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1190–1258 · Medieval · Franciscans

The blessed Angelo Tancredi (died 1258) was a Roman Catholic monastic leader, one of the 12 early companions of Saint Francis of Assisi. He was born in Rieti, where as a young armored knight he putatively met Francis, who putatively told him: Loyally following Francis in his wa…

1669–1739 · Modern · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Luca Antonio Falcone (19 October 1669 – 30 October 1739) – in religious life Angelo – was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Franciscan Order of Friars Minor Capuchin in Cosenza.

1226–1312 · Medieval · Order of St. Augustine

Angelo of Foligno (1226 - 27 August 1312) - born Angelo Conti - was an Italian Catholic priest and a professed friar of the Order of Saint Augustine. Conti was part of the order of John the Good though became a mainstream Augustinian in 1256 after the Grand Union of the order.

1246–1327 · Medieval · Augustinians

Angelo da Furci (1246 - 6 February 1327) was an Italian Catholic priest and a professed member of the Order of Saint Augustine. He was a friend and student of Giles of Rome and served as Prior Provincial of the Abruzzi branch of the congregation.

780–855 · Medieval · Benedictines

Angelomus (died c.895) was a monk from Luxeuil, Franche-Comté, and Biblical commentator. He was influenced by Alcuin. He used the Pseudo-Jerome.

1185–1225 · Medieval · Carmelites

Angelus of Jerusalem, OCarm (Italian: Sant'Angelo; 1185 – 5 May 1220) was a Catholic convert from Judaism and a religious priest of the Carmelites of the Ancient Observance. Angelus and his twin brother became converts to the faith following their mother's conversion.

800–791 · Medieval

Angilram or Angilramn (died October 791) was a Frankish prelate. He served as the bishop of Metz from 768 until 791 and as the royal archchaplain under Charlemagne from 784 until 791.

1377–1438 · Medieval · Carmelites

Angelo Agostini Mazzinghi, O.Carm (1385 – 17 August 1438) was an Italian Catholic priest and Carmelite friar. He was a noted preacher from Florence and was known for his pious devotion to the Carmelite Rule and to the spread of the gospel.

1875–1941 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Anicet Adalbert Kopliński (né Koplin; 30 July 1875 – 16 October 1941) was a Polish Capuchin friar of German descent and priest in Warsaw. He was imprisoned in the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz, where he died.

100–166 · Early Church

Pope Anicetus (Greek: Ανίκητος) was the bishop of Rome from c. 157 to his death in April 168. According to the Annuario Pontificio, the start of his papacy may have been 153. Anicetus actively opposed Gnosticism and Marcionism.

1882–1936 · Contemporary · Dominican Order

Anna Ivanovna Abrikosova TOSD (Russian: Анна Ивановна Абрикосова; 23 January 1882 – 23 July 1936), later known as Mother Catherine of Siena (Russian: Екатери́на Сие́нская, Ekaterína Siénskaya), was a Russian Greek Catholic religious sister and literary translator, who died after…

1928–1944 · Contemporary

Anna Kolesárová (14 July 1928 – 22 November 1944) was a Slovak Roman Catholic virgin and a martyr. Her life was cut short in 1944 when a Soviet soldier killed her after she resisted his rape attempt.

1844–1904 · Contemporary

Anna Maria Rubatto (14 February 1844, Carmagnola – 6 August 1904, Montevideo) was an Italian Roman Catholic nun who assumed the name Maria Francesca of Jesus. She was the founder of the Capuchin Sisters of Mother Rubatto.

1769–1837 · Modern · Trinitarian Order

Anna Maria Taigi (née Giannetti; 29 May 1769 – 9 June 1837) was an Italian Catholic professed member from the Secular Trinitarians. Taigi reportedly experienced a series of ecstasies during her life and heard the voices of God and Jesus Christ on several occasions.

1843–1888 · Modern

Giovanna Francesca Michelotti (29 August 1843 – 1 February 1888), born Anna Michelotti, was an Italian religious sister. Upon her investiture, Michelotti assumed the name Giovanna Francesca.

1782–1839 · Modern

Anna Pak Agi (Korean: 박아기 안나; 1782 – 24 May 1839) is one of 103 Korean Martyrs. Her feast day is May 24, and she is also venerated along with the rest of the 103 Korean martyrs on September 20. Anna Pak A-gi [Agi] was born in 1783 in Gangcheon, Joseon. Her family was Catholic.

1831–1900 · Contemporary

Rosa Maria Benedetta Gattorno Custo (14 October 1831 – 6 May 1900) was an Italian Roman Catholic who was widowed and later became a nun. She was also the founder of the Daughters of Saint Anne and assumed the new name of "Anna Rosa" after she had established her order and made he…

1882–1925 · Contemporary · Franciscans

Anna Schäffer (February 18, 1882 – October 5, 1925) was a German woman who lived in Mindelstetten in Bavaria. She was canonized by Pope Benedict XVI on October 21, 2012. Schäffer's father, a carpenter, died at the age of 40, leaving his family in great poverty.

1886–1900 · Contemporary

Anna Wang (Chinese: 王亞納) was a Catholic lay girl who was martyred during the Boxer Rebellion. She was declared a saint by John Paul II. She is one of the Martyrs of China. Anna was born in 1886 in Majiazhuang, Hebei, China, to a poor Christian family.

1644–1711 · Modern · Ursulines

Anne Bourdon (August 29, 1644 – November 4, 1711) was a nun in New France. She was the first Canadian-born superior of the Ursuline order in New France. She was also known as Mère de Sainte-Agnès.

1774–1824 · Modern · Augustinian nuns

Anne Catherine Emmerich, CRV (also Anna Katharina Emmerick; 8 September 1774 – 9 February 1824) was a Roman Catholic Augustinian canoness of the Congregation of Windesheim. During her lifetime, she was a mystic, Marian visionary and stigmatist.

1911–1922 · Contemporary

Anne de Guigné (25 April 1911 – 14 January 1922) was a young French girl who is being considered for sainthood by the Roman Catholic Church. Anne was the oldest of four siblings. Her parents were wealthy and prominent.

1567–1621 · Reformation · Society of Saint Ursula of Anne de Xainctonge

Anne de Xainctonge (21 November 1567 – 8 June 1621) was a French religious sister who founded of the Society of the Sisters of Saint Ursula of the Blessed Virgin. She was declared venerable by the Roman Catholic Church in 1991.

1550–1626 · Reformation · Order of Discalced Nuns of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel

Anne of Saint Bartholomew (Spanish: Ana de San Bartolomé; born Ana García Manzanas; 1 October 1550 – 7 June 1626) was a Spanish Discalced Carmelite and companion to Teresa of Ávila who established new monasteries in France and the Low Countries.

1866–1900 · Contemporary · Franciscan Missionaries of Mary

Marie of Saint Just, born Anne-Françoise Moreau (9 April 1866 – 9 July 1900) was a French nun in the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary. She was one of the 120 Martyrs of China. During the Boxer Rebellion, she was killed on 9 July 1900 in Taiyuan.

1779–1851 · Modern

Anne-Marie Javouhey, SJC (November 10, 1779 – July 15, 1851) was a French nun who founded the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Cluny. She is venerated in the Roman Catholic Church.

1768–1838 · Modern

Anne-Marie Rivier (19 December 1768 – 3 February 1838) was a French Catholic religious sister and the foundress of the Sisters of the Presentation of Mary.

1715–1794 · Modern · Order of Discalced Nuns of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel

Anne-Marie-Madeleine-Françoise Thouret, known as Charlotte of the Resurrection, is the oldest of the martyrs of Compiègne, who were executed by guillotine in Paris during the reign of terror.

1900–1926 · Contemporary · Benedictines

Mary Annella Zervas, O.S.B. (born Anna Cordelia Zervas; April 7, 1900 – August 14, 1926), was an American Catholic religious sister who joined the Benedictines and died at 26 after a three-year battle with pityriasis rubra pilaris. Until the 1960s, Zervas's grave in St.

1851–1927 · Contemporary · Cistercians

Annibale Maria di Francia, RCJ (or Hannibal Mary di Francia; 5 July 1851 – 1 June 1927) was an Italian Rogationist Father known for founding a series of orphanages, the Rogationists and the Daughters of Divine Zeal. He has been canonised and his feast day is 1 June.

1010–1075 · Medieval

Anno II (c. 1010 – 4 December 1075) was Archbishop of Cologne from 1056 until his death. From 1063 to 1065 he acted as regent of the Holy Roman Empire for the minor Emperor Henry IV. Anno is venerated as a saint of the Catholic Church.

1800–1882 · Modern · Sisters of Saint Dorothy of Cemmo

Annunciata Astoria Cocchetti (9 May 1800 – 23 March 1882) was an Italian religious sister and the founder of the Suore di Santa Dorotea di Cemmo, a congregation dedicated to the educational needs of the poor in Brescia and the surrounding cities.

284–304 · Early Church

Saint Ansanus (Italian: Sant'Ansano) (died 304 AD), called The Baptizer or The Apostle of Siena, is the patron saint of Siena, Italy and a scion of the Anician family of Rome. His legend states that he was born of a noble Roman family in the third century.

1035–1086 · Medieval · Benedictines

Anselm of Lucca (Latin: Anselmus; Italian: Anselmo; 1036 – 18 March 1086), born Anselm of Baggio (Anselmo da Baggio), was a medieval bishop of Lucca in Italy and a prominent figure in the Investiture Controversy amid the fighting in central Italy between Matilda, countess of Tusc…

720–803 · Medieval · Benedictines

Anselm (died 805) was the Lombard duke of Friuli (749–751) and the founding abbot of the monastery of Nonantula. He left the world at the height of his secular career, and in 750 built a monastery at Fanano, a place given to him by Aistulf, King of the Lombards, who had married…

940–1010 · Medieval · Benedictines

Saint Ansfried (also Ansfrid, Ansfridus) of Utrecht sometimes called Ansfried the younger (died 3 May 1010 near Leusden) was Count of Huy and the sword-bearer for Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor. He became Bishop of Utrecht in 995.

801–861 · Medieval

Saint Ansovinus (Italian: Sant'Ansovino) (d. 816) was a bishop of Camerino, and is the patron saint of agriculture. His feast day is 13 March. He was educated at the cathedral school of Pavia.

236 · Early Church

Pope Anterus (Latin: Anterus, Classical Greek: Ανθηρός, romanized: Antheros) was the bishop of Rome from 21 November 235 until his death on 3 January 236. Anterus was the son of Romulus, born in Petilia Policastro, Calabria, Italy.

1107–1178 · Medieval · Carthusian Order

Anthelm of Belley (1107–1178) was a prior of the Carthusian Grand Chartreuse and bishop of Belley. /* start https://en.wikipedia.org/ */ .mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-…

1665–1717 · Modern · Society of Jesus

Anthony Baldinucci, S.J. (June 19, 1665 – November 7, 1717), was an Italian Jesuit priest and missionary, best known for his unusual methods of conducting missions. Baldinucci was born in Florence, the son of the art historian and biographer Filippo Baldinucci.

1502–1539 · Reformation · Barnabites

Anthony Maria Zaccaria, CRSP (Italian: Antonio Maria Zaccaria; 1502 – 5 July 1539) was an Italian Catholic priest and early leader of the Counter-Reformation.

1590 · Reformation

Anthony Middleton (died 1590) was an English Roman Catholic priest and martyr from Yorkshire. He trained at Douai College, and returned to England in 1586.

1425–1460 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Anthony Neyrot, OP (Italian: Antonio Neirotti; Piedmontese: Antòni Neyrot; 1425 – 10 April 1460) was an Italian Dominican priest, apostate, reconvert, and martyr. A Dominican friar, Neyrot was captured by Tunisian corsairs while on his way from Sicily to Naples.

1571–1593 · Reformation

Anthony Page (1563 – April 1593) was an English Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1987. Page was born at Harrow-on-the-Hill, Middlesex, in 1563. He was of gentle birth and matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford on 23 November 1581.

1628–1679 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Anthony Turner (1628–20 June 1679) was an English Jesuit priest and martyr. He was a victim of the Popish Plot, and was falsely convicted and executed for conspiracy to murder Charles II. He was beatified in 1929 by Pope Pius XI and his feast day is 20 June.

1394–1459 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Antonio della Chiesa, OP (1394 - 22 January 1459) was an Italian Catholic priest and member of the Dominican Order. He was a companion of Bernardino of Siena and was beatified by Pope Pius VII in 1819.

460–520 · Medieval

Anthony the Hermit (c. 468 – c. 520), also known as Anthony of Lérins, was an anchorite. He was born in the ancient Roman province of Pannonia Valeria (now Hungary), then part of the Hunnic Empire.

800 · Medieval

Antigius is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the eastern Palearctic realm (China, Korea, Japan, and the Russian Far East), as well as Taiwan and Myanmar.

1826–1879 · Modern · Third Order of Saint Francis

Antoine Chevrier, TOSF (16 April 1825 – 2 October 1879) was a French Catholic priest and a member of the Third Order of Saint Francis. He founded the Institute of the Prado with its two branches: the Sisters of Prado and the Institute of the Priests of Prado.

1601–1648 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Antoine Daniel was a French Jesuit missionary in North America, at Sainte-Marie among the Hurons, and one of the eight Canadian Martyrs. Daniel was born at Dieppe, in Normandy, on 27 May 1601.