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1744–1792 · Modern

Blessed Pierre-Louis de La Rochefoucauld-Bayers, born on October 12, 1744, at the Logis du Vivier (Saint-Cybard-d'Eyrat) and died on September 2, 1792, at the Carmes Prison (Paris), was an 18th-century French prelate and politician.

1759–1792 · Modern · Society of Saint-Sulpice

Pierre-Michel Guérin was a Catholic priest and member of the Society of Saint-Sulpice born in 1759 in Saint-Christophe. He died in 1792 at the Carmes Prison and is recognized as a blessed.

1745–1794 · Modern · Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools

Blessed Pierre-Sulpice-Christophe Faverge (in religion Brother Roger) was a French Catholic religious, born on July 25, 1745, in Orléans and died on September 12, 1794, on the prison ships of Rochefort.

1150–1187 · Medieval

Pietro Acotanto was a monk born in Venice in 1150 and a citizen of the Republic of Venice. He died in Venice in 1187 and is recognized as a blessed within the Catholic Church.

1553–1583 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Blessed Peter Berno, born around 1552 in Ascona, in the canton of Ticino (Switzerland), and died (assassinated) on July 25, 1583, in Cuncolim (Goa), was a Swiss Jesuit priest and missionary in India.

1320–1365 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Pietro Cambiani was a Catholic priest and member of the Dominican Order born in 1320 in Ruffia. He died in 1365 in Susa from a stab wound and is recognized as a blessed.

1390–1445 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Pierre Capucci, born in 1390 in Città di Castello and died in 1445 in Cortona, was an Italian Dominican and a priest of the Order of Preachers. He was beatified in 1816 by Pius VII. His liturgical memorial is celebrated on October 21.

1570–1647 · Reformation · Piarists

Pietro Casani (8 September 1570 – 17 October 1647) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Piarists. He became an assistant and a close personal friend of Giuseppe Calasanz.

1399–1452 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Pietro Geremia (10 August 1399 – 3 March 1452) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member from the Order of Preachers. Geremia was born in Palermo but spent an extended period of time in Bologna – where he experienced a radical conversion – and Fiesole for his ad…

1561–1622 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Pietro Paolo Navarro was a Catholic priest and member of the Society of Jesus born in 1560 in Laino Borgo. He died in 1622 in Shimabara by burning and is recognized as a blessed of the Catholic Church.

1322 · Medieval · Franciscans

Blessed Peter of Cuneo, born Pietro de' Pasquali (Cuneo, ... – Valencia, February 11, 1322), was an Italian religious. Born in Cuneo, he entered the convent of the Franciscan Sanctuary of Saint Mary of the Angels in his hometown.

1891–1936 · Contemporary

Pilar Villalonga Villalba was born in Valencia, Spain, in 1891 and died in 1936. She is recognized as a blessed.

1937–1993 · Contemporary

Giuseppe "Pino" Puglisi was an Italian Roman Catholic priest who openly challenged the Sicilian Mafia controlling his Palermo neighbourhood of Brancaccio. The Mafia killed him on his 56th birthday.

1837–1912 · Contemporary · Dominican Order

Pio Alberto del Corona (5 July 1837 – 15 August 1912) - born Alberto del Corona and in religious Pio - was a Roman Catholic Italian prelate and the founder of the Suore Domenicane dello Spirito Santo.

1875–1936 · Contemporary · Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Pius (born Julián) Heredia Zubía (Larrea, February 16, 1875 – Santander, December 3, 1936) was a Spanish priest, a Trappist monk, and prior of the Abbey of Viaceli, who was killed by Republicans during the Spanish Civil War.

1908–1942 · Contemporary

Piotr Edward Dańkowski (born June 21, 1908, in Jordanów, died on April 3, 1942, in Auschwitz) is a Polish Catholic saint who is one of the 108 Martyrs of World War II beatified by Pope John Paul II. He is the patron saint of clerics and priests of the Archdiocese of Krakow.

1871–1938 · Contemporary · Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer

Pedro Romero Espejo, C.Ss.R. (born April 28, 1871, in Pancorbo, Burgos Province, Spain; died July 4, 1938, in Cuenca) was a Spanish Catholic priest, martyr, and victim of anti-Catholic persecution, beatified by the Catholic Church.

1908–1939 · Contemporary

Piotr Szarek (7 May 1908 – 9 September 1939) was a Polish Catholic clergyman, and a member of the Congregation of the Missionwho was publicly murdered by the Nazis on the ninth day of the Second World War.

1792–1878 · Modern · Franciscans

Pope Pius IX (Italian: Pio IX; born Giovanni Maria Battista Pietro Pellegrino Isidoro Mastai-Ferretti; 13 May 1792 – 7 February 1878) was head of the Catholic Church from 1846 to 1878.

1739–1814 · Modern

Pius Kim Jin-hu was a Catholic born in Joseon in 1739. He died in 1814 and is recognized as a blessed of the Catholic Church.

1868–1889 · Modern · Passionists

Pius of Saint Aloysius (born Luigi Campidelli, 29 April 1868 – 2 November 1889) was an Italian Roman Catholic professed cleric from the Passionists.

1844–1915 · Contemporary · Benedictines

Tommaso Riccardi, OSB (24 June 1844 – 25 March 1915) was an Italian Catholic priest and Benedictine monk of the Cassinese Congregation. His monastic name was Placido. He was beatified in 1954. Tommaso Riccardi was born in Trevi on 24 June 1844 and spent his childhood in Umbria.

1890–1936 · Contemporary · Trinitarian Order

Plácido de Jesús, born Plácido Camino Fernández (Laguna de Negrillos, May 6, 1890 – Alcázar de San Juan, July 26, 1936), was a Spanish priest of the Order of the Most Holy Trinity.

850 · Medieval

Blessed Podiven (Podivín) was, according to the Saint Wenceslaus legends, a servant and the closest associate of Saint Wenceslaus. He was said to be the only assistant who helped Wenceslaus in his most pious deeds, accompanying him on pilgrimages, baking hosts, and preparing sacr…

1807–1871 · Modern · Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary

The Massacre in the Rue Haxo (French: le massacre de la rue Haxo) was a massacre of priests and gendarmes by communards during the semaine sanglante ("bloody week") at the end of the Paris Commune in May 1871.

1100–1178 · Medieval

Ponce of Sixt, also known as Ponce of Faucigny, born around 1100 and died around November 26, 1178, in Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval, was a Savoyard cleric and a member of the powerful House of Faucigny. He is a blessed of the Catholic Church, which celebrates his feast day on November 26.

1875–1936 · Contemporary · Congregation of the Mission

Ponciano Nieto Asensio was a Spanish Catholic priest, member of the Congregation of the Mission, and author. Born in 1875 in Valverde de Campos, he died in Madrid in 1936. He is recognized as a blessed.

1780–1840 · Modern

Blessed Protasius Hong Jae-yeong was a member of the Catholic Church born in 1780 to his father, Lucas Hong Nak-min. He died by decapitation in 1840.

1492 · Medieval · Augustinians

Prudence Castori was a Catholic nun of the Augustinian order who was born in Milan. She died in 1492 and is recognized as a blessed.

1883–1936 · Contemporary · Trinitarian Order

Prudencio Gueréquiz Guezuraga, in religion Friar Prudencio of the Cross (Errigoiti, April 28, 1883 – Andújar, July 31, 1936), was a Spanish priest of the Order of the Most Holy Trinity.

1912–1936 · Contemporary

Publio Rodríguez Moslares, OMI (born November 12, 1912, in Tiedra; died November 28, 1936, in Paracuellos de Jarama) was a Spanish Oblate of the Immaculate Mary.

1919–1946 · Contemporary

Qerim Sadiku (12 February 1919 – 4 March 1946) was a Catholic Albanian blessed who had converted from Islam. He was executed by a firing squad in Shkodër along with clerics Danjel Dajani, Giovanni Fausti, Gjon Shllaku, Mark Çuni and Gjelosh Lulashi.

970–1020 · Medieval · Benedictines

Radim Gaudentius (Czech: svatý Radim, Polish: Radzim Gaudenty; c. 970 – c. 1020) was Archbishop of Gniezno and the first Polish archbishop. Radim was an illegitimate son of Bohemian nobleman Slavník, and thus the half-brother of Adalbert of Prague.

1890–1936 · Contemporary

Rafael Alonso Gutiérrez was born in 1890 and died in 1936. A citizen of Spain, he is recognized as a blessed.

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

Rafael Briega Morales, C.M.F. (Montemolín, October 24, 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.

1899–1936 · Contemporary · Dominican Order

Rafael Pardo Molina was a Spanish Catholic priest and member of the Dominican Order born in Valencia in 1899. He died in 1936 and has been recognized as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1843–1900 · Contemporary

Rafaela Ybarra Arambarri de Vilallonga (16 January 1843 – 23 February 1900) was a Spanish Roman Catholic widow and the founder of the Sisters of the Holy Guardian Angels.

1694–1741 · Modern · Conventual Franciscans

Melchor Chyliński (8 January 1694 – 2 December 1741) - in religious Rafał - was a Polish Roman Catholic priest and a professed member from the Order of Friars Minor Conventual.

1897–1936 · Contemporary · Augustinians

Raimunda Masiá Ferragut was a Spanish Augustinian nun born in 1897 to Maria Teresa Ferragut Roig. She died in 1936 and has been beatified as a blessed.

1881–1936 · Contemporary · Benedictines

Raimundo Lladós Salud was a Spanish Catholic priest and a member of the Benedictine order. Born in 1881 and deceased in 1936, he is recognized as a blessed within the Catholic Church.

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

Raimondo Novich Rabionet, C.M.F., born Ramón Novich Rabionet (La Cellera de Ter, April 18, 1913 – 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.

1200–1233 · Medieval

Reiner of Osnabrück (born in the 12th century near Groningen; died April 11, 1233, in Osnabrück) is a blessed of the Catholic Church. Presumably originating from Groningen, Reiner settled as a hermit near Osnabrück Cathedral around 1210.

1501–1606 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Ralph Ashley, SJ (died 7 April 1606) was an English Jesuit lay brother who became involved with the aftermath of the Gunpowder Plot. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1929.

1598–1644 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Ralph Corbie, SJ (Corby, Corbington, at times Corrington; 25 March 1598 – 7 September 1644) was an Irish Jesuit. A victim of the anti-Catholic persecutions following the Reformation, he was beatified in 1929. Corbie was born near Dublin.

1588 · Reformation

Ralph Crockett (b. at Barton, near Farndon, Cheshire 1522; executed at Chichester, 1 October 1588) was an English Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1929.

1591 · Reformation

Ralph Milner (? at Slackstead, Hampshire, England, early in the sixteenth century – executed 7 July 1591 at Winchester) was an English martyr of the Roman Catholic Church. Along with Roger Dicconson (also spelled Dickenson), a Catholic priest, they were martyred at Winchester.

1910–1936 · Contemporary · Benedictines

Ramiro Sanz de Galdeano Mañeru was a Spanish Catholic priest and Benedictine monk born in 1910 in Villatuerta. He died in 1936 in Barbastro from a gunshot wound and is recognized as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1232–1316 · Medieval · Third Order of Saint Francis

Ramon Llull TOSF , sometimes anglicized as Raymond Lully, was a Mallorcan Catholic philosopher, theologian, poet, missionary, apologist and former knight.

900–1000 · Medieval · Benedictines

Ramwod or Ramwold (c. 900 in Trier (?) - 17 May 1000 in Regensburg) was an abbot of St. Emmeram's Abbey in Regensburg. He is a patron figure of eye disease sufferers, since he suddenly became blind, remained so for two years, then regained his sight - he has been beatified and hi…

1906–1936 · Contemporary

Ramón Esteban Bou Pascual was a Spanish Catholic vicar born in 1906. He died in 1936 and has been recognized as a blessed by the Catholic Church.