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1349–1449 · Medieval · Third Order of Saint Francis

Nicola da Forca Palena (10 September 1349 – 1 October 1449) was an Italian member of the Third Order of Saint Francis and the co-founder of the Poor Hermits of Saint Jerome, along with Pietro Gambacorta. He established the Sant'Onofrio church in Rome where he was later buried.

1882–1958 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Nicola da Gesturi (4 August 1882 – 8 June 1958), born Giovanni Angelo Salvatore Medda, was an Italian Roman Catholic and a professed member of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin. Throughout his life he encouraged and led charitable works in Sardinia.

1642–1678 · Reformation

Nicolas Roland (8 December 1642 - 27 April 1678) was a French priest, canon and educator. He was a friend, contemporary and spiritual director of John Baptist de La Salle.

1638–1686 · Reformation

Niels Steensen (Danish: Niels Steensen; Latinized to Nicolas Steno or Nicolaus Stenonius; 1 January 1638 – 25 November 1686 [NS: 11 January 1638 – 5 December 1686]) was a Danish scientist, a pioneer in both anatomy and geology who became a Catholic bishop in his later years.

1745–1795 · Modern

Nicolas Tabouillot was a French Catholic priest born in Bar-le-Duc in 1745. He died in 1795 and is recognized as a blessed.

1520–1583 · Reformation · Franciscans

Nicolás Factor (29 June 1520 – 23 December 1583) was a Spanish Roman Catholic priest and a professed member from the Order of Friars Minor as well as a painter of the Renaissance period.

1563–1618 · Reformation

Nicolò Rusca (20 April 1563 – 24 July 1618) was an Italian priest who served in the Diocese of Como. Rusca was arrested under false pretenses and was killed through the use of torture in 1618. He was recognized by the Roman Catholic Church as a martyr and was beatified in 2013.

1893–1936 · Contemporary · Passionists

Vicente Díez Tejerina (Herreruela de Castillería, February 17, 1893 – Manzanares, July 23, 1936), better known by his religious name Nicéforo de Jesús y María, was a Catholic Passionist priest who was executed by firing squad in 1936 during the religious persecution that broke ou…

1740–1792 · Modern · Society of Jesus

Nikolas Verron, born in Quimperlé in 1740 and murdered in Paris on September 3, 1792, was a Jesuit priest and martyr. He is one of the Martyrs of September 1792, beatified by Pope Pius XI on October 17, 1926.

1100–1153 · Medieval · Cistercians

Nivard of Clairvaux (born c. 1100 at the Château de Fontaine-lès-Dijon, died 1150 at Clairvaux Abbey) was a Cistercian monk. He was the brother of Bernard of Clairvaux. A blessed, his feast day is February 7.

940–1008 · Medieval · Benedictines

Notker (or Notger) of Liège (Latin: Notgerus; c. 940 – 10 April 1008 AD) was a Benedictine monk, bishop (972–1008) and first prince-bishop (980–1008) of the Bishopric of Liège (now in Belgium). Notker was born around 940 and probably belonged to a noble Swabian family.

840–912 · Medieval · Benedictines

Notker the Stammerer (c. 840 – 6 April 912), Notker Balbulus, or simply Notker,[n 2] was a Benedictine monk at the Abbey of Saint Gall active as a composer, poet and scholar.

1877–1949 · Contemporary

Nykyta Budka (Ukrainian: Никита Будка aka Nikita, Mykyta, or Nicetas Budka; June 7, 1877 in Dobromirka, Austria-Hungary – October 1, 1949 in Karaganda, USSR) was a Austro-Hungarian-born priest of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church who lived and worked in Austria-Hungary, Canada,…

1894–1936 · Contemporary

Octavia Iglesias Blanco was a Spanish nurse born in 1894 in Astorga. 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 has been beatified as a blessed.

1750–1794 · Modern

Odile Baumgarten was a French nun born in 1750 in Gondrexange. She died in 1794 in Avrillé and is recognized as a blessed.

1100–1113 · Medieval · Benedictines

Odo of Tournai, also known as Odoardus or Odo of Orléans (1060–1113), was a Benedictine monk, scholar and bishop of Cambrai (from 1105/6). Odo was born at Orléans. In 1087 he was invited by the canons of Tournai to teach in that city, and there soon won a great reputation.

1105–1198 · Medieval · Carthusian Order

Odo of Novara (c. 1105 – 14 January 1200) was an Italian Catholic priest and a professed member from the Carthusians. Pope Pius IX confirmed his beatification in mid-1859.

1907–1944 · Contemporary

Odoardo Focherini (sometimes referred to as Edward Focherini; 6 June 1907 – 27 December 1944) was an Italian Roman Catholic journalist. He issued false documents to Jews during World War II in order for them to escape the Nazi regime but was arrested and sent to a concentration c…

1286–1331 · Medieval · Order of Friars Minor

Odoric of Pordenone (c. 1280 – 14 January 1331) was a Franciscan friar and missionary explorer from Friuli in northeast Italy. He journeyed through India, Sumatra, Java, and China, where he spent three years in the imperial capital of Khanbaliq (now Beijing).

1060–1137 · Medieval

Olegarius Bonestruga (from Germanic Oldegar, Latin: Ollegarius, Oligarius, Catalan: Oleguer, Spanish: Olegario; 1060 – 6 March 1137) was the Bishop of Barcelona from 1116 and Archbishop of Tarragona from 1118 until his death.

1913–1936 · Contemporary

Olga Pérez-Monteserín Núñez was born in Paris in 1913 to parents Demetrio Monteserín and Carmen Núñez Goy. A Spanish citizen and nurse, she died in 1936 at Puerto de Somiedo as one of the Spanish martyrs of the 20th century.

1903–1952 · Contemporary

Olympia (Olga) Bida (1903–1952) was a Ukrainian Catholic nun of the Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Immaculate Virgin Mary who died in the Kharsk detention camp near Tomsk, Siberia. She is one of the 25 Ukrainian martyrs beatified by Pope John Paul II in Lviv on June 27, 2001.

1237–1310 · Medieval

Oringa Menabuoi, known in religion as Christiana of Santa Croce (Santa Croce sull'Arno, c. 1240 – Santa Croce sull'Arno, January 4, 1310), was an Italian religious woman.

1101–1238 · Medieval · Poor Clares

Blessed Ortolana of Assisi (sometimes spelled Hortulana, born in the 12th century – 2 January 1238 in Assisi) – blessed of the Catholic Church, she is known as a nun of The Order of Saint Clare (Poor Clares).

1493–1565 · Reformation · Third Order of Saint Dominic

Osanna of Cattaro (Serbian: Озана Которска, romanized: Ozana Kotorska; 25 November 1493 – 27 April 1565) was a Catholic visionary and anchoress from Cattaro. She was a convert from Orthodoxy of Serbian descent from Montenegro.

1449–1505 · Reformation · Third Order of Saint Dominic

Osanna of Mantua (also "Hosanna") (17 January 1449 – 18 June 1505) was an Italian Dominican tertiary who gained notice as a stigmatic and mystic. Osanna was the daughter of the nobles Niccolò Andreasi, whose family had originated in Hungary, and of Agnese Gonzaga.

1520–1602 · Reformation

Blessed Osios Serafeim Domvous was a Greek Orthodox monk born in 1520 within the Ottoman Empire. He died in 1602 and is buried at the Osios Serafeim Domvos monastery.

1241 · Medieval · Franciscans

Oton of Pula (late 12th century or early 13th century – 14 December 1241) was a Franciscan priest active in Istria. Medieval sources attribute to him many miraculous healings.

1050–1128 · Medieval · Benedictines

Octavien de Quingey, or Saint Octavian (died 1128), was a nobleman from Franche-Comté belonging to the House of Ivrea, who served as a monk in Pavia and Bishop of Savona, Italy. He is a Catholic saint whose feast day is August 6.

1882–1940 · Contemporary

Otto Neururer (25 March 1882 – 30 May 1940) was an Austrian Roman Catholic priest and was the first priest to die in a Nazi concentration camp.

1111–1158 · Medieval · Cistercians

Otto of Freising (Latin: Otto Frisingensis; c. 1111 – 22 September 1158) was a German churchman of the Cistercian order and chronicled at least two texts which carry valuable information on the political history of his own time. He was the bishop of Freising from 1138.

1100–1171 · Medieval · Premonstratensians

Otto von Cappenberg (born c. 1100; died February 23, 1171, in Cappenberg near Lünen, also known as Odo of Cappenberg) was provost of Cappenberg Abbey from 1156 until his death and the godfather of Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa.

1876–1936 · Contemporary

Pablo Meléndez Gonzalo (1876–1936) was a Spanish lawyer, politician, and journalist who served as a Valencia city councilor and a deputy of Valencia province. Born in Valencia and dying in Castellar-Oliveral from a gunshot wound, he is recognized as a blessed.

1424–1482 · Medieval · Franciscans

Pacificus da Ceredano (1424 – 4 June 1482) - born Pacificus Ramati - was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member from the Order of Friars Minor. Pope Benedict XIV approved his "cultus" and beatified him on 7 July 1745.

1463–1515 · Reformation · Third Order of Saint Francis

Paola Gambara Costa (3 March 1463 - 24 January 1515) was an Italian Roman Catholic professed member of the Third Order of Saint Francis. She was born to nobles and married in 1475 to the nobleman Lodovico Antonio Costa - and had one child - who soon acquired a mistress and chasti…

1872–1952 · Contemporary

Paolo Manna (16 January 1872 – 15 September 1952) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a member from the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions as well as the founder of the Pontifical Missionary Union.

1917–1936 · Contemporary

Pascual Aláez Medina, OMI (born May 11, 1917, in Villaverde de Arcayos; died July 24, 1936, in Pozuelo, Madrid), was a Spanish Oblate of the Immaculate Mary. He took his first vows on August 16, 1935.

1894–1936 · Contemporary

Paschalis Penadés Jornet (born January 3, 1894; died September 15, 1936) was a Spanish blessed of the Catholic Church. He began his studies at the seminary in Valencia and was ordained a priest in 1921. He was murdered during the Spanish Civil War.

1885–1936 · Contemporary

Pascual Torres Lloret was a Spanish citizen born in 1885. He died in 1936 and is recognized as a blessed.

1581 · Reformation

The Wexford Martyrs were Matthew Lambert, Robert Meyler, Edward Cheevers and Patrick Cavanagh. In 1581, they were convicted of high treason for aiding in the escape of James Eustace, 3rd Viscount Baltinglass; for similarly conveying a Jesuit and other Catholic priests and laymen…

1550–1579 · Reformation · Franciscans

Patrick O'Hely (Irish: Pádraig Ó hÉilí) (born between 1543 and 1546, died 31 August 1579) was an Irish Franciscan priest from Creevelea Abbey, near Dromahair, County Leitrim, and illegal and underground Bishop of Mayo, who was tortured and executed as part of the Elizabethan era…

1612 · Reformation

Patrick O'Loughran (in Irish: Pádraig Ó Lochráin) (died 1 February 1612) was a priest of the archdiocese of Armagh and an Irish Catholic Martyr. O'Loughran was born in Donaghmore, County Tyrone to an Erenagh family.

1821–1862 · Modern · Third Order of Saint Francis

Paul Joseph Nardini, (25 July 1821 – 27 January 1862) was a German diocesan priest and the founder of the religious congregation of the Poor Franciscan Sisters of the Holy Family, also commonly known as the Nardini Sisters, or the Mallersdorfer Sisters from the town where they ar…

1743–1798 · Modern

Paul Yi Do-gi (Korean: 이도기 바오로; born 1743 in Cheongyang, Korea; died July 24, 1798, in Jeongsan) was a Korean martyr and a blessed of the Catholic Church. Yi Do-gi was born in 1743 in Cheongyang. In his hometown, he encountered the Catholic faith and became a Christian.

1759–1791 · Modern

Paul Yun Ji-chung (Korean: 윤지충 바오로) was a Korean Christian layman, Catholic martyr, and blessed. He was born in 1759 in Jinsan, Jeolla Province, Korea, and was beheaded on December 8, 1791, in Jeonju, Jeolla.

1760–1795 · Modern

Paul Yun Yu-il (Korean: 윤유일 바오로; born 1760 in Yeoju, Korea; died June 28, 1795, in Seoul) was a Korean martyr and a blessed of the Catholic Church. Yun Yu-il learned about the Christian faith from Ambrose Kwon Cheol-sin and his younger brother, Francis Xavier Kwon Il-sin.

1794 · Modern · Cistercians

Paul-Jean Charles was a Cistercian monk who served as a prior. He died in 1794 in Rochefort and is recognized as a blessed.

1863–1936 · Contemporary

Paula Isla Alonso de Santa Anastasia was born in 1863 and died in 1936. A citizen of Spain, she is recognized as blessed.

1817–1881 · Modern

Pauline von Mallinckrodt, SCC (3 June 1817 - 30 April 1881) was a German noblewoman and the foundress of the Sisters of Christian Charity, a Catholic religious institute.

1919–1952 · Contemporary

Pavel Djidjov (19 July 1919 – 3 October 1952) was a Bulgarian theologian who was executed after a show trial and beatified by Pope John Paul II in 2002. He is commemorated on November 11. Pavel Djidjov was born to a Latin rite Catholic family in Plovdiv.