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Saints and Blesseds

Saint Obadiah

Died:	B.C.
Feast:	11.19

One of the Twelve Prophets.

Saint Obizio da Niardo

Born:	1150? (Niardo, Italy)
Died:	1204.12.06 (Brescia, Italy † 53)
Canonised:	1900.07.23 (equipollently)
Feast:	12.06

Layperson.

Saint Oceanus

Died:	310? 🩸 (Nicomedia in Bitinia, Turkiye)
Feast:	09.18

Layperson. Martyr.

Blessed Octavia Iglesias Blanco

Born:	1894.11.30 (Astorga, Spain)
Died:	1936.10.28 🩸 (Pola de Somiedo, Asturias, Spain † 41)
Beatified:	2021.05.29 (Astorga, León, Spain)

Layperson of Astorga. Nurse. Martyr.

Saint Oda of Scotland

Born:	680? (Scotland)
Died:	726? (Sint-Oedenrode, Netherlands † 46)

Hermit.

Blessed Oddino Barotti

Born:	1344 (Fossano, Italy)
Died:	1400.07.07 (Fossano, Italy † 55)
Feast:	07.07

Priest of Fossano.

Blessed Oddone di Novara, O. Cart.

Born:	1105? (Novara, Italy)
Died:	1198.01.14 (Tagliacozzo, Italy † 92)
Beatified:	1859.03.31 (equipollently)
Feast:	01.14

Priest of Carthusian Order (Carthusians).

Blessed Odette Prévost, P.S.S.C.

Born:	1932.07.17 (Oger, Marne, France)
Died:	1995.11.10 🩸 (Algiers, Algeria † 63)
Beatified:	2018.12.08 (Oran, Algeria)

Religious of Little Sisters of the Sacred Heart. Martyr.

Blessed Odile Baumgarten, D.C.

Born:	1750.11.15 (Gondrexange, Moselle, France)
Died:	1794.02.01 🩸 (Avrillé, France † 43)
Beatified:	1984.02.19
Feast:	02.01

Vowed member of Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul. Martyr.

Saint Odile de Hohenbourg

Born:	662?
Died:	720 (Mont Sainte-Odile, Alsace, France † 58)
Feast:	12.13

Abbess.

Saint Odilia of Cologne
Odilia von Köln

Died:

IV century (Köln, Germany)

Layperson.

Blessed Odilio María, O.S.B. Subl.
Joan Costa Canal (secular name)

Born:	1905.12.13 (Vic, Barcelona, Spain)
Died:	1936.07.28 🩸 (Montcada, Barcelona, Spain † 30)
Beatified:	2013.10.13 (Tarragona, Spain)

Priest of Subiaco Benedictine Congregation. Martyr.

Blessed Odoardo Focherini

Born:	1907.06.06 (Carpi, Italy)
Died:	1944.12.27 🩸 (Hersbruck, Germany † 37)
Beatified:	2013.06.15 (Carpi, Modena, Italy)

Layperson. Married. Partner of Italian Catholic Action. Martyr.

Blessed Odoric of Pordenone, O.F.M.
Odorico da Pordenone
和德理 (正體中文)

Born:	1280 (Villanova di Pordenone, Italy)
Died:	1331.01.14 (Udine, Italy † 50)
Beatified:	1755.07.02 (equipollently)
Feast:	01.14

Priest of Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans).

Saint Odrada van Alem

Died:	VIII century? (Alem, Netherlands)
Feast:	11.03

Layperson.

Saint Odulfus van Utrecht

Born:	(Best, Netherlands)
Died:	855? (Stavoren, Netherlands)

Priest.

Saint Odwulf of Evesham, O.E.S.A.

Died:	865? (Utrecht, Netherlands)
Feast:	06.12

Priest of Order of Hermits of Saint Augustine (Augustinian Hermits). Missionary to the Frisians.

Blessed Ogasawara Genpachi
小笠原源八 (日本語)

Born:	(Kokura, Buzen, 福岡県, Japan)
Died:	1636.01.30 🩸 (Kumamoto, 熊本県, Japan)
Beatified:	2008.11.24 (Nagasaki, Japan)

Layperson of Fukuoka. Married. Son of Blessed Ogasawara Yosaburō Gen’Ya and Blessed Ogasawara Miya Luisa. Martyr.

Blessed Ogasawara Gonnosuke
小笠原権之助 (日本語)

Born:	(Kokura, Buzen, 福岡県, Japan)
Died:	1636.01.30 🩸 (Kumamoto, 熊本県, Japan)
Beatified:	2008.11.24 (Nagasaki, Japan)

Layperson of Fukuoka. Married. Son of Blessed Ogasawara Yosaburō Gen’Ya and Blessed Ogasawara Miya Luisa. Martyr.

Blessed Ogasawara Goro
小笠原五郎 (日本語)

Born:	(Kokura, Buzen, 福岡県, Japan)
Died:	1636.01.30 🩸 (Kumamoto, 熊本県, Japan)
Beatified:	2008.11.24 (Nagasaki, Japan)

Layperson of Fukuoka. Married. Son of Blessed Ogasawara Yosaburō Gen’Ya and Blessed Ogasawara Miya Luisa. Martyr.

Blessed Ogasawara Kuri
小笠原くり (日本語)

Born:	(Kokura, Buzen, 福岡県, Japan)
Died:	1636.01.30 🩸 (Kumamoto, 熊本県, Japan)
Beatified:	2008.11.24 (Nagasaki, Japan)

Layperson of Fukuoka. Married. Daughter of Blessed Ogasawara Yosaburō Gen’Ya and Blessed Ogasawara Miya Luisa. Martyr.

Blessed Ogasawara Mari
小笠原まり (日本語)

Born:	(Kokura, Buzen, 福岡県, Japan)
Died:	1636.01.30 🩸 (Kumamoto, 熊本県, Japan)
Beatified:	2008.11.24 (Nagasaki, Japan)

Layperson of Fukuoka. Married. Daughter of Blessed Ogasawara Yosaburō Gen’Ya and Blessed Ogasawara Miya Luisa. Martyr.

Blessed Ogasawara Miya Luisa
マリア小笠原みや (日本語)

Born:	(Buzen, 福岡県, Japan)
Died:	1636.01.30 🩸 (Kumamoto, 熊本県, Japan)
Beatified:	2008.11.24 (Nagasaki, Japan)

Layperson of Fukuoka. Married. Wife of Blessed Ogasawara Yosaburō Gen’Ya. Martyr.

Blessed Ogasawara Sasaemon
小笠原佐左衛門 (日本語)

Born:	(Kokura, Buzen, 福岡県, Japan)
Died:	1636.01.30 🩸 (Kumamoto, 熊本県, Japan)
Beatified:	2008.11.24 (Nagasaki, Japan)

Layperson of Fukuoka. Married. Son of Blessed Ogasawara Yosaburō Gen’Ya and Blessed Ogasawara Miya Luisa. Martyr.

Blessed Ogasawara Sayuemon
小笠原三右衛門 (日本語)

Born:	(Kokura, Buzen, 福岡県, Japan)
Died:	1636.01.30 🩸 (Kumamoto, 熊本県, Japan)
Beatified:	2008.11.24 (Nagasaki, Japan)

Layperson of Fukuoka. Married. Son of Blessed Ogasawara Yosaburō Gen’Ya and Blessed Ogasawara Miya Luisa. Martyr.

Blessed Ogasawara Shiro
小笠原四郎 (日本語)

Born:	(Kokura, Buzen, 福岡県, Japan)
Died:	1636.01.30 🩸 (Kumamoto, 熊本県, Japan)
Beatified:	2008.11.24 (Nagasaki, Japan)

Layperson of Fukuoka. Married. Son of Blessed Ogasawara Yosaburō Gen’Ya and Blessed Ogasawara Miya Luisa. Martyr.

Blessed Ogasawara Tsuchi
小笠原つち (日本語)

Born:	(Kokura, Buzen, 福岡県, Japan)
Died:	1636.01.30 🩸 (Kumamoto, 熊本県, Japan)
Beatified:	2008.11.24 (Nagasaki, Japan)

Layperson of Fukuoka. Married. Daughter of Blessed Ogasawara Yosaburō Gen’Ya and Blessed Ogasawara Miya Luisa. Martyr.

Blessed Ogasawara Yosaburō Gen’Ya
小笠原与三郎玄也 (日本語)

Born:	(Buzen, 福岡県, Japan)
Died:	1636.01.30 🩸 (Kumamoto, 熊本県, Japan)
Beatified:	2008.11.24 (Nagasaki, Japan)

Layperson of Fukuoka. Married. Husband of Blessed Ogasawara Miya Luisa. Martyr.

Blessed Oglerio di Lucedio, O. Cist.

Born:	1136 (Trino, Italy)
Died:	1214.09.10 (Lucedio, Italy † 77)
Beatified:	1875.04.08 (equipollently)
Feast:	09.10

Abbot and religious of Order of Cistercians (Cistercians). Abbot of Santa Maria di Lucedio.

Saint Olaf Haraldson

Born:	995 (Ringerike, Norway)
Died:	1030.07.29 🩸 (Stiklestad, Norway † 34)
Canonised:	1164
Feast:	07.29

King of Norway. Martyr.

Blessed Olegario

Born:	1060 (Barcelona, Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1116.05
Died:	1137.03.06 (Barcelona, Spain † 76)
Beatified:	1675.03.06 (equipollently)
Feast:	03.06

Bishop of Barcelona (Spain) (1116 – 1137.03.06)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tarragona (Spain) (1118 – 1137.03.06)

Archbishop.

Blessed Olegario Ángel, F.S.C.
Eudaldo Rodas Mas (secular name)

Born:	1912.08.01 (Santa Coloma de Farners, Girona, Spain)
Died:	1936.08.18 🩸 (Sant Hipòlit de Voltregà, Barcelona, Spain † 24)
Beatified:	2007.10.28

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

Blessed Oleksa Zaryts’kyi (Ukrainian Rite)
Олексa Зарицький (Українська)

Born:	1912.10.17 (Bilchek, Lviv, Ukraine)
Ordained Priest:	1936
Died:	1963.10.30 🩸 (Karaganda, Kazakhstan † 51)
Beatified:	2001.06.27 (Lviv, Ukraine)
Feast:	10.30

Priest of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets (Ukrainian Rite). Martyr.

Saint Olga of Kiev

Born:	879 (Pskov, Russia)
Died:	969 (Kiev, Ukraine † 90)
Feast:	07.11

Grand Princess of Kiev.

Blessed Olga Pérez-Monteserín Núñez

Born:	1913.03.16 (Paris, France)
Died:	1936.10.28 🩸 (Pola de Somiedo, Asturias, Spain † 23)
Beatified:	2021.05.29 (Astorga, León, Spain)

Layperson of Astorga. Nurse. Martyr.

Blessed Olimpia, S.S.J. (Ukrainian Rite)
Ol’ha Bida (secular name)
Ольга Олімпіа Біда (Українська)

Born:	1903 (Tsebliv, Lviv, Ukraine)
Died:	1952.01.28 🩸 (Kharsk, Tomsk, Russia † 48)
Beatified:	2001.06.27 (Lviv, Ukraine)
Feast:	01.28

Religious of Sisters of Saint Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Martyr.

Blessed Olinto Marella

Born:	1882.06.14 (Pellestrina, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1904.12.17
Died:	1969.09.06 (San Lazzaro di Savena, Italy † 87)
Beatified:	2020.10.04 (Bologna, Bologna, Italy)

Priest of Bologna.

Saint Oliva di Anagni

Died:	492.06.03 (Anagni, Italy)
Feast:	06.03

Layperson.

Saint Oliver Plunkett

Born:	1625.11.01 (Loughcrew, Meath, Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1654.01.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1669.11.30
Died:	1681.07.01 🩸 (Tyburn, London, England † 55)
Beatified:	1920.05.23
Canonised:	1975.10.12
Feast:	07.01

Metropolitan Archbishop of Armagh (Northern Ireland) (1669.07.09 – 1681.07.01)

Archbishop. Martyr.

Blessed Olivier Lefebvre

Born:	1728 (Grentheville, Calvados, France)
Died:	1792.09.02 🩸 (Paris, France † 63)
Beatified:	1926.10.17
Feast:	09.02

Priest of Paris. Martyr.

Saint Olympias of Nicomedia

Died:	408.07.25 (Nicomedia, Turkiye)
Feast:	07.25

Layperson. Widow.

Blessed Ombeline de Jully, O. Cist.

Born:	1092 (France)
Died:	1141 (Jully, France † 49)
Feast:	02.12

Religious of Cistercian monastery of Jully-les-Nonnais. Sister of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux.

Blessed Omeljan Kovč (Ukrainian Rite)
Омеля́н Ковч (Українська)

Born:	1884.08.20 (Kosmach, Ukraine)
Ordained Priest:	1911
Died:	1944.03.25 🩸 (Lublin, Poland † 59)
Beatified:	2001.06.27 (Lviv, Ukraine)
Feast:	03.25

Priest of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets (Ukrainian Rite). Married. Martyr.

Saint Omobono Tucenghi

Born:	(Cremona, Italy)
Died:	1197.11.13 (Cremona, Italy)
Canonised:	1199.01.21 (equipollently)
Feast:	11.13

Layperson.

Blessed Onésimo Agorreta Zabaleta, C.M.F.

Born:	1916.02.16 (Ujué, Navarra, Spain)
Died:	1936.07.26 🩸 (Lleida, Spain † 20)
Beatified:	2017.10.21 (Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain)

Religious of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Claretians). Martyr.

Blessed Onesimus (Greek Rite)

Died:	68 (Israel)
Feast:	02.15

Bishop of Byzantium (Turkiye) (54 – 68)

Bishop. Runaway slave of Saint Philemon of Colossae welcomed by Saint Paul of Tarsus.

Saint Onesiphorus

Died:	I century 🩸 (Parium, Greece)
Feast:	09.06

Layperson. Mentioned by Saint Paul of Tarsus (2 Tim 1:16-18, 2 Tim 4:19). Martyr.

Blessed Onofre, F.S.C.
Salvio Tolosa Alsina (secular name)

Born:	1880.01.31 (Cassà de la Selva, Girona, Spain)
Died:	1936.08.25 🩸 (Vidreras, Girona, Spain † 56)
Beatified:	2007.10.28

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

Saint Onofrio di Catanzaro

Died:	995 (Catanzaro, Italy)
Feast:	08.04

Hermit in Catanzaro.

Saint Onorata di Pavia

Born:	(Pavia, Italy)
Died:	500 (Pavia, Italy)
Feast:	01.11

Layperson. Sister of Saint Epifanio di Pavia.

Saint Onorato di Fondi

Born:	(Sannio, Italy)
Died:	530.01.16 (Fondi, Italy)

Abbot.

Saint Onorato di Subiaco, O.S.B.

Died:	VI century? (Subiaco, Italy)
Feast:	05.23

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

Blessed Onufry, O.P.

Died:	1260.06.02 🩸 (Sandomierz, Poland)
Beatified:	1807.10.18 (equipollently)
Feast:	06.02

Cleric of Order of Preachers (Dominicans). Martyr.

Blessed Onufry Wasyluk (Ukrainian Rite)

Born:	1853.04.20 (Zaczopki, Podlasie, Poland)
Died:	1874.01.14 🩸 (Pratulin, Podlasie, Poland † 20)
Beatified:	1996.10.06
Feast:	01.24

Layperson of Podlachia. Married. Martyr.

Saint Onuphrius

Died:	V century? (Egypt)
Feast:	06.12

Hermit.

Saint Opilione di Piacenza

Died:	V century? (Piacenza, Italy)
Feast:	10.12

Deacon.

Saint Opportune de Montreuil

Born:	(Exmes, France)
Died:	770.04.22 (Montreuil-au-Houlme, France)
Feast:	04.22

Abbess. Abbess of Monastériolum in Montreuil-la-Cambe.

Saint Optato de Zaragoza

Died:	304 🩸 (Zaragoza, Spain)
Feast:	04.16

Layperson. Martyr.

Saint Oran of Iona

Died:	548 (Iona, Scotland)
Canonised:	1902.06.19 (equipollently)
Feast:	10.27

Religious.

Saint Orante

Born:	1400? (Calabria, Italy)
Died:	1431.03.05 (Ortucchio, Italy † 30)

Layperson.

Blessed Orencio Luis, F.S.C.
Antonio Solá Garriga (secular name)

Born:	1898.02.20 (Bilbao, Vizcaya, Spain)
Died:	1936.08.28 🩸 (Griñon, Madrid, Spain † 38)
Beatified:	2013.10.13 (Tarragona, Spain)

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

Saint Orentius

Died:

240 (Spain)

Layperson. Father of Saint Lawrence of Rome, husband of Saint Patientia.

Saint Orestes

Died:	296 🩸 (Armenia)
Feast:	12.13

Layperson. Soldier. Companion of Saint Eustratius, Saint Auxentius, Saint Eugene and Saint Mardarius. Martyr.

Saint Orestes of Cappadocia

Died:	304? 🩸 (Tyana in Cappadocia, Turkiye)
Feast:	11.10

Layperson. Martyr.

Saint Orosia de Jaca

Born:	855 (Laspicio, Spain)
Died:	870 🩸 (Monte Oturia, Spain † 15)
Canonised:	1902.05.01 (equipollently)
Feast:	06.25

Layperson. Martyr.

Saint Orso di Aosta

Died:	529.02.01 (Aosta, Italy)
Feast:	02.01

Priest.

Saint Ortaire de Landelles

Born:	482? (Le Dézert, France)
Died:	580.04.15 (Landelles, France † 97)
Feast:	04.15

Abbot.

Blessed Osanna Andreasi, T.O.S.D.

Born:	1449.01.17 (Carbonarola, Italy)
Died:	1505.06.18 (Mantova, Italy † 56)
Beatified:	1694.11.27 (equipollently)
Feast:	06.18

Layperson of Third Order of St. Dominic.

Saint Osburh of Coventry, O.S.B.

Died:	1018? (Coventry, England)
Feast:	03.30

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

Saint Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez

Sentire cum Ecclesia

Born:	1917.08.15 (Ciudad Barrios, El Salvador)
Ordained Priest:	1942.04.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1970.06.21
Died:	1980.03.24 🩸 (San Salvador, El Salvador † 62)
Beatified:	2015.05.23 (San Salvador, El Salvador)
Canonised:	2018.10.14

Titular Bishop of Tambeæ (1970.04.25 – 1974.10.15)

Auxiliary Bishop of San Salvador (El Salvador) (1970.04.25 – 1974.10.15)

General Secretary of Episcopal Secretariat of Central America and Panama (1971 – 1972)

Bishop of Santiago de María (El Salvador) (1974.10.15 – 1977.02.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop of San Salvador (El Salvador) (1977.02.03 – 1980.03.24)

Archbishop. Martyr.

Blessed Oseas, F.S.C.
Guillermo Álvarez Quemada (secular name)

Born:	1890.02.10 (Sta. Cruz de la Salceda, Burgos, Spain)
Died:	1936.07.30 🩸 (Casa de Campo, Madrid, Spain † 46)
Beatified:	2013.10.13 (Tarragona, Spain)

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

Saint Osgyth, O.S.B.

Died:

700? (England)

Abbess and religious of Order of Saint Benedict (Benedictine Nuns). Daughter of King Penda of Mercia.

Saint Osmund of Salisbury

Born:	(Seez, France)
Consecrated Bishop:	1078.06.03?
Died:	1099.12.03 (Salisbury, England)
Canonised:	1457.01.01 (equipollently)
Feast:	12.04

Bishop of Sarum (England) (1078 – 1099.12.03)

Bishop.

Saint Oswald of Northumbria

Born:	604? (England)
Died:	642? 🩸 (England † 38)
Feast:	08.05

King of Northumbria. Martyr.

Saint Oswine of Deira

Died:

651.08.20 🩸 (Gilling, England)

King of Deira. Martyr.

Saint Otger

Died:

730? (Netherlands)

Deacon.

Blessed Otilia Alonso González, O.P.

Born:	1916.12.31 (Enfestrella, Spain)
Died:	1936.07.27 🩸 (Barcelona, Spain † 19)
Beatified:	2007.10.28

Religious of Order of Preachers (Dominican Nuns). Martyr.

Blessed Otilio del Amo Palomino, C.M.F.

Born:	1913.04.02 (Bustillo de Chaves, Valladolid, Spain)
Died:	1936.07.28 🩸 (Fernán Caballero, Ciudad Real, Spain † 23)
Beatified:	2013.10.13 (Tarragona, Spain)

Religious of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Claretians). Martyr.

Saint Otmar, O.S.B.

Died:	759? (Werd Island, Switzerland)
Feast:	11.16

Abbot and religious of Benedictine Confederation of the Order of Saint Benedict (Benedictines). First abbot of St. Gall.

Blessed Ottaviano, O.S.B.

Died:	1132.08.06 (Savona, Italy)
Beatified:	1783.08.06 (equipollently)
Feast:	08.06

Bishop of Savona (Italy) (1119 – 1128)

Bishop and religious of Benedictine Confederation of the Order of Saint Benedict (Benedictines). Brother of Pope Callixtus II.

Saint Ottavio

Died:	III century 🩸 (Torino, Italy)
Feast:	11.20

Layperson. Martyr.

Blessed Otto Neururer

Born:	1882.03.25 (Piller, Austria)
Ordained Priest:	1907.06.29
Died:	1940.05.30 🩸 (Buchenwald, Germany † 58)
Beatified:	1996.11.24
Feast:	05.30

Priest of Brixen. First priest to die in a Nazi concentration camp. Martyr.

Saint Ottone, O.F.M.

Died:	1220.01.16 🩸 (Marrakesh, Morocco)
Canonised:	1481.08.07 (equipollently)
Feast:	01.16

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

Saint Ottone Frangipane, O.S.B.

Born:	1040 (Roma, Italy)
Died:	1127.03.23 (Ariano Irpino, Italy † 86)
Feast:	03.23

Religious of Benedictine Confederation of the Order of Saint Benedict (Benedictines).

Saint Ours de Tours

Died:	484? (Tours, France)
Feast:	07.27

Abbot.

Blessed Ovidio Beltrán, F.S.C.
Esteban Anuncibay Letona (secular name)

Born:	1892.12.26 (Mijancas, Vitoria, Spain)
Died:	1936.11.18 🩸 (Lorca, Cartagena, Spain † 43)
Beatified:	2007.10.28

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

Blessed Ovidio Bravo Porras, O.P.

Born:	1908.04.13 (Fuenteandrino, Palencia, Spain)
Died:	1936.08.14 🩸 (El Picado, Almagro, Ciudad Real, Spain † 28)
Beatified:	2022.06.18 (Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain)

Religious of Order of Preachers (Dominicans). Martyr.

Saint Oyend de Condat
Eugendus (latine)

Died:	510.01.01 (Condat, France)
Feast:	01.01

Abbot. Abbot of Condat.

Blessed Ozana Kotorska
Caterina Kosić (secular name)

Born:	1493.11.25 (Relezi, Montenegro)
Died:	1565.04.27 (Kotor, Montenegro † 71)
Beatified:	1927.12.21 (equipollently)
Feast:	04.27

Layperson. Dominican tertiary. Mystic.