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1565–1624 · Reformation · Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy

Mariana Navarro de Guevara, in full Mariana Navarro de Guevara Romero (17 January 1565 – 17 April 1624) was a Spanish Roman Catholic nun who became a member of the Mercedarian Tertiaries. Upon admittance she took the religious name Mariana of Jesus.

1856–1936 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Fidelis of Puzol, born Mariano Climent Sanchis (January 8, 1856, in Puzol, Valencian Community – September 27, 1936, near Sagunto), was a Spanish Capuchin friar, Catholic martyr, and blessed of the Catholic Church, who was a victim of anti-Catholic persecution during the Spanish…

1897–1936 · Contemporary

Mariano Mullerat i Soldevila (24 March 1897 - 13 August 1936) was a Spanish Roman Catholic doctor who also served as the mayor for Arbeca from 1924 until March 1930.

1887–1936 · Contemporary · Order of St. Augustine

Mariano Revilla Rico was a Spanish Latin Catholic priest, theologian, and author who served as the Prior of the Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial. A member of the Order of St.

1869–1936 · Contemporary · Benedictines

Mariano Sierra Almanzor was a Spanish Benedictine monk born in 1869 in Alquézar. He died in 1936 in Barbastro and has been beatified as a blessed.

1845–1926 · Contemporary

Mariano de Jesús Euse Hoyos (14 October 1845 - 13 July 1926) was a Colombian Roman Catholic priest ordained in 1872 for the Diocese of Santa Rosa de Osos.

1905–1983 · Contemporary · Augustinians

Mariano de la Mata Aparício, OSA (31 December 1905 - 5 April 1983) was a Spanish Catholic priest and a professed member of the Order of Saint Augustine. He joined the missions in Brazil where he served until his death and was known for his educational work with the poor.

1857–1936 · Contemporary · Trinitarian Order

Mariano of Saint Joseph, born Santiago Altolaguirre Altolaguirre (Igorre, December 30, 1857 – Villanueva del Arzobispo, July 26, 1936), was a Spanish priest of the Order of the Most Holy Trinity.

1754–1794 · Modern

Marie Anne Pichery was born in 1754 in Chalonnes-sur-Loire and died in 1794 in Angers. She is recognized as blessed.

1684–1759 · Modern

Marie Louise Trichet, also known as Marie-Louise de Jésus (1684–1759), was a French Catholic figure who, with Louis de Montfort, founded the Congregation of religious women called Daughters of Wisdom and since the age of seventeen devoted her life to caring for the poor and the s…

1653–1744 · Modern · Dominican Order

Marie Poussepin (14 October 1653 – 24 January 1744) was a French Dominican who founded the congregation of the Dominican Sisters of Charity of the Presentation.

1811–1849 · Modern · Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary

Marie-Rose Durocher, SNJM (6 October 1811 – 6 October 1849) was a Canadian Catholic religious sister who founded the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary. She was beatified in 1982.

1841–1884 · Modern

Marie Deluil-Martiny (28 May 1841 – 27 February 1884), known in religion as Marie of Jesus, was a French Catholic religious sister and the founder of the Daughters of the Heart of Jesus. She was murdered by the convent's gardener in 1884.

1723–1794 · Modern

Marie de La Dive was born in 1723 in Saint-Crespin-sur-Moine, France, and was married to François du Verdier de La Sorinière. She died in Angers in 1794 and is recognized as blessed.

1661–1717 · Modern · Order of Discalced Nuns of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel

Marianna Fontanella, OCD (7 January 1661 – 16 December 1717), also known as Maria degli Angeli or Mary of the Angels, was an Italian Catholic member of the Discalced Carmelites.

1742–1794 · Modern · Order of Discalced Nuns of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel

Born in 1742 in Fresnes-Mazancourt, France, Marie du Saint Esprit was a Catholic nun of the Order of Discalced Nuns of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel. She died by decapitation in Paris in 1794 and is recognized as blessed by the Catholic Church.

1566–1618 · Reformation · Order of Discalced Nuns of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel

Marie of the Incarnation, OCD, also known as Madame Acarie (1 February 1566–18 April 1618), was the foundress of the Discalced Carmel in France and later became an extern sister of the order.

1734–1794 · Modern

Marie-Anne Vaillot was a French nun born in 1734 in Fontainebleau. She died in 1794 in Avrillé and has been beatified as a blessed.

1762–1792 · Modern · Society of Saint-Sulpice

Marie-Auguste Luzeau de la Mulonnière was a Catholic priest and member of the Society of Saint-Sulpice born in 1762 in Sucé-sur-Erdre. He died in 1792 at the Carmes Prison and is recognized as a blessed.

1939–1964 · Contemporary

Marie-Clémentine Anuarite Nengapeta (29 December 1939 – 1 December 1964), born Anuarite Nengapeta, was a Congolese Catholic martyr and member of the Sisters of the Holy Family. Her mother had all her children along with her baptized in 1945.

1878–1897 · Modern · Poor Clares

Jeanne-Germaine Castang (24 May 1878 – 30 May 1897) – in religious Marie-Céline of the Presentation – was a French Roman Catholic nun from the Poor Clares.

1765–1794 · Modern · Order of Discalced Nuns of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel

The Martyrs of Compiègne were the 16 members of the Carmel of Compiègne, France: 11 Discalced Carmelite nuns, three lay sisters, and two externs (or tertiaries).

1840–1912 · Contemporary · Little Sisters of the Holy Family (Sherbrooke)

Marie-Léonie Paradis, PSSF (born Virginie-Alodie Paradis but raised as Élodie Paradis; 12 May 1840 – 3 May 1912) was a French-Canadian Catholic religious sister from Quebec who established the Little Sisters of the Holy Family in 1880, dedicated to the domestic needs in the field…

1840–1881 · Modern

Marie-Élisabeth Turgeon (7 February 1840 – 17 August 1881), born as Élisabeth Turgeon, was a Canadian religious sister and the founder of the Sisters of Our Lady of the Rosary. She assumed the name Marie-Élisabeth as her religious name.

1933–1969 · Contemporary

Marin Shkurti (born October 1, 1933, in Samrisht near Shkodër; died April 1, 1969) was a Roman Catholic priest who was arrested, tortured, and executed by firing squad for his faith in atheist Albania under the Enver Hoxha regime.

1888–1936 · Contemporary

Marino Blanes Giner was born in Alicante, Spain, in 1888. He died in 1936 and has been beatified as a blessed.

1932–1960 · Contemporary

Mario Borzaga, born on August 27, 1932, in Trento, Italy, and murdered on April 25, 1960, in Laos, was an Italian Catholic missionary of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate. Having died a martyr in odium fidei, he is venerated as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1900–1945 · Contemporary

Mario Ciceri (8 September 1900 – 4 April 1945) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest from Milan. He was born to farmers and had an inclination to enter the priesthood since his childhood; he studied in Bergamo and in Milan before he was ordained as a priest at the Duomo in 1924 an…

1910–1950 · Contemporary

Mario Vergara (16 November 1910 – 24 May 1950) was an Italian Catholic priest of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions who was killed in Burma (now Myanmar) in 1950. He was beatified in 2014 after the recognition of his martyrdom.

1570–1601 · Reformation · Benedictines

Mark Barkworth, OSB (alias Mark Lambert; c. 1572 – 1601) was a Catholic priest, oblate of the Order of St Benedict, and martyr. Born around 1572 at Searby, Lincolnshire, he studied for a time at Oxford, though no record remains of his stay there.

1631–1699 · Reformation · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Mark of Aviano (Italian: Marco d'Aviano), born Carlo Domenico Cristofori (November 17, 1631 – August 13, 1699) was an Italian Capuchin friar. In 2003, he was beatified by Pope John Paul II.

800–853 · Medieval · Benedictines

Marcuvard of Prüm (or Marcuard, Markward, or Markquard; Latin: Marquardus Prumiensis), who died on May 27, 853, was the abbot of Saint-Hubert and Prüm Abbey from 829 until his death. He is beatified by the Catholic Church.

1100–1142 · Medieval · Premonstratensians

Marquard is a small farming town in the Free State province of South Africa that serves Winburg in the northwest. The town was set up in 1905 by an influential Dutch Reform minister, JJ Marquard, with the help of Christoffel Cornelis Froneman, the commandant of the Orange Free St…

1874–1904 · Contemporary · Congregation of the Mission

Marta Anna Wiecka (12 January 1874 - 30 May 1904) was a Polish Roman Catholic nun of the Vincentian Sisters. She assumed the name of "Maria" upon taking her vows. Wiecka worked throughout her life as a nurse in various hospitals in both Poland and Ukraine.

1816–1883 · Modern

Aimée-Adèle Le Bouteiller (2 December 1816 - 18 March 1883) was a French religious sister of the Sisters of Marie Madeleine Postel. She assumed the religious name Marthe and became noted for her work for the congregation in a range of capacities.

1737–1800 · Modern

Blessed Martin In Eon-min was a member of the Catholic Church born in 1737. He died in 1800.

1801 · Modern

Martinus Yi Jung-bae was a member of the Catholic Church who died by decapitation in 1801. He is recognized as a blessed.

1799 · Modern · Cistercians

The Martyrs of Casamari were six Cistercian monks, led by Siméon Cardon, who were killed by French soldiers in May 1799 at Casamari Abbey. They are recognized as martyrs by the Catholic Church, and their beatification took place on April 17, 2021. Their feast day is May 16.

1877–1937 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Frederic of Berga, born Martí Tarrés Puigpelat (October 8, 1877, in Berga – February 16/17, 1937, in Barcelona), was a Spanish priest of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, a martyr, and a blessed of the Catholic Church.

1895–1936 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Martí de Barcelona (the religious name of Jaume Bagunyà i Casanovas; c. 1895–1936) was a Catalan Capuchin historian. He was born in Barcelona in c. 1895. He entered the convent of the Sarrià Capuchins and got his degree in history at the Catholic university of Louvain.

1900–1936 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor

Martín Lozano Tello (born September 19, 1900, in Corral de Almaguer; died August 16, 1936, in Boca de Balondillo) was a Spanish Franciscan, biblical scholar, Christian martyr, and blessed of the Roman Catholic Church.

1910–1936 · Contemporary

Martín Martínez Pascual (Valdealgorfa, November 11, 1910 – Valdealgorfa, August 18, 1936) was a Spanish priest who was executed by firing squad by militiamen shortly after the beginning of the Spanish Civil War. He was beatified in 1995 and is commemorated on August 18.

1632–1668 · Reformation

Mary Catherine of St. Augustine, OSA (French: Marie-Catherine de Saint-Augustin) (3 May 1632 – 8 May 1668) was a French canoness regular who was instrumental in the development of the Hôtel-Dieu de Québec in the colony of New France.

1819–1876 · Modern · Poor Sisters of St. Francis

Mary Frances Schervier, (German: Franziska Schervier; 3 January 1819 – 14 December 1876) was a German Catholic nun who founded two congregations of religious sisters of the Third Order Regular of St. Francis, both committed to serving the neediest of the poor.

1863–1899 · Modern · Good Shepherd Sisters

Mary of the Divine Heart (Münster, 8 September 1863 – Porto, 8 June 1899), born Maria Droste zu Vischering, was a German noblewoman and religious sister of the Catholic Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd.

1270–1290 · Medieval

Maria Dolorosa (Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe, c. 1270 – ibid., June 18, 1290) is a Brabantine blessed who is known in popular devotion as Lenneke Mare, which is said to be a corruption of Alleyndiger Maria.

1920–1990 · Contemporary · Good Shepherd Sisters

Antonia Luzmila Rivas "Aguchita" López, RGS (María Agustina in religion; 13 June 1920 – 27 September 1990) was a Peruvian Catholic religious sister of the Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd. Rivas studied in Lima before she became a religious sister.

1893–1936 · Contemporary

María Amparo Carbonell Muñoz (born November 9, 1893, died September 6, 1936) was a Spanish Salesian, martyr, and blessed of the Catholic Church. She joined the convent of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians.

1898–1919 · Contemporary · Daughters of Jesus (Salamanca)

María Antonia Bandrés Elósegui (6 March 1898 – 27 April 1919) was a Spanish Roman Catholic professed religious from the Daughters of Jesus. She lived a brief life but was noted for her ardent faith and her Marian devotion while also being known for the effect she had on the faith…

1898–1993 · Contemporary

María Berenice Hencker (14 August 1898 – 25 July 1993), born as Ana Julia Duque Hencker, was a Colombian religious sister and the founder of the Little Sisters of the Annunciation.