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1856–1925 · Contemporary · Third Order of Saint Francis

Matthew Talbot, TOSF (2 May 1856 – 7 June 1925) was an Irish ascetic revered by many Catholics for his piety, charity and mortification of the flesh. Talbot was a manual labourer and a member of the Third Order of Saint Francis.

1460 · Medieval

Abraham of Paleostrov (Russian: Авраамий Палеостровский, romanized: Avraamy Paleostrovsky; died c. 1460), also known as Avraamy Olonetsky, is an Eastern Orthodox saint, who was a hegumen (abbot) of the Monastery of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Paleostrov, Russia.

1563–1595 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

The Venerable François Abraham de Georgiis, born in 1563 in Aleppo, Syria, and killed by throat-slitting on April 30, 1595, in Massawa, Eritrea, was a Lebanese Maronite Jesuit priest. Sent to join the Jesuit mission in Ethiopia, he suffered martyrdom there in April 1595.

350–423 · Early Church

Saint Abraham (Cyrrhus, Syria, c. 350–Constantinople, 422) (also known as Abraames, Abraham of Charres and Abraham the Apostle of Lebanon was a Syrian hermit and bishop of Harran.

1300–1400 · Medieval

Abraham the Laborious (Russian: Авраамий Трудолюбивый) (fl. 12th–14th century) was a monk of Kyiv Pechersk Lavra. He is regarded as a saint, with a feast day of 21 August.

500 · Medieval

Acacius of Sinai was a monk who died in 500. He is recognized as a saint and is known as the Venerable.

1909–1980 · Contemporary

Adelaide Bonolis, born on August 14, 1909, in Milan, Italy, and died on August 11, 1980, was a Christian laywoman and founder of charitable works for the needy and for social rehabilitation, particularly for women.

1871–1929 · Contemporary

Adolphe Chatillon, in religion Brother Théophanius-Léo, born in Nicolet, Quebec, on October 31, 1871, and died on April 28, 1929, was a Canadian religious brother and educator.

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Adrian Blanco was a Spanish friar of the Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy. He was a very humble and patient Mercedarian at the Convent of Our Lady of the Angels in El Puig. After becoming paralyzed, he remained bedridden for 30 years.

1340–1395 · Medieval

Athanasius of Vysotsky (the Younger) (secular name Ammos; died 1395) was a venerable saint of the Russian Church. He was a disciple of the first abbot of the Serpukhov Vysotsky Monastery, Saint Athanasius of Vysotsky (the Elder), and served as the monastery's second abbot.

1001–1095 · Medieval

Agapetus of the Kiev Caves or Agapetus of Pechersk (Russian: Агапит Печерский; Ukrainian: Агапіт Печерський; born ?? – died 1095), was an Orthodox Christian saint and doctor, as well as a monk in Kiev Pechersk Lavra.

350–435 · Early Church

Abba Agathon was an Egyptian Christian monk and saint who lived around the 4th century in Scetis, Lower Egypt, and was known for his meekness and discernment.

1250 · Medieval

Agathon the Wonderworker (Pechersky, 13th–14th centuries, Kyiv) was an Orthodox saint and a monk of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra. He is venerated as a venerable.

1864–1894 · Modern

Agostina Pietrantoni (27 March 1864 – 13 November 1894) born Livia Pietrantoni, was an Italian religious sister of the Sisters of Divine Charity.

1870–1953 · Contemporary · Missionaries of the Sacred Heart

Alain Marie Guynot de Boismenu (27 December 1870 – 5 November 1953) was a French Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Vicar Apostolic of Papua from 1908 until his retirement in 1945; he was a professed member of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart and the founder of the Hand…

1846–1916 · Contemporary · Third Order of Saint Francis

Albert Chmielowski (20 August 1845 – 25 December 1916) - born Adam Hilary Bernard Chmielowski - was a Polish Franciscan tertiary, painter, and disabled veteran of the Uprising of 1863.

1250–1307 · Medieval · Carmelites

Albert of Trapani (born Albert degli Abati; Sicilian: Sant’Albertu di l’Abati; c. 1240 – 7 August 1307) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Carmelites.

1916–2001 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Alberto Maria Beretta, born Enrico Beretta (Milan, August 28, 1916 – Bergamo, August 10, 2001), was an Italian priest, physician, and missionary of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, who was proclaimed venerable by the Catholic Church.

1936–2006 · Contemporary

Alberto Baldovino Ramento (August 9, 1936, in Guimba, Nueva Ecija – October 3, 2006, in Tarlac City) was the ninth supreme bishop (Obispo Máximo) and a former chairperson of the Supreme Council of Bishops of the Philippine Independent Church or Iglesia Filipina Independiente (IFI…

1852–1923 · Contemporary

Aleksi is a masculine Finnish given name. Notable people with the name include:

1551–1602 · Reformation

Alessandro Luzzago (October 1551, Brescia - 7 May 1602, Milan) was an Italian nobleman and organizer of Catholic charities. He is venerated in the Catholic Church, having been declared Venerable in 1899 by Pope Leo XIII.

350–430 · Early Church

Alexander the Unsleeping (Aegean Islands, c. 340 – Gomon, Bosphorus, c. 430), also known as Alexander of Constantinople, was a soldier in the guard of the prefecture of Constantinople, later a hermit, and subsequently a monk and founder of the Byzantine monastic branch of the Aco…

1427–1479 · Medieval

Alexander of Oshevensk (born Alexei Nikiforovich Osheven; March 17, 1427 – April 20, 1479) was an Orthodox venerable, founder, and the first hegumen of the Oshevensky Monastery in Kargopol, Arkhangelsk Oblast.

1301–1380 · Medieval

Alexander or Aleksandr Peresvet (Russian: Александр Пересвет; died 8 September 1380) was a Russian Orthodox monk who fought in single combat with the Tatar champion Temir-Mirza, known in most Russian sources as Chelubey, at the opening of the Battle of Kulikovo on 8 September 138…

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Alexander of Vochma (Alexander of Galich; 2nd half of the 14th century – 1st quarter of the 15th century) is a saint of the Russian Church. He is venerated as a venerable monk, with feast days (according to the Julian calendar) on January 23 (Synaxis of Kostroma Saints) and Augus…

1729–1789 · Modern

Alexandra, born Agafia Semyonovna Melgunova (c. 1729, Ryazan – June 13, 1789, Diveyevo), was an Orthodox Christian nun and saint, and the founder of the Diveyevo Convent. She came from a noble family. Widowed at a young age, she was left to raise her young daughter alone.

1840–1917 · Contemporary

Alexei Goloseyevskiy (Russian: Алексий Голосеевский, secular name Vladimir Ivanovich Shepelev, Russian: Владимир Иванович Шепелев; born 14 April 1840 in Kyiv, died 11 March 1917 in Kyiv) was an Orthodox saint and monk, venerated by the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patr…

1971–1985 · Contemporary

Alexia González-Barros González (7 March 1971 – 5 December 1985) was a Spanish Catholic child who died of cancer in 1985. González-Barros studied in school in Madrid and in her childhood received a papal blessing from Pope John Paul II during her trip to Rome.

400–412 · Early Church

Saint Alexius of Rome or Alexius of Edessa (Greek: Ἀλέξιος, Alexios), also Alexis, was a fourth-century Greek monk who lived in anonymity and is known for his dedication to Christ. Two versions of his life exist, one in Syriac and the other in Greek.

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Alfonso de Zurita was a Mexican religious of the Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy. He was a sincere and public defender of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary and became the first provincial in Mexico.

1889–1978 · Contemporary

Alfredo María Obviar y Aranda (29 August 1889 – 1 October 1978) was a Filipino prelate of the Catholic Church and the founder of the Congregation of the Missionary Catechists of Saint Thérèse of the Infant Jesus. He was Bishop of Lucena until his death.

1727–1803 · Modern · Franciscans

Pietro Giovannelli, in religion Aloysius of the Most Holy Crucifixion (November 7, 1727, Pietracatella – June 4, 1803, Naples), was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a member of the Order of Friars Minor. He is venerated as Venerable in the Catholic Church.

1655–1732 · Modern · Society of Jesus

Alonso Messia Bedoya (Pacaraos, Peru, January 10, 1655 – Lima, January 5, 1732) was a virtuous Jesuit. He was the son of General Francisco Messia y Ramón and Francisca Bedoya y Campusano.

1530–1597 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Alonzo de Bárcena (also called de Barzana) was a Spanish Jesuit missionary and linguist. A beatification process for him was opened in 2016. De Bárcena was a native of Baeza in Andalusia, southern Spain, born in 1528; he died at Cuzco, Peru on 15 January 1598.

1930–1992 · Contemporary

Aloysius Philip Schwartz (September 18, 1930 – March 16, 1992) was an American Catholic priest who ran social service programs for thousands of orphans in South Korea, the Philippines and Mexico.

1898–1960 · Contemporary · Franciscans

Aloysius Viktor Stepinac (Croatian: Alojzije Viktor Stepinac, 8 May 1898 – 10 February 1960) was a Croat prelate of the Catholic Church. Made a cardinal in 1953, Stepinac served as Archbishop of Zagreb from 1937 until his death.

1913–2006 · Contemporary

Aloísio Sebastião Boeing (24 December 1913 – 17 April 2006), was a Catholic Dehonian priest from the Diocese of Joinville. On February 23, 2023, Pope Francis recognized his heroic virtues.

1931–1991 · Contemporary · Augustinians

Alphonse Gallegos, OAR (February 20, 1931 – October 6, 1991), was an American Catholic prelate who served as Auxiliary Bishop of Sacramento from 1981 until his death in 1991.

1814–1867 · Modern

Alphonse-Marie Eppinger, SDR; 9 September 1814 – 31 July 1867), born Elisabeth Eppinger, was a French Catholic nun and the founder of the Sisters of the Divine Redeemer.

1114 · Medieval

Alipy of the Caves (? – 1114) (also known as 'Venerable Alypius') was an Eastern Orthodox saint, monk and famous painter of icons from the cave monastery of Kiev Pechersk Lavra.

1894–1971 · Contemporary

Amphilochius of Pochayiv (Ukrainian: Амфілохій Почаївський) was a 20th-century Ukrainian Orthodox saint from Ternopil Oblast of western Ukraine.

1815–1887 · Modern

Ana Marija Marović (pseudonym Filotea, 1815 – 3 October 1887) was a writer and painter in Italy and Montenegro. She also founded a women's congregation and co-founded the Instituto Canal ai Servi, an institution devoted to helping women.

1555–1624 · Reformation · Order of Discalced Nuns of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel

Ana de Pedruja Rebolledo, who took the name Ana de San Agustín (Valladolid, 1555–Villanueva de la Jara, 1624), was a Spanish Discalced Carmelite nun, mystic, and founder, declared venerable by Pope Pius VI.

501–576 · Medieval

Saint Anastasia the Patrician (Latin: Anastasia Patricia, Greek: Άναστασία Πατρικία, romanized: Anastasía Patrikía; fl. 576) was a Byzantine courtier and later saint. She was a lady-in-waiting to the Byzantine empress Theodora.

1803–1866 · Modern · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Anastasius Hartmann, born as Joseph Alois Hartmann (* 24. February 1803 in Altwis, Lucerne, Switzerland; † 24. April 1886 in Kurji, Patna, India), was a Capuchin, a missionary in India, Titular Bishop and Vicar Apostolic of Patna and Bombay.

630–701 · Medieval

Anastasius Sinaita (Greek: Ἀναστάσιος ὁ Σιναΐτης; died after 700), also called Anastasius of Sinai or Anastasius the Sinaite, was a Greek writer, priest and abbot of Saint Catherine's Monastery on Mount Sinai. What little is known about his life is gathered from his own works.

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Anatoly the Recluse (12th century) was a monk of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra. A saint of the Russian Church, he is venerated as a venerable father, with feast days (according to the Julian calendar) on July 3 and September 28 (Synaxis of the Venerable Fathers of the Kiev Pechersk Nea…

1824–1894 · Modern

Anatol, secular name Aleksey Moiseyevich Zertsalov (born March 24, 1824, in Bobyli; died December 15, 1893, in Kozelsk), was an Orthodox Christian monk and one of the Optina Elders.

1870–1897 · Modern · Salesians of Don Bosco

Andrea Beltrami was a Catholic presbyter and member of the Salesians of Don Bosco, born in Omegna in 1870. A citizen of the Kingdom of Italy, he died of tuberculosis in Turin in 1897. He is recognized by the Catholic Church as the Venerable.