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270 · Early Church

Claudius (died c. 270) was a holy martyr of Interamna. His feast day is January 8. During the reign of Emperor Claudius, when decrees were issued persecuting Christians, the princeps Claudius and his soldiers Carbonan, Tibudian, and Planio suffered in Interamna for assisting imp…

1872–1936 · Contemporary · Piarists

Clemente Martínez Cebrián, Sch. P. (Carazo, Burgos, November 23, 1872 – Madrid, August 1936) was a Piarist priest of the San Antón community, murdered on an unknown day in August 1936 during the Spanish Civil War.

1150–1176 · Medieval · Benedictines

Clémence of Hohenberg or Clémence of Öhren (died 1176) was a nun and a saint of the Roman Catholic Church. She was beatified and is commemorated on March 21. She was the daughter of Count Adolphe of Hohenberg and the widow of the Count of Spanheim.

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Clotsinda was a 7th-century Catholic saint whose feast day is celebrated on May 5. She is especially venerated in Douai, France. She was the daughter of Saint Rictrude of Marchiennes and Adalbald I of Ostrevent, Duke of Douai.

1176 · Medieval

Clémence of Hohenberg or Clémence of Öhren (died 1176) was a nun and a saint of the Roman Catholic Church. She was beatified and is commemorated on March 21. She was the daughter of Count Adolphe of Hohenberg and the widow of the Count of Spanheim.

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Clement the Hymnographer was a Byzantine monk and religious poet who lived in the early 9th century. He is the author of canons found in the Menaia of the Orthodox Church. He is considered a saint and a confessor of the faith (homologētēs). His feast day is April 30.

600–600 · Medieval

Cocha (6th century) was a saint and abbess of Ross-Benchuir. Her feast day is June 29. According to tradition, Saint Cocha raised Saint Ciarán of Saigir (commemorated March 5). She later became the abbess of the monastery of Ross-Benchuir.

1860–1899 · Modern · Q21684184

Coloma Antònia Martí i Valls (Badalona, June 26, 1860 – June 4, 1899), who took the name Francesca of the Wounds of Jesus, was a Catalan religious sister and a member of the Poor Clares of Divine Providence of Badalona.

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Saint Columbinus, Abbot of Lure, was an Irish monk who came to the continent in the company of Saint Columbanus of Luxeuil. His feast day is September 13. He succeeded his godfather, Saint Deicolus of Lure, as abbot of Lure.

1761–1801 · Modern

Columba Kang Wan-suk was a Korean Christian laywoman and catechist martyr, born in 1761 in Naepo, Chungcheong, Korea, and died by beheading on July 2, 1801, in Seoul. Her martyrdom is recognized by the Catholic Church, and she is titled Venerable.

1814–1839 · Modern

Columba Kim Hyo-im was a Korean Christian laywoman, born in 1814, who died on September 26, 1839. Recognized as a martyr and beatified in 1925, she was canonized by Pope John Paul II on May 6, 1984, along with 102 other martyrs of Korea.

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Columba of Rome, better known as Saint Columba of Rome, was a 3rd-century saint of the Catholic Church. Columba was born in Rome during the 3rd century, in the era of Diocletian.

1895–1936 · Contemporary

Concepción Rodríguez Fernández de Santa Magdalena (born December 13, 1895, in Eulalia; died November 24, 1936, in Paterna) was a Spanish Carmelite Sister of Charity, martyr, and blessed of the Catholic Church.

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Cono of Teggiano was an Italian religious figure born in the city of Teggiano in the 12th century AD, in the Salerno region of Italy. His early death and the ardent devotion that led him to take the habit at a very young age were seen as signs of holiness by the local inhabitants…

450 · Early Church

Saint Conogan, also known as Saint Guénoc, is one of the more or less mythical Breton saints not officially recognized by the Catholic Church.

101–250 · Early Church

Conon of Bidana in Isauria, known as the Wonderworker (2nd century – Isauria), was an ancient Greek bishop and saint, venerated by the Catholic and Orthodox Churches. He is celebrated on March 5.

1905–1975 · Contemporary

Constantin Sârbu (born January 10, 1905, in Cavadinești, Romania; died October 23, 1975, in Bucharest, Romania) was a Romanian Orthodox priest, canonized as a saint by the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church during its session on July 11–12, 2024, under the title Saint Pri…

1866–1936 · Contemporary · Society of Jesus

Constantino Carbonell Sempere (born April 12, 1866, in Alcoy, died August 23, 1936, in Tabernes de Valldigna) was a Jesuit priest, a martyr of the Spanish Civil War, and a victim of anti-Catholic persecution, beatified by the Catholic Church.

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Constantine (died at Gap, 5th or 6th century) was a bishop of Gap during the 5th or 6th century, venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church. Constantine is mentioned in the Hieronymian Martyrology on April 12 with the words: In civitate Vuappingo depositio Constantini episcopi…

300 · Early Church

Cornelia, also spelled Kornelia, was a martyr of the early Church. According to tradition, she lived in Tunis, North Africa. She suffered martyrdom during the persecutions of Christians around the year 300, together with Anesius, Felix, Theodulus, Portus, Abdas, and Valeria in Ca…

1643–1693 · Reformation

Cornelius of Pereslavl, born Konon, was a saintly monk of the Russian Orthodox Church. He came from a merchant family in Ryazan. In his youth, he ran away from home to become a spiritual disciple of Elder Paul, a monk at the Lukyanov Hermitage near Pereslavl-Zalessky.

1597 · Reformation · Franciscans

Cosmas Takeya was a katana blacksmith from Owari. He was baptized by Jesuit missionaries and became a member of the Third Order of Saint Francis.

1619 · Reformation

Cosmas Takeya Sozaburō, born in Korea and executed on November 18, 1619, in Nagasaki, Japan, was a Japanese Catholic layman of Korean descent, a member of the Third Order of Saint Francis, and a victim of the anti-Catholic persecution in Japan.

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Saint Cosmas, Bishop of Chalcedon, is a Christian saint who served as the Bishop of Chalcedon from 815 to 820 and participated in the struggle for the veneration of icons against the heresy of iconoclasm.

1894–1936 · Contemporary

Cosme Brun Ararà (Santa Coloma de Farners, November 12, 1894 – Boadilla del Monte, September 1, 1936), born Simón Isidro Joaquín Brun Ararà, was a Spanish Hospitaller religious. He is considered a blessed and martyr by the Catholic Church.

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Crallo was a 6th-century Breton saint. According to legend, he was the son of Saint Sadwrn and Saint Canna. He is said to have come from Brittany to study at Llanilltud Fawr. He is credited with founding the church of Llangrallo, and St. Crallo's Well is located near the church.

1903–1936 · Contemporary · Amigonian Friars

Crescence Garcia Pobo, born on April 15, 1903, in Celadas, Spain, and died on October 3, 1936, in Paracuellos de Jarama, near Madrid, was an Amigonian priest executed during the Spanish Civil War.

201 · Early Church

Saint Christina of Osma is a 3rd-century saint venerated by the Catholic Church. Her feast day is celebrated on July 24 in Osma alongside Saint Christina of Bolsena.

399 · Early Church

Saint Cristinus is venerated as a martyr of the Catholic Church. He is the patron saint of Portoferraio, an Italian city located on the island of Elba.

1885–1936 · Contemporary

Cristòfol Baqués i Almirall (Olesa de Bonesvalls, Alt Penedès, March 20, 1885, or 1884 – Barcelona, August 20, 1936) was a priest, blessed, and member of the Brotherhood of Diocesan Laborer Priests. He was ordained a priest on June 13, 1908.

1514–1527 · Reformation

Cristóbal Acxotecatl (died 1527) is a Mexican saint. He is known as one of the Child Martyrs of Tlaxcala. He was one of the first Christian martyrs in the Americas.

1875–1936 · Contemporary

Cruz Laplana y Laguna (Plan, May 3, 1875 – Villar de Olalla, August 7, 1936) was a Spanish Catholic bishop. He was one of the thirteen bishops killed in the Republican zone during the Spanish Civil War, a victim of religious persecution.

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Cymorth (abbreviated as Corth) was a saint from the late 5th century. It is likely that Cymorth was the daughter or niece of Cynheiddon, a daughter of Brychan Brycheiniog, with whom she collaborated.

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For the hero of the Old North, see Cynhafal fab Argad. Cynhafal was a Welsh saint (fl. early 7th century); his feast day is celebrated by the church on 5 October. 'Cynhafal' is an ancient name meaning 'like a dog; similar to a dog' (cwn [=dog] + hafal).

586 · Medieval

Cyprian of Genouillac (died 586) was a French monk who became abbot of Genouillac, renowned for his service to the sick and for miracles as recounted by Gregory of Tours. He has been venerated as a saint since ancient times. His feast day is celebrated on December 9.

1881–1972 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Cyril Jean Zohrabian (Armenian: Հովհաննէս Զոհրաբիան Գուրէղ), born on June 25, 1881, in Erzurum (Ottoman Empire) and died on September 20, 1972, in Rome (Italy), was a Catholic priest, a member of the Armenian community of Turkey, who was declared venerable by Pope Francis on Janu…

600 · Medieval

Cywair (born c. 455) was a saint and Queen of the Pennines. Her feast day is July 14. Saint Cywair, Queen of the Pennines, was the wife of Arthuis ap Mor and the mother of Saint Pabo the Pillar of Britain.

1919–1942 · Contemporary

Czesław Jóźwiak (also known as Ceslaus; born September 7, 1919, in Łążyn near Bydgoszcz; died August 24, 1942, in Dresden) was a Polish resistance fighter associated with the Salesians of Don Bosco.

1901–1936 · Contemporary

Candida of the Blessed Virgin Mary of the Angels (born Candida Cayuso González; 5 January 1901 – 24 November 1936) was a Spanish blessed of the Catholic Church and a nun of the Carmelite Sisters of Charity.

1912–1936 · Contemporary · Conventual Franciscans

Pedro Rivera was a French Franciscan friar who was born on September 3, 1912, in Valladolid, Spain. During the Spanish Civil War, he was killed in 1936 in Barcelona, along with friars Alfonso Lopez, Modesto Vegas, Dionisio Vicente, Francisco Remón, and Miguel Remón.

1933–1996 · Contemporary · Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance

Célestin Marie Georges Maxime Ringeard, born on July 29, 1933, in Touvois, Loire-Atlantique, and died in Algeria after late April 1996, was one of the seven monks of Tibhirine whose fate inspired the film Of Gods and Men by Xavier Beauvois, which won an award at the 2010 Cannes F…

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Céline of Meaux (Meaux, 5th century – Meaux, 530) was a Christian woman venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church. She should not be confused with Saint Céline of Laon, mother of Saint Remigius, who is also celebrated on October 21.

1594–1697 · Reformation

Dalmat of Iset (Dalmat of Perm, born Dmitry Ivanovich Mokrinsky; 1594, Beryozovo — June 25 (July 5), 1697, Dalmatovsky Dormition Monastery) was the founder of the Dalmatovsky Dormition Monastery.

1291–1341 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Dalmazio Moner, in Catalan Dalmau Moner (Santa Coloma de Farners, 1291 – Girona, September 24, 1341), was a Spanish religious figure who was beatified by equipollence by Pope Innocent XIII in 1721.

1802–1839 · Modern

Damien Nam Myong-hyog (Korean: 남명혁 다미아노) was a Korean Christian layman and catechist, born in 1802 in Munan near Seoul, Korea, and died on May 24, 1839, in Seoul.

100–1000 · Medieval

Danax (Vlora – Montesardo, a frazione of Alessano) was a reader and deacon who died a martyr in the 2nd, 4th, or 9th century in Illyria or Italy, depending on the version. He is commemorated by the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church on January 16.

888 · Medieval

Daniel of Arles or of Girona (Armenia, 9th century – Arles, 888) was a Christian martyr venerated as a saint in Girona. He is likely a legendary saint.

1784–1843 · Modern

Righteous Daniel of Achinsk (the Siberian), born Danila Kornilovich Deliye (December 12 (23), 1784, Novye Sanzhary, Poltava Governorate — April 15 (28), 1843, Yeniseysk), was an Orthodox ascetic and a locally venerated saint of the Russian Orthodox Church.

1876–1924 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Daniele da Samarate, born Felice Rossini (June 15, 1876 – May 19, 1924), was an Italian Catholic priest of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin who served as a missionary in Brazil.

250–309 · Early Church

Saint Daniel of Egypt (died February 16, 309) was an Egyptian martyr and a saint in the Catholic and Orthodox Churches. Driven by devotion, he accompanied Elijah, Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Samuel to provide support to Christians sentenced to forced labor in the quarries of Cilicia f…