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1885–1936 · Contemporary

Cristòfol Baqués i Almirall (Olesa de Bonesvalls, Alt Penedès, March 20, 1885, or 1884 – Barcelona, August 20, 1936) was a priest, blessed, and member of the Brotherhood of Diocesan Laborer Priests. He was ordained a priest on June 13, 1908.

1915–1936 · Contemporary · Dominican Order

Cristóbal Iturriaga-Echevarría Irazola was a Spanish Dominican friar born in Abadiño in 1915. He died in Sama in 1936 from a gunshot wound and is recognized as a blessed.

1875–1936 · Contemporary

Cruz Laplana y Laguna (Plan, May 3, 1875 – Villar de Olalla, August 7, 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.

1903–1964 · Contemporary · Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance

Cyprian Michael Iwene Tansi // , OCSO (September 1903 – 20 January 1964) was an Igbo Nigerian priest of the Catholic Church who worked in the Archdiocese of Onitsha and later became a Trappist monk at Mount Saint Bernard Monastery in England.

1901–1936 · Contemporary

Candida of the Blessed Virgin Mary of the Angels (born Candida Cayuso González; 5 January 1901 – 24 November 1936) was a Spanish blessed of the Catholic Church and a nun of the Carmelite Sisters of Charity.

1912–1936 · Contemporary · Conventual Franciscans

Pedro Rivera was a French Franciscan friar who was born on September 3, 1912, in Valladolid, Spain. During the Spanish Civil War, he was killed in 1936 in Barcelona, along with friars Alfonso Lopez, Modesto Vegas, Dionisio Vicente, Francisco Remón, and Miguel Remón.

1933–1996 · Contemporary · Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance

Célestin Marie Georges Maxime Ringeard, born on July 29, 1933, in Touvois, Loire-Atlantique, and died in Algeria after late April 1996, was one of the seven monks of Tibhirine whose fate inspired the film Of Gods and Men by Xavier Beauvois, which won an award at the 2010 Cannes F…

1876–1936 · Contemporary · Holy Ghost Fathers

Daniel Jules Alexis Brottier, C.S.Sp. (7 September 1876 – 28 February 1936), was a French Roman Catholic priest in the Congregation of the Holy Spirit (Spiritans).

1116–1196 · Medieval · Cistercians

Born in 1116 in Geraardsbergen, Daniel de Grammont served as a politician before becoming a Cistercian abbot. He died in 1196 and is recognized as a blessed.

1890–1936 · Contemporary

Daniela de san Bernabé was a Spanish citizen born in 1890. She died in 1936 and has been beatified.

1344–1411 · Medieval

Daniele de Ungrispach, born in Cormons (province of Friuli-Venezia Giulia) around 1344 and murdered by strangulation on March 31, 1411, is a blessed of the Roman Catholic Church. His liturgical feast day is March 31.

1879–1936 · Contemporary

Daria is an American teen animated sitcom created by Glenn Eichler and Susie Lewis Lynn. The series ran from March 3, 1997, to January 21, 2002, on MTV.

1873–1936 · Contemporary

Daria Campillo Paniagua de Santa Sofia was born in Vitoria-Gasteiz in 1873 and was a citizen of Spain. She died in 1936 in Paterna, Valencian Community. She has been recognized as blessed.

1908–1931 · Contemporary

Darío Acosta Zurita (14 December 1908 – 25 July 1931) was a Mexican Roman Catholic priest who ministered in Veracruz where he lived and was killed.

1880–1936 · Contemporary · Society of Jesus

Dariusz Hernández Morató, SJ (Spanish: Darío Hernández Morató; born October 25, 1880, in Buñol, died September 29, 1936, in Picadero de Paterna) was a Catholic priest, a Jesuit, and a martyr of the Spanish Civil War who was a victim of anti-Catholic persecution and is honored as…

1902–1918 · Contemporary

The Uganda Martyrs are a group of 22 Catholic and 23 Anglican converts to Christianity in the kingdom of Buganda, now part of Uganda, who were executed between 31 January 1885 and 27 January 1887. They were killed on orders of Mwanga II, the Kabaka (King) of Buganda.

1907–1936 · Contemporary · Piarists

David Carlos de Vergara Marañón, also known as David of the Blessed Sacrament, Sch. P. (Asarta, Mendaza, December 29, 1907 – Gabasa, July 28, 1936), was a Spanish Piarist religious of the Peralta de la Sal community, a martyr during the Spanish Civil War in 1936, and is venerated…

1100–1179 · Medieval · Cistercians

David von Himmerod was a Cistercian monk born in Florence in 1100. He held citizenship in Germany and died in Großlittgen in 1179. He is recognized as a blessed within Christianity.

1920–1959 · Contemporary

Dedë Malaj (born November 16, 1920, or according to other sources November 16, 1917, in Northern Albania; died May 11 or 12, 1959, on the shores of Lake Shkodra) was a Roman Catholic priest who was arrested, tortured, and shot for his faith in atheist Albania under the Enver Hoxh…

1920–1947 · Contemporary

Dedë Maçaj (born October 21 or February 5, 1920, in Mal i Jushit near Shkodër; died March 15 or March 28, 1947, in Përmet, Albania) was a Roman Catholic priest. He was executed by firing squad by the communist regime in Albania for his faith.

1284–1360 · Medieval · Third Order of Saint Francis

Delphine of Glandèves (or of Sabran) was born in 1284 in region of Provence, now part of France. She died on 26 November 1358, having lived as a Franciscan tertiary for most of her life. Delphine was the daughter and heiress of the Count of Puy-Michel.

1321 · Medieval

Demetrius of Tiflis or Demetrio da Tifliz was a 14th-century Christian layman and martyr from Georgia or Armenia. He is venerated in the Roman Catholic Church as one of the Four Martyrs of Thane, on April 9.

1600–1638 · Reformation · Order of the Brothers Discalced of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel

Denis of the Nativity, OCD (also Dionysius of the Nativity, born as Pierre Berthelot; 12 December 1600 – 27 November 1638) was a French Discalced Carmelite friar who served in Goa. He had previously been a sailor and cartographer in the service of the king of Portugal.

1402–1471 · Medieval · Carthusian Order

Denis the Carthusian (A.D. 1402–1471), also known as Denys van Leeuwen, Denis Ryckel, Dionysius van Rijkel, Dionysius Carthusianus, Denys le Chartreux (or other combinations of these terms), was a Roman Catholic theologian and mystic.

1530–1584 · Reformation · Franciscans

Dermot O'Hurley (c. 1530 – 19 or 20 June 1584)—also Dermod or Dermond O'Hurley: Irish: Diarmaid Ó hUrthuile—was the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Cashel in Ireland during the reign of Elizabeth I, who was put to death for treason.

1201–1236 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Diana degli Andalò, OP (1201 – 10 June 1236), sometimes d'Andalo, was a Dominican nun who founded a convent in Italy dedicated to Saint Agnes. Diana d'Andalò was born into a powerful Roman family in Bologna, Italy in 1201. She is described as having been "rather spoiled".

1743–1801 · Modern · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Diego José de Cádiz (1743–1801) was a Spanish Capuchin friar who was a noted and popular preacher throughout the region of Andalusia during the 18th century. He was beatified by the Catholic Church in 1894. José Francisco López-Caamaño y García Pérez was born in Cádiz in 1743.

1896–1936 · Contemporary

Didacus Llorca Llopis (born July 2, 1896, in Oliva; died September 6, 1936) was a Spanish Catholic priest, Christian martyr, and blessed of the Catholic Church. He was baptized the day after his birth, on July 3, 1896.

1627–1672 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Diego Luis de San Vitores, SJ (November 12, 1627 – April 2, 1672) was a Spanish Jesuit missionary who founded the first Catholic church on the island of Guam. He is responsible for establishing the Christian presence in the Mariana Islands.

1880–1936 · Contemporary

Diego Ventaja Milán (Ohanes, June 22, 1880 – Vícar, August 30, 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.

1574–1636 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Diego Yuki Ryosetsu was a Japanese missionary and member of the Society of Jesus who was born in Awa Province in 1574. He died in Ōsaka in 1636 and is recognized as a blessed within the Catholic Church.

1897–1929 · Contemporary

Dina Bélanger, RJM (30 April 1897 – 4 September 1929), also known as Marie of Saint Cecilia of Rome, was a Canadian member of the Religieuses de Jésus-Marie. Bélanger was a noted musician.

1578–1624 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Diogo de Carvalho, SJ (1578 – 22 February 1624) was a Portuguese Jesuit missionary martyred in Edo period Japan. Carvalho was born in Coimbra, Portugal, in 1578.

1890–1936 · Contemporary

Mateo Molinos Coloma (Forcall, August 21, 1890–Traveseras, August 8, 1936), better known as Dionisio Luis, was a Spanish Catholic religious, a member of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, who was killed during the religious persecution amid the Spanish Civil…

1868–1936 · Contemporary · Piarists

Dionisio Pamplona Polo, also known as Dionisio of Saint Barnabas (Calamocha, October 11, 1868 – Monzón, July 25, 1936), was a Spanish Piarist priest who was murdered during the Spanish Civil War in 1936. Considered a martyr, he is venerated as a blessed in the Catholic Church.

1871–1936 · Contemporary · Conventual Franciscans

Dionisio Vicente Ramos was a Spanish Franciscan friar who was born on October 9, 1871, in Teruel, Spain. During the Spanish Civil War, he was killed in 1936 in Granollers, along with friars Alfonso Lopez, Modesto Vegas, Pedro Rivera, Francisco Remón, and Miguel Remón.

1150 · Medieval

Dodo is a saint of Frisian origin. He was a hermit who lived in Haske, where he assisted victims of blood feuds. He died in 1231 when his hermitage collapsed. When he was recovered from the rubble, he bore signs of the stigmata.

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Domenica Bernardini was a farmer and the spouse of Sergio Bernardini. She is recognized as a blessed.

1770–1828 · Modern

Domenico Lentini (20 November 1770 – 25 February 1828) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest. He was ordained in 1794 and was a life-long parish priest in his hometown of Potenza where he promoted Eucharistic devotion and worked alongside the poor of the area.

1802–1854 · Modern · Franciscans

Domenico Mazzarella (5 September 1802 – 4 July 1854) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest. He was also a professed member of the Franciscan Friars Minor of the Alcantarines and assumed the name of "Modestino of Jesus and Mary".

1450–1521 · Reformation · Dominican Order

Domenico Spadafora (1450 – 21 December 1521) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Order of Preachers. Spadafora was a noted evangelist and attracted countless to the Dominican fold while also converting the hearts of others who led dissolute lives.

1900–1936 · Contemporary · Franciscans

Domingo Alonso de Frutos (born May 12, 1900, in Navares de Ayuso; died August 16, 1936, in Fuente el Fresno) was a Spanish Franciscan, priest, theologian, Christian martyr, and blessed of the Roman Catholic Church.

1883–1936 · Contemporary · Benedictines

Domingo Caballé Bru was a Spanish Catholic priest and member of the Benedictine order who was born in 1883 in Vilalba dels Arcs. He died in 1936 in Barbastro from a gunshot wound. He is recognized as a blessed within the Catholic Church.

1872–1936 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Blessed Domingo de Guzmán María de Alboraya was a Spanish Latin Catholic priest, writer, composer, and music educator born in 1872 in Alboraia. A member of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, he died in Madrid in 1936.

1901–1927 · Contemporary · Trinitarian Order

Domingo Iturrate Zubero (11 May 1901 – 7 April 1927), also known by his religious name Domingo of the Blessed Sacrament, was a Spanish Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Trinitarian Order.

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Domingos Jorge was born in Maia. He is recognized as a blessed.

1792–1849 · Modern · Passionists

Dominic Barberi, C.P. (22 June 1792 – 27 August 1849) was an Italian theologian and Passionist priest who was prominent in spreading Catholicism in England. He contributed to the conversion of John Henry Newman. In 1963, he was beatified by Pope Paul VI.

1566–1602 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Dominic Collins, SJ (Irish: Doiminic Ó Coileáin; 1566 – 31 October 1602) was an Irish Jesuit lay brother, an ex-soldier, who died for his Catholic faith. He was beatified by Pope John Paul II, along with 16 other Irish Catholic Martyrs, on 27 September 1993.

1180–1219 · Medieval

Blessed Dominic Vernagalli was born in 1180 in Buti and served as a Catholic priest and member of Roman Catholic religious orders. A citizen of the Republic of Pisa, he died in Pisa in 1219.

1384–1461 · Medieval · Carthusian Order

Dominic of Prussia (German: Dominikus von Preußen; Latin: Dominicus Prutenus; 1382–1461) was a Carthusian monk and ascetical writer. He is credited with a popular early form of the Rosary which focused on meditation. Born in Danzig (contemporarily Gdańsk), Prussia.