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

Saverio Luigi Bandrés Jiménez, C.M.F., born Javier Luis Bandrés Jiménez (Sangüesa, December 1, 1912 – 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.

1895–1973 · Contemporary

Jean Cassaigne, born on January 30, 1895, in Grenade-sur-l'Adour (Landes) and died on October 31, 1973, in Di Linh, South Vietnam, was a French clergyman.

1925–1994 · Contemporary

Jean Chevillard, born in Angers on August 27, 1925, was a French missionary priest of the Society of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers), who was assassinated in Tizi Ouzou, Algeria, on December 27, 1994.

1652–1714 · Modern · Carmelites

Jean Dominique Lucchesi (1652–1714) was born in Pescaglia on May 18, 1652. He entered the Carmelite Order in 1670, in a convent belonging to the Congregation of Mantua.

1895–1978 · Contemporary · Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools

Jean Fromental Cayroche, in religion Brother Bernard Philippe (born Jean Prosper Fromental in Servières on June 27, 1895, and died on December 5, 1978, in Mexico City), was a French De La Salle Brother, a missionary in Central America, and the founder of the Guadalupan Sisters of…

1913–1960 · Contemporary

John Jacob (the New) of Choziba (Romanian: Ioan Iacob cel Nou de la Hozeva or Hozevitul), born July 23, 1913, in the village of Crăiniceni and died August 5, 1960, at the Monastery of Saints John and George of Choziba, was a Romanian monk and a saint of the Orthodox Church.

1766–1794 · Modern

Jean-Baptiste Lego (born May 13, 1766, in La Flèche, Sarthe, and died January 1, 1794, in Angers, Maine-et-Loire) was a French priest and martyr who was one of the Martyrs of Angers.

1123–1160 · Medieval · Carthusian Order

John of Spain, born in 1123 in Almanza (Kingdom of León) and died on June 25, 1160, in the commune of Le Reposoir (Duchy of Savoy), was the founder of the Charterhouse of Le Reposoir. He was beatified on July 14, 1864, by Pope Pius IX.

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John of Chinon, also known as John of Moutiers or John the Recluse, one of many saints named John, was a native of the British Isles. He was a priest who decided to live as a hermit in the 6th century in Chinon, in the Diocese of Tours.

1737–1794 · Modern · Carmelites

Jean-Baptiste Duverneuil was a priest of the Discalced Carmelites at the house in Angoulême. During the French Revolution, he was arrested and sentenced to deportation to French Guiana. Imprisoned on a ship at the Rochefort pontoons, he died on July 1, 1794.

1737–1794 · Modern · Franciscans

Jean-Baptiste Triquerie (born July 1, 1737, in Laval, Mayenne; 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.

1732–1794 · Modern

Jean-Baptiste Turpin du Cormier (born September 8, 1732, in Laval, Mayenne; 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.

1740–1792 · Modern · Ordo Fratrum Minorum de Regularis Observantia

Jean-Baptiste François Burté, born on June 21, 1740, in Rambervillers and died on September 2, 1792, in Paris, was a French Franciscan friar and priest. He died as a victim of the September Massacres during the French Revolution.

1720–1794 · Modern · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Jean-Baptiste Loir, in religion Brother Jean-Louis (1720–1794), was a Capuchin priest who died as a martyr on the pontons of Rochefort (Île Madame). He was beatified by Pope John Paul II in Rome on October 1, 1995, along with 63 other French priests and religious.

1832–1862 · Modern

Jean-Pierre Néel, born on October 18, 1832, in the hamlet of Soleymieux, in the commune of Sainte-Catherine-sous-Riverie (Rhône), and died on February 18, 1862, in the province of Guizhou (then Kouy-tchéou) in China, was a Catholic missionary priest.

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Hieronymus (12th century) was a monk and recluse of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra. He is a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church, venerated as a venerable father.

1800–1861 · Modern · Dominican Order

Jérôme Hermosilla (Jerónimo Hermosilla y Aransay), born in Santo Domingo de la Calzada in La Rioja on September 30, 1800, and beheaded in Hải Dương (Tonkin) on November 1, 1861, All Saints' Day, was a Spanish missionary bishop and a member of the Order of Preachers.

1900–1936 · Contemporary · Society of Mary

Jesús Hita Miranda, born on April 17, 1900, in Calahorra, in the province of Logroño, and died on September 25, 1936, in Carrión de Calatrava, province of Ciudad Real, was a Marianist religious.

1906–1918 · Contemporary

Gildas Irwa, born around 1906 in Kitgum, Uganda, and killed in Paimol around October 19, 1918, was a young Ugandan convert to Christianity who was killed for his faith and his work as a catechist.

1551–1597 · Reformation · Franciscans

Joachim Sakakibara (also Sakachibara or Saccachibara; born 1556 in Osaka, Japan – died executed February 5, 1597, in Tateyama, Nagasaki, Japan) was a Japanese physician, catechist, and Franciscan tertiary who was martyred for his faith in Nagasaki.

1874–1936 · Contemporary · Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Joan Mercer i Soler, also known as Joan Mercé i Soler (Albinyana, October 14, 1874 – Sallent, July 25, 1936), was a Catholic clergyman of the Claretians who was executed by firing squad during the Spanish Civil War and beatified in 2016 by Pope Francis.

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John of Thessalonica (in Latin, Joannes) was Archbishop of Thessalonica in the 7th century. He was an important defender of the Orthodox faith against 7th-century Monothelitism.

801 · Medieval

John of Porto or of Tui (Porto, Portugal, then Kingdom of León – Tui, Galicia, 9th century) was a Portuguese hermit from the Tui region. He is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church, with a local cult in the area.

1350–1450 · Medieval · Lay Carmelites

Jeanne of Toulouse is a Catholic blessed. While the details of her biography are subject to caution, it appears she lived between the 13th and 14th centuries in Toulouse, in the Kingdom of France. She is linked to the history of the Carmelite convent in the city.

1899–1966 · Contemporary

Joaquim Alves Brás (March 19, 1899 – March 13, 1966) was a Portuguese Catholic priest. Faced with the dire economic and moral situation of a portion of the population, he dedicated himself to the education of disadvantaged young girls, the training of domestic workers, and the ap…

1833–1909 · Contemporary · Oratory of Saint Philip Neri

Joaquim Rosselló (born in Palma de Mallorca on June 28, 1833 – died in the same city on December 20, 1909) was a Spanish priest, founder of the Missionaries of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, and recognized as venerable by the Catholic Church.

1912–1999 · Contemporary · Piarists

Joaquín Erviti Lazcano (Estella, October 12, 1912 – Pamplona, March 21, 1999) was a Spanish Catholic priest and member of the Piarist Fathers who spent much of his life working as a preschool teacher at the Piarist school in Pamplona.

1874–1936 · Contemporary

Jocund Bonet Mercadé (Tarragona, 1874 – Reus, August 14, 1936) was a Catalan priest who died at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War. He served as a soldier in the Cuban War, and after completing his studies at the Seminary of Tarragona, he was ordained a priest in 1900 by Arc…

1807–1886 · Modern

Johann Evangelist Wagner, born on December 5, 1807, in Dattenhausen near Dillingen and died on October 10, 1886, in Dillingen, was a Bavarian Catholic priest, rector of the major seminary of Dillingen, and founder of the Regens-Wagner Foundation.

1073–1164 · Medieval · Cistercians

John Cirita (Northern Kingdom of Portugal, c. 1073 – São Cristóvão de Lafões, December 23, 1164) was a Benedictine monk, traditionally considered the introducer of the Cistercian Order to Portugal. He is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church.

1400–1427 · Medieval

Johannes Rimer (born in the 14th century; died May 16, 1427) was a priest in the then-Bohemian town of Lauban in Upper Lusatia. When the Hussites conquered the town in May 1427, he was murdered along with approximately 1,000 other Catholics.

1811–1866 · Modern

Saint John Baptist Chŏn Chang-un (1811–March 9, 1866) was a Korean martyr and a saint of the Catholic Church. Born in 1811 in Seoul, he was baptized by his devout mother.

1750–1840 · Modern

Saint John the Baptist Cỏn (Vietnamese: Gioan Baotixita Cỏn) (born c. 1805 in Kẻ Báng, Nam Định Province, Vietnam – died November 8, 1840, in Bảy Mẫu, Vietnam) was a martyr and a saint of the Catholic Church. John the Baptist Cỏn was born around 1805.

1812–1866 · Modern

Saint John Baptist Nam Chong-sam (1812–March 7, 1866) was a Korean Catholic martyr and saint. Born in Cheongju, he was the nephew of the high-ranking government official Augustine Nam Sang-gyo, who adopted him. At the age of 39, Nam Chong-sam became a governor.

1597 · Reformation · Franciscans

John Kinuya was a member of the Third Order of St. Francis who died as a martyr in Japan in 1597. When persecution against Catholics intensified, he and 25 companions—8 priests and religious and 17 laypeople—were arrested, insulted, and severely tortured.

1649–1679 · Reformation

John Lloyd (Brecknockshire, 1630 – Cardiff, July 22, 1679) was a Welsh priest. Martyred under Charles II, he is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church and is remembered as one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.

1790–1839 · Modern

John Pak Hu-jae (1798 or 1799 – September 3, 1839) was a Korean martyr and a saint of the Catholic Church. John Pak Hu-jae was the son of the Catholic martyr Lawrence Pak. He moved with his family to Seoul, where he earned a living making straw shoes.

1810–1840 · Modern

Saint John Yi Mun-u (1810 in Incheon, Korea – February 1, 1840, in Tangkogae, now part of Seoul) was a saint of the Catholic Church and a martyr. John Yi Mun-u was born in Incheon, Gyeonggi Province, into a noble Catholic family.

1578–1597 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Saint John Soan de Goto (Yohane Gotō), born in 1578 on one of the Goto Islands (Japan) and executed on February 5, 1597, in Nagasaki (Japan), was a Japanese Jesuit seminarian. Along with 25 other Christians, he was crucified in hatred of the Christian faith.

1001–1095 · Medieval

Saint John of Montemarano (Montemarano, 11th century – Montemarano, April 14, 1095) was the first bishop of the Diocese of Montemarano and is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church.

1540–1605 · Reformation

Saint John of Prislop (c. 1540 – c. 1605) left his parents' home to live in the monastic community of Prislop, eventually becoming its abbot. On March 20, 1585, he was elected Metropolitan of Transylvania.

1795–1867 · Modern

John of Sviatohirsk (secular name Ivan Kryukov; September 20, 1795, Kursk — August 11, 1867, Sviatohirsk Lavra) was a monk of the Sviatohirsk Lavra and a recluse.

1065–1130 · Medieval

John I of Warneton, also known as Blessed or Saint John of Warneton, was a Flemish bishop of the former Diocese of Thérouanne. Born in 1065 in Warneton or Bas-Warneton and died on January 27, 1130, in Thérouanne, he was elected by the clergy in 1099 and confirmed by Pope Urban II…

1470 · Medieval

Jonah, born John (Russian: Иона, Iona; died November 5, 1470), was a Russian Orthodox archbishop who served as Bishop of Novgorod between 1458 and 1470.

1802–1902 · Contemporary

Iona of Kyiv, born Ivan Pavlovich Miroshnichenko in 1802 in Kremenchuk and died on January 9, 1902, in Kyiv, was an Orthodox saint, venerable, and wonderworker. He was respected as a starets during his lifetime. Saint Iona founded the Holy Trinity Monastery in Kyiv in the 1860s.

1917–1994 · Contemporary · Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer

Jorge Gottau (1917–1994) was an Argentine Redemptorist priest, ordained in 1942 and appointed the first bishop of the Diocese of Añatuya by Pope John XXIII in 1961.

884 · Medieval

Saint George of Lodève was a bishop originally from Rouergue, in the vicinity of Rodez. He was first a monk at the Abbey of Sainte-Foy de Conques. He experienced the Norman invasion, which destroyed the monastery.

1861–1936 · Contemporary

Józef Rada, O.A.R. (born November 17, 1861, in Zaragoza; died July 25, 1936, in Motril) was a blessed of the Catholic Church and a priest of the Order of Augustinian Recollects. At the age of 16, he entered the Augustinian novitiate in Monteagudo.

1874–1942 · Contemporary

Josef Eppich (born February 20, 1874, in Malgern near Gottschee; died June 2, 1942, in Mitterdorf near Gottschee) was a Catholic priest, publicist, and politician.

1906–1946 · Contemporary

Josef Marxen (born August 2, 1906, in Worringen near Cologne; died November 16, 1946, near Tirana) was a German Roman Catholic priest. In 1936, he was sent as a missionary to Albania, where he was shot in 1946. He is one of the Forty Martyrs of Albania.