Religious · July 30
St. María Natividad Venegas de la Torre
María Natividad Venegas de la Torre was a Mexican religious sister and founder who devoted her life to caring for the sick.
Mexico · Present-day geography
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Religious · February 9
St. Miguel Febres Cordero
Miguel Febres Cordero was an Ecuadorian Roman Catholic religious brother.
Ecuador · Present-day geography
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Martyr · July 7
St. Peter To Rot
Peter To Rot was a Papua New Guinean catechist and married layman who was killed during the Japanese occupation in the Second World War.
Papua New Guinea · Present-day geography
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Monastic or Hermit · March 23
St. Rafqa Pietra Choboq Ar-Rayès
Rafqa Pietra Choboq Ar-Rayès was a Lebanese Maronite nun who was canonized by Pope John Paul II on June 10, 2001.
Lebanon · Present-day geography
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St. Bonifacia Rodríguez y Castro
Bonifacia Rodríguez y Castro was the co-foundress of the Religious Congregation of the Servants of St. Joseph, who developed the "Nazareth workshop" as both a new format for consecrated life and to help poor and unemployed women.
Spain · Present-day geography
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Priest or Deacon · August 2
St. Giustino Russolillo
Giustino Russolillo was an Italian Catholic priest and the founder of the Vocationists, the Vocationist Sisters and of the Secular Institute of the Apostles of Universal Sanctification.
Italy · Present-day geography
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Bishop · November 5
St. Guido Maria Conforti
Guido Maria Conforti was an Italian Roman Catholic archbishop who founded the Xaverian Missionaries on 3 December 1895.
Italy · Present-day geography
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Monastic or Hermit · May 23
St. Jeanne-Antide Thouret
Jeanne-Antide Thouret was a French Catholic nun who founded a branch of the Sisters of Charity.
France · Present-day geography
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Priest or Deacon · January 3
St. Kuriakose Elias Chavara
Kuriakose Elias Chavara was an Indian Catholic priest, religious, philosopher and social reformer.
India · Present-day geography
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Priest or Deacon · March 30
St. Leonardo Murialdo
Leonardo Murialdo was an Italian Catholic priest and the co-founder of the Congregation of Saint Joseph - also known as the Murialdines.
Italy · Present-day geography
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Religious · January 10
St. Leonie Aviat
Leonie Aviat was a Roman Catholic professed religious and the co-founder along with Louis Brisson of the Oblate Sisters of St. Francis de Sales.
France · Present-day geography
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Lay Saint · October 5
St. Anna Schäffer
Anna Schäffer was a German woman who lived in Mindelstetten in Bavaria.
Germany · Present-day geography
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