221 lives of faith. Showing 85–96.
Martyr · 22 July
Alberico Crescitelli, Chinese name Guo Xide, was an Italian Catholic priest and missionary to China. Born in Italy on 30 June 1863, Alberico Crescitelli entered the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions in 1880 and was ordained a priest on 4 June 1887.
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Priest · August 18
Alberto Hurtado, SJ, popularly known as Padre Hurtado, was a Chilean Jesuit priest, lawyer, social worker, and writer of Basque ancestry.
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Martyr · 1 December
Alexander Briant, SJ was an English Jesuit and martyr, executed at Tyburn.
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Martyr · 10 September
Ambrose Edward Barlow, was an English Benedictine monk. He is one of a group of saints canonized by Pope Paul VI who became known as the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.
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Priest · 10 November
Andrew Avellino was an Italian Theatine priest. He is venerated as the patron saint of Naples and Sicily and invoked especially against a sudden death.
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Martyr · 16 May
Andrew Bobola, SJ was a Polish missionary and martyr of the Society of Jesus, known as the "Apostle of Lithuania" and the "hunter of souls".
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Martyr · 24 November
Andrew Trần An Dũng-Lạc was a Vietnamese Roman Catholic priest. He was executed by beheading during the reign of Minh Mạng.
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Priest · 20 May
Arcangelo Tadini was an Italian Roman Catholic priest. Tadini was ordained as a priest in 1870 and went on to found a religious congregation dedicated to the poor and ill while taking advantage of the Industrial Revolution to support women in work and education.
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Martyr · 28 February
Auguste Chapdelaine, Chinese name Mǎ Lài was a French Christian missionary of the Paris Foreign Missions Society. France used his death – Chapdelaine was executed by Chinese officials – as a casus belli for its participation in the Second Opium War.
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Martyr · 9 July
Augustine Zhao Rong was a Chinese Catholic priest who was martyred in 1815. He was canonized by Pope John Paul II on October 1, 2000, as one of the 120 Martyrs of China.
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Priest · 2 July
Bernardino Realino was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Jesuits. His entire career was devoted to the areas of Naples and Lecce.
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Priest
Claude La Colombière SJ, sometimes named "De La Colombière", was a French Jesuit priest best known as the confessor of Margaret Mary Alacoque.
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