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1861–1933 · Contemporary · Franciscans

Vendelin Vošnjak (Šenbric near Velenje, Slovenia, September 13, 1861 – Zagreb, March 18, 1933) was a Slovenian priest of Croatian descent, a Franciscan, the first provincial of the Croatian Franciscan Province of Saints Cyril and Methodius, a general visitor, a member of the gene…

1160 · Medieval

Erasmus the Recluse (late 11th–12th century) was a monk of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra. He is a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church, venerated as a venerable father.

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.

1894–1990 · Contemporary · Society of Mary

Vicente López de Uralde Lazcano was a Spanish Marianist and Latin Catholic priest born in Vitoria-Gasteiz in 1894. A member of the Society of Mary, he died in Cádiz in 1990. He has been declared Venerable.

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.

1885–1966 · Contemporary · Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools

Victorin-Nymphas Pagès, born in 1885 and died in 1966, was a French priest, a member of the De La Salle Brothers, and a missionary and teacher in Cuba, Florida, and Puerto Rico. Pope Francis declared him venerable in April 2019.

1842–1924 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Venerable Viktrizius Weiß was a Catholic theologian and a member of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin. Born in Eggenfelden in 1842, he died in Vilsbiburg in 1924.

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.

1741–1822 · Modern · Theatines

Vincenzo Maria Morelli was a Theatine priest born in Lecce in 1741. He served as the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Otranto until his death in 1822. He is recognized as Venerable by the Catholic Church.

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.

1943–1995 · Contemporary · Sisters of the Poor, Palazzolo Institute

Maria Rosa Zorza, known in religion as Sister Vitarosa, was an Italian nun and nurse born on October 9, 1943, in Bergamo, Italy, and died on May 28, 1995, in Kikwit, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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.

1912–1944 · Contemporary

Józef (Markowa, March 2, 1900 – Markowa, March 24, 1944) and Wiktoria Ulma (Markowa, December 10, 1912 – Markowa, March 24, 1944) were a Polish Catholic couple from Markowa, Poland, who attempted to save Jewish families during the German occupation in World War II by hiding them…

1859–1926 · Contemporary · Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer

Wilhelm Raphael Janauschek was an Austrian Catholic priest and a member of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer. Born in Vienna in 1859, he died in the same city in 1926. He is recognized as Venerable by the Catholic Church.

1036 · Medieval

Wilhelm von der Sann (Wilhelm IV., Wilhelm II.) (died March 20, 1036) was Count of Friesach and Trixen and Margrave of Soune (Sannmark). He was the son of the Count of Friesach and Margrave in Carinthia of the same name and his wife, Leopirgis. He was first mentioned in 1016.

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.

1883–1942 · Contemporary

Włodzimierz Szembek, S.D.B. (born April 2, 1883, in Poręba Żegoty; died September 22, 1942, at Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp), was a Polish Salesian priest and a victim of National Socialism, for which he is honored by the Roman Catholic Church as a Servant of God.

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.

1300–1400 · Medieval

Venerable Zechariah the Faster was an Eastern Orthodox monk born in 1300 and died in 1400. He is buried at the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra.

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Zenon or Zeno (Ancient Greek: Ζήνων; mid-4th century – c. 418) was a Christian ascetic, a Syrian hermit, and a saint. Information about Zeno’s life is provided by Theodoret of Cyrus in chapter 12 of his book, A History of the Monks of Syria.

1892–1951 · Contemporary

Zoltán Lajos Meszlényi was a Hungarian Catholic bishop, born in Hatvan on 2 January 1892. He died in prison on 4 March 1951 at Kistarcsa, Hungary. His death is recognised as martyrdom by the Catholic Church. He was beatified on 31 October 2009.

1768–1833 · Modern

1820–1935 · Contemporary

Zosima of Ennat (secular name Evdokia Yakovlevna Sukhanova; March 1, 1820, Sentsovka village, Orenburg Uyezd, Orenburg Governorate — March 1, 1935, Sentsovka village, Sharlyksky District, Orenburg Oblast) was a Russian Orthodox saint and venerable nun.

1450–1478 · Medieval

Zosimas of Solovki (Russian: Зосима Соловецкий; died 1478) was a Russian hermit. He was one of the founders of the Solovetsky Monastery, which was established on the Solovetsky Islands in the White Sea of northern Russia.

460–560 · Medieval

Zosimas of Palestine (Greek: Ζωσιμᾶς; Arabic: زوسيماس الفلسطيني, romanized: Zōsīmas al-Falesṭīnī), is commemorated as a Palestinian saint. His feast day is on 4 April. Zosimas was born in the second half of the fifth century, during the reign of Emperor Theodosius II.

1202 · Medieval

Zvenislava Borisovna (or Zvenislava Rogvolodovna, in monasticism Eupraxia; born after 1110 / before 1127 — died after 1173) was the only daughter of Boris (Rogvolod) Vseslavich, Prince of Polotsk, and an educator. Biographical information about her remains quite scarce.

1870–1932 · Contemporary

Zygmunt Łoziński (5 June 1870 – 26 March 1932) was a Polish Roman Catholic bishop who served as the Bishop of Minsk (1917–1925) and later as the first Bishop of Pinsk. Soviet authorities arrested him on two occasions during his episcopate.

1491–1549 · Reformation

Nicanor was born in Thessaloniki in 1491 and was a citizen of the Ottoman Empire. He died in 1549 and is recognized as a Venerable saint.

1914–1994 · Contemporary

Álvaro del Portillo y Diez de Sollano (11 March 1914 – 23 March 1994) was a Spanish Catholic bishop and engineer who served as the prelate of Opus Dei between 1982 and 1994.

1902–1972 · Contemporary

Ángel Riesco Carbajo (9 July 1902 – 2 July 1972) was a Spanish Roman Catholic prelate who served as a bishop in the Pamplona archdiocese and was the founder of the Misioneras Apostólicas de la Caridad.

1927–1977 · Contemporary

Émile Biayenda (1927 – 23 March 1977) was the Archbishop of Brazzaville in Congo from 1971 to 1977 and was also a cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was born in 1927 in Mpangala, Vindza. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1958 and was consecrated as a bishop in 1970.

1824–1899 · Modern · Assumptionists

Étienne Pernet A.A. (1824–1899, born Claude-Étienne Pernet-Cordelet) was a French Roman Catholic priest of the Congregation of the Augustinians of the Assumption, and co-founder of the Little Sisters of the Assumption. He was declared venerable by John Paul II in 1983.

1000–1068 · Medieval · Order of Cluny

Íñigo of Oña (died 1 June 1057) was the Benedictine abbot of San Salvador at Oña. He was canonised in 1259 by Pope Alexander IV and is venerated in the Roman Catholic Church, where his feast day is 1 June.