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1653–1721 · Modern · Order of Friars Minor

Pacificus of San Severino (1 March 1653 – 24 September 1721), born Carlo Antonio Divini, was an Italian Roman Catholic priest known for being a miracle-worker. He was beatified on 4 August 1786, and canonized as a saint in 1839.

450–562 · Medieval

Paternus, also known as Pair or Patier, born at the end of the 5th century and died around 565, was a hermit, evangelist, founder of monasteries, and later Bishop of Avranches in the first half of the 6th century.

450–490 · Early Church

Patiens of Lyon was bishop of Lyon in the 5th century and recognized as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. He succeeded Bishop Eucherius (November 16 † 449), and died on September 11 before 494, the year in which his second successor Rusticius began his episcopate.

250–307 · Early Church

Saint Patrick (Málaga?, 3rd century – Gaul, March 16, 307) is listed as Bishop of Málaga in the acts of the Council of Elvira, held near the city of Granada between 300 and 313.

664–685 · Medieval

Patricia of Naples (or Patricia of Constantinople) (Italian: Santa Patrizia) (died ca. 665 AD) is an Italian virgin and saint. Tradition states that she was noble; she may have been related to the Roman Emperor.

1882–1900 · Contemporary · Franciscans

Saint Patrick Dong Bodi, OFS (Chinese: 董博弟) (born c. 1882 in Guchengyin, Shanxi province, China – died July 9, 1900, in Taiyuan) was a seminarian, a Franciscan tertiary, a martyr, and a saint of the Catholic Church.

1795–1839 · Modern

Paul Chong Hasang (1794 or 1795–22 September 1839) was a Korean Catholic lay missionary known as one of the Korean Martyrs. His feast day is September 20, and he is also venerated along with the rest of the 103 Korean martyrs on 20 September.

1847–1900 · Contemporary · Society of Jesus

The Martyr Saints of China (traditional Chinese: 中華殉道聖人; simplified Chinese: 中华殉道圣人; pinyin: Zhōnghuá xùndào shèngrén), or Augustine Zhao Rong and his Companions, are 120 saints of the Catholic Church.

1839–1900 · Contemporary

1802–1840 · Modern

Paul Hong Yŏng-ju was born in 1802 in Seosan and served as a Catholic catechist. He died by decapitation in Seoul in 1840. He is recognized as a Catholic saint and blessed.

1796–1840 · Modern

Paul Ho Hyob (Korean: 허협 바오로) was a Korean Christian soldier, martyr, and Catholic saint, born in 1796 in Seoul, Korea, and died in late January or early February 1840 in Seoul.

1826–1859 · Modern

Paul Hạnh (Vietnamese: Phaolô Hạnh) (born 1826 or 1827 in Vietnam – died May 28, 1859, in Saigon, Vietnam) was a saint of the Catholic Church and a martyr. Paul Hạnh was born in 1826 or 1827. After moving to Chợ Quán, he worked as a merchant.

700–767 · Medieval

Pope Paul I (Latin: Paulus I; 700 – 28 June 767) was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the emerging Papal States from 29 May 757 to his death on 28 June 767.

350 · Early Church

Paul I of Constantinople or Saint Paul the Confessor (Greek: Παῦλος; died c. 350), was the sixth bishop of Constantinople, elected first in 337.

1597 · Reformation · Franciscans

Paul Ibaraki was a Japanese Catholic martyr. Coming from a samurai family in Owari, he and his family lived near an Order of Friars Minor monastery. He lived in poverty but frequently helped those who were poorer than himself. He was also a preacher.

1893–1900 · Contemporary

Paul Lang Fu (Chinese: 郎福保祿) (born 1893 in Lu, Hebei, China – died July 16, 1900, in Lujiapo, Hebei) was a saint of the Catholic Church and a martyr. He was the son of Saint Lang Yang. During the Boxer Rebellion in China, Christians were persecuted.

1778–1818 · Modern

Paul Liu Hanzuo was a Sichuanese Catholic priest of the Paris Foreign Missions Society. He was martyred in 1818 by the Chinese government for being a Christian. He is venerated as a martyr saint in the Catholic Church.

1821–1900 · Contemporary

1793–1857 · Modern

Paul Le-Bao-Tinh (also spelled Le-Bao Thin) was a Vietnamese Catholic priest. He lived in the first half of the 19th century and was sentenced to death by Emperor Tu Duc. He was beheaded in 1857.

1564–1597 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Paul Miki, SJ (Japanese: パウロ三木; (‘Paulo Miki’) c. 1562 – 5 February 1597) was a Japanese Catholic evangelist and Jesuit, known for his martyrdom during a 16th-century anti-Catholic uprising.

1578–1597 · Reformation · Franciscans

Paul Suzuki (born 1563 in Owari Province, present-day Aichi Prefecture; died executed February 5, 1597, on the hills of Nagasaki) was a Japanese Catholic layman, a member of the Third Order of Saint Francis, and a catechist employed by Franciscan missionaries who fell victim to a…

1838–1861 · Modern

Paul Tchen (Chen Changpin) (April 11, 1838 – July 29, 1861) was a Chinese Catholic saint and martyr, born on April 11, 1838, in Xintian (Guizhou province) and beheaded in Qingyang on July 29, 1861. A seminarian, he was condemned and executed.

1773–1833 · Modern

Paul Tống Viết Bường (c. 1773 – 1833) was a martyr of Vietnam, beheaded on October 23, 1833. He was beatified by Pope Leo XIII in 1900. In 1988, he was canonized by Pope John Paul II.

1897–1978 · Contemporary · Franciscans

Pope Paul VI (born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini; 26 September 1897 – 6 August 1978) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City from 21 June 1963 until his death on 6 August 1978.

1792–1862 · Modern

Paul Vũ Văn Dương (also known as Đổng) (Vietnamese: Phaolô Vũ Văn Dương) (born c. 1792 in Vực Đường, Hưng Yên Province, Vietnam – died June 3, 1862, in Nam Định, Vietnam) was a martyr and a saint of the Catholic Church.

1838–1900 · Contemporary

Saint Paul Wu Anjyu was born in 1838 in Hebei and died in 1900 in the same province. A member of the Catholic Church, he is recognized as a Catholic saint and blessed.

1884–1900 · Contemporary

1240 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Paul and his companions (died 1240) were Dominican martyrs. Hungarian by birth, Paul went on to study law at the University of Bologna, and was persuaded by St. Dominic, to his order of Friars Preachers.

300–300 · Early Church

Paul of Narbonne (3rd century CE) was one of the "apostles to the Gauls". They had been sent out (probably by Pope Fabian, 236–250) during the consulate of Decius and Gratus (250-251 AD).

1694–1775 · Modern · Passionists

Paul of the Cross, CP (Italian: San Paolo della Croce; born Paolo Francesco Danei; 3 January 1694 – 18 October 1775) was an Italian Catholic mystic, and founder of the Passionists.

1809–1882 · Modern · Dominican Order

Paula Frassinetti is an Italian saint in the Roman Catholic Church and foundress of the Congregation of the Sisters of Saint Dorothy (aka, Congregazione Suore di S. Dorotea della Frassinetti). Her feast day is June 11.

1799–1889 · Modern · Institute of Religious Daughters of Mary of the Pious Schools

Paula Montal Fornés (religious name: Paula of Saint Joseph Calasanz; 11 October 1799 – 26 February 1889) was a Spanish Roman Catholic professed religious and the foundress of the Sisters of the Pious Schools.

347–406 · Early Church

Paula of Rome (AD 347–404) was an ancient Roman Christian saint and early Desert Mother. A member of one of the richest senatorial families which claimed descent from Agamemnon, Paula was the daughter of Blesilla and Rogatus, from the great clan of the Furii Camilli.

1905–1943 · Contemporary

Paulina Borowik was born in 1905 in Rudno and died in 1943 in the Navahrudak District. She is a Catholic saint.

740–802 · Medieval · Benedictines

Saint Paulinus II (c. 726 – 11 January 802 or 804 AD) was a priest, theologian, poet, and one of the most eminent scholars of the Carolingian Renaissance. From 787 to his death, he was the Patriarch of Aquileia in what is now northeastern Italy.

67 · Early Church

Paulinus was an early Christian saint, who, along with a priest, deacon and soldier—all of whose names were forgotten through time—suffered martyrdom in 67. According to Holy Tradition, Paulinus was born in the city of Antioch.

300–358 · Early Church

Saint Paulinus of Trier (died 358) was bishop of Trier and a supporter of St. Athanasius the Great in the conflict against Arianism. At the Synod of Arles (353) he was targeted by the Arians, and was exiled to Phrygia, being effectively singled out by the Emperor Constantius II.

644 · Medieval · Benedictines

Paulinus (died 10 October 644) was a Roman missionary and the first Bishop of York. A member of the Gregorian mission sent in 601 by Pope Gregory I to Christianize the Anglo-Saxons from their native Anglo-Saxon paganism, Paulinus arrived in England by 604 with the second missiona…

1771–1840 · Modern

Paul Phạm Khắc Khoan (born c. 1771 in Vietnam – died April 28, 1840, in Ninh Bình, Vietnam) was a priest, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church. After his ordination, Paul Phạm Khắc Khoan worked in Kẻ Vĩnh and Phúc Nhạc.

1790–1840 · Modern

Paul Nguyễn Ngân (Vietnamese: Phaolô Nguyễn Ngân) (born c. 1771 or 1790 in Cự Khanh, Thanh Hóa province, Vietnam – died November 8, 1840, in Bảy Mẫu, Vietnam) was a priest, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church. After his ordination, he worked in the Phúc Nhạc parish.

1798–1838 · Modern

Paul Nguyễn Văn Mỹ (Vietnamese: Phaolô Nguyễn Văn Mỹ; Tân Thanh, 1798 – Gò-Voi Hill, December 18, 1838), also known in Italian as Paolo Mi, was a Vietnamese catechist, a victim of the persecutions against Christians ordered by Minh Mạng, and is venerated as a saint and martyr by…

1180–1242 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Paulus Hungarus (Paul the Hungarian; ca. 1180 - 10 February 1241) was a Hungarian friar of the Dominican Order who lived during the thirteenth century, and is author of the Summa poenitentiae, Hungarus also annotated Compilatio I-III, a collection of Canon law.

1542–1597 · Reformation · Order of Friars Minor

Peter Baptist Blásquez (Pedro Bautista Blásquez in Spanish), born in San Esteban del Valle, Spain, on June 24, 1542, and died (executed) in Nagasaki, Japan, on February 5, 1597, was a 16th-century Spanish Discalced Franciscan missionary who died for the Christian faith in Japan.

1654–1672 · Reformation

Pedro Calungsod (Spanish: Pedro Calúñgsod or archaically Pedro Calonsor; July 21, 1654 – April 2, 1672), also known as Peter Calungsod and Pedro Calonsor, was a Catholic Filipino-Visayan migrant, sacristan and missionary catechist who, along with the Spanish Jesuit missionary Die…

1780–1842 · Modern

Peter Khan (Vietnamese: Phêrô Khan) (born c. 1780 in Hòa Huệ, Nghệ An Province, Vietnam – died July 12, 1842, in Hà Tĩnh, Vietnam) was a priest, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church. Peter Khan was born in the village of Nguyên Kiệt in Nghệ An Province.

1874–1936 · Contemporary

Pedro Poveda (born Pedro José Luis Francisco Javier Poveda Castroverde; 3 December 1874 – 28 July 1936) was a Spanish Catholic priest, humanitarian, and educator. He was the founder of the Teresian Association.

1826–1859 · Modern

Peter Đoàn Công Quý (Vietnamese: Phêrô Đoàn Công Quý) (born c. 1826 in Búng, Vietnam – died July 31, 1859, in Châu Đốc, An Giang Province, Vietnam) was a priest, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church.

1441–1485 · Medieval · Canons Regular of Saint Augustine

Pedro de Arbués, also known as Peter of Arbués (c. 1441 – 17 September 1485) was a Spanish Roman Catholic priest and a professed Augustinian canon.

1892–1937 · Contemporary

Pedro de Jesús Maldonado Lucero (June 15, 1892 – February 11, 1937) was a Mexican diocesan priest who became the first canonized saint and martyr from Chihuahua City, Mexico.

401 · Early Church

Saint Peirio was a 6th-century pre-congregational saint of Wales and a child of King Caw of Strathclyde. In 605AD he founded a church at Rhosbeirio on Anglesey Island, North Wales.