Chronological list of saints and blesseds: 17
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A list of 17th century saints:
NameBirthBirthplaceDeathPlace of deathNotes
Anne Line
Anne Line
Saint Anne Line was an English martyr who was executed during the reign of Elizabeth I for harbouring a priest. She was born in 1567, the second daughter of Heigham, Esq., of Essex, a strict Calvinist, and was, together with her brother William, disinherited for converting to Catholicism...

    1601  
Germaine Cousin
Germaine Cousin
Saint Germaine Cousin is a French saint. She was born in 1579 of humble parents at Pibrac, a village about ten miles from Toulouse.Of her, the Catholic Encyclopedia writes:...

1579   1601  
Blessed John Pibush
John Pibush
John Pibush was an English Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1929.-Life:...

    1601  
Blessed Mark Barkworth
Mark Barkworth
Mark Barkworth was a Catholic priest and martyr .He was born about 1572 at Searby in Lincolnshire. He studied for a time at Oxford, though no record remains of his stay there. He was received into the Catholic Church at Douai in 1593, by Father George, a Flemish Jesuit and entered the College...

1572   1601  
Blessed Robert Middleton 1571   1601  
Blessed Roger Filcock 1570   1601  
Blessed Andrew Hibernon 1534   1602  
Blessed Dominic Collins
Dominic Collins
The blessed Dominic Collins, born in 1566 in Youghal, County Cork, Ireland, and executed on the 31 October 1602 in Youghal, was a Jesuit brother, ex-army man, who died for his Catholic faith. He was beatified as a martyr by John-Paul II on the 27 September 1992.-Life:Born of an Irish noble family,...

1566   1602  
Blessed Francis Page
Francis Page
Francis Page may refer to:*Francis Page , Roman Catholic priest condemned to death at the same time as James Duckett *Francis Page , MP for Huntingdon and a Justice of the Court of Common Pleas and King's Bench...

    1602  
Blessed James Duckett
James Duckett
James Duckett was an English Catholic layman and martyr .Born at Gilfortrigs in the parish of Skelsmergh in Westmorland at an unknown date, he became a bookseller and publisher in London. Brought up a Protestant, he was lent a Catholic book by a friend when serving his apprenticeship in London and...

    1602  
Blessed Robert Watkinson 1579   1602  
Blessed William Richardson
William Richardson (martyr)
Blessed William Richardson was a sixteenth-century Roman Catholic English martyr.Richardson was born in the village of Wales, South Yorkshire. He studied for the Roman Catholic priesthood at seminaries in Valladolid and then Seville, both in Spain. He was ordained sometime between 1594 and 1600...

 (Anderson)
    1603  
Seraphino
Seraphin of Montegranaro
Saint Seraphin of Montegranaro is an Italian saint. Born Felice de Nicola at Montegranaro of a poor, pious family, in his youth he was employed as a shepherd, an occupation which gave him much leisure for prayer and other pious exercises. Upon the death of his parents, he was subjected to harsh...

1540   1604  
Blessed Caspar de Bono 1530   1604  
Blessed Juvenal Ancina 1545   1604  
Blessed Thomas Welbourne
Thomas Welbourne
Thomas Welbourne was an English Roman Catholic teacher. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1929.-Life:...

    1605  
Blessed William Browne     1605  
Nicholas Owen     1606  
Turibius Alfonso of Mogrovejo 1538   1606  
Blessed Edward Oldcorne
Edward Oldcorne
Blessed Edward Oldcorne or Oldcorn alias Hall was an English Jesuit priest. He was known to people who knew of the Gunpowder Plot to destroy the Parliament of England and kill King James I, and, although his involvement is unclear, he was caught up in the subsequent investigation...

1561   1606  
Blessed Julian of Saint Augustine     1606  
Blessed Ralph Ashley
Ralph Ashley
Blessed Ralph Ashley was an English Jesuit lay-brother who became involved with the aftermath of the Gunpowder Plot. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1929.-Life:...

    1606  
Mary Magdalene de Pazzi 1566   1607  
Blessed Robert Drury
Robert Drury (priest)
Robert Drury was an English Roman Catholic priest, executed for treason. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1987.-Life:He was born of a Buckinghamshire family and was received into the English College at Reims, 1 April 1588...

1567   1607  
Andrew Avellino
Andrew Avellino
Saint Andrew Avellino was an Italian saint. Born at Castronuovo, a small town in Sicily, his baptismal name was Lancelotto, which out of love for the cross he changed into Andrew when he entered the Order of Theatines.-Life:From his early youth he was a great lover of chastity...

1521   1608  
Francis Caracciolo
Francis Caracciolo
Saint Francis Caracciolo , born Ascanio Pisquizio, was an Italian Catholic priest who co-founded the Congregation of the Minor Clerics Regular with Venerable John Augustine Adorno. He decided to adopt a religious life at the age of 22.-Biography:St Francis Caracciolo was born in Villa Santa Maria...

1563   1608  
Thomas Garnet
Thomas Garnet
Saint Thomas Garnet was a Jesuit priest. He is the protomartyr of Saint Omer and therefore of Stonyhurst College. He was executed at Tyburn and is one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.-Thomas Garnet's family:Thomas Garnet was born into a prominent family...

1575   1608  
Blessed George Gervase
George Gervase
Blessed George Gervase was an English Benedictine priest who worked as a missionary in England during the period of recusancy. He was martyred at Tyburn....

1569   1608  
Blessed Matthew Flathers 1580   1608  
John Leonardi
John Leonardi
Saint John Leonardi was founder of the Clerks Regular of the Mother of God of Lucca. He was born in the City-state of Lucca, Tuscany, in the year 1541. He was ordained as a priest in 1572. He first dedicated himself to the Christian formation of young people in his parish...

1541   1609  
Francis Solano 1549   1610  
John Roberts 1577   1610  
Blessed Roger Cadwallador
Roger Cadwallador
Roger Cadwallador was an English Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1987.-Life:...

1565   1610  
Blessed Thomas Somers     1610  
John de Ribera 1532   1611  
John Almond
John Almond
John Almond was a Cistercian monk. He is commemorated as a Confessor of the Faith in the Roman Catholic Church, and his name has been included in the supplementary process of the English Martyrs....

    1612  
Joseph of Leonissa     1612  
Blessed Conor O'Devany
Conor O'Devany
Conchobhar O'Duibheannaigh, aka The Blessed Conor O'Devany was an Irish Catholic bishop, being the Lord Bishop of Down and Connor...

1533   1612   Bishop of Down
Down
Down may refer to:* Relative direction, where down is the direction towards the centre of gravity of a celestial object.* Railroad directions, where down and up have locally significant meanings...

Blessed Joseph of Leonissa 1556   1612  
Blessed Patrick O'Loughran
Patrick O'Loughran
Patrick O'Loughran was a priest of the archdiocese of Armagh and an Irish Catholic Martyr....

    1612  
Blessed Richard Newport
Richard Newport
Richard Newport may refer to:*Richard Newport, 1st Baron Newport , English peer, MP for Shropshire in 1614, 1624–1629 and for Shrewsbury*Richard Newport, 2nd Earl of Bradford , English peer and MP for Shropshire 1670–1685 and 1689–1698...

    1612  
Blessed William Scott
William Scott
William Scott may refer to:* William Scott , MP for Kent * William Scott, 1st Baron Stowell , English judge and jurist* William Scott , American silent film actor...

    1612  
Juan Bautista of the Conception (Juan Garcia Gijon) 1561   1613  
Blessed Regina Prottman 1552   1613  
Camillus de Lellis
Camillus de Lellis
Saint Camillus de Lellis, M.I., was an Italian priest who founded a religious Order dedicated to the care of the sick.-Early life:...

    1614  
Blessed Peter of the Assumption (Peter of Cuerva)     1614  
John Ogilvie
Saint John Ogilvie
Saint John Ogilvie was a Scottish Roman Catholic Jesuit martyr.-Biography:Ogilvie, the son of a wealthy laird, was born into a respected Calvinist family at Drum-na-Keith near Keith in Banffshire, Scotland and was educated in mainland Europe where he attended a number of Roman Catholic educational...

1580   1615  
Bernardino Realino 1530   1616  
Blessed Sebastian Montanol     1616  
Blessed Thomas Atkinson 1546   1616  
Blessed Thomas Maxfield
Thomas Maxfield
Thomas Maxfield was an English Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1929.-Life:...

1590   1616  
Blessed Thomas Tunstal     1616  
Blesseds John Thules and Roger Wrenno 1568   1616  
Alphonsus Rodriguez
Alphonsus Rodriguez
Saint Alphonsus Rodríguez was a Spanish Jesuit lay brother, now venerated as a saint. He was a native of Segovia. He is sometimes confused with Fr...

1531   1617  
John Baptist Machado     1617  
Leo Tanaka     1617  
Rose of Lima
Rose of Lima
Rose of Lima, , the first Catholic saint of the Americas, was born in Lima, Peru.-Biography:Saint Rose of Lima was born in the city of that name, the daughter of Gaspar Flores, a harquebusier from San German, Puerto Rico, and his wife, Maria de Oliva, who was a native of Lima. She was part of a...

1586   1617  
Blessed Alphonsus Navarette     1617  
Blessed Andrew Sushinda     1617  
Blessed Caspar Hikojiro and Andrew Yoshida     1617  
Blessed Ferdinand Ayala     1617  
Blessed John Baptist Maciado 1580   1617  
Blessed Leo Tanaca     1617  
Blessed Maria Victoria of Fornari-Strata 1562   1617  
Blessed Victoria Strata 1562   1617  
Blessed John of Saint Martha 1578   1618  
Blessed William Southerne
William Southerne
William Southerne was an English Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1987.-Life:...

1579   1618  
Lawrence of Brindisi
Lawrence of Brindisi
Saint Lawrence of Brindisi, O.F.M. Cap., , born Giulio Cesare Russo, was a Catholic priest and a member of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin....

1559   1619  
Blessed Alexius Nakamura     1619  
Blessed Andrew Tokuan     1619  
Blessed Anthony Kimura     1619  
Blessed Bartholomew Sheki     1619  
Blessed Dominic Jories     1619  
Blessed Hippolytus Galantini 1565   1619  
Blessed John Ivanango and John Montajana     1619  
Blessed John Shoun     1619  
Blessed Leo Nakanishi     1619  
Blessed Leonard Kimura and Companions     1619  
Blessed Matthias Kosaka and Matthias Nakano     1619  
Blessed Michael Takeshita 1594   1619  
Blessed Michael Takexitasa Canghai     1619  
Blessed Romanus
Romanus
Romanus , hellenized as Romanos was a Roman cognomen and can refer to:*Aquila Romanus, Latin grammarian*Romanus , a comes Africae, rebelled against by Firmus -Saints:...

    1619  
Blessed Thomas Kotenda and Companions     1619  
Blesseds Mary Tokuan and Mary Choun     1619  
John Sarkander
John Sarkander
Saint John Sarkander was a Polish and Moravian priest.Sarkander studied since 1597 at the University of Olomouc and then since 1600 at the Charles University, where he became doctor of philosophy. Later, he studied theology at University of Graz. He was ordained in 1609 and worked in Holešov from...

1576 Skoczów
Skoczów
Skoczów is a town and the seat of Gmina Skoczów in Cieszyn County, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland with 14,783 inhabitants . It lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia....

, Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

1620 Olomouc
Olomouc
Olomouc is a city in Moravia, in the east of the Czech Republic. The city is located on the Morava river and is the ecclesiastical metropolis and historical capital city of Moravia. Nowadays, it is an administrative centre of the Olomouc Region and sixth largest city in the Czech Republic...

, Czech Republic
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....

Martyr, priest
Priesthood (Catholic Church)
The ministerial orders of the Catholic Church include the orders of bishops, deacons and presbyters, which in Latin is sacerdos. The ordained priesthood and common priesthood are different in function and essence....

Blessed Ambrose Fernandez 1551   1620  
Blessed James Guengoro     1620  
Blessed Mary Guengoro     1620  
Blessed Mary Magdalen Kiota     1620  
Blessed Matthias of Arima 1571   1620  
Blessed Simon Kiyota Bokusai and Companions     1620  
Blessed Thomas Guengoro     1620  
John Berchmans
John Berchmans
Saint John Berchmans was a Jesuit seminarian and is a saint in the Roman Catholic Church. He is the patron saint of altar servers.-Early life:...

1599   1621  
Robert Bellarmine
Robert Bellarmine
Robert Bellarmine was an Italian Jesuit and a Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was one of the most important figures in the Counter-Reformation...

1542   1621   Bishop of Capua
Blessed Francis Taylor
Francis Taylor (martyr)
Blessed Francis Taylor was a Mayor of Dublin, Ireland, incarcerated because of his Catholicism....

 (Tailler)
    1621  
Dominic Shamada     1622  
Fidelis of Sigmaringen
Fidelis of Sigmaringen
Fidelis of Sigmaringen was a Capuchin friar martyred in the Counter-Reformation at Seewis im Prättigau, Switzerland.-Early life:...

1577   1622  
Francis de Morales     1622  
Francis de Sales
Francis de Sales
Francis de Sales was Bishop of Geneva and is a Roman Catholic saint. He worked to convert Protestants back to Catholicism, and was an accomplished preacher...

1567   1622   Bishop of Geneva
Geneva
Geneva In the national languages of Switzerland the city is known as Genf , Ginevra and Genevra is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie, the French-speaking part of Switzerland...

Francis of St. Bonaventure     1622  
Joseph of St. Hyacinth     1622  
Leo Satsuma     1622  
Peter Paul of St. Claire     1622  
Blessed Agnes Takea     1622  
Blessed Agnes Tsao-Kouy     1622  
Blessed Alexius
Alexius
Alexius is the Latinized form of the given name Alexios , especially common in the later Byzantine Empire. Variants include Alexis with the Russian Aleksey and its Ukrainian counterpart Oleksa/Oleksiy deriving from this form...

    1622  
Blessed Alphonsus de Mena     1622  
Blessed Angelus Orsucci     1622  
Blessed Anthony Kiun     1622  
Blessed Anthony of Korea     1622  
Blessed Anthony Sanga     1622  
Blessed Anthony Vom     1622  
Blessed Apollinaris Franco     1622  
Blessed Augustine Ota 1570   1622  
Blessed Bartholomew Monfiore     1622  
Blessed Bartholomew Shikiemon     1622  
Blessed Camillus Constanzi 1572   1622  
Blessed Caspar Kotenda     1622  
Blessed Charles Spinola
Charles Spinola
Father Charles Spinola or Blessed Charles Spinola was born in Genoa in 1564, the son of the Count of Tassarolo, and the nephew of Cardinal Philip Spinola. He was educated in Spain and in the Jesuit school in Nola, Italy. He entered the noviatiate in 1584, and was ordained in 1594. In 1596, he...

1564   1622  
Blessed Damien Yamiki     1622  
Blessed Dionysius Fugishima     1622  
Blessed Dominic Nakano     1622  
Blessed Dominic of Fiunga     1622  
Blessed Dominic of the Holy Rosary     1622  
Blessed Francis Chakichi     1622  
Blessed Francis Takea     1622  
Blessed Gundislavus Fusai     1622  
Blessed Hyacinth Orfanel     1622  
Blessed James Denshi     1622  
Blessed John Inamura     1622  
Blessed John Kingoku     1622  
Blessed John of Korea     1622  
Blessed Lawrence Rokuyemon     1622  
Blessed Leo Suchiemon     1622  
Blessed Louis Chakichi     1622  
Blessed Louis Flores     1622  
Blessed Louis Kawara     1622  
Blessed Lucy Chakichi     1622  
Blessed Lucy de Freitas     1622  
Blessed Mancius of St. Thomas     1622  
Blessed Mary Tanaura     1622  
Blessed Matthias of Arima     1622  
Blessed Michael Diaz     1622  
Blessed Michael Shumpo     1622  
Blessed Michael Yamiki     1622  
Blessed Paul Navarro     1622  
Blessed Paul Sanchiki     1622  
Blessed Paul Tanaka     1622  
Blessed Peter Ikiemon     1622  
Blessed Peter Nangashi     1622  
Blessed Peter of Avila 1562   1622  
Blessed Peter Onizuko     1622  
Blessed Peter Sampo     1622  
Blessed Peter Sanga     1622  
Blessed Peter Shichiyemon     1622  
Blessed Peter Zuniga     1622  
Blessed Richard of St. Ann     1622  
Blessed Sebastian Kimura     1622  
Blessed Thecla Nangashi     1622  
Blessed Thomas Akafuji     1622  
Blessed Thomas Koyanangi     1622  
Blessed Thomas of the Holy Rosary     1622  
Blessed Thomas of the Holy Spirit     1622  
Blessed Thomas Sherwood
Thomas Sherwood
Blessed Thomas Sherwood was a Catholic layman and martyr.-Life:Sherwood was born in London of Catholic parents and began his adult life as a woollen draper. He eventually decided to travel to the new English College at Douai and study for the priesthood in 1576...

    1622  
Blessed Thomas Zumarraga     1622  
Blesseds Apollinaris Franco and companions     1622  
Blesseds Louis
Louis
-Surname:* Arthur Louis , British musician whose surname is pronounced 'Lewis'* Thomas Louis , British naval officer* Pierre Louÿs , French writer* Spyridon Louis , Greek runner...

    1622  
Francis Galvez     1623  
Josaphat Kuntsevych 1580   1623   Bishop of Polotsk
Blessed Jerome de Angelis
Jerome de Angelis
Jerome de Angelis was an Italian Jesuit missionary to Japan. He was beatified in 1867.-Life:He entered the Society of Jesus in 1585, and in 1602 began his mission in Japan...

1568   1623  
Blessed Simon Yempo 1580   1623  
Simón de Rojas
Simón de Rojas
Saint Simón de Rojas O.SS was a Spanish priest of the Trinitarian Order known as the "Apostle of the Ave Maria", for his devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary...

1552 Valladolid
Valladolid
Valladolid is a historic city and municipality in north-central Spain, situated at the confluence of the Pisuerga and Esgueva rivers, and located within three wine-making regions: Ribera del Duero, Rueda and Cigales...

, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...

1624 Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...

, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...

Blessed Cajus     1624  
Blessed Didacus Carvalho     1624  
Blessed Louis Baba     1624  
Blessed Louis Sasanda     1624  
Blessed Louis Sotelo     1624  
Blessed Michael Carvalho 1577   1624  
Blessed Peter Vasquez     1624  
Michael de Sanctis
Michael de Sanctis
Saint Michael de Sanctis , sometimes called Michael of the Saints, was a Discalced Trinitarian priest from Vic, Catalonia....

1591   1625  
Blessed Benedict of Urbino     1625  
Blessed Jeremy of Valacchia 1556   1625  
Francis Pacheco     1626  
Vincent Kaun     1626  
Blessed Anne of Saint Bartholomew
Anne of Saint Bartholomew
Blessed Anne of St. Bartholomew, O.C.D., was a Spanish Discalced Carmelite nun, and companion to Saint Teresa of Avila.-Life:...

1549   1626  
Blessed Balthasar de Torres     1626  
Blessed Caspar Sadamazu     1626  
Blessed Francis Pacheco 1565   1626  
Blessed John Baptist Zola     1626  
Blessed John Kinsako     1626  
Blessed John Naisen     1626  
Blessed John Tanaka     1626  
Blessed Louis Onizuka Naisen     1626  
Blessed Matthias Araki     1626  
Blessed Michael Tozo     1626  
Blessed Monica Naisen
Monica Naisen
Monica Naisen, a native of Japan, was arrested for sheltering Blessed John Baptist Zola and was beheaded at Nagasaki with her husband, Blessed John Naisen. Monica was beatified in 1867.-Sources:*http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=5160...

    1626  
Blessed Paul Shinsuki     1626  
Blessed Peter Rinshei 1589   1626  
Blesseds Peter and Susanna Araki Chobyoye (husband and wife)     1626  
Francis Bizzocca     1627  
Francis of St. Mary     1627  
Gaius of Korea     1627  
Luke Kiemon     1627  
Blessed Bartholomew Laurel     1627  
Blessed Casper and Mary Vaz     1627  
Blessed Francis Kuloi     1627  
Blessed Francis Pinzokere     1627  
Blessed John Maid     1627  
Blessed Louis Beltran (Bertrand) and Companions     1627  
Blessed Louis Maki     1627  
Blessed Louis Someyon     1627  
Blessed Martin Gomez
Martín Gómez
Martín Gómez is a Panamanian football player who is currently playing for the Liga Panameña de Futbol side Atletico Chiriqui.-International career:...

    1627  
Blessed Michael Kiraiemon     1627  
Blessed Thomas Tsughi     1627  
Blessed Thomas Tsuji 1571   1627  
Blessed Thomas Vinyemon     1627  
Blesseds Francis of Saint Mary     1627  
Edmund Arrowsmith
Edmund Arrowsmith
Saint Edmund Arrowsmith SJ is one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. The main source of information on St Edmund is a contemporary account written by an eyewitness and published a short time after his death...

1585   1628  
Louis of Omura     1628  
Paul Aybara     1628  
Roch Gonzalez 1576   1628  
Romanus Aybara     1628  
Roque González de Santa Cruz
Roque González de Santa Cruz
Father Roque González de Santa Cruz S.J. was born in Asunción, Paraguay on 17 November 1576. He was the son of Don Bartolomé González de Villaverde and Doña María de Santa Cruz who were Spanish nobles. Roque González spoke Guaraní fluently from an early age....

1576   1628  
Blessed Anthony of St. Bonaventure 1588   1628  
Blessed Anthony of Tuy     1628  
Blessed Dominic Nifaki     1628  
Blessed Dominic of Nagasaki     1628  
Blessed Dominic Shibioge     1628  
Blessed Dominic Tomaki     1628  
Blessed James Fayashida     1628  
Blessed John Tomaki     1628  
Blessed Lawrence Jamada     1628  
Blessed Leo Kombiogi     1628  
Blessed Louis Nifaki     1628  
Blessed Matthew Alvarez     1628  
Blessed Michael Fimonaya     1628  
Blessed Michael Jamada     1628  
Blessed Michael Nakeshima     1628  
Blessed Michael Tomaki     1628  
Blessed Paul Fimonaya     1628  
Blessed Paul Tomaki     1628  
Blessed Richard Herst
Richard Herst
Richard Herst was an English Roman Catholic recusant layman, convicted of murder. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1929....

 (Hurst)
    1628  
Blessed Thomas of St. Hyacinth     1628  
Blessed Thomas Tomaki     1628  
Blesseds John of Castille     1628  
Blessed Peter of the Holy Mother of God     1629  
John Kokumbuko     1630  
Blessed Lawrence Shizu     1630  
Blessed Mancius Shisisoiemon     1630  
Blessed Michael Kinoshi     1630  
Blessed Peter Kufioji     1630  
Blessed Thomas Kufioji     1630  
Blessed John of Prado 1563   1631  
Blessed Liborius Wagner 1593   1631  
Anthony Ishida 1570   1632 Nagasaki
Nagasaki
is the capital and the largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture on the island of Kyushu in Japan. Nagasaki was founded by the Portuguese in the second half of the 16th century on the site of a small fishing village, formerly part of Nishisonogi District...

Blessed Bartholomew Gutierrez     1632  
Blessed Gabriel of St. Magdalen     1632  
Blesseds Martin Lumbreras and Melchior Sanchez     1632  
Dominic Ibanez de Erquicia 1589   1633  
James Kyushei Tomonaga     1633  
Lucas Alonso Gorda and Matthew Kohioye     1633  
Michael Kurobioye     1633  
Hyacinth Jordan Ansalone 1598   1634  
Blessed Agnes Galand (Agnès de Jésus) 1602   1634  
John del Prado     1636  
Lawrence Ruiz and Companions 1633   1637  
Blessed Humilis of Bisignano
Humilis of Bisignano
Saint Humilis de Bisignano a Franciscan, is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church.-External links:* at Patron Saints Index* – a biography on the Vatican website...

1582   1637  
Blesseds Agathangelo and Cassian     1637  
Agathangelo Noury     1638  
Blessed Denis of the Nativity
Denis of the Nativity
Blessed Denis of the Nativity, O.C.D. was a French sailor and cartographer for the king of Portugal, who later became a Discalced Carmelite missionary...

1600 Honfleur
Honfleur
Honfleur is a commune in the Calvados department in northwestern France. It is located on the southern bank of the estuary of the Seine across from le Havre and very close to the exit of the Pont de Normandie...

, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

1638 Malay
Malay Peninsula
The Malay Peninsula or Thai-Malay Peninsula is a peninsula in Southeast Asia. The land mass runs approximately north-south and, at its terminus, is the southern-most point of the Asian mainland...

Blessed Redemptus of the Cross
Redemptus of the Cross
Blessed Redemptus of the Cross, O.C.D. was a Portuguese lay brother in the Order of Discalced Carmelites. He was put to death with his confrère Denis of the Nativity while on a mission to Aceh in Sumatra.-Life:Tomás Rodrigues da Cunha was born in Paredes, Portugal on 15 March 1598...

1598 Paredes
Paredes, Portugal
Paredes is a city in Paredes Municipality in Portugal.The city of Paredes has about 12,654 inhabitants. It is incorporated in the civil parish of Castelões de Cepeda....

, Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...

1638 Malay
Malay Peninsula
The Malay Peninsula or Thai-Malay Peninsula is a peninsula in Southeast Asia. The land mass runs approximately north-south and, at its terminus, is the southern-most point of the Asian mainland...

Martin de Porres
Martin de Porres
Martin de Porres was a lay brother of the Dominican Order who was beatified in 1837 by Pope Gregory XVI and canonized in 1962 by Pope John XXIII. He is the patron saint of mixed-race people and all those seeking interracial harmony.He was noted for work on behalf of the poor, establishing an...

1579   1639  
Hyacintha Mariscotti
Hyacintha Mariscotti
Saint Hyacintha Mariscotti, T.O.R., or Hyacintha of Mariscotti was a nun of the Third Order Regular of St. Francis. She was born in 1585 of a noble family at Vignanello, near Viterbo in Italy, and died 30 January 1640 at Viterbo...

1585   1640  
John Francis Regis
John Francis Regis
John Francis Regis, also known as Saint Jean-François Régis, Saint François Régis, and St. Regis, , was a French priest of the Society of Jesus, recognized as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church....

1597   1640  
Peter Fourier
Peter Fourier
Saint Peter Fourier, C.R.S.A., was a French canon regular who is honored as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church, who had served as a pastor in Mattaincourt , and who also helped to found a religious congregation of canonesses dedicated to the care of poor children...

1565   1640  
Blessed Maria of Jesus 1560   1640  
Ambrose Edward Barlow 1585   1641  
Jane Frances de Chantal
Jane Frances de Chantal
Saint Jane Frances de Chantal is a Roman Catholic Saint, who founded a religious order after the death of her husband.-Life:...

1562   1641  
Blessed William Ward
William Ward (priest)
William Ward was an English Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1929.-Life:...

1568   1641  
Alban Bartholomew Roe
Alban Roe
Saint Alban Roe was a Benedictine priest. He is remembered as one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales....

1583   1642  
Peter Higgins 1601   1642  
Blessed Edmund Catheriek     1642  
Blessed Hugh Green
Hugh Green (martyr)
Hugh Green was an English Catholic priest who was beatified by the Catholic Church in 1929. He was also known as Ferdinand Brooks or Ferdinand Brown....

1584   1642  
Blessed John Baptist Bullaker 1603   1642  
Blessed John Lockwood
John Lockwood (priest)
John Lockwood was an English Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1929.-Life:...

 (John Lascelles)
    1642  
Blessed Thomas Holland 1600   1642  
Blessed Thomas Reynolds
Thomas Reynolds
Thomas Reynolds was the fifth Premier of South Australia, serving from 9 May 1860 to 8 October 1861.He was born in England in 1818, and on leaving school had experience in the grocery business. He came to South Australia in 1840 as an early colonist at the invitation of his brother, who had a...

    1642  
Blessed Arthur Francis Bell 1590   1643  
Blessed Henry Heath
Henry Heath
Henry Heath was an English Franciscan and Roman Catholic martyr.Blessed Henry was born in 1599 and baptized at St. John's, Peterborough, 16 December 1599. His father was John Heath. He attended Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, receiving a B.A. in 1621, and was made college librarian...

1599   1643  
Blessed Andrew of Phu Yen
Blessed Andrew of Phu Yen
Blessed Andrew of Phu Yen is known as the "Protomartyr of Vietnam." Baptized in 1641, he was a dedicated assistant to Jesuit missionaries and was thus arrested in the purge of Christians launched in 1644. After refusing to abjure the faith, he was put to death in Ke Kham. Andrew was beatified by...

1625   1644  
Blessed John Duckett 1613   1644  
Blessed Ralph Corby (Ralph Corbington) 1598   1644  
John de Massias 1585   1645  
Blessed Alexander of Lugo     1645  
Blessed Ambrosio Francisco Ferro and companions     1645  
Blessed Andre de Soveral 1572   1645  
Blessed Henry Morse
Henry Morse
Saint Henry Morse was one of the Catholic Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.-Biography:Born a Protestant in 1595 at Brome, Suffolk, England, Morse converted to Roman Catholicism at Douai, 5 June, 1614, after various journeys was ordained at Rome, and left for the mission, 19 June, 1624...

1595   1645  
Mariana de Paredes 1618   1645  
Blessed Edward Bamber
Edward Bamber
Edward Bamber was an English Roman Catholic priest. He was beatified in 1987.-Life:...

1600   1646  
Blessed Philip Powell 1594   1646  
Blessed Pietro Casani 1572   1647  
Anthony Daniel 1601   1648  
Joseph Calasanctius
Joseph Calasanctius
Saint Joseph Calasanctius , also known as Joseph Calasanz and Josephus a Matre Dei, was the founder of the Pious Schools and the Order of the Piarists.-The Spanish Years:...

 (Joseph Calasanz)
1556   1648  
Blessed Francis de Capillas 1606   1648  
Charles Garnier
Charles Garnier (missionary)
Charles Garnier, baptised in Paris on May 25, 1606, was a Jesuit missionary, who was martyred at Sainte-Marie among the Hurons on December 7, 1649....

1606   1649  
Gabriel Lalemant 1610   1649  
Noel Chabanel 1613   1649  
Blessed Peter Wright
Peter Wright (martyr)
Blessed Peter Wright was a Catholic priest, Jesuit, and martyr, born in Slipton, Northamptonshire, England.-Biography:In older literature he was presumed to be a Protestant, but more recently record of him has been found at Slipton in 1613 as a Recusant, along with his mother, brother and sister...

1603   1651  
Blessed Terence Albert O'Brien
Terence Albert O'Brien
Terence Albert O'Brien was an Irish Roman Catholic bishop of Emly. He was beatified among the Seventeen Irish Martyrs by Pope John Paul II on September 27, 1992.-Biography:...

1600   1651  
Blessed Virginia Centurione Bracelli
Virginia Centurione Bracelli
Saint Virginia Centurione Bracelli is a saint in the Roman Catholic Church from Genoa, Italy.Virginia was born on April 2, 1587, in Genoa, Italy to a noble family...

1587   1651  
Blessed John Kearney
John Kearney
John Kearney is a Chicago- and Provincetown-based American artist famous for making figurative sculptures, often of animals, using multiple, found metal objects, specifically bumpers from automobiles.-Life:...

1619   1653  
Blessed John Southworth 1592   1654  
Peter Claver
Peter Claver
Peter Claver was a Jesuit who, due to his life and work, became the patron saint of slaves, Colombia and African Americans...

1581   1654  
Blessed William Tirry
William Tirry
William Tirry was a martyred Irish Roman Catholic priest who was beatified by Pope John Paul II for his loyalty to the church....

1608   1654  
Andrew Bobola
Andrew Bobola
Andrew Bobola was a Polish missionary and martyr of the Society of Jesus, known as the apostle of Lithuania and the "hunter of souls".-Biography:...

1592   1657  
Blessed Alain de Solminihac
Alain de Solminihac
Alain de Solminihac was a French Catholic religious reformer and bishop of Cahors. He was beatified in 1981.He was an Augustianian regular canon of Chancelade Abbey, Périgueux. He was a member of the Compagnie du Saint-Sacrement.-Bibliography:...

1593   1659   Bishop of Cahors
Louise de Marillac
Louise de Marillac
Saint Louise de Marillac was the co-founder, with St. Vincent de Paul, of the Daughters of Charity. She is venerated as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church.-Early life:...

1591   1660  
Vincent de Paul
Vincent de Paul
Vincent de Paul was a priest of the Catholic Church who became dedicated to serving the poor. He is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion. He was canonized in 1737....

1581   1660  
John Yano     1662  
Blessed John Foyamon     1662  
Blessed John Nangata     1662  
Joseph of Cupertino
Joseph of Cupertino
Saint Joseph of Cupertino, O.F.M. Conv., was an Italian Franciscan friar who is honored as a mystic and a saint. He was said to have been remarkably unclever, but prone to miraculous levitation and intense ecstatic visions that left him gaping...

1603   1663  
Blessed Maria Angela Astorch 1592   1665  
Peter of Saint Joseph Betancur 1626   1667  
Blessed Bernard of Corleone
Bernard of Corleone
Saint Bernard of Corleone is a Catholic saint who was born on the island of Sicily in the year 1605. His father was a shoemaker, and Bernard learned this trade. Upon the death of his father, he took up fencing, becoming skilled in the art. While not particularly devout in his youth, he would defend...

1605   1667  
Blessed Mary Catherine de Longpre
Catherine de Saint-Augustin
Catherine de Saint-Augustin, born Marie-Catherine de Simon de Longpré is a Canadian Catholic saint and founder of the Hôtel-Dieu de Québec. Her feast is celebrated on May 8 and she was beatified on April 23, 1989.-References:...

1632   1668  
Charles of Sezze
Charles of Sezze
Saint Charles of Sezze , born Giancarlo Marchioni, was an Italian Franciscan lay brother.He lived the life of a lay brother of the order, never requesting or receiving ordination to the priesthood...

1616   1670  
Blessed Anthony Grassi 1592   1671  
Blessed Diego Aloysius de San Vitores 1627   1672  
Blessed Pedro Calungsod
Pedro Calungsod
Blessed Pedro Calungsod is a Filipino Roman Catholic martyr who was killed while doing missionary work in Guam in 1672. He was beatified on March 5, 2000, by Pope John Paul II. As a skilled sacristan and teacher of cathecism, he was a companion of Blessed Diego Luis de San Vitores to the Marianas...

1655   1672  
Blessed Edward Coleman
Edward Colman
Edward Colman or Coleman was an English Catholic courtier under Charles II of England. He was hanged, drawn and quartered on a treason charge, having been implicated by Titus Oates in his false accusations concerning a Popish Plot...

    1678  
Blessed Nicolas Roland
Nicolas Roland
Nicolas Roland was a French priest, canon and educator. He was a friend, contemporary and spiritual director of Saint John Baptist de La Salle.- Childhood and early years :...

1642   1678  
John Kemble
John Kemble (martyr)
Saint John Kemble was an English Roman Catholic martyr. He was one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.-Early years and ordination:...

1599   1679  
John Wall     1679  
Blessed Anthony Turner     1679  
Blessed Bridget of Jesus Morello (Brigida di Gesù Morello) 1610   1679  
Blessed John Fenwick
John Fenwick (Jesuit)
Blessed John Fenwick, real surname Caldwell was an English Jesuit, executed at the time of the fabricated Popish Plot. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1929 by Pope Pius XI.-Life:...

 and John Gavan
John Gavan
Blessed John Gavan was an English Jesuit and victim of the Popish Plot, wrongfully executed for conspiracy to murder Charles II. He was beatified in 1929.- Life :...

    1679  
Blessed John Grove     1679  
Blessed Nicholas Postgate
Nicholas Postgate
Blessed Nicholas Postgate was an English, Catholic priest. He is one of the 85 English Catholic Martyrs of England and Wales, beatified by Blessed Pope John Paul II, in November 1987....

1597   1679  
Blessed Richard Langhorne
Richard Langhorne
Blessed Richard Langhorne was a barrister executed as part of the Popish Plot. He was admitted to the Inner Temple in May 1647 and called to the bar in November 1654. He provided legal and financial advice for the Jesuits....

    1679  
Blessed Thomas Pickering 1621   1679  
Blessed Thomas Whitbread
Thomas Whitbread
Blessed Thomas Whitbread was an English Jesuit missionary, wrongly convicted of conspiracy to murder Charles II of England. He was beatified in 1929.-Life:...

    1679  
Blessed William Harcourt
William Barrow (Jesuit)
Blessed William Barrow was an English Jesuit, executed as a result of the Popish Plot, a fabricated story. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1929. By a papal decree of 4 December 1886, this martyr's cause was introduced, but under the name of "William Harcourt"...

 (William Barrows)
    1679  
Blessed William Ireland (William Ironmonger) 1636   1679  
Blessed William John Plessington 1637   1679  
John Eudes 1601   1680  
Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha
Kateri Tekakwitha
Kateri Tekakwitha or Catherine Tekakwitha was a Mohawk-Algonquian woman from New York and an early convert to Catholicism, who has been beatified in the Roman Catholic Church.-Her life:...

    1680  
Blessed Thomas Thwing
Thomas Thwing
Blessed Thomas Thwing was an English Catholic priest and martyr.Born at Heworth Hall, near York, in 1635, he was the son of George Thwing, Esquire, of Kilton Castle, Brotton, and Heworth Hall, and was the nephew of the Catholic martyr Edward Thwing. His mother was Anne, sister of the Sir Thomas...

1635   1680  
Blessed William Howard, 1st Viscount Stafford
William Howard, 1st Viscount Stafford
Blessed William Howard, 1st Viscount Stafford was the youngest son of Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel, and his wife, the former Alethea Talbot. He was a supporter of the Royalist cause before being implicated in the Popish Plot and executed for treason...

1614   1680 Tower Hill
Tower Hill
Tower Hill is an elevated spot northwest of the Tower of London, just outside the limits of the City of London, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Formerly it was part of the Tower Liberty under the direct administrative control of Tower...

, London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...

, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

Oliver Plunkett
Oliver Plunkett
Saint Oliver Plunkett was the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland....

1629   1681  
Claude de la Colombiere
Claude de la Colombière
Saint Claude de la Colombière was a Roman Catholic priest and the confessor of Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque. His feast day is the day of his death, 15 February...

1641   1682  
Blessed Julian Maunoir
Julian Maunoir
Julien Maunoir , was a French-born Jesuit priest known as the "Apostle of Brittany". He was beatified in 1951 by Pope Pius XII and is commemorated by the Roman Catholic Church on 29 January and 2 July....

1606   1683  
Blessed Bonaventure of Barcelona     1684  
Blessed Ana de los Angeles Monteagudo
Ana de los Angeles Monteagudo
Ana de los Angeles Monteagudo was born in Arequipa, Peru. She was a Dominican nun who was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1985. She was a cloistered nun at the Santa Catalina Monastery. Her feast day is January 10th....

1600   1686  
Blessed Nicolas Steno
Nicolas Steno
Nicolas Steno |Latinized]] to Nicolaus Steno -gen. Nicolai Stenonis-, Italian Niccolo' Stenone) was a Danish pioneer in both anatomy and geology. Already in 1659 he decided not to accept anything simply written in a book, instead resolving to do research himself. He is considered the father of...

1600   1686  
Blessed Innocent XI
Pope Innocent XI
Blessed Pope Innocent XI , born Benedetto Odescalchi, was Pope from 1676 to 1689.-Early life:Benedetto Odescalchi was born at Como in 1611 , the son of a Como nobleman, Livio Odescalchi, and Paola Castelli Giovanelli from Gandino...

1611   1689   pope
Margaret Mary Alacoque 1647   1690  
John de Britto 1647   1693  
Blessed Bernard of Offida
Bernard of Offida
Saint Bernard of Offida was a Catholic saint, born in Villa d'Appignano, near Offida in the Italian Marche. As a child he was a shepherd. As an adult he mostly lived at the Capuchin friary in Offida and devoted himself to helping the poor. He was at Fermo for a short stint...

1604   1694  
David Lewis
David Lewis (martyr)
David Lewis was a Catholic priest and martyr. Lewis was canonized by Pope Paul VI in 1970 as one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales and is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church.- Early life :...

1616   1697  
Gregory Barbarigo
Gregory Barbarigo
Gregorio Barbarigo was an Italian cardinal, diplomat, and scholar.Born into a famous family from Venice, he traveled with the Venetian ambassador Alvise Contarini to the Congress of Münster in 1648, where the Peace of Westphalia was developed...

1625   1697   Bishop of Bergamo
Marguerite Bourgeoys
Marguerite Bourgeoys
Saint Marguerite Bourgeoys was the founder of the Congregation of Notre Dame.- Biography :...

1620   1700  
Blesseds Jacinto de los Angeles and Juan Bautista 1660   1700  

See also

  • Christianity in the 17th century
    Christianity in the 17th century
    The history of Christianity in the 17th century showed both deep conflict and new tolerance. The Enlightenment grew to challenge Christianity as a whole, generally elevated human reason above divine revelation, and down-graded religious authorities such as the Papacy based on it...

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