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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.

1040 · Medieval

Emma of Bremen, also known as Emma of Lesum or Emma of Stiepel (or Hemma or Imma), born between 975 and 980 and died in Lesum on December 3, 1038, was a widow who dedicated her entire great fortune to charitable works.

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Emmanuel Nguyen Van Trieu (Hué, Tonkin, 1756 – Hué, Tonkin, September 17, 1798) was an 18th-century Vietnamese priest who died as a martyr in Tonkin (modern-day Vietnam).

1888–1936 · Contemporary

Encarnación Gil Valls (Ontinyent, January 27, 1888 – L'Olleria, September 24, 1936) was a Catholic martyr killed during the Spanish Civil War.

642–715 · Medieval

Saint Engratia of Segovia (Segovia, Visigothic Kingdom, c. 642 – Caballar, Umayyad Caliphate, 715) was a Christian martyr and hermit who lived during the 7th and 8th centuries.

550–628 · Medieval

Énimie is a saint of the Catholic Church, presented as a Merovingian princess, daughter of Clotaire II and sister of Dagobert I. According to legend, she lived in the 7th century.

1890–1936 · Contemporary · Piarists

Blessed Enrique Canadell (1890–1936) was a Spanish Piarist priest who died as a martyr in Castellfollit de la Roca, Catalonia, during the Spanish Civil War in 1936. He was beatified by John Paul II in 1995. He is buried in his village church, Saint Stephen's Church in Olot.

1930–1994 · Contemporary · Society of Mary

Henri Vergès (in Catalan: Enric Vergés), born on July 15, 1930, in Matemale (Pyrénées-Orientales) and murdered on May 8, 1994, in Algiers (Algeria), was a French Marist brother and teacher.

1913–1936 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Enrique García Beltrán (Almassora, March 16, 1913 – Castellón, August 16, 1936) was a Capuchin friar from Castellón who died as a martyr at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War.

1907–1936 · Contemporary

Enrique Juan Requena (Ayelo de Malferit, Valencia, March 2, 1907 – December 29, 1936) was a Spanish priest, venerated as a blessed by the Catholic Church. He was a priest of the Archdiocese of Valencia.

1908–1936 · Contemporary

Enrique Morant Pellicer (born October 13, 1908, in Bellreguard, Valencia; died October 4, 1936, in Xaraco) was a blessed of the Catholic Church. He was born into a deeply religious family. He moved to Madrid to study architecture but later decided to enter the seminary.

1896–1936 · Contemporary

Enrique Vidaurreta Palma (October 10, 1896 – August 31, 1936) was a martyr of the religious persecution during the Spanish Civil War, born in Antequera, Spain. He was beatified in Rome on October 28, 2007, alongside 498 martyrs of the 20th century in Spain.

1863–1903 · Contemporary · Franciscan Sisters of Our Lady of Good Counsel

Thérèse Rodon i Asencio (Barcelona, February 26, 1863 – Madrid, December 28, 1903) was a Spanish nun and founder of the Franciscan Sisters of Our Lady of Good Counsel. Her potential beatification is under study by the Catholic Church, which recognizes her as a Servant of God.

1192 · Medieval

Ensfrid of Cologne (died March 27, 1192) was a saint and venerable of the Catholic Church. The date and place of Ensfrid's birth are unknown. He served as a priest in Siegburg before being transferred to serve as dean of the collegiate church of St. Andrew in Cologne.

550–545 · Medieval

Saint Haude of Trémazan (or Aude in French, Heodez or Eodez in Breton) lived, according to legend, in the early 6th century. She was the daughter of Golon, lord of Trémazan in the west of the Pays de Léon in Armorican Brittany, and of Florence, daughter of Honorius, prince of Bre…

1916–1936 · Contemporary · Passionists

Epifanio Sierra Conde was a brother of the Passionist Congregation who was killed by anticlerical forces during the Spanish Civil War. He was beatified by Pope John Paul II on October 1, 1989.

450 · Early Church

Eptadius of Autun, or Saint Aptas, born in the late 5th century in Autun and died in 525, is a saint of the Roman Catholic Church, a moneyer of Autun, priest, hermit, and monk, and the founder of the Abbey of Cervon, which would be named in his honor.

1746–1822 · Modern

Metropolitan Euthymius (Shervashidze) (known in pre-revolutionary Russian sources as Metropolitan of Gelati; Georgian: მიტროპოლიტი ევფიმი (შერვაშიძე); 1746, Erketi — April 21 (May 3), 1822, Alexander-Svir Monastery) was a Georgian theologian, Metropolitan of Gelati (Gaenati) from…

850–854 · Medieval

Erchanbert, sometimes also referred to as Hercumbert, Ercambert, or Ercanbert (died January 11, 854), was an abbot, teacher, grammarian, and Bishop of Freising from January 29, 835, until his death.

1079–1132 · Medieval

Erkenbert of Frankenthal, also known as Erkenbert of Worms (born c. 1079 in Worms; died December 24, 1132, in Frankenthal), was a nobleman, monastery founder, and provost in the area of what is now Frankenthal (Palatinate).

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Ermenfroy or Ermenfroi (Ermenfredus in Latin) was a saint of Germanic origin who lived in the 7th century in the Doubs region, where he is particularly venerated.

1096 · Medieval · Benedictines

Ernst of Neresheim (born in Dillingen an der Donau; died 1096 in Mecca) is said to have been the first abbot of Neresheim Abbey, according to an early modern tradition of the monastery. The monks there regarded him as a saint and martyr (feast day: presumably July 13).

1913–1936 · Contemporary · Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Esteve Casadevall i Puig (Argelaguer, March 6, 1913 – Barbastro, August 13, 1936) was a Claretian religious. He is venerated as a blessed by the Catholic Church. He entered the Claretian college in Cervera and continued his studies in Alagón, Barbastro, and Vic.

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.

1802–1861 · Modern

Étienne-Théodore Cuenot, born in Le Bélieu, France, near Morteau (Doubs), on February 8, 1802, and died in Bình Định in Eastern Cochinchina (present-day Vietnam) on November 14, 1861, was a missionary bishop, martyr, and Catholic saint whose feast day is November 14, and who is c…

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Euphemia (fl. 2nd century) is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church. According to tradition, her body was miraculously discovered by a Spanish shepherdess at the end of the 11th century.

1897–1934 · Contemporary

Euphrasius of the Child Jesus, born Barredo Fernández (February 8, 1897, in Cancienes – October 12, 1934, in Oviedo), was a Discalced Carmelite and a blessed of the Catholic Church. After taking his religious vows in 1916, he began studies in theology and philosophy.

1903–1943 · Contemporary

Eugénie Maskiewicz (in religion Sister Marie-Canisia), born on November 27, 1903, in Suwałki, Poland, and died on August 1, 1943, near Nowogródek (Poland, now Belarus), was a Polish nun who was executed by firing squad by the Gestapo along with her ten other martyr companions of…

100–65 · Early Church

Eugene of Valencia was a Christian from Hispania, a supposed disciple of the Apostle James, who died around the year 65. According to a late tradition documented from the 16th century onwards, he is considered the first bishop of Valencia.

1892–1937 · Contemporary

Eugenius, secular name Yevgeny Yakovlevich Kobranov (born January 9/21, 1892, in Blagoveshchensk; died November 20, 1937, near Shymkent), was a Russian Orthodox bishop, one of the leaders of the Iosiflyan movement, and a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia.

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Eulalius (second half of the 5th century – first half of the 6th century) was Bishop of Syracuse. The few details of his life are handed down to us by Saint Fulgentius, who stayed in Syracuse as a guest of Eulalius for several months.

259 · Early Church

Eulogius of Tarragona, or Saint Eulogius (died January 21, 259), was a Hispano-Roman Christian cleric. While serving as a deacon, he was martyred alongside Bishop Fructuosus and the fellow deacon Augurius.

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Eunius is a Catholic saint who lived in the 5th or 6th century. He likely arrived in Cornwall, where he conducted his ministry, from Ireland. There is no reliable information about the saint other than the fact that his cult has long been vibrant in local tradition.

303 · Early Church

Saint Euphrasia is a Christian saint and martyr. She was born in Nicomedia during the reign of Emperor Maximian. According to tradition, she was very beautiful, kind-natured, and a faithful Christian.

1243 · Medieval

Euphrosyne of Pskov (secular name Euphrosyne; died May 8, 1243, Otepää, present-day Estonia) was presumably the daughter of Prince Rogvolod Borisovich of Polotsk.

510 · Medieval

Eurgain ferch Maelgwn Gwynedd was a 6th-century saint, one of a small number of native female saints of Gwynedd. She married Elidir Mwynfawr, who was killed in battle either against an invasion from the north or in a rebellion against Maelgwn.

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Saint Eusebia of Bergamo is a saint venerated by the Catholic Church, included in the Roman Martyrology by Caesar Baronius in the sixteenth century.

1914–1936 · Contemporary · Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Eusebio Maria Codina Millá, C.M.F. (Albesa, December 7, 1914 – Barbastro, August 13, 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.

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Eusebius of Antioch was a Greek religious figure from Syria, likely born in Antioch. He was the nephew of Abbot Marinus, who founded the monastery of Corypha between Antioch and Beroea. Upon his uncle's death, he succeeded him as abbot.

400 · Early Church

Eusebius of Bologna (died 400) was the Bishop of Bologna in the 4th century. He is venerated as a saint by various Christian denominations. Honored in the Catholic and Orthodox churches, his feast day is celebrated on September 26.

884 · Medieval · Benedictines

Eusebius of Saint Gall (Scotland or Ireland, 9th century – near Rottris, Vorarlberg, Austria, 884) was a Benedictine monk of the Abbey of Saint Gall. He is venerated as a saint by various Christian denominations.

900–884 · Medieval

Eusebius of Rankweil or Eusebius of Viktorsberg (born early 9th century in Ireland; died January 31, 884, in Viktorsberg) was an Irish monk and hermit whose relics are venerated in St. Gallen.

1178–1211 · Medieval · Cistercians

Eustace of Flay, one of the saints named Eustace (born c. 1178 in the Beauvaisis; died September 7, 1211, at the Abbey of Saint-Germer-de-Fly in the Oise), was a French Benedictine monk of the late 12th and early 13th centuries.

1866–1936 · Contemporary

Eustaquio Nieto y Martín (Zamora, March 12, 1866 – Estriégana, July 27, 1936) was a Spanish Catholic bishop. He is one of the thirteen bishops killed in the Republican zone during the Spanish Civil War, a victim of religious persecution.

1316–1404 · Medieval

Euthymius of Suzdal (born 1316 in Nizhny Novgorod, died April 1, 1404, in Suzdal) was a Russian monk who was canonized in 1549. His feast days are April 1/14 (date of death) and July 4/17 (discovery of his relics).

250–308 · Early Church

Eutropius (died c. 308 in Amasea, Pontus) was a Christian martyr and a saint in the Catholic and Orthodox Churches, and the brother of Saint Cleonicus. Eutropius lived at the turn of the 3rd and 4th centuries. He and his brother were friends of Saint Theodore the Recruit.

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Eutychius of Marmara (died in Marmara Ereğlisi, in modern-day Turkey, 3rd century) was a bishop who was martyred during the Roman Empire's persecution of Christians. He has been venerated since ancient times by Orthodox and Catholics as a saint and martyr.

300 · Early Church

Eve of Dreux, whose date of birth is unknown and who died in the 13th century, is a Christian martyr venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church, which celebrates her feast day on September 6, and who is the patron saint of the city of Dreux.

700 · Medieval

According to legend, Saint Evermarus was a Frisian nobleman who, toward the end of the 7th century, made a pilgrimage with seven companions to Santiago de Compostela, Spain, then a major center for Christian pilgrimages.

350 · Early Church

Evezio (fl. 4th century) was a Christian martyr killed in Nicomedia during the persecutions of Diocletian. The memory of Evezio, a martyr in Nicomedia, is contained in the early 5th-century Syriac Martyrology and in various codices of the Martyrologium Hieronymianum, which comme…