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1893–1970 · Contemporary

Elena Raparelli, born on April 2, 1893, in Grottaferrata and died on February 26, 1970, in Mezzojuso, was an Italian Catholic nun. In religious life, she was known as Mother Macrina and was the founder of the Basilian Sisters, Daughters of Saint Macrina.

1443–1503 · Reformation · Dominican Order

Maddalena Panattieri, OP (1443 – 13 October 1503) was an Italian Sister of Penance of Saint Dominic. Panattieri was a stigmatic and received visions during her life with one in particular being the French invasion of the Italian peninsula.

1904–1964 · Contemporary

Madeleine Delbrêl (24 October 1904 – 13 October 1964) was a French Catholic author, poet, and mystic. She came to the Catholic faith after a youth spent as an atheist. Delbrêl died unexpectedly from a brain hemorrhage in 1964 and now has an open cause for canonization.

1918–1946 · Contemporary · Daughters of the Church

Madeleine Rose Volpato (in Italian: Maddalena Rosa Volpato), in religion Madeleine of the Child Jesus, born July 24, 1918, in Zero Branco and died May 28, 1946, in Venice, was an Italian Catholic nun of the Congregation of the Daughters of the Church, declared venerable by Pope F…

1774–1835 · Modern

Magdalena di Canossa (1 March 1774 – 10 April 1835) was an Italian religious sister and the foundress of the two Canossian congregations. Magdalena was a leading advocate for the poor in her region after she witnessed first hand the plight of the poor following the spillover effe…

1792–1847 · Modern

Makarius Glukharev (born Mikhail Yakovlevich Glukharev; October 30 [November 10], 1792 – May 18 [May 30], 1847) was an archimandrite of the Russian Orthodox Church and the founder of its Altai Mission. In 2000, he was canonized for his role as the Apostle of the Altai.

1788–1860 · Modern

Macarius Ivanov (born Mikhail Nikolayevich Ivanov; November 20, 1788 – September 19, 1860) was a starets at Optina Monastery from 1834 to 1860.

1906–1936 · Contemporary

Manuel Berenguer Clusella was a Spanish Catholic presbyter born in 1906 in Castellterçol. He died in 1936 in Montcada i Reixac, Barcelona, and has been declared Venerable by the Catholic Church.

1649 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Manuel Solórzano (1905 – 12 March 1977) was a Salvadoran Catholic who was an active participant in his local parish and was close with its priest, Rutilio Grande García.

1774–1853 · Modern · Congregation of the Schools of Charity

Marcantonio Cavanis (Venice, May 4, 1774 – Venice, October 10, 1853) was an Italian priest and educator who collaborated with his brother, Antonio Angelo, in the management of the Charity Schools. He is recognized as venerable by the Catholic Church.

1805–1871 · Modern · Sisters of Charity of Montreal

Marie-Anne-Marcelle Mallet (March 26, 1805 – April 9, 1871) was a Roman Catholic nun and founder of the Sisters of Charity of Quebec. Her surname also appears as Maillet or Maillé. Marie was born to Vital Mallet and Marguerite Sarrazin in Montreal, Lower Canada.

301–388 · Early Church

Marcian was Roman emperor of the East from 450 to 457. Very little is known of his life before becoming emperor, other than that he was a domesticus (personal assistant) who served under the commanders Ardabur and his son Aspar for fifteen years.

1888–1919 · Contemporary · Third Order of Saint Francis

Margalida Amengual Campaner, born on September 2, 1888, in Costitx on the Spanish island of Majorca, and who died at the age of thirty on January 30, 1919, was a Spanish laywoman renowned for her holiness. She was recognized as venerable by the Pope in 2013.

1900–1925 · Contemporary · Poor Clares

Margaret Anne Sinclair, (29 March 1900 – 24 November 1925), religious name Mary Francis of the Five Wounds, was a Scottish Catholic nun of the Colettine Poor Clares. She was declared venerable by Pope Paul VI on 6 February 1978.

1530–1575 · Reformation

Margarida de Chaves (Ponta Delgada, 1530 – Ponta Delgada, September 8, 1575) was a matron from the city of Ponta Delgada, in the Azores, who was declared a Venerable of the Roman Catholic Church due to her virtue and the miracles attributed to her intercession.

1594–1633 · Reformation · Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul

Marguerite Naseau (July 1594 – February 1633) was a French nun and the first member of Daughters of Charity. Marguerite Naseau was born in a peasant family in July 1594 in Suresnes. She did not have formal education.

1619–1648 · Reformation · Order of the Brothers Discalced of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel

The Venerable Marguerite Parigot, known in religion as Marguerite of the Blessed Sacrament, was a French Carmelite born in 1619 in Beaune, where she also died in 1648. A promoter of devotion to the Child Jesus, her mysticism aligns her with the French School of spirituality.

1920–1954 · Contemporary

Venerable Maria Addolorata Luciani was a Catholic nun born in 1920. She died in 1954.

1700–1760 · Modern · Order of Discalced Nuns of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel

Mother Maria Antonia of Jesus, born October 6, 1700, in Cuntis, Spain, and died March 10, 1760, in Santiago de Compostela, was a Spanish Carmelite nun.

1514–1577 · Reformation · Dominican Order

Maria Bagnesi, TOSD (15 August 1514 – 28 May 1577) was an Italian Catholic professed member of the Third Order of Saint Dominic. Bagnesi remained confined to her bed for most of her life after falling ill upon receiving news that her father arranged a marriage for her – she escap…

1884–1957 · Contemporary

María Beatriz del Rosario Arroyo y Pidal, religious name María Rosario of the Visitation, (Filipino: María Beatriz del Rosario Pidal Arroyo; February 17, 1884 – June 14, 1957) was a Filipino nun and the founder of the Dominican Sisters of the Most Holy Rosary of the Philippines (…

1864–1945 · Contemporary

Maria Bonardi was born in Cuneo in 1864 and died in Vercelli in 1945. A member of the Catholic Church and a citizen of the Kingdom of Italy, she is recognized as a Venerable.

1931–1957 · Contemporary · Ursulines of Piacenza

Maria Celina Kannanaikal, born on February 13, 1931, near Trichur in Kerala, India, and who died at the age of 26 on July 26, 1957, in Cannanore (Kannur), was an Indian nun and member of the Ursulines of Mary Immaculate, renowned for her holiness and mystical experiences.

1845–1900 · Contemporary · Sisters Servants of Our Lady of Sorrows of Nocera de' Pagani

Maria Consiglia Addatis, born on January 5, 1845, in Naples, Italy, and died on January 11, 1900, was an Italian religious sister, founder of the Handmaids of Our Lady of Sorrows of Nocera de' Pagani, and recognized as venerable by Pope Francis in 2016.

1955–1974 · Contemporary

Maria Cristina Ogier, born on March 9, 1955, in Florence, Italy, and died on January 8, 1974, in Rome, was a young Italian laywoman who, despite being ill, was committed to Christianity and the support of charitable works.

1812–1836 · Modern

Maria Cristina of Savoy (Maria Cristina Carlotta Giuseppa Gaetana Efisia; 14 November 1812 – 21 January 1836) was Queen of the Two Sicilies as the first wife of Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies. She died as a result of childbirth.

1706–1745 · Modern · Franciscans

Elisabetta Maria Satellico (31 December 1706 – 8 November 1745) – in religious Maria Crocifissa – was an Italian Roman Catholic professed religious from the Poor Clares who served as her convent's abbess. Her beatification was celebrated on 10 October 1993.

1921–1959 · Contemporary

Maria Dolores Segarra Gestoso, born on March 15, 1921, in Melilla, Spain, and died on March 1, 1959, in Granada, was a Spanish Catholic nun and the founder of the Missionary Sisters of Christ the Priest. She was recognized as venerable by Pope Francis in 2020.

1815–1848 · Modern

Maria Domenica Lazzeri (1815–1848) also known as "la Meneghina" was an Italian mystic. She would become the most famous stigmatic of Tyrol. The cause for her beatification was started in 1995. Maria Domenica Lazzeri was born on 16 May 1815 in Capriana, Italy.

1901–1972 · Contemporary

Maria Dulce Rodrigues dos Santos (religious name: Maria Teresa of the Eucharistic Jesus; 20 January 1901 – 8 January 1972) was a Brazilian nun and the founder of the Little Missionary Sisters of Mary Immaculate.

1882–1945 · Contemporary · Q5406091

Angela Giorgi, in religion Maria Eleonora Giorgi, born on January 16, 1882, in Firenzuola near Florence, Italy, and died on November 6, 1945, in Florence, was an Italian religious sister, superior of the Servants of Our Lady of Sorrows of Florence, and renowned for her holiness.

1861–1935 · Contemporary

Marie Élise Andreoli (Agugliaro, July 10, 1861 – Rovigo, December 1, 1935) was an Italian religious sister, founder of the Servants of Mary Reparator, and recognized as venerable by the Catholic Church.

1867–1916 · Contemporary

María Eufrasia Iaconis was an Italian religious sister, born on November 18, 1867, in Casino di Calabria, now Castelsilano, Italy, and died on August 2, 1916, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

1813–1884 · Modern

Maria Gay Tibau (Llagostera, October 24, 1813 – Girona, March 18, 1884) was a religious sister from Girona and founder of the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Girona.

1845–1926 · Contemporary · Sisters Clarists of the Rule of Urban IV

Maria Giuseppina Benvenuti, known as Moretta, born Zeinab Alif in the Kordofan province of Sudan around 1845 and died on April 24, 1926, in Serra de' Conti, Italy, was a Sudanese Catholic nun, former slave, and abbess, renowned for her holiness.

1653–1705 · Modern · Third Order of Saint Francis

Maria Hueber (22 May 1653 – 31 July 1705) was a Tyrolean religious sister, a pioneer in educating girls in and foundress of a congregation of the Third Order of Saint Francis in Brixen.

1889–1962 · Contemporary · Sisters Conceptionists Servants of the Poor

Maria Isabel Picão Caldeira Carneiro, in religion Marie-Isabelle of the Most Holy Trinity, born February 1, 1889, and died July 3, 1962, was a Portuguese nun and founder of the Conceptionist Sisters in the Service of the Poor.

1860–1943 · Contemporary · Franciscans

Maria Josefa Karolina Brader (15 August 1860 – 27 February 1943), also known by her religious name Maria Caridad of the Holy Spirit, was a Swiss religious sister who founded the Franciscan Sisters of Mary Immaculate.

1851–1923 · Contemporary

Maria Laura Baraggia was a Christian nun born in 1851 in the Kingdom of Italy. She died in 1923 and has been declared Venerable.

1939–2000 · Contemporary

Maria Laura Mainetti (born Teresina Elsa Mainetti; 20 August 1939 – 6 June 2000) was an Italian religious sister of the Sisters of the Cross. Mother superior of a convent in Chiavenna that specialised in helping juvenile delinquents, she was stabbed to death in a satanic sacrific…

1463–1542 · Reformation · Third Order of Saint Francis

Maria Llorença Requenses Llong (Italian: Maria Lorenza Longo; 1463 – 21 December 1539) was a Spanish nun and the founder of the order of the Capuchin Poor Clares.

1893–1976 · Contemporary

Maria Oliva Bonaldo, in religion, Maria Oliva Bonaldo of the Mystical Body (26 March 1893, Castelfranco Veneto – 10 July 1976, Rome) was an Italian Catholic nun. The founder and Superior General of the Daughters of the Church, she was declared venerable by Pope Francis.

1954–1970 · Contemporary

Maria Orsola Bussone (2 October 1954 – 10 July 1970) was an Italian Roman Catholic and a member from the Focolare Movement. Bussone's involvement in her adolescence in parish activities led her to Catholic Action as well as to other movements that she served as an active particip…

1913–1971 · Contemporary

Maria Paola Muzzedu, born on February 26, 1913, in Aggius, and died in the same town on August 12, 1971, was an Italian Catholic religious sister who founded the Society of the Daughters of Mater Purissima. She is recognized as venerable by the Catholic Church.

1623–1677 · Reformation · Lay Carmelites

Maria Petyt, also Petijt or Petiyt (1 January 1623 – 1 November 1677), was known as a "great mystic". Her writings have been cited as "unequaled in volume and mystical content within the historical context of the Flemish-speaking 17th century." Maria Petyt was born in Hazebrouck…

1847–1919 · Contemporary · Sisters Crucified Adorers of the Eucharist

Marie Pie de la Croix (Pellezzano, December 12, 1847 – San Giorgio a Cremano, July 1, 1919) was an Italian religious sister, founder of the Crucified Sisters Adorers of the Eucharist, and recognized as venerable by the Catholic Church.

1881–1947 · Contemporary · Augustinian nuns

Maria Giovanna Fasce (27 December 1881 - 18 January 1947) was an Italian Roman Catholic professed religious of the Augustinian nuns in the religious name of "Maria Teresa".

1837–1908 · Contemporary · Sisters of the Poor, Palazzolo Institute

Maria Teresa Gabrieli was an Italian schoolteacher and religious sister, an educator of the poor, and co-founder of the congregation and work of the Sisters of the Poor – Palazzolo Institute.

1930–1950 · Contemporary

Marie-Thérèse of Jesus (1930–1950), born María Teresa González-Quevedo y Cadarso, was a Spanish Carmelite Sister of Charity recognized as venerable by the Catholic Church.

1849–1903 · Contemporary · Comboni Missionary Sisters

Maria Giuseppa Scandola, MSV, (26 January 1849 – 1 September 1903) was an Italian member of the Missionary Sisters of Verona, also known as the Comboni Missionary Sisters. She served in what is now South Sudan, where she offered up her life in 1903.