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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.

1909–1980 · Contemporary

Adelaide Bonolis, born on August 14, 1909, in Milan, Italy, and died on August 11, 1980, was a Christian laywoman and founder of charitable works for the needy and for social rehabilitation, particularly for women.

1871–1929 · Contemporary

Adolphe Chatillon, in religion Brother Théophanius-Léo, born in Nicolet, Quebec, on October 31, 1871, and died on April 28, 1929, was a Canadian religious brother and educator.

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Adrian Blanco was a Spanish friar of the Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy. He was a very humble and patient Mercedarian at the Convent of Our Lady of the Angels in El Puig. After becoming paralyzed, he remained bedridden for 30 years.

1340–1395 · Medieval

Athanasius of Vysotsky (the Younger) (secular name Ammos; died 1395) was a venerable saint of the Russian Church. He was a disciple of the first abbot of the Serpukhov Vysotsky Monastery, Saint Athanasius of Vysotsky (the Elder), and served as the monastery's second abbot.

1250 · Medieval

Agathon the Wonderworker (Pechersky, 13th–14th centuries, Kyiv) was an Orthodox saint and a monk of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra. He is venerated as a venerable.

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…

1427–1479 · Medieval

Alexander of Oshevensk (born Alexei Nikiforovich Osheven; March 17, 1427 – April 20, 1479) was an Orthodox venerable, founder, and the first hegumen of the Oshevensky Monastery in Kargopol, Arkhangelsk Oblast.

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Alexander of Vochma (Alexander of Galich; 2nd half of the 14th century – 1st quarter of the 15th century) is a saint of the Russian Church. He is venerated as a venerable monk, with feast days (according to the Julian calendar) on January 23 (Synaxis of Kostroma Saints) and Augus…

1729–1789 · Modern

Alexandra, born Agafia Semyonovna Melgunova (c. 1729, Ryazan – June 13, 1789, Diveyevo), was an Orthodox Christian nun and saint, and the founder of the Diveyevo Convent. She came from a noble family. Widowed at a young age, she was left to raise her young daughter alone.

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Alfonso de Zurita was a Mexican religious of the Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy. He was a sincere and public defender of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary and became the first provincial in Mexico.

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.

1555–1624 · Reformation · Order of Discalced Nuns of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel

Ana de Pedruja Rebolledo, who took the name Ana de San Agustín (Valladolid, 1555–Villanueva de la Jara, 1624), was a Spanish Discalced Carmelite nun, mystic, and founder, declared venerable by Pope Pius VI.

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Anatoly the Recluse (12th century) was a monk of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra. A saint of the Russian Church, he is venerated as a venerable father, with feast days (according to the Julian calendar) on July 3 and September 28 (Synaxis of the Venerable Fathers of the Kiev Pechersk Nea…

1824–1894 · Modern

Anatol, secular name Aleksey Moiseyevich Zertsalov (born March 24, 1824, in Bobyli; died December 15, 1893, in Kozelsk), was an Orthodox Christian monk and one of the Optina Elders.

1920–1933 · Contemporary

Anfrosina Berardi, born on December 6, 1920, in L'Aquila and died at the age of 12 on March 13, 1933, was a young Italian Catholic renowned for her holiness. She was declared venerable by Pope Francis in April 2021.

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.

1842–1885 · Modern · Daughters of St. Anne

Marianna Orsi, in religion Anna del Salvatore, born on February 22, 1842, in Albareto, Italy, and died on June 7, 1885, in Palermo, Sicily, was an Italian religious sister of the congregation of the Daughters of Saint Anne.

820–880 · Medieval

Anne of Leucate (Ancient Greek: Ἄννα ἡ ἐν τῷ Λευκάτῃ) is a venerable saint who lived in the Byzantine Empire during the 9th century. Her memory is commemorated on July 23 in the Orthodox Church.

1936–1995 · Contemporary · Sisters of the Poor, Palazzolo Institute

Celeste Maria, in religion Annelvira Ossoli, born on August 26, 1936, and died on May 23, 1995, in Kikwit, Democratic Republic of the Congo, was a religious sister of the Sisters of the Poor of Bergamo, a missionary, and a nurse in Africa.

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.

1901–1933 · Contemporary

Aurora Calvo Hernández-Agero, born on December 9, 1901, in Béjar, Spain, and died on November 22, 1933, in the same city, was a Spanish laywoman renowned for her holiness. She has been recognized as venerable by Pope Francis.

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.

1575–1609 · Reformation

Bartolomé Ximénez (Iniesta, Cuenca, Spain, 1575 – Ayora, Valencia, Spain, 1609), also known as Venerable Bartolomé Ximénez, was a Spanish Discalced Franciscan friar. He founded the Ancient Brotherhood of Mary Most Holy of the Conception of Puebla del Salvador.

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.

1902–1932 · Contemporary · Benedictines

Bernardo Vaz Lobo Teixeira de Vasconcelos, O.S.B. (São Romão do Corgo, Celorico de Basto, July 7, 1902 – Foz do Douro, July 4, 1932), better known as Friar Bernardo de Vasconcelos, was a mystical poet and Benedictine monk who, despite passing away just days before turning 30, lef…

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.

1644–1694 · Reformation

Bénigne Joly, born in 1644 and died in 1694, was a French Catholic priest and religious writer from Dijon. This native of Dijon, sometimes called the "father of the poor" or the "Burgundian Saint Vincent de Paul," was a diocesan priest of the Diocese of Langres, which included th…

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.

1620–1689 · Reformation

Catherine de Francheville, born September 21, 1620, at the Château de Truscat in Sarzeau and died March 3, 1689, in Vannes, was a 17th-century Breton religious woman who, after completing the Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius of Loyola herself, founded the first retreat house…

1844–1908 · Contemporary · Sisters Servants of the Divine Heart

Celia Méndez y Delgado, in religion Maria Teresa of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, born in Fuentes de Andalucía, Spain, on February 11, 1844, and died in Seville on June 2, 1908, was a Spanish religious sister and co-founder of the teaching congregation of the Handmaids of the Divine…

1902–1973 · Contemporary · Poor Clares

Juana de la Concepción Sánchez García, in religion Clara de la Concepción, born February 14, 1902, in Torre en Cameros, Spain, and died in 1973 in Soria, Castile and León, was a Spanish Catholic nun of the Order of Saint Clare.

1931–1995 · Contemporary · Sisters of the Poor, Palazzolo Institute

Alessandra Ghilardi, known in religion as Sister Clarangela Ghilardi, was born on April 21, 1931, in Trescore Balneario, Italy, and died on May 6, 1995, in Kikwit, Zaire.

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…

1594–1697 · Reformation

Dalmat of Iset (Dalmat of Perm, born Dmitry Ivanovich Mokrinsky; 1594, Beryozovo — June 25 (July 5), 1697, Dalmatovsky Dormition Monastery) was the founder of the Dalmatovsky Dormition Monastery.

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.

1947–1995 · Contemporary · Sisters of the Poor, Palazzolo Institute

Danielangela Sorti, in religion Sister Anna Maria, born on June 15, 1947, in Bergamo, Italy, and died on May 11, 1995, in Kikwit, Democratic Republic of the Congo, was an Italian nun and nurse.

1936–1995 · Contemporary · Sisters of the Poor, Palazzolo Institute

Teresa Santa Belleri, known in religion as Sister Dinarosa Belleri, was born on November 11, 1936, in Cailina di Villa Carcina, Italy, and died on May 14, 1995, in Kikwit, Zaire.

1570–1633 · Reformation

Dionysius of Radonezh (secular name David Fyodorovich Zobninovsky, also Zobninov, Zobninsky, Zobnikovsky; c. 1570, Rzhev – c. May 15, 1633, Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius) was an archimandrite of the Trinity Lavra of St.

474 · Early Church

Domnica (4th century) was a holy virgin of Carthage. Her feast day is January 8. Saint Domnica was born in Carthage and traveled to Alexandria, where she converted four pagan virgins to Christianity.

1721–1776 · Modern

Dositheus, secular name unknown (died most likely September 14/25 or September 15/26, 1777, in Kyiv), was a Russian Orthodox monk associated with the Kitaevo Hermitage in Kyiv.

1865–1944 · Contemporary

Euthymius, born Estat Kereselidze (died 1944 at Zedazeni Monastery), was an Orthodox monk and saint. He came from the village of Sadmeli. After completing primary school, he went to work in Kutaisi and later Tbilisi.

1548 · Reformation

Helena, born Diewoczkina (died November 18, 1547, in Moscow), was a Russian Orthodox nun, a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church, and the first abbess of the Novodevichy Convent in Moscow.