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1815–1877 · Modern

Placide Viel (26 September 1815 — 4 March 1877), born Eulalie-Victoire Jacqueline Viel, was a French Roman Catholic professed religious and mother general who was active in organizing relief during the Franco-Prussian War.

1737–1787 · Modern · Order of Discalced Nuns of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel

Louise of France, OCD (Louise-Marie; 15 July 1737 – 23 December 1787) was a French princess and Discalced Carmelite, the youngest of the ten children of King Louis XV and Queen Maria Leszczyńska.

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Priscus was a bishop of Lyon who exercised his office from 573 to sometime between 585 and 589. Priscus succeeded Nizier of Lyon in 573. While his predecessor had advised Aetherius to take the diocese, King Gontran named Priscus instead.

1790–1868 · Modern

Rafael Cordero y Molina (October 24, 1790 – July 5, 1868), known as Maestro Cordero, was a self-educated Afro–Puerto Rican who provided free schooling to the children of his city regardless of race or social standing.

1865–1930 · Contemporary

Rafael Merry del Val y Zulueta, OL (10 October 1865 – 26 February 1930) was a Spanish Catholic bishop, Vatican official, and cardinal. Before becoming a cardinal, he served as the secretary of the papal conclave of 1903 that elected Pope Pius X, who is said to have accepted his…

1911–1973 · Contemporary

Rafael Sánchez García, born on June 14, 1911, in Oliva de la Frontera and died on August 8, 1973, in Badajoz, was a Spanish Catholic priest known for serving as the chaplain of the Provincial Hospital of Badajoz. He is recognized as venerable by the Catholic Church.

1876–1948 · Contemporary · Order of the Brothers Discalced of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel

Raffaele Rossi, OCD, born Carlo Rossi, (28 October 1876 – 17 September 1948), was an Italian Discalced Carmelite and cardinal. Rossi served in the Sacred Consistorial Congregation in the Roman Curia from 1930 until his death and as a friar had the religious name "Raffaele of Sain…

1900–1945 · Contemporary · Pallottines

Richard Henkes (26 May 1900 – 22 February 1945) was a German Roman Catholic priest of the Society of the Catholic Apostolate (Pallottines). Henkes served as a teacher but was best known for his preaching abilities in the pulpit where he made strong-worded condemnations of Nazism…

1886–1963 · Contemporary

Jean-Baptiste Nicolas Robert Schuman was a Luxembourg-born French statesman. Schuman was a Christian democratic (Popular Republican Movement) political thinker and activist.

1000–1067 · Medieval · Benedictines

Robert de Turlande (c. 1000 - 17 April 1067) was a French Roman Catholic priest and professed member of the Order of Saint Benedict. He was of noble stock and was also related to Saint Gerald of Aurillac.

1921–1978 · Contemporary · Cistercians

Romano Bottegal (Lamon, 28 December 1921 – Beirut, 19 February 1978) was an Italian religious priest of the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance). Bottegal joined the order in the 1940s and lived as a hermit in Lebanon.

1874–1964 · Contemporary · Franciscans

Rosa Elena Cornejo Pazmiño (11 December 1874 – 24 October 1964), also known by her religious name María Francisca of the Wounds, was an Ecuadorian religious sister in the Roman Catholic Church.

1871–1954 · Contemporary · Carmelite Sisters of Saint Joseph (Barcelona)

Rosa Ojeda i Creus (Vilanova i la Geltrú, August 30, 1871 – Barcelona, May 15, 1954), in religion Rose of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, was a Spanish nun, founder of the Carmelite Sisters of Saint Joseph, and recognized as venerable by the Catholic Church since 1998.

1838–1887 · Modern · Dominican Sisters of the Immaculate Conception (Krakow)

Marie Colombe Białecka (Jaśniszcze, August 23, 1838 – Wielowieś, March 18, 1887) was a Polish Catholic nun, founder of the Sisters of St. Dominic of Cracow, and recognized as venerable by the Catholic Church.

590–654 · Medieval

Saint Bavo of Ghent (also known as Bavon, Allowin, Bavonius, Baaf; AD 622–659) is a Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox saint. He exchanged a dissolute lifestyle for that of a missionary under the guidance of Saint Amand.

1816–1889 · Modern

Salvador Valera Parra (27 February 1816 – 15 March 1889), also known as "Cura Valera", was a Spanish Catholic priest who served in the provinces of Murcia and Almería. He was declared Venerable by Pope Francis in March 2021.

1929–1958 · Contemporary

Satoko Kitahara (北原 怜子, Kitahara Satoko; 22 August 1929 – 23 January 1958) – later known as Elisabeth Maria Kitahara – was a Japanese Roman Catholic.

1897–1987 · Contemporary

Orsola Rivata, in religion Mother Scholastica, born July 12, 1897, in Guarene and died March 24, 1987, in Sanfrè, was an Italian Catholic nun, co-founder and first Superior General of the Pious Disciples of the Divine Master.

1621–1699 · Reformation · Order of the Brothers Discalced of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel

Serafina of God, OCarm, (Italian: Serafina di Dio), also known as Seraphine of Capri, (24 October 1621 – 17 March 1699) an Italian Carmelite who was the founder of seven Carmelite convents of the ancient observance in Southern Italy.

1179–1240 · Medieval · Q2028821

Serapion of Algiers (1179 – 14 November 1240) was an English Catholic Mercedarian priest and martyr. Thomas O'Loughlin says Serapion was Scottish by birth. Serapion is acknowledged as a proto-martyr.

1792–1849 · Modern

Severino Fabriani (January 7, 1792, Spilamberto – August 27, 1849, Modena) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and founder of the Congregation of the Daughters of Providence for the Deaf. The Catholic Church venerates him as Venerable.

1898–1971 · Contemporary

Shtjefën Kurti (24 December 1898 – 20 October 1971) was an Albanian Roman Catholic priest killed during a period of communist persecution. Kurti served as a priest during a volatile period for his nation in which communist repression enjoined state atheism and led to strict rules…

1877–1943 · Contemporary · Salesians of Don Bosco

Simon Srugi, also known as Simaan Srugi, born on June 27, 1877, in Nazareth and died on November 27, 1943, was a Salesian religious brother in Beit Gemal, Palestine.

1240–1319 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Simone Ballachi (1240 – 5 November 1319) was an Italian member of the Third Order of Saint Dominic. Ballachi served as a former soldier in Rimini before renouncing that path in favor of the religious life where he became a gardener noted for his strict adherence to the rule of Sa…

1907–2005 · Contemporary · Carmelites

Lúcia de Jesus Rosa dos Santos, OCD, (28 March 1907 – 13 February 2005) also known as Lúcia of Fátima and by her religious name Maria Lúcia of Jesus and of the Immaculate Heart, was a Discalced Carmelite from Portugal.

1810–1877 · Modern

Sisto Riario Sforza (5 December 1810 – 29 September 1877) was an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal who served as the Archbishop of Naples from 1845 until his death.

1826–1887 · Modern

María Soledad Torres y Acosta (2 December 1826 – 11 October 1887) - born Manuela - was a Spanish Roman Catholic professed religious and the founder of the Servants of Mary.

1665–1741 · Modern · Dominican Order

María de San Antonio Lorenzo y Fuentes or Sor María de San Antonino (August 5, 1665 in Garachico, Tenerife – May 10, 1741 in Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife) was a Dominican religious sister and Spanish mystic.

1843–1897 · Modern · Carmelites

Teresa Jornet Ibars, HAD (9 January 1843 – 26 August 1897), also known as Saint Teresa of Jesus, was a Spanish religious sister who founded of the Little Sisters of the Abandoned Elderly.

1901–1981 · Contemporary

Stefan Wyszyński was a Polish Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Warsaw and Archbishop of Gniezno from 1948 to 1981. He previously served as Bishop of Lublin from 1946 to 1948. He was created a cardinal on 12 January 1953 by Pope Pius XII.

1895–1978 · Contemporary · Salesians of Don Bosco

Stephen Ferrando (28 September 1895 – 21 June 1978) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest belonging to the Salesians of Don Bosco. He served in the missions in Asia once he was ordained and was stationed in India where he led a diocese of his own.

1177–1267 · Medieval · Benedictines

Silvestro Guzzolini (1007 – 26 November 1267) was an Italian Catholic priest and the founder of the Silvestrini. He served as a canon in Osimo but respectful rebukes of his bishop's inappropriate conduct led him to leave for a hermitage before the bishop could strip him of his po…

1911–1953 · Contemporary

Szilárd Ignác Bogdánffy (21 February 1911 – 3 October 1953) was a Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop of Satu Mare and Oradea of the Latins. On 30 October 2010 he was proclaimed blessed in a ceremony held in the Cathedral Basilica of St.

1899–1944 · Contemporary

Sára Salkaházi, SSS (born Sarolta Klotild Schalkház; 11 May 1899 – 27 December 1944) was a Hungarian Catholic religious sister who saved the lives of approximately one hundred Jews during World War II.

1882–1950 · Contemporary

Sílvia Cardoso Ferreira da Silva (26 July 1882 – 2 November 1950) was a Portuguese Roman Catholic. During her lifetime she led a tireless apostolate dedicated to serving the poor in Brazil (where she travelled to and once lived) and in her native land where she founded retreat ce…

1782–1838 · Modern

Carlo Tancredi Falletti di Barolo (26 October 1782 – 4 September 1838) was an Italian Roman Catholic noble who, with his wife Juliette Colbert, co-founded the Sisters of Saint Anne. Born and raised in Turin, Falletti came from a long line of nobles originally from France.

1100–1150 · Medieval

Teobaldo Roggeri (1100 - 1150) was an Italian Roman Catholic shoemaker and porter from the Ligurian province noted for his simple manner of living and for his commitment to the needs of the poor of the Diocese of Alba.

1914–1988 · Contemporary

Teofilo Bastida Camomot (3 March 1914 – 27 September 1988) was a Roman Catholic archbishop from the Philippines. Ordained a diocesan priest of the Archdiocese of Cebu on 14 December 1941, he was eventually appointed an auxiliary bishop on 23 March 1955 and receiving the titular s…

1848–1917 · Contemporary · Carmelite Sisters of Saint Joseph

Thérèse Guasch y Toda, born on May 28, 1848, in Riudecanyes (Catalonia, Spain) and died on December 15, 1917, in Barcelona, was a Spanish religious sister known in religion as Thérèse of the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

1885–1946 · Contemporary · Order of the Brothers Discalced of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel

Teresa Janina Kierocińska (religious name Maria Teresa of St. Joseph, 14 June 1885 – 12 July 1946) was a Discalced Carmelite nun born in Wieluń, who cofounded the Carmelite Sisters of the Infant Jesus and was honored with the title of the Righteous Among the Nations.

1894–1964 · Contemporary

Maria Teresa Merlo (20 February 1894 – 5 February 1964) – in religious life "Tecla" – was an Italian Roman Catholic professed religious and the co-founder of the Daughters of Saint Paul that she established alongside Blessed Giacomo Alberione.

1826–1898 · Modern · Carmelite Sisters of Saint Joseph

Thérèse Toda y Juncosa (Teresa Toda i Juncosa, in religion Thérèse of Saint Joseph), born August 19, 1826, in Riudecanyes (Catalonia, Spain) and died July 30, 1898, in Barcelona, was a wife and mother.

1858–1902 · Contemporary

Teresa of St. Rose of Lima, CSST was an Indian Catholic religious sister and the founder of the Institute of the Carmelite Sisters of Saint Teresa in Kerala, India. Teresa of St.

1916–1945 · Contemporary

Teresio Olivelli (7 January 1916 – 12 January 1945) was an Italian Roman Catholic soldier during World War II and part of the Italian Resistance movement to Fascism and the Nazi regime.

1915–2005 · Contemporary · Order of Discalced Nuns of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel

Tereza Margarida of the Heart of Mary OCD (born Maria Luiza Rezende Marques; 24 December 1915 – 14 November 2005), was a Brazilian Discalced Carmelite nun from the interior of the state of Minas Gerais.

1897–1926 · Contemporary · Carmelite Daughters of the Divine Heart of Jesus

Teresa Ysseldijk (Apeldoorn, November 13, 1897 – Saint Louis, March 10, 1926), known as Maria Teresa of the Most Holy Trinity, was a Dutch Catholic religious sister of the Congregation of the Carmelite Sisters of the Divine Heart of Jesus who lived her religious life in Missouri.…

1508–1537 · Reformation · Franciscans

Thomas Belchiam (1508–1537) was an English Franciscan who died in Newgate Prison in the reign of Henry VIII. He is a Catholic martyr, declared venerable by Pope Leo XIII. The year of death is in question: the Victoria County History for Kent puts the events in 1534.

1821–1861 · Modern

Choe Yang-Eop Thomas (1 March 1821 – 15 June 1861), also spelled Ch'oe Yang-Ōp Thomas, was a Korean Roman Catholic priest during the Joseon dynasty, who travelled across Eastern Asia as a seminarian and priest before settling at last after a period of persecution back in his home…

1873–1925 · Contemporary

Venerable Thomas of Kurialacherry (14 January 1873 – 2 June 1925) was a Catholic bishop from Kerala. Kurialacherry was a member of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, had his ordination in May 1899 from Cardinal Cassantha, and was bishop of what would become the Archdiocese of Chan…

1780–1841 · Modern

Palackal Thoma Malpan (c. 1780–1841) was an Indian Catholic priest of the Syro-Malabar Church based in India. He was the senior priest and founder who envisaged the formation of the first native religious institution in India, Carmelites of Mary Immaculate also known as C.M.I.