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1868–1915 · Contemporary

Louise-Marguerite Claret de la Touche, born Marguerite-Céline on March 15, 1868, in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France, and died on May 14, 1915, in Vische, Turin, Italy, was a French nun and mystic.

1914–1996 · Contemporary · Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance

Paul Gabriel Dochier, better known by his religious name Brother Luc, born on January 31, 1914, in Bourg-de-Péage (Drôme) and murdered on April 20, 1996, was one of the seven monks of Tibhirine killed during the Algerian Civil War of 1993–2000, a conflict that claimed 200,000 liv…

1909–1994 · Contemporary

Luigi Bosio (1909–1994) was an Italian Catholic priest who served as the parish priest of Belfiore for 30 years and subsequently as a canon of Verona Cathedral for more than 20 years.

1873–1943 · Contemporary · Salesians of Don Bosco

Luigi Maria Olivares (Corbetta, October 18, 1873 – Pordenone, May 19, 1943) was an Italian Catholic bishop of the sees of Sutri and Nepi. He was declared venerable by Pope John Paul II on December 20, 2004.

1877–1973 · Contemporary

Luiza Andaluz, born on February 12, 1877, and died on August 20, 1973, was a Portuguese Catholic nun and founder of the Congregation of the Servants of Our Lady of Fatima. She is recognized as venerable by the Catholic Church.

1402–1483 · Medieval

Macarius of Kalyazin (born Matvey Vasilyevich Kozhin; c. 1402 – March 17, 1483) was a Russian religious figure and a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church. The son of a boyar, he founded the Trinity Makaryev Monastery, where he also served as abbot.

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.

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…

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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…

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.

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.

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.

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,…

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.