 1936, was a Galician Latin Catholic priest and a martyr of the Spanish Civil War, beatified by Pope Francis on October 13, 2013.

1540 · Reformation

Richard Fetherston (Fetherstone, Featherstone) was an English Roman Catholic priest. He was Archdeacon of Brecon, Chaplain to Catharine of Aragon, and Latin tutor to her daughter, Mary Tudor. He was executed on 30 July 1540 and beatified by Pope Leo XIII on 29 December 1886.

1550–1588 · Reformation

Richard Leigh (c. 1557 – 1588) was an English Roman Catholic martyr born in Cambridge, the scion of Cheshire gentry, squires of the West Hall, High Legh since the 11th century.

1586 · Reformation

Richard Sergeant (executed at Tyburn, 20 April 1586) was an English Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1987. He was probably a younger son of Thomas Sergeant of Stone, Gloucestershire, by Katherine, daughter of John Tyre of Hardwick.

1550–1588 · Reformation

Richard Simpson (or Sympson) (c. 1553 – 24 July 1588) was an English priest, martyred in the reign of Elizabeth I. He was born in Well, in Yorkshire.

1583 · Reformation

Richard Thirkeld (died 29 May 1583) was an English Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr beatified by Pope Leo XIII in 1886. Thirkeld was born at Coniscliffe, Durham, England.

1200–1190 · Medieval · Premonstratensians

Richard of Arnsberg was a Premonstratensian canon, monk, and scribe. He died in 1190 at Kloster Wedinghausen and is recognized as a blessed within the Catholic Church.

995–1063 · Medieval

Richeza of Lotharingia (also called Richenza, Rixa, Ryksa; born about 995/1000 – 21 March 1063) was a member of the Ezzonen dynasty who became queen of Poland as the wife of Mieszko II Lambert.

1250–1321 · Medieval

Rinaldo da Concorezzo (1245 - 18 August 1321) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and archbishop who served as the Bishop of Vicenza from 1296 until his 1303 appointment as the Archbishop of Ravenna-Cervia holding that until his death.

1848–1913 · Contemporary · Sisters of the Institute of Jesus, Mary and Joseph

Rita Lopes de Almeida (religious name Rita Amada de Jesus, 5 March 1848 – 6 January 1913), was a Portuguese religious sister and the founder of the Sisters of Jesus, Mary and Joseph.

1550–1586 · Reformation

Robert Anderton (c. 1560 – 25 April 1586) was an English or Manx Catholic priest and martyr under the Elizabethan era religious persecution. Along with his companion, William Marsden, he was beatified by Pope Pius XI in 1929.

1589 · Reformation

Robert Dalby (died 1589) was an English Catholic priest and martyr. Robert Dalby (sometimes called Drury), came from Hemingbrough in the West Riding of Yorkshire (now North Yorkshire) lived at first as a Protestant minister.

1550–1586 · Reformation

Robert Dibdale (or Debdale) (ca. 1556 – 8 October 1586) was an English Catholic priest and martyr. Dibdale was born the son of John Dibdale of Shottery, a village in the county of Warwickshire, within the parish of Stratford-upon-Avon, the birthplace of William Shakespeare's wif…

1567–1607 · Reformation

Robert Drury (1567–1607) was an English Roman Catholic priest, executed for treason. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1987. He was born of a Buckinghamshire family, presumably the younger son of Robert Drury of Hedgerley and Chalfont St. Peter.

1736–1792 · Modern · Society of Jesus

Robert Guérin du Rocher was born in Repas in 1736. He was the younger brother of Petrus and like his brother became a Jesuit priest. He did missionary work in the Middle east and eventually settled as a pastor in Salonika, before being expelled by the Ottomans.

1482–1582 · Reformation

Robert Johnson, a Shropshire native, was a Catholic priest and martyr during the reign of Elizabeth I. Robert Johnson had grown up in one of the four parishes of Claverley, Hales, Owen or Worfield in what was then the Anglican Diocese of Worcester.

1550–1588 · Reformation

Robert Ludlam (c. 1551 – 24 July 1588) was an English priest, martyred in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. He was born around 1551, in Derbyshire. His father was a yeoman.

1550–1600 · Reformation · Dominican Order

Robert Nutter (c. 1550 – 26 July 1600) was an English Catholic priest, Dominican friar and martyr. He was beatified in 1987. Throughout the religious upheavals following the English Reformation, the vast majority of English Catholics, many of whom lived in Lancashire, remained s…

1821–1888 · Modern

Robert Spiske was a Catholic theologian born in 1821 in Leśnica, Kingdom of Prussia. He died in 1888 in Wrocław and is recognized as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1587 · Reformation

Robert Sutton (c. 1543-1545; Burton-on-Trent – 27 July 1587; Stafford) was an English Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1987.

1591 · Reformation

Robert Thorpe (died 15 May 1591) was an English Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1987. Thorpe was born in Yorkshire.

1055–1122 · Medieval · Benedictines

Historia Hierosolymitana is a chronicle of the First Crusade written between c. 1107–1120 by Robert the Monk (Robertus Monachus), a French prior. Robert has been identified with a prior of Senuc and former abbot of Saint-Remi, who lived c.

1550–1583 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Rodolfo Acquaviva, SJ (2 October 1550 – 25 July 1583) was an Italian Jesuit missionary and priest in India who served the court of Akbar the Great from 1580 to 1583. He was killed in 1583 and beatified in 1893.