Martyr · 2 June
St. Erasmus of Formia
Erasmus of Formia, also known as Saint Elmo, was a Christian saint and martyr. He is venerated as the patron saint of sailors and abdominal pain.
Origin uncertain · Birthplace unknown
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Martyr · 9 July
St. Francis Fogolla
Francesco Fogolla, known in Chinese as Fu Zhujiao, was an Italian missionary prelate belonging to the Order of Friars Minor.
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St. Gabriel-Taurin Dufresse
Gabriel-Taurin Dufresse, MEP was a French Catholic prelate who served as Vicar Apostolic of Se-Ciuen from 1801 to 1815. He was member of the Paris Foreign Missions Society.
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Martyr · 6 February
St. Gonsalo Garcia
Gonsalo Garcia, was a lay brother of the Franciscans from Portuguese Bombay and Bassein in early modern India. He died at the hands of Toyotomi Hideyoshi and was canonised along with his companions, the 26 Martyrs of Japan.
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Martyr · 9 July
St. Gregorio Grassi
Gregory Mary Grassi,, was an Italian Franciscan friar and bishop who is honored as a Catholic martyr and saint.
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Martyr · 1 February
St. Henry Morse
Henry Morse was one of the Catholic Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.
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Martyr · 7 April
St. Henry Walpole
Henry Walpole, SJ was an English Jesuit martyr, executed at York for refusing to take the Oath of Supremacy.
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Martyr · April 13
St. Hermenegild
Saint Hermenegild or Ermengild, was the son of King Liuvigild of the Visigothic Kingdom in the Iberian Peninsula and southern France.
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Martyr · 20 September
St. Jean-Charles Cornay
Jean-Charles Cornay was a French missionary of the Paris Foreign Missions Society who was martyred in Vietnam. He was executed in Ha Tay, Tonkin, now Vietnam, during the persecutions of Emperor Minh Mạng.
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Martyr · 4 May
St. John Boste
John Boste is a saint in the Catholic Church, and one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.
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Martyr · 11 September
St. John Gabriel Perboyre
John Gabriel Perboyre, CM was a French Catholic priest of the Congregation of the Mission who served as a missionary in China, where he suffered martyrdom.
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Martyr · 4 May
St. John Houghton
John Houghton, OCart was a Catholic priest of the Carthusian order and the first martyr to die as a result of the Act of Supremacy by King Henry VIII of England.
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