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1917–1936 · Contemporary

Pascual Aláez Medina, OMI (born May 11, 1917, in Villaverde de Arcayos; died July 24, 1936, in Pozuelo, Madrid), was a Spanish Oblate of the Immaculate Mary. He took his first vows on August 16, 1935.

1894–1936 · Contemporary

Paschalis Penadés Jornet (born January 3, 1894; died September 15, 1936) was a Spanish blessed of the Catholic Church. He began his studies at the seminary in Valencia and was ordained a priest in 1921. He was murdered during the Spanish Civil War.

450–562 · Medieval

Paternus, also known as Pair or Patier, born at the end of the 5th century and died around 565, was a hermit, evangelist, founder of monasteries, and later Bishop of Avranches in the first half of the 6th century.

250–307 · Early Church

Saint Patrick (Málaga?, 3rd century – Gaul, March 16, 307) is listed as Bishop of Málaga in the acts of the Council of Elvira, held near the city of Granada between 300 and 313.

1882–1900 · Contemporary · Franciscans

Saint Patrick Dong Bodi, OFS (Chinese: 董博弟) (born c. 1882 in Guchengyin, Shanxi province, China – died July 9, 1900, in Taiyuan) was a seminarian, a Franciscan tertiary, a martyr, and a saint of the Catholic Church.

1796–1840 · Modern

Paul Ho Hyob (Korean: 허협 바오로) was a Korean Christian soldier, martyr, and Catholic saint, born in 1796 in Seoul, Korea, and died in late January or early February 1840 in Seoul.

1826–1859 · Modern

Paul Hạnh (Vietnamese: Phaolô Hạnh) (born 1826 or 1827 in Vietnam – died May 28, 1859, in Saigon, Vietnam) was a saint of the Catholic Church and a martyr. Paul Hạnh was born in 1826 or 1827. After moving to Chợ Quán, he worked as a merchant.

1597 · Reformation · Franciscans

Paul Ibaraki was a Japanese Catholic martyr. Coming from a samurai family in Owari, he and his family lived near an Order of Friars Minor monastery. He lived in poverty but frequently helped those who were poorer than himself. He was also a preacher.

1893–1900 · Contemporary

Paul Lang Fu (Chinese: 郎福保祿) (born 1893 in Lu, Hebei, China – died July 16, 1900, in Lujiapo, Hebei) was a saint of the Catholic Church and a martyr. He was the son of Saint Lang Yang. During the Boxer Rebellion in China, Christians were persecuted.

1793–1857 · Modern

Paul Le-Bao-Tinh (also spelled Le-Bao Thin) was a Vietnamese Catholic priest. He lived in the first half of the 19th century and was sentenced to death by Emperor Tu Duc. He was beheaded in 1857.

1578–1597 · Reformation · Franciscans

Paul Suzuki (born 1563 in Owari Province, present-day Aichi Prefecture; died executed February 5, 1597, on the hills of Nagasaki) was a Japanese Catholic layman, a member of the Third Order of Saint Francis, and a catechist employed by Franciscan missionaries who fell victim to a…

1838–1861 · Modern

Paul Tchen (Chen Changpin) (April 11, 1838 – July 29, 1861) was a Chinese Catholic saint and martyr, born on April 11, 1838, in Xintian (Guizhou province) and beheaded in Qingyang on July 29, 1861. A seminarian, he was condemned and executed.

1792–1862 · Modern

Paul Vũ Văn Dương (also known as Đổng) (Vietnamese: Phaolô Vũ Văn Dương) (born c. 1792 in Vực Đường, Hưng Yên Province, Vietnam – died June 3, 1862, in Nam Định, Vietnam) was a martyr and a saint of the Catholic Church.

1743–1798 · Modern

Paul Yi Do-gi (Korean: 이도기 바오로; born 1743 in Cheongyang, Korea; died July 24, 1798, in Jeongsan) was a Korean martyr and a blessed of the Catholic Church. Yi Do-gi was born in 1743 in Cheongyang. In his hometown, he encountered the Catholic faith and became a Christian.

1759–1791 · Modern

Paul Yun Ji-chung (Korean: 윤지충 바오로) was a Korean Christian layman, Catholic martyr, and blessed. He was born in 1759 in Jinsan, Jeolla Province, Korea, and was beheaded on December 8, 1791, in Jeonju, Jeolla.

1760–1795 · Modern

Paul Yun Yu-il (Korean: 윤유일 바오로; born 1760 in Yeoju, Korea; died June 28, 1795, in Seoul) was a Korean martyr and a blessed of the Catholic Church. Yun Yu-il learned about the Christian faith from Ambrose Kwon Cheol-sin and his younger brother, Francis Xavier Kwon Il-sin.

1771–1840 · Modern

Paul Phạm Khắc Khoan (born c. 1771 in Vietnam – died April 28, 1840, in Ninh Bình, Vietnam) was a priest, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church. After his ordination, Paul Phạm Khắc Khoan worked in Kẻ Vĩnh and Phúc Nhạc.

1790–1840 · Modern

Paul Nguyễn Ngân (Vietnamese: Phaolô Nguyễn Ngân) (born c. 1771 or 1790 in Cự Khanh, Thanh Hóa province, Vietnam – died November 8, 1840, in Bảy Mẫu, Vietnam) was a priest, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church. After his ordination, he worked in the Phúc Nhạc parish.

1798–1838 · Modern

Paul Nguyễn Văn Mỹ (Vietnamese: Phaolô Nguyễn Văn Mỹ; Tân Thanh, 1798 – Gò-Voi Hill, December 18, 1838), also known in Italian as Paolo Mi, was a Vietnamese catechist, a victim of the persecutions against Christians ordered by Minh Mạng, and is venerated as a saint and martyr by…

1542–1597 · Reformation · Order of Friars Minor

Peter Baptist Blásquez (Pedro Bautista Blásquez in Spanish), born in San Esteban del Valle, Spain, on June 24, 1542, and died (executed) in Nagasaki, Japan, on February 5, 1597, was a 16th-century Spanish Discalced Franciscan missionary who died for the Christian faith in Japan.

1903–1936 · Contemporary · Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Pedro Cunill Padrós, C.M.F. (Vic, March 17, 1903 – Barbastro, August 12, 1936), was a Spanish priest who was martyred in Barbastro during the Spanish Civil War and is venerated as a Blessed by the Catholic Church.

1913–1983 · Contemporary · Piarists

Pedro Díez Gil was a Spanish Piarist priest and teacher who was born in the town of Pampliega, Burgos, on April 14, 1913, and died in Zaragoza on January 14, 1983. He is considered venerable by the Catholic Church.

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

Pedro García Bernal, C.M.F. (Santa Cruz de la Salceda, April 27, 1911 – 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.

1887–1936 · Contemporary · Society of Jesus

Pedro Gelabert Amer (born March 29, 1887, in Manacor; died August 23, 1936, in Tabernes de Valldigna) was a Jesuit lay brother, a martyr of the Spanish Civil War, and a victim of anti-Catholic persecution, beatified by the Catholic Church.

1780–1842 · Modern

Peter Khan (Vietnamese: Phêrô Khan) (born c. 1780 in Hòa Huệ, Nghệ An Province, Vietnam – died July 12, 1842, in Hà Tĩnh, Vietnam) was a priest, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church. Peter Khan was born in the village of Nguyên Kiệt in Nghệ An Province.

1826–1859 · Modern

Peter Đoàn Công Quý (Vietnamese: Phêrô Đoàn Công Quý) (born c. 1826 in Búng, Vietnam – died July 31, 1859, in Châu Đốc, An Giang Province, Vietnam) was a priest, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church.

1350–1422 · Medieval · Villacrecians

The Venerable Peter of Villacreces (born in Castile, c. 1350 – died in Peñafiel, 1422) was a Castilian Franciscan friar and theologian, and the founder of a group of Observants known as the Franciscan Observance of Peter of Villacreces.

1617 · Reformation

Peter of the Assumption, OFM (Spanish: Pedro de la Asunción; born in Cuerva, died May 22, 1617, in Kōri) was a blessed of the Catholic Church, a martyr, and a Spanish priest of the Franciscan Order.

299–313 · Early Church

Peregrina, also known as Saint Peregrina of Rome, was an early Christian martyr and saint, born in 290 or 299 in Lusitania and died in 304 or 313 in Rome. Some sources associate her with Saint Agnes, possibly as her servant.

1804–1839 · Modern

Perpetua Hong Kum-ju (Korean: 홍금주 페르페투아) was a Korean Christian laywoman, martyr, and saint, born in 1804 near Seoul, Korea, and beheaded on September 26, 1839, in Seoul.

1787–1839 · Modern

Peter Ch’oe Ch’ang-hŭb (1787–December 29, 1839) was a Korean catechist, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church. Born in Seoul into a family of government officials, he lost his father at the age of 13.

1815–1866 · Modern

Peter Cho Hwa-sŏ (1815–December 13, 1866) was a Korean Catholic saint and martyr. His father was Andrew Cho, a Catholic martyr who died in 1839. Peter Cho Hwa-sŏ moved to Sinchang in Chungcheong Province, where he worked as an assistant to Father Thomas Choe Yang-eop.

1845–1866 · Modern

Peter Chŏng Wŏn-ji (born 1845 in Jinjam, Korea; died December 13, 1866, in Jeonju) was a Korean saint of the Catholic Church and a martyr. Peter Chŏng Wŏn-ji was born into a very devout Catholic family; he was the son of another martyr.

1799–1840 · Modern

Peter Hong Pyong-ju was a Korean Christian layman, catechist, martyr, and Catholic saint. Born in 1799 in Seosan, Chungcheong Province, Korea, he was beheaded for his faith on January 31, 1840, at Dangkogae near Seoul.

1750–1799 · Modern

Peter Jeong San-pil (Korean: 정산필 베드로; born c. 1739 in Deoksan, Chungcheong Province, Korea; died 1799 in the same place) was a Korean martyr and a blessed of the Catholic Church. Peter Jeong San-pil was born in Deoksan around 1739.

1787–1819 · Modern

Peter Jo Suk (born 1787 in Yanggeun, died August 3, 1819, in Seoul) was a Korean martyr and a blessed of the Catholic Church, one of several thousand Catholics who died in Korea in the 19th century.

1750–1801 · Modern

Peter Cho Yong-sam (Korean: 조용삼 베드로; born in Yanggeun, Gyeonggi Province, Korea; died March 27, 1801, in Cheongju, in the then-province of Chungcheong, Korea) was a Korean martyr and a blessed of the Catholic Church.

1805–1837 · Modern

Peter Kwon Tŭg-in (1805–May 24, 1839) was a martyr and a saint of the Catholic Church. Born in Seoul to a Catholic family, he lost his father in childhood and his mother at the age of 16. He became a devout Catholic under his mother's influence.

1773–1833 · Modern

Peter Lê Tùy (Hanoi, Tonkin, 1773 – Bằng Sở village, Thanh Trì District, Thường Tín prefecture, present-day Bằng Sở village, Hồng Vân commune, Hanoi, Vietnam) was a 19th-century Vietnamese priest who was martyred on October 11, 1833, in Nghệ An province, Tonkin (present-day Vietn…

1796–1846 · Modern

Peter Nam Kyŏng-mun (Korean: 남경문 베드로; born 1796 in Seoul, died September 20, 1846, in the same city) was a Korean saint of the Catholic Church and a martyr. In his youth, he was a soldier, later working as a salt clam merchant. He served as a catechist.

1808–1840 · Modern

Peter Nguyễn Khắc Tự (Vietnamese: Phêrô Nguyễn Khắc Tự) (born c. 1808 in Ninh Bình, Vietnam; died July 10, 1840, in Đồng Hới, Quảng Bình Province, Vietnam) was a catechist, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church.

1783–1840 · Modern

Peter Nguyễn Văn Hiếu (Vietnamese: Phêrô Nguyễn Văn Hiếu) (born c. 1783 in Đồng Chuối, Ninh Bình Province, Vietnam; died April 28, 1840, in Ninh Bình, Vietnam) was a catechist, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church. Peter Nguyễn Văn Hiếu was born around 1783 in Đồng Chuối.

1819–1866 · Modern

Peter Son Sŏn-ji (1819–December 13, 1866) was a Korean catechist, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church. Born in Imcheon, Chungcheong Province, he was baptized in childhood. He was married and had two children.

1808–1838 · Modern

Peter Trương Văn Đường (born c. 1808 in Kẻ Sở, Hà Nam province, Vietnam; died December 18, 1838, in Sơn Tây, Ha Tay province, Vietnam) was a catechist, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church.

1816–1838 · Modern

Peter Vũ Văn Truật (born c. 1816 in Kẻ Thiếc, Hà Nam Province, Vietnam; died December 18, 1838, in Sơn Tây, Ha Tay Province, Vietnam) was a catechist, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church.

1732–1793 · Modern

Peter Won Si-jang (Korean: 원시장 베드로; born 1732 in Eungjeong-ri, Hongju, in the then-province of Chungcheong, Korea; died January 28, 1793, in Jeonju) was a Korean martyr and a blessed of the Catholic Church. Won Si-jang was a father of several children.

1803–1838 · Modern

Peter Yi Ho-yŏng (1803 in Icheon, Korea – November 2, 1838 in Seoul) was a catechist, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church. After his father's death, Peter Yi Ho-yŏng moved to Seoul, where he lived in poverty with his family.

1820–1866 · Modern

Peter Yi Myŏng-sŏ (Korean: 이명서 베드로) (born 1820 in Chungcheong Province, Korea; died December 13, 1866, in Jeonju, Korea) was a Korean martyr and a saint of the Catholic Church.

1836–1866 · Modern

Peter Yu Chong-nyul (Korean: 유정률 베드로) was a Korean Christian layman, Catholic martyr, and saint. He was born in 1836 in Nonje, near Pyongyang, Korea, and died in prison for his faith on February 17, 1866, in Pyongyang.

1350–1391 · Medieval · Franciscans

Peter of Narbonne (also: Pierre de Narbonne) is a saint of the Roman Catholic Church who was born in France. His date of birth is unknown; he died on November 14, 1391, in Jerusalem.