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1772–1838 · Modern · Dominican Order

Dominic Nguyen Van Hanh (Vietnamese: Đaminh Nguyễn Văn Hạnh; Nghệ An, 1772 – Ba Tòa, August 1, 1838) was a Vietnamese Dominican priest. He is venerated as a martyr and saint by the Catholic Church. He desired to be a priest at an early age.

1786–1839 · Modern · Dominican Order

Saint Dominic Nguyễn Văn Xuyên (born c. 1786 in Hương Hiệp, Nam Định Province, Vietnam; died November 26, 1839, in Bảy Mẫu, Vietnam) was a Dominican friar, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church. Dominic Nguyễn Văn Xuyên was born to wealthy farmers.

1559–1630 · Reformation · Order of the Brothers Discalced of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel

Dominic of Jesus and Mary (1559–1630) was a Spanish Discalced Carmelite and high-ranking official of the order who participated in certain episodes of the Thirty Years' War, as well as the founding of the Discalced Carmelite convent in Ghent.

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.

600–581 · Medieval

Domnolus (Latin: Domnolus) was Bishop of Le Mans from 558 or 559 until his death on December 1, 581; in the 17th century, the Benedictine Jean Bondonnet designated him a saint.

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Donatus of Val was a hermit, considered a saint by the Roman Catholic and Orthodox Churches, who died around 535. His feast day is August 19. He was born in the Orléans region. He was invited by John I, Bishop of Sisteron, to settle in the south of Gaul.

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Donata is a Christian martyr and saint. Along with Paulina, Rusticus, Nominanda, Serotina, Hilaria, and four companions, she was martyred in Rome. She is commemorated with her companions on December 31. Their cult was promoted by Pope Adrian I (772–795).

535 · Medieval

Donatus (Latin: Donatus; died 535) was a hermit from the Jura Mountains and a saint in the Catholic Church, commemorated on August 19. Saint Donatus was born in Orléans. He lived as a recluse in the Jura Mountains near Sisteron, in Provence.

1549–1629 · Reformation

Dorothea of Kashin (Russian: Дорофея Кашинская, Dorofeya Kashinskaya) was a Russian nun born in 1549 who died on September 24, 1629 (October 4 in the Gregorian calendar) in Kashin. She lived as a recluse and nun in Moscow, Russia.

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.

1820 · Modern

Metropolitan Dositheus (Georgian: დოსითეოს, Dositeoz; in pre-revolutionary Russian sources: Metropolitan of Kutateli; secular name Datuna Nikolayevich/Nikolozovich Tsereteli; c.

1000–1046 · Medieval · Benedictines

Druthmar of Corvey (also Druthmarus, Dietmar, Druchmarus, Drutmarus, Druotmarus, Diethmarus, Theotmarus) (died February 15, 1046, in Corvey) was the abbot of Corvey Abbey from 1015.

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Dulcedius, also known as Dulcitius or Dulcidius (died 5th century, Agen), was Bishop of Agen at the beginning of the 5th century and is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church. Information regarding this holy bishop is scarce.

1846–1939 · Contemporary

Duncan McMillan may refer to: Duncan McMillan (linguist) (1914–1993), British linguist Duncan McMillan (playwright) (born 1980), British playwright and director

1750–1802 · Modern

Dimitrios was born in the 18th century on Chios. He was martyred in 1802 in Constantinople by the Muslims. Canonized by the Orthodox Church, he is celebrated on January 29.

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Désiré or Desideratus (in Latin, Desideratus) was an early medieval churchman who served as Bishop of Clermont in the 7th century. He is recognized as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church, both of which celebrate his feast day on February 11.

1018–1078 · Medieval

Eberhard VI of Nellenburg (born c. 1015; died March 26, 1078/79 or March 1, 1080) succeeded his father Eppo (died 1034) as Count in the Zürichgau, first appearing in records in 1036/37.

1165–1191 · Medieval

Eberhard of Kumbd (also known as "de Comede / Comeda" or "of Stahleck"; born 1165; died November 30, 1191, at the Cistercian nunnery of Kumbd in the Hunsrück) was a blessed subdeacon. He was born the son of the ministerialis Wolfram in Bacharach, below Stahleck Castle.

950 · Medieval

Saint Edith of Tamworth was an English religious figure from the mid-10th century. Edith was the eldest daughter from the first marriage of King Edward the Elder and Egwina. She was the sister of Athelstan of England.

1912–1936 · Contemporary · Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Eduardo Ripoll Diego, C.M.F. (Jàtiva, January 9, 1912 – Barbastro, August 15, 1936), was a Spanish religious who was martyred in Barbastro during the Spanish Civil War and is venerated as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

800–802 · Medieval · Benedictines

Egino of Verona (8th century – Reichenau Island, February 27, 802) was a German scholar who became Bishop of Verona; he is considered a blessed. Egino came from a prominent Alemannic family: some evidence suggests he was of Ahalolfingian origin.

1875–1938 · Contemporary

Ekaterina Dmitrievna Dekalina (Ekaterina of Simbirsk; November 1875, Panskaya Sloboda village, Simbirsk Uyezd, Simbirsk Governorate — February 17, 1938, Ulyanovsk) was an Orthodox saint and a nun at the Spassky Convent in Simbirsk from 1890 to 1918.

1892–1938 · Contemporary

Ekaterina Mikhailovna Cherkasova (December 4, 1892, Kashino, Volokolamsk Uyezd, Moscow Governorate — February 5, 1938, Butovo firing range) was a novice and a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church, canonized as a venerable martyr in 2001 for universal church veneration.

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.

1805–1832 · Modern

Helena of Diveyevo, born Elena Vasilyevna Manturova, was an Orthodox Christian monastic saint. She came from a noble family. At the age of seventeen, having previously been a person of little religious faith, she experienced a sudden conversion and made a private vow to the Mothe…

509–530 · Medieval

Elena Consalvo (c. 509, Laurino – 530, Pruno) was a virgin anchorite and is the patron saint of Laurino. Although she is venerated in her hometown on May 22, the Roman Martyrology commemorates her on April 20.

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.

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Saint Helenus, also known as Helenius or Helenus of Alexandria (fl. 3rd century), was the first bishop of Alexandria in Cilicia from the second half of the 2nd century until his death. He is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church.

1895–1943 · Contemporary

Eleonora Aniela Jóźwik, Sister Maria Daniela of Jesus and Mary Immaculate (born January 25, 1895, in Poizdów near Kock; died August 1, 1943, near Nowogródek), was a Polish religious sister of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth and a blessed of the Cath…

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Eleri was a 7th-century saint. She was one of Beuno's sisters and founded a church at Gwytherin, which remained dedicated to her until the 12th century. Her niece Winefride joined her as she aged and succeeded her as leader of the church.

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Eleutherius of Arce, also known as Saint Eleutherius (Britain, ... – Arce, 5th century), was a Christian pilgrim of British origin, venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church. The cult of the saint was introduced into the Roman Martyrology by Cardinal Cesare Baronio.

250–140 · Early Church

Eleutherius (born c. 90; died c. 138 in Aecae) was a bishop in Illyria and a martyr. According to tradition, Eleutherius lost his father at an early age and was taken by his Christian mother, Anthia, to Anacletus, Bishop of Rome, to be instructed in Christian doctrine.

1839–1900 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor

Élie Facchini, also known as Élie of Cento, born on July 2, 1839, in Reno di Cento, Italy, and died on July 9, 1900, in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, China, was an Italian Franciscan priest and missionary in China.

1941–1986 · Contemporary

Elisa Giambelluca, born on April 30, 1941, in Isnello, Italy, and died on July 5, 1986, in Rome, was an Italian mathematics teacher and high school principal. Having died of cancer, she is renowned for her holiness. She has been declared venerable by Pope Francis.

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.

1797–1839 · Modern

Elisabeth Chong Chong-hye was a Korean Christian laywoman born in 1797 in Majae (Neung-nae-ri), Gyeonggi Province, who died on December 29, 1839.

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Saint Elisha of Suma (Yelisey Sumsky) was a venerable monk of the Russian Orthodox Church who lived in the 15th century in the village of Suma (now Sumsky Posad in the Republic of Karelia) and received the tonsure at the Solovetsky Monastery.

1877–1937 · Contemporary

Elizaveta Viktorovna Kuranova (1877, Moscow — October 21, 1937, Butovo firing range) was a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church, canonized as a martyr in 2002 for universal church veneration.

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Elliw was a 6th-century saint and a great-granddaughter of Brychan Brycheiniog. Elliw is sometimes called a disciple of Saint Cadoc. She was also his heir, which suggests a blood relationship between them.

1060 · Medieval · Benedictines

Blessed Heloise of Coulombs (also Helvise or Helwisa) was a French recluse who lived under the obedience of the Benedictine Abbey of Notre-Dame de Coulombs, in the Diocese of Chartres, and died around 1066.

257 · Early Church

Ilpide is a Christian saint venerated by both the Catholic and Orthodox Churches. A contemporary of Saint Privat (likely in the 3rd century), he was also a native of Gévaudan. He is said to have died a martyr around 257.

1883–1936 · Contemporary

Elvira of the Nativity of Our Lady (Spanish: Elvira de la Natividad de Nuestra Señora), born Elvira Torrentallé Paraire on June 29, 1883, in Balsareny, and died on August 19, 1936, was a blessed of the Catholic Church, a Spanish martyr of the Carmelite Sisters of Charity, and a v…

1869–1936 · Contemporary

Elias Carbonell Molla (born November 20, 1869, in Cocentaina, Alicante; died October 2, 1936) was a Spanish blessed of the Catholic Church. He was born into a large family; his father was a physician.

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.

1796–1859 · Modern

Emmanuel Lê Van Phung is one of the 117 Vietnamese martyrs canonized by John Paul II in 1988. A father of nine, a zealous Catholic, and a catechist, he sheltered Christian missionaries at the height of the religious persecution under the reign of Emperor Tu Duc (1847–1883).

1756–1798 · Modern

Saint Emmanuel Nguyễn Văn Triệu (1756, Hue, Vietnam – September 17, 1798, Saigon, Vietnam) was a priest, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church. Emmanuel Nguyễn Văn Triệu was orphaned by his father at a young age and lived with his mother in Hue. In 1771, he joined the army.

800–827 · Medieval · Benedictines

Saint Emerius or Saint Mer (Narbonne, 800 – Sant Esteve de Guialbes, 827), abbot of Banyoles, is one of the most famous members of the Benedictine Order. He abandoned a military career and retired to the wilderness with a companion named Patricius.

270 · Early Church

Saint Emeterius of Calahorra, also sometimes called Madir (died March 3, between 298 and 304), was a Roman soldier beheaded for professing Christianity.

550 · Medieval

Emiliana of Rome was a 6th-century Roman virgin and religious woman of the Anician family. She is known for being a relative of Pope Saint Gregory the Great and his great-grandfather and predecessor, Saint Felix III. Her feast day is January 5.

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Saint Emiliana was a virgin and the aunt of Pope Gregory I the Great. She lived a monastic life with her sisters, Tarsilla and Gordiana. Shortly before her death, it is said that God appeared to her, saying, "I spent Christmas without you, but we shall meet on the feast of the Ep…