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1871–1936 · Contemporary

Maria Calaf Miracle of Our Lady of Providence (born December 18, 1871; died August 19, 1936) was a Spanish blessed of the Catholic Church. She received a religious upbringing at home and became a nun.

1848–1918 · Contemporary · Sisters Servants of Mary

María Catalina Irigoyen Echegaray (25 November 1848 - 10 October 1918) - in religious María Desposorios - was a Spanish Roman Catholic professed religious and a professed member from the Siervos de María Ministros de los Enfermos.

1887–1936 · Contemporary

María Climent Mateu was a Spanish citizen born in 1887. She died in 1936 and has been recognized as blessed.

1882–1936 · Contemporary

Maria Concepción Odriozola Zabalia de San Ignacio (born February 8, 1882, in Azpeitia; died November 24, 1936, in Paterna) was a Spanish Carmelite Sister of Charity, martyr, and blessed of the Catholic Church.

1884–1936 · Contemporary · Carmelites

María Consuelo Cuñado González (Bilbao, January 2, 1884 – Paterna, Valencia, November 24, 1936) was a Carmelite nun. After completing her novitiate in Vitoria, she moved to Valencia to work as a teacher at the local school.

1877–1936 · Contemporary

María Desamparados Giner Líster of the Blessed Sacrament (born December 13, 1877, in Grao, died August 19, 1936, in El Saler) was a Spanish Carmelite Sister of Charity, martyr, and blessed of the Catholic Church.

1897–1936 · Contemporary

Blessed María Dolores Aguiar-Mella y Díaz was born in 1897 in Montevideo and held citizenship in Spain. She died in 1936 in Madrid.

1848–1918 · Contemporary

María Dolores Rodríguez Sopeña, ICDS (30 December 1848 – 10 January 1918) was a Spanish Catholic nun and the founder of the Sisters of the Catechetical Institute.

1890–1936 · Contemporary

Maria Felicyta Masia Ferragut (born August 29, 1890, in Algemesí; died October 25, 1936) was a Spanish blessed of the Catholic Church. She entered a convent, and her sisters were also nuns.

1901–1936 · Contemporary

María Fenollosa Alcaina was born in Spain in 1901. She died in 1936 and has been recognized as a blessed.

1873–1937 · Contemporary · Trinitarian Order

Francesca of the Incarnation, born María Francisca Espejo y Martos (Martos, February 12, 1873 – Las Casillas, January 13, 1937), was a Spanish Trinitarian nun killed by Republicans during the Spanish Civil War. She was beatified as a martyr by Pope Benedict XVI in 2007.

1925–1959 · Contemporary · Order of Discalced Nuns of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel

María Guggiari Echeverría, OCD (María Felicia de Jesús Sacramentado in religion; 12 January 1925 – 28 April 1959), was a Paraguayan Discalced Carmelite who served in her adolescence as a member of Catholic Action.

1904–1981 · Contemporary

Manuela de Jesús Arias Espinosa (7 July 1904 – 22 July 1981), also known by her religious name María Inés Teresa of the Blessed Sacrament, was a Mexican religious sister in the Roman Catholic Church and the founder of both the Poor Clare Missionaries of the Blessed Sacrament (194…

1905–1936 · Contemporary

María Jordá Botella was a Catholic martyr who was killed during the Spanish Civil War. She was the youngest member of a group executed for their public displays of faith and was beatified by Pope John Paul II on March 11, 2001.

1901–1937 · Contemporary

María Luisa Montesinos Orduña was born in Valencia in 1901 and died in Picassent in 1937. A citizen of Spain, she is recognized as a blessed.

1882–1936 · Contemporary · Capuchin Poor Clares

María Milagros Ortells Gimeno was a Spanish religious sister of the Capuchin Poor Clares born in Valencia in 1882. She died in 1936 from a gunshot wound and is recognized as a blessed.

1911–1936 · Contemporary

María Pilar Gullón Yturriaga was born in Madrid in 1911 to Manuel Gullón García-Prieto and worked as a nurse. She died in 1936 in Puerto de Somiedo as one of the Spanish martyrs of the 20th century and is buried in Astorga Cathedral. She is recognized as a blessed.

1906–1945 · Contemporary

María Pilar Izquierdo Albero (27 July 1906 – 27 August 1945) was a Spanish religious sister who founded the Missionary Work of Jesus of Mary (1939).

1877–1936 · Contemporary · Carmelites

Jacoba Martínez García, in religion Maria Pilar of Saint Francis Borgia (1877–1936), was one of the three Carmelite martyrs of Guadalajara during the Spanish Civil War. She was beatified on March 29, 1987, by Pope John Paul II. Her feast day is July 24.

1781–1853 · Modern · Sisters of Charity of St. Anne

María Rafols Bruna (5 November 1781 – 30 August 1853) was a Spanish Roman Catholic nun, mystic and the co-founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of Saint Anne that she established alongside the Catholic priest Juan Bonal Cortada.

1881–1936 · Contemporary · Order of Discalced Nuns of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel

Elvira Moragas Cantarero, religious name María Sagrario de San Luis Gonzaga, (8 January 1881 – 15 August 1936) was a Spanish nun of the Order of the Discalced Carmelites of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel.

1884–1936 · Contemporary · Capuchin Poor Clares

María Verónica Masiá Ferragut was a Spanish religious sister and a member of the Capuchin Poor Clares. Born in 1884 to Maria Teresa Ferragut Roig, she died in 1936. She is recognized as a blessed.

1560–1640 · Reformation · Order of Discalced Nuns of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel

María López de Rivas Martínez, OCD (18 August 1560 – 13 September 1640), in religion María of Jesus, was a Spanish Discalced Carmelite. She was beatified on 14 November 1976. María López de Rivas Martinez was born in Spain on 18 August 1560 into a life of wealth.

1892–1936 · Contemporary

María de la Purificación Vidal Pastor was a Catholic martyr killed during the Spanish Civil War. A single laywoman, she was martyred due to her public manifestation of religiosity and was beatified by Pope John Paul II on March 11, 2001.

1834–1899 · Modern · Franciscans

María del Carmen González-Ramos García-Prieto de Muñoz (30 June 1834 – 9 November 1899), also known by her religious name María del Carmen of the Child Jesus, was a Spanish Roman Catholic professed religious and the founder of the Franciscan Sisters of the Sacred Hearts.

1885–1936 · Contemporary

Maria del Carmen Moreno Benítez (born August 24, 1885, in Villamartín; died September 1, 1936, in Barcelona) was a Spanish Salesian sister, martyr, and blessed of the Catholic Church. She joined the Institute of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians.

1893–1936 · Contemporary

Blessed María del Carmen Viel Ferrando was born in 1893 in Sueca, Spain. She died in 1936.

1903–1936 · Contemporary

Maria del Olvido Noguera Albelda (born December 30, 1903, in Valencia; died November 30, 1936) was a Spanish blessed of the Catholic Church. She was a member of Catholic Action. She died during the Spanish Civil War at the age of 32.

1821–1885 · Modern · Third Order of Saint Francis

María del Tránsito Cabanillas (15 August 1821 – 25 August 1885) was an Argentine Roman Catholic Franciscan tertiary and the founder of the Franciscan Tertiary Missionary Sisters. Upon her solemn profession she assumed the religious name María del Tránsito de Jesús Sacramentado.

1905–1936 · Contemporary · Carmelites

Martienne Valtierra-Tordesillas, in religion Marie Ange de Saint Joseph (1905–1936), was one of the three Carmelite martyrs of Guadalajara during the Spanish Civil War. She was beatified on March 29, 1987, by Pope John Paul II. Her feast day is July 24.

1580–1607 · Reformation

Mathew Flathers (Matthew; alias Major) (c. 1580 – 21 March c. 1607) was an English Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1987. Born at Weston, West Riding of Yorkshire, Flathers was educated at Douai, graduating on 5 June 1605.

955–999 · Medieval

Matilda (December 955 – February 999), also known as Mathilda and Mathilde, was a German regent, and the first Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg.

1420–1470 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Matthew Carreri, (Italian: Matteo Carreri; ca 1420 – 5 October 1470) was a Dominican friar noted for the "austerity of his life." He was the spiritual instructor of Stephana de Quinzanis, and like her, an alleged stigmatic.

1376–1450 · Medieval · Order of Friars Minor

Matteo da Gimara, OFM (also known as Matthew of Agrigento; c. 1376 – 7 January 1450) was an Italian Catholic prelate and a professed member of the Order of Friars Minor. He served as the Bishop of Agrigento from 17 September 1442 until his resignation in mid-1445.

1080–1136 · Medieval · Benedictines

Matthew of Albano (Matthieu, O.S.B.Clun.) (died 1134) was a French Benedictine monk and Cardinal, and papal legate. He is a Catholic saint. He was instrumental in the recognition of the Knights Templar, at the 1129 Council of Troyes.

1765–1795 · Modern

Matthias Choe In-gil (1765–June 28, 1795) was a Korean martyr and a blessed of the Catholic Church. Born in 1765, Choe In-gil converted to Catholicism in 1784.

1902–1936 · Contemporary · Piarists

Matías Cardona Meseguer (born December 23, 1902, in Vallibona, died August 20, 1936, in the same place) was a Spanish priest of the Piarist Order. He was a victim of the anti-Catholic persecutions during the Spanish Civil War, murdered out of hatred for the faith (odium fidei).

1585 · Reformation

Muiris Mac Ionrachtaigh, anglicised as Maurice MacKenraghty (died 30 April 1585), was an Irish Roman Catholic priest who was put to death, officially for high treason, but in reality as part of the religious persecution of the Catholic Church in Ireland by Queen Elizabeth I and h…

1903–1936 · Contemporary · Benedictines

Mauro Palazuelos was a Spanish Catholic priest, theologian, and Benedictine prior born in 1903 in Peñacastillo. He died in 1936 in Barbastro from a gunshot wound. He is recognized as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1701–1757 · Modern · Benedictines

Maurus Xaverius Herbst or Florian Johann Friedrich Herbst (14 September 1701 – 4 April 1757) was a German Benedictine abbot. Herbst was born in Pleinfeld to Franz Herbst (died 1731) and Anna Maria Clara Herbst (née Gulden).

1000–1070 · Medieval · Benedictines

Maurus of Pécs or Mór (Hungarian: Mór pécsi püspök) was the first known prelate who was born in the Kingdom of Hungary. He was abbot of the Benedictine Abbey of Pannonhalma between around 1029 and 1036, and bishop of Pécs from year 1036 until his death around year 1075.

1887–1944 · Contemporary

Max Josef Metzger (3 February 1887 – 17 April 1944) was a Catholic priest and leading German pacifist. Due to his activities for peace between nations, Metzger was a thorn in the side of the National Socialists.

1125–1160 · Medieval · Benedictines

Mechtildis of Edelstetten, also known as Mechtildis of Diessen or Mechtildis of Andechs, was a Benedictine abbess and, according to legend, a renowned miracle worker.

975–1036 · Medieval

Meinwerk (c. 975 – 5 June 1036) was the Bishop of Paderborn from 1009 until his death. He was a member of the aristocratic Immedinger family and was granted his see on the understanding that his property would pass to the diocese on his death.

1899–1936 · Contemporary · Trinitarian Order

Melchior of the Holy Spirit, born Melchor Rodríguez Villastrigo (Laguna de Negrillos, January 29, 1899 – Cuenca, September 24, 1936), was a Spanish priest of the Order of the Most Holy Trinity.

1599–1632 · Reformation

Melchior of Saint Augustine, born Melchor Sánchez Pérez (Granada 1599 – Nagasaki, December 11, 1632), was a Spanish missionary of the Order of Augustinian Recollects. A martyr in Japan, he was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1989.

1880–1936 · Contemporary · Society of St. Teresa of Jesus

Mercè Prat i Prat, STJ (6 March 1880 - 24 July 1936) was a Spanish Catholic nun who was a member of the Societatis Sanctae Teresiae a Iesu. She assumed the religious name of Maria Mercè of the Sacred Heart.

1100 · Medieval

Mercherdach (also Muiredach, Murchertachus, and others) was an Irish pilgrim monk who lived as a recluse at the Obermünster church in Regensburg during the 11th century. He is venerated as a blessed.

1852–1890 · Modern

Michael Joseph McGivney (August 12, 1852 – August 14, 1890) was an American Catholic priest based in New Haven, Connecticut. He founded the Knights of Columbus at a local parish to serve as a mutual aid and insurance organization, particularly for immigrants and their families.

1583–1628 · Reformation · Society of Jesus