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1780–1857 · Modern

Peter Đoàn Văn Vân (born c. 1780 in Kẻ Bói, Hà Nam province, Vietnam; died May 25, 1857, in Sơn Tây, Vietnam) was a catechist, a martyr, and a saint of the Catholic Church. Peter Đoàn Văn Vân was born in the village of Kẻ Bói, Hà Nam province.

1802–1862 · Modern

Peter Đinh Văn Thuần (Vietnamese: Phêrô Đinh Văn Thuần) (born c. 1802 in Đông Phú, Thái Bình province, Vietnam – died June 6, 1862, in Nam Định, Vietnam) was a saint of the Catholic Church and a martyr. He was born in Đông Phú, Thái Bình province.

1802–1862 · Modern

Peter Đa (Vietnamese: Phêrô Đa) (born c. 1802 in Ngọc Cục, Nam Định Province, Vietnam – died June 17, 1862, in Nam Định, Vietnam) was a catechist, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church. Peter Đa was born around 1802 in Ngọc Cục, Nam Định Province.

1800–1862 · Modern

Peter Đinh Văn Dũng (Vietnamese: Phêrô Đinh Văn Dũng) (born c. 1800 in Đông Phú, Thái Bình province, Vietnam – died June 6, 1862, in Nam Định, Vietnam) was a catechist, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church. Peter Đinh Văn Dũng was born in Đông Phú, Thái Bình province.

1766–1838 · Modern

Peter Nguyễn Bá Tuần (Vietnamese: Phêrô Nguyễn Bá Tuần) (born 1766 in Ngọc Đồng, Hưng Yên province, Vietnam – died July 15, 1838, in Nam Định, Vietnam) was a priest, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church. Peter Tuần was born in Ngọc Đồng, Hưng Yên province.

1797–1838 · Modern · Third Order of Saint Dominic

Saint Francis Đỗ Văn Chiểu (born c. 1797 in Trung Lễ, Nam Định Province, Vietnam – died June 25, 1838, in Nam Định, Vietnam) was a catechist, a Dominican tertiary, a martyr, and a saint of the Catholic Church. Francis Đỗ Văn Chiểu came from Trung Lễ, Nam Định Province.

1830–1859 · Modern

Paul Lê Văn Lộc (born c. 1830 in An Nhơn, Vietnam; died February 13, 1859, in Saigon, Vietnam) was a priest, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church. Orphaned at the age of 10, Paul Lê Văn Lộc was taken in by a priest who subsequently sent him to a seminary.

1645–1679 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Philip Evans, born in 1645 in Monmouth, Gwent, Wales (Great Britain), and executed on July 22, 1679, in Cardiff, Wales, was a Welsh Jesuit priest. He was executed for treason, alongside John Lloyd, for exercising his priesthood.

1815–1853 · Modern

Saint Philip Phan Văn Minh (born c. 1815 in Cái Mơn, Vĩnh Long province, Vietnam; died July 3, 1853, in Đinh Khao, Vietnam) was a priest, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church. He was the youngest of 14 children born to Dominic Phan Văn Đức and Anna Tiêu.

1003 · Medieval · Camaldolese

Benedict of Benevento, who died on November 12, 1003, was a Camaldolese monk, a missionary to Poland, and one of the Five Martyrs of Międzyrzecz, who were killed in their monastery shortly after their arrival.

1050–1115 · Medieval

Peter II (c. 1050–1115) was Bishop of Poitiers from 1087 until his death. He implemented the Gregorian Reform. A close associate of Robert of Arbrissel, he helped him found the Abbey of Fontevraud.

1803–1839 · Modern

Pierre Maubant (Vassy, September 20, 1803 – Saenamteo, Seoul, September 21, 1839) was a Catholic missionary of the Paris Foreign Missions Society who was among the first missionaries to enter the hermit kingdom of Korea.

1793–1861 · Modern

Pierre-Bienvenu Noailles, born on October 27, 1793, in Bordeaux, France, and died on February 8, 1861, in the same city, was a Catholic priest and founder of the Congregation of the Holy Family of Bordeaux. His cause for beatification was introduced on June 23, 1944.

1818–1860 · Modern

Pierre-François Néron (1818–1860), born in Bornay (Jura) on September 21, 1818, admitted to the Paris Foreign Missions Society on August 1, 1846, ordained a priest on June 17, 1848, and martyred in Tonkin (Vietnam) on November 3, 1860, is the only martyr from the Jura.

1759–1792 · Modern

Pierre-Jacques-Marie Vitalis (born 1759 in Carpentras, died September 2, 1792, in Saint-Germain-des-Prés) was a French Catholic priest and blessed. After his ordination, he served as a parish priest from 1784 to 1785 and later became a vicar at Saint-Méry.

1744–1792 · Modern

Blessed Pierre-Louis de La Rochefoucauld-Bayers, born on October 12, 1744, at the Logis du Vivier (Saint-Cybard-d'Eyrat) and died on September 2, 1792, at the Carmes Prison (Paris), was an 18th-century French prelate and politician.

1553–1583 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Blessed Peter Berno, born around 1552 in Ascona, in the canton of Ticino (Switzerland), and died (assassinated) on July 25, 1583, in Cuncolim (Goa), was a Swiss Jesuit priest and missionary in India.

1390–1445 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Pierre Capucci, born in 1390 in Città di Castello and died in 1445 in Cortona, was an Italian Dominican and a priest of the Order of Preachers. He was beatified in 1816 by Pius VII. His liturgical memorial is celebrated on October 21.

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Peter I (Georgian: პეტრე I; fl. 5th century) was the first Georgian archbishop to assume the title of Catholicos. He led the church of the Caucasian country from approximately 467 to 474 at the behest of King Vakhtang I of Iberia. He was canonized on October 17, 2002.

1763–1839 · Modern

Pietro Trương Văn Thi (Ké-So, 1763 – Hanoi, December 21, 1839) was a Vietnamese priest. A Christian from birth, he became a priest and was charged after helping his fellow priest Andrew Dũng-Lạc, with whom he suffered martyrdom.

1790–1838 · Modern

Saint Peter Vu Dang Khoa (1790 – November 24, 1838) was a Vietnamese priest. He is one of the 117 Vietnamese Martyrs, a group of clergy and missionaries who died during religious persecutions in the Asian country between 1745 and 1862.

1875–1936 · Contemporary · Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Pius (born Julián) Heredia Zubía (Larrea, February 16, 1875 – Santander, December 3, 1936) was a Spanish priest, a Trappist monk, and prior of the Abbey of Viaceli, who was killed by Republicans during the Spanish Civil War.

1796–1838 · Modern · Dominican Order

Peter Nguyễn Văn Tự (Vietnamese: Phêrô Nguyễn Văn Tự) (born c. 1796 in Ninh Cường, Vietnam – died September 5, 1838, in Bắc Ninh, Vietnam) was a Dominican friar, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church.

1871–1938 · Contemporary · Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer

Pedro Romero Espejo, C.Ss.R. (born April 28, 1871, in Pancorbo, Burgos Province, Spain; died July 4, 1938, in Cuenca) was a Spanish Catholic priest, martyr, and victim of anti-Catholic persecution, beatified by the Catholic Church.

1890–1936 · Contemporary · Trinitarian Order

Plácido de Jesús, born Plácido Camino Fernández (Laguna de Negrillos, May 6, 1890 – Alcázar de San Juan, July 26, 1936), was a Spanish priest of the Order of the Most Holy Trinity.

850 · Medieval

Blessed Podiven (Podivín) was, according to the Saint Wenceslaus legends, a servant and the closest associate of Saint Wenceslaus. He was said to be the only assistant who helped Wenceslaus in his most pious deeds, accompanying him on pilgrimages, baking hosts, and preparing sacr…

470 · Early Church

Pulchronius (Polychronius), Bishop of Verdun (born in Verdun, died there c. 470), was the Bishop of Verdun from 452, a student and relative of Saint Lupus, and a Catholic saint.

700 · Medieval

Protais (Latin: Prothasius, Franco-Provençal: Prex) was a prelate and Bishop of Lausanne in the second half of the 7th century. Recognized as a saint by the Catholic and Orthodox Churches, his feast day is November 6.

1883–1936 · Contemporary · Trinitarian Order

Prudencio Gueréquiz Guezuraga, in religion Friar Prudencio of the Cross (Errigoiti, April 28, 1883 – Andújar, July 31, 1936), was a Spanish priest of the Order of the Most Holy Trinity.

1912–1936 · Contemporary

Publio Rodríguez Moslares, OMI (born November 12, 1912, in Tiedra; died November 28, 1936, in Paracuellos de Jarama) was a Spanish Oblate of the Immaculate Mary.

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

Rafael Briega Morales, C.M.F. (Montemolín, October 24, 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.

1911–1973 · Contemporary

Rafael Sánchez García, born on June 14, 1911, in Oliva de la Frontera and died on August 8, 1973, in Badajoz, was a Spanish Catholic priest known for serving as the chaplain of the Provincial Hospital of Badajoz. He is recognized as venerable by the Catholic Church.

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

Raimondo Novich Rabionet, C.M.F., born Ramón Novich Rabionet (La Cellera de Ter, April 18, 1913 – 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.

1861–1936 · Contemporary · Society of Jesus

Ramón Grimaltós Monllor (born March 3, 1861, in Puebla Larga; died August 23, 1936, in Tabernes de Valldigna) was a religious brother of the Society of Jesus, a martyr of the Spanish Civil War, and a victim of anti-Catholic persecution, beatified by the Catholic Church.

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

Raimondo Illa Salvia (Bellvís, February 12, 1912 – 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.

1904–1936 · Contemporary

Recaredo Centelles Abad (Vall de Uxó, Castellón, May 23, 1904 – Nules, Castellón, October 25, 1936) was a Spanish priest and Doctor of Theology of the Brotherhood of Diocesan Worker Priests, dedicated to the formation of seminarians.

1893–1936 · Contemporary · Salesians of Don Bosco

Recaredo de los Ríos Fabregat, SDB (born January 11, 1893, in Bétera; died December 9, 1936, in Picadero de Paterna) was a Spanish Salesian priest, a martyr of the Spanish Civil War, and a victim of anti-Catholic persecution, beatified by the Catholic Church.

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Redento of Trani (died 249) was a Roman bishop. Redento was the first bishop of the Christian community of Trani. He lived in the 3rd century during the persecutions of the Emperor Decius.

1720–1794 · Modern

René-Louis Ambroise (born March 1, 1720, 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.

1875–1936 · Contemporary · Congregation of the Mission

Ricardo Atanes Castro, born in Cualedro on August 5, 1875, and died in Gijón on August 14, 1936, was a Galician Latin Catholic priest and a martyr of the Spanish Civil War, beatified by Pope Francis on October 13, 2013.

1585–1622 · Reformation · Récollets

Blessed Lambert Trouvez (in religion: Richard of Saint Anne, of the Order of Friars Minor Recollects), born in 1585 in Beignée (Ham-sur-Heure), then in the Prince-Bishopric of Liège (Belgium), and died (burned alive) on September 10, 1622, in Nagasaki (Japan), was a Franciscan Re…

1285–1367 · Medieval

Roger le Fort (Rogerius) or de Beaufort, known as des Ternes, born around 1277 in the village of Les Ternes (now in the commune of Pionnat in the department of Creuse) and died on August 5, 1367, in Bourges, was a 14th-century French prelate.

774 · Medieval

Rolende of Gerpinnes, or Saint Rolende, born in the 8th century and died in Villers-Poterie (in present-day Belgium) around 774, was the daughter of Desiderius, King of the Lombards, who was exiled to Gaul, and his wife Ansia.

1882–1943 · Contemporary

Romain Archutowski (1882–1943) was a Polish Catholic priest arrested and deported by the Nazis to the Majdanek extermination camp. He died there of typhus in 1943.

1784–1839 · Modern

Rose Kim, or Rose Kim No-sa, was a Korean Christian laywoman, martyr, and saint, born in 1784 in Seoul, Korea, and killed there on July 20, 1839.

1871–1954 · Contemporary · Carmelite Sisters of Saint Joseph (Barcelona)

Rosa Ojeda i Creus (Vilanova i la Geltrú, August 30, 1871 – Barcelona, May 15, 1954), in religion Rose of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, was a Spanish nun, founder of the Carmelite Sisters of Saint Joseph, and recognized as venerable by the Catholic Church since 1998.

1745–1794 · Modern

Rosalie du Verdier de La Sorinière (in religion Sister Rosalie-Céleste), born on August 12, 1745, at the Château de la Sorinière near Chemillé in the province of Anjou, and died by guillotine in Angers on January 27, 1794, was a Benedictine nun of Our Lady of Calvary, a martyr in…

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Rosamund of Blaru (12th century) was a Norman noblewoman, Lady of Vernon, mother of Saint Adjutor, and a blessed of the Catholic Church. Blessed Rosamund lived in 12th-century Normandy and hailed from Blaru. She was the wife of John, Lord of Vernon.

423 · Early Church

Rufinus of Capua, also known as Rufus of Capua (Italian: San Rufo), was a bishop of Capua, venerated as a saint, confessor, and martyr. Born in Palestine, he arrived in Capua at the end of the 4th century, where he was consecrated bishop in 410, an office he held until his death…

1838–1887 · Modern · Dominican Sisters of the Immaculate Conception (Krakow)

Marie Colombe Białecka (Jaśniszcze, August 23, 1838 – Wielowieś, March 18, 1887) was a Polish Catholic nun, founder of the Sisters of St. Dominic of Cracow, and recognized as venerable by the Catholic Church.