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1826–1886 · Modern · Franciscans

Maria Velotti (16 November 1826 - 3 September 1886), religious name Maria Luigia del Santissimo Sacramento, was an Italian religious sister. She was a member in the Third Order of Saint Francis and the founder of the Suore Francescane Adoratrici della Santa Croce.

1871–1949 · Contemporary · Carmelites

Joséphine Marguerite Operti (1871–1949), better known by her religious name Mary of the Angels, was an Italian nun who founded the congregation of the Carmelite Sisters of Saint Teresa in 1894.

1874–1932 · Contemporary

Maria of Gatchina, born Lidia Aleksandrovna Lelanova (1874, Saint Petersburg – April 19, 1932, ibid.), was an Orthodox monastic and new martyr. Born into a wealthy merchant family, she attended a girls' gymnasium.

1623–1695 · Reformation · Carmelites

Mother Mariana of the Purification (November 5, 1623 in Lisbon – December 8, 1695 in Beja) was a nun of the Carmelite Order of the Ancient Observance who, having been born in Lisbon, Portugal, and lived and professed her religious vows at the Carmelite Convent of Our Lady of Hope…

1661–1734 · Modern · Lay Carmelites

Mariangela Virgili (September 8, 1661, Ronciglione – November 10, 1734, Ronciglione) was an Italian laywoman of the Third Order of Carmel and a mystic.

1889–1957 · Contemporary

Marianna Saltini was an Italian religious figure, Christian nun, and social worker born in 1889. She died in Milan in 1957 and has been granted the title of Venerable.

1707–1788 · Modern

Mariano Arciero (26 February 1707 – 16 February 1788) was an Italian priest of the Roman Catholic Church. As a priest in Naples he exercised his functions as both a pastor and theologian, and was later known as the "Apostle of Calabria" due to his tireless apostolate and efforts…

1778–1866 · Modern · Franciscans

Mariano da Roccacasale (13 January 1778 – 31 May 1866) - born Domenico di Nicolantonio - was an Italian Roman Catholic professed religious from the Order of Friars Minor.

1875–1953 · Contemporary

Mariantonia Samà (2 March 1875 - 27 May 1953) was an Italian Roman Catholic. Samà lived alone with her mother until 1920 aiding her in domestic duties while coping with their poor state due to her father's death before Samà was born.

1759–1802 · Modern

Marie Clotilde of France (Marie Adélaïde Clotilde Xavière; 23 September 1759 – 7 March 1802), known as Clotilde in Italy, was Queen of Sardinia by marriage to Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia. She was a younger sister of Louis XVI of France.

1605–1663 · Reformation

Mother Maria Eletta of Jesus, born Caterina Tramazzoli (Terni, January 28, 1605 – Prague, January 11, 1663), was an Italian religious, a Carmelite Servant of God, and the founder of the Discalced Carmelite monasteries in Vienna, Graz, and the Discalced Carmelite monastery of Hrad…

1914–1988 · Contemporary · Sisters of Mercy of St. Borromeo

Adalberta Vojtěcha Hasmandová (March 25, 1914 – January 21, 1988) was a Czechoslovak Catholic nun of the Institute of the Sisters of Charity of Saint Charles Borromeo.

1798–1866 · Modern · Sisters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary

Marie-Amélie Fristel, born in Saint-Malo on October 10, 1798, and died in Paramé on October 14, 1866, was a French religious sister. She dedicated her life to education, the poor, and particularly the elderly.

1876–1936 · Contemporary · Assumptionists

Venerable Marie-Clement Staub was a Catholic priest and member of the Assumptionists born in 1876 in Kaysersberg. A citizen of France and Canada, he died in 1936 in Bergerville.

1894–1967 · Contemporary · Order of the Brothers Discalced of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel

Marie-Eugene de L'Enfant-Jésus, OCD (born Henri Grialou; 2 December 1894 – 27 March 1967) was a French Catholic priest and a Discalced Carmelite. He joined the Carmelites just after his ordination.

1806–1885 · Modern

Marie-Josephte Fitzbach (October 16, 1806 – September 1, 1885) was the founder of the Good Shepherd Sisters of Québec. The daughter of Charles Fitzbach, a native of Luxembourg, and Geneviève Nadeau, she was born in St-Vallier de Bellechasse, Lower Canada.

1781–1858 · Modern

Marie-Madeleine d'Houët (1781–1858) also known as Viscountess de Bonnault d'Houët, was a French widow and single mother who, later in her life, was inspired by zeal for God and guided by Ignatian spirituality to found a religious institute of Religious Sisters known as the Faithf…

1794–1864 · Modern

Marie-Rosalie Cadron-Jetté, SM (January 27, 1794 – April 5, 1864), religious name Marie of the Nativity, was a Canadian widow and midwife who undertook the charitable care of unwed and struggling mothers between 1840 and 1864.

1708–1768 · Modern

Venerable Marie-Thérèse Scherrer was a nun and abbess born in Genoa in 1708. She died in Fanano in 1768.

1865–1941 · Contemporary

Maria Berchmana Leidenix (born November 28, 1865, in Vienna; died December 23, 1941, in Pale) was an Austrian nun of the Congregation of the Daughters of Divine Charity, one of the Drina Martyrs, and a blessed of the Catholic Church.

1912–1941 · Contemporary

Maria Bernadeta Banja (born July 18, 1912, in Veliki Grđevac, died December 15, 1941, in Goražde) was a Croatian-Hungarian nun of the Congregation of the Daughters of Divine Charity, one of the Drina Martyrs, and a Blessed of the Catholic Church.

1893–1941 · Contemporary

Julia Ivanisević (born November 25, 1893, in Godinjak; died December 15, 1941, in Goražde) was a Croatian nun of the Congregation of the Daughters of Divine Love, a blessed of the Catholic Church, and one of the Drina Martyrs.

1554–1633 · Reformation

Marina de Escobar Montaña (8 February 1554 – 9 June 1633) was a Spanish Catholic mystic of the Counter-Reformation era. Restricted in her activity due to poor health, she devoted herself to prayer and contemplation under the guidance of her Jesuit confessors and spiritual advisor…

1931–1964 · Contemporary

Mario Mariano Hiriart Pulido (Santiago, Chile, July 23, 1931 – Milwaukee, United States, July 15, 1964) was a Chilean Schoenstatt lay religious, engineer, and professor. He is venerated in the Catholic Church, having been declared Venerable by Pope Francis.

1050 · Medieval

The precise dates of the lives of hermit Mark of the Caves, (also known as Mark the Grave-digger) and the two brothers Theophil and John are not recorded, however, their story is preserved in the Kiev Caves Paterikon.

1810–1829 · Modern

Martha, born Maria Semyonovna Milyukova, was an Orthodox Christian monastic saint. She entered the Diveyevo Convent with her older sister at the age of 13. Despite her youth, her spiritual director, the future Saint Seraphim of Sarov, allowed her to become a novice.

1902–1981 · Contemporary · Foyers de charité

Marthe Robin (13 March 1902 in Châteauneuf-de-Galaure, Drôme, France – 6 February 1981 in Châteauneuf-de-Galaure) was a French Roman Catholic mystic and stigmatist and foundress of the Foyers de charité ("Charity homes") association.

1587–1649 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Martin Stredonius SJ (Latin: Martinus Stredonius, Czech: Martin Středa, also Martin Středovský, Polish: Marcin Strzoda; born November 11, 1587, in Gleiwitz, Duchy of Opole; died August 26, 1649, in Brno, Margraviate of Moravia) was one of the leading Jesuits of the Bohemian Provi…

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1300–1400 · Medieval

Martyrius of the Kiev Caves (late 13th – early 14th century) was a monk of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra. Due to his great purity of soul and strict fasting, he was ordained a deacon and possessed the gift of performing miracles.

1893–1984 · Contemporary · Carmelites

Mary Angeline Teresa McCrory (January 21, 1893 – January 21, 1984) was an Ireland-born immigrant to the United States. She was a Roman Catholic religious sister who worked as an advocate for the impoverished elderly, founding a new religious congregation for this purpose, the Car…

1908–1982 · Contemporary · Order of the Brothers Discalced of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel

Mary Cecilia of Jesus, OCD, born as Natividad Zialcita, (7 September 1908 – 13 December 1982) was a Discalced Carmelite nun and prioress of the monastery in Lipa during the time apparitions of Our Lady Mediatrix of All Graces in 1948.

1784–1882 · Modern · Oblate Sisters of Providence

Mary Elizabeth Lange, OSP (born Elizabeth Clarisse Lange; c. 1789 – February 3, 1882) was an American religious sister in Baltimore, Maryland who founded the Oblate Sisters of Providence in 1829, the first African-American religious congregation in the United States.

1834–1905 · Contemporary · Poor Clares

Mary Magdalen Bentivoglio, OSC (Italian: Maria Magdalena Bentivoglio, 29 July 1834 – 18 August 1905) was an Italian Poor Clare. She was sent to the United States to found the first convent of the order in the country. She eventually established three of them before her death.

1847–1913 · Contemporary

Mary Potter, LCM (22 November 1847 – 9 April 1913) was an English Catholic religious sister known for founding the Little Company of Mary in 1877. Her cause for beatification was opened in the 20th century and on 8 February 1988, Pope John Paul II proclaimed her venerable.

1860–1918 · Contemporary · Franciscans

Mary Theresa Dudzik (August 30, 1860 – September 20, 1918) was a Catholic nun who founded the Franciscan Sisters of Chicago in 1894. Mary Theresa Dudzik was born as Josephine Dudzik on August 30, 1860 in Płocicz, Poland.

1585–1645 · Reformation · Sisters of Loreto

Mary Ward, IBVM CJ (23 January 1585 – 30 January 1645) was an English Catholic religious sister whose activities led to the founding of the Congregation of Jesus and the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary, better known as the Sisters of Loreto.

1801–1840 · Modern

Marie Yi Seong-rye (in Korean: Yi Seong-rye Maria) was a Korean Christian laywoman and martyr, born in 1801 in Hongju, Chungcheong, Korea, and beheaded on January 31, 1840, at Danggogae, near Seoul.

1602–1665 · Reformation · Order of the Immaculate Conception

Mary of Jesus of Ágreda, OIC, also known as the Abbess of Ágreda (Spanish: María de Jesús de Ágreda; born María Coronel y de Arana; 2 April 1602 – 24 May 1665), was an abbess and spiritual writer.

1847–1940 · Contemporary

María Emilia Riquelme y Zayas (5 August 1847 – 10 December 1940) was a Spanish Roman Catholic religious sister and the founder of the Misioneras del Santísimo Sacramento y María Inmaculada.

1890–1967 · Contemporary · Augustinian Recollect Missionary Sisters

Salustiana Antonia Ayerbe Castillo, in religion María Esperanza de la Cruz, born on June 8, 1890, in Monteagudo and died on May 23, 1967, was a Spanish religious sister and co-founder of the Augustinian Recollect Missionary Sisters.

1881–1936 · Contemporary · Servite Order

María Francisca Ricart Olmos, religious name María Guadalupe, (23 February 1881 – 2 October 1936) was a Spanish nun of the Servite Order. Ricart's call to the religious life manifested at the time she made her First Communion after expressing the desire to consecrate herself to G…

1866–1937 · Contemporary · Carmelites

María Luisa Josefa of the Most Blessed Sacrament, also called "Mother Luisita" (June 21, 1866 – February 11, 1937) was a Mexican Catholic religious sister who founded the Carmelite Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Mexico and the Carmelite Sisters of the Most Sacred Heart of Los Ang…

1888–1960 · Contemporary · Passionist nuns

Maria Giuseppina Teresa Marcucci, in religion Mary Magdalene of the Blessed Sacrament, born April 24, 1888, in San Gemignano, near Lucca, Italy, and died February 10, 1960, in Madrid, Spain, was an Italian nun and a member of the Passionist Nuns.

1900–1978 · Contemporary · Institute of Religious Daughters of Mary of the Pious Schools

María Nieves Sánchez Fernández, in religion María Nieves of the Holy Family, born May 2, 1900, in Villanueva de Córdoba, Spain, and died May 1, 1978, in Córdoba, was a Spanish nun and a member of the congregation of the Daughters of Mary of the Pious Schools.

1925–1996 · Contemporary

María Portilla Crespo, also known as María de los Desamparados Portilla Crespo or Amparo Portilla Crespo de Romero, born on May 29, 1925, in Valencia, Spain, and died on May 10, 1996, was a Spanish Catholic laywoman, constantly devoted to the poorest, the sick, the marginalized,…

1891–1975 · Contemporary

María Séiquer Gayá was a Spanish nun born in Murcia in 1891. She died in Murcia in 1975 and is recognized as a Venerable within the Catholic Church.

1866–1937 · Contemporary

Maria del Refugio Aguilar y Torres (San Miguel de Allende, September 21, 1866 – Mexico City, April 24, 1937) was a Mexican religious sister and founder of the Congregation of the Mercedarian Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament.

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Mastridia of Alexandria is a Christian saint venerated as a venerable. Her feast day in the Orthodox Church is celebrated on December 7 (November 24 according to the Julian calendar).

392–492 · Early Church

Matrona of Constantinople (also known as Matrona of Jerusalem; born c. 392, Perga, Pamphylia, Eastern Roman Empire — died c. 492, Constantinople, Eastern Roman Empire) was a Christian ascetic, venerated as a venerable saint. Her feast day is November 22.