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1574–1636 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Diego Yuki Ryosetsu was a Japanese missionary and member of the Society of Jesus who was born in Awa Province in 1574. He died in Ōsaka in 1636 and is recognized as a blessed within the Catholic Church.

1200–1208 · Medieval · Cistercians

Diego de Acebo (also known as Diaz de Osma, Alphonsus Didacus, Didacus Acebes) was bishop of Osma (Castile, Spain) from 1201 to 1207. Diego de Acebo was prior of the cathedral chapter of the Catedral de Santa María de la Asunción in El Burgo de Osma, where Dominic of Osma became…

1897–1929 · Contemporary

Dina Bélanger, RJM (30 April 1897 – 4 September 1929), also known as Marie of Saint Cecilia of Rome, was a Canadian member of the Religieuses de Jésus-Marie. Bélanger was a noted musician.

1578–1624 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Diogo de Carvalho, SJ (1578 – 22 February 1624) was a Portuguese Jesuit missionary martyred in Edo period Japan. Carvalho was born in Coimbra, Portugal, in 1578.

1868–1936 · Contemporary · Piarists

Dionisio Pamplona Polo, also known as Dionisio of Saint Barnabas (Calamocha, October 11, 1868 – Monzón, July 25, 1936), was a Spanish Piarist priest who was murdered during the Spanish Civil War in 1936. Considered a martyr, he is venerated as a blessed in the Catholic Church.

1871–1936 · Contemporary · Conventual Franciscans

Dionisio Vicente Ramos was a Spanish Franciscan friar who was born on October 9, 1871, in Teruel, Spain. During the Spanish Civil War, he was killed in 1936 in Granollers, along with friars Alfonso Lopez, Modesto Vegas, Pedro Rivera, Francisco Remón, and Miguel Remón.

250–306 · Early Church

Dionysius of Augsburg (died c. 306), whose life dates and biography are almost entirely unknown, is a saint and martyr of the Roman Catholic Church who is said to have been the first bishop of Augsburg. All accounts are based on traditions and historical fragments.

600–658 · Medieval

Diuma (or Dwyna or Duma) was the first Bishop of Mercia in the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Mercia, during the Early Middle Ages. All that is known of Diuma's life is contained in a short account in Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People.

500 · Medieval

Dogfan, also known as Doewan, was a saint and martyr who lived in 5th century Wales. He is venerated in the Anglican Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, True Orthodox Church, and Roman Catholic Church, on 13 July. He is the patron saint of Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant in Wales.

1770–1828 · Modern

Domenico Lentini (20 November 1770 – 25 February 1828) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest. He was ordained in 1794 and was a life-long parish priest in his hometown of Potenza where he promoted Eucharistic devotion and worked alongside the poor of the area.

1802–1854 · Modern · Franciscans

Domenico Mazzarella (5 September 1802 – 4 July 1854) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest. He was also a professed member of the Franciscan Friars Minor of the Alcantarines and assumed the name of "Modestino of Jesus and Mary".

1450–1521 · Reformation · Dominican Order

Domenico Spadafora (1450 – 21 December 1521) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Order of Preachers. Spadafora was a noted evangelist and attracted countless to the Dominican fold while also converting the hearts of others who led dissolute lives.

1775–1839 · Modern · Dominican Order

Dominic Tuoc (Vietnamese: Đa Minh Tước) (Trung Lao, 1775 – Nam Dinh, April 2, 1839) was a Vietnamese priest. Beatified in 1900, he was proclaimed a saint by Pope John Paul II in 1988.

363 · Early Church

Saint Dometius (Domitius) the Persian (died 363) is venerated as a Christian martyr and saint. According to tradition, he was martyred by lapidation during the reign of Julian the Apostate with two companions. He was killed at Nisibis in Mesopotamia.

1900–1936 · Contemporary · Franciscans

Domingo Alonso de Frutos (born May 12, 1900, in Navares de Ayuso; died August 16, 1936, in Fuente el Fresno) was a Spanish Franciscan, priest, theologian, Christian martyr, and blessed of the Roman Catholic Church.

1883–1936 · Contemporary · Benedictines

Domingo Caballé Bru was a Spanish Catholic priest and member of the Benedictine order who was born in 1883 in Vilalba dels Arcs. He died in 1936 in Barbastro from a gunshot wound. He is recognized as a blessed within the Catholic Church.

1589–1633 · Reformation · Dominican Order

Domingo Ibáñez de Erquicia (c. 1589 – August 14, 1633) was a Spanish Dominican priest and missionary. After teaching at the Colegio de Santo Tomas in Manila, he went to Japan in 1623, where he ministered incognito to the Catholic community for about ten years.

1872–1936 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Blessed Domingo de Guzmán María de Alboraya was a Spanish Latin Catholic priest, writer, composer, and music educator born in 1872 in Alboraia. A member of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, he died in Madrid in 1936.

1901–1927 · Contemporary · Trinitarian Order

Domingo Iturrate Zubero (11 May 1901 – 7 April 1927), also known by his religious name Domingo of the Blessed Sacrament, was a Spanish Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Trinitarian Order.

1792–1849 · Modern · Passionists

Dominic Barberi, C.P. (22 June 1792 – 27 August 1849) was an Italian theologian and Passionist priest who was prominent in spreading Catholicism in England. He contributed to the conversion of John Henry Newman. In 1963, he was beatified by Pope Paul VI.

1801–1839 · Modern · Third Order of Saint Dominic

Saint Dominic Bùi Văn Úy (born 1801 or 1812 in Tiên Môn, Thái Bình province, Vietnam; died December 19, 1839, in Cổ Mễ, Bắc Ninh province, Vietnam) was a catechist, a Dominican tertiary, a martyr, and a saint of the Catholic Church.

1566–1602 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Dominic Collins, SJ (Irish: Doiminic Ó Coileáin; 1566 – 31 October 1602) was an Irish Jesuit lay brother, an ex-soldier, who died for his Catholic faith. He was beatified by Pope John Paul II, along with 16 other Irish Catholic Martyrs, on 27 September 1993.

1817–1862 · Modern

Saint Dominic Huyện (Vietnamese: Đaminh Huyện) (born c. 1817 in Đông Thành, Thái Bình province, Vietnam; died June 5, 1862, in Nam Định) was a martyr and a saint of the Catholic Church. Dominic Huyện was born in Đông Thành, Thái Bình province.

995–1060 · Medieval · Benedictines

Dominic Loricatus, O.S.B. Cam. (Italian: San Domenico Loricato; 995 - 1060), was an Italian monk, born in the village of Luceolis near Cantiano (then in Umbria, now in the Marche).

1802–1862 · Modern

Saint Dominic Nguyên (Vietnamese: Đaminh Nguyên) (born c. 1802 in Ngọc Cục, Nam Định Province, Vietnam – died June 16, 1862, in Làng Cốc, Nam Định Province, Vietnam) was a martyr and a saint of the Catholic Church. Little is known about the life of Dominic Nguyên.

1818–1862 · Modern

Saint Dominic Nguyễn Đức Mạo (born c. 1818 in Ngọc Cục, Nam Định Province, Vietnam – died June 16, 1862, in Làng Cốc, Nam Định Province, Vietnam) was a Catholic saint and martyr.

1812–1862 · Modern

Vietnamese Martyrs (Vietnamese: Các Thánh Tử đạo Việt Nam), also known as the Martyrs of Tonkin and Cochinchina, collectively Martyrs of Annam or formerly Martyrs of Indochina, are saints of the Catholic Church who died between 1745 and 1862, and were canonized by Pope John Paul…

1780–1859 · Modern · Third Order of Saint Dominic

Saint Dominic Phạm Trọng Khảm (born c. 1780 in Quần Cống, Nam Định Province, Vietnam – died January 13, 1859, in Nam Định, Vietnam) was a Dominican tertiary, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church. Dominic Phạm Trọng Khảm was born into a wealthy family.

1842–1857 · Modern · Salesians of Don Bosco

Dominic Savio (Italian: Domenico Savio; 2 April 1842 – 9 March 1857) was a 19th-century Italian teenager who was a student of John Bosco and became a Catholic saint. He was studying to be a priest when he became ill and died at the age of 14, possibly from pleurisy.

1811–1862 · Modern

Dominique Toaï (1812–1862), born in a small village in Tonkin, was a Christian fisherman who was put to death for his Catholic faith. Considered a martyr by the Catholic Church, he was canonized on June 19, 1988, by Pope John Paul II.

1792–1840 · Modern · Dominican Order

Saint Dominic Trạch (Đoài) (born c. 1792 in Ngoại Vối, Nam Định Province, Vietnam – died September 18, 1840, in Bảy Mẫu, Vietnam) was a Dominican friar, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church. Dominic Trạch was born in 1792 or 1793 in Ngoại Vối, Nam Định Province.

1019–1109 · Medieval

Dominic de la Calzada (or Dominic of the Causeway) (Spanish: Santo Domingo de la Calzada) (1019 – 12 May 1109) was a saint from a cottage in Burgos very close to La Rioja. Born Domingo García in Viloria de Rioja, he was the son of a peasant named Ximeno García.

1384–1461 · Medieval · Carthusian Order

Dominic of Prussia (German: Dominikus von Preußen; Latin: Dominicus Prutenus; 1382–1461) was a Carthusian monk and ascetical writer. He is credited with a popular early form of the Rosary which focused on meditation. Born in Danzig (contemporarily Gdańsk), Prussia.

951–1031 · Medieval · Benedictines

Saint Dominic, abbot, also known as Saint Dominic of Foligno or Saint Dominic of Sora, in Latin Dominicus de Sora and Dominicus Confessoris (Foligno, 951 – Sora, January 22, 1031), was an Italian abbot and reformer of monastic life who lived during the 10th and 11th centuries.

1803–1839 · Modern

Saint Dominic Đinh Đạt (Vietnamese: Đaminh Đinh Đạt) (born c. 1803 in Phú Nhai, Nam Định Province, Vietnam – died July 18, 1839, in Nam Định, Vietnam) was a Catholic saint and martyr. Dominic Đinh Đạt was born in Phú Nhai around 1803 to Christian parents.

1835–1862 · Modern

Saint Dominic Ninh (Vietnamese: Đaminh Ninh) (born c. 1835 or 1841 in Trung Linh, Nam Định Province, Vietnam – died June 2, 1862, in An Triêm, Nam Định Province, Vietnam) was a martyr and a saint of the Catholic Church. Dominic Ninh was born in Trung Linh in Nam Định Province.

600–545 · Medieval

Domenico of Arras was a Pre-congregational saint and Bishop of Arras, France from 540AD to about 545AD. His feast day is 6th Feb.

1592–1628 · Reformation · Dominican Order

Dominic Castellet Vinale (born Francis Castellet Vinale; October 17, 1592, in Esparreguera, Catalonia; died September 8, 1628, on Nishizaka Hill, Nagasaki) was a Catholic blessed, Dominican friar, missionary, and martyr.

1794–1858 · Modern · Dominican Order

Dominik Hà Trọng Mậu was a Catholic priest and member of the Dominican Order born in 1794. He died by decapitation in Hưng Yên in 1858. He is recognized as a Catholic saint.

1886–1942 · Contemporary

Dominik Jędrzejewski (4 August 1886 – 29 August 1942) was a Polish Roman Catholic priest killed at the Dachau concentration camp during World War II. He was beatified in Warsaw on 13 June 1999. Jędrzejewski was born in Kowal, Poland, and was the youngest of six children.

1772–1838 · Modern · Dominican Order

Dominic Nguyen Van Hanh (Vietnamese: Đaminh Nguyễn Văn Hạnh; Nghệ An, 1772 – Ba Tòa, August 1, 1838) was a Vietnamese Dominican priest. He is venerated as a martyr and saint by the Catholic Church. He desired to be a priest at an early age.

1786–1839 · Modern · Dominican Order

Saint Dominic Nguyễn Văn Xuyên (born c. 1786 in Hương Hiệp, Nam Định Province, Vietnam; died November 26, 1839, in Bảy Mẫu, Vietnam) was a Dominican friar, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church. Dominic Nguyễn Văn Xuyên was born to wealthy farmers.

1886–1959 · Contemporary · Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer

Dominik Trčka (6 July 1886 – 23 March 1959), also known by his religious name Metod, was a Czech priest of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (Redemptorists).

1559–1630 · Reformation · Order of the Brothers Discalced of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel

Dominic of Jesus and Mary (1559–1630) was a Spanish Discalced Carmelite and high-ranking official of the order who participated in certain episodes of the Thirty Years' War, as well as the founding of the Discalced Carmelite convent in Ghent.

600–560 · Medieval

Domitian of Huy (Latin: Domitianus; also, of Maestricht) was a Gaulish bishop of the sixth century who is noted for both his generosity and writings against heresy. He is venerated as a saint. Domitian was chosen bishop of Tongeren, but later moved his see to Maastricht.

564–602 · Medieval

Domitian (Latin: Domitianus, Greek: Δομιτιανός; c. 550 – 602) was the nephew of the Roman emperor Maurice and the archbishop of Melitene in Roman Armenia from around 580 until his death.

201–304 · Early Church

Saint Domninus of Fidenza (Italian: San Donnino di Fidenza) is an Italian Catholic saint. According to tradition, he died in 304 AD and was a native of Parma. The cathedral in Fidenza (a town once called Borgo San Donnino) is dedicated to him.

594–660 · Medieval

Donatus (d. after 658) was a bishop of Besançon, founder of the monastery Palatium (later Saint-Paul) in Besançon and author of a rule for nuns. He is venerated as a saint since the 11th century; his feast day is August 7.

400–390 · Early Church

Donatien of Reims (also known as Donatien or Donat) was a 4th-century French saint and the 8th Bishop of Reims. He died in AD 389, and in AD 863 the count of Flanders Baldwin I transferred his relics to the Church Saint-Agricol de Reims at Bruges, where his cult is still active.…

350–362 · Early Church

Saint Donatus of Arezzo (Italian: San Donato di Arezzo) is the patron saint of Arezzo, and considered a bishop of the city. A Passio of Donatus' life was written by a bishop of Arezzo, Severinus; it is of questionable historicity.