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1915–1936 · Contemporary · Passionists

José Estalayo García (San Martín de Perapertú, March 17, 1915 – Manzanares, July 23, 1936), better known by his religious name José of the Sacred Hearts, was a Spanish Passionist religious who was executed by firing squad in 1936 during the religious persecution that broke out in…

1582–1617 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Blessed John Baptist Machado de Távora (Portuguese: João Baptista Machado de Távora), born around 1581 in Angra, in the Azores (Portugal), and died (executed) on May 22, 1617, in Kōri (Nagasaki), Japan, was a Portuguese Jesuit priest and missionary to Japan.

1922–1944 · Contemporary

Joël Anglès d’Auriac was a French scout born in Toulon on February 25, 1922, and executed by the Nazi regime on December 6, 1944, after establishing a clandestine rover scout clan within the STO.

1907–1941 · Contemporary

Maria Antonija Fabjan (born January 23, 1907, in Malo Lipje; died December 15, 1941, in Goražde) was a Slovenian Blessed of the Catholic Church, a nun of the Congregation of the Daughters of Divine Love, and one of the Drina Martyrs.

1907–1936 · Contemporary · Piarists

Juan Agramunt Riera, SchP (born February 14, 1907, in Almazora; died August 14, 1936, in the same place) was a Spanish priest of the Piarist Order, a victim of the anti-Catholic persecutions during the Spanish Civil War, murdered in hatred of the faith (odium fidei).

1907–1936 · Contemporary

Juan Antonio Pérez Mayo, OMI (born November 18, 1907, in Santa Marina del Rey; died July 24, 1936, in Pozuelo, Madrid), was a Spanish Oblate of Mary Immaculate. He took his first vows in 1927 and was ordained a priest in 1932.

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

Giovanni Baixeras Berenguer, C.M.F. (Castellterçol, November 21, 1913 – 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.

1660–1700 · Modern

John the Baptist, born Juan Bautista (c. 1660 in San Francisco Cajonos, Mexico; died September 16, 1700, in Santo Domingo Xagacía), was an indigenous acolyte, judge, mayor, Christian martyr, and a blessed of the Roman Catholic Church. He was of Zapotec descent.

1796–1840 · Modern

Saint John the Baptist Đinh Văn Thanh (Vietnamese: Gioan Baotixta Đinh Văn Thanh) (born c. 1796 in Nôn Khê, Ninh Bình province, Vietnam – died April 28, 1840, in Ninh Bình, Vietnam) was a catechist, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church.

1889–1936 · Contemporary

Juan Bautista Faubel Cano (born January 3, 1889, died August 28, 1936) was a Spanish member of Catholic Action, a Christian martyr, and a blessed of the Roman Catholic Church.

1861–1936 · Contemporary · Society of Jesus

Juan Bautista Ferreres Boluda (Ollería, November 28, 1861 – Valencia, December 29, 1936) was a Spanish priest, Jesuit, theologian, moralist, canonist, and university professor.

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

Juan Codinachs Tuneu, C.M.F. (Santa Eugènia de Berga, February 12, 1914 – 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.

1880–1936 · Contemporary · Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Giovanni Díaz Nosti, C.M.F., born Juan Díaz Nosti (Oviedo, February 17, 1880 – Barbastro, August 2, 1936), was a Spanish priest who was martyred in Barbastro during the Spanish Civil War and is venerated as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1902–1936 · Contemporary

Juan Francisco Barahona Martín, religious name Alejandro of Sobradillo (January 10, 1902, Sobradillo – August 15, 1936, Madrid), was a Spanish Roman Catholic priest, a friar of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, and a martyr. The Catholic Church venerates him as a blessed.

1912–1936 · Contemporary

Juan Gonga Martínez (born March 25, 1912, in Carcaixent; died November 13, 1936) was a Spanish blessed of the Catholic Church and a member of Catholic Action. He was baptized on March 28, 1912, and received his First Holy Communion on May 25, 1922, at the age of 10.

1912–1936 · Contemporary

Juan José Caballero Rodríguez, OMI (March 5, 1912, in Fuenlabrada – November 28, 1936, in Paracuellos de Jarama) was a Spanish Oblate of the Immaculate Mary. He made his first vows in the Oblate congregation on August 15, 1930, and his perpetual vows on February 25, 1936.

1945–1976 · Contemporary · Conventual Franciscans

Carlos Murias, born on October 10, 1945, in San Carlos Minas and murdered on July 18, 1976, in Chamical, was an Argentine Catholic priest and Franciscan who was kidnapped, tortured, and executed alongside the French priest Gabriel Longueville during the military dictatorship.

1340–1397 · Medieval · Franciscans

Juan Lorenzo de Cetina (Cetina, 1340 – Granada, May 19, 1397) was an Aragonese Spanish Franciscan friar who died as a martyr in the city of Granada while preaching with his companion Pedro de Dueñas. He is venerated as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1895–1936 · Contemporary

Juan Lucena Rivas (Baena, Córdoba, January 4, 1895 – Puente Genil, Córdoba, July 27, 1936) was a Spanish priest. He is considered one of the martyrs of the religious persecution in the Diocese of Córdoba between 1936 and 1939.

1914–1936 · Contemporary

Juan Pedro Cotillo Fernández, OMI (born May 1, 1914, in Siero de la Reina; died July 24, 1936, in Pozuelo, Madrid), was a Spanish Oblate of the Immaculate Mary. As a theology student, he lived at the Oblate house of studies in Pozuelo.

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

Giovanni Sánchez Munárriz, C.M.F. (born Juan Sánchez Munárriz; Malón, June 15, 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.

650–700 · Medieval

John of Atarés was a Hispanic hermit of the late 7th century. He is considered a blessed by the Catholic Church, which celebrates his feast day on May 29. In Upper Aragon, he is popularly considered a saint.

1895–1937 · Contemporary · Trinitarian Order

John of Jesus and Mary, born Juan Otazua y Madariaga (Errigoiti, February 8, 1895 – Mancha Real, April 3, 1937), was a Spanish priest of the Order of the Most Holy Trinity.

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Saint John of Syracuse is a saint of the Catholic Church commemorated on September 23. He was a monk of the Order of Saint Benedict and was appointed bishop of Syracuse in 595.

950–1000 · Medieval

Judith of Ringelheim (died March 13, 1000) was the abbess of the Ringelheim collegiate foundation. She is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church. Judith’s parents were Dietrich of Saxony (died 995) and Friteruna; her brother was Bishop Bernward of Hildesheim.

1892–1938 · Contemporary

Julio Junyer Padern, also known as Juli Junyer i Padern SDB (born October 31, 1892, in Vilamaniscle, Alt Empordà; died April 26, 1938, in Barcelona), was a Spanish religious priest who suffered martyrdom during the Spanish Civil War in 1938.

1900–1943 · Contemporary

Julia Rapiej (Maria Sergia of the Mother of God of Sorrows; born August 18, 1900, in Rogożyn, died August 1, 1943, near Nowogródek) was a Polish religious sister of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth and a blessed of the Catholic Church.

300–304 · Early Church

Julia is the name known for the martyr from Augusta Emerita who suffered martyrdom alongside her companion Saint Eulalia in the ancient city of Augusta Emerita, modern-day Mérida, on December 10, 304.

360–435 · Early Church

Juliana (died 435) was a saint and righteous woman from Bologna. Her feast day is February 7. Saint Juliana, a mother of four, was under the spiritual guidance of Saint Ambrose of Milan. Deciding to become a priest, her husband asked to be released from their marriage vows.

1801 · Modern

Juliane Kim Yeon-i was a Korean Christian laywoman and martyr who was beheaded on July 2, 1801, in Seoul. Her martyrdom is recognized by the Catholic Church, and she is titled Venerable. She was later beatified by Pope Francis on August 16, 2014.

685–750 · Medieval · Benedictines

Juliana of Pavilly (French: Julienne de Pavilly), also known as Juliana of Montreuil, was the third abbess of the Abbey of Austreberthe in Pavilly, in the French department of Seine-Maritime. Her feast day as a saint is October 11.

270 · Early Church

Julie of Troyes (died between 270 and 275) was a virgin who, along with her companions Claude (or Claudian), Justus, Jucundian, and five other martyrs, suffered under Aurelian at Troyes in Champagne; they are commemorated on July 21.

1732–1794 · Modern

Julien-François Morin de la Girardière (born December 14, 1735, in Saint-Fraimbault-de-Prières near Mayenne; died January 21, 1794, in Laval, Mayenne department) was a French priest who was sentenced to death and guillotined during the French Revolution.

300 · Early Church

Julius of Caerleon was an English martyr. He was murdered in 303 or 304 in Quadra Legionum (modern-day Caerleon) alongside Aaron of Caerleon during the Diocletianic Persecution. The source for his martyrdom is De Excidio et Conquestu Britanniae by Gildas.

1871–1936 · Contemporary · Order of Augustinian Recollects

Julian Moreno, O.A.R., born Julian Benigno Moreno (March 16, 1871, in La Rioja – July 25, 1936, in Motril), was a blessed of the Catholic Church, a religious priest of the Order of Augustinian Recollects, a publicist, and a martyr.

1904–1936 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor

Julián Navío Colado (born August 12, 1904, in Mazarete, died August 16, 1936, in Fuente el Fresno) was a Spanish Franciscan, priest, historian, Christian martyr, and blessed of the Roman Catholic Church.

1878–1936 · Contemporary

Julián Rivas Rojano (Baena, Córdoba, February 16, 1878 – Cabeza del Buey, Badajoz, August 13, 1936) was a Spanish priest. He was baptized the day after his birth by his parents, José María Rivas Cordero and María del Carmen Rojano Bujalance.

1887–1936 · Contemporary · Order of St. Augustine

Eusebio Julián Zarco-Bacas y Cuevas (Cuenca, July 27, 1887 – Paracuellos de Jarama, November 30, 1936) was a Spanish Augustinian friar and historian, librarian of El Escorial, and member of the Royal Academy of History.

1553–1606 · Reformation · Conventual Franciscans

Julian of Saint Augustine, born Julián Martinet Gutiérrez (c. 1550 – April 8, 1606), was a Spanish Franciscan friar of the Order of Friars Minor Observant, beatified by Pope Leo XII in 1825.

1838–1866 · Modern

Saint Just de Bretenières, born Just Ranfer de Bretenières in Chalon-sur-Saône, Saône-et-Loire, on February 28, 1838, and beheaded in Saenamteo near Seoul on March 8, 1866, was a French missionary priest.

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Justus (in Latin Justus or Iustus) was an early medieval religious figure who served as Bishop of Clermont in the 7th century. He is recognized as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church.

1897–1936 · Contemporary

Justa of the Immaculate Conception Maiza Goicoechea (born July 13, 1897, in Azpeitia; died November 24, 1936, in Paterna) was a Spanish Carmelite Sister of Charity, martyr, and blessed of the Catholic Church.

550 · Medieval

Justinian was the first bishop of Valencia of whom there is historical record, living during the time of Theudis, King of the Visigoths. He was abbot of the monastery that stood around the tomb of Saint Vincent the Martyr.

1910–1936 · Contemporary · Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate

Justo Gil Pardo, born on October 18, 1910, in Lúquin, Navarre, and died on November 28, 1936, in Paracuellos de Jarama, was a deacon and member of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate who was martyred at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War.

1915–1936 · Contemporary

Justo González Lorente, O.M.I. (October 14, 1915, in Villaverde de Arcayos – July 24, 1936, in Pozuelo, Madrid) was a Spanish Oblate of the Immaculate Mary. He began attending the Oblate minor seminary in 1927 and took his first vows on August 15, 1933.

1878–1937 · Contemporary

Juvenaly, born Yevgeny Alexandrovich Maslovsky (January 15, 1878, in Livny – died the night of October 24–25, 1937), was a Russian Orthodox bishop who was venerated as a new martyr from 2000 to 2013.

850–856 · Medieval

Jeroen of Noordwijk (died 856) was a 9th-century Scottish monk and priest who came to evangelize the Low Countries. He died a martyr at the hands of the Vikings. In Dutch, his name is written Jeroen and pronounced Yeroon. His feast day is August 17.

1683–1758 · Modern · Carmelites

Jérôme Nunzio Matteo Terzo (1683–1758), in religion Jérôme of Jesus Mary Joseph, was an Italian hermit born in Noto, Sicily. After overseeing the hermitage of Santa Maria Scala del Paradiso (Our Lady of the Ladder to Paradise), he entered the Order of Carmel at the convent he had…

1887–1936 · Contemporary

José Boher y Foix (born November 2, 1887, in Sant Salvador de Toló, died August 13, 1936, in Salàs de Pallars) was a Spanish priest of the Diocese of Urgell, a Christian martyr, and a blessed of the Roman Catholic Church, one of the six companions of Josep Tàpies i Sirvant.

1910–1941 · Contemporary · Pallottines

Joseph Jankowski, SAC, born on November 17, 1910, in Czyczkowy, Kashubia, and died on October 16, 1941, in Auschwitz, was a Polish Catholic priest of the Society of the Catholic Apostolate (Pallottines), beatified by John Paul II on June 13, 1999, in Warsaw.