Martyr · 28 April
St. Peter Chanel
Peter Louis Marie Chanel, SM , was a Catholic priest, missionary, and martyr.
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Priest / Deacon · January 29
St. Joseph Freinademetz
Joseph Freinademetz , was a Ladin Catholic priest and missionary in China.
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Priest / Deacon · 15 January
St. Arnold Janssen
Arnold Janssen , was a German-Dutch Catholic priest and missionary who is venerated as a saint.
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Bishop · May 21
St. Eugène de Mazenod
Eugène de Mazenod, OMI was a French aristocrat and Catholic bishop who founded the congregation of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate.
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Priest / Deacon · 22 January
St. Vincent Pallotti
Vincent Pallotti, SAC was an Italian Catholic cleric and the founder of the Society of the Catholic Apostolate, later known as the Pious Society of Missions .
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Monastic / Hermit · 21 October
St. Laura Montoya
Laura Montoya, in full María Laura de Jesús Montoya Upegui , religious name Laura of Saint Catherine of Siena, was a Colombian Roman Catholic religious sister and the founder of the Congregation of the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Virgin Mary and…
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Martyr · 2 September
St. Antoninus of Pamiers
Saint Antoninus of Pamiers was an early Christian missionary and martyr, called the "Apostle of the Rouergue".
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Monastic / Hermit · 6 March
St. Fridolin of Säckingen
Fridolin of Säckingen, also known as Fridold or Fredelinus, is a legendary Irish missionary, apostle of the Alamanni and founder of Säckingen Abbey on the Upper Rhine.
Ireland · Traditional attribution
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Priest / Deacon · 16 February
St. Giuseppe Allamano
Giuseppe Allamano, IMC was an Italian Catholic priest who established the Consolata Missionaries for males and another for females, the Consolata Missionary Sisters.
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Martyr
St. Guillaume Courtet
Guillaume Courtet, O.P. was a French Dominican friar, Catholic priest, and missionary. One of the first Frenchman to have visited Japan, he died as a martyr by beheading in Nagasaki at the hands of the Tokugawa Shogunate on Michaelmas Day 1637 after three…
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Missionary · 17 July
St. Jadwiga of Poland
Jadwiga , also known as Hedwig , was Queen of the Kingdom of Poland, as well as its last hereditary ruler.
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Priest / Deacon · 16 January
St. Joseph Vaz
Joseph Vaz CO was a Oratorian priest and missionary in Dutch Ceylon .
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