Saints and Blesseds

Saints and Blesseds

FranceBlessed Alain de Solminihac, O.E.S.A.

Born:1593.11.25 (Saint-Aquilin, France)
Ordained Priest:1618.09.22
Consecrated Bishop:1637.09.27
Died:1659.12.31 (Mercuès, France † 66)
Beatified:1981.10.04
Feast:12.31

Bishop of Cahors (France) (1636.09.22 – 1659.12.31)

Bishop and religious of Order of Hermits of Saint Augustine (Augustinian Hermits).

AlgeriaBlessed Alain Dieulangard, M. Afr.

Born:1919.05.21 (Saint-Brieuc, Côtes-d’Armor, France)
Ordained Priest:1950.02.01
Died:1994.12.27 🩸 (Tizi-Ouzou, Algeria † 75)
Beatified:2018.12.08 (Oran, Algeria)

Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers). Martyr.

EnglandSaint Alban

Born: (Verulamium, England)
Died:304? 🩸 (St Albans, England)
Feast:06.22

Layperson. Martyr.

GermanySaint Alban de Mayence

Born: (Greece)
Died:406 🩸 (Mainz, Germany)

Priest. Missionary to the Rhineland. Martyr.

EnglandSaint Alban, O.S.B.
Bartholomew Roe  (secular name)

Born:1583.07.20 (Suffolk, England)
Died:1642.01.21 🩸 (Tyburn, England † 58)
Beatified:1929.12.15
Canonised:1970.10.25
Feast:01.21

Priest of Benedictine Confederation of the Order of Saint Benedict (Benedictines). Martyr.

FranceSaint Albéric de Cîteaux, O. Cist.

Died:1109.01.26 (Cîteaux, France)
Feast:01.26

Abbot and religious of Order of Cistercians (Cistercians). Abbot of Cîteaux.

ChinaSaint Alberico Crescitelli, M.E.M.
郭西德.奧比利  (正體中文)

Born:1863.06.30 (Altavilla Irpino, Avellino, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1887.06.04
Died:1900.07.21 🩸 (Yanzibian, 陝西, China † 37)
Beatified:1951.02.18
Canonised:2000.10.01
Feast:07.21

Priest of Institute for Foreign Missions of Milan. Martyr.

PolandSaint Albert, C.F.A.P.U.
Adam Hilary Bernard Chmielowski  (secular name)

Born:1845.08.20 (Igołomia, Małopolskie, Poland)
Died:1916.12.25 (Kraków, Poland † 71)
Beatified:1983.06.22 (Krakow, Poland)
Canonised:1989.11.12
Feast:12.25

Religious and founder of Brothers of the Third Order of St. Francis Servants of the Poor.

BelgiumSaint Albert de Louvain

Born:1166 (Louvain, Belgium)
Created Cardinal:1192.05
Ordained Priest:1192.09.19
Consecrated Bishop:1192.09.20
Died:1192.11.24 🩸 (Reims, France † 25)
Canonised:1613.08.09 (equipollently)
Feast:11.24

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) ([1191] 1192.05 – 1192.11.24)

Cardinal-Deacon with no Deaconry assigned (1192.05 – 1192.11.24)

Cardinal. Martyr.

Congo-KinshasaBlessed Albert Joubert

Born:1908.10.18 (Moba, Tanganyika, Congo-Kinshasa)
Ordained Priest:1935.10.06
Died:1964.11.28 🩸 (Fizi, Sud-Kivu, Congo-Kinshasa † 56)
Beatified:2024.08.18 (Uvira, Congo-Kinshasa)

Priest of Kasongo (Congo-Kinshasa) (1935.10.06 – 1964.11.28)

Priest. Martyr.

IrelandSaint Albert of Cashel

Died:VIII century? (Ireland)
Canonised:1902.06.19 (equipollently)
Feast:01.08

Bishop.

GermanySaint Albert the Great, O.P.
Alberto Magno di Bollstädt

Born:1206 (Lauingen, Germany)
Consecrated Bishop:1260
Died:1280.11.15 (Köln, Germany † 73)
Beatified:1622 (equipollently)
Canonised:1931.12.16
Proclaimed Doctor of the Church:1931.12.16
Feast:11.15

Bishop of Regensburg (Germany) (1260.01.05 – 1262.02)

Bishop and religious of Order of Preachers (Dominicans). Doctor of the Church.

FranceBlessed Albertin-Marie Maisonade, O. Cist.

Born: (Bordeaux, France)
Died:1799.05.13 🩸 (Casamari, Italy)
Beatified:2021.04.17 (Casamari, Frosinone, Italy)

Cleric of Order of Cistercians (Cistercians). Martyr.

BrazilBlessed Albertina Berkenbrock

Born:1919.04.11 (Imaruí, SC, Brazil)
Died:1931.06.15 🩸 (Imaruí, SC, Brazil † 12)
Beatified:2007.10.20 (Tubarão, Brazil)

Layperson. Martyr.

ItalySaint Albertino da Montone

Born:1250? (Montone, Italy)
Died:1294.04.13 (Fonte Avellana, Italy † 43)
Feast:04.13

Abbot.

ItalyBlessed Alberto Berdini da Sarteano, O.F.M.

Born:1385 (Sarteano, Italy)
Died:1450.08.15 (Milano, Italy † 64)

Vicar General of Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans) (1442 – 1443)

Priest of Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans).

ItalyBlessed Alberto da Chiatina

Born:1135 (Chiatina, Italy)
Died:1202.08.17 (Colle Val d’Elsa, Italy † 66)
Feast:08.17

Archpriest of Siena.

ItalySaint Alberto da Prezzate

Born:1025 (Prezzate, Italy)
Died:1095.09.02 (Pontida, Italy † 69)
Feast:09.02

Abbot of Abbey of San Giacomo in Pontida. Successor of Saint Guido di Pontida.

ItalyBlessed Alberto da Sassoferrato, E.C.M.C.

Born: (Sassoferrato, Italy)
Died:1350.08.07 (Sassoferrato, Italy)
Beatified:1837.09.30 (equipollently)
Feast:08.07

Religious of Camaldolese Hermits of Mount Corona.

ItalySaint Alberto degli Abati, O. Carm.

Born:1240 (Trapani, Italy)
Died:1307.08.07 (Messina, Italy † 66)
Canonised:1457.10.15 (equipollently)
Feast:08.07

Priest of Order of the Brothers of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Carmelites).

ItalySaint Alberto di Butrio

Died:1073 (Ponte Nizza, Italy)
Feast:09.05

Abbot. Founder and first abbot of Abbadia Sant'Alberto in Ponte Nizza.

ItalyBlessed Alberto di Villa d’Ogna

Born:1214 (Villa d’Ogna, Italy)
Died:1279.05.07 (Cremona, Italy † 64)
Beatified:1748.05.09 (equipollently)
Feast:05.07

Layperson.

ChileSaint Alberto Hurtado, S.J.

Born:1901.01.22 (Viña del Mar, Chile)
Ordained Priest:1933.08.24
Died:1952.08.18 (Santiago, Chile † 51)
Beatified:1994.10.16
Canonised:2005.10.23
Feast:08.18

Priest of Society of Jesus (Jesuits).

SpainBlessed Alberto Joaquín, F.S.C.
Alberto Linares de la Pinta  (secular name)

Born:1913.08.27 (Cheste, Valencia, Spain)
Died:1937.02.19 🩸 (Castillonroy, Huesca, Spain † 23)
Beatified:2013.10.13 (Tarragona, Spain)

Religious of Brothers of the Christian Schools (Lasalians, De La Salle Brothers). Martyr.

SpainBlessed Alberto María, O. Carm.
Francisco Marco Alemán  (secular name)

Born:1894.05.23 (Caudete, Albacete, Spain)
Ordained Priest:1917.06.29
Died:1936.11.18 🩸 (Paracuellos de Jarama, Madrid, Spain † 42)
Beatified:2013.10.13 (Tarragona, Spain)

Priest of Order of the Brothers of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Carmelites). Martyr.

ItalyBlessed Alberto Marvelli

Born:1918.03.21 (Ferrara, Italy)
Died:1946.10.05 (Rimini, Italy † 28)
Beatified:2004.09.05 (Loreto, Ancona, Italy)

Layperson. Member of Catholic Action.

SpainBlessed Alberto, F.M.S.
Néstor Vivar Valdivielso  (secular name)

Born:1910.03.04 (Estépar, Burgos, Spain)
Died:1936.10.08 🩸 (Montcada, Barcelona, Spain † 26)
Beatified:2007.10.28

Religious of Marist Brothers. Martyr.

IsraelSaint Albina of Caesarea

Born:238 (Caesarea, Israel)
Died:250 🩸 (Caesarea, Israel † 12)

Layperson. Martyr.

SpainBlessed Albino, S.P. ad V.
Ricardo Guerra Villazan  (secular name)

Born:1913.09.14 (Arenillas de Riupisuerga, Burgos, Spain)
Died:1937.02.15 🩸 (Barcelona, Spain † 23)
Beatified:2018.11.10 (Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain)

Religious of Congregation of Saint Peter in Chains. Martyr.

FranceSaint Aldegonde de Maubeuge, O.S.B.

Born:639 (Guînes, France)
Died:684.01.30 (Maubeuge, France † 44)
Feast:01.30

Abbess and religious of Order of Saint Benedict (Benedictine Nuns). Abbess of Maubeuge. Sister of Saint Waltrude de Mons.

FranceSaint Aldegrin, O.S.B. Clun.

Died:939 (Baume, France)

Monk of Benedictine Congregation of Cluny. Monk of Baume. Disciple of Saint Odon de Cluny.

FranceSaint Aldetrude de Maubeuge, O.S.B.

Died:696 (Maubeuge, France)
Feast:02.25

Abbess and religious of Order of Saint Benedict (Benedictine Nuns). Abbess of Maubeuge. Niece of Saint Aldegonde de Maubeuge. Sister of Saint Madelberte de Maubeuge.

SpainBlessed Aleixo Delgado, S.J.

Born: (Elvas, Portugal)
Died:1570.07.15 🩸 (Tazacorte, Spain)
Beatified:1854.05.11 (equipollently)
Feast:07.15

Novice cleric of Society of Jesus (Jesuits). Martyr.

SpainBlessed Alejandro Antonio, F.S.C.
Alejandro Arraya Caballero  (secular name)

Born:1908.05.29 (Monasterio de Rodilla, Burgos, Spain)
Died:1936.07.30 🩸 (Tarragona, Spain † 28)
Beatified:2013.10.13 (Tarragona, Spain)

Religious of Brothers of the Christian Schools (Lasalians, De La Salle Brothers). Martyr.

SpainBlessed Alejandro, O.H.
Benjamin Cobos Celada  (secular name)

Born:1887.07.09 (Palencia, Spain)
Died:1936.09.01 🩸 (Boadillo del Monte, Madrid, Spain † 49)
Beatified:1992.10.25
Feast:09.01

Religious of Order of the Hospitallers of Saint John of God. Martyr.

SpainBlessed Alejandro de Sobradillo, O.F.M. Cap.
Juan Francisco Barahona Martín  (secular name)

Born:1902.01.10 (Sobradillo, Salamanca, Spain)
Died:1936.08.15 🩸 (Madrid, Spain † 34)
Beatified:2013.10.13 (Tarragona, Spain)

Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (Capuchin Franciscans). Martyr.

SpainBlessed Alejandro Juan, F.S.C.
Fermín Gellida Cornelles  (secular name)

Born:1889.10.06 (Benicarló, Castellón, Spain)
Died:1936.08.18 🩸 (Vinaròs, Castellón, Spain † 46)
Beatified:2013.10.13 (Tarragona, Spain)

Religious of Brothers of the Christian Schools (Lasalians, De La Salle Brothers). Martyr.

SpainBlessed Alejandro Planas Saurí

Born:1878.10.31 (Mataró, Barcelona, Spain)
Died:1936.11.19 🩸 (Garraf, Barcelona, Spain † 58)
Beatified:2001.03.11
Feast:11.19

Layperson of Barcelona. Martyr.

SpainBlessed Alejo Andrés, F.S.C.
Patricio Beobide Cendoya  (secular name)

Born:1889.05.15 (Azpetia, Guipúzcoa, Spain)
Died:1936.08.03 🩸 (Torrejon de Ardoz, Madrid, Spain † 47)
Beatified:2013.10.13 (Tarragona, Spain)

Religious of Brothers of the Christian Schools (Lasalians, De La Salle Brothers). Martyr.

SpainBlessed Alejo de Terradillos, O.F.M. Cap.
Basilio González Herrero  (secular name)

Born:1874.06.14 (Terradillos, León, Spain)
Died:1936.08.14 🩸 (Jove, Asturias, Spain † 62)
Beatified:2013.10.13 (Tarragona, Spain)

Religious of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (Capuchin Franciscans). Martyr.

SpainBlessed Alejo Miquel Rosell

Born:1882.10.11 (Pla de Cabra, Tarragona, Spain)
Died:1936.07.26 🩸 (Tarragona, Spain † 53)
Beatified:2013.10.13 (Tarragona, Spain)

Priest of Tarragona. Martyr.

GermanyBlessed Aleksy Sobaszek

Born:1895.07.17 (Przygodzice, Wielkopolskie, Poland)
Ordained Priest:1919
Died:1942.08.01 🩸 (KZ Dachau, Oberbayern, Germany † 47)
Beatified:1999.06.13 (Warszawa, Poland)
Feast:08.01

Priest of Gniezno. Martyr.

ItalySaint Alessandro

Died:II century? 🩸 (Roma, Italy)
Feast:05.03

Layperson. Companion of Saint Evenzio and Saint Teodulo. Martyr.

ItalySaint Alessandro

Died:165? 🩸 (Roma, Italy)
Feast:07.10

Layperson. One of seven sons of Saint Felicita di Roma. Martyr.

ItalySaint Alessandro

Born: (Cappadocia, Turkiye)
Died:397.05.29 🩸 (Val di Non, Italy)
Feast:05.29

Layperson. Porter. Companion of Saint Sisinnio and Saint Martirio. Martyr.

ItalySaint Alessandro

Died:III century? 🩸 (Sabina, Italy)

Layperson. Companion of Saint Giacinto and Saint Tiburzio. Martyr.

ItalySaint Alessandro

Died:IV century 🩸 (Roma, Italy)
Feast:09.16

Layperson. Companion of Saint Vittore, Saint Felice and Saint Papia. Martyr.

ItalySaint Alessandro

Died:II century 🩸 (Baccanas, Italy)
Feast:09.21

Layperson. Martyr.

ItalySaint Alessandro di Bergamo

Died:303.08.26 🩸 (Bergamo, Italy)
Feast:08.26

Layperson. Soldier. Martyr.

PeruBlessed Alessandro Dordi

Born:1931.01.23 (Gromo San Marino, Bergamo, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1954.06.12
Died:1991.08.25 🩸 (Riconada, Ancash, Peru † 60)
Beatified:2015.12.05 (Chimbote, Peru)

Priest of Bergamo. Member of Missionary Community of “Paradiso”. Fidei Donum missionary in Chimbote. Martyr.

ItalySaint Alessandro Sauli, B.

Born:1534.02.15 (Milano, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1556.03.24
Consecrated Bishop:1570.03.12
Died:1592.10.11 (Calozza, Italy † 58)
Beatified:1741.04.23
Canonised:1904.12.11
Feast:10.11

Superior General of Clerics Regular of Saint Paul (Barnabites) (1567.04.09 – 1570.02.10)

Bishop of Aléria (1570.02.10 – 1591.05.10)

Bishop of Pavia (Italy) (1591.10.30 – 1592.10.11)

Bishop and religious of Clerics Regular of Saint Paul (Barnabites).

ItalySaint Alessio di Roma

Died:412.07.17 (Roma, Italy)
Feast:07.17

Layperson.

ItalySaint Alessio Falconieri, O.S.M.

Born:1200? (Italy)
Died:1310.02.17 (Monte Sennario, Italy † 109)
Beatified:1717.12.01 (equipollently)
Canonised:1888.01.15
Feast:02.17

Founder of Order of Friar Servants of Mary (Servites) (1233.08.15)

Priest of Order of Friar Servants of Mary (Servites).

TunisiaSaint Alexandar

Died:250? 🩸 (Carthage, Tunisia)
Feast:04.10

Layperson. Companion of Saint Terence, Saint Africanus, Saint Maximus, Saint Pompeius and Saint Theodore. Martyr.

TurkiyeSaint Alexander

Died:III century 🩸 (Apamea, Turkiye)
Feast:03.10

Layperson. Companion of Saint Caius. Martyr.

EgyptSaint Alexander

Died:250 🩸 (Alexandria, Egypt)
Feast:12.12

Layperson. Companion of Saint Epimachus, Saint Ammonarion, Saint Mercuria and Saint Dionisia. Martyr.

PalestineSaint Alexander

Died:303 🩸 (Caesarea in Palestina, Palestine)
Feast:03.24

Layperson. Companion of Saint Timolaus, Saint Denis, Saint Pausides, Saint Romulus, Saint Alexander, Saint Agapius and Saint Denis. Martyr.

PalestineSaint Alexander

Died:303 🩸 (Caesarea in Palestina, Palestine)
Feast:03.24

Layperson. Companion of Saint Timolaus, Saint Denis, Saint Pausides, Saint Alexander, Saint Romulus, Saint Agapius and Saint Denis. Martyr.

TurkiyeSaint Alexander

Died:IV century 🩸 (Philomelium, Turkiye)
Feast:07.13

Layperson. Soldier. Martyr.

TurkiyeSaint Alexander

Died:IV century 🩸 (Antioch, Turkiye)
Feast:09.28

Layperson. Blacksmith. Brother of Saint Alphius and Saint Zosimus. Martyr.

EnglandBlessed Alexander Blake

Born: (London, England)
Died:1590.03.04 🩸 (Gray’s Inn Lane, London, England)
Beatified:1987.11.22
Feast:03.04

Layperson of London. Martyr.

EnglandSaint Alexander Briant, S.J.

Born:1556.08.17 (Somerset, England)
Died:1581.12.01 🩸 (Tyburn, England † 25)
Beatified:1886.12.29 (equipollently)
Canonised:1970.10.25
Feast:12.01

Priest of Society of Jesus (Jesuits). Martyr.

EnglandBlessed Alexander Crow

Born:1550? (Howden, East Riding of Yorkshire, England)
Died:1586.11.30 🩸 (York, North Yorkshire, England † 35)
Beatified:1987.11.22
Feast:11.30

Priest of London. Martyr.

TurkiyeSaint Alexander of Ayaș

Died:III century 🩸 (Ayaș, Turkiye)

Layperson. Companion of Saint Thalalæus of Ayaș and Saint Asterius of Ayaș. Martyr.

PalestineSaint Alexander of Cæsarea

Died:260 🩸 (Cæsarea in Palestine, Palestine)
Feast:03.28

Layperson. Companion of Saint Priscus of Cæsarea and Saint Malchus of Cæsarea. Martyr.

TurkiyeSaint Alexander of Drizipara

Died:III century 🩸 (Drizipara, Turkiye)

Layperson. Roman soldier. Martyr.

North MacedoniaSaint Alexander of Pydna

Born: (Greece)
Died:305? 🩸 (North Macedonia)
Feast:03.14

Priest. Martyr.

EnglandBlessed Alexander Rawlins

Born: (Oxfordshire, England)
Died:1595.04.07 🩸 (York, North Yorkshire, England)
Beatified:1929.12.15
Feast:04.07

Priest of London. Martyr.

TurkiyeSaint Alexandra of Ankara

SpainBlessed Alexandre de Barcelona, O.F.M. Cap.
Jaume Nájera Gherna  (secular name)

Born:1910.07.25 (Barcelona, Spain)
Died:1936.11.23 🩸 (Montcada, Barcelona, Spain † 26)
Beatified:2015.11.21 (Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain)

Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (Capuchin Franciscans). Martyr.

FranceSaint Alexandre de Lyon

Died:178 🩸 (Lyon, France)
Feast:04.24

Layperson. Martyr.

PortugalBlessed Alexandrina Maria da Costa

Born:1904.03.03 (Balazar, Portugal)
Died:1955.10.13 (Balazar, Portugal † 51)
Beatified:2004.04.25
Feast:10.13

Layperson. Member of the Union of Salesian Cooperators. Mystic.

RomaniaBlessed Alexandru Rusu (Romanian Rite)

Born:1884.11.22 (Șăulia, Romania)
Ordained Priest:1910.08.02
Consecrated Bishop:1931.01.30
Died:1963.05.09 🩸 (Gherla, Romania † 78)
Beatified:2019.06.02 (Blaj, Romania)

Bishop of Maramureş of the Romanians (Romania) (1930.10.17 – 1963.05.09)

Bishop. Martyr.

JapanBlessed Alexis Choemon
アレクシス 庄右衛門  (日本語)

Born:1603? (Hanazawa, Yonezawa, 山形県, 東北地方, Japan)
Died:1629.01.12 🩸 (Hanazawa, Yonezawa, 山形県, 東北地方, Japan † 25)
Beatified:2008.11.24 (Nagasaki, Japan)

Layperson of Niigata. Married. Martyr.

South KoreaBlessed Alexius Kim Si-u
김시우 알렉시오  (한국어)
金時佑  (正體中文)

Born:1782 (Cheongyang, Chungcheong-do, South Korea)
Died:1815.05? 🩸 (Daegu, Gyeongsang-do, South Korea † 32)
Beatified:2014.08.16 (Seoul, South Korea)

Layperson. Martyr.

JapanBlessed Alexius Nakamura
アレホ申村  (日本語)

Born:1561? (Kōnoura, 長崎県, 九州, Japan)
Died:1619.11.27 🩸 (Nagasaki, 長崎県, 九州, Japan † 57)
Beatified:1867.07.07
Feast:11.27

Layperson of Nagasaki. Member of Confraternity of the Rosary. Martyr.

JapanBlessed Alexius Sanbashi Saburō
アレホ三橋三郎  (日本語)

Born:1601? (Nagasaki, 長崎県, 九州, Japan)
Died:1622.09.10 🩸 (Nishizaka, 長崎県, 九州, Japan † 20)
Beatified:1867.07.07
Feast:09.10

Layperson of Nagasaki. Catechist. Member of Lay Dominicans. Martyr.

JapanBlessed Alexius Satō Seisuke
アレクシス 佐藤 清助  (日本語)

Born: (Shindōgadai (Shimo Hanazawa), Yonezawa, 山形県, 東北地方, Japan)
Died:1629.01.12 🩸 (Okusanbara, Yonezawa, 山形県, 東北地方, Japan)
Beatified:2008.11.24 (Nagasaki, Japan)

Layperson of Niigata. Married. Husband of Blessed Lucia Satō. Martyr.

JapanBlessed Alexius Sugi Shōhachi
アレクシス 庄八  (日本語)

Born:1602? (Amakusa, 長崎県, 九州, Japan)
Died:1627.02.28 🩸 (Unzen, 長崎県, 九州, Japan † 24)
Beatified:2008.11.24 (Nagasaki, Japan)

Layperson of Nagasaki. Martyr.

South KoreaSaint Alexius U Se-yŏng
우세영 알렉시오  (한국어)
禹世英  (正體中文)

Born:1845 (Seoheung, Hwanghae-do, North Korea)
Died:1866.03.11 🩸 (Small West Gate, Seoul, South Korea † 20)
Beatified:1968.10.06
Canonised:1984.05.06 (Seoul, South Korea)
Feast:03.11

Layperson. Martyr.

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