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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

1576–1622 · Reformation

Alix Le Clerc (2 February 1576 – 9 January 1622), known as Mother Alix, was a French religious leader and founder of the Canonesses of Saint-Augustin of the Notre-Dame Congregation (French: Notre-Dame), a religious order created to provide education to girls, especially those liv…

1914–1943 · Contemporary

Alojs Andritzki (firstname also written Aloys, in Upper Sorbian Alojs Andricki, 2 July 1914 - 3 February 1943) was a Sorbian Roman Catholic priest who suffered martyrdom in the Dachau Concentration Camp in 1943.

1827–1886 · Modern

Luigi Maria Palazzolo (10 December 1827 – 15 June 1886) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest. He established the Sisters of the Poor which was also known as the Palazzolo Institute.

1875–1923 · Contemporary · Salesians of Don Bosco

Luigi Variara (15 January 1875 – 1 February 1923) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Salesians of Don Bosco. He served for most of his life as part of the missions in Colombia where he worked with lepers and the children of outcast lepers.

1878–1913 · Contemporary · Franciscans

Alojzije Palić OFM (Latin: Aloysius Mathaeus Paliq, Albanian: Luigj Paliq; 1877 or 1878 – 7 March 1913) was a Kosovo Croat Franciscan and Catholic priest in Albania and martyr, murdered by Montenegrin soldiers in 1913.

1443–1490 · Medieval · Carmelites

Luigi Rabatà, O.Carm (1443 - 8 May 1490) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest from the Order of Carmelites. He served as prior of his convent of Randazzo until his death which occurred after an attack in which an arrow was shot into his head.

1435–1472 · Medieval

Amadeus IX (1 February 1435 – 30 March 1472), nicknamed the Happy, was the Duke of Savoy from 1465 to 1472. Known for his piety, charity, and gentle nature, he is venerated by the Catholic Church with a liturgical feast on 30 March. He was beatified by Pope Innocent XI in 1677.

1420–1482 · Medieval · Amadeiti

Amadeus of Portugal (Campo Maior, Portugal ca. 1420 – Milan, Duchy of Milan, 10 August 1482), born João de Menezes da Silva, was a Portuguese nobleman who became first a Hieronymite monk, then left that life to become a friar of the Franciscan Order.

1728–1792 · Modern · Benedictines

Ambroise Chevreux, O.S.B. (13 February 1728, in Orléans – 2 September 1792, in Paris) was a French Benedictine abbot. He was the last superior general of the Congregation of Saint Maur. He was elected to serve as a deputy of the clergy to the Estates General of 1789.

1386–1439 · Medieval · Camaldolese

Ambrogio Traversari, also referred to as Ambrose of Camaldoli (1386 – 20 October 1439), was an Italian monk and theologian who was a prime supporter of the papal cause in the 15th century. He is honored as a saint by the Camaldolese Order.

1220–1287 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Ambrose of Siena or Sienna (born Ambrogio Sansedoni; 16 April 1220 – 20 March 1287) was an Italian Dominican teacher, missionary and diplomat. Ambrose was born at Sienna on 16 April 1220, to the noble family of Sansedoni.

1845–1906 · Contemporary

Ana Petra Pérez Florido (6 December 1845 – 16 August 1906), religious name Petra of Saint Joseph, was a Spanish religious sister. She established the Congregation of the Mothers of the Forsaken and St.

1800–1885 · Modern · Sisters of the Holy Family (Urgell)

Anna Maria Janer Anglarill, also called Maria Janer, (18 December 1800 – 11 January 1885) was a Spanish religious sister who established the congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Urgell.

1602–1686 · Reformation · Dominican Order

Ana Monteagudo Ponce de Leon, OP (26 July 1602 – 10 January 1686), also known as Ana (or Ann) of the Angels Monteagudo, was a Peruvian Catholic nun in the Dominican Order.

1888–1927 · Contemporary

Anacleto González Flores (July 13, 1888 – April 1, 1927) was a Mexican Catholic layman and lawyer who was tortured and executed during the persecution of the Catholic Church under Mexican President Plutarco Elías Calles.

1194–1254 · Medieval · Franciscans

Andrea Caccioli (30 November 1194 – 3 June 1254) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member from the Order of Friars Minor. He became the first priest to enter the Franciscans and served as one of the disciples of Francis of Assisi himself - the priest was at his…

1850–1921 · Contemporary

Andrea Ferrari (13 August 1850 – 2 February 1921) – later adopting the middle name "Carlo" – was an Italian Catholic prelate who served as a cardinal and as the Archbishop of Milan from 1894 until his death.

1335–1401 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Andrea Franchi, OP (1335 - 26 May 1401) was an Italian Catholic member of the Order of Preachers who served as Bishop of Pistoia from 1382 to 1400. He was a noted preacher and evangelist with a deep commitment to the poor of his diocese.

1250–1251 · Medieval

Andrea Gallerani († 19 March 1251) was an Italian Roman Catholic from Siena and the founder of the now-defunct Frati della Misericordia association. Gallerani was a distinguished soldier until he killed a man he considered a blasphemer in a fit of rage.

1863–1936 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Giacinto Bonaventura Longhin (22 November 1863 – 26 June 1936) - in religious Andrea di Campodarsego - was an Italian Roman Catholic prelate and professed member from the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin who served as the Bishop of Treviso from 1904 until his death.

1400–1485 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Andrea Grego (1400 in Peschiera del Garda – 18 January 1485 in Morbegno) was a Dominican friar and preacher. He is venerated as a Blessed in the Roman Catholic church. He was a typical life of frate preacher, devoted to evangelization of villages.

1240–1302 · Medieval · Order of Friars Minor

Andrea dei Conti (1240 – 1 February 1302) was an Italian Franciscan who was born as a member of the noble house of Conti di Segni. The priest was best known for his humble life of solitude in which he was subjected to demonic visions and attacks though his faith in God saw him e…

1624–1644 · Reformation

Andrew of Phú Yên (1625 – 26 July 1644) is known as the "Protomartyr of Vietnam." Baptized in 1641, he was a dedicated assistant to Jesuit missionaries and was thus arrested in the persecution of Christians launched in 1644.

1887–1941 · Contemporary

Andriy Ishchak (Ukrainian: Андрі́й Іща́к; 23 September 1887 – 26 June 1941) was a Ukrainian Greek Catholic priest and martyr. Ishchak was born in the city of Mykolayiv in the Lviv Oblast. He studied theology at universities in Lviv (Ukraine) and Innsbruck (Austria).

1881–1922 · Contemporary

Angela Salawa, T.O.S.F. (Polish: Aniela Salawa) (9 September 1881 – 12 March 1922) was a Polish woman who served in hospitals in World War I. She was the 11th child and lived in a very religious family.