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1882–1936 · Contemporary · Dominican Order

Titus Maria Horten, OP (born Franz Aloysius Laurenz Friedrich Horten on August 9, 1882, in Elberfeld, now a district of Wuppertal; died January 25, 1936, in Oldenburg) was a German Dominican friar and Roman Catholic priest from the Horten entrepreneurial family.

1587–1647 · Reformation · Trinitarian Order

Thomas de la Virgen (1587–1647) was a Spanish Discalced Trinitarian friar. Bedridden by illness for forty years, he saw the greatest religious and political figures of the Golden Age pass by his bedside to seek his counsel. Pope Pius VII declared him venerable in 1805.

1190 · Medieval

Titus of the Kiev Caves (died c. 1190) was a 12th-century presbyter and monk of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra, venerated as a venerable saint in the Russian Orthodox Church.

1831–1906 · Contemporary

Barnabas of Gethsemane (secular name Vasily Ilyich Merkulov; January 24, 1831, Prudishchi, Tula Governorate — February 17, 1906, Sergiyev Posad, Moscow Governorate) was a hieromonk of the Gethsemane Skete of the Trinity Lavra of St.

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.

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.

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.

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…

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.

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.

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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.

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.

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.