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100–121 · Early Church

Saint Calocerus (Italian: Caio, Calocero, Calogero) was a 2nd-century Christian martyr. His alleged "acts", belong to a much later period. He was probably an officer in the Roman army under the Roman emperor Hadrian and was stationed in Brescia in Lombardy, Italy.

1842–1913 · Contemporary · Poor Sisters of St. Joseph of Buenos Aires

Camila Rolón (religious name Camila of Saint Joseph, 18 July 1842 – 16 February 1913) was an Argentine religious sister and the founder of the Poor Sisters of Saint Joseph.

1458–1524 · Reformation · Poor Clares

Camilla Battista da Varano OSCl, (9 April 1458 – 31 May 1524), from Camerino, Italy, was an Italian princess and a Poor Clare nun and abbess. She is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church.

1892–1937 · Contemporary

1841–1910 · Contemporary

Camille Costa de Beauregard, born on February 17, 1841, and died on March 25, 1910, was a canon of Chambéry and the 1868 founder of the Bocage orphanage, established for the education of poor and abandoned children.

1757–1849 · Modern · Order of the Brothers Discalced of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel

Camille de Soyécourt (1757–1849) or Thérèse Camille de l'Enfant-Jésus was a French Discalced Carmelite nun who restored the order in France after the French Revolution. Camille de Soyécourt was the daughter of the Marquis de Soyécourt.

1571–1622 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Camillus Costanzo SJ (Bovalino Superiore, 1571 – Hirado, Japan 15 September 1622) was an Italian soldier, law student and Jesuit missionary in Japan. When he was burned alive in 1622, he became a Roman Catholic martyr.

1845–1912 · Contemporary

Cándida María de Jesús (31 May 1845 – 9 August 1912), born in Andoain, as Juana Josefa Cipitria y Barriola, was a Spanish nun and the founder of the Daughters of Jesus.

1933–1994 · Contemporary · Sisters Augustines Missionaries

Caridad Álvarez Martín was a Spanish religious sister, born in Santa Cruz de la Salceda, Burgos, Spain, on May 9, 1933. A member of the Augustinian Missionaries, she was murdered on October 23, 1994, alongside Sister Esther Paniagua Alonso.

1795–1839 · Modern

Carl Cho Shin-ch'ŏl was born in 1795 in Hoeyang County and was a member of the Catholic Church. He died in 1839 in Seoul by decapitation. He is recognized as a Catholic saint and blessed.

1797–1846 · Modern

Charles Hyon Song-mun (Korean: 현석문 가롤로) was a Korean Christian layman, martyr, and Catholic saint, born in 1799 in Seoul, Korea, and beheaded on September 19, 1846, near Seoul.

1894–1944 · Contemporary

Carl Lampert (9 January 1894 – 13 November 1944) was an Austrian Roman Catholic priest who served as the pro-vicar for the Diocese of Feldkirch in addition to being an outspoken critic of Nazism during World War II.

1936–1970 · Contemporary

Carla Ronci (11 April 1936 – 2 April 1970) was an Italian consecrated lay woman who was declared Venerable by Pope John Paul II on 7 July 1997. Born in Rimini, Emilia-Romagna, Ronci spent most of her life in Torre Pedrera, one of the city's northern frazioni.

1902–1956 · Contemporary

Carlo Gnocchi (25 October 1902 – 28 February 1956) was an Italian priest, educator and writer. He is venerated as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1866–1932 · Contemporary

Blessed Carlo Liviero was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop who led the Diocese of Città di Castello. He was beatified in 2007 and his cause for sainthood continues. He established the Little Servants of the Sacred Heart.

1918–1963 · Contemporary · Benedictines

Carlos Manuel Cecilio Rodríguez Santiago, also known as "Blessed Charlie" (November 22, 1918 – July 13, 1963), was a Catholic catechist and liturgist who was beatified by Pope John Paul II on April 29, 2001.

1911–1936 · Contemporary · Piarists

Carlos Navarro Miquel, Sch.P. (born February 11, 1911, in Torrente de Cinca, died September 22, 1936, at the Monastery of Montserrat) was a Spanish priest of the Piarist Order and a victim of the anti-Catholic persecutions during the Spanish Civil War, murdered in hatred of the f…

1803–1860 · Modern · Franciscans

Carmelo Bolta Bañuls was a Spanish priest, presbyter, and missionary who belonged to the Franciscan order. Born in 1803 and dying in 1860, he is recognized as a saint by the Catholic Church.

1890–1936 · Contemporary

Carmelo Sastre Sastre was a Spanish presbyter of the Catholic Church born in 1890. He died in 1936 and is recognized as a blessed.

1888–1937 · Contemporary · Capuchin Sisters of the Holy Family

Carmen García Moyón was born in 1888 in Nantes and held citizenship in both France and Spain. A member of the Capuchin Sisters of the Holy Family, she died in 1937 in Torrent as one of the Spanish martyrs of the 20th century. She is recognized as a blessed within Catholicism.

1903–1977 · Contemporary

Carmen Elena Rendiles Martínez, SJC (11 August 1903 – 9 May 1977) María Carmen in religion and also known as Maria del Monte Carmelo Rendiles, was a Venezuelan Catholic religious sister who founded the congregation of the Servants of Jesus of Caracas.

1852–1923 · Contemporary · Franciscans

Carolina Santocanale (2 October 1852 - 27 January 1923) was an Italian Roman Catholic nun who assumed the name of "Maria of Jesus" and established the Capuchin Sisters of the Immaculata of Lourdes.

1829–1891 · Modern

Caroline-Barbe Colchen Carré de Malberg (8 April 1829 - 28 January 1891) was a French Roman Catholic from Metz who founded both the Salesian Missionaries of Mary Immaculate and the Association of Saint Francis de Sales (1872).

500–600 · Medieval

Saint Carthage the Elder (or Carthach) was an Irish bishop and abbot in the sixth century. His feast day is 5 March. The saint is mainly known as a disciple and successor of Ciaran of Saighir (the Elder) and the tutor and fosterer of his greater namesake, Saint Carthage of Lismo…

240–303 · Early Church

Cassian, or Saint Cassian of Imola, or Cassius was a Christian saint of the 4th century. His feast day is August 13. Little is known about his life, although the traditional accounts converge on some of the details of his martyrdom.

1607–1638 · Reformation · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Cassien of Nantes, OFM Cap. (born Gonzalve Vaz Lopez-Netto; 1607 – 1638) was a French Capuchin missionary priest in Africa during the 17th century.

550–558 · Medieval

Saint Cassius was a bishop of Narni in Umbria from 537 to 558, the date of his death. He was praised by St. Gregory the Great, and was noted for his charity.

400–400 · Early Church

Saint Castor of Karden (German: Kastor von Karden) was a priest and hermit of the 4th century who is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church. Castor was a pupil of Maximinus of Trier around 345 AD, and was ordained as a priest by Maximinus.

450–500 · Medieval

Born in North Africa in 450, Castrese di Sessa served as a Catholic priest and bishop. He died in Sessa Aurunca in 500 and is recognized as a hieromartyr of the Catholic Church.

300–300 · Early Church

Castritian (Latin: Castritianus, Italian: Castriziano) was Bishop of Milan in mid 3rd-century. He is honoured as a Saint in the Catholic Church and his feast day is on December 1.

700–685 · Medieval

Catald of Taranto (also Cataldus, Cathaluds, Cathaldus, Cat(t)aldo, Cathal; fl. 7th century) was an Irish monk. Cataldus was born in Munster and became the disciple and successor of Carthage in the famous School of Lismore, County Waterford.

1531–1574 · Reformation · Augustinians

Catherine of Palma (1531–1574, born Caterina Tomàs i Gallard) was a Spanish canon and mystic from Mallorca. She is venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church and her feast day is commonly celebrated on 5 April although in her home town of Valldemossa she is remembered on t…

1544–1594 · Reformation · Order of Discalced Nuns of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel

Catalina de Balmaseda y San Martín, religious name Catalina de Cristo, (1544-1594) was a Carmelite nun and associate of Teresa of Ávila. She was born into a noble family in Madrigal de las Altas Torres, being the third of four siblings, She was the daughter of Cristóbal de Balma…

1648–1695 · Reformation

Catalina de Balboa Ugarte, in religion Catalina de San Mateo de la Concepción (Santa María de Guía de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, April 30, 1648 – Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, May 26, 1695), was a Canarian Poor Clare nun.

501–900 · Medieval

Saint Catellus of Castellamare (Italian: San Catello) (9th century) was a bishop of Castellamare di Stabia. He was a close friend of Saint Antoninus of Sorrento.

1466–1529 · Reformation · Franciscans

Caterina Aliprandi was a Catholic religious of the Franciscan order born in Asti in 1466. She lived and died in Asti in 1529 and is recognized as a saint.

1801–1857 · Modern

Caterina Cittadini (28 September 1801 – 5 May 1857) was an Italian Roman Catholic religious from Bergamo who established the Ursuline Sisters of Saint Jerome Emiliani.

1839–1894 · Modern · Franciscans

Caterina Volpicelli (21 January 1839 – 28 December 1894) was an Italian Roman Catholic professed religious and the foundress of the Maids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church.

1817–1846 · Modern

Catherine Chong Chor-yom (Korean: 정철염 가타리나) was a Korean Christian laywoman born around 1816 or 1817 in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, Korea, who died in prison in Seoul on September 20, 1846.

1733–1794 · Modern

Blessed Catherine Cottanceau was born in 1733 in Bressuire and died in 1794 in Avrillé. She was a member of the Catholic Church.

1896–1985 · Contemporary

Catherine de Hueck Doherty (née Ekaterina Fyodorovna Kolyschkina; August 15, 1896 – December 14, 1985) was a Russian-born Catholic activist who founded the Madonna House Apostolate in 1947.

1754–1836 · Modern · Third Order of Saint Dominic

Catherine Jarrige (4 October 1754 – 4 July 1836) – known as Catinon Menette in her local dialect – was a French Roman Catholic and Dominican tertiary who was beatified in 1996.

1806–1876 · Modern · Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul

Catherine Labouré, DC (May 2, 1806 – December 31, 1876) was a French member of the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul and a Marian visionary.

1778–1841 · Modern · Sisters of Mercy

Catherine Elizabeth McAuley, RSM (29 September 1778 – 11 November 1841) was an Irish Catholic religious sister who founded the Sisters of Mercy in 1831.

1783–1839 · Modern

Catherine Yi (Korean: 이 가타리나) was a Korean Christian laywoman, martyr, and saint, born around 1783 in Seoul, Korea, and died in September or October 1839 in Seoul.

1437–1478 · Medieval

Caterina Moriggi (1437 - 6 April 1478) was an Italian Roman Catholic who became a professed religious and adhered to the teachings and traditions of Augustine of Hippo.

1758–1794 · Modern

Catherine du Verdier de La Sorinière, born on July 30, 1758, at the Château de la Sorinière in the province of Anjou, died on February 10, 1794, after being executed by firing squad at Avrillé by soldiers of General Turreau's infernal columns.

1413–1463 · Medieval · Poor Clares

Catherine of Bologna (Bolognese: Caterina de' Vigri; 8 September 1413 – 9 March 1463) was an Italian Poor Clare, writer, teacher, mystic, artist, and saint.

1425–1478 · Medieval · Third Order of Saint Francis

Catherine of Bosnia was Queen of Bosnia as the wife of King Thomas, the penultimate Bosnian sovereign. She was born into the powerful House of Kosača, staunch supporters of the Bosnian Church.

1447–1510 · Reformation · Third Order of Saint Francis

Catherine of Genoa (born Caterina Fieschi Adorno; 1447 – 15 September 1510) was an Italian Catholic saint and mystic, known for her work among the sick and the poor and remembered because of various writings describing both these actions and her mystical experiences.