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1947–1995 · Contemporary · Sisters of the Poor, Palazzolo Institute

Danielangela Sorti, in religion Sister Anna Maria, born on June 15, 1947, in Bergamo, Italy, and died on May 11, 1995, in Kikwit, Democratic Republic of the Congo, was an Italian nun and nurse.

1962–1997 · Contemporary

Daniele Badiali (March 3, 1962 – March 18, 1997) was an Italian Catholic priest and missionary in Peru who was murdered by a regime death squad in odium fidei. The Catholic Church has opened the cause for his beatification.

1150–1227 · Medieval · Franciscans

Daniel Fasanella, born in Belvedere Marittimo, Kingdom of Sicily, at an unknown date and martyred in Ceuta, Almohad Empire, on October 10, 1227, was a 13th-century Sicilian Franciscan who died a martyr alongside six other Franciscan companions.

1344–1411 · Medieval

Daniele de Ungrispach, born in Cormons (province of Friuli-Venezia Giulia) around 1344 and murdered by strangulation on March 31, 1411, is a blessed of the Roman Catholic Church. His liturgical feast day is March 31.

1700–1702 · Modern

Daniil Bogdanovich Bratkovsky (second half of the 17th century – November 15, 1702) was a nobleman, public figure, defender of Orthodoxy, and poet from Volhynia.

1880–1936 · Contemporary · Society of Jesus

Dariusz Hernández Morató, SJ (Spanish: Darío Hernández Morató; born October 25, 1880, in Buñol, died September 29, 1936, in Picadero de Paterna) was a Catholic priest, a Jesuit, and a martyr of the Spanish Civil War who was a victim of anti-Catholic persecution and is honored as…

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Dasius is a saint of the Catholic Church and an early Christian martyr. Little information has survived regarding the saint, who is mentioned in the Roman Martyrology and was previously noted by Caesar Baronius.

1907–1936 · Contemporary · Piarists

David Carlos de Vergara Marañón, also known as David of the Blessed Sacrament, Sch. P. (Asarta, Mendaza, December 29, 1907 – Gabasa, July 28, 1936), was a Spanish Piarist religious of the Peralta de la Sal community, a martyr during the Spanish Civil War in 1936, and is venerated…

1889–1927 · Contemporary

David Uribe Velasco (Buenavista de Cuéllar, Guerrero, December 29, 1889 – San José Vista Hermosa, Morelos, April 12, 1927) was a Mexican priest and martyr of the Catholic Church.

1321 · Medieval

David Fyodorovich was a holy prince of Yaroslavl. The son of Fyodor Rostislavich the Black, he is known only from a single chronicle entry recording the year of his death, 1321.

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Dayanand Maharaj was born in the village of Shelgaon, a pilgrimage site in the Aurangabad district. Yogiraj Dayanand Maharaj is a strictly ascetic Nathpanthi practitioner who carries on the Shabari Vidya of the Navnath in the Kali Yuga.

1920–1959 · Contemporary

Dedë Malaj (born November 16, 1920, or according to other sources November 16, 1917, in Northern Albania; died May 11 or 12, 1959, on the shores of Lake Shkodra) was a Roman Catholic priest who was arrested, tortured, and shot for his faith in atheist Albania under the Enver Hoxh…

1920–1947 · Contemporary

Dedë Maçaj (born October 21 or February 5, 1920, in Mal i Jushit near Shkodër; died March 15 or March 28, 1947, in Përmet, Albania) was a Roman Catholic priest. He was executed by firing squad by the communist regime in Albania for his faith.

800–829 · Medieval

Deocar (died before 826; Latin Deo carus, "beloved of God"; also Deochar, Deotker, Dietger, Theotgar) was abbot of Herrieden Abbey and is venerated today as a saint and as the founder and patron of the city of Herrieden.

1901–1936 · Contemporary · Order of Augustinian Recollects

Deogracias Palacios, O.A.R. (born May 22, 1901, in Baños de Valdearados; died July 25, 1936, in Motril), was a blessed of the Catholic Church and a priest of the Order of Augustinian Recollects. At the age of 15, he entered the Augustinian order.

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Saint Derfuta was a martyr whom the Emperor Maximian ordered to be killed along with six other women because they confessed the Christian faith. Her martyrdom took place in Paphlagonia. In the Greek Church, her feast day is celebrated on March 20.

350–430 · Early Church

Saint Dictinius, also known as Dictino or Dotino (died c. 420), was a Hispanic ecclesiastic and writer who served as Bishop of Astorga between the 4th and 5th centuries. Initially a Priscillianist, he later converted to Catholicism. His feast day is commemorated on April 29.

1896–1936 · Contemporary

Didacus Llorca Llopis (born July 2, 1896, in Oliva; died September 6, 1936) was a Spanish Catholic priest, Christian martyr, and blessed of the Catholic Church. He was baptized the day after his birth, on July 3, 1896.

1880–1936 · Contemporary

Diego Ventaja Milán (Ohanes, June 22, 1880 – Vícar, August 30, 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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Dilig was a late 5th-century saint, a daughter of Brychan, who is associated with the parish of St Illick (and the church of St Electa) in St Endellion, Cornwall. Dilig has a holy well at Cilbebyll near Pontardawe.

1904–1944 · Contemporary

Dimitri Andreyevich Klepinin, or Saint Dimitri of Paris (Russian: Димитрий Андреевич Клепинин), was a Russian Orthodox priest, a stateless resistance fighter in occupied Paris, who died for France, and is recognized as a martyr and saint.

1810–1878 · Modern

Saint Demetrius of Kiev (Matrona Yegorova, 1810–1878) was the founder of the Presentation Monastery in Kiev. She was of Bulgarian origin, born in Silistra, and married a Russian officer named Yegorov.

1902–1975 · Contemporary

Saint Dimitrios Gagastathis (August 1, 1902 – January 29, 1975) was a 20th-century Greek clergyman and father of nine children, who was canonized by the Orthodox Church in 2025 and is commemorated on January 29, the day of his repose.

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

Teresa Santa Belleri, known in religion as Sister Dinarosa Belleri, was born on November 11, 1936, in Cailina di Villa Carcina, Italy, and died on May 14, 1995, in Kikwit, Zaire.

1890–1936 · Contemporary

Mateo Molinos Coloma (Forcall, August 21, 1890–Traveseras, August 8, 1936), better known as Dionisio Luis, was a Spanish Catholic religious, a member of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, who was killed during the religious persecution amid the Spanish Civil…

1868–1936 · Contemporary · Piarists

Dionisio Pamplona Polo, also known as Dionisio of Saint Barnabas (Calamocha, October 11, 1868 – Monzón, July 25, 1936), was a Spanish Piarist priest who was murdered during the Spanish Civil War in 1936. Considered a martyr, he is venerated as a blessed in the Catholic Church.

1871–1936 · Contemporary · Conventual Franciscans

Dionisio Vicente Ramos was a Spanish Franciscan friar who was born on October 9, 1871, in Teruel, Spain. During the Spanish Civil War, he was killed in 1936 in Granollers, along with friars Alfonso Lopez, Modesto Vegas, Pedro Rivera, Francisco Remón, and Miguel Remón.

1570–1633 · Reformation

Dionysius of Radonezh (secular name David Fyodorovich Zobninovsky, also Zobninov, Zobninsky, Zobnikovsky; c. 1570, Rzhev – c. May 15, 1633, Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius) was an archimandrite of the Trinity Lavra of St.

250–306 · Early Church

Dionysius of Augsburg (died c. 306), whose life dates and biography are almost entirely unknown, is a saint and martyr of the Roman Catholic Church who is said to have been the first bishop of Augsburg. All accounts are based on traditions and historical fragments.

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Dioscorides of Smyrna (died c. 250 in Myra, Lycia, in modern-day Turkey) was a Christian who was martyred during the persecutions of the Roman Empire. He has been venerated since ancient times by the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church as a saint and martyr.

550–583 · Medieval

Saint Disciola was the niece of Saint Salvius, Bishop of Albi. She entered the Abbey of the Holy Cross, founded by Queen Radegund and then led by its first abbess, Saint Agnes of Poitiers, at a very young age.

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Dmitry Vasilyevich, nicknamed Menshoy, was a canonized appanage Prince of Zaozerye who lived between 1380 and 1440. Primary information about Dmitry Vasilyevich is preserved in the Typografskaya and Yermolinskaya chronicles, as well as in the hagiographies of Saints Dionysius of…

1150 · Medieval

Dodo is a saint of Frisian origin. He was a hermit who lived in Haske, where he assisted victims of blood feuds. He died in 1231 when his hermitage collapsed. When he was recovered from the rubble, he bore signs of the stigmata.

596 · Medieval

Dodo of Gareja (Georgia, 6th century – Gareja, Georgia, 596) was a Georgian prince and a monk at the David Gareja Monastery. He is venerated as a saint by the Orthodox Church and the Georgian and Syriac churches.

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Dofgan (5th century), or Doewan, is a Christian saint from Dyfed, a descendant of a local petty king, who was martyred in the 5th century at the hands of pagans in Wales. He is celebrated locally on July 13.

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Saint Doged was a king around the years 540–542, and he is said to have founded Llanddoged in the Conwy Valley. He is said to have been the son of Cedig ap Ceredig ap Cunedda Wledig and a king who succeeded his father in either Rhufoniog or Rhos during the 6th century.

1775–1839 · Modern · Dominican Order

Dominic Tuoc (Vietnamese: Đa Minh Tước) (Trung Lao, 1775 – Nam Dinh, April 2, 1839) was a Vietnamese priest. Beatified in 1900, he was proclaimed a saint by Pope John Paul II in 1988.

1924–1975 · Contemporary

Dometie Manolache (October 15, 1924, Bălănești, Romania – July 6, 1975, Râmeț, Romania) was a Romanian Orthodox monk with the rank of archimandrite, canonized as a saint by the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church during its session on July 11–12, 2024, under the title Sain…

1900–1936 · Contemporary · Franciscans

Domingo Alonso de Frutos (born May 12, 1900, in Navares de Ayuso; died August 16, 1936, in Fuente el Fresno) was a Spanish Franciscan, priest, theologian, Christian martyr, and blessed of the Roman Catholic Church.

1801–1839 · Modern · Third Order of Saint Dominic

Saint Dominic Bùi Văn Úy (born 1801 or 1812 in Tiên Môn, Thái Bình province, Vietnam; died December 19, 1839, in Cổ Mễ, Bắc Ninh province, Vietnam) was a catechist, a Dominican tertiary, a martyr, and a saint of the Catholic Church.

1817–1862 · Modern

Saint Dominic Huyện (Vietnamese: Đaminh Huyện) (born c. 1817 in Đông Thành, Thái Bình province, Vietnam; died June 5, 1862, in Nam Định) was a martyr and a saint of the Catholic Church. Dominic Huyện was born in Đông Thành, Thái Bình province.

1802–1862 · Modern

Saint Dominic Nguyên (Vietnamese: Đaminh Nguyên) (born c. 1802 in Ngọc Cục, Nam Định Province, Vietnam – died June 16, 1862, in Làng Cốc, Nam Định Province, Vietnam) was a martyr and a saint of the Catholic Church. Little is known about the life of Dominic Nguyên.

1818–1862 · Modern

Saint Dominic Nguyễn Đức Mạo (born c. 1818 in Ngọc Cục, Nam Định Province, Vietnam – died June 16, 1862, in Làng Cốc, Nam Định Province, Vietnam) was a Catholic saint and martyr.

1780–1859 · Modern · Third Order of Saint Dominic

Saint Dominic Phạm Trọng Khảm (born c. 1780 in Quần Cống, Nam Định Province, Vietnam – died January 13, 1859, in Nam Định, Vietnam) was a Dominican tertiary, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church. Dominic Phạm Trọng Khảm was born into a wealthy family.

1811–1862 · Modern

Dominique Toaï (1812–1862), born in a small village in Tonkin, was a Christian fisherman who was put to death for his Catholic faith. Considered a martyr by the Catholic Church, he was canonized on June 19, 1988, by Pope John Paul II.

1792–1840 · Modern · Dominican Order

Saint Dominic Trạch (Đoài) (born c. 1792 in Ngoại Vối, Nam Định Province, Vietnam – died September 18, 1840, in Bảy Mẫu, Vietnam) was a Dominican friar, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church. Dominic Trạch was born in 1792 or 1793 in Ngoại Vối, Nam Định Province.

951–1031 · Medieval · Benedictines

Saint Dominic, abbot, also known as Saint Dominic of Foligno or Saint Dominic of Sora, in Latin Dominicus de Sora and Dominicus Confessoris (Foligno, 951 – Sora, January 22, 1031), was an Italian abbot and reformer of monastic life who lived during the 10th and 11th centuries.

1803–1839 · Modern

Saint Dominic Đinh Đạt (Vietnamese: Đaminh Đinh Đạt) (born c. 1803 in Phú Nhai, Nam Định Province, Vietnam – died July 18, 1839, in Nam Định, Vietnam) was a Catholic saint and martyr. Dominic Đinh Đạt was born in Phú Nhai around 1803 to Christian parents.

1835–1862 · Modern

Saint Dominic Ninh (Vietnamese: Đaminh Ninh) (born c. 1835 or 1841 in Trung Linh, Nam Định Province, Vietnam – died June 2, 1862, in An Triêm, Nam Định Province, Vietnam) was a martyr and a saint of the Catholic Church. Dominic Ninh was born in Trung Linh in Nam Định Province.

1592–1628 · Reformation · Dominican Order

Dominic Castellet Vinale (born Francis Castellet Vinale; October 17, 1592, in Esparreguera, Catalonia; died September 8, 1628, on Nishizaka Hill, Nagasaki) was a Catholic blessed, Dominican friar, missionary, and martyr.