Saints and Blesseds

Saints and Blesseds

SpainBlessed Ginés Céspedes Gerez

Born:1901.10.12 (Garrucha, Almería, Spain)
Ordained Priest:1924.06.14
Died:1936.09.26 🩸 (Pozo de Cantavieja, Tahal, Almería, Spain † 34)
Beatified:2017.03.25 (Almería, Spain)

Priest of Almería. Martyr.

ItalyBlessed Gioacchino da Siena, O.S.M.
Chiaramonte Piccolomini  (secular name)

Born:1258 (Siena, Italy)
Died:1305.04.16 (Siena, Italy † 46)
Beatified:1609.03.21 (equipollently)
Feast:04.16

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

VietnamSaint Gioan Baotixita Cỏn

Born:1805? (Kẻ Báng, Nam Định, Vietnam)
Died:1840.11.08 🩸 (Bảy Mẫu, Hanoi, Vietnam † 34)
Beatified:1900.05.27
Canonised:1988.06.19
Feast:11.08

Layperson of Western Tonking. Martyr.

VietnamSaint Gioan Baotixita Ðinh Văn Thành

Born:1796? (Nôn Khê, Ninh Bình, Vietnam)
Died:1840.04.28 🩸 (Ninh Bình, Vietnam † 43)
Beatified:1900.05.27
Canonised:1988.06.19
Feast:04.28

Layperson of Western Tonking. Catechist. Martyr.

VietnamSaint Gioan Ðạt

Born:1765? (Đồng Chuối, Thanh Hóa, Vietnam)
Died:1798.10.28 🩸 (Chợ Rạ, Thanh Hóa, Vietnam † 32)
Beatified:1900.05.27
Canonised:1988.06.19
Feast:10.28

Priest of Western Tonking. Martyr.

VietnamSaint Gioan Ðoàn Trinh Hoan

Born:1798? (Kim Long, Thùa Thiên, Vietnam)
Died:1861.05.26 🩸 (near Ðồng Hới, Quảng Bình, Vietnam † 62)
Beatified:1909.05.02
Canonised:1988.06.19
Feast:05.26

Priest of Northern Cochin. Martyr.

ItalySaint Gioatà

Born: (Africa, Tunisia)
Died:303 🩸 (Italy)

Layperson. Roman soldier from Africa. Martyr.

ItalyBlessed Giordano da Pisa, O.P.

Born:1260 (Pisa, Italy)
Died:1311.08.19 (Piacenza, Italy † 50)
Beatified:1833.08.23 (equipollently)
Feast:08.19

Priest of Order of Preachers (Dominicans).

JapanSaint Giordano di San Stefano, O.P.
Giacinto Ansalone  (secular name)
ホルダン・デ・サン・エステバン  (日本語)

Born:1598.11.01 (San Stefano Quisquina, Agrigento, Italy)
Died:1634.11.17 🩸 (Nishizaka, 長崎県, Japan † 36)
Beatified:1981.02.18 (Manila, Philippines)
Canonised:1987.10.18
Feast:11.17

Priest of Order of Preachers (Dominicans). Martyr.

ItalyBlessed Giordano Forzatè, O.S.B.

Born:1158 (Padova, Italy)
Died:1248.08.07 (Venezia, Italy † 89)
Beatified:1769.09.06 (equipollently)
Feast:08.07

Abbot and religious of Benedictine Confederation of the Order of Saint Benedict (Benedictines). Abbot of Padova.

ItalySaint Giovan Giuseppe della Croce, O.F.M.
Carlo Gaetano Calosirto  (secular name)

Born:1654.08.15 (Ischia, Italy)
Died:1734.03.05 (Napoli, Italy † 79)
Beatified:1789.05.24
Canonised:1839.05.26
Feast:03.05

Priest of Order of Observant Friars Minor.

SpainBlessed Giovanna d’Aza

Born:1135 (Haza, Spain)
Died:1205.08.02 (Caleruega, Spain † 69)
Beatified:1828.10.01 (equipollently)
Feast:08.02

Layperson. Mother of Saint Dominic of Osma.

ItalyBlessed Giovanna da Bagno di Romagna, O.S.B. Cam.

Died:1105? (Bagno di Romagna, Italy)
Beatified:1823.04.15 (equipollently)
Feast:01.16

Religious.

ItalyBlessed Giovanna da Orvieto, T.O.D.

Born:1264? (Carnaiola, Italy)
Died:1306.07.23 (Orvieto, Italy † 41)
Beatified:1754.09.11 (equipollently)
Feast:07.23

Religious.

ItalyBlessed Giovanna da Signa

Born:1266 (Castello di Signa, Italy)
Died:1307.11.09 († 40)
Beatified:1798.09.21 (equipollently)
Feast:11.09

Layperson.

ItalyBlessed Giovanna Francesca, P.S.S.C.
Anna Michelotti Michelotti  (secular name)

Born:1843.08.29 (Annecy, France)
Died:1888.02.01 (Torino, Italy † 44)
Beatified:1975.11.01
Feast:02.01

Founder and religious of Little Servants of the Sacred Heart of Jesus for the Sick Poor.

ItalyBlessed Giovanna Maria Bonomo

Born:1606.08.15 (Asiago, Italy)
Died:1670.03.01 (Bassano del Grappa, Italy † 63)
Beatified:1783.06.09
Feast:03.01

Religious of Benedictine Nuns. Mystic.

ItalyBlessed Giovanna Scopelli, O. Carm.

Born:1439 (Reggio nell’Emilia, Italy)
Died:1491.07.09 (Reggio nell’Emilia, Italy † 51)
Beatified:1771.08.24 (equipollently)
Feast:07.09

Religious of Carmelite Sisters.

ItalyBlessed Giovanna Soderini, M.S.M.

Born:1301 (Firenze, Italy)
Died:1367.09.01 († 65)
Beatified:1828.10.01 (equipollently)
Feast:09.01

Religious of Suore Mantellate Serve di Maria.

ItalyBlessed Giovannangelo Porro, O.S.M.

Born:1451 (Barlassina, Italy)
Died:1505 (Milano, Italy † 54)
Beatified:1737.07.15 (equipollently)
Feast:10.23

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

PolandSaint Giovanni, O.S.B.

Born: (Italy)
Died:1003.11.11 🩸 (Święty Wojciech, Poland)
Canonised:1004
Feast:11.12

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

ItalySaint Giovanni

Died:884.09.25 🩸 (Siracusa, Italy)
Feast:09.23

Layperson. Companion of Saint Andrea, Saint Pietro and Saint Antonio. Martyr.

ItalySaint Giovanni

Died:360? 🩸 (Roma, Italy)
Feast:06.24

Priest. Companion of Saint Festo. Buried on Via Salaria. Martyr.

ItalySaint Giovanni Antonio Farina

Born:1803.01.11 (Gambellara, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1827.01.15
Consecrated Bishop:1851.01.19
Died:1888.03.04 (Vicenza, Italy † 85)
Beatified:2001.11.04
Canonised:2014.11.23
Feast:03.04

Bishop of Treviso (Italy) ([1850.05.25] 1850.09.20 – 1860.09.28)

Bishop of Vicenza (Italy) (1860.09.28 – 1888.03.04)

Bishop. Founder of the Teaching Sisters of St. Dorothy Daughters of the Sacred Heart.

Papua New GuineaBlessed Giovanni Battista Albino Mazzucconi, M.E.M.

Born:1826.03.01 (Rancio di Lecco, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1850.05.25
Died:1855.09.07 🩸 (Woodlark Island, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea † 29)
Beatified:1984.02.19
Feast:09.07

Priest of Institute for Foreign Missions of Milan. Martyr.

ItalySaint Giovanni Battista de’ Rossi

Born:1698.02.22 (Voltaggio, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1721.03.08
Died:1764.05.23 (Roma, Italy † 66)
Beatified:1860.05.13
Canonised:1881.12.08
Feast:05.23

Priest.

CzechiaBlessed Giovanni Battista Petrucci, O.S.M.

Born: (Siena, Italy)
Died:1420 🩸 (Praha, Czechia)
Beatified:1918.06.26 (equipollently)

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

ItalySaint Giovanni Battista Piamarta, F.N.

Born:1841.11.26 (Brescia, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1865.12.24
Died:1913.04.25 (Remedello, Italy † 71)
Beatified:1997.10.12
Canonised:2012.10.21
Feast:04.25

Founder of Congregation of the Holy Family of Nazareth of Father John Piamarta (1900)

Priest of Congregation of the Holy Family of Nazareth of Father John Piamarta.

ItalySaint Giovanni Battista Scalabrini

Video Dominum innixum scalæ

Born:1839.07.08 (Fino Mornasco, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1863.05.30
Consecrated Bishop:1876.01.30
Died:1905.06.01 (Piacenza, Italy † 65)
Beatified:1997.11.09
Canonised:2022.10.09
Feast:06.01

Bishop of Piacenza (Italy) (1875.12.13 – 1905.06.01)

Founder of Congregation of the Missionaries of Saint Charles Borromeo (Scalabrinians) (1887)

Superior General of Congregation of the Missionaries of Saint Charles Borromeo (Scalabrinians) (1887 – 1905.06.01)

Bishop.

JapanBlessed Giovanni Battista Zola, S.J.
ジョヴァンニ・バプティスタ・ゾラ  (日本語)

Born:1575.11.01 (Brescia, Italy)
Died:1626.06.20 🩸 (Nagasaki, 長崎県, Japan † 50)
Beatified:1867.07.07
Feast:06.20

Priest of Society of Jesus (Jesuits). Martyr.

ItalyBlessed Giovanni Becchetti, O.E.S.A.

Died:1420? (Fabriano, Italy)
Beatified:1835.08.28 (equipollently)
Feast:07.02

Priest of Order of Hermits of Saint Augustine (Augustinian Hermits).

CzechiaBlessed Giovanni Bodeo, O.F.M. Obs.

Born:1581? (Mompiano, Brescia, Italy)
Died:1611.02.15 🩸 (Praha, Czechia † 29)
Beatified:2012.10.13 (Praha, Czechia)

Religious of Order of Observant Friars Minor. Martyr.

ItalyBlessed Giovanni Bono

Born:1168 (Mantova, Italy)
Died:1249.10.16 (Mantova, Italy † 80)
Beatified:1483
Feast:10.23

Religious.

ItalyBlessed Giovanni Buralli da Parma, O.F.M.

Born:1208.03.05 (Parma, Italy)
Died:1289.03.19 (Camerino, Italy † 81)
Beatified:1777.03.01 (equipollently)
Feast:03.19

Minister General of Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans) (1247 – 1257)

Priest of Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans).

ItalyBlessed Giovanni Cacciafronte, O.S.B.

Born:1125 (Cremona, Italy)
Consecrated Bishop:1174
Died:1184.03.16 🩸 (Vicenza, Italy † 58)
Beatified:1824.03.30 (equipollently)
Feast:03.16

Bishop of Mantova (Italy) (1174 – 1177)

Bishop of Vicenza (Italy) (1179 – 1184.03.16)

Bishop and religious of Benedictine Confederation of the Order of Saint Benedict (Benedictines). Martyr.

ItalySaint Giovanni da Parma

Born: (Parma, Italy)
Died:990.05.22? (Parma, Italy)
Feast:05.22

Abbot. Abbot of San Giovanni Evangelista in Parma.

ItalyBlessed Giovanni da Penna San Giovanni, O.F.M.

Born:1200? (Penna San Giovanni, Italy)
Died:1270? (Penna San Giovanni, Italy † 70)
Beatified:1806.12.20 (equipollently)
Feast:04.03

Priest of Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans). One of the first disciples of St. Francis of Assisi.

ItalyBlessed Giovanni da Rieti, O.E.S.A.
Giovanni Bufalari  (secular name)

Born:1325? (Castel Porchiano, Italy)
Died:1347.08.01 (Rieti, Italy † 21)
Beatified:1832.04.09 (equipollently)
Feast:08.01

Religious of Order of Hermits of Saint Augustine (Augustinian Hermits).

ItalyBlessed Giovanni da Tufara

Born:1084 (Tufara, Italy)
Died:1170 (Foiano di Val Fortore, Italy † 86)
Feast:11.14

Religious.

FranceBlessed Giovanni da Vercelli Garbella, O.P.

Born:1205? (Mosso Santa Maria, Italy)
Died:1283.11.30 (Montpellier, France † 77)
Beatified:1903.09.07 (equipollently)
Feast:11.30

Master of the Order of Order of Preachers (Dominicans) (1264 – 1283.11.30)

Priest of Order of Preachers (Dominicans).

ItalyBlessed Giovanni da Vespignano

Died:1331 (Firenze, Italy)
Beatified:1800.10.01 (equipollently)
Feast:07.04

Layperson.

ItalyBlessed Giovanni del Bastone, O.S.B. Silv.

Born: (Paterno di Fabriano, Italy)
Died:1290.03.24 (Fabriano, Italy)
Beatified:1772.08.29 (equipollently)
Feast:03.24

Priest of Sylvestrine Congregation of the Benedictine Order (Sylvestrines).

ItalyBlessed Giovanni della Pace Cini, T.O.R.

Born:1270 (Pisa, Italy)
Died:1335 (Pisa, Italy † 65)
Beatified:1857.09.10 (equipollently)
Feast:11.12

Religious of Third Order Regular of Saint Francis.

ItalyBlessed Giovanni della Verna, O.F.M.

Born:1259 (Ferma, Italy)
Died:1322.08.09 (La Verna, Italy † 62)
Beatified:1880.06.24 (equipollently)
Feast:08.09

Priest of Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans).

ItalySaint Giovanni di Montemarano, O.S.B.

Born: (Montemarano, Italy)
Died:1095.04.14
Canonised:1906.03.02 (equipollently)
Feast:04.14

Bishop of Montemarano (Italy) (1079 – 1095.04.14)

Bishop and religious of Benedictine Confederation of the Order of Saint Benedict (Benedictines).

ItalySaint Giovanni di Parrano

Died:VI century (Parrano, Italy)
Feast:03.19

Abbot. Abbot of Santo Stefano di Parrano.

Congo-KinshasaBlessed Giovanni Didonè, S.X.

Born:1930.03.18 (Cusinati di Rosà, VI, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1958.11.09
Died:1964.11.28 🩸 (Fizi, Sud-Kivu, Congo-Kinshasa † 34)
Beatified:2024.08.18 (Uvira, Congo-Kinshasa)

Priest of Xaverian Missionary Fathers (Xaverians). Martyr.

ItalyBlessed Giovanni Dominici, O.P.

Born:1356 (France)
Ordained Priest:1380
Consecrated Bishop:1408?
Created Cardinal:1408.05.09
Died:1419.06.10 (Buda, Hungary † 62)
Beatified:1832.04.09 (equipollently)
Feast:06.10

Major Penitentiary of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary (1408 – 1415)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ragusa (Croatia) (1408.03.26 – 1409)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Sisto (1408.05.09 – 1419.06.10)

Apostolic Administrator of Tropea (Italy) (1410.05.16 – 1410.09.17)

Apostolic Administrator of Melfi (Italy) (1412.03.02 – 1412)

Apostolic Administrator of Bova (Italy) (1412.04.21 – 1419.06.10)

Protopriest of Sacred College of Cardinals (1412.09 – 1419.06.10)

Cardinal and religious of Order of Preachers (Dominicans).

ItalyBlessed Giovanni Fornasini

Born:1915.02.23 (Pianaccio, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1942.06.28
Died:1944.10.13 🩸 (San Martino di Caprara, Italy † 29)
Beatified:2021.09.26 (Bologna, Bologna, Italy)

Priest of Bologna (Italy) (1942.06.28 – 1944.10.13)

Priest. Martyr.

ItalyBlessed Giovanni Giovenale Ancina

Pro ecclesia sua laborantem Episcopum decet mortem appetere

Born:1545.10.19 (Fossano, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1582.06.09
Consecrated Bishop:1602.09.01
Died:1604.08.30 (Saluzzo, Italy † 58)
Beatified:1890.02.09
Feast:08.30

Bishop of Saluzzo (Italy) (1602.08.26 – 1604.08.30)

Bishop.

ItalySaint Giovanni Gualberto Visdomini, O.S.B. Vall.

ItalyBlessed Giovanni Guarna d’Aiello

Born:1190 (Salerno, Italy)
Died:1242 (Firenze, Italy † 52)
Beatified:1783.04.02 (equipollently)

Religious.

ItalyBlessed Giovanni Gueruli da Verucchio

Born:1270? (Verucchio, Italy)
Died:1320.12.01 (Rimini, Italy † 49)

Deacon.

CroatiaBlessed Giovanni il Buono di Siponto

Died:XII century (Croatia)
Feast:09.05

Abbot. Abbot of St. Michael Abbey of Mljet.

ItalySaint Giovanni Leonardi, O.M.D.

Born:1541 (Diecimo, Lucca, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1572.12.22
Died:1609.10.09 (Roma, Italy † 67)
Beatified:1861.11.10
Canonised:1938.04.17
Feast:10.09

Founder of Clerics Regular of the Mother of God of Lucca (1574.09.01)

Priest of Clerics Regular of the Mother of God of Lucca.

ItalyBlessed Giovanni Liccio, O.P.

Born:1426.04 (Caccamo, Italy)
Died:1511.11.14 (Caccamo, Italy † 85)
Beatified:1753.04.25 (equipollently)
Feast:11.14

Priest of Order of Preachers (Dominicans).

ItalySaint Giovanni, O.S.M.
Buonagiunta Manetti  (secular name)

Born: (Italy)
Died:1257
Beatified:1717.12.01 (equipollently)
Canonised:1888.01.15
Feast:02.17

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

Prior General of Order of Friar Servants of Mary (Servites) (1256 – 1257)

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

ItalyBlessed Giovanni Maria Boccardo

Born:1848.11.20 (Moncalieri, Torino, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1871.06.03
Died:1913.12.30 (Moncalieri, Torino, Italy † 65)
Beatified:1998.05.24 (Torino, Italy)
Feast:12.30

Priest of Torino. Founder of the Congregation of the Poor Daughters of St. Cajetan.

ItalyBlessed Giovanni, C.R.
Francesco Marinoni  (secular name)

Born:1491.12.25 (Venezia, Italy)
Died:1562.12.13 (Napoli, Italy † 70)
Beatified:1764.12.05 (equipollently)
Feast:12.13

Priest of Congregation of Clerics Regular (Theatines).

ItalyBlessed Giovanni Merlini, C.PP.S.

Born:1795.08.28 (Spoleto, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1818.12.19
Died:1873.01.12 (Roma, Italy † 77)
Beatified:2025.01.12

Priest of Spoleto (Italy) (1818.12.19 – 1820)

Priest of Missionaries of the Precious Blood (1820 – 1873.01.12)

Moderator General of Missionaries of the Precious Blood (1847.12.28 – 1873.01.12)

Priest of Missionaries of the Precious Blood.

ItalyBlessed Giovanni Pelingotto

Born:1240 (Urbino, Italy)
Died:1304.06.01 (Urbino, Italy † 63)
Beatified:1918.11.13 (equipollently)
Feast:06.01

Layperson.

ItalyBlessed Giovanni Righi, O.F.M.

Born:1469 (Fabriano, Italy)
Died:1539.03.11 (Cupramontana, Italy † 69)
Beatified:1903.09.07 (equipollently)
Feast:03.11

Priest of Order of Friars Minor Conventual (Conventual Franciscans).

ItalyBlessed Giovanni Saziari

Born:1327 (Cagli, Italy)
Died:1372.04.21 (Cagli, Italy † 44)
Beatified:1980.12.09 (equipollently)
Feast:04.21

Layperson.

ItalySaint Giovanni Scalcione da Matera

Born:1070? (Matera, Italy)
Died:1139.06.20 (Foggia, Italy † 68)
Feast:06.20

Founder and abbot of Pusano Abbey.

BrazilBlessed Giovanni Schiavo, C.S.I.

Born:1903.07.08 (Montecchio Maggiore, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1927.07.10
Died:1967.01.27 (Caxias do Sul, RS, Brazil † 63)
Beatified:2017.10.28 (Caxias do Sul, Brazil)

Priest of Congregation of Saint Joseph.

ItalyBlessed Giovanni Tavelli

Born:1386 (Codrignano, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1431.12.27
Consecrated Bishop:1431.12.27
Died:1446.07.24 (Ferrara, Italy † 59)
Beatified:1598
Feast:07.24

Bishop of Ferrara (Italy) (1431.10.29 – 1446.07.24)

Bishop.

ItalySaint Giovanni Theristis

Born:995? (Palermo, Italy)
Died:1054.02.23 (Stilo, Italy † 58)
Feast:02.23

Religious.

ItalyBlessed Giovannina Franchi, A.C.S.I.A.

Born:1807.06.24 (Como, Italy)
Died:1872.02.23 (Como, Italy † 64)
Beatified:2014.09.20 (Como, Como, Italy)

Religious and founder of Nursing Sisters of Our Lady of Sorrows.

ItalySaint Giovino

Died:257? 🩸 (Roma, Italy)
Feast:12.25

Layperson. Companion of Saint Basileo. Martyr.

ItalyBlessed Girolamo da Recanati, O.E.S.A.
Girolamo Gherarducci  (secular name)

Born: (Recanati, Italy)
Died:1350.03.12 (Recanati, Italy)
Beatified:1804.07.04 (equipollently)
Feast:03.12

Priest of Order of Hermits of Saint Augustine (Augustinian Hermits).

ItalyBlessed Girolamo da Sant’Angelo in Vado, O.S.M.
Girolamo Ranucci  (secular name)

Born:1410? (Sant’Angelo in Vado, Italy)
Died:1466? (Sant’Angelo in Vado, Italy † 56)
Beatified:1775.04.01 (equipollently)
Feast:12.11

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

JapanBlessed Girolamo de Angelis, S.J.
ジェロニモ・デ・アンジェリス  (日本語)

Born:1568? (Enna (Castrogiovanni), Italy)
Died:1623.12.04 🩸 (Tokyo, 東京都, Japan † 54)
Beatified:1867.07.07
Feast:12.04

Priest of Society of Jesus (Jesuits). Martyr.

CzechiaBlessed Girolamo degli Arese, O.F.M. Obs.

Born:1597? (Milan, Italy)
Died:1611.02.15 🩸 (Praha, Czechia † 13)
Beatified:2012.10.13 (Praha, Czechia)

Professed cleric of Order of Observant Friars Minor. Martyr.

ItalySaint Girolamo di Pavia

Died:770?
Canonised:1888.12.20 (equipollently)
Feast:07.22

Bishop of Pavia (Italy) (? – 770?)

Bishop.

FranceSaint Girons

Died:V century 🩸 (Adour, France)

Monk. Martyr.

HungaryBlessed Gisela of Hungary
Gizella

Born:985?
Died:1065.05.07 (Passau, Germany † 79)
Feast:05.07

Layperson. Queen of Hungary. Wife of Saint Stephen of Hungary.

AustriaSaint Gislarius von Salzburg

Died:VIII century (Salzburg, Austria)
Feast:09.28

Priest. Helper of Saint Rupert von Salzburg.

ItalyBlessed Giulia della Rena

Born:1319 (Certaldo, Italy)
Died:1367.01.09 (Certaldo, Italy † 47)
Beatified:1819.05.18 (equipollently)
Feast:01.09

Religious of Third Order of St. Augustine.

ItalySaint Giulia Salzano

Born:1846.10.13 (Santa Maria Capua Vetere, Italy)
Died:1929.05.17 (Casoria, Italy † 82)
Beatified:2003.04.27
Canonised:2010.10.17
Feast:05.17

Religious and founder of Congregation of the Sisters Catechists of the Sacred Heart.

ItalyBlessed Giuliana di Collalto, O.S.B.

Born:1186? (Collalto, Italy)
Died:1262.09.01 (Venezia, Italy † 75)
Beatified:1753.05.30 (equipollently)
Feast:09.01

Abbess and religious of Order of Saint Benedict (Benedictine Nuns).

ItalySaint Giuliana di Firenze

Died:IV century (Firenze, Italy)
Feast:02.07

Layperson. Widow.

ItalySaint Giuliana Falconieri

Born:1270? (Firenze, Italy)
Died:1341 (Firenze, Italy † 71)
Beatified:1678.07.26 (equipollently)
Canonised:1737.06.16
Feast:06.19

Religious. Founder of the Servants of Mary.

ItalyBlessed Giuliana Puricelli, O.E.S.A.

Born:1427 (Busto Arsizio, Italy)
Died:1501.08.15 (Varese, Italy † 73)
Beatified:1769.09.16 (equipollently)
Feast:08.15

Religious of Order of Saint Augustine.

ItalySaint Giuliano di Gozzano

Born:350 (Egina, Greece)
Died:391 (Gozzano, Italy † 41)

Deacon.

ItalySaint Giuliano di Sora

Died:161.01.27 🩸 (Sora, Italy)
Feast:01.27

Layperson. Martyr.

ItalySaint Giulio di Orta

Born: (Aegina, Greece)
Died:401 (Isola di San Giulio, Italy)
Feast:01.31

Priest. Missionary priest to northern Italy.

VietnamSaint Giuse Ðặng Văn Viên

Born:1787? (Tiên Chu, Hưng Yên, Vietnam)
Died:1838.08.21 🩸 (Bảy Mẫu, Hanoi, Vietnam † 50)
Beatified:1900.05.27
Canonised:1988.06.19
Feast:08.21

Priest of Eastern Tonking. Martyr.

VietnamSaint Giuse Hiên, O.P.

Born:1769? (Quân Anh Ha, Nam Định, Vietnam)
Died:1840.05.09 🩸 (Nam Định, Vietnam † 70)
Beatified:1900.05.27
Canonised:1988.06.19
Feast:05.09

Priest of Order of Preachers (Dominicans). Martyr.

VietnamSaint Giuse Hoàng Lương Cảnh

Born:1763? (Làng Văn, Bắc Giang, Vietnam)
Died:1838.09.05 🩸 (Bắc Ninh Tai, Vietnam † 74)
Beatified:1900.05.27
Canonised:1988.06.19
Feast:09.05

Layperson of Eastern Tonking. Catechist. Member of Lay Dominicans. Martyr.

VietnamSaint Giuse Lê Dăng Thi

Born:1825? (Kẻ Văn, Quảng Trị, Vietnam)
Died:1860.10.25 🩸 (An Hòa, Quảng Nam, Vietnam † 34)
Beatified:1909.05.02
Canonised:1988.06.19
Feast:10.24

Layperson of Northern Cochin. Married. Martyr.

VietnamSaint Giuse Nguyễn Ðình Nghi

Born:1771? (Kẻ Vồi, Hanoi, Vietnam)
Died:1840.11.08 🩸 (Bảy Mẫu, Hanoi, Vietnam † 68)
Beatified:1900.05.27
Canonised:1988.06.19
Feast:11.08

Priest of Western Tonking. Martyr.

VietnamSaint Giuse Nguyến Ðình Uyển

Born:1775? (Ninh Cường, Nam Định, Vietnam)
Died:1838.07.04 🩸 (Hưng Yên, Vietnam † 62)
Beatified:1900.05.27
Canonised:1988.06.19
Feast:07.03

Layperson of Eastern Tonking. Catechist. Member of Lay Dominicans. Martyr.

VietnamSaint Giuse Nguyễn Duy Khang

Born:1832? (Trà Vinh, Nam Định, Vietnam)
Died:1861.12.06 🩸 (Hải Dương, Vietnam † 28)
Beatified:1906.05.20
Canonised:1988.06.19
Feast:12.06

Layperson of Central Tonking. Catechist. Member of Lay Dominicans. Martyr.

VietnamSaint Giuse Nguyễn Văn Lựu

Born:1790? (Cái Nhum, Vĩnh Long, Vietnam)
Died:1854.05.02 🩸 (Vĩnh Long, Vietnam † 63)
Beatified:1909.05.02
Canonised:1988.06.19
Feast:05.02

Layperson of Western Cochin. Catechist. Martyr.

VietnamSaint Giuse Phạm Trọng Tả

Born:1800? (Quần Cống, Nam Định, Vietnam)
Died:1859.01.13 🩸 (Nam Định, Vietnam † 58)
Beatified:1951.04.29
Canonised:1988.06.19
Feast:01.13

Layperson of Central Tonking. Married. Martyr.

VietnamSaint Giuse Tuân, O.P.

Born:1821? (Trần Xá, Hưng Yên, Vietnam)
Died:1861.04.30 🩸 (Hưng Yên, Vietnam † 39)
Beatified:1951.04.29
Canonised:1988.06.19
Feast:04.30

Priest of Order of Preachers (Dominicans). Martyr.

VietnamSaint Giuse Tuân

Born:1824? (Nam Điền, Nam Định, Vietnam)
Died:1862.06.07 🩸 (Nam Định, Vietnam † 37)
Beatified:1951.04.29
Canonised:1988.06.19
Feast:01.07

Layperson of Central Tonking. Married. Martyr.

VietnamSaint Giuse Túc

Born:1843? (Hoàng Xá, Bắc Ninh, Vietnam)
Died:1862.06.01 🩸 (Hoàng Xá, Bắc Ninh, Vietnam † 18)
Beatified:1951.04.29
Canonised:1988.06.19
Feast:06.01

Layperson of Central Tonking. Martyr.

ItalySaint Giuseppe Allamano, I.M.C.

Born:1851.01.21 (Castelnuovo Don Bosco, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1873.09.20
Died:1926.02.16 (Torino, Italy † 75)
Beatified:1990.10.07
Canonised:2024.10.20
Feast:02.16

Priest of Torino (Italy) (1873.09.20 – 1926.02.16)

Founder of Consolata Missionaries (1901.01.29)

Founder of Consolata Missionary Sisters (1910.01.29)

Priest of Consolata Missionaries.

UgandaBlessed Giuseppe Ambrosoli, M.C.C.J.

Born:1923.07.25 (Ronago, Como, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1955.12.17
Died:1987.03.27 (Lira, Uganda † 63)
Beatified:2022.11.20 (Kalongo, Gulu, Uganda)

Priest of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus (Comboni Missionaries).

ItalyBlessed Giuseppe Baldo

Born:1843.02.19 (Puegnano, Brescia, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1865.08.15
Died:1915.10.24 (Ronco all’Adige, Verona, Italy † 72)
Beatified:1989.10.31
Feast:10.24

Priest of Verona. Founder of the Congregation of the Little Daughters of St. Joseph.

ItalySaint Giuseppe Benedetto Cottolengo

Born:1786.05.03 (Bra, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1811.06.08
Died:1842.04.30 (Chieri, Italy † 55)
Beatified:1917.04.29
Canonised:1934.03.19
Feast:04.30

Founder of Brothers of Saint Joseph Benedict Cottolengo (1833)

Founder of Priestly Society of Saint Joseph Benedict Cottolengo (1840)

Priest.

ItalyBlessed Giuseppe Benedetto Dusmet, O.S.B. Cas.

Born:1818.08.15 (Palermo, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1841.09.18
Consecrated Bishop:1867.03.10
Created Cardinal:1889.02.11
Died:1894.04.04 (Catania, Italy † 75)
Beatified:1988.09.25
Feast:04.04

Archbishop of Catania (Italy) (1867.02.22 – 1894.04.04)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Pudenziana (1889.02.14 – 1894.04.04)

Cardinal and religious of Cassinese Benedictine Congregation.

ItalyBlessed Giuseppe Beotti

Born:1912.08.26 (Campremoldo Sotto, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1938.04.02
Died:1944.07.20 🩸 (Sidolo, Italy † 31)
Beatified:2023.09.30 (Piacenza, Piacenza, Italy)

Priest of Piacenza (Italy) (1938.04.02 – 1944.07.20)

Priest. Martyr.

SpainBlessed Giuseppe Bernardi

Born:1897.11.25 (Caraglio, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1923.06.29
Died:1943.09.19 🩸 (Boves, Italy † 45)
Beatified:2022.10.16 (Boves, Cuneo, Italy)

Priest of Cuenca (Spain) (1923.06.29 – 1943.09.19)

Priest. Martyr.

ItalySaint Giuseppe Cafasso

Born:1811.01.15 (Castelnuovo d’Asti, Asti, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1833.09.21
Died:1860.06.23 (Torino, Italy † 49)
Beatified:1925.05.03
Canonised:1947.06.22
Feast:06.23

Priest.

ItalySaint Giuseppe da Leonessa, O.F.M. Cap.

Born:1556.01.08 (Leonessa, Italy)
Died:1612.02.04 (Amatrice, Italy † 56)
Beatified:1737.06.22
Canonised:1746.06.29
Feast:02.04

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

GermanyBlessed Giuseppe Girotti, O.P.

Born:1905.07.19 (Alba, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1930.08.03
Died:1945.04.01 🩸 (KZ Dachau, Oberbayern, Germany † 39)
Beatified:2014.04.26 (Alba, Cuneo, Italy)

Priest of Order of Preachers (Dominicans). Martyr.

ChinaSaint Giuseppe Maria Gambaro, O.F.M.
安守仁.若瑟  (正體中文)

Born:1869.08.07 (Galliate, Novara, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1892.03.13
Died:1900.07.07 🩸 (Hengzhou, 湖南, China † 30)
Beatified:1946.11.24
Canonised:2000.10.01
Feast:07.07

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

ItalySaint Giuseppe Maria Tomasi di Lampedusa, C.R.

Born:1649.09.12 (Licata, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1673.12.23
Created Cardinal:1712.05.18
Died:1713.01.01 (Roma, Italy † 63)
Beatified:1803.09.27
Canonised:1986.10.12
Feast:01.01

Cardinal-Priest of S. Martino ai Monti (1712.07.11 – 1713.01.01)

Cardinal and religious of Congregation of Clerics Regular (Theatines).

ItalySaint Giuseppe Moscati

Born:1880.07.25 (Benevento, Italy)
Died:1927.04.12 (Napoli, Italy † 46)
Beatified:1975.11.16
Canonised:1987.10.25
Feast:04.12

Layperson.

ItalyBlessed Giuseppe Nascimbeni

Born:1851.03.22 (Torri del Benaco, Verona, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1874.08.09
Died:1922.01.22 (Castelletto del Garda, Verona, Italy † 70)
Beatified:1988.04.17 (Verona, Italy)
Feast:01.22

Priest of Verona. Founder of the Congregation of the Little Sisters of the Holy Family.

ItalyBlessed Giuseppe Rossi

Born:1912.11.03 (Varallo Pombia, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1937.06.29
Died:1945.02.26 🩸 (Castiglione Ossola, Italy † 32)
Beatified:2024.05.26 (Novara, Novara, Italy)

Priest of Novara (Italy) (1937.06.29 – 1945.02.26)

Priest. Martyr.

ItalyBlessed Giuseppe Toniolo

Born:1845.03.07 (Treviso, Italy)
Died:1918.10.07 (Pisa, Italy † 73)
Beatified:2012.04.29

Layperson. Economic and sociological professor. Activist in Social Action. Member of Society of St. Vincent de Paul.

ItalyBlessed Giuseppe Tovini

Born:1841.03.14 (Brescia, Italy)
Died:1897.01.16 (Cividate Camuno, Brescia, Italy † 55)
Beatified:1998.09.20 (Brescia, Italy)
Feast:01.16

Layperson. Married. Member of Third Order of St. Francis.

ItalyBlessed Giuseppina Gabriella Bonino, I.S.F.

Born:1843.09.05 (Savigliano, Como, Italy)
Died:1906.02.08 (Savona, Italy † 62)
Beatified:1995.05.07
Feast:02.08

Religious and founder of Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Family in Savigliano.

ItalyBlessed Giuseppina Nicoli, D.C.

Born:1863.11.18 (Casatisma, Italy)
Died:1924.12.31 (Cagliari, Italy † 61)
Beatified:2008.02.03 (Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy)

Religious of Daughters of Charity.

ItalyBlessed Giuseppina “Pina” Suriano

Born:1915.02.18 (Partinico, Italy)
Died:1950.05.19 (Partinico, Italy † 35)
Beatified:2004.09.05 (Loreto, Ancona, Italy)

Religious. Member of Catholic Action.

ItalySaint Giuseppina, F.S.C.
Giuditta Adelaide Agata Vannini  (secular name)

Born:1859.07.07 (Roma, Italy)
Died:1911.02.23 (Roma, Italy † 51)
Beatified:1994.10.16
Canonised:2019.10.13
Feast:02.23

Religious and founder of Congregation of the Daughters of St. Carmillus.

ItalySaint Giusta

Died:IV century? 🩸 (Sardinia, Italy)
Feast:05.14

Layperson. Companion of Saint Enedina. Martyr.

ItalySaint Giusta di Bazzano

Died:286.03.31 🩸 (Bazzano, Italy)

Layperson. Martyr.

ItalySaint Giustina di Padova

Born: (Padova, Italy)
Died:304.10.07 🩸 (Padova, Italy)
Feast:10.07

Layperson. Martyr.

ItalyBlessed Giustina Francucci Bezzoli, O.S.B.

Born:1260 (Arezzo, Italy)
Died:1319.03.12 (Arezzo, Italy † 58)
Beatified:1891.01.14 (equipollently)
Feast:03.12

Religious of Order of Saint Benedict (Benedictine Nuns).

ItalySaint Giustino

Died:258 🩸 (Roma, Italy)
Feast:08.04

Layperson. Companion of Saint Crescenzione. Martyr.

ItalySaint Giustino Maria Russolillo, S.D.V.

Born:1891.01.18 (Pianura, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1923.09.20
Died:1955.08.02 (Pianura, Italy † 64)
Beatified:2011.05.07 (Napoli, Italy)
Canonised:2022.05.15

Founder of Society of Divine Vocations (Vocationists) (1920)

Priest of Society of Divine Vocations (Vocationists).

EritreaSaint Giustino Sebastiano Pasquale de Jacobis, C.M.

Born:1800.10.09 (San Fele, Potenza, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1824.06.12
Consecrated Bishop:1849.01.07
Died:1860.07.31 (Zula, Eritrea † 59)
Beatified:1939.06.25
Canonised:1975.10.26
Feast:07.31

Prefect Apostolic of Abyssinia (Eritrea) (1839.03.10 – 1847)

Vicar Apostolic of Abyssinia (Eritrea) (1847 – 1860.07.31)

Titular Bishop of Nilopolis (1847.07.06 – 1860.07.31)

Bishop and religious of Congregation of the Mission (Vincentians, Lazarists).

ItalySaint Giusto di Novalesa, O.S.B.

Died:906.10.19 🩸 (Oulx, Italy)
Canonised:1903.09.07 (equipollently)

Monk of abbey of Novalesa. Martyr.

ItalySaint Giusto di Trieste

Died:293.11.02 🩸 (Trieste, Italy)
Feast:11.02

Layperson. Martyr.

AlbaniaBlessed Gjelosh Lulashi

Born:1925.09.02 (Shosh, Shkodër, Albania)
Died:1946.03.04 🩸 (Shkodër, Albania † 20)
Beatified:2016.11.05 (Shkodër, Shkodër, Albania)

Layperson of Shkodrë. Martyr.

AlbaniaBlessed Gjon Fausti, S.J.

Born:1899.10.19 (Brozzo, Val Trompia, Brescia, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1922.07.09
Died:1946.03.04 🩸 (Shkodër, Albania † 46)
Beatified:2016.11.05 (Shkodër, Shkodër, Albania)

Priest of Society of Jesus (Jesuits). Martyr.

AlbaniaBlessed Gjon Gazulli

Born:1893.03.26 (Dajç di Zadrima, Albania)
Ordained Priest:1919.08.04
Died:1927.03.05 🩸 (Shkodër, Albania † 33)
Beatified:2024.11.16 (Shkodër, Shkodër, Albania)

Priest of Shkodrë (Albania) (1919.08.04 – 1927.03.05)

Priest. Martyr.

AlbaniaBlessed Gjon Pantalia, S.J.

Born:1887.06.02 (Prizren, Kosovo, Serbia)
Died:1947.10.31 🩸 (Shkodër, Albania † 60)
Beatified:2016.11.05 (Shkodër, Shkodër, Albania)

Religious of Society of Jesus (Jesuits). Martyr.

AlbaniaBlessed Gjon, O.F.M.
Kolë Shllaku  (secular name)

Born:1907.07.27 (Shkodër, Albania)
Ordained Priest:1931.03.15
Died:1946.03.04 🩸 (Shkodër, Albania † 38)
Beatified:2016.11.05 (Shkodër, Shkodër, Albania)

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

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