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1879–1942 · Contemporary

Maria Marta Kazimiera Wołowska was a Polish nun born in Lublin in 1879. She died in Slonim in 1942 and is recognized as a saint in the Catholic Church.

1837–1881 · Modern · Daughters of Mary Help of Christians

Maria Domenica Mazzarello, FMA (9 May 1837 – 14 May 1881) was an Italian Catholic nun who co-founded the Salesian Sisters of Don Bosco. She was born in Mornese, in what is now the province of Alessandria, northern Italy, to a peasant family who worked in a vineyard.

1809–1865 · Modern · Sisters of Adoration, Handmaids of the Blessed Sacrament and of Charity

Micaela Desmaisières López de Dicastillo (1 January 1809 – 24 August 1865) - in religion María Micaela of the Blessed Sacrament - was a Spanish Roman Catholic professed religious and the founder of the Handmaids of the Blessed Sacrament.

1909–1954 · Contemporary

Maria Ripamonti (26 May 1909 – 4 July 1954), also known by her religious name Lucia dell'Immacolata, was an Italian Roman Catholic and a professed religious from the Ancelle della carità.

1846–1878 · Modern · Order of Discalced Nuns of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel

Mariam Baouardy, OCD (Arabic: مريم بواردي, or Mary of Jesus Crucified, 5 January 1846 – 26 August 1878), was a Palestinian Discalced Carmelite nun of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church.

1907–1943 · Contemporary

Marian Konopiński (Przemęt, September 10, 1907 – Dachau, January 1, 1943) was a Polish priest who died in captivity at the Dachau concentration camp, where he had been imprisoned for his opposition to the Nazi regime.

1909–1939 · Contemporary

Marian Skrzypczak (born April 15, 1909, in Janowiec Wielkopolski, died October 5, 1939, in Płonkowo) was a Polish Catholic priest of the Archdiocese of Gniezno and a blessed of the Roman Catholic Church.

1618–1645 · Reformation · Third Order of Saint Francis

Mariana of Jesus de Paredes (Spanish: Mariana or María Ana de Jesús de Paredes; October 31, 1618 – May 26, 1645) is a Catholic saint and was the first person to be canonized from what is now Ecuador.

1888–1943 · Contemporary

Marianna Biernacka, née Czokało (1888 – 13 July 1943) was a Roman Catholic citizen of Poland, and a victim of Nazi Germany in the Second World War.

1838–1918 · Contemporary · Sisters of the Third Franciscan Order

Marianne Cope, OSF, also known as Marianne of Molokaʻi (born Barbara Koob; January 23, 1838 – August 9, 1918), was a German-born American member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Syracuse. She was founding director of St.

1713–1787 · Modern · Passionists

Saint Marie Crucifiée Costantini was a Catholic nun and member of the Passionist order. Born in Tarquinia in 1713, she lived there until her death in 1787. She is recognized as a saint by the Catholic Church.

1599–1672 · Reformation · Ursulines

Marie of the Incarnation OSU (née Marie Guyart; 28 October 1599 – 30 April 1672) was a French Ursuline nun from Quebec City. As part of a group of nuns sent to New France (modern-day Quebec, Canada) to establish the Ursuline Order, Marie was crucial in the spread of Catholicism i…

1890–1943 · Contemporary

Maria Clemenza of Jesus Crucified, born Helena Staszewska (Złoczew, July 30, 1890 – Oświęcim, July 27, 1943), was a Polish religious sister, venerated as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1875–1900 · Contemporary · Franciscan Missionaries of Mary

Saint Marie de la Paix Giuliani (1875–1900, born Marianna Giuliani) was an Italian religious sister who died for her faith in China during the Boxer Rebellion and was canonised in 2000.

1866–1900 · Contemporary · Franciscan Missionaries of Mary

Saint Marie-Adolphine Dierkx (1866–1900, born Anna Catharina or Kaatje Dierkx) was a Dutch nun who died for her faith in China during the Boxer Rebellion and was canonised in 2000.

1843–1927 · Contemporary · Dominican Order

Marie-Alphonsine Danil Ghattas, OP (4 October 1843 – 25 March 1927) was a Palestinian Catholic nun who founded the Dominican Sisters of the Most Holy Rosary of Jerusalem (the Rosary Sisters), the first Palestinian religious congregation.

1813–1887 · Modern · Third Order of Saint Francis

Maria Caterina Troiani (19 January 1813 – 6 May 1887) was an Italian Roman Catholic charitable worker who assumed the name of "Maria Caterina of Saint Rose" when she became a nun. Troiani established the Franciscan Missionaries of the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

1817–1898 · Modern · Religious of the Assumption

Marie-Eugénie de Jésus (born Anne-Eugénie Milleret de Brou; 25 August 1817 – 10 March 1898) is a French saint and the foundress of the Religious of the Assumption.

1760–1794 · Modern · Order of Discalced Nuns of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel

Marie-Henriette de la Providence was a French Catholic nun born in 1760 in Cajarc. A member of the Order of Discalced Nuns of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel, she died by decapitation in Paris in 1794. She is recognized as a blessed and canonized saint.

1756–1846 · Modern · Third Order of Saint Francis

Marie-Madeleine Postel (28 November 1756 – 16 July 1846), born Julie Françoise-Catherine Postel, was a French Catholic professed religious and the founder of the Sisters of Christian Schools.

1818–1866 · Modern

Marie-Nicolas-Antoine Daveluy (16 March 1818 – 30 March 1866) was a French missionary and saint. His feast day is March 30, and he is also venerated along with the rest of the 103 Korean martyrs on September 20. Antoine Daveluy was born 16 March 1818 in Amiens, France.

1892–1966 · Contemporary · Franciscans

Marija Petković, also known as The Blessed Mary of Jesus Crucified Petković; (Croatian: Marija od Propetoga Isusa Petković, Italian: Maria Di Gesù Crocifisso), (10 December 1892 - 9 July 1966) was the founder of the Catholic Congregation of the Daughters of Mercy.

300–336 · Early Church

Pope Mark (Latin: Marcus) was the bishop of Rome from 18 January to his death on 7 October 336. Little is known of Mark's early life. According to the Liber Pontificalis, he was a Roman, and his father's name was Priscus. Mark succeeded Sylvester I as pope on 18 January 336.

1795–1866 · Modern

Mark Chŏng Ŭi-bae was a Korean teacher and catechist born in 1795. He was a member of the Catholic Church who died by decapitation in Seoul in 1866. He is recognized as a Catholic saint and blessed.

1834–1900 · Contemporary

Mark Ji Tianxiang was a Chinese lay Catholic and doctor. He was martyred during the Boxer Rebellion and had been an opium addict. He was canonized in 2000 by Pope John Paul II. Ji was born in Jizhou District, Hengshui, Zhili (now Hebei), China in 1834.

1589–1619 · Reformation · Benedictines

Marko Stjepan Krizin (c. 1588 – 7 September 1619), or Marko Križevčanin (Hungarian: Kőrösi Márk, lit. 'Mark of Križevci') was a Croatian Roman Catholic priest, professor of theology and missionary, who was active in the 17th century.

800–880 · Medieval

Markward von Hildesheim was a Catholic priest and bishop born in 800. He died in 880 in Ebstorf and is recognized as a saint by the Catholic Church.

301–410 · Early Church

Maron, also called Maroun or Maro (Syriac: ܡܪܘܢ, Mārōn; Arabic: مَارُون, Mārūn; Latin: Maron; Ancient Greek: Μάρων), was a 4th-century Syriac Christian hermit monk in the Taurus Mountains whose followers, after his death, founded a religious Christian movement that became known a…

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Mars of Nantes (6th century) is a hypothetical bishop of Nantes, presented as a disciple of Saint Melaine, who allegedly exercised his ministry between 537 and 541 before renouncing his office to become a hermit. His name was therefore not included in the episcopal registers.

1787–1839 · Modern

Martha Kim Song-im was a Korean Christian laywoman, martyr, and saint, born in 1787 in Pupyeong, Gyeonggi Province, Korea, and died by beheading on May 24, 1839, near Seoul.

1812–1861 · Modern

Marthe Wang Louzhi was a Chinese Christian laywoman, born around 1812, who was executed on July 29, 1861, in Qingyian, near Guiyang, in Guizhou province. Recognized as a Catholic martyr, she was canonized by Pope John Paul II on October 1, 2000.

1836–1866 · Modern · Paris Foreign Missions Society

Martin Luc Huin, born on October 20, 1836, in Guyonvelle, Haute-Marne, and beheaded on March 30, 1866, in Boryeong, Korea, was a missionary priest of the Paris Foreign Missions Society recognized as a martyr and saint by the Catholic Church.

1787–1840 · Modern

Martin Thọ (born c. 1787 in Kẻ Báng, Nam Định Province, Vietnam – died November 8, 1840, in Bảy Mẫu, Vietnam) was a Vietnamese martyr and a saint of the Catholic Church. His given name was Nho, but he was known by the local custom as Thọ, after his ninth son.

1760–1840 · Modern

Vietnamese Martyrs (Vietnamese: Các Thánh Tử đạo Việt Nam), also known as the Martyrs of Tonkin and Cochinchina, collectively Martyrs of Annam or formerly Martyrs of Indochina, are saints of the Catholic Church who died between 1745 and 1862, and were canonized by Pope John Paul…

1817–1862 · Modern

Martin Wu Xuesheng was born in 1817 and died in 1862 by decapitation. He was a member of the Catholic Church and is recognized as a Catholic saint and blessed.

515–580 · Medieval · Benedictines

Saint Martin of Braga (in Latin Martinus Bracarensis, in Portuguese, known as Martinho de Dume c. 520–580 AD), also known as Saint Martin of Dumio, was an archbishop of Bracara Augusta in Gallaecia (now Braga in Portugal), a missionary, a monastic founder, and an ecclesiastical a…

1566–1597 · Reformation · Ordo Fratrum Minorum de Regularis Observantia

Martín de la Ascensión Aguirre, born in Ibarrangelu, Gipuzkoa, in the present-day Spanish Basque Country in 1566 or 1567 and died in Nagasaki, Japan, on February 5, 1597, was a 16th-century Spanish Franciscan friar and Catholic missionary who died a martyr in Japan.

350–435 · Early Church

Martinianus (or Martinus, Italian: Martiniano) was Archbishop of Milan from 423 to 435. He is honoured as a Saint in the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches. His feast day is 2 January. A tradition associates Martinianus with the Roman family of the Hosii.

1140–1213 · Medieval · Cistercians

Martín de Hinojosa, also known as Martín de Finojosa or Martín de Huerta (born in Deza c. 1140 – died in Sotoca de Tajo on September 16, 1213), was a Castilian ecclesiastic, abbot of the Abbey of Huerta, and Bishop of Sigüenza. He is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church.

1836–1900 · Contemporary

Saint Maria An Guo (born 1836 in Anping, Hebei, China; died July 11, 1900, in Liugongying, Hebei) was a martyr and a saint of the Catholic Church. Maria An Guo was born in 1836 in Anping, Hebei Province.

1871–1900 · Contemporary

Saint Maria An Linghua (born 1871 in Anping, Hebei, China; died July 11, 1900, in Liugongying, Hebei) was a Catholic saint and martyr. Maria An Linghua was born in 1871 in Anping, Hebei Province. During the Boxer Rebellion, Christians in China were subjected to persecution.

1885–1900 · Contemporary

Saint Maria Qi Yu (Chinese: 齊玉瑪利) (born 1885 in Daji, Hebei, China – died June 28, 1900, in Wangla, Hebei) was a saint of the Catholic Church and a martyr. Maria Qi Yu was born in 1885 in Daji, Hebei Province.

1872–1900 · Contemporary · Franciscan Missionaries of Mary

Saint Maria Chiara Nanetti or Mary Clare (1872-1900, born Clelia Nanetti) was an Italian religious sister who died for her faith in China during the Boxer Rebellion and was canonised in 2000.

1849–1900 · Contemporary

Saint Maria Du Zhao (1849 in Qifengzhuang, Hebei, China – June 28, 1900, in Wangjiatian, Hebei) was a saint of the Catholic Church and a martyr. Maria Du Zhao was born into a Christian family in the village of Qifengzhuang in Shen County, Hebei Province.

1858–1900 · Contemporary

Saint Maria Du Tian (1858–June 29, 1900) was a Chinese martyr and a saint of the Catholic Church. Born in 1858 in Shenzhou, Hebei, she married Du Yonghe from the village of Du, with whom she had two sons and three daughters.

1796–1868 · Modern

Mary Euphrasia Pelletier, RGS, religious name Mary of Saint Euphrasia, born as Rose Virginie Pelletier (31 July 1796 in Noirmoutier-en-l'Île – 24 April 1868 in Angers), was a French religious sister.

1884–1900 · Contemporary

Saint Maria Fan Kun (1884 in Daji, Hebei, China – June 28, 1900, in Wangla, Hebei) was a saint of the Catholic Church and a martyr. Maria Fan Kun was born in Daji and raised in an orphanage founded by Catholic priests in the village of Wangla.

1863–1900 · Contemporary

1835–1900 · Contemporary

Saint Maria Guo Li (Chinese: 郭李瑪利) (born 1835 in Hujiache, Hebei, China – died July 7, 1900, in the same place) was a saint of the Catholic Church and a martyr. Maria Guo Li was the wife of Guo Zhinfang. The couple had many children, whom they raised in the Catholic faith.

1866–1900 · Contemporary · Franciscan Missionaries of Mary

Saint Marie-Hermine of Jesus (1866–1900, born Irma Grivot) was a French nun and Mother Superior who died during the Boxer Rebellion in China and was canonised in 2000.