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350–430 · Early Church

Saint Dictinius, also known as Dictino or Dotino (died c. 420), was a Hispanic ecclesiastic and writer who served as Bishop of Astorga between the 4th and 5th centuries. Initially a Priscillianist, he later converted to Catholicism. His feast day is commemorated on April 29.

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Dilig was a late 5th-century saint, a daughter of Brychan, who is associated with the parish of St Illick (and the church of St Electa) in St Endellion, Cornwall. Dilig has a holy well at Cilbebyll near Pontardawe.

1904–1944 · Contemporary

Dimitri Andreyevich Klepinin, or Saint Dimitri of Paris (Russian: Димитрий Андреевич Клепинин), was a Russian Orthodox priest, a stateless resistance fighter in occupied Paris, who died for France, and is recognized as a martyr and saint.

1810–1878 · Modern

Saint Demetrius of Kiev (Matrona Yegorova, 1810–1878) was the founder of the Presentation Monastery in Kiev. She was of Bulgarian origin, born in Silistra, and married a Russian officer named Yegorov.

1902–1975 · Contemporary

Saint Dimitrios Gagastathis (August 1, 1902 – January 29, 1975) was a 20th-century Greek clergyman and father of nine children, who was canonized by the Orthodox Church in 2025 and is commemorated on January 29, the day of his repose.

250–306 · Early Church

Dionysius of Augsburg (died c. 306), whose life dates and biography are almost entirely unknown, is a saint and martyr of the Roman Catholic Church who is said to have been the first bishop of Augsburg. All accounts are based on traditions and historical fragments.

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Dioscorides of Smyrna (died c. 250 in Myra, Lycia, in modern-day Turkey) was a Christian who was martyred during the persecutions of the Roman Empire. He has been venerated since ancient times by the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church as a saint and martyr.

550–583 · Medieval

Saint Disciola was the niece of Saint Salvius, Bishop of Albi. She entered the Abbey of the Holy Cross, founded by Queen Radegund and then led by its first abbess, Saint Agnes of Poitiers, at a very young age.

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Dmitry Vasilyevich, nicknamed Menshoy, was a canonized appanage Prince of Zaozerye who lived between 1380 and 1440. Primary information about Dmitry Vasilyevich is preserved in the Typografskaya and Yermolinskaya chronicles, as well as in the hagiographies of Saints Dionysius of…

596 · Medieval

Dodo of Gareja (Georgia, 6th century – Gareja, Georgia, 596) was a Georgian prince and a monk at the David Gareja Monastery. He is venerated as a saint by the Orthodox Church and the Georgian and Syriac churches.

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Dofgan (5th century), or Doewan, is a Christian saint from Dyfed, a descendant of a local petty king, who was martyred in the 5th century at the hands of pagans in Wales. He is celebrated locally on July 13.

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Saint Doged was a king around the years 540–542, and he is said to have founded Llanddoged in the Conwy Valley. He is said to have been the son of Cedig ap Ceredig ap Cunedda Wledig and a king who succeeded his father in either Rhufoniog or Rhos during the 6th century.

1775–1839 · Modern · Dominican Order

Dominic Tuoc (Vietnamese: Đa Minh Tước) (Trung Lao, 1775 – Nam Dinh, April 2, 1839) was a Vietnamese priest. Beatified in 1900, he was proclaimed a saint by Pope John Paul II in 1988.

1924–1975 · Contemporary

Dometie Manolache (October 15, 1924, Bălănești, Romania – July 6, 1975, Râmeț, Romania) was a Romanian Orthodox monk with the rank of archimandrite, canonized as a saint by the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church during its session on July 11–12, 2024, under the title Sain…

1801–1839 · Modern · Third Order of Saint Dominic

Saint Dominic Bùi Văn Úy (born 1801 or 1812 in Tiên Môn, Thái Bình province, Vietnam; died December 19, 1839, in Cổ Mễ, Bắc Ninh province, Vietnam) was a catechist, a Dominican tertiary, a martyr, and a saint of the Catholic Church.

1817–1862 · Modern

Saint Dominic Huyện (Vietnamese: Đaminh Huyện) (born c. 1817 in Đông Thành, Thái Bình province, Vietnam; died June 5, 1862, in Nam Định) was a martyr and a saint of the Catholic Church. Dominic Huyện was born in Đông Thành, Thái Bình province.

1802–1862 · Modern

Saint Dominic Nguyên (Vietnamese: Đaminh Nguyên) (born c. 1802 in Ngọc Cục, Nam Định Province, Vietnam – died June 16, 1862, in Làng Cốc, Nam Định Province, Vietnam) was a martyr and a saint of the Catholic Church. Little is known about the life of Dominic Nguyên.

1818–1862 · Modern

Saint Dominic Nguyễn Đức Mạo (born c. 1818 in Ngọc Cục, Nam Định Province, Vietnam – died June 16, 1862, in Làng Cốc, Nam Định Province, Vietnam) was a Catholic saint and martyr.

1780–1859 · Modern · Third Order of Saint Dominic

Saint Dominic Phạm Trọng Khảm (born c. 1780 in Quần Cống, Nam Định Province, Vietnam – died January 13, 1859, in Nam Định, Vietnam) was a Dominican tertiary, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church. Dominic Phạm Trọng Khảm was born into a wealthy family.

1811–1862 · Modern

Dominique Toaï (1812–1862), born in a small village in Tonkin, was a Christian fisherman who was put to death for his Catholic faith. Considered a martyr by the Catholic Church, he was canonized on June 19, 1988, by Pope John Paul II.

1792–1840 · Modern · Dominican Order

Saint Dominic Trạch (Đoài) (born c. 1792 in Ngoại Vối, Nam Định Province, Vietnam – died September 18, 1840, in Bảy Mẫu, Vietnam) was a Dominican friar, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church. Dominic Trạch was born in 1792 or 1793 in Ngoại Vối, Nam Định Province.

951–1031 · Medieval · Benedictines

Saint Dominic, abbot, also known as Saint Dominic of Foligno or Saint Dominic of Sora, in Latin Dominicus de Sora and Dominicus Confessoris (Foligno, 951 – Sora, January 22, 1031), was an Italian abbot and reformer of monastic life who lived during the 10th and 11th centuries.

1803–1839 · Modern

Saint Dominic Đinh Đạt (Vietnamese: Đaminh Đinh Đạt) (born c. 1803 in Phú Nhai, Nam Định Province, Vietnam – died July 18, 1839, in Nam Định, Vietnam) was a Catholic saint and martyr. Dominic Đinh Đạt was born in Phú Nhai around 1803 to Christian parents.

1835–1862 · Modern

Saint Dominic Ninh (Vietnamese: Đaminh Ninh) (born c. 1835 or 1841 in Trung Linh, Nam Định Province, Vietnam – died June 2, 1862, in An Triêm, Nam Định Province, Vietnam) was a martyr and a saint of the Catholic Church. Dominic Ninh was born in Trung Linh in Nam Định Province.

1772–1838 · Modern · Dominican Order

Dominic Nguyen Van Hanh (Vietnamese: Đaminh Nguyễn Văn Hạnh; Nghệ An, 1772 – Ba Tòa, August 1, 1838) was a Vietnamese Dominican priest. He is venerated as a martyr and saint by the Catholic Church. He desired to be a priest at an early age.

1786–1839 · Modern · Dominican Order

Saint Dominic Nguyễn Văn Xuyên (born c. 1786 in Hương Hiệp, Nam Định Province, Vietnam; died November 26, 1839, in Bảy Mẫu, Vietnam) was a Dominican friar, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church. Dominic Nguyễn Văn Xuyên was born to wealthy farmers.

600–581 · Medieval

Domnolus (Latin: Domnolus) was Bishop of Le Mans from 558 or 559 until his death on December 1, 581; in the 17th century, the Benedictine Jean Bondonnet designated him a saint.

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Donatus of Val was a hermit, considered a saint by the Roman Catholic and Orthodox Churches, who died around 535. His feast day is August 19. He was born in the Orléans region. He was invited by John I, Bishop of Sisteron, to settle in the south of Gaul.

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Donata is a Christian martyr and saint. Along with Paulina, Rusticus, Nominanda, Serotina, Hilaria, and four companions, she was martyred in Rome. She is commemorated with her companions on December 31. Their cult was promoted by Pope Adrian I (772–795).

535 · Medieval

Donatus (Latin: Donatus; died 535) was a hermit from the Jura Mountains and a saint in the Catholic Church, commemorated on August 19. Saint Donatus was born in Orléans. He lived as a recluse in the Jura Mountains near Sisteron, in Provence.

1549–1629 · Reformation

Dorothea of Kashin (Russian: Дорофея Кашинская, Dorofeya Kashinskaya) was a Russian nun born in 1549 who died on September 24, 1629 (October 4 in the Gregorian calendar) in Kashin. She lived as a recluse and nun in Moscow, Russia.

1820 · Modern

Metropolitan Dositheus (Georgian: დოსითეოს, Dositeoz; in pre-revolutionary Russian sources: Metropolitan of Kutateli; secular name Datuna Nikolayevich/Nikolozovich Tsereteli; c.

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Dulcedius, also known as Dulcitius or Dulcidius (died 5th century, Agen), was Bishop of Agen at the beginning of the 5th century and is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church. Information regarding this holy bishop is scarce.

1846–1939 · Contemporary

Duncan McMillan may refer to: Duncan McMillan (linguist) (1914–1993), British linguist Duncan McMillan (playwright) (born 1980), British playwright and director

1750–1802 · Modern

Dimitrios was born in the 18th century on Chios. He was martyred in 1802 in Constantinople by the Muslims. Canonized by the Orthodox Church, he is celebrated on January 29.

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Désiré or Desideratus (in Latin, Desideratus) was an early medieval churchman who served as Bishop of Clermont in the 7th century. He is recognized as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church, both of which celebrate his feast day on February 11.

950 · Medieval

Saint Edith of Tamworth was an English religious figure from the mid-10th century. Edith was the eldest daughter from the first marriage of King Edward the Elder and Egwina. She was the sister of Athelstan of England.

1875–1938 · Contemporary

Ekaterina Dmitrievna Dekalina (Ekaterina of Simbirsk; November 1875, Panskaya Sloboda village, Simbirsk Uyezd, Simbirsk Governorate — February 17, 1938, Ulyanovsk) was an Orthodox saint and a nun at the Spassky Convent in Simbirsk from 1890 to 1918.

1892–1938 · Contemporary

Ekaterina Mikhailovna Cherkasova (December 4, 1892, Kashino, Volokolamsk Uyezd, Moscow Governorate — February 5, 1938, Butovo firing range) was a novice and a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church, canonized as a venerable martyr in 2001 for universal church veneration.

1805–1832 · Modern

Helena of Diveyevo, born Elena Vasilyevna Manturova, was an Orthodox Christian monastic saint. She came from a noble family. At the age of seventeen, having previously been a person of little religious faith, she experienced a sudden conversion and made a private vow to the Mothe…

509–530 · Medieval

Elena Consalvo (c. 509, Laurino – 530, Pruno) was a virgin anchorite and is the patron saint of Laurino. Although she is venerated in her hometown on May 22, the Roman Martyrology commemorates her on April 20.

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Saint Helenus, also known as Helenius or Helenus of Alexandria (fl. 3rd century), was the first bishop of Alexandria in Cilicia from the second half of the 2nd century until his death. He is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church.

1895–1943 · Contemporary

Eleonora Aniela Jóźwik, Sister Maria Daniela of Jesus and Mary Immaculate (born January 25, 1895, in Poizdów near Kock; died August 1, 1943, near Nowogródek), was a Polish religious sister of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth and a blessed of the Cath…

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Eleri was a 7th-century saint. She was one of Beuno's sisters and founded a church at Gwytherin, which remained dedicated to her until the 12th century. Her niece Winefride joined her as she aged and succeeded her as leader of the church.

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Eleutherius of Arce, also known as Saint Eleutherius (Britain, ... – Arce, 5th century), was a Christian pilgrim of British origin, venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church. The cult of the saint was introduced into the Roman Martyrology by Cardinal Cesare Baronio.

250–140 · Early Church

Eleutherius (born c. 90; died c. 138 in Aecae) was a bishop in Illyria and a martyr. According to tradition, Eleutherius lost his father at an early age and was taken by his Christian mother, Anthia, to Anacletus, Bishop of Rome, to be instructed in Christian doctrine.

1839–1900 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor

Élie Facchini, also known as Élie of Cento, born on July 2, 1839, in Reno di Cento, Italy, and died on July 9, 1900, in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, China, was an Italian Franciscan priest and missionary in China.

1797–1839 · Modern

Elisabeth Chong Chong-hye was a Korean Christian laywoman born in 1797 in Majae (Neung-nae-ri), Gyeonggi Province, who died on December 29, 1839.

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Saint Elisha of Suma (Yelisey Sumsky) was a venerable monk of the Russian Orthodox Church who lived in the 15th century in the village of Suma (now Sumsky Posad in the Republic of Karelia) and received the tonsure at the Solovetsky Monastery.

1877–1937 · Contemporary

Elizaveta Viktorovna Kuranova (1877, Moscow — October 21, 1937, Butovo firing range) was a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church, canonized as a martyr in 2002 for universal church veneration.