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1900–1936 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor

Martín Lozano Tello (born September 19, 1900, in Corral de Almaguer; died August 16, 1936, in Boca de Balondillo) was a Spanish Franciscan, biblical scholar, Christian martyr, and blessed of the Roman Catholic Church.

1910–1936 · Contemporary

Martín Martínez Pascual (Valdealgorfa, November 11, 1910 – Valdealgorfa, August 18, 1936) was a Spanish priest who was executed by firing squad by militiamen shortly after the beginning of the Spanish Civil War. He was beatified in 1995 and is commemorated on August 18.

1270–1290 · Medieval

Maria Dolorosa (Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe, c. 1270 – ibid., June 18, 1290) is a Brabantine blessed who is known in popular devotion as Lenneke Mare, which is said to be a corruption of Alleyndiger Maria.

1893–1936 · Contemporary

María Amparo Carbonell Muñoz (born November 9, 1893, died September 6, 1936) was a Spanish Salesian, martyr, and blessed of the Catholic Church. She joined the convent of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians.

1871–1936 · Contemporary

Maria Calaf Miracle of Our Lady of Providence (born December 18, 1871; died August 19, 1936) was a Spanish blessed of the Catholic Church. She received a religious upbringing at home and became a nun.

1882–1936 · Contemporary

Maria Concepción Odriozola Zabalia de San Ignacio (born February 8, 1882, in Azpeitia; died November 24, 1936, in Paterna) was a Spanish Carmelite Sister of Charity, martyr, and blessed of the Catholic Church.

1884–1936 · Contemporary · Carmelites

María Consuelo Cuñado González (Bilbao, January 2, 1884 – Paterna, Valencia, November 24, 1936) was a Carmelite nun. After completing her novitiate in Vitoria, she moved to Valencia to work as a teacher at the local school.

1877–1936 · Contemporary

María Desamparados Giner Líster of the Blessed Sacrament (born December 13, 1877, in Grao, died August 19, 1936, in El Saler) was a Spanish Carmelite Sister of Charity, martyr, and blessed of the Catholic Church.

1890–1936 · Contemporary

Maria Felicyta Masia Ferragut (born August 29, 1890, in Algemesí; died October 25, 1936) was a Spanish blessed of the Catholic Church. She entered a convent, and her sisters were also nuns.

1873–1937 · Contemporary · Trinitarian Order

Francesca of the Incarnation, born María Francisca Espejo y Martos (Martos, February 12, 1873 – Las Casillas, January 13, 1937), was a Spanish Trinitarian nun killed by Republicans during the Spanish Civil War. She was beatified as a martyr by Pope Benedict XVI in 2007.

1905–1936 · Contemporary

María Jordá Botella was a Catholic martyr who was killed during the Spanish Civil War. She was the youngest member of a group executed for their public displays of faith and was beatified by Pope John Paul II on March 11, 2001.

1877–1936 · Contemporary · Carmelites

Jacoba Martínez García, in religion Maria Pilar of Saint Francis Borgia (1877–1936), was one of the three Carmelite martyrs of Guadalajara during the Spanish Civil War. She was beatified on March 29, 1987, by Pope John Paul II. Her feast day is July 24.

1892–1936 · Contemporary

María de la Purificación Vidal Pastor was a Catholic martyr killed during the Spanish Civil War. A single laywoman, she was martyred due to her public manifestation of religiosity and was beatified by Pope John Paul II on March 11, 2001.

1885–1936 · Contemporary

Maria del Carmen Moreno Benítez (born August 24, 1885, in Villamartín; died September 1, 1936, in Barcelona) was a Spanish Salesian sister, martyr, and blessed of the Catholic Church. She joined the Institute of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians.

1903–1936 · Contemporary

Maria del Olvido Noguera Albelda (born December 30, 1903, in Valencia; died November 30, 1936) was a Spanish blessed of the Catholic Church. She was a member of Catholic Action. She died during the Spanish Civil War at the age of 32.

1905–1936 · Contemporary · Carmelites

Martienne Valtierra-Tordesillas, in religion Marie Ange de Saint Joseph (1905–1936), was one of the three Carmelite martyrs of Guadalajara during the Spanish Civil War. She was beatified on March 29, 1987, by Pope John Paul II. Her feast day is July 24.

1765–1795 · Modern

Matthias Choe In-gil (1765–June 28, 1795) was a Korean martyr and a blessed of the Catholic Church. Born in 1765, Choe In-gil converted to Catholicism in 1784.

1902–1936 · Contemporary · Piarists

Matías Cardona Meseguer (born December 23, 1902, in Vallibona, died August 20, 1936, in the same place) was a Spanish priest of the Piarist Order. He was a victim of the anti-Catholic persecutions during the Spanish Civil War, murdered out of hatred for the faith (odium fidei).

1899–1936 · Contemporary · Trinitarian Order

Melchior of the Holy Spirit, born Melchor Rodríguez Villastrigo (Laguna de Negrillos, January 29, 1899 – Cuenca, September 24, 1936), was a Spanish priest of the Order of the Most Holy Trinity.

1599–1632 · Reformation

Melchior of Saint Augustine, born Melchor Sánchez Pérez (Granada 1599 – Nagasaki, December 11, 1632), was a Spanish missionary of the Order of Augustinian Recollects. A martyr in Japan, he was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1989.

1100 · Medieval

Mercherdach (also Muiredach, Murchertachus, and others) was an Irish pilgrim monk who lived as a recluse at the Obermünster church in Regensburg during the 11th century. He is venerated as a blessed.

1960–1991 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor

Michał Tomaszek (September 23, 1960 – August 9, 1991) was a Polish Catholic priest and missionary of the Order of Friars Minor Conventual. Having been killed in hatred of the faith (in odium fidei) in Peru, he is venerated as a martyr and blessed by the Catholic Church.

1748–1794 · Modern · Carmelites

Michel-Louis Brulard, born in 1748, was a priest and a member of the Order of Discalced Carmelites in Charenton. During the French Revolution, he was arrested and sentenced to deportation to French Guiana.

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

Michele Masip González (Llardecans, June 8, 1913 – 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.

1907–1936 · Contemporary · Conventual Franciscans

Miguel Remón Salvador, O.F.M.Conv. (Caudé, September 17, 1907 – Samalús, August 3, 1936), was a Spanish religious brother of the Order of Friars Minor Conventual.

1941–1991 · Contemporary

Miguel Tiu Imul (born September 5, 1941, in La Montaña, Quiché Department; died October 31, 1991, in Parraxtut, Quiché Department) was a Guatemalan martyr, a victim of the Guatemalan Civil War, and a blessed of the Catholic Church.

1935–1974 · Contemporary

Mikel Beltoja (April 17, 1935 – February 10, 1974) was an Albanian Catholic priest of the Archdiocese of Shkodër who was murdered in odium fidei under the communist and atheist regime of Enver Hoxha. He is venerated as a blessed and martyr by the Catholic Church.

1880–1936 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Modest García Martí, also known as Modest of Albocácer (Spanish: Modesto García Martí; born January 18, 1880, in Albocácer, Castellón province; died August 30, 1936, near Albocácer), was a Spanish blessed of the Catholic Church, a martyr, priest, Capuchin friar, and victim of the…

1912–1936 · Contemporary · Conventual Franciscans

Modesto Vegas was a Spanish Franciscan friar who was born on February 24, 1912, in La Serna, Spain. During the Spanish Civil War, he was killed in 1936 in Lliçà d'Amunt, along with friars Alfonso Lopez, Dionisio Vicente, Pedro Rivera, Francisco Remón, and Miguel Remón.

1210 · Medieval · Franciscans

Monaldo of Capodistria, Latinized as Monaldus Iustinopolitanus (Capodistria or Piran, c. 1208 – Capodistria, c. 1280), was an Italian Franciscan theologian and canonist.

1917–1936 · Contemporary · Congregation of the Mission

Narciso Pascual Pascual, born on August 11, 1917, in Sarreaus (Tioira, Maceda) and died in Guadalajara on December 6, 1936, was a Galician Latin Catholic religious, a martyr of the Spanish Civil War, and was beatified by Pope Francis on October 13, 2013.

1882–1936 · Contemporary

Narciso de Esténaga y Echevarría (Logroño, October 29, 1882 – Miguelturra, August 22, 1936) was a Spanish Catholic bishop. He was one of the thirteen bishops killed in the Republican zone during the Spanish Civil War, a victim of religious persecution.

1866–1936 · Contemporary · Society of Jesus

Narcisse Basté Basté (1866–1936) was a Spanish Jesuit who was assassinated during the Spanish Civil War in Valencia, Spain, on October 15, 1936.

1887–1958 · Contemporary

Dom Ndoc Suma (born July 31, 1887, in Nënshat, Zadrima; died April 22, 1958) was a Roman Catholic priest who died for his faith in communist Albania. He is one of the Thirty-eight Martyrs of Albania.

1890–1936 · Contemporary · Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Nicasio Sierra Ucar, C.M.F. (Cascante, October 11, 1890 – Barbastro, August 12, 1936), was a Spanish priest of Basque origin who was martyred in Barbastro during the Spanish Civil War and is venerated as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1350–1389 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Niccolò Caracciolo Moschino, Cardinal of Saint Cyriacus, was an Italian cardinal born in Naples, Campania, Italy, who died on July 29, 1389, in Rome. He was a member of the Dominican Order and a relative of Cardinal Corrado Caraccioli (1405).

1863–1936 · Contemporary

Niceta Plaja Xitra de San Prudencia (born October 31, 1863, in Torrent; died November 24, 1936, in Paterna) was a Spanish nun of the Carmelite Sisters of Charity, a martyr, and a blessed of the Catholic Church.

1893–1936 · Contemporary · Passionists

Vicente Díez Tejerina (Herreruela de Castillería, February 17, 1893 – Manzanares, July 23, 1936), better known by his religious name Nicéforo de Jesús y María, was a Catholic Passionist priest who was executed by firing squad in 1936 during the religious persecution that broke ou…

1740–1792 · Modern · Society of Jesus

Nikolas Verron, born in Quimperlé in 1740 and murdered in Paris on September 3, 1792, was a Jesuit priest and martyr. He is one of the Martyrs of September 1792, beatified by Pope Pius XI on October 17, 1926.

1100–1153 · Medieval · Cistercians

Nivard of Clairvaux (born c. 1100 at the Château de Fontaine-lès-Dijon, died 1150 at Clairvaux Abbey) was a Cistercian monk. He was the brother of Bernard of Clairvaux. A blessed, his feast day is February 7.

1903–1952 · Contemporary

Olympia (Olga) Bida (1903–1952) was a Ukrainian Catholic nun of the Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Immaculate Virgin Mary who died in the Kharsk detention camp near Tomsk, Siberia. She is one of the 25 Ukrainian martyrs beatified by Pope John Paul II in Lviv on June 27, 2001.

1237–1310 · Medieval

Oringa Menabuoi, known in religion as Christiana of Santa Croce (Santa Croce sull'Arno, c. 1240 – Santa Croce sull'Arno, January 4, 1310), was an Italian religious woman.

1050–1128 · Medieval · Benedictines

Octavien de Quingey, or Saint Octavian (died 1128), was a nobleman from Franche-Comté belonging to the House of Ivrea, who served as a monk in Pavia and Bishop of Savona, Italy. He is a Catholic saint whose feast day is August 6.

1100–1171 · Medieval · Premonstratensians

Otto von Cappenberg (born c. 1100; died February 23, 1171, in Cappenberg near Lünen, also known as Odo of Cappenberg) was provost of Cappenberg Abbey from 1156 until his death and the godfather of Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa.

1917–1936 · Contemporary

Pascual Aláez Medina, OMI (born May 11, 1917, in Villaverde de Arcayos; died July 24, 1936, in Pozuelo, Madrid), was a Spanish Oblate of the Immaculate Mary. He took his first vows on August 16, 1935.

1894–1936 · Contemporary

Paschalis Penadés Jornet (born January 3, 1894; died September 15, 1936) was a Spanish blessed of the Catholic Church. He began his studies at the seminary in Valencia and was ordained a priest in 1921. He was murdered during the Spanish Civil War.

1743–1798 · Modern

Paul Yi Do-gi (Korean: 이도기 바오로; born 1743 in Cheongyang, Korea; died July 24, 1798, in Jeongsan) was a Korean martyr and a blessed of the Catholic Church. Yi Do-gi was born in 1743 in Cheongyang. In his hometown, he encountered the Catholic faith and became a Christian.

1759–1791 · Modern

Paul Yun Ji-chung (Korean: 윤지충 바오로) was a Korean Christian layman, Catholic martyr, and blessed. He was born in 1759 in Jinsan, Jeolla Province, Korea, and was beheaded on December 8, 1791, in Jeonju, Jeolla.

1760–1795 · Modern

Paul Yun Yu-il (Korean: 윤유일 바오로; born 1760 in Yeoju, Korea; died June 28, 1795, in Seoul) was a Korean martyr and a blessed of the Catholic Church. Yun Yu-il learned about the Christian faith from Ambrose Kwon Cheol-sin and his younger brother, Francis Xavier Kwon Il-sin.

1903–1936 · Contemporary · Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Pedro Cunill Padrós, C.M.F. (Vic, March 17, 1903 – 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.