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1660–1740 · Modern

Anthony, also spelled Antony, is a masculine given name derived from the Antonii, a gens (Roman family name) to which Mark Antony (Marcus Antonius) belonged. According to Plutarch, the Antonii gens were Heracleidae, being descendants of Anton, a son of Heracles.

1665–1717 · Modern · Society of Jesus

Anthony Baldinucci, S.J. (June 19, 1665 – November 7, 1717), was an Italian Jesuit priest and missionary, best known for his unusual methods of conducting missions. Baldinucci was born in Florence, the son of the art historian and biographer Filippo Baldinucci.

1800–1802 · Modern

Anthony Hong Ik-man was born in 1800 and was a member of the Catholic Church. He died by decapitation in Seoul in 1802. He is recognized as a blessed.

1822–1867 · Modern

Anthony Jeong Chan-mun was born in 1822 and was a member of the Catholic Church. He died in Jinju in 1867 and is recognized as a blessed.

1795–1841 · Modern

Anthony Kim Song-u (Gusan, 1795 – Tangkogae, April 29, 1841) was a Korean Catholic and a martyr for the faith. He was beatified on July 5, 1925, by Pope Pius XI.

1502–1539 · Reformation · Barnabites

Anthony Maria Zaccaria, CRSP (Italian: Antonio Maria Zaccaria; 1502 – 5 July 1539) was an Italian Catholic priest and early leader of the Counter-Reformation.

1590 · Reformation

Anthony Middleton (died 1590) was an English Roman Catholic priest and martyr from Yorkshire. He trained at Douai College, and returned to England in 1586.

1425–1460 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Anthony Neyrot, OP (Italian: Antonio Neirotti; Piedmontese: Antòni Neyrot; 1425 – 10 April 1460) was an Italian Dominican priest, apostate, reconvert, and martyr. A Dominican friar, Neyrot was captured by Tunisian corsairs while on his way from Sicily to Naples.

1768–1840 · Modern

Saint Anthony Nguyễn Hữu Quỳnh (born c. 1768 in Mỹ Hương, Quảng Bình Province, Vietnam; died July 10, 1840, in Đồng Hới, Quảng Bình Province, Vietnam) was a martyr and a saint of the Catholic Church.

1769–1838 · Modern

Saint Anthony Nguyễn Đích (Vietnamese: Antôn Nguyễn Đích) (born c. 1769 in Chi Long, Vietnam; died August 12, 1838, in Bảy Mẫu, Vietnam) was a martyr and a saint of the Catholic Church. Anthony Nguyễn Đích was born in Chi Long.

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Anthony the Confessor was an Orthodox clergyman, a metropolitan of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, and a saint. Anthony was a prominent participant in the second period of the Iconoclast schism, during which he supported the veneration of icons.

1571–1593 · Reformation

Anthony Page (1563 – April 1593) was an English Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1987. Page was born at Harrow-on-the-Hill, Middlesex, in 1563. He was of gentle birth and matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford on 23 November 1581.

1628–1679 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Anthony Turner (1628–20 June 1679) was an English Jesuit priest and martyr. He was a victim of the Popish Plot, and was falsely convicted and executed for conspiracy to murder Charles II. He was beatified in 1929 by Pope Pius XI and his feast day is 20 June.

1801 · Modern

Anthony Yi Hyeon was a member of the Catholic Church who died in Seoul in 1801. He was executed by decapitation and is recognized as a blessed.

1394–1459 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Antonio della Chiesa, OP (1394 - 22 January 1459) was an Italian Catholic priest and member of the Dominican Order. He was a companion of Bernardino of Siena and was beatified by Pope Pius VII in 1819.

1424–1494 · Medieval

Antonio dell'Aquila, born Antonio Torriani or della Torre (c. 1424 – July 24, 1494), was an Italian religious figure. A priest of the Order of Saint Augustine, his cult as a blessed was confirmed by Pope Clement XIII in 1769.

540 · Medieval

Saint Anthony of Agen died in 540. He is recognized as a saint.

266–302 · Early Church

Anthony (Greek: Ἀντώνιος; died 302 AD) was an early Christian priest who suffered martyrdom with Anastasius, Julian, Celsus and Marcionilla during the Diocletianic Persecution.

1206–1273 · Medieval

Born in 1206 in Nizhny Novgorod, the Venerable Anthony of Dymsk was an Eastern Orthodox cleric and monastery founder in the Principality of Gorodets, Russia. He died in 1273 and is buried at the Antoniyevo-Dymsky Monastery.

1150–1232 · Medieval

Anthony (Russian: Антоний, romanized: Antony; secular name: Dobryna Yadreykovich; Russian: Добрыня Ядрейкович; died 8 October 1232) was the archbishop of Novgorod (1210–1218, 1125/1226–1228). He is venerated as a saint in the Russian Orthodox Church.

1795–1865 · Modern

Venerable Anthony of Optina was an Eastern Orthodox monk born in 1795 in Tutayev. He died in 1865 at Optina Pustyn.

1067–1147 · Medieval

Saint Anthony of Rome or Anthony the Roman (Russian: Антоний Римлянин, romanized: Antony Rimlyanin; 1067 – 3 August 1147) was the founder of the Antoniev Monastery in Novgorod.

251–357 · Early Church

Anthony the Great (c. 12 January 251 – 17 January 356) was a Christian monk from Egypt, revered since his death as a saint. He is distinguished from other saints named Anthony, such as Anthony of Padua, by various epithets: Anthony of Egypt, Anthony the Abbot, Anthony of the Dese…

460–520 · Medieval

Anthony the Hermit (c. 468 – c. 520), also known as Anthony of Lérins, was an anchorite. He was born in the ancient Roman province of Pannonia Valeria (now Hungary), then part of the Hunnic Empire.

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Anthusa of North Africa is one of the Catholic martyrs brutally killed by the Vandals in the 5th century, during the reign of the Arian king Huneric. She was burned alive. Her story was recorded by Bishop Victor of Vita. She has been venerated as a saint since ancient times.

757–809 · Medieval

Anthusa of Constantinople (Greek: Ανθούσα) commonly known as Saint Anthusa of Constantinople and in Orthodox usage as Saint Anthousa the Younger (750 or 757 – 801 or 808 AD) is a saint venerated in the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church.

800 · Medieval

Antigius is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the eastern Palearctic realm (China, Korea, Japan, and the Russian Far East), as well as Taiwan and Myanmar.

300–400 · Early Church

Saint Antiochianus was born in 300 and died in 400. He died in Salona.

410 · Early Church

Antiochus, or Antioch or Andéol, was the metropolitan Bishop of Lyon. He died about 410. He is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church, with his feast day being 13 August.

600–700 · Medieval

Antiochus of Palestine (fl. 7th century AD), also known as Antiochus the Monk or Antiochus Monachus (Άντίοχος ό Μοναχός), was a Christian monk and writer. He is believed to have been born near Ancyra (now Ankara, Turkey).

95–127 · Early Church

Antiochus of Sulcis (died c. 127 AD) was an early Christian martyr of Sardinia. The island and town of Sant'Antioco are named after him. Antiochus is a figure associated with the Sardinian mines from which the Romans extracted minerals and precious metals; the Romans condemned p…

100–92 · Early Church

Saint Antipas was, according to the Commentary on the Apocalypse of Andreas of Caesarea, the Antipas referred to in Revelation 2:13, as the verse says: "I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan's seat is: and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my fa…

410–450 · Early Church

Antipater of Bostra (Ancient Greek: Ἀντίπατρος) was a Greek prelate who served as Metropolitan bishop of Bostra in the Roman province of Arabia and was one of the foremost critics of Origen. He lived in the 5th century AD. Little detail is known of Antipater's life.

1764–1794 · Modern

Antoine Auriel-Constant, born in Manobre (in the modern-day commune of Sainte-Mondane) in Guyenne on April 19, 1764, and died on June 16, 1794, on the prison ships of Rochefort, was a priest for the Diocese of Cahors and was martyred during the Reign of Terror.

1729–1794 · Modern

Antoine Banassat was a French Catholic priest and politician born in 1729 in Guéret. He served as a deputy to the Estates-General and the National Constituent Assembly of 1789 before dying in 1794 in Hiers-Brouage, Rochefort, due to deportation.

1906–1945 · Contemporary

Antoine Charmet, born on December 26, 1906, in Saint-Martin-la-Plaine and died on April 2, 1945, in Buchenwald, was a French Catholic priest and a victim of Nazism.

1826–1879 · Modern · Third Order of Saint Francis

Antoine Chevrier, TOSF (16 April 1825 – 2 October 1879) was a French Catholic priest and a member of the Third Order of Saint Francis. He founded the Institute of the Prado with its two branches: the Sisters of Prado and the Institute of the Priests of Prado.

1601–1648 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Antoine Daniel was a French Jesuit missionary in North America, at Sainte-Marie among the Hurons, and one of the eight Canadian Martyrs. Daniel was born at Dieppe, in Normandy, on 27 May 1601.

1584–1597 · Reformation · Franciscans

The 26 Martyrs of Japan (Japanese: 日本二十六聖人, Hepburn: Nihon Nijūroku Seijin) were a group of Catholics who were executed by crucifixion on 5 February 1597, in Nagasaki, Japan. Their martyrdom is especially significant in the history of the Catholic Church in Japan.

1481 · Medieval

The Venerable Antoine de Krasny Kholm was a figure in Eastern Orthodoxy who died in 1481. He passed away at the Antoniev Krasnokholmsky Monastery and is recognized as a saint.

1871–1936 · Contemporary · Benedictines

Antolin Pablos Villanueva was a Spanish Catholic priest and Benedictine monk born in 1871 in Lerma. He died in 1936 in San Fernando de Henares and has been beatified by the Catholic Church.

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

Antolín Calvo y Calvo, C.M.F. (Gumiel de Mercado, September 2, 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.

1910–1945 · Contemporary

Anton Duhovnik was a Catholic priest born in 1910 in Preska pri Medvodah, a citizen of Austria–Hungary and the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. He died in 1945 at the Mauthausen concentration camp due to hydrogen cyanide exposure.

1888–1951 · Contemporary

Anton Durcovici (17 May 1888 – 10 December 1951) was a Romanian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church and the Bishop of Iași from 1947 until his death. Durcovici was a victim of Romania's Communist regime, under which he was imprisoned; he died while in jail.

1901–1945 · Contemporary

Anton Granig (born September 17, 1901, in Mitten im Mölltal, municipality of Großkirchheim, Carinthia; died April 15, 1945, in Stein an der Donau) was an Austrian priest and resistance fighter against National Socialism.

1883–1949 · Contemporary

Anton Kastelic was a Catholic priest born in 1883 in Šmihel pri Žužemberku. He died in 1949 in Ljubljana and is currently recognized as a Servant of God.

1902–1942 · Contemporary

Anton Koperek was a Catholic priest born in Essen in 1902. He died in 1942 at the Dachau concentration camp and is currently recognized as a Servant of God.

1850–1920 · Contemporary

Anton Mahnič, also spelled Antun Mahnić in Croatian orthography (14 September 1850 – 30 December 1920), was a Croatian-Slovenian prelate of the Catholic Church and a philosopher who established and led the Croatian Catholic Movement.

1852–1929 · Contemporary · Piarists

Anton Maria Schwartz (28 February 1852 – 15 September 1929), born Anton Schwartz, was an Austrian Roman Catholic priest and the founder of the Congregation of the Christian Workers of Saint Joseph Calasanz.

1800–1862 · Modern

Blessed Anton Martin Slomšek (26 November 1800 – 24 September 1862) was a Slovene Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of Lavant from 1846 until his death. He served also as an author and poet as well as a staunch advocate of the nation's culture.