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1742–1823 · Modern · Benedictines

Pope Pius VII (Italian: Pio VII; born Barnaba Niccolò Maria Luigi Chiaramonti; 14 August 1742 – 20 August 1823) was head of the Catholic Church from 14 March 1800 to his death in August 1823.

1909–1943 · Contemporary

Placid Grebenc was a Catholic priest born in 1909 in Dolenji Lazi, a location within the former Austria–Hungary and later the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. He died in 1943 in Grčarice. He is currently recognized by the Catholic Church as a Servant of God.

1843–1911 · Contemporary

Maria Clotilde of Savoy (Ludovica Teresa Maria Clotilde; 2 March 1843 – 25 June 1911) was born in Turin to Vittorio Emanuele II, later King of Italy and his first wife, Adelaide of Austria. She was the wife of Prince Napoléon-Jérôme Bonaparte.

1764–1794 · Modern

Élisabeth of France (Élisabeth Philippine Marie Hélène; 3 May 1764 – 10 May 1794), also known as Madame Élisabeth, was a French princess. She was the youngest child of Louis, Dauphin of France, and Duchess Maria Josepha of Saxony, and she was a sister of King Louis XVI.

1900–1945 · Contemporary · Order of the Brothers Discalced of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel

Jacques de Jésus, OCD (born Lucien Bunel; 1900 – 2 June 1945), better known as Père Jacques, was a French Catholic priest and Discalced Carmelite friar.

1907–1943 · Contemporary

Srečko Huth was a Catholic priest born in Ljubljana in 1907, holding citizenship in both Austria–Hungary and the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. He died in 1943 and is currently recognized by the Catholic Church as a Servant of God.

1871–1945 · Contemporary

Stefan Singer (Strau, Kappel an der Drau, December 22, 1871 – Fölling near Graz, February 24, 1945) was a Slovene Roman Catholic priest, resistance fighter, and leader of the Slovene national movement in Carinthia.

1930–2011 · Contemporary

Stefano Gobbi (22 March 1930 – 29 June 2011) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and mystic. He founded the worldwide Catholic movement, the Marian Movement of Priests following what he reported as an interior locution in 1972 at the shrine of Our Lady of Fatima.

1922–2009 · Contemporary

Stephen (often rendered as Latin Stephanus) Kim Sou-hwan (Korean: 김수환 스테파노; Hanja: 金壽煥 스테파노; July 2, 1922 – February 16, 2009) was a Korean prelate of the Catholic Church and the Korea's first elevated to the rank of cardinal. He is a former archbishop of Seoul, South Korea.

1908–1951 · Contemporary

Takashi Nagai (永井 隆; 3 February 1908 – 1 May 1951) was a Japanese Catholic physician, author, and survivor of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki. His subsequent life of prayer and service earned him the affectionate title "saint of Urakami".

1898–1962 · Contemporary · Franciscans

Therese Neumann (9 April 1898 – 18 September 1962) was a German Catholic mystic and stigmatic. Neumann has been considered Servant of God by the Catholic Church since 2005. She was born in the village of Konnersreuth in Bavaria, Germany, where she lived all her life.

1865–1926 · Contemporary · Society of Jesus

Tiburcio Arnaiz Muñoz (11 August 1865 - 18 July 1926) was a Spanish Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Jesuits. He was also the co-founder of the Missionaries of the Rural Parishes (1922) and decided to establish it to further his own pastoral goals of aiding the…

1706–1780 · Modern · Passionists

Tommaso Struzzieri, C.P. (30 March 1706 – 21 January 1780) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Todi (1775–1780), Bishop of Amelia (1770–1775), and Titular Bishop of Tium (1764–1770).

1906–1992 · Contemporary

Tomás Alvira (1906–1992) was a Spanish educator born in Villanueva de Gállego and deceased in Madrid. A Catholic, he was married to Paquita Domínguez. He is currently recognized as a Servant of God.

1904–1951 · Contemporary · Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul

Valerija Akvina Bojc was a nurse and a member of the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul. Born in Vače in 1904, she died in Ljubljana in 1951. She is currently recognized as a Servant of God within the Catholic Church.

1908–1943 · Contemporary

Vera Lestan was a poet, head teacher, and catechist born in 1908 in Miren, a location within the former Austria–Hungary and later the Kingdom of Italy. She died in 1943 in Renče and is currently recognized as a Servant of God within the Catholic Church.

1562–1619 · Reformation · Dominican Order

Vicente Bernedo García-Huidobro (born 22 January 2002) is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Chilean club Universidad Católica.

1876–1956 · Contemporary · Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate

Victor Lelièvre was a French missionary and member of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate who was born in Vitré in 1876. He died in Quebec City in 1956 and is currently recognized as a Servant of God within the Catholic Church.

1908–1945 · Contemporary

Viktor Perkan was a Catholic priest born in 1908 in Ilirska Bistrica, a town then part of Austria–Hungary. He held citizenship in both Austria–Hungary and the Kingdom of Italy before his death in 1945 in Jelšane.

1835–1898 · Modern · Servite Order

Vincenzo Maria Sarnelli (5 April 1835 – 7 January 1898) was an Italian Catholic archbishop. He served as the Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia from 1879 to 1897 and then as the Metropolitan Archbishop of Naples from 1897 to 1898.

1907–2003 · Contemporary

Sister Wanda Boniszewska, born on May 20, 1907, in Nowa Kamionka near Nowogródek and died on March 2, 2003, in Chylice, often nicknamed Konwalia (Lily of the Valley), was a Polish stigmatized religious sister of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Angels of Vilnius.

1882–1942 · Contemporary · Divine Word Missionaries

William (Wilhelm) Finnemann (December 18, 1882 – October 26, 1942) was a priest of the Society of the Divine Word, auxiliary bishop of Manila and apostolic vicar of Calapan, the Philippines.

1880–1940 · Contemporary

Władysław Wójcik was a Polish Catholic presbyter, vicar, and parson born in 1880 in Golcowa. He died in 1940 at Auschwitz and is currently recognized as a Servant of God.

1562–1633 · Reformation

Xu Guangqi or Hsü Kuang-ch'i (April 24, 1562 – November 8, 1633), also known by his baptismal name Paul or Paul Siu, was a Chinese agronomist, astronomer, mathematician, politician, and writer during the late Ming dynasty.

1900–1981 · Contemporary

Zeno Saltini (30 August 1900 – 15 January 1981) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and the founder of the Nomadelfia movement. He also had set up a war orphans refuge at the old Fossoli di Carpi concentration camp in the Emilia-Romagna region but this was closed in 1952 after e…

1892–1989 · Contemporary

Zita of Bourbon-Parma (Zita Maria delle Grazie Adelgonda Micaela Raffaela Gabriella Giuseppina Antonia Luisa Agnese; 9 May 1892 – 14 March 1989) was the last Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary, in addition to other titles.

1873–1921 · Contemporary · Order of the Immaculate Conception

Ángeles Sorazu was a Spanish religious sister of the Order of the Immaculate Conception and a writer. Born in Zumaia in 1873, she died in Valladolid in 1921. She is recognized as a Servant of God within the Catholic Church.

1896–1980 · Contemporary

Áron Márton (28 August 1896 – 29 September 1980) was an ethnic Hungarian Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of Alba Iulia from his appointment in late 1938 until his resignation in 1980.

1913–1945 · Contemporary

Štefan Bastič was a Catholic priest born in 1913 in Horjul, a location within Austria–Hungary. He held citizenship in both Austria–Hungary and the Kingdom of Yugoslavia before his death in 1945 in Jastrebarsko.