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1170–1217 · Medieval · Premonstratensians

Hroznata of Ovenec, also known as Croznato (born c. 1160 in Teplá in the Duchy of Bohemia and died July 14, 1217, in Alt-Kinsberg), was a Czech Premonstratensian canon whose cult as a blessed was recognized by Pope Leo XIII on September 16, 1897.

1158 · Medieval

Hugh of Marchiennes (Tournai, 1102 or 1103 – Marchiennes, June 11, 1158) was abbot of Marchiennes Abbey from 1148 until his death. Historians qualify him as a blessed. His feast day is June 11.

1893–1936 · Contemporary · Piarists

Ignacy Casanovas Perramón, SchP (born Ignasi Casanovas Perramón on June 15, 1893, in Igualada; died September 16, 1936, in Òdena) was a Spanish priest of the Piarist Order.

1890–1936 · Contemporary

Isidoro Bover Oliver (born May 2, 1890, in Vinaròs, died October 2, 1936, in Castellón de la Plana) was a blessed priest, a victim of anti-Catholic persecution during the Spanish Civil War, murdered in hatred of the faith (odium fidei) and recognized by the Catholic Church as a m…

1660–1700 · Modern

Hyacinth of the Angels, born Jacinto de los Angeles (c. 1660 in San Francisco Cajonos, Mexico; died September 16, 1700, in Santo Domingo Xagacía), was an indigenous Christian martyr and a blessed of the Roman Catholic Church. He was a Zapotec of tribal chief lineage.

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

Jaime Falgarona Vilanova, C.M.F. (Argelaguer, June 6, 1912 – Barbastro, August 18, 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.

1753–1794 · Modern · Carmelites

Jacques Gagnot, born on February 9, 1753, was a priest of the Discalced Carmelites of the Nancy house. During the French Revolution, he was arrested and sentenced to deportation to French Guiana.

1746–1794 · Modern · Carmelites

Jacques Retouret was born in Limoges on September 15, 1746. He was educated by the Jesuits, who sought to keep him. He entered the Carmelite Order on July 3, 1763, continued his studies, and was ordained a priest in Limoges.

1751–1791 · Modern

Jacob Kwon Sang-yeon (1751–December 8, 1791) was a Korean martyr and a blessed of the Catholic Church. Born in Jinsan, in the province of Jeolla, in 1751, he was introduced to the Catholic faith by his cousin, Paul Yun Ji-chung, around 1787.

1730–1799 · Modern

Jakob Won Si-bo (Korean: 원시보 야고보; born 1730 in Eungjeong-ri, Hongju, in the then-province of Chungcheong, Korea; died April 17, 1799, in Cheongju) was a Korean martyr and a blessed of the Catholic Church. Won Si-bo was born in Eungjeong-ri, Hongju.

1752–1801 · Modern

Jakub Zhou Wenmo (1752–May 31, 1801) was a Chinese Catholic priest, missionary, martyr, and blessed of the Catholic Church. Orphaned in childhood, he was raised by his grandmother.

1922–1942 · Contemporary

Jarogniew Wojciechowski (born November 5, 1922, in Poznań; died August 24, 1942, in Dresden) was a Polish youth and a student of the Salesians of Don Bosco.

1877–1936 · Contemporary · Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer

Javier Gorosterratzu Jaunarena (Urroz de Santesteban, Navarre, August 28, 1877 – Cuenca, August 10, 1936) was a Spanish Catholic priest and historian. Born into a Basque-speaking farming family, he joined the Redemptorists at the age of 16.

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

Saverio Luigi Bandrés Jiménez, C.M.F., born Javier Luis Bandrés Jiménez (Sangüesa, December 1, 1912 – 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.

1925–1994 · Contemporary

Jean Chevillard, born in Angers on August 27, 1925, was a French missionary priest of the Society of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers), who was assassinated in Tizi Ouzou, Algeria, on December 27, 1994.

1766–1794 · Modern

Jean-Baptiste Lego (born May 13, 1766, in La Flèche, Sarthe, and died January 1, 1794, in Angers, Maine-et-Loire) was a French priest and martyr who was one of the Martyrs of Angers.

1737–1794 · Modern · Carmelites

Jean-Baptiste Duverneuil was a priest of the Discalced Carmelites at the house in Angoulême. During the French Revolution, he was arrested and sentenced to deportation to French Guiana. Imprisoned on a ship at the Rochefort pontoons, he died on July 1, 1794.

1737–1794 · Modern · Franciscans

Jean-Baptiste Triquerie (born July 1, 1737, in Laval, Mayenne; died January 21, 1794, in the same city) was a French priest who was sentenced to death and guillotined during the French Revolution. He is venerated as a Blessed in the Roman Catholic Church.

1732–1794 · Modern

Jean-Baptiste Turpin du Cormier (born September 8, 1732, in Laval, Mayenne; died January 21, 1794, in the same city) was a French priest who was sentenced to death and guillotined during the French Revolution. He is venerated as a Blessed in the Roman Catholic Church.

1740–1792 · Modern · Ordo Fratrum Minorum de Regularis Observantia

Jean-Baptiste François Burté, born on June 21, 1740, in Rambervillers and died on September 2, 1792, in Paris, was a French Franciscan friar and priest. He died as a victim of the September Massacres during the French Revolution.

1720–1794 · Modern · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Jean-Baptiste Loir, in religion Brother Jean-Louis (1720–1794), was a Capuchin priest who died as a martyr on the pontons of Rochefort (Île Madame). He was beatified by Pope John Paul II in Rome on October 1, 1995, along with 63 other French priests and religious.

1900–1936 · Contemporary · Society of Mary

Jesús Hita Miranda, born on April 17, 1900, in Calahorra, in the province of Logroño, and died on September 25, 1936, in Carrión de Calatrava, province of Ciudad Real, was a Marianist religious.

1906–1918 · Contemporary

Gildas Irwa, born around 1906 in Kitgum, Uganda, and killed in Paimol around October 19, 1918, was a young Ugandan convert to Christianity who was killed for his faith and his work as a catechist.

1874–1936 · Contemporary · Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Joan Mercer i Soler, also known as Joan Mercé i Soler (Albinyana, October 14, 1874 – Sallent, July 25, 1936), was a Catholic clergyman of the Claretians who was executed by firing squad during the Spanish Civil War and beatified in 2016 by Pope Francis.

1874–1936 · Contemporary

Jocund Bonet Mercadé (Tarragona, 1874 – Reus, August 14, 1936) was a Catalan priest who died at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War. He served as a soldier in the Cuban War, and after completing his studies at the Seminary of Tarragona, he was ordained a priest in 1900 by Arc…

1861–1936 · Contemporary

Józef Rada, O.A.R. (born November 17, 1861, in Zaragoza; died July 25, 1936, in Motril) was a blessed of the Catholic Church and a priest of the Order of Augustinian Recollects. At the age of 16, he entered the Augustinian novitiate in Monteagudo.

1906–1946 · Contemporary

Josef Marxen (born August 2, 1906, in Worringen near Cologne; died November 16, 1946, near Tirana) was a German Roman Catholic priest. In 1936, he was sent as a missionary to Albania, where he was shot in 1946. He is one of the Forty Martyrs of Albania.

1905–1942 · Contemporary

Josef Quinke (born October 18, 1905, in Fretter; died December 16, 1942, in Sachsenhausen concentration camp) was a German master baker and a victim of National Socialism. He died in Sachsenhausen concentration camp and was later declared a martyr of the 20th century.

1881–1936 · Contemporary

Josefa María Barrera Izaguirre, known as María del Carmen, was born in Ferrol on March 23, 1881, and died a martyr in Madrid on November 18, 1936. She was a Galician Catholic religious sister and a blessed of the Catholic Church.

1854–1936 · Contemporary

Josefa María Ruano García (Berja, July 9, 1854 – Buñol, September 8, 1936), better known by her religious name Josefa of Saint John of God, was a Spanish Catholic nun of the Little Sisters of the Abandoned Aged. She was killed during the Spanish Civil War in the 20th century.

1880–1936 · Contemporary

Josefina Moscardó Montalvá was a Catholic martyr who was killed during the Spanish Civil War. A single laywoman, she was martyred for publicly expressing her faith and participating in parochial activities. She was beatified by Pope John Paul II on March 11, 2001.

1916–1936 · Contemporary

Josep Casas Ros (Ordal, Alt Penedès, August 19, 1916 – Moja, Alt Penedès, September 29, 1936) was a Catalan seminarian murdered during the religious persecution at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War. He was born in Ordal on August 19, 1916.

1909–1969 · Contemporary · Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate

Joseph Boissel, born on December 20, 1909, near Pontmain, in the hamlet of La Tiolais in the commune of Le Loroux in the Archdiocese of Rennes, Brittany, and murdered on July 5, 1969, near Hat Lêt, Laos, was a French and Breton Catholic missionary considered a blessed and martyr…

1720–1794 · Modern

Joseph Pellé (born January 20, 1720, in Laval; died January 21, 1794, in the same city) was a French priest who was sentenced to death and guillotined during the French Revolution. He is venerated as a Blessed in the Roman Catholic Church.

1918–1954 · Contemporary

Joseph Thao Tiên (born December 5, 1918, in Houaphanh Province, Laos (Indochina); died June 2, 1954) was a Laotian Catholic priest assassinated in odium fidei during the persecution of Catholics by communist authorities.

1879–1936 · Contemporary · Order of St. Augustine

José Agustín Fariña Castro, O.S.A. (born Alfredo Fernando; Valladolid, March 20, 1879 – Paracuellos de Jarama, November 30, 1936), was a Spanish Augustinian friar, writer, editor, preacher, and martyr.

1869–1936 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Aurelius Ample Alcaide, also known as Aurelius of Vinalesa, born José Ample Alcaide (February 3, 1896, in Vinalesa – August 28, 1936, in Foyos), was a Spanish Capuchin priest, Catholic blessed, martyr, and victim of the anti-Catholic persecutions during the Spanish Civil War.

1893–1936 · Contemporary

José Aparicio Sanz (March 12, 1893, Enguera, Valencia, Spain – December 29, 1936, Picadero de Paterna, Spain) was a Spanish priest, archpriest of Enguera, and a victim and one of the Spanish Martyrs of the 20th century during the religious persecution against the Catholic Church…

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

José Brengaret Pujol, C.M.F. (Sant Jordi Desvalls, January 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.

1872–1936 · Contemporary · Salesians of Don Bosco

José Calasanz Marqués, SDB—sometimes spelled Marquéz or Margués—(November 23, 1872, in Azanuy; July 29, 1936, in Valencia) was a Spanish religious priest. On July 17, 1936, a military coup against the Second Spanish Republic began, marking the start of the Spanish Civil War.

1879–1936 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Joachim Ferrer Adell, OFMCap., also known as Joachim of Albocácer (born Joaquín José Ferrer Adell on April 23, 1879, in Albocácer, Castellón; died August 30, 1936, in Villafamés, Archdiocese of Valencia), was a Spanish Blessed of the Catholic Church, a martyr, a friar of the Orde…

1904–1936 · Contemporary · Piarists

José Ferrer Esteve, SchP (born February 17, 1904, in Algemesí; died December 9, 1936, in Llombai) was a Spanish priest of the Piarist Order, a victim of the anti-Catholic persecution during the Spanish Civil War, murdered in hatred of the faith (odium fidei).

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

Giuseppe Figuero Beltrán, C.M.F., born José Figuero Beltrán (Gumiel de Mercado, August 14, 1911 – 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.

1881–1936 · Contemporary · Dominican Order

José Gafo Muñiz (Campomanes, Asturias, 1881 – Madrid, October 4, 1936) was a Spanish Dominican priest, politician, and trade unionist. He is a Christian martyr of the Roman Catholic Church, having been beatified by Pope Benedict XVI on October 28, 2007, after being killed for his…

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

José Amorós Hernández, C.M.F. (La Pobla Llarga, January 14, 1913 – 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.

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

José María Badía Mateu, C.M.F. (Puigpelat, September 30, 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.

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

José María Blasco Juan, C.M.F. (Xàtiva, January 2, 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.

1918–1936 · Contemporary · Passionists

José María Cuartero Gascón, who took the religious name José María de Jesús y María, C.P. (Tabuenca, April 24, 1918 – Manzanares, October 23, 1936), was a brother of the Passionist Congregation murdered by anticlerical forces during the Spanish Civil War.

1879–1936 · Contemporary

José María Ferrándiz Hernández (born August 11, 1879, died September 24, 1936) was a Spanish blessed of the Catholic Church. He was ordained a priest in 1904. When the Spanish Civil War broke out in 1936, he took refuge in a hotel. He was shot to death on September 24, 1936.

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

José Ormo Seró, C.M.F. (Almatret, August 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.