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1563–1595 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

The Venerable François Abraham de Georgiis, born in 1563 in Aleppo, Syria, and killed by throat-slitting on April 30, 1595, in Massawa, Eritrea, was a Lebanese Maronite Jesuit priest. Sent to join the Jesuit mission in Ethiopia, he suffered martyrdom there in April 1595.

1916–2001 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Alberto Maria Beretta, born Enrico Beretta (Milan, August 28, 1916 – Bergamo, August 10, 2001), was an Italian priest, physician, and missionary of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, who was proclaimed venerable by the Catholic Church.

350–430 · Early Church

Alexander the Unsleeping (Aegean Islands, c. 340 – Gomon, Bosphorus, c. 430), also known as Alexander of Constantinople, was a soldier in the guard of the prefecture of Constantinople, later a hermit, and subsequently a monk and founder of the Byzantine monastic branch of the Aco…

1727–1803 · Modern · Franciscans

Pietro Giovannelli, in religion Aloysius of the Most Holy Crucifixion (November 7, 1727, Pietracatella – June 4, 1803, Naples), was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a member of the Order of Friars Minor. He is venerated as Venerable in the Catholic Church.

1655–1732 · Modern · Society of Jesus

Alonso Messia Bedoya (Pacaraos, Peru, January 10, 1655 – Lima, January 5, 1732) was a virtuous Jesuit. He was the son of General Francisco Messia y Ramón and Francisca Bedoya y Campusano.

1910–1942 · Contemporary · Secular Order of Discalced Carmelites

Anita Cantieri (March 30, 1910, Lucca, Italy – August 24, 1942, Lucca) was an Italian laywoman and a member of the Third Order of Carmel (taking the name Thérèse of the Child Jesus). Wishing to become a nun, she entered the Carmelite convent in Florence at the age of 20.

1872–1936 · Contemporary · Sisters of Saint Michael Archangel

Anna Kaworek, born on June 18, 1872, in Biedrzychowice, Poland, and died on December 30, 1936, in Miejsce Piastowe, was a Polish religious sister and co-founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of Saint Michael the Archangel, a teaching and nursing order.

1772–1858 · Modern · Congregation of the Schools of Charity

Antonio Angelo Cavanis (Venice, January 16, 1772 – Venice, March 12, 1858) was an Italian priest and educator, founder of the Congregation of the Schools of Charity. The Catholic Church has bestowed upon him the title of Venerable.

1830–1897 · Modern · Society of Priests of the Sacred Heart of Betharram

Auguste Etchécopar (Saint-Palais, May 30, 1830 – Bétharram, April 13, 1897) was a French priest and the second successor to Michel Garicoïts as Superior General of the Congregation of the Sacred Heart of Jesus of Bétharram.

1906–1975 · Contemporary

Simon Mpeke, best known by the nickname Baba Simon (Father Simon), born in 1906 and died in 1975, was a Cameroonian priest, the first leader of Jesus Caritas in Africa, and later a missionary to the Kirdi people, becoming known as the champion of Kirdi identity.

1865–1934 · Contemporary · Order of the Brothers Discalced of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel

Ildefonso Sánchez Mayorga, in religion Balbino of the Carmel (Balbino del Carmelo), born March 7, 1865, in El Fresno and died May 12, 1934, in Ávila, was a Spanish Carmelite priest. His cause for beatification was opened in 1961.

1909–1937 · Contemporary · Order of the Brothers Discalced of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel

Angelo Calvi, in religion Benignus of the Child Jesus (Italian: Benigno di santa teresa di gesù bambino), born July 23, 1909, and died October 25, 1937, in Milan, was an Italian Carmelite priest. His cause for beatification was opened in 1991.

1865–1960 · Contemporary

Brigida Maria Postorino, born on November 19, 1865, in Catona, Calabria, and died on March 30, 1960, in Frascati near Rome, was an Italian religious sister and founder of the Daughters of the Immaculate, an order dedicated to serving the poor.

1841–1910 · Contemporary

Camille Costa de Beauregard, born on February 17, 1841, and died on March 25, 1910, was a canon of Chambéry and the 1868 founder of the Bocage orphanage, established for the education of poor and abandoned children.

1860–1899 · Modern · Q21684184

Coloma Antònia Martí i Valls (Badalona, June 26, 1860 – June 4, 1899), who took the name Francesca of the Wounds of Jesus, was a Catalan religious sister and a member of the Poor Clares of Divine Providence of Badalona.

1881–1972 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Cyril Jean Zohrabian (Armenian: Հովհաննէս Զոհրաբիան Գուրէղ), born on June 25, 1881, in Erzurum (Ottoman Empire) and died on September 20, 1972, in Rome (Italy), was a Catholic priest, a member of the Armenian community of Turkey, who was declared venerable by Pope Francis on Janu…

1291–1341 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Dalmazio Moner, in Catalan Dalmau Moner (Santa Coloma de Farners, 1291 – Girona, September 24, 1341), was a Spanish religious figure who was beatified by equipollence by Pope Innocent XIII in 1721.

1876–1924 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Daniele da Samarate, born Felice Rossini (June 15, 1876 – May 19, 1924), was an Italian Catholic priest of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin who served as a missionary in Brazil.

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.

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…

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.

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.

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.

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…

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.

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.

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…

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.

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.

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…

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.