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1889–1936 · Contemporary

José María Peris Polo (Cinctorres, Castellón, November 1, 1889 – Almazora, Castellón, August 15, 1936) was a Spanish diocesan priest, organist, composer, and choir director.

1914–1936 · Contemporary · Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Giuseppe Ros Florensa (Els Torms, October 30, 1914 – Barbastro, August 15, 1936) was a Spanish religious, martyred in Barbastro during the Spanish Civil War and venerated as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1885–1936 · Contemporary

Joseph Medes Ferris (1885–1936) was a Spanish farmer and member of Catholic Action who was murdered during the Spanish Civil War for providing refuge to fleeing members of religious orders.

1893–1936 · Contemporary

Paschalis Carda Saporta, born José Pascual Carda Saporta (October 29, 1893, in Villarreal – September 4, 1936, in Oropesa), 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 th…

1909–1936 · Contemporary · Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

José Pavón Bueno, C.M.F. (Cartagena, January 19, 1909 – 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.

1879–1936 · Contemporary

José Polo Benito (Salamanca, January 27, 1879 – Toledo, August 23, 1936) was a Spanish clergyman and writer, dean of the cathedrals of Plasencia and Toledo, president and board member of the Caja de Ahorros y Monte de Piedad de Plasencia, and promoter of King Alfonso XIII's 1922…

1894–1936 · Contemporary

José Ramón Pascual Ferrer Botella (born November 9, 1894, in Algemesí, died September 24, 1936, in Albalat de la Ribera) was a Spanish blessed of the Catholic Church.

1888–1936 · Contemporary

José Sala Picó (born June 24, 1888, in Ponts, died July 23, 1936, in Toledo) was a blessed priest, a victim of anti-Catholic persecution during the Spanish Civil War. He was murdered in hatred of the faith (odium fidei) and recognized by the Catholic Church as a martyr.

1887–1927 · Contemporary · Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

José Trinité Rangel, C.M.F. (Dolores Hidalgo, Guanajuato, June 4, 1887 – April 25, 1927, León, Mexico) was a Catholic priest beatified by Benedict XVI in the city of Guadalajara. He belonged to the Congregation of the Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

1872–1936 · Contemporary · Order of the Brothers Discalced of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel

Lucas de San José, born José Tristany Pujol, was a Discalced Carmelite priest who died a martyr for the faith in Barcelona at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War, killed by republican militias.

1880–1936 · Contemporary · Trinitarian Order

Giuseppe di Gesù e Maria, born José Vicente Ormaechea y Apoitia (Nabarniz, September 1, 1880 – Villanueva del Arzobispo, September 4, 1936), was a Spanish priest of the Order of the Most Holy Trinity.

1915–1936 · Contemporary · Passionists

José Estalayo García (San Martín de Perapertú, March 17, 1915 – Manzanares, July 23, 1936), better known by his religious name José of the Sacred Hearts, was a Spanish Passionist religious who was executed by firing squad in 1936 during the religious persecution that broke out in…

1582–1617 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Blessed John Baptist Machado de Távora (Portuguese: João Baptista Machado de Távora), born around 1581 in Angra, in the Azores (Portugal), and died (executed) on May 22, 1617, in Kōri (Nagasaki), Japan, was a Portuguese Jesuit priest and missionary to Japan.

1922–1944 · Contemporary

Joël Anglès d’Auriac was a French scout born in Toulon on February 25, 1922, and executed by the Nazi regime on December 6, 1944, after establishing a clandestine rover scout clan within the STO.

1907–1936 · Contemporary · Piarists

Juan Agramunt Riera, SchP (born February 14, 1907, in Almazora; died August 14, 1936, in the same place) was a Spanish priest of the Piarist Order, a victim of the anti-Catholic persecutions during the Spanish Civil War, murdered in hatred of the faith (odium fidei).

1907–1936 · Contemporary

Juan Antonio Pérez Mayo, OMI (born November 18, 1907, in Santa Marina del Rey; died July 24, 1936, in Pozuelo, Madrid), was a Spanish Oblate of Mary Immaculate. He took his first vows in 1927 and was ordained a priest in 1932.

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

Giovanni Baixeras Berenguer, C.M.F. (Castellterçol, November 21, 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.

1660–1700 · Modern

John the Baptist, born Juan Bautista (c. 1660 in San Francisco Cajonos, Mexico; died September 16, 1700, in Santo Domingo Xagacía), was an indigenous acolyte, judge, mayor, Christian martyr, and a blessed of the Roman Catholic Church. He was of Zapotec descent.

1889–1936 · Contemporary

Juan Bautista Faubel Cano (born January 3, 1889, died August 28, 1936) was a Spanish member of Catholic Action, a Christian martyr, and a blessed of the Roman Catholic Church.

1861–1936 · Contemporary · Society of Jesus

Juan Bautista Ferreres Boluda (Ollería, November 28, 1861 – Valencia, December 29, 1936) was a Spanish priest, Jesuit, theologian, moralist, canonist, and university professor.

1914–1936 · Contemporary · Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Juan Codinachs Tuneu, C.M.F. (Santa Eugènia de Berga, February 12, 1914 – 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.

1880–1936 · Contemporary · Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Giovanni Díaz Nosti, C.M.F., born Juan Díaz Nosti (Oviedo, February 17, 1880 – Barbastro, August 2, 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.

1902–1936 · Contemporary

Juan Francisco Barahona Martín, religious name Alejandro of Sobradillo (January 10, 1902, Sobradillo – August 15, 1936, Madrid), was a Spanish Roman Catholic priest, a friar of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, and a martyr. The Catholic Church venerates him as a blessed.

1912–1936 · Contemporary

Juan Gonga Martínez (born March 25, 1912, in Carcaixent; died November 13, 1936) was a Spanish blessed of the Catholic Church and a member of Catholic Action. He was baptized on March 28, 1912, and received his First Holy Communion on May 25, 1922, at the age of 10.

1912–1936 · Contemporary

Juan José Caballero Rodríguez, OMI (March 5, 1912, in Fuenlabrada – November 28, 1936, in Paracuellos de Jarama) was a Spanish Oblate of the Immaculate Mary. He made his first vows in the Oblate congregation on August 15, 1930, and his perpetual vows on February 25, 1936.

1340–1397 · Medieval · Franciscans

Juan Lorenzo de Cetina (Cetina, 1340 – Granada, May 19, 1397) was an Aragonese Spanish Franciscan friar who died as a martyr in the city of Granada while preaching with his companion Pedro de Dueñas. He is venerated as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1895–1936 · Contemporary

Juan Lucena Rivas (Baena, Córdoba, January 4, 1895 – Puente Genil, Córdoba, July 27, 1936) was a Spanish priest. He is considered one of the martyrs of the religious persecution in the Diocese of Córdoba between 1936 and 1939.

1914–1936 · Contemporary

Juan Pedro Cotillo Fernández, OMI (born May 1, 1914, in Siero de la Reina; died July 24, 1936, in Pozuelo, Madrid), was a Spanish Oblate of the Immaculate Mary. As a theology student, he lived at the Oblate house of studies in Pozuelo.

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

Giovanni Sánchez Munárriz, C.M.F. (born Juan Sánchez Munárriz; Malón, June 15, 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.

650–700 · Medieval

John of Atarés was a Hispanic hermit of the late 7th century. He is considered a blessed by the Catholic Church, which celebrates his feast day on May 29. In Upper Aragon, he is popularly considered a saint.

1895–1937 · Contemporary · Trinitarian Order

John of Jesus and Mary, born Juan Otazua y Madariaga (Errigoiti, February 8, 1895 – Mancha Real, April 3, 1937), was a Spanish priest of the Order of the Most Holy Trinity.

1892–1938 · Contemporary

Julio Junyer Padern, also known as Juli Junyer i Padern SDB (born October 31, 1892, in Vilamaniscle, Alt Empordà; died April 26, 1938, in Barcelona), was a Spanish religious priest who suffered martyrdom during the Spanish Civil War in 1938.

1801 · Modern

Juliane Kim Yeon-i was a Korean Christian laywoman and martyr who was beheaded on July 2, 1801, in Seoul. Her martyrdom is recognized by the Catholic Church, and she is titled Venerable. She was later beatified by Pope Francis on August 16, 2014.

1732–1794 · Modern

Julien-François Morin de la Girardière (born December 14, 1735, in Saint-Fraimbault-de-Prières near Mayenne; died January 21, 1794, in Laval, Mayenne department) was a French priest who was sentenced to death and guillotined during the French Revolution.

1871–1936 · Contemporary · Order of Augustinian Recollects

Julian Moreno, O.A.R., born Julian Benigno Moreno (March 16, 1871, in La Rioja – July 25, 1936, in Motril), was a blessed of the Catholic Church, a religious priest of the Order of Augustinian Recollects, a publicist, and a martyr.

1904–1936 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor

Julián Navío Colado (born August 12, 1904, in Mazarete, died August 16, 1936, in Fuente el Fresno) was a Spanish Franciscan, priest, historian, Christian martyr, and blessed of the Roman Catholic Church.

1878–1936 · Contemporary

Julián Rivas Rojano (Baena, Córdoba, February 16, 1878 – Cabeza del Buey, Badajoz, August 13, 1936) was a Spanish priest. He was baptized the day after his birth by his parents, José María Rivas Cordero and María del Carmen Rojano Bujalance.

1887–1936 · Contemporary · Order of St. Augustine

Eusebio Julián Zarco-Bacas y Cuevas (Cuenca, July 27, 1887 – Paracuellos de Jarama, November 30, 1936) was a Spanish Augustinian friar and historian, librarian of El Escorial, and member of the Royal Academy of History.

1553–1606 · Reformation · Conventual Franciscans

Julian of Saint Augustine, born Julián Martinet Gutiérrez (c. 1550 – April 8, 1606), was a Spanish Franciscan friar of the Order of Friars Minor Observant, beatified by Pope Leo XII in 1825.

1897–1936 · Contemporary

Justa of the Immaculate Conception Maiza Goicoechea (born July 13, 1897, in Azpeitia; died November 24, 1936, in Paterna) was a Spanish Carmelite Sister of Charity, martyr, and blessed of the Catholic Church.

1910–1936 · Contemporary · Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate

Justo Gil Pardo, born on October 18, 1910, in Lúquin, Navarre, and died on November 28, 1936, in Paracuellos de Jarama, was a deacon and member of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate who was martyred at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War.

1915–1936 · Contemporary

Justo González Lorente, O.M.I. (October 14, 1915, in Villaverde de Arcayos – July 24, 1936, in Pozuelo, Madrid) was a Spanish Oblate of the Immaculate Mary. He began attending the Oblate minor seminary in 1927 and took his first vows on August 15, 1933.

1887–1936 · Contemporary

José Boher y Foix (born November 2, 1887, in Sant Salvador de Toló, died August 13, 1936, in Salàs de Pallars) was a Spanish priest of the Diocese of Urgell, a Christian martyr, and a blessed of the Roman Catholic Church, one of the six companions of Josep Tàpies i Sirvant.

1580–1622 · Reformation · Dominican Order

Joseph of Saint Hyacinth Negro Maroto (born March 11, 1580, in Villarejo de Salvanés, Spain; died September 10, 1622, on Nishizaka Hill in Nagasaki) was a Spanish Dominican, missionary, martyr, and blessed of the Catholic Church.

1916–1944 · Contemporary · Pallottines

Józef Stanek, S.A.C., born on December 6, 1916, in Łapsze Niżne, Lesser Poland, and died on September 23, 1944, in Warsaw, was a Polish Catholic priest of the Society of the Catholic Apostolate, beatified as a martyr by John Paul II on June 13, 1999.

1911–1954 · Contemporary · Franciscans

Karl Serreqi, OFM (born February 2, 1911, in Shkodër; died April 5, 1954, in Burrel Prison), was a Franciscan priest who, in atheist Albania under the Enver Hoxha regime, upheld the seal of the confessional while under torture.

1884–1942 · Contemporary

Kazimierz Witold Gostyński (born April 8, 1884, in Warsaw, died May 6, 1942, in Dachau concentration camp) was a Polish Catholic priest, educator, scout leader, founder of the Union of Lublin High School No. 3 and the Jan Hetman Zamoyski High School No.

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Kirill of Velsk (also known as Vazhesky or Vazhsky) is an Orthodox saint whose incorrupt relics were discovered near the Velsk churchyard (now the town of Velsk, Arkhangelsk Oblast).

1080–1132 · Medieval · Benedictines

Conrad I of Raitenbuch (also known as Kuno of Regensburg), born around 1070 and died on May 19, 1132, in Regensburg, was a German prelate who served as abbot of Siegburg and the twentieth bishop of Regensburg from 1126 to 1132. He is venerated in Bavaria as a blessed.

1243 · Medieval · Benedictines

Laurentius Loricatus (died 1243) was a soldier who later became a Benedictine. The nickname Loricatus (armored) is derived from the penitential shirt made of chains that Laurentius wore.