Religious · 7 December
St. Maria Giuseppa Rossello
Maria Giuseppa Rossello was an Italian religious sister who founded the Daughters of Our Lady of Mercy. She has been declared a saint by the Catholic Church.
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St. Mariam Thresia Chiramel
Mariam Thresia was an Indian Syro-Malabar Catholic professed religious and the founder of the Congregation of the Holy Family.
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Religious · 30 April
St. Marie of the Incarnation
Marie of the Incarnation OSU was a French Ursuline nun, missionary, mystic, educator, and writer who founded the Ursuline monastery of Quebec and helped establish the first institution devoted to the education of girls in North America.
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Religious · 25 March
St. Marie-Alphonsine Danil Ghattas
Marie-Alphonsine Danil Ghattas, OP was a Palestinian Catholic nun who founded the Dominican Sisters of the Most Holy Rosary of Jerusalem, the first Palestinian religious congregation.
Holy Land (historical region) · Historical region
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Religious · 10 March
St. Marie-Eugénie de Jésus
Marie-Eugénie de Jésus was a French Catholic nun who founded the Religious of the Assumption and is a Catholic saint.
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Monastic · 9 May
St. Pachomius the Great
292 – 9 May 348 AD), also known as Saint Pachomius the Great, is generally recognized as the founder of Christian cenobitic monasticism.
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St. Paola Elisabetta Cerioli
Paola Elisabetta Cerioli, born Costanza Cerioli, was an Italian Roman Catholic widow and the founder of both the Institute of Sisters of the Holy Family and the congregation of the Family of Bergamo.
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St. Paul of the Cross
Paul of the Cross CP was an Italian Catholic mystic, and founder of the Passionists.
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Religious · June 11
St. Paula Frassinetti
Paula Frassinetti is an Italian saint in the Roman Catholic Church and foundress of the Congregation of the Sisters of Saint Dorothy.
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Religious · 6 May
St. Peter Nolasco
Peter Nolasco, O. de M. was a Catholic nobleman known for founding the Royal and Military Order of Our Lady of Mercy of the Redemption of the Captives with approval by Pope Gregory IX on 17 January 1235.
Origin uncertain · Disputed birthplace
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Religious · 6 January
St. Rafaela Porras Ayllón
Rafaela Porras Ayllón, religious name Mary of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, was a Spanish religious sister who established the Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in conjunction with her sister Dolores.
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Priest · 26 January
St. Robert of Molesme
Robert of Molesme was an abbot, and a founder of the Cistercian Order. He is venerated as a Christian saint.
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