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1580–1622 · Reformation · Dominican Order

Joseph of Saint Hyacinth Negro Maroto (born March 11, 1580, in Villarejo de Salvanés, Spain; died September 10, 1622, on Nishizaka Hill in Nagasaki) was a Spanish Dominican, missionary, martyr, and blessed of the Catholic Church.

1916–1944 · Contemporary · Pallottines

Józef Stanek, S.A.C., born on December 6, 1916, in Łapsze Niżne, Lesser Poland, and died on September 23, 1944, in Warsaw, was a Polish Catholic priest of the Society of the Catholic Apostolate, beatified as a martyr by John Paul II on June 13, 1999.

1885–1942 · Contemporary

Józef Straszewski (born January 18, 1885, in Włocławek, died August 12, 1942, in Hartheim) was a Polish Catholic priest and a blessed of the Catholic Church. He was the first pastor of St. Stanislaus Parish in Włocławek (starting March 15, 1922) and the builder of its church.

1765–1840 · Modern · Dominican Order

Joseph Đỗ Quang Hiển, O.P. (Vietnamese: Giuse Đỗ Quang Hiển; born c. 1765 in Quần Anh Hạ, Nam Định Province, Vietnam – died May 9, 1840, in Nam Định, Vietnam) was a Dominican friar, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church.

1896–1943 · Contemporary

Józefa Chrobot, CSFN, Sister Maria Kanuta of the Lord Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane (born May 22, 1896, in Raczyn; died August 1, 1943, near Nowogródek), was a Polish religious sister of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth and a blessed of the Catho…

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Camilla of Carcassonne (also known as Camela, French: Camille à Carcassonne or Camelle de Carcassonne, and Camilla of Toulouse; died in the 13th century) was a French saint of the Catholic Church and a Cistercian nun, venerated locally in the village of Sainte-Camelle in Languedo…

1884–1950 · Contemporary · Benedictines

Kanut Graf des Enffans d’Avernas, OSB (born March 11, 1884, in Schirmdorf, Slovenia; died November 6, 1950, in Manp’o, North Korea), was an Austrian Roman Catholic priest, religious, missionary, and martyr.

1884–1966 · Contemporary

Sebastian, born Stepan Vasilyevich Fomin (October 28, 1884, in Kosmodemyanskoye, Oryol Governorate – April 19, 1966), was a Russian Orthodox clergyman and a member of the Synaxis of New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia.

1911–1954 · Contemporary · Franciscans

Karl Serreqi, OFM (born February 2, 1911, in Shkodër; died April 5, 1954, in Burrel Prison), was a Franciscan priest who, in atheist Albania under the Enver Hoxha regime, upheld the seal of the confessional while under torture.

1884–1942 · Contemporary

Kazimierz Witold Gostyński (born April 8, 1884, in Warsaw, died May 6, 1942, in Dachau concentration camp) was a Polish Catholic priest, educator, scout leader, founder of the Union of Lublin High School No. 3 and the Jan Hetman Zamoyski High School No.

1886–1941 · Contemporary

Kazimierz Lach (born February 27, 1886, in Strzelczyska, died April 5, 1941, in Dachau concentration camp) was a Polish Catholic priest, a diocesan priest of the Diocese of Przemyśl, a victim of German terror during World War II, a Servant of God, and a martyr.

656 · Medieval

Mochoemoc (died c. 656) was a holy abbot of Leamokevoge. His feast day is March 13. Saint Mochoemoc, also known as Kennoch, Mo-Chaomhog, Pulcherius, or Vulcanius, was born in Munster, Ireland. He was raised by his aunt, Saint Ita (feast day January 15).

1813–1882 · Modern

George IV Kerestedjian (Armenian: Գևորգ Դ Քերեստեճյան), also known as George IV of Constantinople or Gevork IV Kostandnupolsec‘i (born 1813, died in Etchmiadzin on December 6, 1882), was the Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople from 1856 to 1860, and subsequently Catholicos of th…

1219–1238 · Medieval

Christina of Vladimir (c. 1219–1238) was a pious princess of Vladimir, the wife of Prince Vladimir Yuryevich and daughter-in-law of Grand Prince Yuri II Vsevolodovich of Vladimir.

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Kilian of Aubigny-en-Artois, known in French as Saint Kilien, was an anchorite monk of Irish origin who settled in Northern France and died on November 13, 669 (or 680, according to some sources) in Aubigny-en-Artois.

1262 · Medieval

Bishop Cyril (died May 21, 1262) was the Bishop of Rostov and Yaroslavl from 1230 to 1262. He served as the abbot of the Nativity of the Theotokos Monastery in Vladimir. He governed the diocese from April 6, 1230 (or 1231), until nearly the day of his death.

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Kirill of Velsk (also known as Vazhesky or Vazhsky) is an Orthodox saint whose incorrupt relics were discovered near the Velsk churchyard (now the town of Velsk, Arkhangelsk Oblast).

1080–1132 · Medieval · Benedictines

Conrad I of Raitenbuch (also known as Kuno of Regensburg), born around 1070 and died on May 19, 1132, in Regensburg, was a German prelate who served as abbot of Siegburg and the twentieth bishop of Regensburg from 1126 to 1132. He is venerated in Bavaria as a blessed.

1864–1937 · Contemporary

Konstantin, secular name Konstantin Grigoryevich Dyakov (born May 9/21, 1871 or 1875 in the Chernigov Governorate, died November 10, 1937, in Kyiv) was a bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church and a new martyr.

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Konstantin Fyodorovich Ulemets was a saint and Prince of Yaroslavl, the son of Fyodor Rostislavich and Princess Anna. His nickname means "learned" or "sage." It is unclear from the chronicles whether he reigned alongside his brother David. He devoted himself to the sciences.

1896–1918 · Contemporary

Konstantin of Merkushino (Konstantin Stefanovich Bogoyavlensky) (May 18, 1896 – July 14 [27], 1918) was a priest of the Russian Orthodox Church who was executed by firing squad in Merkushino in 1918 and canonized as a hieromartyr in 2002.

1886–1944 · Contemporary · Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul

Kornelija Horvat (Koprivnica, December 22, 1886 – Hvar, January 3, 1944) was a Croatian Catholic nun, a Sister of Charity, and a victim of the Yugoslav communist regime.

1841 · Modern

Cornelius of Krypets (secular name Luka Polyakov; 1841 – December 28, 1902 [January 10, 1903]) was a monk of the Russian Orthodox Church and a resident of the Krypets Monastery, where he spent his entire conscious life.

1492 · Medieval

Cosmas of Yakhroma (Church Slavonic: Venerable Cosmas of Yakhroma) is a saint of the Orthodox Church. He lived in the 15th century. He took monastic vows at the Kiev Pechersk Lavra, where he resided for some time.

1876–1938 · Contemporary

Nikolai Konstantinovich Krasovsky (May 7, 1876, Vladimir Governorate — January 31, 1938, Butovo firing range, Moscow Oblast) was a priest and a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church, canonized as a hieromartyr in 2001 for veneration by the entire church.

1859–1937 · Contemporary

Kronid, born Konstantin Petrovich Lyubimov (1 May/13 May 1859 in Levkiyevo – 10 December 1937 at the Butovo firing range), was a Russian Orthodox monk, archimandrite, and the last superior of the Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius before its closure by the Bolshevik authorities.

1500–1600 · Reformation

Lakshmipriya was a Gaudiya Vaishnava saint who lived in Bengal during the late 15th and early 16th centuries. She was the first wife of the Vaishnava saint and religious reformer Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, who is revered in the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition as the combined avatar of Kri…

667 · Medieval

Landoaldus, also Landoald of Ghent (died c. 668), is a Roman Catholic saint belonging to the so-called saints of Wintershoven. Landoaldus was a priest in Rome of Lombard descent.

1871–1900 · Contemporary

Saint Lang Yang (Chinese: 郎楊) (born 1871 in Lu, Hebei, China; died July 16, 1900, in Lujiapo, Hebei) was a saint of the Catholic Church and a martyr. Lang Yang was born in the village of Lu in Hebei province. She had one son, Paul Lang Fu.

550 · Medieval

Laudomar (born c. 530, died c. 590 in Chartres) was a saint of the Catholic Church and the founder of the monastery in Corbion (Abbaye de Corbie). According to his biography, written in the 9th century, he was born in the Diocese of Chartres, where he served as a priest.

1873–1951 · Contemporary

Laura Meozzi (born January 5, 1873, in Florence, died August 30, 1951, in Pogrzebień) was an Italian nun, the first provincial superior of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians (Salesian Sisters) in Poland, and a Venerable Servant of God of the Catholic Church.

1802–1856 · Modern

Saint Lawrence Nguyễn Văn Hưởng (born c. 1802 in Kẻ Sài, Vietnam; died February 13, 1856, in Ninh Bình, Vietnam) was a priest, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church.

1243 · Medieval · Benedictines

Laurentius Loricatus (died 1243) was a soldier who later became a Benedictine. The nickname Loricatus (armored) is derived from the penitential shirt made of chains that Laurentius wore.

1515 · Reformation

Lawrence of Kaluga (died August 10, 1515) was a fool for Christ and a locally venerated saint of the Russian Orthodox Church. Tradition attributes the protection of Kaluga from a Crimean Tatar attack in 1512 to his intercession. The St.

480–546 · Medieval

Laureanus is a saint beatified in La Rioja, Spain, of Castilian origin, dating from the year of Our Lord 522. He died after suffering martyrdom at the hands of Totila, King of the Ostrogoths and a follower of Arianism, in Vatan.

201–312 · Early Church

Laverius, often called Laviero or Laviere by metathesis (Teggiano, Acerenza, or Ripacandida, 3rd century – Grumentum, November 17, 312), was a Roman soldier who was martyred for his Christian faith and is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church.

1450 · Medieval · Carmelites

Lawrence Cook, born at an unknown date and place and died on August 4, 1540, at Tyburn, was an English Carmelite friar and Catholic martyr, executed for refusing to recognize King Henry VIII as the supreme head of the Church of England.

1799–1839 · Modern

Lawrence Han I-hyŏng (Korean: 한이형 라우렌시오; born 1798 or 1799; died September 20, 1846) was a Korean saint of the Catholic Church, a catechist, and a martyr. He was raised in a very religious family.

1840–1862 · Modern

Saint Lawrence Ngôn (Vietnamese: Laurensô Ngôn) (born c. 1840 in Lục Thuỷ, Nam Định Province, Vietnam – died May 22, 1862, in Nam Định, Vietnam) was a martyr and a saint of the Catholic Church.

1750–1799 · Modern

Lawrence Pak Chwi-deuk (Korean: 박취득 라우렌시오; born c. 1766 in Myeoncheon, in the then-province of Chungcheong, Korea; died April 3, 1799, in Hongju, Chungcheong Province) was a Korean martyr and a blessed of the Catholic Church.

1868–1950 · Contemporary

Lawrence (Russian: Лавре́нтий, Lavrentiy; born Luka Evseevich Proskura; 1868, Karilskoie village, Krolevetsky District, Chernigov Governorate, Russian Empire – January 19, 1950, Chernigov, USSR) was a Russian clergyman and archimandrite of the Russian Orthodox Church.

1597 · Reformation

Leo Karasumaru, also known as Carasumaro, Carasumo, or Carasuma (Japanese: レオ烏丸, Reo Karasuma; c. 1559 – Nagasaki, February 5, 1597), was a Japanese catechist. He was crucified in Nagasaki alongside twenty-five other Catholics, both laypeople and religious.

900 · Medieval

Leo of Rouen (died 900) was a hieromartyr. His feast day is March 1. According to church tradition, Saint Leo was the bishop of Rouen during the Saracen invasions. He was beheaded by them near Bayonne, of which he is still venerated as the patron saint today.

541 · Medieval

Leo (died Sens, before 549) was a Frankish bishop of Sens in the first half of the 6th century, venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church. According to the oldest episcopal catalogues, Leo was the 16th bishop of the Archdiocese of Sens.

1906–1943 · Contemporary · Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth

Leokadia Matuszewska (Maria Heliodora Matuszewska; born February 8, 1906, in Stara Huta, died August 1, 1943, near Nowogródek) was a Polish religious sister of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth and a blessed of the Catholic Church.

1859–1936 · Contemporary · Order of Augustinian Recollects

León Inchausti, O.A.R. (born June 27, 1859, in Ajánguiz, Biscay; died July 25, 1936, in Motril) was a blessed of the Catholic Church and a priest of the Order of Augustinian Recollects. He entered the Augustinian order in 1878.

1883–1929 · Contemporary

Leonardo Pérez Larios (Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco, November 28, 1889 – April 25, 1927, León, Mexico) was a layman beatified by Benedict XVI in the city of Guadalajara. He was martyred alongside the Claretian priests Andrés Solá y Molist and José Trinidad Rangel.

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Leontius (died before 574) was Bishop of Bordeaux in the mid-6th century and is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church. The few historical details regarding the life of Saint Leontius are known thanks to the Historia Francorum of Gregory of Tours and the Carmina of Venantiu…

1875–1936 · Contemporary · Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Leonzio Pérez Ramos, C.M.F. (Muro de Aguas, September 12, 1875 – 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.

362 · Early Church

Saint Libaire, or more rarely Lievière, is a cephalophoric martyr saint from Lorraine. She was martyred at the second milestone near Apollogranum or Grandesina in the 4th century. A Saint-Libaire chapel, located outside the cemetery gate of Grand, marks the site today.