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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Priest · 18 September
St. John Macias
John Macías, OP, was a Spanish -born Dominican friar who evangelized in Peru in 1620. He was canonized in 1975 by Pope Paul VI.
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Priest · 10 May
St. John of Ávila
John of Ávila was a Spanish priest, preacher, scholastic author, and religious mystic, who has been declared a saint and Doctor of the Church by the Catholic Church.
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Martyr · 21 September
St. Laurent-Joseph-Marius Imbert
Laurent-Joseph-Marius Imbert, affectionately known in Korea as Bishop Laurentius Bum Sehyeong was a Roman Catholic French bishop in Asia.
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Priest · 9 October
St. Louis Bertrand
Louis Bertrand, OP was a Spanish Dominican friar who preached in South America during the 16th century, and is known as the "Apostle to the Americas".
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Priest · 28 April
St. Louis de Montfort
Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort, SMM was a French Catholic priest known for his influence on Catholic Mariology. He wrote a number of books that went on to become classic Catholic titles, including Secret of the Rosary and True Devotion to Mary, and influenced several popes.
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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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Martyr · September 20
St. Paul Chong Hasang
Paul Chong Hasang was a Korean Catholic lay missionary known as one of the Korean Martyrs. His feast day is September 20, and he is also venerated along with the rest of the 103 Korean martyrs on 20 September.
Korea (historical region) · Historical region
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Martyr · November 24
St. Pierre Dumoulin-Borie
Pierre-Rose-Ursule Dumoulin-Borie was a French Catholic missionary priest and a member of the Paris Foreign Missions Society.
France · Family origin
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Martyr
St. Roque González y de Santa Cruz
Roque González de Santa Cruz, SJ was a Guaraní -Spanish Jesuit priest who was the first missionary among the Guarani in Paraguay.
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Monastic
St. Fursey
Saint Fursey was an Irish monk who did much to establish Christianity throughout the British Isles and particularly in East Anglia.
Ireland · Traditional attribution
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Monastic · 8 March
St. Senan of Scattery Island
Senán mac Geircinn was an Irish Christian minister. He was a resident of Munster and is important in Irish tradition, as founder of Inis Cathaigh and patron of the Corco Baiscinn and the Uí Fhidgeinte.
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