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747 · Medieval · Benedictines

Widrad was a Benedictine monk and lay abbot in Francia. He died in 747 and is recognized as a saint.

1225–1289 · Medieval

Blessed Wilburgis was born in 1225 in Linz and died in 1289 at St. Florian Monastery. She is recognized as a blessed.

1564–1588 · Reformation · Premonstratensians

Wilhelm Eiselin was a German Catholic priest, canon, and member of the Premonstratensian order. Born in Mindelheim in 1564, he died in Rot an der Rot in 1588. He is recognized as a blessed within the Catholic Church.

1859–1926 · Contemporary · Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer

Wilhelm Raphael Janauschek was an Austrian Catholic priest and a member of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer. Born in Vienna in 1859, he died in the same city in 1926. He is recognized as Venerable by the Catholic Church.

1605 · Reformation

William Brown was born in Northamptonshire and was a citizen of England. He died in Ripon in 1605 and is recognized as a blessed.

1884–1940 · Contemporary

Władysław Demski was born in 1884 in Straszewo, Pomeranian Voivodeship, and served as a Catholic priest, vicar, and presbyter. A citizen of Poland, he died in 1940 at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp. He is recognized as a saint by the Catholic Church.

1910–1942 · Contemporary

Władysław Maćkowiak was a Polish Catholic presbyter born in 1910 in Sytki. He died in 1942 in Hlybokaye and is recognized as a saint by the Catholic Church.

1938–1944 · Contemporary

Władysław Ulma was born in 1938 in Markowa, Poland, to parents Józef and Wiktoria Ulma. A member of the Latin Church, he died in 1944 in Markowa from a gunshot wound. He has been beatified as a blessed.

1880–1940 · Contemporary

Władysław Wójcik was a Polish Catholic presbyter, vicar, and parson born in 1880 in Golcowa. He died in 1940 at Auschwitz and is currently recognized as a Servant of God.

1886–1940 · Contemporary

Włodzimierz Laskowski was a Polish Catholic presbyter and vicar born in 1886 in Rogoźno. He died in 1940 at the Mauthausen concentration camp. He is recognized as a saint by the Catholic Church.

1885–1938 · Contemporary

Włodzimierz Pasternacki was born in 1885 in Dudzičy and served as a parson in the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic. He died in 1938 in Smolensk and is recognized as a hieromartyr.

1914–1936 · Contemporary · Salesians of Don Bosco

Xavier Bordas i Piferrer was a Spanish Catholic religious figure and a member of the Salesians of Don Bosco, born in 1914 in Sant Pol de Mar to Marià Bordas i Flaquer. He died in 1936 in Barcelona from a gunshot wound and has been beatified by the Catholic Church.

1913–1936 · Contemporary · Salesians of Don Bosco

Zacarías Abadía Buesa was a Spanish member of the Salesians of Don Bosco born in 1913 in Almuniente. He died in 1936 in Barcelona and has been beatified as a blessed.

400 · Early Church

Zama was a Catholic priest who served as a bishop. He died in 400 and is venerated as a Catholic saint. His remains are buried in the Cripta di San Zama at the Bologna Cathedral.

1300–1400 · Medieval

Venerable Zechariah the Faster was an Eastern Orthodox monk born in 1300 and died in 1400. He is buried at the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra.

304 · Early Church

Saint Zenon of Philadelphia was a Roman soldier who died in 304. He died in Amman.

1843–1900 · Contemporary

Zhang Huailu was born in Hebei in 1843 and died in the same province in 1900. He is recognized as a Catholic saint and blessed.

1896–1985 · Contemporary

Zinobi was an Eastern Orthodox priest and metropolitan who was born in Hlukhiv in 1896 and died in Tbilisi in 1985. A citizen of the Russian Empire, Ukraine, and the Soviet Union, he served as a religious leader and prelate. He is buried at the Alexander Nevsky Church in Tbilisi.

1501–1572 · Reformation

Zinoviy Otenskiy was an Eastern Orthodox monk and theologian born in 1501 in the Tsardom of Russia and the Grand Principality of Moscow. He died in 1568 and is recognized as a saint.

200–127 · Early Church

Saint Zoe of Attalia was born in 100 and died in 127. She was the spouse of Exuperius.

662 · Medieval

Zosimus was born in Syracuse and served as the Roman Catholic Bishop of Siracusa. He died in Syracuse in 662 and is recognized as a saint.

303 · Early Church

Saint Zoticus of Nicomedia died in 303. He died in Nicomedia.

1902–1943 · Contemporary

Zygmunt Pisarski was a Polish Catholic priest born in 1902 in Krasnystaw. He died in 1943 in Gdeszyn as a murder victim and is recognized as a Catholic saint.

1897–1940 · Contemporary

Zygmunt Sajna was a Catholic priest born in 1897 in Żurawlówka and a citizen of the Second Polish Republic. He died in 1940 in Palmiry and is buried at the Palmiry Cemetery. He is recognized as a saint by the Catholic Church.

1444–1504 · Reformation · Franciscans

Blessed Timoteo da Monticchio was a Catholic presbyter and member of the Franciscan order. Born in 1444 in Monticchio, he died in 1504 in Ocre.

1492 · Medieval

Saint Juan de la Puebla was a donor who died in 1492. He is recognized as a saint.

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Elidie was a shepherd. She is a canonized saint.

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Saint Lucille was born in Rome and was the daughter of Saint Nemesius. She died in Rome and is recognized as a saint.

1491–1549 · Reformation

Nicanor was born in Thessaloniki in 1491 and was a citizen of the Ottoman Empire. He died in 1549 and is recognized as a Venerable saint.

555 · Medieval

Saint Viatre was a Christian hermit who died in 555.

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Saint Cleofás is a figure within Christianity. He is recognized as a saint.

762 · Medieval

Saint von Deventer Marcellinus was a missionary who died in 762. He is recognized as a saint.

1883–1936 · Contemporary

Ángel Francisco Bocos Hernández was a Spanish missionary born in 1883. A member of the Catholic Church, he died in 1936 and has been beatified as a blessed.

1873–1921 · Contemporary · Order of the Immaculate Conception

Ángeles Sorazu was a Spanish religious sister of the Order of the Immaculate Conception and a writer. Born in Zumaia in 1873, she died in Valladolid in 1921. She is recognized as a Servant of God within the Catholic Church.

1758–1794 · Modern

Élie Leymarie de Laroche was a French Catholic priest born in 1758 at the Château de la Roche. He died in 1794 on the île Madame and is recognized as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

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Émilien of Valence was a medieval bishop of Valence. He is recognized as a Catholic saint.

401–502 · Medieval

Saint Éon d'Arles was born in 401 in Chalon-sur-Saône and died in 502 in Arles. He served as a bishop and archbishop.

975 · Medieval

Born in 975 in Agde, Étienne d'Apt served as the Roman Catholic Bishop of Apt. He died in 1046 in Apt and is recognized as a saint.

950–958 · Medieval

Saint Évrard d'Einsiedeln was born in Baden-Württemberg in 950. He died in 958.

1488 · Medieval

Šaiḫ Ḥamza Maḫdūm was a Sufi mystic who died in 1488. He is recognized as a saint.

1913–1945 · Contemporary

Štefan Bastič was a Catholic priest born in 1913 in Horjul, a location within Austria–Hungary. He held citizenship in both Austria–Hungary and the Kingdom of Yugoslavia before his death in 1945 in Jastrebarsko.