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1917–1936 · Contemporary · Passionists

Abilio Ramos y Ramos (Resoba, February 22, 1917 – Manzanares, July 23, 1936), better known by his religious name Abilio de la Cruz, was a Spanish Passionist religious who was executed by firing squad in 1936 during the religious persecution that broke out in Spain during the Civi…

1100–1172 · Medieval · Augustinians

Achard of Saint Victor (c. 1100 – 29 March 1171) was a canon regular and abbot of the Abbey of St. Victor, Paris, and later Bishop of Avranches. By tradition he is honored as a Blessed by his fellow Canons Regular of St. Augustine.

1009–1079 · Medieval · Benedictines

Adela of France, known also as Adela the Holy or Adela of Messines; (died 1076) was, by marriage, Duchess of Normandy (January – August 1027), and Countess of Flanders (1035–1067). Adela was the second daughter of King Robert II of France and Constance of Arles.

1314 · Medieval

Adolfo de Túnez was a member of the Catholic Church who died in 1314. He is recognized as a blessed.

1813–1865 · Modern

Adolph Kolping (8 December 1813 — 4 December 1865) was a German Catholic priest and the founder of the Kolping Association. He led the movement for providing and promoting social support for workers in industrialized cities while also working to promote the dignities of workers i…

1476–1539 · Reformation · Knights Hospitaller

Sir Adrian Fortescue (c. 1476 – 9 July 1539) was a courtier at the court of King Henry VIII of England and member of the Third Order of Saint Dominic who was executed in 1539 and later beatified as a Roman Catholic martyr.

1789–1828 · Modern · Marianist Sisters

Adèle de Batz de Trenquelléon, FMI, religious name Mary of the Conception (French: Marie de la Conception), (10 June 1789 – 10 January 1828), was a religious sister and the co-founder of the Marianist Sisters with William Joseph Chaminade.

1908–1924 · Contemporary

Adílio Daronch (25 October 1908 – 21 May 1924) was a Brazilian Catholic adolescent. Daronch was born to immigrants and lived his entire life in Brazil where he was known to have had a love for football and riding.

1881–1940 · Contemporary

Agatha Phutta (1881 – December 26, 1940) was a Thai blessed of the Catholic Church. Born into a pagan family, she was baptized at the age of 21 and worked as a school cook. Between 1940 and 1944, Thailand was at war with French Indochina.

1750–1801 · Modern

Agatha Han Sin-ae was born in 1750 in Boryeong and was a member of the Catholic Church. She died by decapitation in 1801 in Seoul. She is recognized as a blessed.

1750–1801 · Modern

Agatha Yun Jeom-hye was born in 1750 and died in 1801. She was a member of the Catholic Church and is recognized as a blessed.

1598–1638 · Reformation · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Agathangelus of Vendôme, born François Nouri, was a Franciscan priest of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, born on July 31, 1598, in Vendôme and died on October 7, 1629, in Gondar.

1194–1236 · Medieval · Franciscans

Agnellus of Pisa, OFM (c. 1195 – 1236), was an Italian Franciscan friar. As the order's first minister provincial in England (1224–1236), he is considered the founder of the Franciscans in England.

1909–1940 · Contemporary · Lovers of the Holy Cross

The Martyrs of Songkhon (Thai: มรณสักขีแห่งสองคอน) (also called Seven Blessed Martyrs of Songkhon) are seven Christian Thais executed in the village Songkhon in Pong Kham subdistrict, Wan Yai District, Mukdahan Province, northeastern Thailand, in December 1940 by local police for…

1335–1352 · Medieval · Poor Clares

Agnes of Bavaria (1335 – 11 November 1352) was a Bavarian nun from Munich and a member of the House of Wittelsbach. The daughter of Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor, was brought up in a monastery of Clarissan nuns.

1602–1634 · Reformation · Dominican Order

Agnes of Jesus, OP (born Agnès Galand and also known as Agnes of Langeac; 17 November 1602 – 19 October 1634) was a French Catholic nun of the Dominican Order.

1190–1260 · Medieval · Franciscans

Blessed Agno was born in Gallur, in the province of Zaragoza, in 1190 and died in Zaragoza in 1260. His real name was Lope Fernando de Ayn; the nickname was given to him by Pope Innocent VI in recognition of his kindness.

1435–1458 · Medieval · Order of St. Augustine

Agostina Camozzi (1435 - 13 February 1458) - in religious Cristina - was an Italian Roman Catholic professed religious from the Order of Saint Augustine.

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

Agostino Viela Ezcurdia, C.M.F. (Oteiza de la Solana, April 4, 1914 – 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.

1569 · Reformation

Agustín de Revengy was a Catholic theologian who died in 1569. He is recognized as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1398–1495 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Aimone Taparelli (c. 1395 – 15 August 1495) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member from the Order of Preachers. He served as an Inquisitor-General for his order in the Lombard and Liguria regions and became a travelling preacher in northern Italian cities.

1216 · Medieval · Cistercians

Alacrinus was a Cistercian monk of the Catholic Church. He died in 1216 at Casamari and is recognized as a blessed.

1919–1994 · Contemporary · White Fathers

Alain Dieulangard was a French priest, a member of the Society of Missionaries of Africa, a blessed martyr, born on May 21, 1919, in Saint-Brieuc, and killed on December 27, 1994, in Tizi Ouzou.

1593–1659 · Reformation · Order of St. Augustine

Alain de Solminihac (25 November 1593 – 31 December 1659) was a French Roman Catholic religious reformer and served as the Bishop of Cahors from 1636 until his death.

1170–1230 · Medieval

Alberto Calvi, or de Calvo (Cilavegna, between 1170 and 1180 – Novara, October 8, 1230), was an Italian Catholic bishop, papal decretist under Pope Honorius III, and canon of Novara.

1918–1946 · Contemporary

Alberto Marvelli (21 March 1918 – 5 October 1946) was an Italian Catholic and a member of the Catholic Action movement. He became noted for his defense of the poor and for selflessness during World War II in tending to the homeless and wounded despite the devastating air raids wh…

740–804 · Medieval · Benedictines

Alcuin of York , also called Ealhwine, Alhwin, or Alchoin, was an Anglo-Latin scholar, clergyman, poet, and teacher from York, Northumbria. He was born around 735 and became the student of Archbishop Ecgbert at York.

1249–1309 · Medieval

Aldobrandesca (also known as Alda) (c. 1249, Siena, Italy – c. 1309) was an Italian saint and mystic. A short description of her life was published in 1584, which was later translated into Latin and published in the Acta Sanctorum.

1876–1936 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Piotr Mas Ginestar, also known as Peter of Benisa, born Alejandro Mas Ginestar (December 11, 1876, in Benisa, Alicante province; died August 26, 1936, in Vergel, Archdiocese of Valencia), was a Spanish Catholic blessed, martyr, priest, Capuchin friar, and victim of anti-Catholic…

1878–1936 · Contemporary

Alejandro Planas Saurí was born in Mataró, Spain, in 1878. A practitioner of Catholicism, he died in Garraf in 1936 from a gunshot wound. He is recognized as a blessed.

1912–1963 · Contemporary

Oleksiy Vasyliovych Zaryckyy (Ukrainian: Олексій Васильович Зарицький; 17 October 1912 — 30 October 1963) was a priest of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. On 27 June 2001, he was beatified by Pope John Paul II. Zaryckyy was born in the village of Bilche in the Lviv region.

1560–1595 · Reformation

Alexander Rawlins (1560 - 7 April 1595) was an English Roman Catholic martyr, beatified in 1929. While Richard Challoner says that Rawlins was born somewhere on the border between Worcestershire and Gloucestershire, Rawlins stated to the examiners that he was born a Catholic in…

1726–1792 · Modern · Society of Jesus

Alexandre Charles Lanfant (September 9, 1726 – September 2, 1792) was a French Jesuit, who served as preacher at the imperial court in Vienna, and later as confessor to King Louis XVI. Killed during the French Revolution, he was beatified by Pope Pius XI.

1904–1955 · Contemporary

Alexandrina Maria da Costa (30 March 1904 – 13 October 1955), best known as Blessed Alexandrina of Balazar, was a Portuguese mystic and victim soul, member of the Association of Salesian Cooperators, who was born and died in Balazar (a rural parish of Póvoa de Varzim).

1884–1963 · Contemporary

Alexandru Rusu (22 November 1884 – 9 May 1963) was a Romanian bishop of the Greek-Catholic Church. One of twelve children born to a priest in Șăulia Commune, Mureș County, he was himself ordained a priest in 1910. Rusu was ordained Bishop of Maramureş in 1931.

1782–1815 · Modern

Alexius Gim Si-u was a member of the Catholic Church born in 1782. He died in Daegu in 1815 and is recognized as a blessed.

1891–1944 · Contemporary · Carmelites

Alfons Maria Mazurek, also known as Alfons Maria of the Holy Spirit (1 March 1891 – 18 August 1944) was a Polish Discalced Carmelite friar and priest. He was shot by the Gestapo. He is one of the 108 Martyrs of World War II.

1551–1583 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Alfons Pacheco was a Spanish Catholic priest and missionary born in Minaya in 1551. A member of the Society of Jesus, he died in 1583. He is recognized as a blessed within the Catholic Church.

1910–1936 · Contemporary

Alfonso Sebastiá Viñals (born May 27, 1910, in Valencia; died September 1, 1936, in Paterna) was a Spanish Catholic priest and a blessed of the Catholic Church. He was the son of a laborer. He began his studies at the seminary in Orihuela and was ordained a priest in 1933.

1896–1946 · Contemporary

Alfons Tracki (2 December 1896 – 18 July 1946) was an Albanian Catholic priest of German origin, who died as a martyr as a result of the religious persecution by the regime of Enver Hoxha in communist Albania.

1568–1622 · Reformation · Dominican Order

Alfonso de Mena (born February 3, 1568, in Logroño; died September 10, 1622, in Nagasaki) was a Spanish priest and Dominican friar (OP), nephew of the Jesuit Blessed Peter Paul Navarro (died 1622), an evangelist and missionary in the Far East, a martyr, and a blessed of the Catho…

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Alfons z Cuzca is a member of the Catholic Church. He holds the status of blessed.

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Alfons z Ossoria served as a missionary within the Catholic Church. He is recognized as a blessed.

1878–1936 · Contemporary · Conventual Franciscans

Alfonso López López (Secorún, November 16, 1878 – Samalús, August 3, 1936) was a Spanish religious of the Order of Friars Minor Conventual. He is venerated as a martyr of the Spanish Civil War and a blessed by the Catholic Church.

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

Alfonso Miquel Garriga, C.M.F. (Prades de Molsosa, February 24, 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.

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

Alfonso Sorribes Teixidó, C.M.F. (Rocafort de Vallbona, December 17, 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.

1902–1953 · Contemporary · Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions

Alfredo Cremonesi (15 May 1902 – 7 February 1953) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions. He studied in Crema and Milan before setting off from Genoa to Naples and then to the Burmese missions via boat.

1867–1936 · Contemporary · Dominican Order

Alfredo Fanjul Acebal was a Spanish Catholic priest, Dominican friar, and author born in Oviedo in 1867. He died in 1936 in Paracuellos de Jarama from a gunshot wound. He is recognized as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1880–1954 · Contemporary · Benedictines

Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster, O.S.B. was an Italian Catholic prelate and professed member of the Benedictines who served as the Archbishop of Milan from 1929 until his death.

1899–1936 · Contemporary · Piarists

Alfred Parte Saiz, SchP (Spanish: Alfredo Parte Saiz; born June 2, 1899, in Cilleruelo de Bricia; died December 27, 1936, in Santander) was a Spanish priest of the Piarist Order, a victim of the Red Terror during the Spanish Civil War, murdered in hatred of the faith (odium fidei…