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1568–1610 · Reformation

Roger Cadwallador (1568 – 27 August 1610) was a Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1987. Roger Cadwallador was born to a Welsh family at Stretton Sugwas, near Hereford.

1570–1601 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Roger Filcock, SJ (alias Arthur Naylor) (died 27 February 1601, London) was an English Jesuit priest. He was beatified as a Catholic martyr by Pope John Paul II on 22 November 1987.

1285–1367 · Medieval

Roger le Fort (Rogerius) or de Beaufort, known as des Ternes, born around 1277 in the village of Les Ternes (now in the commune of Pionnat in the department of Creuse) and died on August 5, 1367, in Bourges, was a 14th-century French prelate.

1931–1945 · Contemporary

Rolando Maria Rivi (7 January 1931 – 13 April 1945) was an Italian Roman Catholic seminarian. Rivi was noted for his studious and pious nature with an intense love for Jesus Christ, which was evident through frequent confession and the reception of the Eucharist.

1882–1943 · Contemporary

Romain Archutowski (1882–1943) was a Polish Catholic priest arrested and deported by the Nazis to the Majdanek extermination camp. He died there of typhus in 1943.

1826–1906 · Contemporary · Franciscans

Maria Rosa Flesch (born Margaretha Flesch, 24 February 1826 – 25 March 1906), was a German religious sister in the Roman Catholic Church. She founded the Franciscan Sisters of the Blessed Virgin Mary of the Angels, whose first Mother Superior she was.

1786–1856 · Modern · Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul

Rosalie Rendu, DC (born Jeanne-Marie Rendu; 9 September 1786 – 7 February 1856) was a French Catholic member of the Daughters of Charity who organized care for the poor in the Paris slums during the Industrial Revolution. She was beatified in the Catholic Church in 2003.

1745–1794 · Modern

Rosalie du Verdier de La Sorinière (in religion Sister Rosalie-Céleste), born on August 12, 1745, at the Château de la Sorinière near Chemillé in the province of Anjou, and died by guillotine in Angers on January 27, 1794, was a Benedictine nun of Our Lady of Calvary, a martyr in…

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Rosamund of Blaru (12th century) was a Norman noblewoman, Lady of Vernon, mother of Saint Adjutor, and a blessed of the Catholic Church. Blessed Rosamund lived in 12th-century Normandy and hailed from Blaru. She was the wife of John, Lord of Vernon.

1741–1794 · Modern · Order of Discalced Nuns of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel

Rose-Chrétien de la Neuville, OCD (1741 - 17 July 1794) was a French Discalced Carmelite nun killed during the French Revolution. She was beatified as one of the Martyrs of Compiègne in 1906. She married young but was widowed.

1000–1051 · Medieval

Rotho von Büren (c. 1000; - 7 November 1051, Paderborn) was from 1036 to 1051 Bishop of Paderborn. He was from a noble family, of the Counts of Werl, Westphalia.

1890–1949 · Contemporary · Salesians of Don Bosco

Rudolf Komórek (11 October 1890 – 11 December 1949) was a Polish priest and a professed member of the Salesians of Don Bosco while also serving as part of the missions in Brazil.

1928–1977 · Contemporary · Society of Jesus

Rutilio Grande García, SJ (5 July 1928 in El Paisnal – 12 March 1977 in Aguilares) was a Salvadoran Jesuit priest assassinated in 1977 by Salvadoran security forces.

1876–1961 · Contemporary · Third Order of Saint Francis

Countess Róża Maria Czacka (also known under religious name Elżbieta; 22 October 1876 – 15 May 1961) was a Polish religious sister who founded the Franciscan Sisters Servants of the Cross.

1767–1795 · Modern

Saba Ji Hwang (Korean: 지 황 사바; born 1767 in Seoul, Korea; died June 28, 1795, in the same city) was a Korean martyr and a blessed of the Catholic Church. Ji Hwang was born in 1767 into the family of a royal musician.

1862–1936 · Contemporary

Salvador Estrugo Solves was a Spanish presbyter of the Catholic Church who lived from 1862 to 1936. He has been beatified and holds the status of blessed.

1880–1936 · Contemporary

Salvador Ferrandis Seguí, born on May 25, 1880, and died on August 3, 1936, was a Spanish priest. He was a priest in Lucena, and along with Francisco Bandrés Sánchez, a Salesian priest in Barcelona, Alfonso López López, a priest in Samalús, and Miguel Remón Salvador, a layman in…

1896–1936 · Contemporary · Franciscans

Salvador Mollar Ventura (1896–1936), born Jean-Baptiste Mollar Ventura, was a Spanish Franciscan friar who was murdered during the Spanish Civil War in Paterna, near Valencia, Spain, on October 27, 1936.

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

Salvatore Pigem Serra, C.M.F. (Vilobí d'Onyar, December 15, 1912 – 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.

1853–1895 · Modern · Franciscans

Salvatore Lilli was a Franciscan priest and a martyr killed by the Muslim Turks under Abdul Hamid on 22 November 1895. He was born on 19 June 1853 in Cappadocia, Abruzzo, Italy to Vincenzo and Annunziata Lilli.

1877–1936 · Contemporary · Oratory of Saint Philip Neri

Salvi Huix Miralpéix (in Spanish: Salvio Huix Miralpéix; 22 December 1877 – 5 August 1936) was a Catalan Roman Catholic cleric who served as Bishop of Lleida from 1935 to 1936.

1808–1860 · Modern · Franciscans

The Martyrs of Damascus were eleven Catholic saints martyred while praying inside a Franciscan-run parish in Damascus by Druze during the 1860 civil conflict in Mount Lebanon and Damascus.

1018–1067 · Medieval

Sancha of León (c. 1018 – 8 November 1067) was infanta and queen of León. She was married to Ferdinand I, the Count of Castile who later became King of León after having killed Sancha's brother in battle. She and her husband commissioned the Crucifix of Ferdinand and Sancha.

1910–1942 · Contemporary

Janina Szymkowiak (10 July 1910 – 29 August 1942) - in religious Sancja - was a Polish Roman Catholic professed religious from the Daughters of the Sorrowful Mother of God.

1961–1984 · Contemporary

Sandra Maria Assunta Sabattini (19 August 1961 – 2 May 1984) was an Italian diarist, medical student, and member of the Pope John XXIII Community, who was beatified by the Catholic Church on 24 October 2021.

1903–1936 · Contemporary · Trinitarian Order

James of Jesus, born Santiago Arriaga y Arrien (Arrieta, November 22, 1903 – Cuenca, September 24, 1936), was a Spanish priest of the Order of the Most Holy Trinity.

1909–1936 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Santiago Mestre Iborra (Rafelbuñol, Valencia province, April 10, 1909 – Masamagrell, September 29, 1936) was a Spanish religious. He was murdered, along with his eight brothers, at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War, a victim of the terror unleashed in the Republican zone.

1881–1936 · Contemporary · Benedictines

Santiago Pardo López was a Spanish Catholic priest and Benedictine monk born in 1881 in Palacios de Benaver. He died in 1936 in Barbastro from a gunshot wound and is recognized as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1314 · Medieval

Blessed Santiago de Túnez was a figure within the Catholic Church. He died in 1314.

1765–1792 · Modern

Sanktus Huré, also known as Saintin Huré (born 1765 in Vigny near Rouen, died September 2, 1792, in Saint-Germain-des-Prés), was a French Catholic priest and blessed. He was a priest in the Diocese of Versailles.

1823–1896 · Modern

Saturnina Rodríguez de Zavalía (27 November 1823 – 5 April 1896), also known by her religious name Catalina de María, was an Argentine Roman Catholic professed religious and the founder of the Handmaids of the Heart of Jesus.

1414–1496 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Sebastian Maggi (1414–1496) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Dominicans. Maggi also served as the confessor to both Girolamo Savonarola and Catherine of Genoa. Pope Clement XIII beatified him on 15 April 1760.

1500–1535 · Reformation · Carthusian Order

Sebastian Newdigate, O.Cart (7 September 1500 – 19 June 1535) was the seventh child of John Newdigate, Sergeant-at-law. He spent his early life at court, and later became a Carthusian monk.

1629–1710 · Modern

Sebastian Valfrè (9 March 1629 – 30 January 1710) was a Catholic priest and a member of the Oratory of Saint Philip Neri. He is called the Apostle of Turin for his long years of service to the people of that city, where he served as the provost of the local Oratory for many years…

1502–1600 · Reformation · Order of Friars Minor

Sebastián de Aparicio y del Pardo (20 January 1502 – 25 February 1600) was a Spanish colonist in Mexico shortly after its conquest by Spain, who after a lifetime as a rancher and road builder entered the Order of Friars Minor as a lay brother.

1903–1936 · Contemporary · Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Sebastián Calvo Martínez, C.M.F. (Gumiel de Izán, January 20, 1903 – Barbastro, August 12, 1936), was a Spanish priest who was martyred in Barbastro during the Spanish Civil War and is venerated as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

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

Sebastiano Riera Coromina (Ribes de Freser, October 13, 1913 – 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.

950–1036 · Medieval · Benedictines

Blessed Sebestyén (died 1007), was a Hungarian Benedictine missionary, prelate and politician, who served as Archbishop of Esztergom between 1002 and 1007.

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

Secundino Ortega García, C.M.F. (Santa Cruz de la Salceda, May 20, 1912 – Barbastro, August 13, 1936), was a Spanish priest who was martyred in Barbastro during the Spanish Civil War and is venerated as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1891–1936 · Contemporary · Trinitarian Order

Segundo de Santa Teresa, born Segundo García Cabezas (Los Barrios de Nistoso, March 24, 1891 – Andújar, July 31, 1936), was a Spanish priest of the Order of the Most Holy Trinity.

1893–1947 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor

Serafin Koda, OFM (born April 25, 1893, in Janjeva, Kosovo; died May 11, 1947, in Lezhë) was a Roman Catholic Franciscan friar who was arrested and tortured for his faith in atheist Albania under the Enver Hoxha regime.

1434–1478 · Medieval · Poor Clares

Sveva da Montefeltro (1434 – 8 September 1478) was an Italian beatified nun and noblewoman of the House of Montefeltro. She is venerated by the Catholic Church for her life of devotion despite the hardships she encountered.

1884–1936 · Contemporary · Salesians of Don Bosco

Sergio Cid Pazo was a Spanish Catholic priest and a member of the Salesians of Don Bosco. Born in 1884 and dying in 1936, he is recognized as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1889–1941 · Contemporary

Severian Stefan Baranyk (Ukrainian: Северіян Бараник; 18 July 1889 - c. June 1941) was a Ukrainian Greek Catholic priest and martyr. Baranyk was born in Uhnów in Austrian Galicia (modern-day Uhniv, Ukraine).

1911–1936 · Contemporary

Silvester Arnau was a Spanish Catholic priest born in Berguedà in 1911. He died in 1936 and is recognized as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1295–1348 · Medieval · Augustinians

Simon of Cascia (or Simeone Fidati) (c. 1295–1348) was an ascetic and preacher from Cascia, Italy. In his early days, he was influenced by the Spiritual Franciscan Angelo Clareno da Cingoli. He is commemorated on February 16.

1208–1250 · Medieval · Franciscans

Simon of Collazzone, also known as Simon of Spoleto (born c. 1200 in Collazzone, Italy; died April 24, 1250, in Spoleto), was an early Franciscan and a companion of Saint Francis. He is traditionally venerated as Blessed.

1741–1794 · Modern · Order of Discalced Nuns of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel

Blessed Sister Saint Martha was a Catholic nun of the Order of Discalced Nuns of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel. Born in Bannes in 1741, she died by decapitation in Paris in 1794.

1876–1936 · Contemporary

Sofía Ximénez Ximénez (Valencia, October 15, 1876 – Paterna, September 23, 1936) was a Catholic martyr killed during the Spanish Civil War. A widow and mother of two, she was murdered alongside her sister due to her public participation in religious activities.

1870–1957 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Solanus Casey, OFMCap (born Bernard Francis Casey; November 25, 1870 – July 31, 1957) was an American Catholic priest of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin.