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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…

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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…

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.

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…

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.

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…

1877–1936 · Contemporary · Society of Jesus

Alfred Simón Colomina SJ (born March 18, 1877, in Valencia, died November 29, 1936, near Valencia) was a Spanish Catholic blessed, priest, victim of anti-Catholic persecution, and martyr.

1551–1620 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Not to be confused with Ambrósio Fernandes Brandão. Ambroise Fernandez (in Portuguese, Ambrósio Fernandes), born around 1551 in Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal, and died (executed) on January 7, 1620, in Nagasaki, Japan, was a Portuguese Jesuit brother and missionary in Japan.

1043 · Medieval · Benedictines

Amnichad of Fulda (died January 30, 1043) was a Benedictine monk who spent the end of his life as a recluse at Fulda Abbey. He is venerated as a blessed in the Catholic Church. Amnichad was born in Scotland.

1914–1936 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor

Anastasio González Rodríguez (born October 11, 1914, in Villaute; died August 16, 1936, in Fuente el Fresno) was a Spanish Franciscan, seminarian, Christian martyr, and blessed of the Roman Catholic Church.

1727–1794 · Modern

André Duliou (born July 19, 1727, in Saint-Laurent-des-Mortiers; died January 21, 1794, in Laval) was a French priest who was sentenced to death and guillotined during the French Revolution. He is venerated as a Blessed in the Roman Catholic Church.

1895–1927 · Contemporary · Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Andrés Solá y Molist, C.M.F. (Taradell, Spain, October 7, 1895 – April 25, 1927, León, Mexico) was a Roman Catholic priest and a member of the Congregation of Missionaries of the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Claretians).

1934–1995 · Contemporary · Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of the Apostles

Jeanne Littlejohn, known in religion as Sister Angèle-Marie, was a Maltese nun of the Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Apostles, born on November 22, 1934, in Tunis and killed on September 3, 1995, in Algiers. She taught sewing and language in the Belcourt district of Algiers.

1881–1939 · Contemporary · Order of St. Augustine

Anselmo Polanco Fontecha (Buenavista de Valdavia, April 16, 1881 – Pont de Molins, February 7, 1939) was a Spanish Catholic bishop. Attacked by rebels after the outbreak of the Civil War, he was taken prisoner by the Republican army in January 1938 following the capture of Teruel…

1875–1936 · Contemporary · Dominican Order

Antero Mateo García (March 4, 1875, Valdevimbre – August 8, 1936, Sant Andreu de Palomar) was a Spanish Roman Catholic layman, a Dominican tertiary, and a martyr of the Spanish Civil War. The Catholic Church venerates him as a blessed.

1906–1945 · Contemporary

Antoine Charmet, born on December 26, 1906, in Saint-Martin-la-Plaine and died on April 2, 1945, in Buchenwald, was a French Catholic priest and a victim of Nazism.

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

Antolín Calvo y Calvo, C.M.F. (Gumiel de Mercado, September 2, 1912 – 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.

1921–1948 · Contemporary

Anton Muzaj (born March 19, 1921, in Vërnakolla, in present-day Kosovo; died spring 1948 in Shkodër; Croatian: Anton Muzić) was a Roman Catholic priest who was arrested and tortured for his faith in atheist Albania under the Enver Hoxha regime.

1902–1946 · Contemporary

Anton Zogaj (born 1902, or according to other sources 1905 or July 26, 1908, in Kthella, Mirdita; died 1946, or according to another source 1948, in Durrës) was an Albanian Roman Catholic priest who was shot for his faith under the communist regime.

1885–1936 · Contemporary · Salesians of Don Bosco

Antonio María Martín Hernández, S.D.B. (born July 18, 1885, in La Calzada de Béjar; died December 10, 1936, in Picadero de Paterna, Salamanca province) was a Spanish Salesian priest, a martyr of the Spanish Civil War, and a victim of anti-Catholic persecution who is honored as a…

1908–1936 · Contemporary

Antonio Arribas Hortigüela (born April 29, 1908, in Cardeñadijo; died September 29, 1936, in Serinyà) was a Spanish religious of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart, a martyr for the faith, and a blessed of the Catholic Church.

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

Antonio Dalmau Rosich, C.M.F. (Miralcamp, October 4, 1912 – 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.

1892–1936 · Contemporary

Antonio Silvestre Moya (born October 26, 1892, in Olleria; died August 8, 1936, in El Salter) was a Spanish Catholic priest and a blessed of the Catholic Church. He was born on October 26, 1892, and was baptized the same day.

1902–1936 · Contemporary · Trinitarian Order

Antonio de Jesús y María, born Juan Antonio Salútregui y Uribarren (Guernica, February 5, 1902 – Alcázar de San Juan, July 26, 1936), was a Spanish priest of the Order of the Most Holy Trinity.

1739–1792 · Modern · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Apollinaire Morel, born on June 12, 1739, in Prez-vers-Noréaz and died on September 2, 1792, in Paris, was a Swiss Capuchin. He was a martyr of the French Revolution and is recognized as blessed by the Catholic Church.

1911–1936 · Contemporary · Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Atanasio Vidaurreta Labra (Adiós, May 2, 1911 – Barbastro, August 18, 1936) was a Spanish religious, martyred in Barbastro during the Spanish Civil War and venerated as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1793–1840 · Modern

Augustin Pak Chong-won was a Korean Christian layman and catechist, born in 1793 in Seoul, Korea, and died on January 31, 1840, at Dangkogae near Seoul.

1716–1794 · Modern

Augustin-Emmanuel Philippot (born June 11, 1716, in Paris; died January 21, 1794, in Laval, Mayenne department) was a French priest who was sentenced to death and guillotined during the French Revolution. He is venerated as a Blessed in the Roman Catholic Church.

1563–1626 · Reformation

Baltasar de Torres, SJ (born December 14, 1563, in Granada; died June 20, 1626, in Nagasaki) was a Jesuit missionary, priest, blessed of the Catholic Church, and martyr. A victim of anti-Catholic persecution in Japan, he was murdered in odium fidei (out of hatred for the faith).

1783–1801 · Modern

Barbara Sim A-gi was a Korean Christian laywoman and martyr, born in 1783 in Gwangju, Gyeonggi, Korea, and died in early April 1801 near Seoul. Her martyrdom is recognized by the Catholic Church, and she is titled Venerable.

1452–1495 · Medieval · Carmelites

Bartolomeu Fanti was an Italian Carmelite friar who belonged to the Mantuan Congregation. For 35 years, he served as spiritual director and rector of the Confraternity of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in his hometown.

1410–1481 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Costanzo da Fabriano, also known as Costanzo Servoli (Fabriano, ... – Ascoli Piceno, February 24, 1481), was an Italian priest of the Order of Preachers. His cult as a blessed was confirmed by Pope Pius VII in 1821.

1906–1936 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor

Benigno Prieto del Pozo (born November 25, 1906, in Salce; died August 16, 1936, in Fuente el Fresno) was a Spanish Franciscan, priest, Christian martyr, and blessed of the Roman Catholic Church.

1188–1232 · Medieval · Franciscans

Bentivoglio de Bonis (San Severino Marche, 1188 – San Severino Marche, 1232) was an Italian priest of the Order of Friars Minor; his cult as a blessed was confirmed by Pope Pius IX in 1852.

1728–1792 · Modern

Bernard-François de Cucsac (born 1728 in Toulouse, died September 2, 1792, in Paris) was a Catholic priest, a member of a Catholic society of apostolic life, and a martyr beatified by the Catholic Church, who was a victim of anti-Catholic persecution during the French Revolution.

1182 · Medieval · Benedictines

Bernard the Penitent, also known as Bernard of Sithiu, was a 12th-century Benedictine monk and great traveler, born in the Diocese of Maguelone and died on April 19, 1182, at Saint-Bertin Abbey in Saint-Omer. He was declared a Catholic blessed and is celebrated on April 19.

1925–1940 · Contemporary

Bibiana Khampai (November 4, 1925 – December 26, 1940) was a Thai blessed of the Catholic Church. Between 1940 and 1944, Thailand was at war with French Indochina.

1864–1936 · Contemporary · Sisters of Adoration, Handmaids of the Blessed Sacrament and of Charity

Juana Francisca Pérez de Labeaga García (Desojo, January 29, 1864 – Madrid, November 10, 1936), better known as Blasa de María, was a Spanish religious sister and member of the Handmaids of the Blessed Sacrament and of Charity, who was killed during the religious persecution of t…

1047–1120 · Medieval · Knights Hospitaller

Brother Gerard, or Gerard the Hospitaller, born around 1047 into a family from the Amalfi region of Italy and died on September 3, 1120, was the founder of a congregation, the Hospitallers of Saint John, which would later become the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem.

1332–1389 · Medieval · Order of St. Augustine

Bonaventura Badoaro de Peraga, the Cardinal of Padua, was an Italian cardinal born in Padua, Veneto, Italy, who died on July 10, 1381 (or 1389), in Rome. He was a member of the Order of Saint Augustine and the first cardinal from that order.

1930–1996 · Contemporary · Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance

Christian Charles Joseph Lemarchand (in religion Father Bruno), born on March 1, 1930, in Saint-Maixent-l'École (Deux-Sèvres) and died (assassinated) after April 20, 1996, in Algeria, was a French Trappist monk of the Abbey of Notre-Dame de l'Atlas in Tibhirine who, along with si…

1887–1936 · Contemporary · Trinitarian Order

Bonaventura of Saint Catherine (Spanish: Buenaventura de Santa Catalina), born Buenaventura Gavicaechevarría Guerricabeitia (Ajangiz, July 14, 1887 – Alcázar de San Juan, July 26, 1936), was a Spanish priest of the Order of the Most Holy Trinity.