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1300 · Medieval · Cistercians

Blessed Catherine of Parc-aux-Dames (13th century, born in Leuven, modern-day Belgium) was a Catholic blessed, nun, mystic, and virgin. She was of Jewish origin and was originally named Rachel.

1487–1574 · Reformation · Third Order of Saint Dominic

Catherine of Racconigi (1486 – 1547, Racconigi) was an Italian member of the Third Order of St. Dominic, who is recognized for being a mystic and a stigmatic.

1522–1590 · Reformation · Nuns of the Order of Preachers

Catherine de' Ricci, OP (Italian: Caterina de' Ricci) (23 April 1522 – 2 February 1590), was an Italian Catholic nun in the Third Order of St. Dominic. She is believed to have had miraculous visions and corporeal encounters with Jesus Christ.

1331–1381 · Medieval · Bridgettines

Catherine of Sweden, Katarina av Vadstena, Catherine of Vadstena or Katarina Ulfsdotter (c. 1332 – 24 March 1381) was a Swedish noblewoman. She is venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church.

800–860 · Medieval

Saint Ceccardus of Luni (died 860), otherwise San Ceccardo, was a bishop of Luni in Liguria, Italy, who was believed to have been killed by Vikings (Bjorn Ironside and Hastein, probably in 860 when they sacked the city of Luni.

1924–1940 · Contemporary

Cecilia Butsi (born December 16, 1924; died December 26, 1940) was a Thai martyr and a blessed of the Catholic Church. She was baptized in 1926 at the age of two. Between 1940 and 1944, Thailand was at war with French Indochina.

1910–1928 · Contemporary · Servite Order

Cecilia Eusepi (17 February 1910 – 1 October 1928) was an Italian Roman Catholic and a professed member from the Secular Servites. Since an early age she had desired to become a nun, but did not manage to do due to a severe case of tuberculosis which confined her to her bed.

1761–1839 · Modern

Cecilia Yu So-sa (Korean: 유소사 체칠리아) was a Korean Christian laywoman, martyr, and saint, born in 1761 in Seoul, Korea, who died in prison on November 23, 1839, in Seoul.

1913–1936 · Contemporary

Cecilio Vega Domínguez, OMI (born September 8, 1913, in Villamor de Órbigo; died July 24, 1936, in Pozuelo, Madrid) was a Spanish Oblate of the Immaculate Mary. He made his first vows on August 15, 1931, and his perpetual vows in 1934.

620–664 · Medieval

Cedd (Latin: Cedda, Ceddus; c. 620 – 26 October 664) was an Anglo-Saxon monk and bishop from the Kingdom of Northumbria. He was an evangelist of the Middle Angles and East Saxons in England and a significant participant in the Synod of Whitby, a meeting which resolved important d…

1861–1936 · Contemporary · Third Order of Saint Francis

Ceferino Giménez Malla (also known as El Pelé, "the Strong One", or "the Brave One"; 26 August 1861 – 9 August 1936) was a Spanish Romani Catholic catechist and activist.

1886–1905 · Contemporary · Salesians of Don Bosco

Ceferino Namuncurá (August 26, 1886 – May 11, 1905) was a religious student, the object of a Roman Catholic cultus of veneration in northern Patagonia and throughout Argentina.

1895–1980 · Contemporary · Benedictines

Celestina Bottego (20 December 1895 – 20 August 1980) was an Italian Roman Catholic nun born in the United States of America. Bottego established the Xaverian Missionary Sisters of Mary. Her command was for members to act as missionaries for the Roman Catholic church.

1913–1944 · Contemporary

Celestina Catarina Faron was a Polish Christian nun and teacher born in 1913 in Zabrze. A member of the Catholic Church, she died in 1944 at Auschwitz. She is recognized as a blessed Catholic saint.

400–432 · Early Church

Pope Celestine I (Latin: Caelestinus I) (c. 359 – 27 July 432) was the bishop of Rome from 10 September 422 to his death on 27 July 432. Celestine's pontificate was largely spent combatting various teachings deemed heretical.

1241 · Medieval · Cistercians

Pope Celestine IV (Latin: Caelestinus IV; c. 1180/1187 − 10 November 1241), born Goffredo da Castiglione or Goffredo Castiglioni, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 25 October 1241 to his death on 10 November 1241.

1215–1296 · Medieval · Benedictines

Pope Celestine V (Latin: Caelestinus V; 1209/1210 or 1215 – 19 May 1296), born Pietro Angelerio (according to some sources Angelario, Angelieri, Angelliero, or Angeleri), also known as Pietro da Morrone, Peter of Morrone, and Peter Celestine, was head of the Catholic Church and r…

1833–1913 · Contemporary · Sisters of the Resurrection

Celine Chludzińska Borzęcka (29 October 1833 – 26 October 1913) was a Roman Catholic professed religious and the co-foundress - along with her daughter Jadwiga Borzęcka - of the Sisters of the Resurrection.

1080–1129 · Medieval

Cellach of Armagh or Celsus or Celestinus (1080–1129) was Archbishop of Armagh and an important contributor to the reform of the Irish church in the twelfth century. He is venerated in the Roman Catholic Church as Saint Cellach.

450 · Early Church

A censure is an expression of strong disapproval or harsh criticism. In parliamentary procedure, it is a debatable main motion that could be adopted by a majority vote.

550–621 · Medieval

Ceraunus (Céran) was the Bishop of Paris from 606 to about 614. Ceraunus was bishop of Paris. He established a school at the monastery of Saint-Vincent - on the site of the later monastery of Saint-Germain-des-Prés.

493–575 · Medieval

Cerbonius (Latin: Cerbo; Italian: Cerbone, Cerbonio; died 575 AD) was a bishop of Populonia during the Barbarian invasions. Pope Gregory I praises him in Book XI of his Dialogues.

1873–1900 · Contemporary · Franciscans

Cesidio of Fossa (born Angelo Giacomantonio on August 30, 1873, in Fossa, Italy; died July 4, 1900, in Hengchow, Hunan province, China) was an Italian Reformed Franciscan missionary.

634–672 · Medieval

Chad (died 2 March 672) was a prominent 7th-century Anglo-Saxon monk. He was an abbot, Bishop of the Northumbrians and then Bishop of the Mercians and Lindsey People. After his death he was known as a saint. He was the brother of Bishop Cedd, also a saint.

1828–1898 · Modern · Lebanese Maronite Order

Charbel Makhlouf, O.L.M. (born Youssef Antoun Makhlouf; Arabic: شربل مخلوف, May 8, 1828 – December 24, 1898) was a Lebanese Maronite monk and priest. During his life, he obtained a wide reputation for holiness, and for his ability to unite Christians, Muslims and Druze.

748–814 · Medieval

Charlemagne was King of the Franks from 768, King of the Lombards from 774, and Emperor of what is now known as the Carolingian Empire from 800.

1749–1792 · Modern

Charles Carnus was a French Catholic priest, speleologist, and balloonist born in 1749 in Salles-la-Source. He died in Paris in 1792 and is recognized as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1924–1994 · Contemporary · White Fathers

Charles Deckers, born in Antwerp on December 26, 1924, and died on December 27, 1994, in Tizi Ouzou, Algeria, was a Belgian White Father assassinated in a terrorist act carried out by the GIA.

1606–1649 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Charles Garnier, SJ was a Jesuit missionary working in New France. He was killed by Iroquois in a Petun (Tobacco Nation) village on December 7, 1649. The son of a secretary to King Henri III of France, Garnier was born in Paris in 1606.

1887–1922 · Contemporary

Charles I and IV (German: Karl Franz Josef Ludwig Hubert Georg Otto Maria, Hungarian: Károly Ferenc József Lajos Hubert György Ottó Mária; 17 August 1887 – 1 April 1922) was Emperor of Austria (as Charles I), King of Hungary (as Charles IV), and the ruler of the other states of t…

1640–1679 · Reformation · Franciscans

Charles Mahoney (or Mahony; alias Charles Meehan; c. 1640 – 12 August 1679) was an Irish Franciscan friar. He is considered a martyr by the Roman Catholic Church, one of the Eighty-five martyrs of England and Wales beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1987.

1835–1907 · Contemporary · Barnabites

Karl Halfdan Schilling, CRSP (9 June 1835 – 2 January 1907) was a Norwegian Barnabite cleric who is venerated in the Catholic Church. Schilling was born in Christiania, Norway.

1564–1622 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Charles Spinola (1564 – 10 September 1622), also known as Carlo Spinola, was a Jesuit missionary from Genoa, Italy, martyred in Japan as a missionary. Charles (or Carlo) Spinola was born in January 1564 in Genoa, Italy, the son of Ottavio Spinola, Count of Tassarolo.

1773–1856 · Modern

Charles Steeb (18 December 1773 – 15 December 1856) was a German Catholic priest who cofounded the Sisters of Mercy of Verona. Pope Paul VI beatified him in 1975 after the recognition of a miracle attributed to his intercession.

1780–1802 · Modern

Charles Yi Gyeong-do was born in Seoul in 1780 and was a member of the Catholic Church. He died in Seoul in 1802 by decapitation. He is recognized as a blessed.

1858–1916 · Contemporary · Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance

Charles de Foucauld, born as Charles Eugène, vicomte de Foucauld de Pontbriand, (15 September 1858 – 1 December 1916), religious name Charles of Jesus, was a French monk, Catholic priest and hermit who lived among the Tuareg people in the Sahara in Algeria.

1821–1893 · Modern · Passionists

Charles of Mount Argus (11 December 1821 – 5 January 1893), was a Dutch Passionist priest who served in 19th-century Ireland. He gained a reputation for his compassion for the sick and those in need of guidance.

1613–1670 · Reformation · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Charles of Sezze (19 October 1613 – 6 January 1670) - born Giancarlo Marchioni - was an Italian professed religious from the Order of Friars Minor.

1319–1364 · Medieval

Charles of Blois-Châtillon (1319 – 29 September 1364), nicknamed "the Saint", was the legalist Duke of Brittany from 1341 until his death, via his marriage to Joan, Duchess of Brittany and Countess of Penthièvre, holding the title against the claims of John of Montfort.

1763–1794 · Modern

Charles-Antoine-Nicolas Ancel (Rouen, October 11, 1763 – Rochefort, July 29, 1794) was a French priest and one of the Martyrs of the Hulks of Rochefort, beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1995.

1782–1861 · Modern

Eugène de Mazenod, OMI (born Charles-Joseph-Eugène de Mazenod; 1 August 1782 – 21 May 1861) was a French aristocrat and Catholic bishop who founded the congregation of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate.

1743–1794 · Modern · Society of Saint-Sulpice

Charles-René Collas du Bignon was a Catholic priest and member of the Society of Saint-Sulpice born in 1743 in Laval. He died in 1794 in Rochefort and is recognized as a blessed within the Catholic Church.

1077–1152 · Medieval · Benedictines

Chelidonia was a Benedictine hermitess. She was born in Ciculum, Italy, and became a recluse in the mountains near Subiaco, choosing a home, as a hermitess, in a cave now called Marra Ferogna. Chelidonia later received her habit from Cardinal Cuno of Frascati.

1882 · Modern

Chi Zhuze was born in 1882 in Hebei, where he also died. He is a member of the Catholic Church and is recognized as a blessed Catholic saint.

250–286 · Early Church

Chiaffredo (also Chiaffredus, Theofredus, Ciafrè, Chaffre, Teofredo, Jafredo, Jafredus, Eufredus, Jofredus, Sinfredus, Zaffredus) is venerated as the patron saint of Saluzzo, Italy.

1971–1990 · Contemporary

Chiara Badano (October 29, 1971 – October 7, 1990) was an Italian woman who has been beatified by the Roman Catholic Church. At age nine she joined the Focolare Movement and received the nickname "Luce" ("light") by the founder Chiara Lubich.

1362–1420 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Chiara Gambacorti, OP (born Vittoria; 1362 – 17 April 1420) was an Italian Catholic nun in the Order of Preachers. She was born to rich merchants and was left a widow after a brief marriage.

1920–2008 · Contemporary

Chiara Lubich (born Silvia Lubich; 22 January 1920 – 14 March 2008) was an Italian teacher and author who founded the Focolare Movement, which aims to bring unity among people and promote universal family.

697 · Medieval

Saint Chlodulf (Clodulphe or Clodould) (605 – June 8, 696 or 697, others say May 8, 697) was bishop of Metz approximately from 657 to 697. Chlodulf was the son of Arnulf, bishop of Metz, and the brother of Ansegisel, mayor of the palace of Austrasia.

1819–1840 · Modern

Saint Barbara Choe Yong-i (Korean: 최영이 바르바라, 1819 – February 1, 1840), also known as Bareubara Choe Yeong-i, was a Korean Roman Catholic laywoman, martyr and saint. She is one of the 103 Korean martyrs. Saint Barbara Choe Yon-gi was born in Seoul, Korea.