Saints and Blesseds

Saints and Blesseds

Saint Obadiah

Died:B.C.

One of the Twelve Prophets.

ItalySaint Obizio da Niardo

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

Layperson.

TurkiyeSaint Oceanus

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

Layperson. Martyr.

SpainBlessed 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.

NetherlandsSaint Oda of Scotland

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

Hermit.

ItalyBlessed Oddino Barotti

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

Priest of Fossano.

ItalyBlessed Oddone di Novara, O. Cart.

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

Priest of Carthusian Order (Carthusians).

AlgeriaBlessed 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.

FranceBlessed Odile Baumgarten, D.C.

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

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

FranceSaint Odile de Hohenbourg

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

Abbess.

GermanySaint Odilia of Cologne
Odilia von Köln

Died:IV century (Köln, Germany)

Layperson.

SpainBlessed 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.

GermanyBlessed 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.

ItalyBlessed 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)

Priest of Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans).

NetherlandsSaint Odrada van Alem

Died:VIII century? (Alem, Netherlands)

Layperson.

NetherlandsSaint Odulfus van Utrecht

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

Priest.

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

Died:865? (Utrecht, Netherlands)

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

JapanBlessed Ogasawara Genpachi
小笠原 源八  (日本語)

Born: (Kokura, Buzen, 福岡県, 九州, Japan)
Died:1636.01.30 🩸 (Kumamoto, 熊本県, 九州, Japan)
Beatified:2008.11.24 (Nagasaki, Japan)

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

JapanBlessed Ogasawara Gonnosuke
小笠原 権之助  (日本語)

Born: (Kokura, Buzen, 福岡県, 九州, Japan)
Died:1636.01.30 🩸 (Kumamoto, 熊本県, 九州, Japan)
Beatified:2008.11.24 (Nagasaki, Japan)

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

JapanBlessed Ogasawara Goro
小笠原 五郎  (日本語)

Born: (Kokura, Buzen, 福岡県, 九州, Japan)
Died:1636.01.30 🩸 (Kumamoto, 熊本県, 九州, Japan)
Beatified:2008.11.24 (Nagasaki, Japan)

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

JapanBlessed Ogasawara Kuri
小笠原 くり  (日本語)

Born: (Kokura, Buzen, 福岡県, 九州, Japan)
Died:1636.01.30 🩸 (Kumamoto, 熊本県, 九州, Japan)
Beatified:2008.11.24 (Nagasaki, Japan)

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

JapanBlessed Ogasawara Mari
小笠原 まり  (日本語)

Born: (Kokura, Buzen, 福岡県, 九州, Japan)
Died:1636.01.30 🩸 (Kumamoto, 熊本県, 九州, Japan)
Beatified:2008.11.24 (Nagasaki, Japan)

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

JapanBlessed Ogasawara Miya Luisa
マリア 小笠原 みや  (日本語)

Born: (Buzen, 福岡県, 九州, Japan)
Died:1636.01.30 🩸 (Kumamoto, 熊本県, 九州, Japan)
Beatified:2008.11.24 (Nagasaki, Japan)

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

JapanBlessed Ogasawara Sasaemon
小笠原 佐左衛門  (日本語)

Born: (Kokura, Buzen, 福岡県, 九州, Japan)
Died:1636.01.30 🩸 (Kumamoto, 熊本県, 九州, Japan)
Beatified:2008.11.24 (Nagasaki, Japan)

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

JapanBlessed Ogasawara Sayuemon
小笠原 三右衛門  (日本語)

Born: (Kokura, Buzen, 福岡県, 九州, Japan)
Died:1636.01.30 🩸 (Kumamoto, 熊本県, 九州, Japan)
Beatified:2008.11.24 (Nagasaki, Japan)

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

JapanBlessed Ogasawara Shiro
小笠原 四郎  (日本語)

Born: (Kokura, Buzen, 福岡県, 九州, Japan)
Died:1636.01.30 🩸 (Kumamoto, 熊本県, 九州, Japan)
Beatified:2008.11.24 (Nagasaki, Japan)

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

JapanBlessed Ogasawara Tsuchi
小笠原 つち  (日本語)

Born: (Kokura, Buzen, 福岡県, 九州, Japan)
Died:1636.01.30 🩸 (Kumamoto, 熊本県, 九州, Japan)
Beatified:2008.11.24 (Nagasaki, Japan)

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

JapanBlessed Ogasawara Yosaburō Gen’Ya
小笠原 与三郎 玄也  (日本語)

Born: (Buzen, 福岡県, 九州, Japan)
Died:1636.01.30 🩸 (Kumamoto, 熊本県, 九州, Japan)
Beatified:2008.11.24 (Nagasaki, Japan)

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

ItalyBlessed Oglerio di Lucedio, O. Cist.

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

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

NorwaySaint Olaf Haraldson

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

King of Norway. Martyr.

SpainBlessed Olegario

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

Bishop of Barcelona (Spain) (1116 – 1137.03.06)

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

Archbishop.

SpainBlessed 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.

KazakhstanBlessed 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)

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

UkraineSaint Olga of Kiev

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

Grand Princess of Kiev.

SpainBlessed 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.

RussiaBlessed 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)

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

ItalyBlessed 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.

ItalySaint Oliva di Anagni

Died:492.06.03 (Anagni, Italy)

Layperson.

Northern IrelandSaint Oliver Plunkett

Born:1625.11.01 (Loughcrew, Meath, Ireland)
Ordained Priest:1654
Consecrated Bishop:1669.11.30
Died:1681.07.01 🩸 (Tyburn, London, England † 55)
Beatified:1920.05.23
Canonised:1975.10.12

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

Archbishop. Martyr.

FranceBlessed Olivier Lefebvre

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

Priest of Paris. Martyr.

TurkiyeSaint Olympias of Nicomedia

Died:408.07.25 (Nicomedia, Turkiye)

Layperson. Widow.

FranceBlessed Ombeline de Jully, O. Cist.

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

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

PolandBlessed 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)

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

ItalySaint Omobono Tucenghi

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

Layperson.

SpainBlessed Onésimo Agorreta Zabaleta, C.M.F.

Born:1916.02.16 (Ujué, Navarra, Comunidad Foral de 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.

TurkiyeBlessed Onesimus (Greek Rite)

Died:68 (Israel)

Bishop of Byzantium (Turkiye) (54 – 68)

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

GreeceSaint Onesiphorus

Died:I century 🩸 (Parium, Greece)

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

SpainBlessed 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.

ItalySaint Onofrio di Catanzaro

Died:995 (Catanzaro, Italy)

Hermit in Catanzaro.

ItalySaint Onorata di Pavia

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

Layperson. Sister of Saint Epifanio di Pavia.

ItalySaint Onorato di Fondi

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

Abbot.

ItalySaint Onorato di Subiaco, O.S.B.

Died:VI century? (Subiaco, Italy)

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

PolandBlessed Onufry, O.P.

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

Cleric of Order of Preachers (Dominicans). Martyr.

PolandBlessed Onufry Wasyluk (Ukrainian Rite)

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

Layperson of Podlachia. Married. Martyr.

EgyptSaint Onuphrius

Died:V century? (Egypt)

Hermit.

ItalySaint Opilione di Piacenza

Died:V century? (Piacenza, Italy)

Deacon.

FranceSaint Opportune de Montreuil

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

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

SpainSaint Optato de Zaragoza

Died:304 🩸 (Zaragoza, Spain)

Layperson. Martyr.

ScotlandSaint Oran of Iona

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

Religious.

ItalySaint Orante

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

Layperson.

SpainBlessed 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.

SpainSaint Orentius

Died:240 (Spain)

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

ArmeniaSaint Orestes

Died:296 🩸 (Armenia)

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

TurkiyeSaint Orestes of Cappadocia

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

Layperson. Martyr.

SpainSaint Orosia de Jaca

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

Layperson. Martyr.

ItalySaint Orso di Aosta

Died:529.02.01 (Aosta, Italy)

Priest.

FranceSaint Ortaire de Landelles

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

Abbot.

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

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

Layperson of Third Order of St. Dominic.

EnglandSaint Osburh of Coventry, O.S.B.

Died:1018? (Coventry, England)

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

El SalvadorSaint 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.

SpainBlessed 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.

EnglandSaint Osgyth, O.S.B.

Died:700? (England)

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

EnglandSaint Osmund of Salisbury

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

Bishop of Sarum (England) (1078 – 1099.12.03)

Bishop.

EnglandSaint Oswald of Northumbria

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

King of Northumbria. Martyr.

EnglandSaint Oswine of Deira

Died:651.08.20 🩸 (Gilling, England)

King of Deira. Martyr.

NetherlandsSaint Otger

Died:730? (Netherlands)

Deacon.

SpainBlessed 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.

SpainBlessed 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.

SwitzerlandSaint Otmar, O.S.B.

Died:759? (Werd Island, Switzerland)

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

ItalyBlessed Ottaviano, O.S.B.

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

Bishop of Savona (Italy) (1119 – 1128)

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

ItalySaint Ottavio

Died:III century 🩸 (Torino, Italy)

Layperson. Martyr.

GermanyBlessed Otto Neururer

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

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

MoroccoSaint Ottone, O.F.M.

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

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

ItalySaint Ottone Frangipane, O.S.B.

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

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

FranceSaint Ours de Tours

Died:484? (Tours, France)

Abbot.

SpainBlessed 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.

SpainBlessed Ovidio Bravo Porras, O.P.

Born:1908.04.13 (Fuenteandrino, Palencia, Castilla y Leon, Spain)
Died:1936.08.14 🩸 (El Picado, Almagro, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain † 28)
Beatified:2022.06.18 (Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain)

Religious of Order of Preachers (Dominicans). Martyr.

FranceSaint Oyend de Condat
Eugendus  (latine)

Died:510.01.01 (Condat, France)

Abbot. Abbot of Condat.

MontenegroBlessed Ozana Kotorska
Caterina Kosić  (secular name)

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

Layperson. Dominican tertiary. Mystic.

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