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1344–1411 · Medieval

Daniele de Ungrispach, born in Cormons (province of Friuli-Venezia Giulia) around 1344 and murdered by strangulation on March 31, 1411, is a blessed of the Roman Catholic Church. His liturgical feast day is March 31.

1880–1936 · Contemporary · Society of Jesus

Dariusz Hernández Morató, SJ (Spanish: Darío Hernández Morató; born October 25, 1880, in Buñol, died September 29, 1936, in Picadero de Paterna) was a Catholic priest, a Jesuit, and a martyr of the Spanish Civil War who was a victim of anti-Catholic persecution and is honored as…

1907–1936 · Contemporary · Piarists

David Carlos de Vergara Marañón, also known as David of the Blessed Sacrament, Sch. P. (Asarta, Mendaza, December 29, 1907 – Gabasa, July 28, 1936), was a Spanish Piarist religious of the Peralta de la Sal community, a martyr during the Spanish Civil War in 1936, and is venerated…

1920–1959 · Contemporary

Dedë Malaj (born November 16, 1920, or according to other sources November 16, 1917, in Northern Albania; died May 11 or 12, 1959, on the shores of Lake Shkodra) was a Roman Catholic priest who was arrested, tortured, and shot for his faith in atheist Albania under the Enver Hoxh…

1920–1947 · Contemporary

Dedë Maçaj (born October 21 or February 5, 1920, in Mal i Jushit near Shkodër; died March 15 or March 28, 1947, in Përmet, Albania) was a Roman Catholic priest. He was executed by firing squad by the communist regime in Albania for his faith.

1896–1936 · Contemporary

Didacus Llorca Llopis (born July 2, 1896, in Oliva; died September 6, 1936) was a Spanish Catholic priest, Christian martyr, and blessed of the Catholic Church. He was baptized the day after his birth, on July 3, 1896.

1880–1936 · Contemporary

Diego Ventaja Milán (Ohanes, June 22, 1880 – Vícar, August 30, 1936) was a Spanish Catholic bishop. He was one of the thirteen bishops killed in the Republican zone during the Spanish Civil War, a victim of religious persecution.

1890–1936 · Contemporary

Mateo Molinos Coloma (Forcall, August 21, 1890–Traveseras, August 8, 1936), better known as Dionisio Luis, was a Spanish Catholic religious, a member of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, who was killed during the religious persecution amid the Spanish Civil…

1868–1936 · Contemporary · Piarists

Dionisio Pamplona Polo, also known as Dionisio of Saint Barnabas (Calamocha, October 11, 1868 – Monzón, July 25, 1936), was a Spanish Piarist priest who was murdered during the Spanish Civil War in 1936. Considered a martyr, he is venerated as a blessed in the Catholic Church.

1871–1936 · Contemporary · Conventual Franciscans

Dionisio Vicente Ramos was a Spanish Franciscan friar who was born on October 9, 1871, in Teruel, Spain. During the Spanish Civil War, he was killed in 1936 in Granollers, along with friars Alfonso Lopez, Modesto Vegas, Pedro Rivera, Francisco Remón, and Miguel Remón.

1150 · Medieval

Dodo is a saint of Frisian origin. He was a hermit who lived in Haske, where he assisted victims of blood feuds. He died in 1231 when his hermitage collapsed. When he was recovered from the rubble, he bore signs of the stigmata.

1900–1936 · Contemporary · Franciscans

Domingo Alonso de Frutos (born May 12, 1900, in Navares de Ayuso; died August 16, 1936, in Fuente el Fresno) was a Spanish Franciscan, priest, theologian, Christian martyr, and blessed of the Roman Catholic Church.

1592–1628 · Reformation · Dominican Order

Dominic Castellet Vinale (born Francis Castellet Vinale; October 17, 1592, in Esparreguera, Catalonia; died September 8, 1628, on Nishizaka Hill, Nagasaki) was a Catholic blessed, Dominican friar, missionary, and martyr.

1000–1046 · Medieval · Benedictines

Druthmar of Corvey (also Druthmarus, Dietmar, Druchmarus, Drutmarus, Druotmarus, Diethmarus, Theotmarus) (died February 15, 1046, in Corvey) was the abbot of Corvey Abbey from 1015.

1018–1078 · Medieval

Eberhard VI of Nellenburg (born c. 1015; died March 26, 1078/79 or March 1, 1080) succeeded his father Eppo (died 1034) as Count in the Zürichgau, first appearing in records in 1036/37.

1165–1191 · Medieval

Eberhard of Kumbd (also known as "de Comede / Comeda" or "of Stahleck"; born 1165; died November 30, 1191, at the Cistercian nunnery of Kumbd in the Hunsrück) was a blessed subdeacon. He was born the son of the ministerialis Wolfram in Bacharach, below Stahleck Castle.

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

Eduardo Ripoll Diego, C.M.F. (Jàtiva, January 9, 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.

800–802 · Medieval · Benedictines

Egino of Verona (8th century – Reichenau Island, February 27, 802) was a German scholar who became Bishop of Verona; he is considered a blessed. Egino came from a prominent Alemannic family: some evidence suggests he was of Ahalolfingian origin.

1060 · Medieval · Benedictines

Blessed Heloise of Coulombs (also Helvise or Helwisa) was a French recluse who lived under the obedience of the Benedictine Abbey of Notre-Dame de Coulombs, in the Diocese of Chartres, and died around 1066.

1883–1936 · Contemporary

Elvira of the Nativity of Our Lady (Spanish: Elvira de la Natividad de Nuestra Señora), born Elvira Torrentallé Paraire on June 29, 1883, in Balsareny, and died on August 19, 1936, was a blessed of the Catholic Church, a Spanish martyr of the Carmelite Sisters of Charity, and a v…

1869–1936 · Contemporary

Elias Carbonell Molla (born November 20, 1869, in Cocentaina, Alicante; died October 2, 1936) was a Spanish blessed of the Catholic Church. He was born into a large family; his father was a physician.

1888–1936 · Contemporary

Encarnación Gil Valls (Ontinyent, January 27, 1888 – L'Olleria, September 24, 1936) was a Catholic martyr killed during the Spanish Civil War.

1890–1936 · Contemporary · Piarists

Blessed Enrique Canadell (1890–1936) was a Spanish Piarist priest who died as a martyr in Castellfollit de la Roca, Catalonia, during the Spanish Civil War in 1936. He was beatified by John Paul II in 1995. He is buried in his village church, Saint Stephen's Church in Olot.

1930–1994 · Contemporary · Society of Mary

Henri Vergès (in Catalan: Enric Vergés), born on July 15, 1930, in Matemale (Pyrénées-Orientales) and murdered on May 8, 1994, in Algiers (Algeria), was a French Marist brother and teacher.

1913–1936 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Enrique García Beltrán (Almassora, March 16, 1913 – Castellón, August 16, 1936) was a Capuchin friar from Castellón who died as a martyr at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War.

1907–1936 · Contemporary

Enrique Juan Requena (Ayelo de Malferit, Valencia, March 2, 1907 – December 29, 1936) was a Spanish priest, venerated as a blessed by the Catholic Church. He was a priest of the Archdiocese of Valencia.

1908–1936 · Contemporary

Enrique Morant Pellicer (born October 13, 1908, in Bellreguard, Valencia; died October 4, 1936, in Xaraco) was a blessed of the Catholic Church. He was born into a deeply religious family. He moved to Madrid to study architecture but later decided to enter the seminary.

1896–1936 · Contemporary

Enrique Vidaurreta Palma (October 10, 1896 – August 31, 1936) was a martyr of the religious persecution during the Spanish Civil War, born in Antequera, Spain. He was beatified in Rome on October 28, 2007, alongside 498 martyrs of the 20th century in Spain.

1916–1936 · Contemporary · Passionists

Epifanio Sierra Conde was a brother of the Passionist Congregation who was killed by anticlerical forces during the Spanish Civil War. He was beatified by Pope John Paul II on October 1, 1989.

850–854 · Medieval

Erchanbert, sometimes also referred to as Hercumbert, Ercambert, or Ercanbert (died January 11, 854), was an abbot, teacher, grammarian, and Bishop of Freising from January 29, 835, until his death.

1079–1132 · Medieval

Erkenbert of Frankenthal, also known as Erkenbert of Worms (born c. 1079 in Worms; died December 24, 1132, in Frankenthal), was a nobleman, monastery founder, and provost in the area of what is now Frankenthal (Palatinate).

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

Esteve Casadevall i Puig (Argelaguer, March 6, 1913 – Barbastro, August 13, 1936) was a Claretian religious. He is venerated as a blessed by the Catholic Church. He entered the Claretian college in Cervera and continued his studies in Alagón, Barbastro, and Vic.

1897–1934 · Contemporary

Euphrasius of the Child Jesus, born Barredo Fernández (February 8, 1897, in Cancienes – October 12, 1934, in Oviedo), was a Discalced Carmelite and a blessed of the Catholic Church. After taking his religious vows in 1916, he began studies in theology and philosophy.

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

Eusebio Maria Codina Millá, C.M.F. (Albesa, December 7, 1914 – 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.

1876–1936 · Contemporary

Facunda Margenat (1876–1936) was a Spanish religious sister of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Girona. Assassinated in odium fidei during the religious persecution of the Spanish Civil War, she is venerated as a blessed and martyr by the Catholic Church.

1881–1936 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Facundo Escanciano Tejerina, known in religion as Aurelio of Ocejo (February 4, 1881, Ocejo – August 17, 1936, Madrid), was a Spanish Roman Catholic friar of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin and a martyr. The Catholic Church venerates him as a blessed.

1890–1936 · Contemporary · Piarists

Faustino Oteiza Segura, or Faustino of Our Lady of Sorrows, Sch. P. (Ayegui, February 14, 1890 – Azanuy, August 9, 1936), was a Piarist priest of the Peralta de la Sal community, a martyr during the Spanish Civil War in 1936, and is venerated as a blessed in the Catholic Church.

1911–1936 · Contemporary · Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Faustino Pérez García (Barindano, July 30, 1911 – Barbastro, August 15, 1936) was a Navarrese Claretian friar. Because he was murdered along with other members of his community while at the Barbastro seminary, he was beatified by John Paul II in 1992.

1915–1936 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor

Federico Herrera Bermejo (born February 21, 1915, in Almagro, died August 16, 1936, in Fuente el Fresno) was a Spanish Franciscan, seminarian, Christian martyr, and blessed of the Roman Catholic Church.

1878–1939 · Contemporary

Felipe Ripoll Morata (born September 14, 1878, in Teruel; died February 7, 1939, near Girona) was a Spanish Catholic priest, Christian martyr, and blessed of the Roman Catholic Church. He came from a poor, religious family.

1905–1936 · Contemporary · Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Ferdinand Saperas Aluja (born September 8, 1905, in Alió, died August 13, 1936, in Mas Claret) was a Spanish religious of the Claretians, a martyr, a victim of the Spanish Civil War of 1936–1939, and a blessed of the Catholic Church.

1905–1936 · Contemporary

Fernando Garcia Sendra (born March 3, 1905, in Pego; died September 18, 1936) was a blessed of the Catholic Church. He served as an altar boy before entering the Franciscan College. After three years in Benissa, he returned home due to illness.

1886–1936 · Contemporary

Ferdinand González Añón (born February 17, 1886, in Turís; died August 27, 1936, in Picassent) was a Spanish priest and a blessed of the Catholic Church. He came from a religious family, the son of Fernando González Pons and Isabel Navarro Añón.

1880–1936 · Contemporary · Society of Mary

Fidel Fuidio Rodríguez (Yécora, April 24, 1880 – Carrión de Calatrava, October 17, 1936) was a Spanish archaeologist, teacher, and Marianist. He was executed by firing squad during the Civil War, a victim of the repression in the Republican zone.

1412–1451 · Medieval

Philippa of Chantemilan (born 1412 in Changy, died October 15, 1451, in Vienne) was a French virgin, venerated as a blessed by the faithful of the Roman Catholic Church. She was born the daughter of Jean de Chantemilan and Jeanne de Vernay.

1890–1936 · Contemporary

Florencia Caerols Martínez was a Catholic martyr killed during the Spanish Civil War. Single and very active in her parish, she worked as a catechist in the region.

1856–1936 · Contemporary · Piarists

Florentín Felipe Naya, born Francisco Felipe Naya and known in religion as Florentín de San Francisco de Borja (Alquézar, October 10, 1856 – Azanuy, August 9, 1936), was a Piarist religious of the Peralta de la Sal community.

1917–1936 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Friar Marçal de Vilafranca, born Carles Canyes Santacana, was a Catalan Capuchin friar and student. Born in Vilafranca del Penedès in 1917 into a deeply religious family, he was one of nine children, all of whom entered religious life.

1916–1946 · Contemporary

Fran Miraka (born August 13, 1916, in Puka; died March 4, 1946, or October 1946 in Shkodër) was an Albanian Catholic who was shot by the communists for the sake of his faith. He is one of the Thirty-eight Martyrs of Albania.

1750–1800 · Modern

Francis Bae Gwan-gyeom (Korean: 배관겸 프란치스코; born c. 1740–1750 in Jinmok, Dangjin, in the then-province of Chungcheong, Korea; died January 7, 1800, in Cheongju, Korea) was a Korean martyr and a blessed of the Catholic Church.