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Pope Paul VI Pope Paul VI ( la, Paulus VI; it, Paolo VI; born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini, ; 26 September 18976 August 1978) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 21 June 1963 to his death in Augus ...

declared 85 individuals venerable, based on the recognition of their heroic virtues from 1963 to 1978.

1964

February 13, 1964

Ludovico of Casoria Ludovico da Casoria (; 11 March 1814 – 30 March 1885) - born Arcangelo Palmentieri - was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Order of Friars Minor. He was a renowned social reformer who founded both the Grey Friar ...

(1814–1885) #

Mary of the Divine Heart Mary of the Divine Heart (Münster, 8 September 1863 – Porto, 8 June 1899), born Maria Droste zu Vischering, was a German noblewoman and Roman Catholic religious sister of the Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd. She is be ...

(1863–1899)

April 8, 1964

Maria Fortunata Viti Maria Fortunata Viti (born Anna Felicia Viti; 10 February 1827 – 20 November 1922) was an Italian Benedictine nun who has been beatified by the Roman Catholic Church. Life Anna Felicia Viti was born in Veroli, a ''comune'' in Italy's Province ...

(1827–1922)

1965

July 15, 1965

Giuseppe Benedetto Dusmet Giuseppe Benedetto Dusmet (15 August 1818 – 4 April 1894) – born Giuseppe Dusmet – was an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal who served as the Archbishop of Catania from 1867 until his death. He became professed into the Order of Saint Be ...

(1818–1894) #

Maria Therese von Wüllenweber Maria Therese von Wüllenweber (19 February 1833 – 25 December 1907) was a German Roman Catholic religious sister. She established the Sisters of the Divine Savior – also referred to as the Salvatorian Sisters – with the assistance of the pr ...

(1833–1907) #

Charbel Makhluf Charbel Makhlouf, O.L.M. ( ar, شربل مخلوف, May 8, 1828 – December 24, 1898), born Youssef Antoun Makhlouf and venerated as Saint Charbel, was a Maronite monk and priest from Lebanon. During his life, he obtained a wide reputation for ...

(1828–1898)

November 23, 1965

Bruno Lanteri Pio Bruno Pancrazio Lanteri, or simply Bruno Lanteri (12 May 1759 – 5 August 1830), was a Catholic priest and founder of the religious congregation of the Oblates of the Virgin Mary in the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia in northwestern Italy in ...

(1759–1830)

1966

December 15, 1966

#Adolf Petit (1822–1914) #Andrea Beltrami (1870–1897) # Gaspar Bertoni (1777–1853) # Giovanna Francesca Michelotti (1843–1888) #

Jean-Marie de Lamennais Jean-Marie Robert de La Mennais, FICP (or de Lamennais; 1780–1860) was a Breton Catholic priest and brother of the philosopher Felicité Robert de Lamennais, whom he influenced in their youth. He was a leading figure in the revival of the Ca ...

(1780–1860) #

Vital-Justin Grandin Vital-Justin Grandin (8 February 1829 – 3 June 1902) was a Roman Catholic priest and bishop known as a key architect of the Canadian Indian residential school system, which has been labeled an instrument of cultural genocide. In June 202 ...

(1829–1902)

1968

July 4, 1968

#Carlo Domenico Albani (1790–1839) #Gabriel Rivat (1808–1881) # Johann Nepomuk von Tschiderer zu Gleifheim (1777–1860) # Maria Repetto (1807–1890)

September 19, 1968

Agostina Livia Pietrantoni Agostina Pietrantoni (27 March 1864 - 13 November 1894) - born Livia Pietrantoni - was an Italian professed religious and a nurse from the Thourets. Pietrantoni worked in the Santo Spirito hospital in Rome where she tended to ill victims in a ...

(1864–1894) #

Charles Schilling Fr. Karl Halfdan Schilling (9 June 1835 - 2 January 1907) was a Norwegian Barnabite cleric venerated by the Roman Catholic Church. Biography Schilling was born in Christiania, Norway. He was an atheist (nominally Lutheran) convert to Catholicism, ...

(1835–1907)

1969

January 30, 1969

Mary Frances Schervier Mary Frances Schervier, TOSF (3 January 1819 – 14 December 1876) was the founder of two religious congregations of religious sisters of the Third Order Regular of St. Francis, both committed to serving the neediest of the poor. One, the Poor Sis ...

(1819–1876) #

Maximilian Kolbe Maximilian Maria Kolbe (born Raymund Kolbe; pl, Maksymilian Maria Kolbe; 1894–1941) was a Polish Catholic priest and Conventual Franciscan friar who volunteered to die in place of a man named Franciszek Gajowniczek in the German death camp ...

(1894–1941)

1970

March 16, 1970

Joseph Freinademetz Joseph Freinademetz, S.V.D., () (April 15, 1852 - January 28, 1908) was a Ladin Roman Catholic priest and missionary in China. He has been declared a saint by the Catholic Church. Early life Freinademetz was born the fourth among the 13 child ...

(1852–1908) #

Mary Theresa Ledóchowska Mary Theresa Ledóchowska, SSPC ( pl, Maria Teresa Ledóchowska) (29 April 1863 – 6 July 1922), was a Polish Catholic religious sister and missionary who founded the Missionary Sisters of St. Peter Claver, dedicated to service in Africa. S ...

(1863–1922) #

Miguel Febres Cordero Francisco Luis Febres-Cordero y Muñoz (7 November 1854 – 9 February 1910), known as (later Saint) Miguel Febres Cordero and Brother Miguel, was an Ecuadorian Roman Catholic religious brother. He became a professed member of the Brothers of th ...

(1854–1910) #

Rafaela Ybarra de Vilallonga Rafaela Ybarra Arambarri de Vilallonga (16 January 1843 – 23 February 1900) is a Spanish people, Spanish Roman Catholic Church, Roman Catholic widow and the founder of the Sisters of the Holy Guardian Angels. Vilallonga was part of Bilbao, Bilba ...

(1843–1900)

May 4, 1970

# Clemente Marchisio (1833–1903) # Emmanuel Domingo y Sol (1836–1909) #

Francisco Coll Guitart Francisco Coll Guitart (Francesc Coll i Guitart in Catalan), (18 May 1812 – 2 April 1875) was a Spanish Roman Catholic priest of the Order of Preachers (Dominican Order) and founded the Dominican Sisters of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgi ...

(1812–1875) #

Mutien-Marie Wiaux Mutien-Marie Wiaux (also known as Mutien-Marie of Malonne; 20 March 1841 – 30 January 1917) was a Belgian member of the Brothers of Christian Schools, who spent his life as a teacher and is honored as a saint by the Catholic Church. Lif ...

(1841–1917) # Valentinus Paquay (1828–1905)

November 19, 1970

Eugène de Mazenod Eugène de Mazenod (born Charles-Joseph-Eugène de Mazenod; 1 August 1782 – 21 May 1861) was a French aristocrat and Catholic priest. When he was eight years old, Mazenod's family fled the French Revolution, leaving their considerable wea ...

(1782–1861) #

Charles Steeb Blessed Charles Steeb (18 December 1773 – 15 December 1856) was a German priest of the Roman Catholic Church and the founder of the Sisters of Mercy of Verona. Steeb was originally a Lutheran but converted to Roman Catholicism while studying in ...

(1773–1856) #María Juana Guillén (1575–1607) #

Marie-Madeleine d'Houët Marie-Madeleine d'Houët (1781–1858) also known as Viscountess de Bonnault d'Houet,Life of the Viscountess de Bonnault d'Houet: foundress of the Society of Faithful Companions of Jesus, Fr Stanislaus, F.M. Capuchin, Longmans, Green & Co., 2nd ...

(1781–1858)

1971

June 14, 1971

# Ana Petra Pérez Florido (1845–1906) #

Francesco Faà di Bruno Francesco Faà di Bruno (7 March 1825 – 25 March 1888) was an Italian priest and advocate of the poor, a leading mathematician of his era and a noted religious musician. In 1988 he was beatified by Pope John Paul II.See the Vatican News Servic ...

(1825–1888) #

Giuseppe Toniolo Giuseppe Toniolo (7 March 1845 – 7 October 1918) was an Italian Roman Catholic economist, sociologist, and pioneer of Christian democracy. A leading political and social economist, Toniolo condemned both socialism and laissez-faire capitalism, ...

(1845–1918) #Ludovico Necchi Villa (1876–1930)

1972

June 22, 1972

# Battista Vernazza (1497–1587) #

Ceferino Namuncurá Ceferino Namuncurá (August 26, 1886 – May 11, 1905) was a religious student, the object of a Roman Catholic ''cultus'' of veneration in northern Patagonia and throughout Argentina. Early life He was born at Chimpay, a small town in Valle M ...

(1886–1905) #Giovanni Battista Jossa (1767–1828) #

Jacques-Désiré Laval Jacques-Désiré Laval (18 September 1803 – 9 September 1864) was a French Roman Catholic priest who served in the missions in Mauritius; he was a professed member from the Spiritans. He is known as the "Apostle of Mauritius" due to his tirel ...

(1803–1864) #

Jean Gailhac Jean Gailhac (born 13 November 1802) was a French Roman Catholic priest. He founded the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary in 1849 Life Pierre Jean Antoine Gailhac was born on 13 November 1802 in Béziers, France. He entered the major seminar ...

(1802–1890) # María López de Rivas Martínez (1560–1640)

1973

May 10, 1973

# Arnold Janssen (1837–1909) #

Giovanni Merlini Giovanni Merlini (28 August 1795 - 12 January 1873) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member in the Missionaries of the Precious Blood. Merlini was a close friend of Saint Gaspare del Bufalo who founded the order and was also a ...

(1795–1873) # Giuseppe Moscati (1880–1927) # Louis-Zéphirin Moreau (1824–1901) #Maria Teresa Zonfrilli (1899–1934) #Paula Delpuig Gelabert (1811–1889) # Vincenzo Grossi (1845–1917)

October 18, 1973

Bernard Mary of Jesus Bernardo Maria di Gesù (7 November 1831 – 9 December 1911), born as Cesare Silvestrelli, was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Passionists. He entered the novitiate for a brief period under a different religious na ...

(1831–1911) #

William Joseph Chaminade Guillaume-Joseph Chaminade, SM (also known as William Joseph Chaminade; Périgueux, 8 April 1761 – Bordeaux, 22 January 1850) was a French Catholic priest who survived persecution during the French Revolution and later founded the Society of ...

(1761–1850)

1974

January 21, 1974

Beatrice of Silva Beatrice of Silva ( Campo Maior, Portugal ca. 1424 – Toledo, Castile, 16 August 1492), born Beatriz de Menezes da Silva, was a Portuguese noblewoman who became the foundress of the monastic Order of the Immaculate Conception. Amadeus of Port ...

(1424–1492)

March 1, 1974

Leopold Mandić Leopold Maria Mandić, OFMCap (also known as Leopold of Castelnuovo; 12 May 1866 – 30 July 1942) was a Croatian Capuchin friar and Catholic priest, who suffered from disabilities that would plague his speech and stature. He developed tremendou ...

(1866–1942)

October 4, 1974

Gaetano Errico Gaetano Errico (19 October 1791 – 29 October 1860) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest from Naples and the founder of the Missionari dei Sacri Cuori di Gesù e Maria. Errico was born to devout and hardworking parents whose income was modest ...

(1791–1860) #

Maria Katharina Kasper Maria Katharina Kasper (26 May 1820 – 2 February 1898) – born Katharina but in religion known as Schwester / sister Maria – was a German Roman Catholic religious sister and the founder of the Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ. Kasper enter ...

(1820–1898) # Rosa Francisca Dolors Molas Vallvé (1815–1876)

1975

February 1, 1975

Andrea Carlo Ferrari Andrea Ferrari (13 August 1850 – 2 February 1921) – later adopting the middle name "Carlo" – was an Italian Roman Catholic prelate who served as a cardinal and as the Archbishop of Milan from 1894 until his death. Ferrari was a well- ...

(1850–1921) # Caterina Dominici (1829–1894) # Ezequiel Moreno y Díaz (1848–1906)

May 23, 1975

# Ana de los Angeles Monteagudo (1602–1686) # Teresa Maria Manetti (1846–1910)

October 3, 1975

Bartolo Longo Bartolo Longo (February 10, 1841 – October 5, 1926) was an Italian lawyer who has been beatified by the Roman Catholic Church. He was a former Satanic priest who returned to the Catholic faith and became a third order Dominican, dedicating h ...

(1841–1926) # Matt Talbot (1856–1925)

1976

February 12, 1976

Alfonso Maria Fusco Alfonso Maria Fusco (23 March 1839 – 6 February 1910) was a Roman Catholic priest and the founder of the Sisters of Saint John the Baptist – also known as the Baptistine Sisters. Their mission was to evangelize and educate as well as to pro ...

(1839–1910) # Angela of the Cross (1846–1932)

May 15, 1976

# Enrique de Ossó y Cercelló (1840–1896) #Marie Amelie Fristel (1798–1866)

November 13, 1976

Joseph Gérard Joseph Gérard (12 March 1831 – 29 May 1914) was a French Roman Catholic priest and a professed member from the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate; he worked in the missions among the Basotho people in Lesotho and the Free State province ...

(1831–1914) # Louis-Édouard Cestac (1801–1868)

1977

January 20, 1977

Albert Chmielowski Albert Chmielowski (20 August 1845 – 25 December 1916) - born Adam Hilary Bernard Chmielowski - was a Polish nobleman, painter, disabled veteran of the Uprising of 1863, a professed religious and founder of both the Albertine Brothers and Al ...

(1845–1916)

April 14, 1977

# Maria Anna Sala (1829–1891)

July 7, 1977

Damien De Veuster Father Damien or Saint Damien of Molokai, SS.CC. or Saint Damien De Veuster ( nl, Pater Damiaan or '; 3 January 1840 – 15 April 1889), born Jozef De Veuster, was a Roman Catholic priest from Belgium and member of the Congregation of the Sacr ...

(1840–1889) #Giorgio Maria Martinelli (1655–1727) #Maria Luisa Maurizi (1770–1831) #Pietro Domenico Trabattoni (1848–1930)

1978

February 6, 1978

# Anna Maria Adorni Botti (1805–1893) # Claudine Thévenet (1774–1837) # Luigi Orione (1872–1940) # Mary Frances Sinclair (1900–1925)

June 12, 1978

André Bessette André Bessette, C.S.C. (9 August 1845 – 6 January 1937), more commonly known as Brother André (french: Frère André), and since his canonization as Saint André of Montreal, was a lay brother of the Congregation of Holy Cross and a signifi ...

(1845–1937) # Joseph Marello (1844–1895) # Luigi Scrosoppi(1804–1884) # Riccardo Pampuri (1897–1930)

External links

Patron Saints Index
Venerable by Pope Paul VI