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1899–1944 · Contemporary

Sára Salkaházi, SSS (born Sarolta Klotild Schalkház; 11 May 1899 – 27 December 1944) was a Hungarian Catholic religious sister who saved the lives of approximately one hundred Jews during World War II.

1882–1950 · Contemporary

Sílvia Cardoso Ferreira da Silva (26 July 1882 – 2 November 1950) was a Portuguese Roman Catholic. During her lifetime she led a tireless apostolate dedicated to serving the poor in Brazil (where she travelled to and once lived) and in her native land where she founded retreat ce…

1782–1838 · Modern

Carlo Tancredi Falletti di Barolo (26 October 1782 – 4 September 1838) was an Italian Roman Catholic noble who, with his wife Juliette Colbert, co-founded the Sisters of Saint Anne. Born and raised in Turin, Falletti came from a long line of nobles originally from France.

1100–1150 · Medieval

Teobaldo Roggeri (1100 - 1150) was an Italian Roman Catholic shoemaker and porter from the Ligurian province noted for his simple manner of living and for his commitment to the needs of the poor of the Diocese of Alba.

1914–1988 · Contemporary

Teofilo Bastida Camomot (3 March 1914 – 27 September 1988) was a Roman Catholic archbishop from the Philippines. Ordained a diocesan priest of the Archdiocese of Cebu on 14 December 1941, he was eventually appointed an auxiliary bishop on 23 March 1955 and receiving the titular s…

1676–1748 · Modern · Dominican Order

Teresa Chikaba, OP (Ewe: Chicaba or Chicava; c. 1676 – 6 December 1748) was an African princess captured by Spanish traders and brought to Spain, where she was enslaved. She later gained freedom and became a Dominican nun.

1885–1946 · Contemporary · Order of the Brothers Discalced of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel

Teresa Janina Kierocińska (religious name Maria Teresa of St. Joseph, 14 June 1885 – 12 July 1946) was a Discalced Carmelite nun born in Wieluń, who cofounded the Carmelite Sisters of the Infant Jesus and was honored with the title of the Righteous Among the Nations.

1894–1964 · Contemporary

Maria Teresa Merlo (20 February 1894 – 5 February 1964) – in religious life "Tecla" – was an Italian Roman Catholic professed religious and the co-founder of the Daughters of Saint Paul that she established alongside Blessed Giacomo Alberione.

1858–1902 · Contemporary

Teresa of St. Rose of Lima, CSST was an Indian Catholic religious sister and the founder of the Institute of the Carmelite Sisters of Saint Teresa in Kerala, India. Teresa of St.

1916–1945 · Contemporary

Teresio Olivelli (7 January 1916 – 12 January 1945) was an Italian Roman Catholic soldier during World War II and part of the Italian Resistance movement to Fascism and the Nazi regime.

400–440 · Early Church

Saints Thalassius and Limneus (5th century) were Syrian hermits. Their feast day is 22 February. The monks of St Augustine's Abbey, Ramsgate wrote in their Book of Saints (1921): The hagiographer Alban Butler (1710–1773) wrote in his Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Pri…

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Saint Thalelæus (or Thalilaeus Epiklautos, Greek: Θαλλελαίου; died c. 460) was a 5th-century Syrian hermit known for continuous weeping. His feast day is 27 February. Saint Thalelæus was born in Cilicia in Asia Minor.

815–867 · Medieval

Theodora (Greek: Θεοδώρα; c. 815 – c. 867), sometimes called Theodora the Armenian or Theodora the Blessed, was Byzantine empress as the wife of Byzantine emperor Theophilos from 830 to 842 and regent for the couple's young son Michael III, after the death of Theophilos, from 842…

500–490 · Early Church

Theodora of Alexandria (Greek: Θεοδώρα Άλεξανδρείας) was a saint and martyr who lived during the 5th century in Alexandria, during the reign of Emperor Zeno.

812–892 · Medieval

Theodora of Thessalonica (Greek: Θεοδώρα Θεσσαλονίκης; 812–892) was a Byzantine nun and saint from Aegina. Her hagiography is the longest ever written about a holy woman in Byzantine history. The Eastern Orthodox Church celebrates her feast day on 29 August.

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St. Theodore is an Orthodox saint who is recorded to have lived in the sixth century. In his youth Theodore accepted the call from Christ to enter into the desert as a monk solitary.

314–368 · Early Church

Theodorus of Tabennese (c. 314 – 368), also known as Abba Theodorus and Theodore the Sanctified, was the spiritual successor to Pachomius and played a crucial role in preventing the first Christian cenobitic monastic federation from collapsing after the death of its founder.

1300–1392 · Medieval

Theodosius the Cenobiarch or Theodosius the Great (c. 423–529) was a Cappadocian Christian monk, abbot, and saint who was a founder and organizer of the cenobitic way of monastic life in the Judaean desert. His feast day is on January 11.

1029–1074 · Medieval

Theodosius of Kiev or Theodosius of the Caves (Russian: Феодосий Печерский, romanized: Feodosy Pechersky; Ukrainian: Феодосій Печерський, romanized: Feodosiy Pechers'kyy) is an 11th-century saint who brought cenobitic monasticism to Kievan Rus' and, together with Anthony of Kiev,…

1300–1363 · Medieval

The Holy Venerable Theodosius of Tarnovo (Bulgarian: Теодосий Търновски, Greek: Άγιος Θεοδόσιος του Τυρνόβου, Teodosiy Tarnovski) (died 1363) was a high-ranking 14th-century Bulgarian cleric and hermit. He is credited with establishing hesychasm in the Second Bulgarian Empire.

1331–1426 · Medieval

Therapont of Belozersk (1331 – 27 May 1426) (Russian: Ферапонт Бело(е)зерский, Therapont Belo(e)zersky), also known as Therapont of Mozhaysk, known to the world as Feodor Poskochin, was a Russian Orthodox monk credited with the foundation of the Ferapontov Monastery in Northern R…

1915–2005 · Contemporary · Order of Discalced Nuns of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel

Tereza Margarida of the Heart of Mary OCD (born Maria Luiza Rezende Marques; 24 December 1915 – 14 November 2005), was a Brazilian Discalced Carmelite nun from the interior of the state of Minas Gerais.

1508–1537 · Reformation · Franciscans

Thomas Belchiam (1508–1537) was an English Franciscan who died in Newgate Prison in the reign of Henry VIII. He is a Catholic martyr, declared venerable by Pope Leo XIII. The year of death is in question: the Victoria County History for Kent puts the events in 1534.

1821–1861 · Modern

Choe Yang-Eop Thomas (1 March 1821 – 15 June 1861), also spelled Ch'oe Yang-Ōp Thomas, was a Korean Roman Catholic priest during the Joseon dynasty, who travelled across Eastern Asia as a seminarian and priest before settling at last after a period of persecution back in his home…

1873–1925 · Contemporary

Venerable Thomas of Kurialacherry (14 January 1873 – 2 June 1925) was a Catholic bishop from Kerala. Kurialacherry was a member of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, had his ordination in May 1899 from Cardinal Cassantha, and was bishop of what would become the Archdiocese of Chan…

1780–1841 · Modern

Palackal Thoma Malpan (c. 1780–1841) was an Indian Catholic priest of the Syro-Malabar Church based in India. He was the senior priest and founder who envisaged the formation of the first native religious institution in India, Carmelites of Mary Immaculate also known as C.M.I.

1809–1860 · Modern

Théodelinde Bourcin-Dubouché, known commonly as Marie-Thérèse of the Heart of Jesus (French: Marie-Thérèse du Cœur de Jésus) (2 May 1809, Montauban – 30 August 1863, Paris), was a Roman Catholic French nun, artist, and founder of the Sisters of Adoration in Paris, France.

1805–1885 · Modern · Sisters of the Cenacle

Thérèse Couderc (1 February 1805 – 26 September 1885) - born Marie-Victoire Couderc - was a French religious sister and the co-founder of the Sisters of the Cenacle.

1450–1492 · Medieval

Tikhon of Kaluga (died 16 June 1492) was a Russian Orthodox hegumen and saint. He grew up in Moscow and was tonsured a monk as a young man. He then moved to a forest near Medin in Kaluga, living in the hollow of an oak tree.

1370–1447 · Medieval · Franciscans

Tommaso Bellacci (1370 - 31 October 1447) was an Italian member of the Third Order of Saint Francis. Bellacci was a butcher and became a religious after turning his life around from one of sin to one of penance and servitude to God.

1908–1994 · Contemporary · Society of Jesus

Tomás Morales Pérez (30 October 1908 - 1 October 1994) was a Spanish Catholic priest and professed member from the Jesuits who founded the Institutos Seculares de los Cruzados de María.

1219–1246 · Medieval · Third Order of Saint Francis

Umiliana de' Cerchi (1219 - 19 May 1246) was an Italian Roman Catholic widow and a member of the Third Order of Saint Francis. She came from the Cerchi family, prominent merchants, and was married in her mid-adolescence as part of a political alliance that her ambitious father h…

1628–1703 · Modern · Capuchin Poor Clares

Ursula Micaela Morata (Cartagena, Spain, 21 October 1628 – Alicante, Spain, 9 January 1703) was a nun, mystic, and founder of the convent of the Capuchin Poor Clares in Alicante, Spain. Born into a well-to-do family, Morata was the youngest of thirteen brothers and sisters.

1828–1905 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor

Johannes Ludovicus Paquay (17 November 1828 - 1 January 1905), also known as Valentinus, was a Belgian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member from the Order of Friars Minor.

1876–1929 · Contemporary

Varghese Payyappilly was an Indian Syro-Malabar priest from Kerala and the founder of the congregation of Sisters of the Destitute. He was declared Venerable by Pope Francis on 14 April 2018.

400–400 · Early Church

Venerable John the Hermit began his ascetic life at a young age according to records. He was born in the fourth century in Armenia to Juliana, a devout Eastern Orthodox Christian mother. John was the spiritual son of St. Pharmutius who discipled him for a time.

1846–1897 · Modern

Victor Emilio Moscoso y Cárdenas (21 April 1846 – 4 May 1897) was an Ecuadorian Roman Catholic priest and professed member from the Jesuits. He served as a teacher in the COPEM college in Riobamba since 1892 and it was there that he was slain during the Liberal Revolution which h…

1802–1877 · Modern

Msgr. Victor Scheppers (25 April 1802 in Mechelen – 7 March 1877 in Mechelen) was the founder of the Brothers of Mercy of Mechelen and the Scheppersinstituut Mechelen. He was declared "venerable" by the Roman Catholic Church in March 1987.

1332–1360 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Villana de' Botti, TOSD (1332 - 29 January 1361) was an Italian Catholic member of the Third Order of Saint Dominic. She turned to the Dominicans after a sudden conversion from a dissolute adult life and was noted for her simplistic life born out of her conversion.

1892–1945 · Contemporary

Baron Vilmos Apor de Altorja (29 February 1892 – 2 April 1945) was a Hungarian Roman Catholic prelate, born as a baron in the noble Apor family, and served as a bishop during World War II.

1879–1965 · Contemporary · Salesians of Don Bosco

Vincent Cimatti, SDB was a Roman Catholic priest, bishop, prefect apostolic and Salesian provincial to Japan. He is founder of the Caritas Sisters of Jesus.

1847–1890 · Modern

Vicenta María López y Vicuña (22 March 1847 - 26 December 1890) was a Spanish professed religious and the founder of the Religious of Mary Immaculate.

1829–1902 · Contemporary

Vital-Justin Grandin (8 February 1829 – 3 June 1902) was a Roman Catholic priest and bishop. He has been labelled as a key architect of the Canadian Indian residential school system by contemporary news sources, which has been considered an instrument of cultural genocide.

1899–1987 · Contemporary · Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer

Vítor Coelho de Almeida (Sacramento, Minas Gerais, 22 September 1899 – Aparecida, 21 July 1987), better known as Padre Vítor Coelho, was a Brazilian Redemptorist priest and catechist.

1175–1234 · Medieval

Guillaume Pinchon (c. 1175 – 29 July 1234) was a French Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of Saint-Brieuc from his appointment in 1220 until his death.

1588 · Reformation

William Way (alias May, alias Flower) (died 1588) was an English Catholic priest and martyr executed under Elizabeth I after the Protestant Reformation. He is venerated in the Roman Catholic Church. William Way was born in the Diocese of Exeter about c. 1560.

1150–1209 · Medieval · Benedictines

Guillaume de Donjeon (c. 1140 – 10 January 1209) was a French Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Archbishop of Bourges from 1200 until his death. He served as a canon in Soissons and Paris before he entered the Order of Grandmont.

1847–1917 · Contemporary

Wincenty Kluczyński (30 September 1847 – 10 February 1917) was a titular archbishop of Philippopolis from 1914 until his death in 1917. He previously served as archbishop of the Archdiocese of Mohilev from 1910 to 1914.

1262 · Medieval

Xenophon of Robeika (Russian: Ксенофонт Робейский, romanized: Ksenofont Robeysky; late 14th — early 15th centuries) was a Russian Orthodox monk, later declared a saint (made venerable). Xenophon took his monastic vows at the Lisitsky Monastery from Abbot Barlaam.

1887–1957 · Contemporary

Zacarías of Saint Teresa (1887–1957), born as Zacarías Salterain-Bizkarra, was a Discalced Carmelite priest. Salterain-Bizkarra was born on 5 November 1887 in Abadiño, Spain, to Bartholomew and Venancia Salterain-Bizkarra.