Martyr · 24 November
St. Andrew Dũng-Lạc
Andrew Trần An Dũng-Lạc was a Vietnamese Roman Catholic priest. He was executed by beheading during the reign of Minh Mạng.
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264 lives of faith. Showing 109–120.
Martyr · 28 February
St. Auguste Chapdelaine
Auguste Chapdelaine, Chinese name Mǎ Lài was a French Christian missionary of the Paris Foreign Missions Society. France used his death – Chapdelaine was executed by Chinese officials – as a casus belli for its participation in the Second Opium War.
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Martyr · 9 July
St. Augustine Zhao Rong
Augustine Zhao Rong was a Chinese Catholic priest who was martyred in 1815. He was canonized by Pope John Paul II on October 1, 2000, as one of the 120 Martyrs of China.
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Martyr · 15 October
St. Bruno of Querfurt
Bruno of Querfurt,, also known as Brun, was a Christian missionary, bishop, Camaldolese monk and martyr. He was active in the eastern regions of the Holy Roman Empire and became one of the leading figures in the early Christian missions to the peoples of northeastern Europe.
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St. Cristóbal Magallanes Jara
Cristóbal Magallanes Jara was a Mexican Catholic priest and martyr who was killed without trial on the way to say Mass during the Cristero War.
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Martyr · 30 November
St. Cuthbert Mayne
Cuthbert Mayne was an English Catholic priest executed under the laws of Elizabeth I. He was the first of the seminary priests trained on the Continent to be martyred.
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Martyr · 21 May
St. David Galván Bermúdez
David Galván Bermúdez was a Mexican Catholic priest who was killed during the Cristero War. He was canonized by Pope John Paul II on 21 May 2000 as one of 25 Martyrs of the Cristero War.
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Martyr · 27 August
St. David Lewis
David Lewis, was a Jesuit Catholic priest and martyr who was also known as Charles Baker and widely referred to in the Welsh language as Tad y Tlodion.
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Martyr · 21 May
St. David Roldán Lara
David Roldán Lara was a Mexican layman who was killed during the Cristero War. A pro-Catholic activist during the anticlerical period under President Plutarco Elías Calles, he was captured by government forces, and was executed for refusing to renounce his position.
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Martyr · 14 January
St. Devasahayam Pillai
'Devasahayam Pillai’ was an Indian layman and martyr of the Catholic Church. He was canonized as a saint of the church by Pope Francis on 15 May 2022.
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Martyr · 28 August
St. Edmund Arrowsmith
Edmund Arrowsmith, SJ was one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales of the Catholic Church. The main source of information on Arrowsmith is a contemporary account written by an eyewitness and published a short time after his death.
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Martyr · 1 December
St. Edmund Campion
Edmund Campion, SJ was an English Jesuit priest and martyr. While conducting an underground ministry in officially Anglican England, Campion was arrested by priest hunters.
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