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1881–1974 · Contemporary

Julia Navarrete Guerrero (1 June 1881 – 21 November 1974) – in religious Julia of the Thorns of the Sacred Heart – was a Mexican Roman Catholic professed religious and the founder of the Misioneras Hijas de la Purísima Virgen María.

1128–1208 · Medieval

Julián of Cuenca (c. 1127 – 28 January 1208), also known as Saint Julián, was a Spanish Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of Cuenca from 1196 until his death. He also served as a professor and preacher in addition to being a simple hermit.

1785–1864 · Modern · Third Order of Saint Francis

Juliette Colbert Falletti de Barolo (26 June 1786 – 19 January 1864) - born as Juliette Victoire Colbert and known in Italy as Giulia Falletti di Barolo - was a French Roman Catholic philanthropist and the founder of both the Sisters of Saint Anne and the Daughters of Jesus the G…

1891–1955 · Contemporary

Giustino Russolillo, SDV (Giustino Maria della SS. Trinità in religion; 18 January 1891 – 2 August 1955) was an Italian Catholic priest and the founder of the Vocationists, the Vocationist Sisters and of the Secular Institute of the Apostles of Universal Sanctification.

1800–1860 · Modern · Congregation of the Mission

Giustino Sebastiano Pasquale de Jacobis, CM (9 October 1800 – 31 July 1860) was an Italian Catholic bishop and member of the Congregation of the Mission who served as Apostolic Vicar of Abyssinia and the Titular Bishop of Nilopolis.

1552–1615 · Reformation

Justo Takayama Ukon (ジュスト高山右近), born Takayama Hikogorō (高山彦五郎) and also known as Dom Justo Takayama (c. 1552/1553 - 5 February 1615) was a Japanese Catholic daimyō and samurai during the Sengoku period that saw rampant anti-Catholic sentiment.

1887–1952 · Contemporary

János Scheffler (German: Johann Scheffler; 29 October 1887 – 6 December 1952) was a Hungarian-born Roman Catholic prelate who served as the bishop of two dioceses before acting as the Bishop of Oradea Mare.

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…

1900–1944 · Contemporary

The Ulma family (Polish: Rodzina Ulmów) or Józef and Wiktoria Ulma with Seven Children (Polish: Józef i Wiktoria Ulmowie z siedmiorgiem Dzieci) were a Polish Catholic family in Markowa, Poland, during the Nazi German occupation in World War II who attempted to rescue Polish Jewis…

1892–1975 · Contemporary

József Mindszenty was a Hungarian cardinal of the Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Esztergom and leader of the Catholic Church in Hungary from 1945 to 1973.

1885–1941 · Contemporary

Marija Krizina Bojanc FDC (May 14 1885 – December 15, 1941), baptized Jožefa, was a Slovenian Roman Catholic nun, farmer, and martyr. She was a sister of the Institute of the Daughters of Divine Charity, and is one of the five Blessed Martyrs of Drina.

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.

1797–1876 · Modern

Leo Dupont (24 January 1797 – 18 March 1876), also known as "the holy man of Tours" or "the apostle of the Holy Face", was a Roman Catholic layman who helped spread various devotions such as that of the Holy Face of Jesus and the nightly Eucharistic adoration.

1843–1925 · Contemporary

Léon-Gustave Dehon, SCJ (14 March 1843 – 12 August 1925), also known as Jean of the Sacred Heart, was a French Catholic priest and the founder of the Congregation of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (the Dehonians).

1862–1912 · Contemporary

Leonardo Castellanos y Castellanos (5 November 1862 in Ecuandureo, Michoacán − 19 May 1912) was a Mexican Roman Catholic bishop. Ordained to the priesthood on 20 March 1886, Castellanos y Castellanos was named bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tabasco, Mexico in 1908 and d…

1773–1834 · Modern

Leopoldina Naudet (31 May 1773 - 17 August 1834) was an Italian Roman Catholic of both French and Austrian origins. She was a religious sister of the Congregation of Dilette of Jesus and the foundress of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Verona.

1866–1924 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor

Lino Maupas was a Catholic priest of the Order of Friars Minor and a citizen of the Kingdom of Italy. Born in Split in 1866 and dying in Parma in 1924, he is recognized by the Catholic Church as the Venerable. He is buried in the Villetta Cemetery.

1923–1943 · Contemporary

Lojze Grozde (27 May 1923 – 1 January 1943) was a Slovenian student who was murdered by Partisans during World War II. His death is recognised as martyrdom by the Catholic Church. He was beatified on 13 June 2010.

1964–1981 · Contemporary

Lorena D'Alessandro was an Italian Catholic born in Rome in 1964. She died in 1981 and is buried at the Chiesa di Nostra Signora di Częstochowa. She has been declared Venerable by the Catholic Church.

1793–1859 · Modern

Louis Querbes (21 August 1793 – 1 September 1859) was a Catholic priest in France who founded the Clerics of Saint Viator (CSV), a religious order which specializes in teaching.

1873–1930 · Contemporary · Salesians of Don Bosco

Luigi Versiglia, S.D.B. (5 June 1873 – 25 February 1930) was an Italian Catholic prelate and professed member from the Salesians of Don Bosco who served as the first apostolic vicar of Shaoguan from 1920 until his murder.

1765–1835 · Modern

Louis-Marie Baudouin (2 August 1765 - 12 February 1835) was a French Roman Catholic priest who was the founder of the Sons of Mary Immaculate and the Ursulines of Jesus. Pope Benedict XVI proclaimed him as venerable on 20 December 2012.

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.

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.

1842–1915 · Contemporary · Franciscans

Luigi Guanella (19 December 1842 – 24 October 1915) was an Italian Catholic priest who founded several religious communities. He was beatified on 25 October 1964 by Pope Paul VI and was canonized on 23 October 2011 in a celebration that Pope Benedict XVI celebrated in Saint Peter…

1881–1945 · Contemporary

Luigi Lenzini (28 May 1881 – 21 July 1945) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest that served as a pastor in the Archdiocese of Modena-Nonatola. Communist partisans killed him at his parish.

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.

1854–1934 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

José María Amigó Ferrer (17 October 1854 – 1 October 1934) was a Spanish Roman Catholic who served as the Bishop of Segorbe. He was also a professed member of the Order of Friars Minor - also known as the Capuchin order — and was also the founder of two religious orders: the Capu…

1901–1987 · Contemporary

Luis Chávez y González (1901–1987) was the seventh Bishop and third Archbishop of San Salvador, El Salvador, and immediate predecessor of Archbishop Óscar Romero.

1505–1588 · Reformation · Dominican Order

Louis of Granada, in some sources Luis of Granada, (1504 – 31 December 1588), was a Dominican friar who was noted as theologian, writer and preacher. His beatification process has been long open with the Holy See, with his current status being venerable.

1554–1624 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Luis de la Puente SJ (also D'Aponte, de Ponte, Dupont) (11 November 1554 – 16 February 1624) was a Spanish Jesuit theologian and ascetic writer. He was one of the most esteemed ascetical writer of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

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.

1825–1907 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor

François-Léon Clergue (23 December 1825 – 8 February 1907) – in religion Marie-Antoine de Lavaur – was a French Roman Catholic priest and professed member from the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin.

1863–1941 · Contemporary

Léonie Martin, also known as Sister Françoise-Thérèse, VHM (3 June 1863 – 17 June 1941) was a French Catholic nun who led a cloistered life as a member of the Visitation Sisters.

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.

1443–1503 · Reformation · Dominican Order

Maddalena Panattieri, OP (1443 – 13 October 1503) was an Italian Sister of Penance of Saint Dominic. Panattieri was a stigmatic and received visions during her life with one in particular being the French invasion of the Italian peninsula.

1904–1964 · Contemporary

Madeleine Delbrêl (24 October 1904 – 13 October 1964) was a French Catholic author, poet, and mystic. She came to the Catholic faith after a youth spent as an atheist. Delbrêl died unexpectedly from a brain hemorrhage in 1964 and now has an open cause for canonization.

1774–1835 · Modern

Magdalena di Canossa (1 March 1774 – 10 April 1835) was an Italian religious sister and the foundress of the two Canossian congregations. Magdalena was a leading advocate for the poor in her region after she witnessed first hand the plight of the poor following the spillover effe…

1906–1936 · Contemporary

Manuel Berenguer Clusella was a Spanish Catholic presbyter born in 1906 in Castellterçol. He died in 1936 in Montcada i Reixac, Barcelona, and has been declared Venerable by the Catholic Church.

1649 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Manuel Solórzano (1905 – 12 March 1977) was a Salvadoran Catholic who was an active participant in his local parish and was close with its priest, Rutilio Grande García.

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.

1805–1871 · Modern · Sisters of Charity of Montreal

Marie-Anne-Marcelle Mallet (March 26, 1805 – April 9, 1871) was a Roman Catholic nun and founder of the Sisters of Charity of Quebec. Her surname also appears as Maillet or Maillé. Marie was born to Vital Mallet and Marguerite Sarrazin in Montreal, Lower Canada.

1900–1925 · Contemporary · Poor Clares

Margaret Anne Sinclair, (29 March 1900 – 24 November 1925), religious name Mary Francis of the Five Wounds, was a Scottish Catholic nun of the Colettine Poor Clares. She was declared venerable by Pope Paul VI on 6 February 1978.

1920–1954 · Contemporary

Venerable Maria Addolorata Luciani was a Catholic nun born in 1920. She died in 1954.

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.

1884–1957 · Contemporary

María Beatriz del Rosario Arroyo y Pidal, religious name María Rosario of the Visitation, (Filipino: María Beatriz del Rosario Pidal Arroyo; February 17, 1884 – June 14, 1957) was a Filipino nun and the founder of the Dominican Sisters of the Most Holy Rosary of the Philippines (…

1864–1945 · Contemporary

Maria Bonardi was born in Cuneo in 1864 and died in Vercelli in 1945. A member of the Catholic Church and a citizen of the Kingdom of Italy, she is recognized as a Venerable.

1812–1836 · Modern

Maria Cristina of Savoy (Maria Cristina Carlotta Giuseppa Gaetana Efisia; 14 November 1812 – 21 January 1836) was Queen of the Two Sicilies as the first wife of Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies. She died as a result of childbirth.

1706–1745 · Modern · Franciscans

Elisabetta Maria Satellico (31 December 1706 – 8 November 1745) – in religious Maria Crocifissa – was an Italian Roman Catholic professed religious from the Poor Clares who served as her convent's abbess. Her beatification was celebrated on 10 October 1993.

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.