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1450 · Medieval · Carmelites

Lawrence Cook, born at an unknown date and place and died on August 4, 1540, at Tyburn, was an English Carmelite friar and Catholic martyr, executed for refusing to recognize King Henry VIII as the supreme head of the Church of England.

1750–1799 · Modern

Lawrence Pak Chwi-deuk (Korean: 박취득 라우렌시오; born c. 1766 in Myeoncheon, in the then-province of Chungcheong, Korea; died April 3, 1799, in Hongju, Chungcheong Province) was a Korean martyr and a blessed of the Catholic Church.

1859–1936 · Contemporary · Order of Augustinian Recollects

León Inchausti, O.A.R. (born June 27, 1859, in Ajánguiz, Biscay; died July 25, 1936, in Motril) was a blessed of the Catholic Church and a priest of the Order of Augustinian Recollects. He entered the Augustinian order in 1878.

1883–1929 · Contemporary

Leonardo Pérez Larios (Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco, November 28, 1889 – April 25, 1927, León, Mexico) was a layman beatified by Benedict XVI in the city of Guadalajara. He was martyred alongside the Claretian priests Andrés Solá y Molist and José Trinidad Rangel.

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

Leonzio Pérez Ramos, C.M.F. (Muro de Aguas, September 12, 1875 – 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.

1880–1936 · Contemporary

Blessed Lluís Janer Riba (March 4, 1880, Pontils – July 23, 1936, Tarragona) was a Spanish Roman Catholic priest and martyr, murdered by Republicans during the Spanish Civil War. He was beatified on October 13, 2013, in Tarragona as part of a group of 522 Spanish martyrs.

1476–1535 · Reformation · Order of Friars Minor

Laurent of Villamagna, born Lorenzo da Villamagna (May 12, 1476, in Villamagna, Abruzzo, and died June 6, 1535, near Ortona, Italy), was an Italian Franciscan priest declared blessed by the Catholic Church.

1717–1792 · Modern

Louis-Laurent Gaultier (born March 13, 1717, in Bazouges-la-Pérouse, died September 2, 1792, in Paris) was a blessed of the Catholic Church, a martyr, and a victim of the persecution of Catholics during the French Revolution. He joined the Society of Jesus in 1737.

1594–1633 · Reformation · Dominican Order

Luke of the Holy Spirit Alonso Gorda (born October 18, 1594, in Carracedo de Vidriales, Zamora Province, Spain; died October 19, 1633, on Nishizaka Hill in Nagasaki, Japan) was a saint of the Catholic Church, a Spanish Dominican, a missionary in the Far East, and a martyr.

1801–1839 · Modern

Lucy Pak Hui-sun was a Korean Christian laywoman, martyr, and saint, born in 1801 in Seoul, Korea, and beheaded on May 24, 1839, near Seoul. Recognized as a martyr and beatified in 1925 by Pope Pius XI, she was solemnly canonized in Seoul by John Paul II on May 6, 1984, along wit…

1750–1801 · Modern

Lucia Yun Un-hye (born in Hangamgae, Korea; died May 14, 1801, in Seoul) was a Korean martyr and a blessed of the Catholic Church. Lucia Yun Un-hye was born in Hangamgae in Gyeonggi Province, Korea. At a young age, she was introduced to the catechism by her mother.

1919–1945 · Contemporary

Lucien Croci was a militant of the Young Christian Workers (JOC). He was born on November 15, 1919, in Aubervilliers and died on March 17 or 27, 1945, in the Ravensbrück concentration camp.

1780–1801 · Modern

Lucy Yun Un-hye was a Korean Christian laywoman and martyr, born in Gyeonggi, Korea, who was beheaded on May 14, 1801, in Seoul. Her martyrdom is recognized by the Catholic Church; she was declared venerable and subsequently beatified by Pope Francis on August 16, 2014.

1050–1100 · Medieval

Lucy of Settefonti, also known as Lucy of Septifonte or Lucy of the Seven Fountains (born in the 11th century in Bologna, died c. 1100 at Settefonti Abbey), was an Italian Camaldolese nun, virgin, abbess of the Monastery of Saint Christina in Settefonti, and a blessed of the Cath…

1109–1185 · Medieval · Premonstratensians

Ludwig III of Arnstein (born 1109 at Arnstein Castle; died October 28, 1185, at Gommersheim Monastery, present-day Gau-Odernheim) was a count and a multiple monastery founder.

1905–1936 · Contemporary

Luis Campos Górriz (born June 30, 1905, died November 28, 1936, in Picadero de Paterna) was a Spanish layman, a martyr of the Spanish Civil War, and a victim of anti-Catholic persecution, beatified by the Catholic Church.

1891–1937 · Contemporary · Trinitarian Order

Louis of St. Michael of the Saints, born Luis Erdoiza y Zamalloa (Amorebieta-Etxano, August 25, 1891 – Cuenca, September 24, 1936), was a Spanish priest of the Order of the Most Holy Trinity.

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

Luigi Escalé Binefa (Fondarella, September 18, 1912 – 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.

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

Luigi Lladó Teixidor (Viladasens, May 12, 1912 – 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.

1902–1928 · Contemporary

Blessed Luis Magaña Servín (born in Arandas, Jalisco, August 24, 1902 – died in Arandas, Jalisco, February 9, 1928) was the eldest son of Raimundo Magaña Zúñiga and María Concepción Servín, and brother to Delfino and José Soledad.

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

Luis Masferrer Vila, C.M.F. (Torelló, July 9, 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.

1882–1936 · Contemporary · Dominican Order

Luis Urbano Lanaspa (Zaragoza, June 3, 1882 – Valencia, August 21, 1936) was a Spanish Catholic priest, Dominican friar, philosopher, theologian, and physicist. He was a member of the Royal Spanish Society of Physics and Chemistry and the Royal Spanish Mathematical Society.

1870–1936 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Ambrose of Benaguacil, born Luis Valls Matamales (May 3, 1870, in Benaguacil – August 26, 1936, in Vinalesa, Archdiocese of Valencia), was a Spanish Catholic blessed, martyr, priest, Capuchin friar, and preacher who was a victim of anti-Catholic persecution during the Spanish Civ…

1896–1936 · Contemporary

Luisa María Frías Cañizares (Valencia, June 20, 1896 – Paterna, December 6, 1936) was a researcher and professor at the University of Valencia who was tortured and executed during the first months of the Spanish Civil War.

900–887 · Medieval

Luithard (Old High German liut "people" and harti "hard"; also Latinized as Luithardus; born unknown; died 887 in Paderborn) was the third Bishop of Paderborn (862–887). Luithard undertook important collegiate and monastic foundations, such as Niggenkerken near Höxter in 863.

1274–1309 · Medieval · Cistercians

Lukardis of Oberweimar, O.Cist. (born between 1262 and 1276, presumably in Erfurt; died March 22, 1309, in Oberweimar) was a German Cistercian nun and mystic. She is venerated as a blessed in the Roman Catholic Church.

1415–1465 · Medieval · Augustinian nuns

Maddalena Albrici (Como, 1390 – Como, May 15, 1465) was an Italian religious sister and abbess of the Augustinian monastery of Saint Andrew in Brunate. Her cult as a blessed was confirmed by Pope Pius X in 1907.

1869–1936 · Contemporary

Manuel Basulto Jiménez (May 17, 1869, in Adanero – August 12, 1936, in El Pozo del Tío Raimundo) was a Spanish bishop who was killed by the Republican faction during the Spanish Civil War, amidst religious persecutions, along with five other companions.

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

Manuel Buil Lalueza, C.M.F. (Abizanda, August 31, 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.

1913–1936 · Contemporary

Manuel Gutiérrez Martín, OMI (born January 1, 1913, in Fresno del Río; died July 24, 1936, in Pozuelo, Madrid), was a Spanish Oblate of the Immaculate Mary. He was a theology student at the Oblate house of studies in Pozuelo, Madrid, and had already received the subdiaconate.

1892–1936 · Contemporary

Emanuel Martin Sierra (born October 2, 1892, in Churriana de la Vega, Province of Granada; died July 26, 1936, in Motril) was a Spanish Catholic priest, ascetic, martyr, and blessed of the Catholic Church. After earning his baccalaureate, he entered the diocesan seminary.

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

Emanuele Martínez Jarauta, C.M.F. (Murchante, December 22, 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.

1869–1936 · Contemporary

Manuel Medina Olmos (August 9, 1869, in Lanteira, Granada – August 30, 1936, in Vícar, Almería) was a Spanish priest and Bishop of Guadix-Baza who was assassinated during the Spanish Civil War. Considered a martyr by the Catholic Church, he was beatified in 1993.

1887–1936 · Contemporary · Order of Saint Jerome

Manuel Sanz Domínguez (Sotodosos, December 31, 1887 – Paracuellos de Jarama, November 6, 1936) was a Spanish priest who restored the male branch of the Order of Saint Jerome, a martyr of the Spanish Civil War, and is recognized as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1881–1936 · Contemporary · Piarists

Manuel Segura López, also known as Manuel of the Virgin of the Pillar, Sch. P. (Almonacid de la Sierra, January 22, 1881 – Gabasa, July 28, 1936), was a Spanish Piarist priest of the Peralta de la Sal community.

1915–1936 · Contemporary · Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Emanuele Torras Sais, C.M.F., born Manuel Torras Sais (Sant Martí Vell, February 12, 1915 – 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.

1902–1936 · Contemporary

Manuel Torró Garcia (born July 2, 1902, died September 21, 1936) was a Spanish martyr and a blessed of the Catholic Church. He came from a religious family and was married. He was also a member of Catholic Action. During the Spanish Civil War, he was murdered at the age of 34.

1891–1936 · Contemporary · Sisters of Adoration, Handmaids of the Blessed Sacrament and of Charity

Manuela Arriola Uranga (Ondarroa, December 29, 1891 – Madrid, November 10, 1936), better known as Manuela of the Sacred Heart, was a Spanish religious sister and one of the twenty-three Adorers of the Blessed Sacrament murdered during the religious persecution that broke out duri…

1913–1936 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor

Marcelino Ovejero Gómez (born September 13, 1913, in Becedas, died August 16, 1936, in Fuente el Fresno) was a Spanish Franciscan, seminarian, Christian martyr, and blessed of the Roman Catholic Church.

1317–1397 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Marcolino Amanni, known as Marcolinus of Forlì (died January 2, 1397), was a Dominican friar of the Order of Preachers at the convent of Forlì in Northern Italy. He was beatified in 1756. He is a Catholic saint whose feast day is celebrated locally on January 24.

1522–1569 · Reformation · Trinitarian Order

Marc Criado, or Marcos Criado (1522–1569), was a Spanish Trinitarian friar who was martyred by Moriscos during the Rebellion of the Alpujarras. He was beatified on July 24, 1899, by Pope Leo XIII. His feast day is celebrated annually on September 25.

1926–1940 · Contemporary

Maria Phon (born January 6, 1926; died December 26, 1940) was a Thai blessed of the Catholic Church. She was baptized when she was one month old. Between 1940 and 1944, Thailand was at war with French Indochina.

1903–1940 · Contemporary

Marian Górecki (born May 2, 1903, in Poznań; died March 22, 1940, at Stutthof concentration camp) was a Polish Catholic priest, venerated as a martyr and blessed by the Catholic Church. His feast day is March 22.

1856–1936 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Fidelis of Puzol, born Mariano Climent Sanchis (January 8, 1856, in Puzol, Valencian Community – September 27, 1936, near Sagunto), was a Spanish Capuchin friar, Catholic martyr, and blessed of the Catholic Church, who was a victim of anti-Catholic persecution during the Spanish…

1857–1936 · Contemporary · Trinitarian Order

Mariano of Saint Joseph, born Santiago Altolaguirre Altolaguirre (Igorre, December 30, 1857 – Villanueva del Arzobispo, July 26, 1936), was a Spanish priest of the Order of the Most Holy Trinity.

1933–1969 · Contemporary

Marin Shkurti (born October 1, 1933, in Samrisht near Shkodër; died April 1, 1969) was a Roman Catholic priest who was arrested, tortured, and executed by firing squad for his faith in atheist Albania under the Enver Hoxha regime.

1932–1960 · Contemporary

Mario Borzaga, born on August 27, 1932, in Trento, Italy, and murdered on April 25, 1960, in Laos, was an Italian Catholic missionary of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate. Having died a martyr in odium fidei, he is venerated as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

800–853 · Medieval · Benedictines

Marcuvard of Prüm (or Marcuard, Markward, or Markquard; Latin: Marquardus Prumiensis), who died on May 27, 853, was the abbot of Saint-Hubert and Prüm Abbey from 829 until his death. He is beatified by the Catholic Church.

1799 · Modern · Cistercians

The Martyrs of Casamari were six Cistercian monks, led by Siméon Cardon, who were killed by French soldiers in May 1799 at Casamari Abbey. They are recognized as martyrs by the Catholic Church, and their beatification took place on April 17, 2021. Their feast day is May 16.

1877–1937 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Frederic of Berga, born Martí Tarrés Puigpelat (October 8, 1877, in Berga – February 16/17, 1937, in Barcelona), was a Spanish priest of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, a martyr, and a blessed of the Catholic Church.