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1043 · Medieval · Benedictines

Amnichad of Fulda (died January 30, 1043) was a Benedictine monk who spent the end of his life as a recluse at Fulda Abbey. He is venerated as a blessed in the Catholic Church. Amnichad was born in Scotland.

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Ammon was a 4th-century saint and hermit. Together with Achillas (Achilleus), he lived and prayed for many years in the Egyptian desert, and for this reason, they were called the Flowers of the Desert by the Greek Church.

1888–1936 · Contemporary

Ana María Aranda Riera (Alicante, January 24, 1888 – Paterna, October 14, 1936) was a Catholic martyr killed during the Spanish Civil War. A single woman who participated in various parish work groups, she was beatified by Pope John Paul II on March 11, 2001.

1555–1624 · Reformation · Order of Discalced Nuns of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel

Ana de Pedruja Rebolledo, who took the name Ana de San Agustín (Valladolid, 1555–Villanueva de la Jara, 1624), was a Spanish Discalced Carmelite nun, mystic, and founder, declared venerable by Pope Pius VI.

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Saint Ananias of Arbela was a 4th-century Christian martyr. He was arrested, tortured, and ultimately killed during the persecution of Christians under the reign of the Persian King of Kings Shapur II. His feast day is celebrated on December 1.

1785–1836 · Modern

Anastasia Șaguna (born 1785, Miskolc, Habsburg Empire – died January 17, 1836, Pest, Habsburg Empire (today: Budapest, Hungary)) was a Romanian Orthodox believer, known as the mother of Saint Andrei Șaguna, Metropolitan of Transylvania.

1914–1936 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor

Anastasio González Rodríguez (born October 11, 1914, in Villaute; died August 16, 1936, in Fuente el Fresno) was a Spanish Franciscan, seminarian, Christian martyr, and blessed of the Roman Catholic Church.

1020–1085 · Medieval

Anastasius of Cluny, O.S.B. (Venice, Italy, 11th century; Pamiers, modern-day France, 1085), was a scholar who joined the monastery of Mont-Saint-Michel (France) and later lived as a hermit on a neighboring island, until Hugh of Cluny visited him and persuaded him to join the Ben…

263–305 · Early Church

Anastasius of Lleida (Lleida, c. 263 – May 11, 305), also known as Anastasius of Badalona, was, according to tradition, a soldier in the Roman legions born in Lleida around the year 263 to a pagan family.

1898–1936 · Contemporary · Passionists

Anatolio García Nozal (Becerril del Carpio, Palencia Province, March 15, 1898 – Manzanares, Ciudad Real Province, October 23, 1936), better known by his religious name Ildefonso de la Cruz, was a Spanish Passionist who was executed by firing squad in 1936 during the religious per…

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Anatoly the Recluse (12th century) was a monk of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra. A saint of the Russian Church, he is venerated as a venerable father, with feast days (according to the Julian calendar) on July 3 and September 28 (Synaxis of the Venerable Fathers of the Kiev Pechersk Nea…

312 · Early Church

Anatolius of Nicaea, Martyr Anatolius (died c. 312), was a Christian martyr and Orthodox saint. He came from Nicomedia and had two brothers, Eustathius and Thespesius. He and his brothers were baptized by Bishop Saint Anthimus.

1824–1894 · Modern

Anatol, secular name Aleksey Moiseyevich Zertsalov (born March 24, 1824, in Bobyli; died December 15, 1893, in Kozelsk), was an Orthodox Christian monk and one of the Optina Elders.

200–177 · Early Church

Andoche was a priest and disciple of Polycarp of Smyrna (modern-day Izmir in Anatolia, formerly Asia Minor, in western Turkey) who came to evangelize Gaul with the deacon Thyrsus, Saint Benignus, and Saint Andeolus.

1812–1862 · Modern

Saint Andrew Tường (Vietnamese: Anrê Tường) (born c. 1812 in Ngọc Cục, Nam Định Province, Vietnam – died June 16, 1862, in Làng Cốc, Nam Định Province, Vietnam) was a catechist, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church. Andrew Tường was born in Ngọc Cục, Nam Định Province.

900 · Medieval

Andrew of Scotland, also known as Andrew of Fiesole (Ireland, ... – 9th century), was a disciple of Saint Donatus, his philosophy teacher, and a pilgrim with him to Rome. From Donatus, who became a bishop, Andrew received the title of archdeacon of Fiesole.

1866–1900 · Contemporary · Ordo Fratrum Minorum de Regularis Observantia

André Bauer (Guebwiller, November 24, 1866 – Taiyuan, July 9, 1900) was an Alsatian Franciscan, a martyr of the Boxer Rebellion, and is recognized as a saint by the Catholic Church. He is one of the 120 Martyrs of China, whose feast day is July 9.

1808–1840 · Modern

Andrew Chŏng Hwa-gyŏng (Korean: 정화경 안드레아; born 1808 in Chungcheong Province, Korea; died January 23, 1840, in Seoul) was a Korean saint of the Catholic Church. He was an assistant to Bishop Laurent Imbert.

1808–1835 · Modern

Saint Andrew Trần Văn Trông (born 1808 or 1814 in Huế, Vietnam; died November 28, 1835, in Hội An, Vietnam) was a martyr and a saint of the Catholic Church. Andrew Trần Văn Trông was born into a Catholic family. From the age of 15, he worked to support his family.

1763 · Modern

Andrew of Simbirsk (Andrey Ilyich Ogorodnikov; 1763–1841, Simbirsk) was an Eastern Orthodox saint, a blessed fool for Christ. He is included in the Synaxis of Simbirsk Saints. His feast days in the Orthodox Church are May 21 (June 3) and December 10.

1884–1937 · Contemporary

Andrey Vladimirovich Voskresensky (October 2, 1884, Moscow — October 31, 1937, Butovo firing range, Moscow Oblast) was a protopresbyter of the Russian Orthodox Church. He was canonized as a hieromartyr by the Russian Orthodox Church in 2000.

1727–1794 · Modern

André Duliou (born July 19, 1727, in Saint-Laurent-des-Mortiers; died January 21, 1794, in Laval) 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.

1895–1927 · Contemporary · Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Andrés Solá y Molist, C.M.F. (Taradell, Spain, October 7, 1895 – April 25, 1927, León, Mexico) was a Roman Catholic priest and a member of the Congregation of Missionaries of the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Claretians).

1438–1465 · Medieval

Andrew of Chios (1438–1465) was a saint of the Catholic Church. At the age of 27, he arrived in Constantinople as a pilgrim. He was offered the opportunity to join the Ottoman army, but he refused. For this, he was sentenced to death by beheading.

1883–1936 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Miguel Francisco González-Díez González-Núñez, known in religion as Andrés of Palazuelo (May 8, 1883, Palazuelo de Torío – July 31, 1936, Madrid), was a Spanish Roman Catholic priest, a friar of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, and a martyr.

1920–1933 · Contemporary

Anfrosina Berardi, born on December 6, 1920, in L'Aquila and died at the age of 12 on March 13, 1933, was a young Italian Catholic renowned for her holiness. She was declared venerable by Pope Francis in April 2021.

1641 · Reformation

Ángela de Carranza, also known as Ángela de Dios (Córdoba del Tucumán, Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata, between 1641 and 1642 – after 1694), was an Augustinian tertiary accused by the Lima Inquisition in 1689.

1270–1324 · Medieval

Angelo of Gualdo Tadino, also known as Angelo of Casale (Casale di Gualdo Tadino, 1270 – Gualdo Tadino, January 15, 1324), was an Italian Christian monk.

1934–1995 · Contemporary · Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of the Apostles

Jeanne Littlejohn, known in religion as Sister Angèle-Marie, was a Maltese nun of the Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Apostles, born on November 22, 1934, in Tunis and killed on September 3, 1995, in Algiers. She taught sewing and language in the Belcourt district of Algiers.

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Anhun was a 6th-century saint. Anhun was the daughter of Gwrthefyr, granddaughter of Vortigern and Sevira, and great-granddaughter of Saint Elen. Her father died in a rebellion against her grandfather. She founded a church with her sister Madryn near Trawsfynydd.

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Anianus of Asti (fl. 5th century) was a Roman bishop who lived in the 5th century and is venerated as a saint by all Christian churches that observe the cult of saints. He is commemorated in the liturgical calendar on November 16.

1861–1937 · Contemporary

Róża Godecka (born Aniela Justyna Godecka-Kostka, coat of arms Dąbrowa; religious name Maria Róża of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary; born September 13, 1861, in Korchevo on the Volga, died October 13, 1937, in Częstochowa) was a Venerable Servant of God in t…

1910–1942 · Contemporary · Secular Order of Discalced Carmelites

Anita Cantieri (March 30, 1910, Lucca, Italy – August 24, 1942, Lucca) was an Italian laywoman and a member of the Third Order of Carmel (taking the name Thérèse of the Child Jesus). Wishing to become a nun, she entered the Carmelite convent in Florence at the age of 20.

1874–1900 · Contemporary

Saint Anna An Jiao (Chinese: 安焦安納) (born 1874 in Anping, Hebei, China – died July 11, 1900, in Liugongying, Hebei) was a saint of the Catholic Church and a martyr. During the Boxer Rebellion in China, Christians were subjected to persecution.

1828–1900 · Contemporary

Saint Anna An Xin (1828, Anping, Hebei, China – July 11, 1900, Liugongying, Hebei) was a saint of the Catholic Church and a martyr. During the Boxer Rebellion in China, Christians were subjected to persecution.

1872–1936 · Contemporary · Sisters of Saint Michael Archangel

Anna Kaworek, born on June 18, 1872, in Biedrzychowice, Poland, and died on December 30, 1936, in Miejsce Piastowe, was a Polish religious sister and co-founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of Saint Michael the Archangel, a teaching and nursing order.

1789–1839 · Modern

Saint Anna Kim Chang-gŭm (1789–July 20, 1839) was a Korean Catholic martyr and saint. Little is known about her life. Born into a Catholic family, she lost her husband in her youth and lived in poverty with her mother, spending her time in prayer.

1892–1943 · Contemporary

Maria Rajmunda of Jesus and Mary, CSFN, born Anna Kokołowicz (Kukołowicz) (August 24, 1892, in Barwaniszki, Vilnius region – 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 Cath…

1888–1940 · Contemporary

Anna Vasilyevna Serova (1888 – early 1940s) was a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church, canonized as a martyr for universal veneration at the Jubilee Bishops' Council of the Russian Orthodox Church in 2000.

1870–1937 · Contemporary

Anna Ivanovna Zertsalova (January 31, 1870, Moscow — November 27, 1937, Butovo firing range) was a spiritual writer and a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church, canonized as a martyr in 2000 for universal church veneration.

1842–1885 · Modern · Daughters of St. Anne

Marianna Orsi, in religion Anna del Salvatore, born on February 22, 1842, in Albareto, Italy, and died on June 7, 1885, in Palermo, Sicily, was an Italian religious sister of the congregation of the Daughters of Saint Anne.

820–880 · Medieval

Anne of Leucate (Ancient Greek: Ἄννα ἡ ἐν τῷ Λευκάτῃ) is a venerable saint who lived in the Byzantine Empire during the 9th century. Her memory is commemorated on July 23 in the Orthodox Church.

1886–1900 · Contemporary

Anna Wang was a young Chinese Christian, born around 1886, who was killed at the age of fourteen on July 22, 1900, in Majiazhuang, near Daining in Hebei province. During the Boxer Rebellion, she refused to renounce her faith and was beheaded.

1056 · Medieval

Of Scandinavian origin, Anne of Novgorod lived in the 11th century. She became the Princess of Novgorod and married Yaroslav the Wise. A few years later, upon the death of her husband, she founded the Saint Irene Monastery in Kyiv, Ukraine. Anne died in 1056.

2002–2010 · Contemporary

Anne-Gabrielle Caron, born in Toulon on January 29, 2002, was a young French Christian who died of cancer at the age of eight on July 23, 2010, in the fifth arrondissement of Marseille. She is renowned for her faith and holiness.

1936–1995 · Contemporary · Sisters of the Poor, Palazzolo Institute

Celeste Maria, in religion Annelvira Ossoli, born on August 26, 1936, and died on May 23, 1995, in Kikwit, Democratic Republic of the Congo, was a religious sister of the Sisters of the Poor of Bergamo, a missionary, and a nurse in Africa.

1881–1939 · Contemporary · Order of St. Augustine

Anselmo Polanco Fontecha (Buenavista de Valdavia, April 16, 1881 – Pont de Molins, February 7, 1939) was a Spanish Catholic bishop. Attacked by rebels after the outbreak of the Civil War, he was taken prisoner by the Republican army in January 1938 following the capture of Teruel…

1915–1988 · Contemporary · Society of Jesus

Ante (Antoine) Gabrić, born on February 28, 1915, in Metković, Croatia, and died on October 20, 1988, in Mariapolli, Bengal, India, was a Croatian Jesuit priest and missionary in Bengal.

1875–1936 · Contemporary · Dominican Order

Antero Mateo García (March 4, 1875, Valdevimbre – August 8, 1936, Sant Andreu de Palomar) was a Spanish Roman Catholic layman, a Dominican tertiary, and a martyr of the Spanish Civil War. The Catholic Church venerates him 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.