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1907–1936 · Contemporary · Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Wenceslaus Clarís Vilaregut, C.M.F. (Olost, January 3, 1907 – Barbastro, August 12, 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.

1304–1346 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Venturino of Bergamo (9 April 1304 – 28 March 1346) was an Italian Dominican preacher. His cause for beatification is only within preliminary stages. He was born at Bergamo, and received the habit of the Order of Friars Preachers at the convent of St.

1935–1958 · Contemporary · Third Order of Saint Francis

Veronica Antal (7 December 1935 – 24 August 1958) was a Romanian Roman Catholic professed member from the Secular Franciscan Order and member of the Militia Immaculatae.

1445–1497 · Medieval · Augustinians

Veronica of Milan (c. 1445 – 13 January 1497) was an Italian nun in the Augustinian Order. She was reputed to have received frequent visions of the Virgin Mary, and her local cultus was confirmed by Pope Leo X in 1517.

1888–1936 · Contemporary

Vicente Ballester Far was a Spanish Catholic priest born in Benidoleig in 1888. He died in 1936 and is recognized as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1882–1936 · Contemporary

Vicente Blanco Guadilla was born in 1882 in Frómista, Spain. A member of the Catholic Church, he died in 1936 and is recognized as a blessed.

1896–1936 · Contemporary · Benedictines

Vicente Burrel Enjuanes was a Spanish Catholic priest and Benedictine born in 1896 in Juseu. He died in 1936 in Barbastro from a gunshot wound. He is recognized as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1908–1936 · Contemporary

Vicente Cabanes Badenas was a Spanish monk born in Torrent in 1908. A member of the Catholic Church, he died in 1936 and has been recognized as a blessed.

1910–1936 · Contemporary

Vicente Galbis Girones (born September 9, 1910; died September 21, 1936) was a Spanish martyr and a blessed of the Catholic Church. He was married and had a son. A lawyer by profession, he was murdered during the Spanish Civil War.

1885–1936 · Contemporary

Vicente Gay Zarzo was born in Torrent, Spain, in 1885 and died in 1936. A member of the Catholic Church, he is recognized as a blessed.

1891–1936 · Contemporary

Vicente María Izquierdo Alcón (born May 24, 1891, in Mosqueruela; died August 18, 1936, in Rafelbuñol) was a Spanish blessed of the Catholic Church. He was born into a very religious family and entered the seminary in Valencia.

1868–1936 · Contemporary

Vicente Pelufo Corts (born February 26, 1868; died September 11, 1936) was a Spanish blessed of the Catholic Church. He studied at the seminary in Orihuela and was ordained a priest in 1894. He served as pastor of the parish of Saint Vincent in San Vicente del Raspeig.

1872–1936 · Contemporary · Order of Augustinian Recollects

Vicente Pinilla was a Spanish Catholic priest, friar of the Order of Augustinian Recollects, and confessor. Born in Calatayud in 1871, he died in Motril in 1936. He is recognized as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1874–1936 · Contemporary

Vicente Rubiols Castelló (born March 13, 1874, in Gandia; died August 4, 1936) was a Spanish blessed of the Catholic Church. He studied at the seminary in Valencia and was ordained a priest in 1894. For nearly 40 years, he served as the parish priest in La Pobla Llarga.

1881–1936 · Contemporary · Society of Jesus

Vicente Sales Genovés (born October 15, 1881, in Valencia, died September 29, 1936) was a Spanish Jesuit religious brother, a martyr of the Spanish Civil War, and a victim of anti-Catholic persecution, beatified by the Catholic Church.

1859–1936 · Contemporary

Vicente Sicluna Hernández (born September 30, 1859, in Navarrés; died September 22, 1936, in Bolbaite) was a Spanish blessed of the Catholic Church. He studied theology at the seminary in Valencia. He was ordained a priest in 1884 and became the parish priest in Navarrés.

1867–1936 · Contemporary · Order of Augustinian Recollects

Vicente Soler was a Spanish Catholic priest, friar, and missionary who served as the Prior General of the Order of Augustinian Recollects. Born in Malon in 1867, he died in Motril in 1936. He is recognized as a blessed within the Catholic Church.

1889–1937 · Contemporary

Vicente Vilar David (28 June 1889 - 14 February 1937) was a Spanish engineer from Spain at the time of the Spanish Civil War in the 1930s during a period of intense anti-clerical sentiment.

1894–1936 · Contemporary

Vicente de Paúl Canelles Vives (Onda, Castellón, Spain, June 25, 1894 – Calafell, Tarragona, Spain, July 30, 1936) was a Spanish religious, first an Ancient Observance Carmelite and later a Hospitaller of Saint John of God, martyr, and blessed of the Catholic Church.

1590–1632 · Reformation · Augustinians

Vicente de Santo António, born Vicente Simões de Carvalho (1590 in Albufeira, Portugal; died September 3, 1632, in Nagasaki, Japan), OESA, was a Portuguese missionary, martyr, and blessed of the Catholic Church.

1848–1894 · Modern

Victoire Rasoamanarivo (1848 – 21 August 1894) was a Catholic woman from Madagascar who devoted her life to the poor and the sick. She looked after their needs and spent her free time in prayer.

1027–1087 · Medieval · Benedictines

Pope Victor III (c. 1026 – 16 September 1087), born Dauferio Epifani Del Zotto, was the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 24 May 1086 to his death. He was the successor of Pope Gregory VII.

1903–1936 · Contemporary

Victoria Díez Bustos de Molina (11 November 1903 - 12 August 1936) was a Spanish Roman Catholic and a member from the Teresian Association. Díez worked as a teacher and became well-loved among her students for her deep faith and her passion as well as her commitment to the educat…

1866–1936 · Contemporary

Victoria Quintana Argos was born in 1866 and died in 1936. She was a citizen of Spain who has been beatified.

1888–1937 · Contemporary

Victoria Valverde González was a Spanish nun born in 1888 in Vicálvaro. She died in 1937 in Martos from a gunshot wound and is recognized as a blessed.

1884–1936 · Contemporary · Marist Brothers

Victoriano Gómez Gutiérrez was a Spanish Marist Brother born in 1884 in Villamorón. He died in 1936 in Montcada i Reixac and has been beatified as a blessed.

1921–1961 · Contemporary · Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate

Vincent L'Hénoret, known as Visant Enored in his native Breton, was born on March 12, 1921, in Pont-l'Abbé and was assassinated on May 11, 1961, in Ban Na Thoum, Laos.

1849–1874 · Modern

Wincenty Lewoniuk (Krzyczew, 1849 – Pratulin, January 24, 1874) was one of the Martyrs of Podlaskie who were killed in 1874 by the troops of Tsar Alexander II of Russia because they refused to follow the Byzantine liturgy. At that time, Pratulin was part of Russia.

1802–1855 · Modern

Vincenza Maria Poloni, ISM, born as Luigia Poloni, (26 January 1802 – 11 November 1855), was an Italian Catholic religious sister who cofounded the Sisters of Mercy of Verona, which she established with Charles Steeb.

1885–1949 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor

Vinçenc Prennushi (born Nikoll Prendushi, 4 September 1885 – 19 March 1949) was an Albanian Roman Catholic professed member from the Order of Friars Minor and he served as the Archbishop of Durrës from 1940 until his death.

1776–1801 · Modern

Viviane Mun Yeong-in was a Korean Christian laywoman and martyr, born in 1776 in Seoul, Korea, and beheaded there on July 2, 1801. Her martyrdom is recognized by the Catholic Church, and she is titled Venerable. She was subsequently beatified by Pope Francis on August 16, 2014.

1873–1954 · Contemporary

Vladimir Ghika (or Ghica) (25 December 1873 – 16 May 1954) was a Romanian diplomat and essayist who, after his conversion from Romanian Orthodoxy became a priest of the Catholic Church.

1902–1936 · Contemporary · Franciscans

Víctor Chumillas Fernández (Olmeda del Rey, Cuenca, Spain, July 28, 1902 – Fuente el Fresno, Ciudad Real, Spain, August 16, 1936) was a Spanish Franciscan friar, martyr, and blessed of the Catholic Church.

1084–1141 · Medieval

Walembert of Cambrai was born in 1084 in Wulpen and served as a friar, regular priest, and abbot. He died in 1141 in Mont-Saint-Martin and is recognized as a blessed.

1888–1966 · Contemporary

Valentina of Minsk, born Valentina Sulkovskaya, née Chernyavskaya (April 7, 1888, in Koski – February 6, 1969, ibid.), was an Orthodox saint. She was born into the family of the Orthodox priest Fyodor Chernyavsky, rector of the St.

1227–1307 · Medieval · Franciscans

Walter of Bruges (Gualterus Brugensis OFM, Gualterus de Brugge, Gauthier de Bruges OM, Gualterus de Brugis, Gualterus de Brüge, Walter von Brügge) was a Franciscan theologian, who flourished at the University of Paris 1267–1269.

1224 · Medieval · Cistercians

Blessed Walter of Bierbeek (Bierbeek – Himmerode, 1224) was a son of the then-lord Walter I of Bierbeek. In his youth, Walter was likely a squire to Duke Henry I of Brabant and participated in the failed Third Crusade (1189–1192).

1936–1976 · Contemporary

Wenceslao Pedernera (1936–1976) was a vineyard worker in Mendoza, Argentina, an organizer for the Catholic rural movement, and a collaborator of Bishop Enrique Angelelli. He was assassinated during the military dictatorship.

1050–1126 · Medieval · Benedictines

Werner von Ellerbach (also known as Werner of Wiblingen, Latinized as Wernerus de Sancto Blasio; born between 1050 and 1100; died 1126 in Wiblingen) was a Benedictine monk at St. Blasien Abbey in the Black Forest and the first abbot of Wiblingen Abbey near Ulm.

755–807 · Medieval

Widukind, also known as Wittekind and Wittikund, was a leader of the Saxons and the chief opponent of the Frankish king Charlemagne during the Saxon Wars from 777 to 785.

1896–1936 · Contemporary · Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer

Victor (Victorian) Calvo Lozano (born December 23, 1896, in Horche, in the province of Guadalajara, Spain; died August 10, 1936) was a Spanish Redemptorist, religious brother, martyr, and blessed of the Catholic Church.

1905–1934 · Contemporary

Saint Victoriano Pío (San Millán de Lara, Burgos, July 7, 1905 – Turón, Asturias, October 9, 1934) was a Spanish religious brother who was killed during the Revolution of Asturias of 1934. Considered a martyr by the Catholic Church, he was canonized in 1999.

1225–1289 · Medieval

Blessed Wilburgis was born in 1225 in Linz and died in 1289 at St. Florian Monastery. She is recognized as a blessed.

1564–1588 · Reformation · Premonstratensians

Wilhelm Eiselin was a German Catholic priest, canon, and member of the Premonstratensian order. Born in Mindelheim in 1564, he died in Rot an der Rot in 1588. He is recognized as a blessed within the Catholic Church.

1597 · Reformation

William Andleby (Anlaby) (executed at York, 4 July 1597) was an English Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1929. William Andleby was born in Etton, Yorkshire, into a gentry family. At 25 he went to the Netherlands to take part in the Dutch war.

1610–1679 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

William Barrow (alias Waring, alias Harcourt) (1609 – 30 June 1679) was an English Jesuit, executed as a result of the fictitious so-called Popish Plot, that between 1678 and 1681 gripped the Kingdoms of England and Scotland in anti-Catholic hysteria.

1605 · Reformation

William Brown was born in Northamptonshire and was a citizen of England. He died in Ripon in 1605 and is recognized as a blessed.

1549–1584 · Reformation

William Carter (c. 1548 – 11 January 1584) was a Roman Catholic English printer and martyr. William Carter was born in London in 1548, the son of John Carter, a draper, and Agnes, his wife.

1593 · Reformation

William Davies (died 27 July 1593) was a recusant Welsh Roman Catholic missionary who worked as an underground schoolmaster in the Creuddyn Peninsula of North Wales.

1588 · Reformation

William Dean or Deane (died 28 August 1588) was an English Roman Catholic priest. He is one of the Catholic martyrs, beatified in 1929. Son of Thomas B. of Grassington West Riding of Yorkshire William Dean attended schools in Leeds and Clitheroe.