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1644–1694 · Reformation

Bénigne Joly, born in 1644 and died in 1694, was a French Catholic priest and religious writer from Dijon. This native of Dijon, sometimes called the "father of the poor" or the "Burgundian Saint Vincent de Paul," was a diocesan priest of the Diocese of Langres, which included th…

670–725 · Medieval

Saint Bérégise of Andage (or Bergis), born around 670 in the locality of Spange near Emptinne in the province of Namur, Belgium, and died on October 2, around 725, at the Abbey of Saint-Hubert in the Belgian Ardennes province of Luxembourg, was a cleric trained at the Abbey of Sa…

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Callinicus of Apollonia (Latin: Callinicus) was a 3rd-century Roman venerated as a Christian martyr. He was killed for his faith in Apollonia, Phrygia, during the persecution of Decius (r. 249–251).

30–130 · Early Church

Calocerus (from the Ancient Greek Kalókairos; died c. 125) was a legendary bishop of Ravenna, like most of the city's early bishops. Calocerus is venerated as a saint, with his feast day on February 11.

500–448 · Early Church

Camille, also known as Camille of Escolives, Camille of Auxerre, or Saint Camille, was an Italian virgin and martyr who was born into paganism and converted to Christianity by Bishop Germanus of Auxerre. She died in 448 in Escolives-Sainte-Camille.

1841–1910 · Contemporary

Camille Costa de Beauregard, born on February 17, 1841, and died on March 25, 1910, was a canon of Chambéry and the 1868 founder of the Bocage orphanage, established for the education of poor and abandoned children.

586 · Medieval

Candida (died 586) was a wonderworker of Naples. Her feast day is September 10. Known as Candida the Younger, Saint Candida was an exemplary wife and mother from Naples. According to the Roman Martyrology, she was renowned for her miracles.

400 · Early Church

Candidus of Maastricht, or Saint Candidus, is a Christian saint from the fourth or fifth century. He administered the Diocese of Maastricht during the vacancy following the death of Saint Servatius. His feast day is June 7.

1100–1124 · Medieval

Caradog the Monk was born to a good family in Brecknockshire during the 11th century (died 1124), receiving a lay education and training in harp playing.

1933–1994 · Contemporary · Sisters Augustines Missionaries

Caridad Álvarez Martín was a Spanish religious sister, born in Santa Cruz de la Salceda, Burgos, Spain, on May 9, 1933. A member of the Augustinian Missionaries, she was murdered on October 23, 1994, alongside Sister Esther Paniagua Alonso.

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Charina of Ancyra is a Christian saint. Her feast day is November 7. According to Eastern Christian traditions found in certain Greek menologia, Charina, a young Christian woman from northern Asia Minor, was martyred alongside her husband, Melasippus, and their son, Anthony, in…

1797–1846 · Modern

Charles Hyon Song-mun (Korean: 현석문 가롤로) was a Korean Christian layman, martyr, and Catholic saint, born in 1799 in Seoul, Korea, and beheaded on September 19, 1846, near Seoul.

1417 · Medieval

Carlo di Bandino (County of Monte Granelli, Romagna Toscana, c. 1330 – Venice, September 15, 1417) was a Tuscan nobleman who led a religious life and founded the Congregation of the Hermits of Saint Jerome of Fiesole. He is venerated as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1911–1936 · Contemporary · Piarists

Carlos Navarro Miquel, Sch.P. (born February 11, 1911, in Torrente de Cinca, died September 22, 1936, at the Monastery of Montserrat) was a Spanish priest of the Piarist Order and a victim of the anti-Catholic persecutions during the Spanish Civil War, murdered in hatred of the f…

303 · Early Church

Carpoforus, Exanthus, Cassius, Severinus, Secundus, and Licinius were, according to legend, six Roman soldiers of the Theban Legion martyred during the reign of Emperor Maximian.

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Catulinus (Cartholinus, Latin: Catulinus, Cartholinus, d. 303) was a deacon and a hieromartyr of Carthage. His feast day is July 15. On the same day as Catulinus (July 15), other martyrs suffered, notably Felix, Bishop of Thibiuca, whose relics also rested in the Church of St.

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Castorius of Tarsus was one of the Christians of Cilicia, in modern-day Turkey, who died for the Christian faith in Tarsus. Nothing else is known about his history, but he has been venerated as a martyr saint since ancient times. His feast day is celebrated on March 28.

1664–1735 · Modern · Augustinian nuns

Catalina Maura y Pou, also known as Catalina of Saint Thomas of Villanova (Palma de Mallorca, 1664–1735), was a Spanish philosopher and Augustinian nun. She was proclaimed a Servant of God by the Catholic Church.

1648–1695 · Reformation

Catalina de Balboa Ugarte, in religion Catalina de San Mateo de la Concepción (Santa María de Guía de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, April 30, 1648 – Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, May 26, 1695), was a Canarian Poor Clare nun.

1817–1846 · Modern

Catherine Chong Chor-yom (Korean: 정철염 가타리나) was a Korean Christian laywoman born around 1816 or 1817 in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, Korea, who died in prison in Seoul on September 20, 1846.

1783–1839 · Modern

Catherine Yi (Korean: 이 가타리나) was a Korean Christian laywoman, martyr, and saint, born around 1783 in Seoul, Korea, and died in September or October 1839 in Seoul.

1620–1689 · Reformation

Catherine de Francheville, born September 21, 1620, at the Château de Truscat in Sarzeau and died March 3, 1689, in Vannes, was a 17th-century Breton religious woman who, after completing the Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius of Loyola herself, founded the first retreat house…

1758–1794 · Modern

Catherine du Verdier de La Sorinière, born on July 30, 1758, at the Château de la Sorinière in the province of Anjou, died on February 10, 1794, after being executed by firing squad at Avrillé by soldiers of General Turreau's infernal columns.

1300 · Medieval · Cistercians

Blessed Catherine of Parc-aux-Dames (13th century, born in Leuven, modern-day Belgium) was a Catholic blessed, nun, mystic, and virgin. She was of Jewish origin and was originally named Rachel.

1924–1940 · Contemporary

Cecilia Butsi (born December 16, 1924; died December 26, 1940) was a Thai martyr and a blessed of the Catholic Church. She was baptized in 1926 at the age of two. Between 1940 and 1944, Thailand was at war with French Indochina.

1761–1839 · Modern

Cecilia Yu So-sa (Korean: 유소사 체칠리아) was a Korean Christian laywoman, martyr, and saint, born in 1761 in Seoul, Korea, who died in prison on November 23, 1839, in Seoul.

1913–1936 · Contemporary

Cecilio Vega Domínguez, OMI (born September 8, 1913, in Villamor de Órbigo; died July 24, 1936, in Pozuelo, Madrid) was a Spanish Oblate of the Immaculate Mary. He made his first vows on August 15, 1931, and his perpetual vows in 1934.

1–106 · Early Church

Saint Cerdo of Alexandria was the fourth bishop of that city from 96 to 106, during the reign of Emperor Trajan. According to Eusebius of Caesarea, he was one of those baptized by Saint Mark in Alexandria and was martyred on the 21st of Paoni, which corresponds to June 15, 106 AD…

1844–1908 · Contemporary · Sisters Servants of the Divine Heart

Celia Méndez y Delgado, in religion Maria Teresa of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, born in Fuentes de Andalucía, Spain, on February 11, 1844, and died in Seville on June 2, 1908, was a Spanish religious sister and co-founder of the teaching congregation of the Handmaids of the Divine…

650–660 · Medieval

Celsus (Celsius, Celius) of Vercelli (born 611, died c. April 13, 660) was the 28th Bishop of Vercelli and a saint of the Catholic Church. Little is known about the saint; his year of birth is provided by a surviving epitaph, and he served as Bishop of Vercelli.

304 · Early Church

Saint Celsus (died c. 56 or 64) was a young first-century Christian martyr executed during the reign of Nero. He is commemorated on July 28 by the Catholic Church alongside Nazarius, and on October 14 by the Orthodox Church alongside Nazarius, Gervasius, and Protasius.

700 · Medieval

Cenhedlon was a 7th-century saint. She was the daughter of Briafael and married Arthfel ab Ithel of Gwent. She founded the church of Llanoronwy near Monmouth. Some believe she was killed near a spring in the area known today as Ffynnon Mihangel.

304 · Early Church

Saint Centolla (died c. 304) and Saint Helen were two virgins who were martyred in Burgos, Old Castile, during the Roman persecutions. They are Christian saints commemorated on August 2 in the West and August 13 in the East.

1873–1900 · Contemporary · Franciscans

Cesidio of Fossa (born Angelo Giacomantonio on August 30, 1873, in Fossa, Italy; died July 4, 1900, in Hengchow, Hunan province, China) was an Italian Reformed Franciscan missionary.

1924–1994 · Contemporary · White Fathers

Charles Deckers, born in Antwerp on December 26, 1924, and died on December 27, 1994, in Tizi Ouzou, Algeria, was a Belgian White Father assassinated in a terrorist act carried out by the GIA.

1763–1794 · Modern

Charles-Antoine-Nicolas Ancel (Rouen, October 11, 1763 – Rochefort, July 29, 1794) was a French priest and one of the Martyrs of the Hulks of Rochefort, beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1995.

1958–1994 · Contemporary · White Fathers

Christian Chessel, born in Digne-les-Bains on October 27, 1958, and murdered in Tizi Ouzou, Algeria, on December 27, 1994, was a French Catholic priest and White Father.

1269 · Medieval

Christina of Retters is a blessed of the Premonstratensian Order (born in 1269, died circa 1291 in Retters; feast day: November 29). According to Jacques Torsy, Christina was born into a noble family from the region around Wiesbaden.

1500 · Reformation

Christina of Hamm (15th century; died 15th or 16th century) was a mystic and a blessed of the Roman Catholic Church. Information regarding Christina’s life is limited to a brief account by Werner Rolevinck in his 1470s universal history, Fasciculus temporum.

1269–1292 · Medieval

Christina of Hane (born c. 1269 in the Worms region; died c. 1292 in Bolanden, Hane Monastery) was a medieval experiential mystic who practiced severe self-harm. Although older literature refers to her as Christina of Retters, she never lived in Retters.

250 · Early Church

Chaeremon of Nilopolis (died c. 250) was a Christian bishop who died a martyr in the Egyptian desert during the Decian persecution. He is recognized as a saint by the Catholic and Orthodox Churches, with his feast day on December 22.

304 · Early Church

Quiriacus of Augsburg (died 304, Augsburg) was a martyr who was killed in Augsburg alongside Afra of Augsburg and her mother Hilaria during the Christian persecutions under Diocletian. He is commemorated on August 12. Relics of Quiriacus are kept in the Basilica of St.

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Cizy, or Saint Cizy of Rieux (8th or 9th century), a member of the family of the Dukes of Burgundy, was a soldier of Charlemagne (possibly under the command of Saint Vidian) and a native of Besançon. He was taken prisoner by Muslims arriving from Spain.

356–396 · Early Church

Clair of Marmoutier, also known as Saint Clair, died around 356 or 396. He was a Christian martyr and a saint in the Catholic and Orthodox Churches, tasked by his companion Saint Martin with overseeing the novitiate at Marmoutier Abbey. His feast day is November 8.

845–884 · Medieval

Clair of Normandy (845–884) was a Benedictine monk originally from Kent, an apostle to Normandy, who died a martyr in the Vexin at present-day Saint-Clair-sur-Epte. He is commemorated in Saint-Clair-sur-Epte on July 16 and elsewhere on July 18.

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Clair of Aquitaine, or Clair of Albi, the first bishop of that city, known as Clar in Occitan (Gascon) and Clarus in Latin, is a Catholic and Orthodox saint of the 1st or 4th century and a martyr, whose feast day is celebrated on June 1.

1902–1973 · Contemporary · Poor Clares

Juana de la Concepción Sánchez García, in religion Clara de la Concepción, born February 14, 1902, in Torre en Cameros, Spain, and died in 1973 in Soria, Castile and León, was a Spanish Catholic nun of the Order of Saint Clare.

1931–1995 · Contemporary · Sisters of the Poor, Palazzolo Institute

Alessandra Ghilardi, known in religion as Sister Clarangela Ghilardi, was born on April 21, 1931, in Trescore Balneario, Italy, and died on May 6, 1995, in Kikwit, Zaire.

300–310 · Early Church

Saint Claudia of Amisus (died c. 304, Amisus) was a Christian martyr venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church. She is remembered alongside her fellow martyrs, a group of seven women from Amisus (Claudia, Alexandra, Euphrasia, Matrona, Juliana, Euphemia, and Theodosia) who oppo…

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Claudia of Rome was a 1st-century Roman woman mentioned in Saint Paul's Second Epistle to Saint Timothy (4:21) and a saint of the Catholic Church.