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Florent of Cahors, or Saint Florent, was one of the first bishops of the city of Cahors between the end of the 4th century and the beginning of the 5th century. He is said to have succeeded Saint Genou and Saint Sebaste in this see.

1856–1936 · Contemporary · Piarists

Florentín Felipe Naya, born Francisco Felipe Naya and known in religion as Florentín de San Francisco de Borja (Alquézar, October 10, 1856 – Azanuy, August 9, 1936), was a Piarist religious of the Peralta de la Sal community.

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According to Christian tradition, Formerius was born in a place called Caesarea, where he lived as a hermit before being martyred on a pyre by a pagan judge.

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Fortunatus of Fano (6th century) was the bishop of Fano in the Picenum region of Italy, known for his dedication to ransoming captive Christians. His feast day is June 8.

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Fortunato (fl. 1st century), venerated as a saint, bishop, and martyr by the Catholic Church, was the nephew of Saint Oronzo. Together with Saint Justus, he is a patron saint of the city of Lecce, of which, according to tradition, he was the second bishop.

306 · Early Church

Fortunatus of Aquileia, who died between 64 and 68, was the deacon of Bishop Hermagoras, the first bishop of the Latin city (Regio X Venetia et Histria). Both suffered martyrdom, being tortured and beheaded in Aquileia under the Emperor Nero.

1917–1936 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Friar Marçal de Vilafranca, born Carles Canyes Santacana, was a Catalan Capuchin friar and student. Born in Vilafranca del Penedès in 1917 into a deeply religious family, he was one of nine children, all of whom entered religious life.

500–570 · Medieval

Fraimbault of Lassay, born around 500 in Auvergne and died on August 15, 570, in Saint-Fraimbault, also known as Fraimbaud, Fraimbourg, Frambaud, Frambourg, Frambour, or Frambaldus in Latin, and called the Auvergnat, is a Catholic saint.

1916–1946 · Contemporary

Fran Miraka (born August 13, 1916, in Puka; died March 4, 1946, or October 1946 in Shkodër) was an Albanian Catholic who was shot by the communists for the sake of his faith. He is one of the Thirty-eight Martyrs of Albania.

1895–1943 · Contemporary

This is an article about a priest. For the director, producer, and politician of the same name, see Franci Kek. Franc Kek, Slovenian priest, born August 20, 1895, Studenec pri Trebnjem, died October 21, 1943, Padež forest, Birčna vas.

1702–1745 · Modern · Dominican Order

Francisco Gil de Frederich (1702–1745) was a Spanish Dominican friar, a missionary in Tonkin, and a martyr who died in Hanoi. He was beatified in 1906 and canonized in 1988 along with 116 other Vietnamese martyrs.

1901–1940 · Contemporary · Piarists

Francisco Sagrera y Riera (Breda, November 8, 1901 – Moyá, February 22, 1940) was a Piarist priest and educator in Moyá. He has been proclaimed a Servant of God by the Catholic Church and is currently in the process of beatification.

1750–1800 · Modern

Francis Bae Gwan-gyeom (Korean: 배관겸 프란치스코; born c. 1740–1750 in Jinmok, Dangjin, in the then-province of Chungcheong, Korea; died January 7, 1800, in Cheongju, Korea) was a Korean martyr and a blessed of the Catholic Church.

1799 · Modern

Francis Bang (Korean: 방 프란치스코; born in Myeoncheon, Chungcheong Province, Korea; died January 21, 1799, in Hongju, Chungcheong Province) was a Korean martyr and a blessed of the Catholic Church. Francis Bang was born in Myeoncheon in the then-Korean province of Chungcheong.

1805–1839 · Modern

Francis Choe Kyong-hwan (Korean: 최경환 프란치스코) was a Korean Christian layman, catechist, martyr, and Catholic saint. He was born in 1804 or 1805 in Taraekkol, in the Hongju district of Chungcheong Province, Korea, and died for his faith on September 12, 1839, in a prison in Seoul.

1736–1794 · Modern

Francis Duchesne (born January 8, 1736, in Laval; died January 21, 1794, in the same city) was a French priest who was sentenced to death and guillotined during the French Revolution. He is venerated as a Blessed in the Roman Catholic Church.

1825–1858 · Modern

Saint Francis Trần Văn Trung (Vietnamese: Phanxicô Trần Văn Trung) (born c. 1825 in Phan Xá, Quảng Trị Province, Vietnam – died October 6, 1858, in An Hoà, Quảng Nam Province, Vietnam) was a martyr and a saint of the Catholic Church.

1773–1800 · Modern

Francis Yi Bo-hyeon (Korean: 이보현 프란치스코; born 1773 in Hwangmosil, Deoksan, in the then-province of Chungcheong, Korea; died January 9, 1800, in Haemi, Korea) was a Korean martyr and a blessed of the Catholic Church.

1597 · Reformation · Franciscans

Francis Kichi (died February 5, 1597) was a Japanese Christian during the Azuchi-Momoyama period. He was executed in Nagasaki under Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s ban on Christianity and is one of the Twenty-Six Martyrs of Japan who were canonized as saints.

1889–1936 · Contemporary · Trinitarian Order

Francesco di San Lorenzo, born Francisco Euba y Gorroño (Amorebieta, July 25, 1889 – Alcázar de San Juan, July 26, 1936), was a Spanish priest of the Order of the Most Holy Trinity.

1881–1936 · Contemporary

Francisca Aldea Araujo, in religion Francesca of the Heart of Jesus (Somolinos, December 17, 1881 – Canillejas, July 20, 1936), was a Spanish religious of the congregation of the Sisters of Charity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

1881–1936 · Contemporary · Carmelites

Francisca Ametzua Ibaibarriaga (Abadiño, March 9, 1881 – El Saler, Valencia, August 19, 1936) was a Carmelite nun. She was born at the Traña-Goti farmhouse in Abadiño. After completing her novitiate in Vitoria, she moved to Oliva to work as a cook at the local school.

1833–1903 · Contemporary · Hermanas Franciscanas de la Inmaculada

Francisca Pascual Doménech, born in Moncada, Spain, on October 13, 1833, and died on April 26, 1903, was a Spanish religious sister and founder of the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Conception, dedicated to the advancement of women, the elderly, the sick, and the disabled.

1880–1936 · Contemporary

Gabriela of St. John of the Cross (born July 18, 1880, in L’Espluga de Francolí, died July 31, 1936, in Barcelona) was a Spanish nun, Christian martyr, and blessed of the Catholic Church. Upon feeling a calling to religious life, she joined the Carmelite Missionaries.

1551–1583 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Francisco Aranha (died Cuculim, July 25, 1583) was a Jesuit religious born in the Diocese of Braga. He was martyred in Cuculim, India, on July 25, 1583, while engaged in missionary work, and was beatified by the Catholic Church.

1881–1936 · Contemporary · Dominican Order

Francisco Calvo Burillo (Híjar, November 21, 1881 – Híjar, August 2, 1936) was a Spanish priest, martyred during the Spanish Civil War and venerated as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1901–1936 · Contemporary · Piarists

Francisco Carceller Galindo, SchP (born October 3, 1901, in Forcall; died October 2, 1936, in Castellón de la Plana) was a Spanish priest of the Piarist Fathers.

1911–1936 · Contemporary · Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Francisco Castán Meseguer, C.M.F. (Fonz, February 1, 1911 – 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.

1578–1623 · Reformation · Ordo Fratrum Minorum de Regularis Observantia

Francis Galvez (born August 15, 1578, in Utiel, Spain; died executed December 4, 1623, in Edo, Japan) was a Franciscan friar (Order of Friars Minor) and catechist who was martyred for his faith in Japan alongside other Christian missionaries.

1876–1936 · Contemporary

Francisco Ibáñez Ibáñez (born September 22, 1876, died August 19, 1936) was a Spanish blessed of the Catholic Church. He was ordained a priest in 1900 and was killed during the Spanish Civil War.

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

Francesc Roura Farró (Cornellà del Terri, January 13, 1913 – Barbastro, August 15, 1936) was a Spanish religious, martyred in Barbastro during the Spanish Civil War and venerated as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1552–1608 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Francisco da Costa Pinto, born in 1552 in Angra, in the Azores, Portugal, and died (assassinated) on January 11, 1608, in the province of Ibiapaba in present-day Brazil (then a Portuguese possession), was a Portuguese Jesuit priest.

1910–1936 · Contemporary

Francisco Polvorinos Gómez, OMI (born January 29, 1910, in Calaveras de Arriba; died July 24, 1936, in Pozuelo, Madrid) was a Spanish Oblate of the Immaculate Mary.

1540–1570 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Francisco Pérez Godoy, SJ (born c. 1540 in Torrijos, died July 15, 1570, in the Atlantic Ocean near Las Palmas) was a Spanish Jesuit novice, a blessed of the Catholic Church, and a victim of Huguenot persecution of Catholics.

1890–1936 · Contemporary · Conventual Franciscans

Francisco Remón was a Spanish Franciscan friar who was born on September 22, 1890, in Teruel, Spain. During the Spanish Civil War, he was killed in 1936 in Granollers, along with friars Alfonso Lopez, Modesto Vegas, Dionisio Vicente, Pedro Rivera, and Miguel Remón.

1574–1604 · Reformation · Order of the Brothers Discalced of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel

Francisco Sánchez Pascual, born in 1544 in Villapalacios and died on December 26, 1604, was a Spanish philanthropist and promoter of devotion to the Child Jesus who became a Discalced Carmelite under the name Francis of the Child Jesus.

1908–1943 · Contemporary

Franciszek Drzewiecki, FDP (born February 26, 1908, in Zduny near Łowicz; died September 13, 1942, in Hartheim) was a Polish Catholic priest, member of the Orionists, a blessed of the Catholic Church, and a martyr of World War II.

1895–1941 · Contemporary · Pallottines

Franciszek Kilian, SAC (born October 10, 1895, in Zawada, died November 10, 1941, in the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in the Death Block) was a Polish Pallottine, a martyr for the faith, and a Servant of God, who served as rector of the Major Seminary in Ołtarzew from 19…

1920–1942 · Contemporary

Franciszek Kęsy (Berlin, November 13, 1920 – Dresden, August 24, 1942), cited in Hispanic sources as Francisco Kesy, was a Polish Catholic layman, an aspirant to the Salesian minor seminary in Ląd, and a martyr of the Second World War.

1889–1942 · Contemporary

Franciszek Rosłaniec (born Rosłoniec; 19 December 1889 in Wyśmierzyce – October 1942 in Hartheim) was a Polish Catholic priest, biblical theologian, professor and dean of the Faculty of Catholic Theology at the University of Warsaw, and a martyr of World War II, beatified by the…

1597–1632 · Reformation

Francis of Jesus Terrero de Ortega Pérez, OESA (Spanish: Francisco Terrero de Ortega Pérez; born 1597 in Villamediana, died September 3, 1632, in Nagasaki) was a Spanish priest of the Order of Saint Augustine, a martyr, and a blessed of the Catholic Church who was a victim of ant…

1727–1794 · Modern · Franciscans

François Migoret-Lamberdière (born August 28, 1727, in Lassay-les-Châteaux; died January 21, 1794, in Laval, Mayenne department) was a French priest who was sentenced to death and guillotined during the French Revolution. He is venerated as a Blessed in the Roman Catholic Church.

1790–1839 · Modern

Saint Francis Xavier Hà Trọng Mậu (born c. 1790 in Kẻ Riền, Thái Bình Province, Vietnam; died December 19, 1839, in Cổ Mễ, Bắc Ninh Province, Vietnam) was a catechist, a Dominican tertiary, a martyr, and a saint of the Catholic Church.

1803–1837 · Modern

Saint Francis Xavier Nguyễn Cần (also known as Nguyễn Tiến or Tiên Truật) (born c. 1803 in Sơn Miêng, Vietnam; died November 20, 1837, in Ô Cầu Giấy, Hanoi, Vietnam) was a catechist, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church. Francis Xavier Nguyễn Cần was born in Sơn Miêng.

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.

1942–1981 · Contemporary

Franz de Castro Holzwarth (Barra do Piraí, May 18, 1942 – Jacareí, February 14, 1981) was a Brazilian lawyer and human rights activist. He was declared venerable by the Catholic Church on December 17, 2022.

1833–1894 · Modern

The Venerable Franziska Lechner, born on January 1, 1833, in Edling (Kingdom of Bavaria) and died on April 14, 1894, in Breitenfurt, was a Catholic religious sister and founder of the Congregation of the Daughters of Divine Charity. She was declared venerable in 2005.

1799–1838 · Modern

François Jaccard, born on September 6, 1799, in Onnion, Haute-Savoie, and strangled to death on September 21, 1838, in Vietnam, was a 19th-century Savoyard clergyman. The feast day of this martyr priest, who was canonized in 1988, is celebrated in September.

1759–1792 · Modern

François Joseph Pey, also known in German as Franz Josef Pey (Solliès-Pont, January 29, 1759 – Paris, September 2, 1792), was a French priest.

1870–1909 · Contemporary · Society of Mary

François-Benjamin May, known as Benjamin May (born July 21, 1870, in Bagnes, in the Swiss canton of Valais; died July 27, 1909, in Barcelona), was a Marist Brother. He died during the Tragic Week, having been shot to death.