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1941–1986 · Contemporary

Elisa Giambelluca, born on April 30, 1941, in Isnello, Italy, and died on July 5, 1986, in Rome, was an Italian mathematics teacher and high school principal. Having died of cancer, she is renowned for her holiness. She has been declared venerable by Pope Francis.

1904–1976 · Contemporary

Elisa Miceli (April 12, 1904 – April 19, 1976) was an Italian Catholic activist, deeply committed to the apostolate, known for founding the congregation of the Rural Catechist Sisters of the Sacred Heart.

1905–1950 · Contemporary · Sons of the Immaculate Conception

Emanuele Stablum, born on June 10, 1895, in Terzolas, Italy, and died on March 16, 1950, was an Italian Catholic religious and physician, and a member of the Sons of the Immaculate Conception.

1888–1969 · Contemporary · Stigmatines

Emilio Recchia, born on February 19, 1888, in Verona, Italy, and died in 1969, was an Italian religious figure who protected about a hundred Jews during the Second World War. He is recognized as Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem and as Venerable by the Catholic Church.

1808–1880 · Modern · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Esteban de Adoáin (Adoáin, Navarre, October 11, 1808 – Sanlúcar de Barrameda, October 7, 1880) was a Capuchin friar and missionary in the Americas. He has been proclaimed venerable by the Catholic Church.

1316–1404 · Medieval

Euthymius of Suzdal (born 1316 in Nizhny Novgorod, died April 1, 1404, in Suzdal) was a Russian monk who was canonized in 1549. His feast days are April 1/14 (date of death) and July 4/17 (discovery of his relics).

1841–1868 · Modern · Q11937346

Philomène Ferrer Galceran (Móra d'Ebre, April 3, 1841 – Valls, August 13, 1868) was a Spanish religious sister of the Order of Minims, the initiator of the first expiatory temple dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and is recognized as venerable by the Catholic Church.

1924–1995 · Contemporary · Sisters of the Poor, Palazzolo Institute

Luigia Rosina Rondi, known in religion as Sister Floralba Rondi, was born on December 10, 1924, in Pedrengo, Italy, and died on April 25, 1995, in Mosango, Democratic Republic of the Congo. She was an Italian religious sister and nurse.

1861–1935 · Contemporary · Angelic Sisters of St. Paul

Flore Bracaval, in religion Mother Jeanne-Marie of the Eucharist, born May 3, 1861, in Mouscron, Belgium, and died January 26, 1935, in Arienzo, Campania, was a Belgian religious sister, restorer, and first superior general of the Congregation of the Angelic Sisters of Saint Paul…

1833–1903 · Contemporary · Hermanas Franciscanas de la Inmaculada

Francisca Pascual Doménech, born in Moncada, Spain, on October 13, 1833, and died on April 26, 1903, was a Spanish religious sister and founder of the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Conception, dedicated to the advancement of women, the elderly, the sick, and the disabled.

1574–1604 · Reformation · Order of the Brothers Discalced of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel

Francisco Sánchez Pascual, born in 1544 in Villapalacios and died on December 26, 1604, was a Spanish philanthropist and promoter of devotion to the Child Jesus who became a Discalced Carmelite under the name Francis of the Child Jesus.

1882–1945 · Contemporary

Franz Zagermann (born July 28, 1882, in Zagern near Schillgehnen, Braunsberg district, Warmia; died February 26, 1945, in Glockstein (now Unikowo), Rößel district, now Bartoszyce district, Warmia) was a German-Polish Roman Catholic priest.

1942–1981 · Contemporary

Franz de Castro Holzwarth (Barra do Piraí, May 18, 1942 – Jacareí, February 14, 1981) was a Brazilian lawyer and human rights activist. He was declared venerable by the Catholic Church on December 17, 2022.

1585–1647 · Reformation · Carmelites

Friar Francisco de la Cruz (Mora, December 28, 1585 – San Clemente, July 6, 1647) was a Castilian Carmelite friar, a lay brother of the Order of the Brothers of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel (O. Carm.). Upon his death, he was declared a Venerable Servant of God.

1604–1680 · Reformation · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Gabriel Macià, also known as Gabriel of Canet (Canet de Mar, Maresme, November 30, 1604 – Barcelona, 1680), was a Capuchin friar. He has been proclaimed venerable by the Catholic Church. He served as novice master and provincial definitor of the order.

1849–1901 · Contemporary

Gabriel of Mount Athos (secular name Georgy; January 20, 1849, Kiev Governorate — November 1, 1901, Novonikolayevskaya stanitsa (now the city of Novoazovsk), Taganrog Okrug, Don Host Oblast) was an Orthodox ascetic, archimandrite, and superior of the Athonite Ilyinsky Skete.

1880–1949 · Contemporary · Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul

Gabriella Borgarino, born on September 2, 1880, in Boves, Italy, and died on January 1, 1949, in Luserna San Giovanni, Turin, was an Italian Catholic nun.

1881–1966 · Contemporary · Passionists

Généreux of the Most Holy Crucifix, born Angelo Fontanarosa on November 6, 1881, in Vetralla (Viterbo, Italy) and died on January 9, 1966, in Mascalucia (Catania, Sicily), was an Italian professed priest of the Congregation of the Passion of Jesus Christ.

1725–1803 · Modern · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Giuseppe Marco Antonio Luca Melacrinò, in religion Gesualdo of Reggio Calabria (October 18, 1725, Nasiti – January 28, 1803, Reggio di Calabria), was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a member of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin.

1921–2004 · Contemporary

Gianfranco Chiti (Gignese, May 6, 1921 – Rome, November 20, 2004) was an Italian general and a Franciscan Catholic priest. He has been recognized as a Servant of God by the Catholic Church since the introduction of his cause for beatification.

1884–1958 · Contemporary

Giulio Facibeni (Galeata, July 29, 1884 – Florence, June 2, 1958) was an Italian priest and anti-fascist, founder of the Opera della Divina Provvidenza Madonnina del Grappa, recognized as one of the Righteous Among the Nations for his efforts on behalf of Jews in Florence during…

1908–1966 · Contemporary · Missionary Sisters Catechists of the Poor

Gloria Maria Elizondo García, born on August 26, 1908, in Durango, Mexico, and died on December 8, 1966, in Monterrey, was a Mexican business executive who became a religious sister and served as Superior General of the Congregation of the Missionary Catechist Sisters of the Poor…

1190–1240 · Medieval

Gregory of Nicomedia, or Gregory the Ascetic of the Gulf of Nicomedia (c. 1190–1240), was a Greek Orthodox hieromonk and ascetic. He is venerated as a saint. Gregory was born in the region of Bithynia. His secular name is unknown.

1105 · Medieval

Grigory the Iconographer (11th–13th centuries) was a monk of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra. A saint of the Russian Church, he is venerated as an Orthodox saint.

1315–1442 · Medieval

Saint Gregory of Vologda or Gregory of Pelshma (Grigory Pelshemsky, Grigory Vologodsky), born in the 14th century in Galich and died on September 30 (Julian calendar) 1442, was a Russian monk and founder of the Monastery of the Mother of God of Saint Gregory in the present-day Vo…

1903–1996 · Contemporary

Henri Caffarel, born on July 30, 1903, in Lyon and died on September 18, 1996, in Beauvais (Oise), was a French Catholic priest, founder of the Teams of Our Lady and the magazine L'Anneau d'Or. He was declared venerable on March 23, 2026, by a decree of Leo XIV.

1860–1892 · Modern · Missionaries of the Sacred Heart

Henri Baptiste Stanislas Verjus (born May 26, 1860, in Oleggio, Piedmont-Sardinia; died November 13, 1892, in the same town, then part of Italy) was a French missionary and Vicar Apostolic of New Pomerania (present-day New Britain, Papua) in 1889.

1841–1919 · Contemporary

Jérôme (Hieronymus) Jaegen, born in Trier on August 23, 1841, and died in the same city on February 26, 1919, was a figure of social Catholicism in Germany, recognized as venerable by the Catholic Church.

1897–1977 · Contemporary

Ilia Corsaro (October 4, 1897 – March 23, 1977) was an Italian Catholic nun and founder of the Eucharistic Missionary Sisters, an order dedicated to catechetical, educational, and charitable work for youth, the poor, and families.

1160 · Medieval

John of the Kiev Caves, also known as the Sufferer (died 1160, Kiev Pechersk Lavra), was a Ukrainian Christian monk venerated as a saint by the Russian Orthodox Church, which celebrates his feast day on July 18 and September 28.

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Joseph the Much-Ailing (14th century) was a monk of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra, venerated as a venerable saint in the Russian Church. His feast days are April 4 and August 28 (the Synaxis of the Venerable Fathers of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra, who rest in the Far Caves of St.

1612 · Reformation

Joseph of Zaonikiev (secular name Ilarion Amvrosimov; c. 1530 – September 21, 1612) was a monk of the Russian Orthodox Church and the founder of the Zaonikiev Hermitage.

1645–1690 · Reformation · Benedictines

Isabella Tomasi, known as Sister Maria Crocifissa della Concezione (Agrigento, May 29, 1645 – Palma di Montechiaro, October 16, 1699), was an Italian noblewoman and religious sister, considered venerable by the Catholic Church.

1923–1979 · Contemporary

Janina Woynarowska, born on May 10, 1923, in Piwniczna, Poland, and died on November 24, 1979, in Kraków, was a Polish nurse renowned for her holiness. She has been declared venerable by Pope Francis.

1652–1714 · Modern · Carmelites

Jean Dominique Lucchesi (1652–1714) was born in Pescaglia on May 18, 1652. He entered the Carmelite Order in 1670, in a convent belonging to the Congregation of Mantua.

1895–1978 · Contemporary · Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools

Jean Fromental Cayroche, in religion Brother Bernard Philippe (born Jean Prosper Fromental in Servières on June 27, 1895, and died on December 5, 1978, in Mexico City), was a French De La Salle Brother, a missionary in Central America, and the founder of the Guadalupan Sisters of…

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Hieronymus (12th century) was a monk and recluse of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra. He is a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church, venerated as a venerable father.

1899–1966 · Contemporary

Joaquim Alves Brás (March 19, 1899 – March 13, 1966) was a Portuguese Catholic priest. Faced with the dire economic and moral situation of a portion of the population, he dedicated himself to the education of disadvantaged young girls, the training of domestic workers, and the ap…

1833–1909 · Contemporary · Oratory of Saint Philip Neri

Joaquim Rosselló (born in Palma de Mallorca on June 28, 1833 – died in the same city on December 20, 1909) was a Spanish priest, founder of the Missionaries of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, and recognized as venerable by the Catholic Church.

1807–1886 · Modern

Johann Evangelist Wagner, born on December 5, 1807, in Dattenhausen near Dillingen and died on October 10, 1886, in Dillingen, was a Bavarian Catholic priest, rector of the major seminary of Dillingen, and founder of the Regens-Wagner Foundation.

1540–1605 · Reformation

Saint John of Prislop (c. 1540 – c. 1605) left his parents' home to live in the monastic community of Prislop, eventually becoming its abbot. On March 20, 1585, he was elected Metropolitan of Transylvania.

1917–1994 · Contemporary · Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer

Jorge Gottau (1917–1994) was an Argentine Redemptorist priest, ordained in 1942 and appointed the first bishop of the Diocese of Añatuya by Pope John XXIII in 1961.

1837–1911 · Contemporary

Joseph of Optina (secular name Ivan Yevfimovich Litovkin; November 2 [14], 1837, Gorodishche village, Kharkov Governorate — May 9 [22], 1911, Optina Monastery) was a priest of the Russian Orthodox Church.

1907–1941 · Contemporary

Maria Antonija Fabjan (born January 23, 1907, in Malo Lipje; died December 15, 1941, in Goražde) was a Slovenian Blessed of the Catholic Church, a nun of the Congregation of the Daughters of Divine Love, and one of the Drina Martyrs.

1945–1976 · Contemporary · Conventual Franciscans

Carlos Murias, born on October 10, 1945, in San Carlos Minas and murdered on July 18, 1976, in Chamical, was an Argentine Catholic priest and Franciscan who was kidnapped, tortured, and executed alongside the French priest Gabriel Longueville during the military dictatorship.

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…

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.

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.

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.