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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.

1101–1217 · Medieval

Manfred von Riva was a Catholic presbyter born in Milan in 1200. He died in 1217 at Riva San Vitale, Monte San Giorgio, and is recognized as a blessed.

1867–1936 · Contemporary

Manuel Albert Ginés was a Latin Catholic priest born in Calanda, Spain, in 1867. He died in his birthplace in 1936 and is buried at the Templo del Pilar in Calanda. He is recognized as a blessed within the Catholic Church.

1869–1936 · Contemporary

Manuel Basulto Jiménez (May 17, 1869, in Adanero – August 12, 1936, in El Pozo del Tío Raimundo) was a Spanish bishop who was killed by the Republican faction during the Spanish Civil War, amidst religious persecutions, along with five other companions.

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

Manuel Buil Lalueza, C.M.F. (Abizanda, August 31, 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.

1880–1936 · Contemporary

Manuel González-Serna Rodríguez was a Spanish Catholic priest born in Seville in 1880. He died in 1936 at the Iglesia de Santa María de la Encarnación from a gunshot wound. He is recognized as a blessed.

1913–1936 · Contemporary

Manuel Gutiérrez Martín, OMI (born January 1, 1913, in Fresno del Río; died July 24, 1936, in Pozuelo, Madrid), was a Spanish Oblate of the Immaculate Mary. He was a theology student at the Oblate house of studies in Pozuelo, Madrid, and had already received the subdiaconate.

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.

1875–1936 · Contemporary

Manuel Legua Marti was born in Alaquàs, Spain, in 1875. A member of the Catholic Church, he died in 1936. He has been recognized as a blessed.

1892–1936 · Contemporary

Emanuel Martin Sierra (born October 2, 1892, in Churriana de la Vega, Province of Granada; died July 26, 1936, in Motril) was a Spanish Catholic priest, ascetic, martyr, and blessed of the Catholic Church. After earning his baccalaureate, he entered the diocesan seminary.

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

Emanuele Martínez Jarauta, C.M.F. (Murchante, December 22, 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.

1869–1936 · Contemporary

Manuel Medina Olmos (August 9, 1869, in Lanteira, Granada – August 30, 1936, in Vícar, Almería) was a Spanish priest and Bishop of Guadix-Baza who was assassinated during the Spanish Civil War. Considered a martyr by the Catholic Church, he was beatified in 1993.

1887–1936 · Contemporary · Order of Saint Jerome

Manuel Sanz Domínguez (Sotodosos, December 31, 1887 – Paracuellos de Jarama, November 6, 1936) was a Spanish priest who restored the male branch of the Order of Saint Jerome, a martyr of the Spanish Civil War, and is recognized as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

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.

1881–1936 · Contemporary · Piarists

Manuel Segura López, also known as Manuel of the Virgin of the Pillar, Sch. P. (Almonacid de la Sierra, January 22, 1881 – Gabasa, July 28, 1936), was a Spanish Piarist priest of the Peralta de la Sal community.

1915–1936 · Contemporary · Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Emanuele Torras Sais, C.M.F., born Manuel Torras Sais (Sant Martí Vell, February 12, 1915 – 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.

1902–1936 · Contemporary

Manuel Torró Garcia (born July 2, 1902, died September 21, 1936) was a Spanish martyr and a blessed of the Catholic Church. He came from a religious family and was married. He was also a member of Catholic Action. During the Spanish Civil War, he was murdered at the age of 34.

1863–1936 · Contemporary

Manuel Vázquez Alfalla was a Spanish Catholic priest born in Motril in 1863. He died in Motril in 1936 and has been beatified as a blessed.

1891–1936 · Contemporary · Sisters of Adoration, Handmaids of the Blessed Sacrament and of Charity

Manuela Arriola Uranga (Ondarroa, December 29, 1891 – Madrid, November 10, 1936), better known as Manuela of the Sacred Heart, was a Spanish religious sister and one of the twenty-three Adorers of the Blessed Sacrament murdered during the religious persecution that broke out duri…

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.

1751–1794 · Modern

Marcel Gaucher de La Biche de Reignefort was a Catholic priest and missionary born in Limoges in 1751. He died in 1794 at the Martyrs of Rochefort and is recognized as a blessed.

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.

1913–1936 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor

Marcelino Ovejero Gómez (born September 13, 1913, in Becedas, died August 16, 1936, in Fuente el Fresno) was a Spanish Franciscan, seminarian, Christian martyr, and blessed of the Roman Catholic Church.

1910–1936 · Contemporary

Marcelino Sánchez Fernández was a Spanish Catholic born in 1910 and deceased in 1936. He is recognized as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

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.

1749–1801 · Modern

Marcellinus Choe Chang-ju was a member of the Catholic Church born in 1749. He died by decapitation in 1801 and is recognized as a blessed.

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.

1409–1479 · Medieval · Franciscans

Marco da Bologna was a Catholic priest and Franciscan born in Bologna in 1409. He died in Piacenza in 1479 and is recognized as a blessed within the Catholic Church.

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…

1317–1397 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Marcolino Amanni, known as Marcolinus of Forlì (died January 2, 1397), was a Dominican friar of the Order of Preachers at the convent of Forlì in Northern Italy. He was beatified in 1756. He is a Catholic saint whose feast day is celebrated locally on January 24.

1522–1569 · Reformation · Trinitarian Order

Marc Criado, or Marcos Criado (1522–1569), was a Spanish Trinitarian friar who was martyred by Moriscos during the Rebellion of the Alpujarras. He was beatified on July 24, 1899, by Pope Leo XIII. His feast day is celebrated annually on September 25.

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.

1868 · Modern

Margarita Oh was a member of the Catholic Church who died in 1868. She is recognized as a blessed.

1255–1280 · Medieval · Franciscans

Margherita Colonna, (c.1255 – 30 December 1280) was a member of the Colonna family, which was notable in Italian history for centuries. She was beatified by Pope Pius IX after the approval of her cult in 1847. She was born in Palestrina about 1255.

1806–1855 · Modern · Benedictines

Maria Adeodata Pisani, OSB (29 December 1806 – 25 February 1855) was a Maltese Catholic Benedictine nun at St Peter's monastery in Mdina, Malta. Pope John Paul II beatified Pisani on 9 May 2001.

1592–1665 · Reformation · Capuchin Poor Clares

Maria Angela Astorch (née Maria Ines Jerónima Astorch; 1 September 1592 – 2 December 1665) was a Spanish nun and mystic. Born in Barcelona, she founded the Capuchin Poor Clares of Zaragoza and Murcia. She died in Murcia and was beatified by Pope John Paul II on 23 May 1982.

1809–1890 · Modern · Sisters of Saint Ann

Marie Anne Blondin, SSA (18 April 1809 – 2 January 1890) was a Canadian Catholic teacher who founded the Sisters of Saint Anne in 1850 and dedicated herself to educating the rural population of the Province of Canada. She was beatified in 2001 by Pope John Paul II.

1848–1925 · Contemporary · Poor Daughters of Saint Joseph Calasanz

Maria Anna Donati (26 October 1848 - 18 March 1925) was an Italian Roman Catholic nun who had established the Calasanzian Sisters in Florence with the aid of Celestino Zini.

1829–1891 · Modern

Maria Anna Sala (21 April 1829 – 24 November 1891) was an Italian Roman Catholic professed religious who was a member of the Sisters of Saint Marcellina. She served throughout her life as an educator across the northern Italian cities and carried out her work in the name of God.

1881–1942 · Contemporary · School Sisters of Notre Dame

Maria Antonina Kratochwil (21 August 1881 – 7 October 1942) was beatified by Pope John Paul II as one of the 108 Martyrs of World War II. She tried to help the Jews survive during the Holocaust.

1878–1905 · Contemporary · Franciscan Missionaries of Mary

Maria Assunta Pallotta (20 August 1878 - 7 April 1905), born Assunta Maria Pallotta, was an Italian Roman Catholic nun who served as a member of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary and also as part of the missions to China in the aftermath of the Boxer Rebellion.