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1888–1960 · Contemporary · Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat

Pavel Peter Gojdič (also known as Pavol Gojdič or Peter Gojdič; 17 July 1888 — 17 July 1960), was a Rusyn Basilian monk and the eparch of the Slovak Greek Catholic Eparchy of Prešov.

1890–1936 · Contemporary

Pedro Asúa Mendía (30 August 1890 – 29 August 1936) was a Spanish Roman Catholic priest and engineer. He studied under the Jesuits and he trained also as an architect. He graduated in that field in 1915.

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

Pedro Cunill Padrós, C.M.F. (Vic, March 17, 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.

1886–1936 · Contemporary

Pedro Gambín was a Spanish diocesan priest and archpriest born in Cartagena in 1886. He died in 1936 at La Cadena Pass from a gunshot wound. He is recognized as a blessed within Catholicism.

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

Pedro García Bernal, C.M.F. (Santa Cruz de la Salceda, April 27, 1911 – 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.

1887–1936 · Contemporary · Society of Jesus

Pedro Gelabert Amer (born March 29, 1887, in Manacor; died August 23, 1936, in Tabernes de Valldigna) was a Jesuit lay brother, a martyr of the Spanish Civil War, and a victim of anti-Catholic persecution, beatified by the Catholic Church.

1901–1936 · Contemporary

Pedro Martret Moles was a Catholic priest born in Alt Urgell, Spain, in 1901. He died in 1936 and is recognized as a blessed within the Catholic Church.

1899–1948 · Contemporary

Pedro María Ramírez Ramos (23 October 1899 – 10 April 1948) was a Colombian Roman Catholic priest killed during the outbreak of the Colombian civil war known as La Violencia. He served as the pastor of Armero, where he was stationed until his murder in 1948.

1872–1936 · Contemporary

Pedro Ruiz de Valdivia Pérez was a Spanish Catholic priest born in 1872 in Huétor Vega. He died in 1936 in Alhama de Granada and has been beatified as a blessed.

1874–1936 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Pacifico Salcedo Puchades, OFM Cap., also known as Pacifico of Valencia (Spanish: Pacífico de Valencia, Pacífico (Pedro) Salcedo Puchades; born February 24, 1874, in Castellar, Valencia; died October 12, 1936, in the same place) was a Spanish blessed of the Catholic Church, a mar…

1827–1860 · Modern · Franciscans

Pedro Soler (born 20 January 1961) is a Colombian former professional racing cyclist. He rode in the 1986 Tour de France.

1377–1397 · Medieval · Franciscans

Pedro de Dueñas (Bujalance, province of Córdoba, c. 1377 – Granada, May 19, 1397) was a Franciscan friar who was martyred in Granada while preaching with his companion Juan de Cetina. He is venerated as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1480–1572 · Reformation · Franciscans

Pieter van der Moere, also known as Brother Pedro de Gante or Pedro de Mura (c. 1480 – 1572) was a Franciscan missionary in sixteenth century Mexico. Born in Geraardsbergen in present-day Belgium, he was of Flemish descent.

— · Benedictines

Blessed Pedro de Subiaca was a Benedictine monk who served as an abbot. He is recognized as a blessed within the Catholic Church.

1617 · Reformation

Peter of the Assumption, OFM (Spanish: Pedro de la Asunción; born in Cuerva, died May 22, 1617, in Kōri) was a blessed of the Catholic Church, a martyr, and a Spanish priest of the Franciscan Order.

1905–1950 · Contemporary

Pere Tarrés i Claret (30 May 1905 – 31 August 1950) was a Catholic doctor from Barcelona, who became a priest. Claret served as a doctor during the Spanish Civil War, and administered to the poor and to those who suffered from tuberculosis; he also co-established a clinic for tho…

1750–1794 · Modern

Perrine Potier, wife of Turpault, born on April 26, 1750, in Cléré-sur-Layon (at the time in the province of Anjou, diocese of La Rochelle) and executed by firing squad on April 16, 1794, in Avrillé (Maine-et-Loire), is one of the ninety-nine martyrs of Angers.

1670–1700 · Modern

Peter Artemiev (Russian: Пётр Артемьев; d. March 30, 1700 Solovetsky Monastery, Russia) - was a Russian Orthodox Deacon, a convert to Byzantine Catholicism, and one of the first martyrs of the Russian Catholic Church.

1770–1801 · Modern

Peter Choe Pil-je was born in 1770 and was a member of the Catholic Church. He died by decapitation in 1801 and is recognized as a blessed.

1819–1860 · Modern

Peter Friedhofen (25 February 1819 – 21 December 1860) was a German Roman Catholic professed religious and the founder of the Brothers of Mercy of Mary Help of Christians. Friedhofen worked as a chimney sweep with his older brother until the latter died.

1190–1246 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Peter González Telmo, OP (1190 – 15 April 1246), also known as Saint Elmo, was a Castilian Dominican friar and priest, born in 1190 in Frómista, Palencia, Kingdom of Castile and Leon. St. Peter Gonzalez was born in Castille, Spain, in 1190.

1750–1799 · Modern

Peter Jeong San-pil (Korean: 정산필 베드로; born c. 1739 in Deoksan, Chungcheong Province, Korea; died 1799 in the same place) was a Korean martyr and a blessed of the Catholic Church. Peter Jeong San-pil was born in Deoksan around 1739.

1787–1819 · Modern

Peter Jo Suk (born 1787 in Yanggeun, died August 3, 1819, in Seoul) was a Korean martyr and a blessed of the Catholic Church, one of several thousand Catholics who died in Korea in the 19th century.

1750–1801 · Modern

Peter Cho Yong-sam (Korean: 조용삼 베드로; born in Yanggeun, Gyeonggi Province, Korea; died March 27, 1801, in Cheongju, in the then-province of Chungcheong, Korea) was a Korean martyr and a blessed of the Catholic Church.

1796–1846 · Modern

Peter Nam Kjong-mun was born in 1796 and died in 1846. He is recognized as a saint and a blessed.

1501–1598 · Reformation

Peter Snow (c. 1564 – 15 June 1598) was an English Catholic priest who was executed by the state, along with Ralph Grimston, in 1598. They were beatified as martyrs in 1987. Their feast is 15 June.

1591–1624 · Reformation · Dominican Order

Pedro Vásquez, O.P, also known as Peter Vásquez, (1591 – 25 August 1624) was a Spanish Dominican friar, Catholic priest, and missionary who died a martyr in Japan. He was beatified in July 1867 by Pope Pius IX.

1732–1793 · Modern

Peter Won Si-jang (Korean: 원시장 베드로; born 1732 in Eungjeong-ri, Hongju, in the then-province of Chungcheong, Korea; died January 28, 1793, in Jeonju) was a Korean martyr and a blessed of the Catholic Church. Won Si-jang was a father of several children.

1603–1651 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Peter Wright (1603 – 19 May 1651) was an English Jesuit priest and martyr who has been beatified by the Roman Catholic Church. Peter Wright was born in Slipton, Northamptonshire, one of twelve children. Peter was still young when his father died.

1186 · Medieval

Peter of Clairvaux died in 1186. He is recognized as a blessed.

1917–1953 · Contemporary

Petro Pavlo Oros (Ukrainian: Петро Павло Орос, Hungarian: Orosz Péter Pál; 14 July 1917 – 27 August 1953) was a Greek Catholic Eparchy of Mukachevo hierarch after the Church was suppressed by the communist regime.

1890–1957 · Contemporary

Petro Verhun (In Ukrainian: Петро Вергун) was a Ukrainian Greek Catholic priest and martyr. He belonged to the Ukrainian Catholic Church, a Uniate Church that maintains the Byzantine Rite while being in unity with the Roman Catholic Church, and is venerated as a Blessed in the Ro…

1600–1638 · Reformation

Pierre Bertholet, also known by his religious name Dionysius of the Nativity (Honfleur, December 12, 1600 – Aceh, November 1638), was a French-Portuguese navigator and Discalced Carmelite. He is venerated as a martyr by the Roman Catholic Church.

1731–1792 · Modern · Society of Jesus

Petrus Guérin du Rocher was born in Sainte-Honorine-la-Guillaume in 1731. He was a priest of the Jesuits. He taught philosophy at Bourges in 1762, before travelling around Italy, Germany and Poland, developing theories of biblical Exegesis, which contradicted the Encyclopédistes.…

1774–1801 · Modern

Philip Hong Pil-ju was born in 1774 and was a member of the Catholic Church. He died by decapitation in 1801 and is recognized as a blessed.

1594–1646 · Reformation · Benedictines

Philip Powell (sometimes spelled Philip Powel) (2 February 1594 – 30 June 1646) was a lawyer who became a Benedictine monk and priest, serving as a missionary in England during the period of recusancy. He was martyred at Tyburn.

1907–1940 · Contemporary

The Martyrs of Songkhon (Thai: มรณสักขีแห่งสองคอน) (also called Seven Blessed Martyrs of Songkhon) are seven Christian Thais executed in the village Songkhon in Pong Kham subdistrict, Wan Yai District, Mukdahan Province, northeastern Thailand, in December 1940 by local police for…

1856–1931 · Contemporary · Salesians of Don Bosco

Filippo Rinaldi (28 May 1856 – 5 December 1931) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Salesians of Don Bosco; he served as the third Rector Major for the order from 1922 until his death in 1931.

1190–1236 · Medieval · Franciscans

Philippa Mareri (Italian: Filippa Mareri; 1190/1200 – 1236) was the foundress of the monastery of Franciscan Sisters of Saint Philippa Mareri, or Poor Clares. Beatified in 1247, her sanctuary is in Borgo San Pietro, a frazione (borough) of Petrella Salto.

1200–1289 · Medieval · Third Order of Saint Francis

Pietro Pettinaio (c. 1189 - 4 December 1289) was an Italian member of the Third Order of Saint Francis who worked as a comb-maker. He was well known both for his trade and for his decision to remain in silence while living among the Franciscans.

1931–1957 · Contemporary

Pierina Morosini (7 January 1931 – 6 April 1957) was an Italian Roman Catholic from Bergamo. She was killed after a man tried to rape her. Morosini served as a member of the Catholic Action movement. Her beatification was held on 4 October 1987 in Saint Peter's Basilica.

1803–1861 · Modern

Pierre Bonhomme (4 July 1803 – 9 September 1861) was a French Roman Catholic priest who exercised his pastoral mission in Cahors. He went on to establish the new religious congregation known as the Sisters of Our Lady of Calvary of Gramat.

1737–1794 · Modern

Pierre Jarrige de La Morelie de Puyredo was born in 1737 in Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche and served as a Catholic priest and canon. He died in 1794 in Rochefort and is recognized as a blessed.

1670–1740 · Modern

Pierre Vigne (20 August 1670 – 8 July 1740) was a French Roman Catholic priest who established the Blessed Sacrament Sisters of Valence. Pope John Paul II beatified him in 2004. Pierre Vigne was born in 1670 as one of five children to Pierre Vigne and Frances Gautier.

1170–1208 · Medieval · Cistercians

Pierre de Castelnau (? - died 15 January 1208) was a French ecclesiastic who was made papal legate in 1199 to address the Cathar heresy before being murdered in 1208.

1369–1387 · Medieval

Pierre de Luxembourg (19 July 1369 – 2 July 1387) was a French Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of Metz. He is venerated in the Catholic Church as a blessed, having been beatified by Pope Clement VII, 140 years after his death.

1904–1945 · Contemporary

The Abbé Pierre de Porcaro was a French Roman Catholic priest who worked as an undercover minister during the Second World War. He was eventually captured by the Nazis and died in Dachau concentration camp.

1759–1792 · Modern

Pierre-Jacques-Marie Vitalis (born 1759 in Carpentras, died September 2, 1792, in Saint-Germain-des-Prés) was a French Catholic priest and blessed. After his ordination, he served as a parish priest from 1784 to 1785 and later became a vicar at Saint-Méry.

1878–1903 · Contemporary · Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance

Pierre-Joseph Cassant (6 March 1878 – 17 June 1903) was a French Roman Catholic priest and professed member of the Trappists. During his novitiate he received the religious name of Marie-Joseph and was known for his strong determination to his studies to fulfil his lifelong wish…

1752–1794 · Modern

Pierre-Joseph Le Groing de la Romagere was a French Catholic priest who served as a vicar general, deacon, and catechist. Born in Saint-Sauvier in 1752, he died in 1794 among the Martyrs of Rochefort. He is recognized as a blessed within the Catholic Church.