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1891–1955 · Contemporary

Giustino Russolillo, SDV (Giustino Maria della SS. Trinità in religion; 18 January 1891 – 2 August 1955) was an Italian Catholic priest and the founder of the Vocationists, the Vocationist Sisters and of the Secular Institute of the Apostles of Universal Sanctification.

1800–1860 · Modern · Congregation of the Mission

Giustino Sebastiano Pasquale de Jacobis, CM (9 October 1800 – 31 July 1860) was an Italian Catholic bishop and member of the Congregation of the Mission who served as Apostolic Vicar of Abyssinia and the Titular Bishop of Nilopolis.

1552–1615 · Reformation

Justo Takayama Ukon (ジュスト高山右近), born Takayama Hikogorō (高山彦五郎) and also known as Dom Justo Takayama (c. 1552/1553 - 5 February 1615) was a Japanese Catholic daimyō and samurai during the Sengoku period that saw rampant anti-Catholic sentiment.

1887–1952 · Contemporary

János Scheffler (German: Johann Scheffler; 29 October 1887 – 6 December 1952) was a Hungarian-born Roman Catholic prelate who served as the bishop of two dioceses before acting as the Bishop of Oradea Mare.

1683–1758 · Modern · Carmelites

Jérôme Nunzio Matteo Terzo (1683–1758), in religion Jérôme of Jesus Mary Joseph, was an Italian hermit born in Noto, Sicily. After overseeing the hermitage of Santa Maria Scala del Paradiso (Our Lady of the Ladder to Paradise), he entered the Order of Carmel at the convent he had…

1900–1944 · Contemporary

The Ulma family (Polish: Rodzina Ulmów) or Józef and Wiktoria Ulma with Seven Children (Polish: Józef i Wiktoria Ulmowie z siedmiorgiem Dzieci) were a Polish Catholic family in Markowa, Poland, during the Nazi German occupation in World War II who attempted to rescue Polish Jewis…

1892–1975 · Contemporary

József Mindszenty was a Hungarian cardinal of the Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Esztergom and leader of the Catholic Church in Hungary from 1945 to 1973.

1500 · Reformation

Venerable Karp Myodushskiy was an Eastern Orthodox saint born in 1500 in the Tsardom of Russia. He died in the Kovrovsky Uyezd.

1841 · Modern

Cornelius of Krypets (secular name Luka Polyakov; 1841 – December 28, 1902 [January 10, 1903]) was a monk of the Russian Orthodox Church and a resident of the Krypets Monastery, where he spent his entire conscious life.

1492 · Medieval

Cosmas of Yakhroma (Church Slavonic: Venerable Cosmas of Yakhroma) is a saint of the Orthodox Church. He lived in the 15th century. He took monastic vows at the Kiev Pechersk Lavra, where he resided for some time.

1885–1941 · Contemporary

Marija Krizina Bojanc FDC (May 14 1885 – December 15, 1941), baptized Jožefa, was a Slovenian Roman Catholic nun, farmer, and martyr. She was a sister of the Institute of the Daughters of Divine Charity, and is one of the five Blessed Martyrs of Drina.

1873–1951 · Contemporary

Laura Meozzi (born January 5, 1873, in Florence, died August 30, 1951, in Pogrzebień) was an Italian nun, the first provincial superior of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians (Salesian Sisters) in Poland, and a Venerable Servant of God of the Catholic Church.

1286–1391 · Medieval

1797–1876 · Modern

Leo Dupont (24 January 1797 – 18 March 1876), also known as "the holy man of Tours" or "the apostle of the Holy Face", was a Roman Catholic layman who helped spread various devotions such as that of the Holy Face of Jesus and the nightly Eucharistic adoration.

1843–1925 · Contemporary

Léon-Gustave Dehon, SCJ (14 March 1843 – 12 August 1925), also known as Jean of the Sacred Heart, was a French Catholic priest and the founder of the Congregation of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (the Dehonians).

1862–1912 · Contemporary

Leonardo Castellanos y Castellanos (5 November 1862 in Ecuandureo, Michoacán − 19 May 1912) was a Mexican Roman Catholic bishop. Ordained to the priesthood on 20 March 1886, Castellanos y Castellanos was named bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tabasco, Mexico in 1908 and d…

1520–1605 · Reformation

Venerable Leontius the Myroblyte was born in 1520 and died in 1605.

1773–1834 · Modern

Leopoldina Naudet (31 May 1773 - 17 August 1834) was an Italian Roman Catholic of both French and Austrian origins. She was a religious sister of the Congregation of Dilette of Jesus and the foundress of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Verona.

1768–1841 · Modern

Hieroschemamonk Leonid (Nagolkin) of Optina, also Leo (or Lev) of Optina, was a venerable elder of Optina Monastery and a founder of Optina's eldership. The future St.

350 · Early Church

Limnaeus, Limnaios, Limnaea, Limnaee, Limnetes, or Limnagenes, meaning in Greek "inhabiting or born in a lake or marsh". It is an ancient Greek surname of several divinities who were believed either to have sprung from a lake or had their temples near a lake.

1866–1924 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor

Lino Maupas was a Catholic priest of the Order of Friars Minor and a citizen of the Kingdom of Italy. Born in Split in 1866 and dying in Parma in 1924, he is recognized by the Catholic Church as the Venerable. He is buried in the Villetta Cemetery.

1803–1842 · Modern

Lliberada Ferrarons i Vives (Olot, April 19, 1803 – June 21, 1842) was a Catalan textile worker who experienced visions and mystical encounters during a long illness that kept her bedridden for thirteen years.

1923–1943 · Contemporary

Lojze Grozde (27 May 1923 – 1 January 1943) was a Slovenian student who was murdered by Partisans during World War II. His death is recognised as martyrdom by the Catholic Church. He was beatified on 13 June 2010.

1540 · Reformation

Venerable Longin of Koryazhemsky was an Eastern Orthodox monk and Christian minister in the Tsardom of Russia. He died in 1540 at the Koryazhemsky Nikolayevsky Monastery and is recognized as a saint.

1964–1981 · Contemporary

Lorena D'Alessandro was an Italian Catholic born in Rome in 1964. She died in 1981 and is buried at the Chiesa di Nostra Signora di Częstochowa. She has been declared Venerable by the Catholic Church.

1793–1859 · Modern

Louis Querbes (21 August 1793 – 1 September 1859) was a Catholic priest in France who founded the Clerics of Saint Viator (CSV), a religious order which specializes in teaching.

1873–1930 · Contemporary · Salesians of Don Bosco

Luigi Versiglia, S.D.B. (5 June 1873 – 25 February 1930) was an Italian Catholic prelate and professed member from the Salesians of Don Bosco who served as the first apostolic vicar of Shaoguan from 1920 until his murder.

1765–1835 · Modern

Louis-Marie Baudouin (2 August 1765 - 12 February 1835) was a French Roman Catholic priest who was the founder of the Sons of Mary Immaculate and the Ursulines of Jesus. Pope Benedict XVI proclaimed him as venerable on 20 December 2012.

1868–1915 · Contemporary

Louise-Marguerite Claret de la Touche, born Marguerite-Céline on March 15, 1868, in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France, and died on May 14, 1915, in Vische, Turin, Italy, was a French nun and mystic.

1914–1996 · Contemporary · Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance

Paul Gabriel Dochier, better known by his religious name Brother Luc, born on January 31, 1914, in Bourg-de-Péage (Drôme) and murdered on April 20, 1996, was one of the seven monks of Tibhirine killed during the Algerian Civil War of 1993–2000, a conflict that claimed 200,000 liv…

1896–1946 · Contemporary

Lucia Mangano was an Italian religious figure born in 1896 in the Metropolitan City of Catania. She died in the same location in 1946. She is recognized as a Venerable.

1433–1485 · Medieval

Ludovico Morbioli (1433 - 9 November 1485) was an Italian Roman Catholic from Bologna who led a dissolute life before adopting a life of repentance.

1909–1994 · Contemporary

Luigi Bosio (1909–1994) was an Italian Catholic priest who served as the parish priest of Belfiore for 30 years and subsequently as a canon of Verona Cathedral for more than 20 years.

1937–1972 · Contemporary

Luigi Calabresi (14 November 1937 – 17 May 1972) was an Italian Polizia di Stato officer in Milan. Responsible for investigating far-left political movements, Calabresi was assassinated in 1972 by members of Lotta Continua, who blamed him for the death of anarchist activist Giuse…

1842–1915 · Contemporary · Franciscans

Luigi Guanella (19 December 1842 – 24 October 1915) was an Italian Catholic priest who founded several religious communities. He was beatified on 25 October 1964 by Pope Paul VI and was canonized on 23 October 2011 in a celebration that Pope Benedict XVI celebrated in Saint Peter…

1881–1945 · Contemporary

Luigi Lenzini (28 May 1881 – 21 July 1945) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest that served as a pastor in the Archdiocese of Modena-Nonatola. Communist partisans killed him at his parish.

1873–1943 · Contemporary · Salesians of Don Bosco

Luigi Maria Olivares (Corbetta, October 18, 1873 – Pordenone, May 19, 1943) was an Italian Catholic bishop of the sees of Sutri and Nepi. He was declared venerable by Pope John Paul II on December 20, 2004.

1900–1922 · Contemporary

Luigia Mazzotta was born in 1900 in Lecce and died in the same city in 1922. She is recognized as Venerable.

1854–1934 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

José María Amigó Ferrer (17 October 1854 – 1 October 1934) was a Spanish Roman Catholic who served as the Bishop of Segorbe. He was also a professed member of the Order of Friars Minor - also known as the Capuchin order — and was also the founder of two religious orders: the Capu…

1901–1987 · Contemporary

Luis Chávez y González (1901–1987) was the seventh Bishop and third Archbishop of San Salvador, El Salvador, and immediate predecessor of Archbishop Óscar Romero.

1505–1588 · Reformation · Dominican Order

Louis of Granada, in some sources Luis of Granada, (1504 – 31 December 1588), was a Dominican friar who was noted as theologian, writer and preacher. His beatification process has been long open with the Holy See, with his current status being venerable.

1554–1624 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Luis de la Puente SJ (also D'Aponte, de Ponte, Dupont) (11 November 1554 – 16 February 1624) was a Spanish Jesuit theologian and ascetic writer. He was one of the most esteemed ascetical writer of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

1932–1979 · Contemporary

Luisa Guidotti Mistrali (16 May 1932 – 6 July 1979) was an Italian laywoman of the Roman Catholic Church who worked in the missions in Rhodesia. She was a member of the Women's Medical Missions Association.

1877–1973 · Contemporary

Luiza Andaluz, born on February 12, 1877, and died on August 20, 1973, was a Portuguese Catholic nun and founder of the Congregation of the Servants of Our Lady of Fatima. She is recognized as venerable by the Catholic Church.

890–951 · Medieval

Luke of Steiris, also known as Luke, Luke the Younger, Luke of Hellas, Luke the Wonder-worker (Greek: Λουκάς ό θαυματουργός; 896 — 953 AD) was a Byzantine saint of the tenth century AD who lived in the themes (provinces) of Hellas and Peloponnese in Greece, and who founded the Mo…

1825–1907 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor

François-Léon Clergue (23 December 1825 – 8 February 1907) – in religion Marie-Antoine de Lavaur – was a French Roman Catholic priest and professed member from the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin.

1863–1941 · Contemporary

Léonie Martin, also known as Sister Françoise-Thérèse, VHM (3 June 1863 – 17 June 1941) was a French Catholic nun who led a cloistered life as a member of the Visitation Sisters.

298–395 · Early Church

Saint Macarius of Alexandria (Greek: Μακάριος; died 395) was a monk in the Nitrian Desert. He was a slightly younger contemporary of Macarius of Egypt, and is thus also known as Macarius the Younger. Macarius was born about the year 300 in Alexandria.

1402–1483 · Medieval

Macarius of Kalyazin (born Matvey Vasilyevich Kozhin; c. 1402 – March 17, 1483) was a Russian religious figure and a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church. The son of a boyar, he founded the Trinity Makaryev Monastery, where he also served as abbot.

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Macedonius the Hermit, sometimes known as Macedonius Kritophagus, lived at the turn of the fourth to fifth century in Byzantine Syria. He is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church, with a feast day of January 24.