List of venerated couples
Appearance
The following is a list of modern-day couples recognized by various Christian denominations to have lived such an exemplary holy lives in marriage and are under the process for canonization.[1][2]
Catholic Church
Under canonization process
Husband | Wife | Diocese | ||||||
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Portrait | Name | Born | Died | Portrait | Name | Born | Died | |
St. Isidro Merlo Quintana | c. 1070 (or 1082) Madrid, Spain |
15 May 1130 Madrid, Spain |
Bl. Maria Torribia de la Cabeza Merlo | ? Caraquiz, Guadalajara, Spain |
c. 1175 Torrelaguna, Madrid, Spain |
Archdiocese of Madrid | ||
Bl. Ludwig Ludovingian | 28 October 1200 Creuzburg, Thuringia, Germany |
11 September 1227 Otranto, Lecce, Italy |
St. Elisabeth von Thüringen | 7 July 1207 Bratislava, Slovakia |
17 November 1231 Marburg, Hesse, Germany |
Archdiocese of Esztergom–Budapest | ||
Bl. Luchesio Modestini | c. 1180 Gaggiano, Milan, Italy |
28 April 1260 Poggibonsi, Siena, Italy |
Bl. Bounadonna de Segni Modestini | c. 1181 Italy |
28 April 1260 Poggibonsi, Siena, Italy |
Archdiocese of Siena | ||
Servant of God Alfonso Sanches |
24 May 1289 Ribeira de Pena, Portugal |
2 November 1329 Escalona, Toledo, Spain |
Servant of God Teresa Martins de Menezes Telo Sanches |
? Portugal |
c. 1350 Vila do Conde, Portugal |
Archdiocese of Braga[3] | ||
Ven. Carlo Tancredi Falletti di Barolo | 26 October 1782 Turin, Italy |
4 September 1838 Chiari, Brescia, Italy |
Ven. Giulia Vittorina Colbert Falletti di Barolo | 26 June 1876 Maulévrier, Vendée, France |
19 January 1864 Turin, Italy |
Archdiocese of Turin[4] | ||
Ven. Pierre Toussaint | prob. 27 June 1766 (or 1780) Saint-Marc, Artibonite, France |
30 June 1853 New York City, New York, United States |
Servant of God Juliette Noel Toussaint |
c. 1786 Saint-Domingue (now Haiti) |
14 May 1851 New York City, New York, United States |
Archdiocese of New York | ||
Bl. Antoine-Frédéric Ozanam | 23 April 1813 Milan, Italy |
8 September 1853 Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France |
Servant of God Marie-Josephine-Amélie Soulacroix |
11 August 1820 Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France |
26 September 1894 Écully, Lyons, France |
Archdioceses of Paris and Marseille[2] | ||
St. Louis Joseph Martin | 22 August 1823 Bordeaux, Gironde, France |
29 July 1894 Arnières-sur-Iton, Eure, France |
St. Marie-Azélie Guérin Martin | 23 December 1831 Saint-Denis-sur-Sarthon, Orne, France |
28 August 1877 Alençon, Orne, France |
Dioceses of Séez and Bayeux-Lisieux | ||
Servant of God Francisco Armida García |
17 March 1854 Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico |
17 September 1901 Mexico City, Mexico |
Bl. María Concepción Cabrera Arias de Armida | 8 December 1862 San Luis Potosí, Mexico |
3 March 1937 Mexico City, Mexico |
Archdiocese of Mexico[2] | ||
Servant of God Jerônimo de Castro Abreu Magalhães |
26 July 1851 Magé, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
12 August 1909 Carmo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
Servant of God Zélia (Elisa) Pedreira Abreu Magalhães |
5 April 1857 Ingá, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
8 September 1919 Largo do Machado, Catete, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro[5][6][7] | ||
Bl. Karl I (IV) von Österreich | 17 August 1887 Persenbeug-Gottsdorf, Melk, Austria |
1 April 1922 Funchal, Madeira, Portugal |
Servant of God Zita of Bourbon-Parma |
9 May 1892 Capezza Pianore, Lucca, Italy |
14 March 1989 Zizers, Graubünden, Switzerland |
Archdiocese of Vienna and Diocese of Le Mans | ||
Bl. Bartolo Longo | 11 February 1841 Latiano, Brindisi, Philippines |
5 October 1926 Pompei, Ancona, Italy |
Servant of God Marianna Farnararo de Fusco Longo |
13 December 1836 Monopoli, Bari, Italy |
9 February 1924 Pompei, Ancona, Italy |
Territorial Prelature of Pompei | ||
Servant of God Nicolás Pakarati Urepotahi |
1860 in Mataveri, Easter Island, Valparaíso, Chile | 12 October 1927 Hanga Roa, Easter Island, Valparaíso, Chile |
Servant of God Elisabeth Marohania Kagitaki Ragitake Urepotahi |
November 1869 Fangatau, Tuamoto Island, French Polynesia |
2 October 1949 Hanga Roa, Easter Island, Valparaíso, Chile |
Diocese of Villarrica (Chile)[8] | ||
Servant of God Karol Wojtyła |
18 July 1879 Lipnik, Bielsko-Biała, Poland |
18 February 1941 Kraków, Poland |
Servant of God Emilia Kaczorowska Wojtyła |
26 March 1884 Kraków, Poland |
13 April 1929 Wadowice, Poland |
Archdiocese of Kraków[9][10][11] | ||
Servant of God Giovanni Gheddo |
22 April 1900 Viancino, Vercelli, Italy |
17 December 1942 at the Don River basin, Volgogradskaya oblast', Russia |
Servant of God Rosetta Franzi Gheddo |
3 December 1902 Crova, Vercelli, Italy |
26 October 1934 Tronzano Vercellese, Vercelli, Italy |
Archdiocese of Vercelli[12][13] | ||
Servant of God Eugenio Balmori Martínez |
7 July 1900 San Luis Potosí, Mexico |
14 May 1946 Minatitlán, Veracruz, Mexico |
Servant of God Marina Francisca Cinta Sarrelangue de Balmori |
9 March 1909 Acayucan, Veracruz, Mexico |
29 September 1988 Mexico City, Mexico |
Diocese of Coatzacoalcos[14][15] | ||
Servant of God Louis Wandete [Ouandete] |
c. 1877 northern Côte d'Ivoire |
2 March 1949 Korhogo, Savanes, Côte d'Ivoire |
Servant of God Valérie Ama Wandete [Ouandete] |
c. 1883 Krinjabo, Sud-Comoé, Côte d'Ivoire |
17 December 1948 Korhogo, Savanes, Côte d’Ivoire |
Archdiocese of Korhogo[16] | ||
Servant of God Félix Leseur |
22 March 1961 Reims, Marne, France |
27 February 1950 Paris, France |
Servant of God Pauline-Élisabeth Arrighi Leseur |
16 October 1866 Paris, France |
3 May 1914 Paris, France |
Archdiocese of Paris[2] | ||
Servant of God Paulus Takashi Nagai |
3 February 1908 Matsue, Shimane, Japan |
1 May 1951 Nagasaki, Japan |
Servant of God Marina Moriyama Midori |
8 October 1908 Urakami, Nagasaki, Japan |
9 August 1945 Urakami, Nagasaki, Japan |
Archdiocese of Nagasaki and Vicariate of Rome[17][18][19] | ||
Bl. Luigi Beltrame Quattrochi | 12 January 1880 Catania, Italy |
9 November 1951 Rome, Italy |
Bl. Maria Corsini Beltrame Quattrochi | 24 June 1884 Florence, Italy |
26 August 1965 Serravalle, Bibbiena, Arezzo, Italy |
Vicariate of Rome | ||
Servant of God Manuel Casesnoves Soler |
30 June 1904 Xàtiva, Valencia, Spain |
24 May 1958 Xàtiva, Valencia, Spain |
Servant of God Adela Soldevila Galiana de Casesnoves |
5 May 1906 Xàtiva, Valencia, Spain |
3 March 1988 Xàtiva, Valencia, Spain |
Archdiocese of Valencia (Spain)[20][21][22] | ||
Ven. Enrique Ernesto Shaw | 26 February 1921 Paris, France |
27 August 1962 Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Servant of God Cecilia Bunge de Shaw |
13 May 1921 Buenos Aires, Argentina |
23 May 2007 Buenos Aires, Arrgentina |
Archdiocese of Buenos Aires[23][24] | ||
Ven. Sergio Bernardini | 20 May 1882 Sassoguidano, Modena, Italy |
12 October 1966 Verica, Modena, Italy |
Ven. Domenica Bedonni Bernardini | 12 April 1889 Verica, Modena, Italy |
27 February 1971 Verica, Modena, Italy |
Archdiocese of Modena–Nonantola | ||
Servant of God Georges-Philias Vanier |
23 April 1888 Montréal, Québec, Canada |
5 March 1967 Ottawa, Canada |
Servant of God Pauline Archer-Vanier |
17 March 1902 Auzits, Aveyron, France |
23 March 1991 Trosly-Breuil, Oise, France |
Archdiocese of Ottawa[25][26][27] | ||
Servant of God Ulisse Amendolagine |
14 May 1893 Salerno, Italy |
30 May 1969 Rome, Italy |
Servant of God Lelia Cossidente Amendolagine |
4 May 1893 Potenza, Italy |
3 July 1951 Rome, Italy |
Vicariate of Rome[28][29] | ||
Servant of God Edmond Michelet |
8 October 1889 Paris, France |
9 October 1970 Marcillac-la-Croisille, Corrèze, France |
Servant of God Marie Michelet née Vialle |
25 January 1900 Brive-la-Gaillarde, Corrèze, France |
1 September 1989 Marcillac-la-Croisille, Corrèze, France |
Diocese of Tulle[30][31][32] | ||
Servant of God Edward Joseph Doherty |
30 October 1890 Chicago, Illinois, United States |
4 May 1975 Combermere, Ontario, Canada |
Servant of God Catherine De Hueck Doherty |
15 August 1896 Nizhny Novgorod, Nizhegorodskaya oblast', Russia |
14 December 1985 Combermere, Ontario, Canada |
Diocese of Pembroke[2][33] | ||
Servant of God Fernando Crespo Alfageme |
1 June 1907 León, Spain |
7 January 1976 León, Spain |
Servant of God María Lourdes de Miguel Crespo de Crespo |
11 February 1913 Sahagún, León, Spain |
28 February 1983 León, Spain |
Personal Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei[34] | ||
Servant of God Raoul Follereau |
17 August 1903 Nevers, Nièvre, France |
6 December 1977 Paris, France |
Servant of God Madeleine Follereau née Boudou |
17 March 1902 Auzits, Aveyron, France |
3 March 1991 Ville d'Avray, Hauts-de-Seine, France |
Archdiocese of Paris[35][36][37] | ||
Servant of God Settimio Manelli |
25 April 1886 Teramo, Italy |
26 April 1978 Rome, Italy |
Servant of God Licia Gualandris Manelli |
13 July 1907 Nembro, Bergamo, Italy |
18 January 2004 Rome, Italy |
Vicariate of Rome[38][39] | ||
Servant of God Eduardo Ortiz de Landázuri Fernández de Heredia |
31 October 1910 Segovia, Spain |
20 May 1985 Pamplona, Navarra, Spain |
Servant of God Laura Busca Otaegui de Ortiz de Landázuri |
3 November 1918 Zumárraga, Guipúzcoa, Spain |
11 October 2000 Pamplona, Navarra, Spain |
Personal Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei[40] | ||
Servant of God Aristides Calvani Silva |
19 January 1918 Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago |
18 January 1986 at the Petén forest, Guatemala |
Servant of God Adela Rina Abbo Fontana de Calvani |
2 December 1919 Cúcuta, Lara, Venezuela |
18 January 1986 at the Petén forest, Guatemala |
Archdiocese of Caracas[41] | ||
Servant of God Abraham Reyes Díaz |
16 March 1917 Siquisique, Lara, Venezuela |
6 September 1988 Caracas, Venezuela |
Servant of God María Patricia García García de Reyes |
24 August 1924 Aragüita, Acevedo, Miranda, Venezuela |
15 February 2006 Monte Piedad, Catia, Caracas, Venezuela |
Archdiocese of Caracas[42][43][44] | ||
Servant of God Tomás Alvira y Alvira |
17 January 1906 Villanueva de Gállego, Zaragoza, Spain |
7 May 1992 Madrid, Spain |
Servant of God Francisca [Paquita] Domínguez Susín de Alvira |
1 April 1912 Borau, Huesca, Spain |
29 August 1994 Madrid, Spain |
Personal Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei[45][46][47] | ||
Servant of God Marcello Inguscio |
26 June 1934 Lecce, Italy |
2 January 1996 Catania, Italy |
Servant of God Anna Maria Ritter Inguscio |
23 August 1938 Catania, Italy |
2 January 1986 Catania, Italy |
Archdiocese of Catania[48][49] | ||
Servant of God Francesco Bono |
9 February 1939 Lamezia Terme, Catanzaro, Italy |
24 April 1996 Catanzaro, Italy |
Servant of God Maria Rosaria de Angelis Bono |
7 October 1955 Locri, Reggio Calabria, Italy |
24 December 2000 Locri, Reggio Calabria, Italy |
Diocese of Locri-Gerace[50] | ||
Servant of God Aldo Michisanti |
1 December 1937 Rome, Italy |
3 March 1997 Rome, Italy |
Servant of God Enrica Onorante Michisanti | 19 November 1945 Rome, Italy |
25 January 2007 Rome, Italy |
Vicariate of Rome[51][52][53] | ||
Servant of God Francesco Ugenti |
28 July 1913 Toritto, Bari, Italy |
7 November 1998 Grumo Appula, Bari, Italy |
Servant of God Teresa Sivilli Ugenti |
9 April 1913 Grumo Appula, Bari, Italy |
21 May 1984 Rome, Italy |
Archdiocese of Bari-Bitonto and Vicariate of Rome[54][55] | ||
Servant of God Henry Casolani |
25 November 1917 Valletta, Malta |
29 December 1999 Valletta, Malta |
Servant of God Inez Vassallo Casolani |
11 October 1915 Cospicua, Malta |
13 July 1992 Valletta, Malta |
Archdiocese of Malta[56][57][58] | ||
Servant of God Pietro Molla |
1 July 1912 Mesero, Milan, Italy |
3 April 2010 Mesero, Milan, Italy |
St. Gianna Beretta Molla | 4 October 1922 Magenta, Milan, Italy |
28 April 1962 Magenta, Milan, Italy |
Archdiocese of Milan[59][60][61] | ||
Servant of God Consilio Pistocchi |
23 April 1937 Polenta di Bertinoro, Forlì-Cesena, Italy |
19 September 2012 Cesena, Forlì-Cesena, Italy |
Servant of God Bruna Buratti Pistocchi |
1 June 1945 Martorano, Cesena, Forlì-Cesena, Italy |
9 November 2010 Cesena, Forlì-Cesena, Italy |
Diocese of Cesena-Sarsina | ||
Servant of God Daniel George Hyams |
1 June 1921 Jeppestown, Johannesburg, South Africa |
28 December 2012 Edenvale, Ekurhuleni, Gauteng, South Africa |
Servant of God Maria Domitilla Rota Hyams |
7 May 1918 Albenza di Almenno San Bartolomeo, Bergamo, Italy |
18 January 2011 Edenvale, Ekurhuleni, Gauteng, South Africa |
Archdiocese of Johannesburg[62][63] |
Martyred couples
Husband | Wife | Diocese | ||||||
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Portrait | Name | Born | Died | Portrait | Name | Born | Died | |
Couples killed during the Spanish Civil War (1934, 36-39) | ||||||||
Bl. Francisco de Paula Ortega Montilla | 29 August 1868 Puente Genil, Córdoba, Spain |
23 July 1936 Puente Genil, Córdoba, Spain |
Bl. María Antonia Vergara Melgar de Ortega | 9 May 1867 Puente Genil, Córdoba, Spain |
23 July 1936 Puente Genil, Córdoba, Spain |
Diocese of Córdoba | ||
Servant of God Manuel Marín Portela |
? Adanero, Ávila, Spain |
12 August 1936 Pozo del Tío Raimundo, Vallecas, Madrid, Spain |
Servant of God Teresa Basulto Jiménez de Marín |
? Adanero, Ávila, Spain |
12 August 1936 Pozo del Tío Raimundo, Vallecas, Madrid, Spain |
Diocese of Jaén | ||
Bl. Isidoro Fernández Rubio | 04 April 1887 Villaralto, Córdoba, Spain |
16 August 1936 Villaralto, Córdoba, Spain |
Bl. Isidra Fernández Palomero de Fernández | 15 May 1893 Villaralto, Córdoba, Spain |
16 August 1936 Villaralto, Córdoba, Spain |
Diocese of Córdoba | ||
Servant of God Gabino Díaz-Toledo Martín-Macho |
1897 Mora, Toledo, Spain |
21 August 1936 Orgaz, Toledo, Spain |
Servant of God María Paz Pascuala Merchán Gouvert de Díaz-Toledo |
19 May 1897 Consuegra, Toledo, Spain |
21 August 1936 Orgaz, Toledo, Spain |
Archdiocese of Toledo[64] | ||
Servant of God Moisés Méndez-Benegassi García-Mora |
25 November 1894 Castuera, Badajoz, Spain |
27 August 1936 Zalamea de la Serena, Badajoz, Spain |
Servant of God María Luisa Sánchez-Arévalo García-Mora de Méndez-Benegassi |
3 September 1888 Cabeza del Buey, Badajoz, Spain |
27 August 1936 Zalamea de la Serena, Badajoz, Spain |
Archdiocese of Mérida-Badajoz | ||
Servant of God José Carné Moreno |
? Tarancón, Cuenca, Spain |
29 August 1936 in Almonacid del Marquesado, Cuenca, Spain | Servant of God María Dolores Gómez Plaza de Carné |
? Tarancón, Cuenca, Spain |
29 August 1936 in Almonacid del Marquesado, Cuenca, Spain | Diocese of Cuenca[65] | ||
Servant of God Plàcid Armengol Ceranova |
1873 Guissona, Lleida, Spain |
24 September 1936 at the L’Arrabassada highway, Barcelona, Spain |
Servant of God Emília Serra Saura de Armengol |
24 January 1889 Montferrer i Castellbò, Lleida, Spain |
24 September 1936 at the L’Arrabassada highway, Barcelona, Spain |
Archdiocese of Barcelona[66] | ||
Couples killed in odium fidei by the Nazis during the Second World War (1939-45) | ||||||||
Servant of God Jožef Mavsar |
22 February 1891 Šentrupert, Slovenia |
27 December 1942 Šentrupert, Slovenia |
Servant of God Terezija Bukovec Mavsar |
2 December 1893 Praproče, Koper, Slovenia |
27 December 1942 Šentrupert, Slovenia |
Diocese of Novo Mesto | ||
Servant of God Bernhard Kreulich |
13 January 1890 Kray, Essen, Germany |
17 March 1944 Plötzensee Prison, Berlin, Germany |
Servant of God Maria Budziak Kreulich |
5 October 1889 Kray, Essen, Germany |
19 March 1944 Plötzensee Prison, Berlin, Germany |
Diocese of Essen[67] | ||
Bl. Józef Ulma | 2 March 1900 Markowa, Łańcut, Poland |
24 March 1944 Markowa, Łańcut, Poland |
Bl. Wiktoria Niemczak Ulma | 10 December 1912 Markowa, Łańcut, Poland |
24 March 1944 Markowa, Łańcut, Poland |
Archdiocese of Przemyśl of the Latins[68][69][70] | ||
Servant of God František Munk |
25 September 1895 Reca, Senec, Slovakia |
21 or 22 April 1945 Neuruppin, Ostprignitz-Ruppin, Germany |
Servant of God Gizela Munková |
23 October 1900 Lučenec, Slovakia |
March-April 1945 KZ Bergen-Belsen, Celle, Germany |
Archdiocese of Bratislava[71][72][73] | ||
Couples killed in odium fidei by Communist Regimes in Eastern Europe | ||||||||
Servant of God Teodor Nimylovych |
1889 Drohobych, Lviv, Ukraine |
25 October 1947 Unyatychi, Drohobych, Lviv, Ukraine |
Servant of God Olha Kapko Nimylovych |
? Ukraine |
25 October 1947 Unyatychi, Drohobych, Lviv, Ukraine |
Archeparchy of Lviv of the Ukrainians[74] | ||
Servant of God Anatolii Hurhula |
15 July 1905 Tomashivtsi, Kalush, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine |
27 February 1980 Tomashivtsi, Kalush, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine |
Servant of God Irina Durbak Hurhula |
1908 Burkaniv, Terebovlia, Ternopil, Ukraine |
27 February 1980 Tomashivtsi, Kalush, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine |
Archeparchy of Lviv and Ivano-Frankivsk of the Ukrainians[75] | ||
Couples killed by organized crimes in Italy | ||||||||
Carlo Alberto dalla Chiesa | 27 September 1920 Saluzzo, Cuneo, Italy |
3 September 1982 Palermo, Italy |
Emanuela Setti Carraro dalla Chiesa | 9 October 1950 Borgosesia, Vercelli, Italy |
3 September 1982 Palermo, Italy |
Archdiocese of Palermo[76] | ||
Couples killed during Nicaraguan Contra War (1979-90) | ||||||||
Felipe Barreda Rodríguez | 12 April 1931 Murra, Nueva Segovia, Nicaragua |
3 January 1983 San Francisco de La Lodosa, El Paraíso, Nicaragua |
María Eugenia García de Barreda | 15 May 1933 Managua, Nicaragua |
3 January 1983 San Francisco de La Lodosa, El Paraíso, Nicaragua |
Diocese of Estelí[77] | ||
Couples killed during Rwandan Civil War (1990-94) | ||||||||
Servant of God Cyprien [Sipiriyani] Rugamba |
c. 1932 Cyanika, Nyamagabe, Rwanda |
7 April 1994 Kigali, Rwanda |
Servant of God Daphrose [Daforoza] Mukasanga |
c. 1944 Ngoma, Cyanika, Nyamagabe, Rwanda |
7 April 1994 Kigali, Rwanda |
Archdiocese of Kigali[78][79] | ||
Couples killed in odium fidei at the 2010 Baghdad church massacre | ||||||||
Servant of God Jān Yūnān Kūrkīs Al-sāʻūr |
29 July 1982 Bartella, Mosul, Iraq |
31 October 2010 Baghdad, Iraq |
Servant of God Rītā Matī Kūrkīs Zūrā (Al-sāʻūr) |
18 December 1988 Iraq |
31 October 2010 Baghdad, Iraq |
Archeparchy of Baghdad of the Syrians | ||
Servant of God Thāmir Kāmel Āwsy |
1 July 1955 Mosul, Iraq |
31 October 2010 Baghdad, Iraq |
Servant of God Nida' Ḩamid Esţfān Ḩanā Balbūl (Āwsy) |
25 February 1957 Bassura, Basra, Iraq |
31 October 2010 Baghdad, Iraq | |||
Servant of God Basām ʻAdnān Jamīl Al-khūrī |
29 July 1976 Iraq |
31 October 2010 Baghdad, Iraq |
Servant of God Mīlad Nizār Jamīl Matlūb (Al-khūrī) |
16 December 1984 Iraq |
31 October 2010 Baghdad, Iraq |
Considered for sainthood
Husband | Wife | Diocese | ||||||
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Portrait | Name | Born | Died | Portrait | Name | Born | Died | |
Joseph Chiwatenhwa | c. 1602 Quebec, Canada |
2 August 1640 Montreal, Quebec, Canada in odium fidei |
Marie Aonetta | ? Quebec, Canada |
c. 1650 Quebec, Canada |
Archdiocese of Quebec[80] | ||
Antonio Brignole Sale | 22 May 1786 Genoa, Italy |
14 October 1863 Genoa, Italy |
Artemisia Negrone Brignole-Sale | 1787 Italy |
1865 Genoa, Italy |
Archdiocese of Genoa[81] | ||
François Soubirous | 7 July 1807 Lourdes, Hautes-Pyrénées, France |
4 May 1871 Lourdes, Hautes-Pyrénées, France |
Louise Casterot Soubirous | 28 September 1825 Lourdes, Hautes-Pyrénées, France |
8 December 1866 Lourdes, Hautes-Pyrénées, France |
Diocese of Tarbes-et-Lourdes | ||
Alessandro Francesco Manzoni | 7 March 1785 Milan, Italy |
22 May 1873 Milan, Italy |
Enrichetta Blondel Manzoni | 11 July 1791 Casirate d'Adda, Bergamo, Italy |
25 December 1833 Milan, Italy |
Archdiocese of Milan[82] | ||
Domenico Fassati | 1804 Casale Monferrato, Alessandria, Italy |
1878 Turin, Italy |
Maria De Maistre Fassati | 1824 Turin, Italy |
1905 Turin, Italy |
Archdiocese of Turin[83] | ||
Thomas Poynton | 11 March 1803 Ballivor, Ireland |
9 March 1892 Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand |
Mary Kennedy Poynton | 5 June 1812 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
15 October 1891 Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand |
Archdiocese of Wellington and Diocese of Auckland | ||
Michele Alberione | 17 July 1837 Cuneo, Italy |
26 November 1904 San Lorenzo di Fossano, Cuneo, Italy |
Teresa Rosa Allocco Alberione | 7 June 1850 Cuneo, Italy |
13 June 1903 San Lorenzo di Fossano, Cuneo, Italy |
Diocese of Alba Pompeia[84] | ||
Nikollë Bojaxhiu | c. 1874 Prizren, Kosovo |
2 August 1919 Skopje, North Macedonia |
Dranafile (Drana) Bernai Bojaxhiu | c. 1889 Gjakova, Kosovo |
1972 Skopje, North Macedonia |
Diocese of Skopje[85] | ||
Ignacio Lacson Arroyo | 1851 Molo, Iloilo, Philippines |
8 January 1935 Molo, Iloilo, Philippines |
Maria Regalado Pidal de Arroyo | 1864 Molo, Iloilo, Philippines |
16 January 1920 Molo, Iloilo, Philippines |
Archdiocese of Jaro | ||
Joseph Ratzinger Sr. | 6 March 1877 Winzer, Deggendorf, Bavaria, Germany |
25 August 1959 Traunstein, Bavaria, Germany |
Maria Peintner Ratzinger | 8 January 1884 Mühlbach, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany |
16 December 1963 Traunstein, Bavaria, Germany |
Archdiocese of Munich and Freising[86] | ||
Juan de Dios Paras Nepomuceno | 8 March 1892 Angeles, Pampanga, Philippines |
22 April 1973 Angeles, Pampanga, Philippines |
Clara Teresa Teodora Pamintuan Gomez de Nepomuceno | 12 August 1893 Santo Tomas, Pampanga, Philippines |
8 April 1970 Angeles, Pampanga, Philippines |
Archdiocese of San Fernando[87] | ||
Jacques Maritain | 18 November 1882 Paris, France |
28 April 1973 Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, France |
Raïssa Oumansoff Maritain | 31 August 1883 Rostov-on-Don, Rostov oblast', Russia |
4 November 1960 Paris, France |
Archdiocese of Paris[88][89] | ||
Oskar Schindler | 28 April 1908 Svitavy, Czech Republic |
9 October 1974 Hildesheim, Lower Saxony, Germany |
Emilie Pelzl Schindler | 22 October 1907 Maletín, Šumperk, Czech Republic |
5 October 2001 Strausberg, Brandenburg, Germany |
Archdiocese of Berlin[90][91] | ||
Fritz Spieler | 26 September 1893 Mitlödi, Glarus Süd, Switzerland |
8 July 1974 Greibenhof, Solothurn, Switzerland |
Hilda Spieler-Meyer | 17 January 1896 Switzerland |
7 April 1953 Greibenhof, Solothurn, Switzerland |
Diocese of Basel[92] | ||
Patrick Francis Crowley | 23 September 1911 Chicago, Illinois, United States |
20 November 1974 Chicago, Illinois, United States |
Patricia Caron Crowley | 24 July 1913 Chicago, Illinois, United States |
28 November 2005 Wilmette, Illinois, United States |
Archdiocese of Chicago[93] | ||
William Gauchat | 31 July 1907 Dayton, Ohio, United States |
16 April 1975 Avon, Ohio, United States |
Dorothy Helen Schmitt Gauchat | 22 February 1961 Cleveland, Ohio, United States |
20 February 2000 Westlake, Ohio, United States |
Diocese of Cleveland | ||
Dietrich von Hildebrand | 12 October 1889 Florence, Italy |
26 January 1977 New Rochelle, New York, United States |
Alice Marie Jourdain von Hildebrand | 11 March 1923 Brussels, Belgium |
14 January 2022 New Rochelle, New York, United States |
Archdiocese of New York | ||
Ananias Abnegado Vasconcelos Arruda | 23 May 1886 Aracatiaçu, Sobral, Ceará, Brazil |
26 January 1980 Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil |
Ana Custódio dos Santos Arruda [Donaninha] | 31 July 1895 Sobral, Ceará, Brazil |
19 January 1941 Pacoti, Ceará, Brazil |
Archdiocese of Fortaleza[94] | ||
Francis Joseph Sheed | 20 March 1897 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
20 November 1981 Jersey City, New Jersey, United States |
Mary Josephine Ward Sheed | 4 January 1889 Shanklin, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom |
28 January 1975 New York City, New York, United States |
Diocese of Westminster | ||
Thomas Malcolm Muggeridge | 24 March 1903 Sanderstead, Surrey, United Kingdom |
14 November 1990 Robertsbridge, East Sussex, United Kingdom |
Kathleen Rosalind Dobbs Muggeridge | 8 December 1903 Château d'Oex, Vaud, Switzerland |
11 June 1994 Welland, Ontario, Canada |
Diocese of Arundel and Brighton | ||
Giacomo Spanu | 1921 Italy |
1991 Italy |
Iside Giovanna de Zolt Spanu | 28 December 1921 Calalzo di Cadore, Belluno, Italy |
2003 Italy |
Archdiocese of Cagliari[95] | ||
Baudouin of Belgium | 7 September 1930 Laeken, Brussels, Belgium |
31 July 1993 Motril, Granada, Spain |
Fabiola Fernanda de Mora Aragón | 11 June 1928 Madrid, Spain |
5 December 2014 Laeken, Brussels, Belgium |
Archdiocese of Mechelen–Brussels[96][97] | ||
Herbert Wallbrecher | 21 June 1922 Hagen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
5 January 1997 Bad Tölz, Bavaria, Germany |
Gertraud Weiß Wallbrecher | 18 May 1923 Munich, Bavaria, Germany |
29 July 2016 Munich, Bavaria, Germany |
Archdiocese of Munich and Freising | ||
Francisco González-Barros Albardonedo | 19 October 1924 Soutelo de Montes, Forcarei, Pontevedra, Spain |
30 December 2001 Madrid, Spain |
Ramona González Penas de Gonzáles-Barros | 21 September 1931 Soutelo de Montes, Forcarei, Pontevedra, Spain |
3 February 2006 Madrid, Spain |
Personal Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei | ||
Piero Corti | 16 September 1925 Besana in Brianza, Monza e Brianza, Italy |
20 April 2003 Milan, Italy |
Lucille Teasdale-Corti | 30 January 1929 Montreal, Québec, Canada |
1 August 1996 Besana in Brianza, Monza e Brianza, Italy |
Archdiocese of Milan[98][99][100] | ||
Guerrino Casadio | 9 May 1918 Castel Bolognese, Ravenna, Italy |
24 August 2004 Imola, Bologna, Italy |
Lucia Gambetti Casadio | 14 February 1923 Imola, Bologna, Italy |
6 November 1995 Imola, Bologna, Italy |
Diocese of Imola[101] | ||
Edward Warren | 7 September 1926 Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States |
23 August 2006 Monroe, Connecticut, United States |
Lorraine Rita Moran Warren | 31 January 1927 Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States |
18 April 2019 Monroe, Connecticut, United States |
Diocese of Bridgeport | ||
John Billings | 5 March 1918 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
1 April 2007 Richmond, Victoria, Australia |
Evelyn Livingston thomas Billings | 8 February 1918 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
16 February 2013 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
Archdiocese of Melbourne[102][103] | ||
Robert Sargent Shriver Jr. | 9 November 1915 Westminster, Maryland, United States |
18 January 2011 Bethesda, Maryland, United States |
Eunice Mary Kennedy Shriver | 10 July 1921 Brookline, Massachusetts, United States |
11 August 2009 Hyannis, Massachusetts, United States |
Archdioceses of Baltimore and New York[104][105][106] | ||
Peter Thomas Geach | 29 March 1916 Chelsea, London, United Kingdom |
21 December 2013 Cambridge, England, United Kingdom |
Gertrude Elizabeth Margaret Anscombe Geach | 18 March 1919 Limerick, Ireland |
5 January 2001 Cambridge, England, United Kingdom |
Diocese of East Anglia | ||
Alexander Joseph Toczko | 26 September 1919 Stamford, Connecticut, United States |
14 June 2015 San Diego, California, United States |
Jeannette Dolores Malachowski Toczko | 27 February 1919 Stamford, Connecticut, United States |
15 June 2015 San Diego, California, United States |
Diocese of San Diego[107][108] | ||
Bob Lord | 9 September 1935 The Bronx, New York, United States |
13 February 2016 Morrilton, Arkansas, United States |
Pauline Eve Macaluso Lord | 23 September 1927 Brooklyn, New York, United States |
21 January 2014 Morrilton, Arkansas, United States |
Diocese of Little Rock[109] | ||
Oscar Lang | 16 August 1931 Raymond, Wisconsin, United States |
24 January 2015 Caledonia, Wisconsin, United States |
Vernetta Margaret Stieber Lang | 6 September 1931 Wausau, Wisconsin, United States |
24 January 2015 Caledonia, Wisconsin, United States |
Archdiocese of Milwaukee[110][111] | ||
Jerome Francis Coniker | 2 November 1938 Chicago, Illinois, United States |
4 July 2018 Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States |
Servant of God Gwen Cecilia Billings Coniker |
27 September 1939 Chicago, Illinois, United States |
15 June 2002 Bloomingdale, Ohio, United States |
Diocese of Steubenville[112][113] | ||
Romeu Trussardi Filho | 1930 São Paulo, Brazil |
20 August 2021 Alto de Pinheiros, São Paulo, Brazil |
Maria da Conceição Aparecida "Maricy" Rodrigues Trussardi | 19 December 1935 São Paulo, Brazil |
16 January 2022 Alto de Pinheiros, São Paulo, Brazil |
Archdiocese of São Paulo[114][115][116] |
Orthodox Church
- Saints Peter of Murom (1167-1228) and Fevronia of Murom (1175-1228), Russian Orthodox Couple; Prince and Princess of Murom; Wonderworkers (Russia)
- Saints Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (ca. 1308–1355) and Helena (1332-1359), Eastern Orthodox Couple; King and Queen of Serbia (Serbia-Bulgaria)
- Saints Dmitri Donskoy (1350-1389) and Eudoxia of Moscow (1353-1407), Russian Orthodox Couple; Grand Prince and Princess of Moscow (Russia)
- Saints Nikolay Aleksandrovich Romanov (1868-1918) and Alexandra Feodorovna Romanova (1872-1918), Russian Orthodox Couple; Emperor and Empress of Russia; Martyrs (Germany-Russia)[117][118]
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External links
- Santi Sposi From Santi e Beati website.
- CatholicSaints.Info