Modern Saints

180 lives of faith. Showing 109–120.

Artistic interpretation of St. Rafaela Porras Ayllón

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.

Spain

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Artistic interpretation of St. Sabás Reyes Salazar

Martyr · April 13

St. Sabás Reyes Salazar

Sabás Reyes Salazar was a Mexican Catholic vicar and one of many priests martyred during the Cristero War. Reyes was canonized by Pope John Paul II on 21 May 2000 as one the Martyrs of the Cristero War.

Mexico

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Artistic interpretation of St. Toribio Romo

Martyr

St. Toribio Romo

Toribio Romo González, known as Saint Toribio Romo was a Mexican Catholic priest and martyr who was killed during the anti-clerical persecutions of the Cristero War.

Mexico

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Artistic interpretation of St. Zygmunt Gorazdowski

Religious · 1 January

St. Zygmunt Gorazdowski

Zygmunt Gorazdowski was a Polish Roman Catholic priest and the founder of the Sisters of Saint Joseph. Gorazdowski suffered from tuberculosis during his childhood which impeded his studies for the priesthood and which required him to take time off in order to recover before he could be ordained.

Poland

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