List of blesseds

Beatification

Beatification

Beatification is a recognition accorded by the Catholic Church of a dead person's accession to Heaven and capacity to intercede on behalf of individuals who pray in his or her name . Beatification is the third of the four steps in the canonization process...

(from Latin beatus, blessed, via Greek μακάριος, makarios) is a recognition by the Catholic church of a dead person's accession to Heaven

Heaven

Heaven may refer to the physical heavens, the sky or the seemingly endless expanse of the universe beyond. This is the traditional literal meaning of the term in English...

 and capacity to intercede on behalf of individuals who pray

Pray

Pray may refer to:* Prayer, an active effort to communicate with a deity or spirit* Pray , a comune in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont* Pray , a film produced by Satoshi Fukushima...

 in his or her name. Beatification is the third of the four steps in the canonisation process to becoming a saint. A person who is beatified is given the title "Blessed" which is sometimes also abbreviated to "Bl."

This is an incomplete list of Catholic blesseds in alphabetical order by Christian name but, if necessary, by surname, the place or attribute part of name as well.

Beatification

Beatification

Beatification is a recognition accorded by the Catholic Church of a dead person's accession to Heaven and capacity to intercede on behalf of individuals who pray in his or her name . Beatification is the third of the four steps in the canonization process...

(from Latin beatus, blessed, via Greek μακάριος, makarios) is a recognition by the Catholic church of a dead person's accession to Heaven

Heaven

Heaven may refer to the physical heavens, the sky or the seemingly endless expanse of the universe beyond. This is the traditional literal meaning of the term in English...

 and capacity to intercede on behalf of individuals who pray

Pray

Pray may refer to:* Prayer, an active effort to communicate with a deity or spirit* Pray , a comune in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont* Pray , a film produced by Satoshi Fukushima...

 in his or her name. Beatification is the third of the four steps in the canonisation process to becoming a saint. A person who is beatified is given the title "Blessed" which is sometimes also abbreviated to "Bl."

This is an incomplete list of Catholic blesseds in alphabetical order by Christian name but, if necessary, by surname, the place or attribute part of name as well.

The list

Blessed	Date of death	Date of beatification Beatification Beatification is a recognition accorded by the Catholic Church of a dead person's accession to Heaven and capacity to intercede on behalf of individuals who pray in his or her name . Beatification is the third of the four steps in the canonization process...
Adolph Kolping Adolph Kolping Adolph Kolping was a German Catholic priest.-Life:Kolping grew up as the son of a shepherd. At the age of 18 he went to Cologne as a shoemaker’s assistant. He was shocked by the living conditions of most people living there, which influenced his decision to become a priest...	1865	1991
Agnellus of Pisa Agnellus of Pisa Blessed Agnellus of Pisa was a Friar Minor and founder of the English Franciscan Province. He was born 1967 at Pisa, and died May 7, Blessed Agnellus of Pisa was a [[Friar Minor]] and founder of the [[England|English]] Franciscan Province...	1236	1882
Albertina Berkenbrock Albertina Berkenbrock Albertina Berkenbrock was a Brazilian Roman Catholic virgin.- Biography :Albertina Berkenbrock was born in a pious family in São Luís, Imaruí, Santa Catarina, Brazil...	1931	2007
Alexandrina Maria da Costa Alexandrina Maria da Costa Alexandrina Maria da Costa also known as Santinha de Balasar , Alexandrina de Balasar and in English as Alexandrina of Portugal was a Portuguese mystic, who was born and died in Balasar...	1955	2004
Alfonso Maria Fusco Alfonso Maria Fusco Blessed Alfonso Maria Fusco was a Roman Catholic priest and founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of St...	1910	2001
Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster was a Benedictine monk and Cardinal Archbishop of Milan during World War II...	1954	1996
Aloysius Stepinac Aloysius Stepinac Blessed Aloysius Viktor Stepinac was a Croatian Catholic cardinal who was Archbishop of Zagreb from 1937 to 1960...	1960	1998
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....	1686	1985
André Bessette André Bessette André Bessette, also called Blessed Brother Andre, was a Holy Cross Brother and a significant figure of the Roman Catholic Church among French-Canadians, credited with thousands of reported miraculous healings.-Early life:Bessette was born in Saint-Grégoire d'Iberville, Quebec André Bessette,...	1937	1982
Angela of Foligno Angela of Foligno Angela of Foligno was a Christian author, nun, and mystic. She was noted not only for her spiritual writings, but also for founding a religious order.-Early life and conversion:...	1309	1693
Angelina di Marsciano Angelina di Marsciano Blessed Angelina di Marsciano was an Italian nun and abbess, and is a beata of the Roman Catholic Church. She founded a Third Order of Religious, known today as the Franciscan Sisters of Blessed Angelina...	1435	1825
Anna Maria Taigi Anna Maria Taigi Anna Maria Gesualda Antonia Taigi was an Italian woman who was beatified by Pope Benedict XV in 1920.-Life:...	1837	1920
Anne Catherine Emmerich Anne Catherine Emmerich Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich was a Roman Catholic Augustinian nun, stigmatic, mystic, visionary and ecstatic. She was born in Flamschen, a farming community at Coesfeld, in the Diocese of Münster, Westphalia, Germany and died in Dülmen, aged 49. She was beatified on October 3 2004, by Pope John...	1824	2004
Anne of Saint Bartholomew Anne of Saint Bartholomew Anne García was a Discalced Carmelite nun, and companion of Teresa of Avila.-Life:...	1626	1917
Anne-Marie Javouhey Anne-Marie Javouhey Blessed Anne-Marie Javouhey was a French nun who founded the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Cluny. She is venerated in the Roman Catholic Church...	1851	1950
Anton Martin Slomšek Anton Martin Slomšek Anton Martin Slomšek was a Slovene bishop, author, poet, and advocate of Slovene culture.Slomšek was born to a peasant family in the hamlet of Slom near the village of Ponikva in the Municipality of Šentjur, Lower Styria. He studied theology and philosophy before being ordained in 1824 at the...	1862	1999
Antoni Julian Nowowiejski Antoni Julian Nowowiejski Antoni Julian Nowowiejski was a Polish bishop of Płock , titular archbishop of Silyum, first secretary of Polish Episcopal Conference , honorary citizen of Płock and historian...	1941	1999
Anthony Baldinucci Anthony Baldinucci Anthony Baldinucci was a Italian Jesuit priest and missionary, best known for his unusual methods of conducting missions.-Life:...	1665	1893
Anthony Neyrot Anthony Neyrot Blessed Anthony Neyrot was an Italian Dominican priest, apostate, reconvert, and martyr.-Life:...	1460	1767
Archangela Girlani	1494	1864
Arnold Janssen Arnold Janssen Arnold Janssen was a Roman Catholic priest and is venerated as a Saint. He is best known for founding the Society of the Divine Word, A Roman Catholic missionary congregation also known as the Divine Word Missionaries, as well as two congregations for women.-Early years:Janssen was born in Goch,...	1909	2003
Ascensión Nicol Goñi Mother Ascensión Nicol Goñi Mother Ascensión Nicol Goñi was a nun of the Roman Catholic Church who co-founded and became mother superior of the Congregation of Dominican Missionaries of the Rosary....	1940	2005
August Czartoryski August Czartoryski Blessed August Franciszek Maria Anna Józef Kajetan Czartoryski, Duke of Vista Alegre was a Prince of the Polish Czartoryski family, born in Paris during the family's exile. A sickly child, he spent much of his youth being shuttled to various health spas. He was accompanied and tutored by a...	1893	2004
Augustine Fangi Augustine Fangi Blessed Augustine Fangi was an Italian Dominican friar and priest...	1493	1878
Baptista Varani Baptista Varani Baptista Varani was an Italian Poor Clare and ascetical writer.-Life:...	1527	1843
Bartholomew of Braga	1514	2001
Bartolo Longo Bartolo Longo Blessed Bartolo Longo was a Satanist priest who later repented and became a lay Dominican, dedicating his life to the Virgin Mary. He is the father of Maria Longo....	1926	1980
Basil Moreau Basil Moreau The Blessed Father Basil Anthony Marie Patrice Moreau, CSC was the French priest who founded the Congregation of Holy Cross from which three additional congregations were founded, namely the Marianites of Holy Cross and the Sisters of the Holy Cross...	1873	2007
Beatrice d'Este Beatrice d'Este (died 1226) Blessed Beatrice d'Este was the daughter of Azzo VI of the Este family by his second wife, Sophia Eleanor, daughter of Humbert III, Count of Savoy. She was the aunt of Saint Beatrix d'Este....	1226	1763
Beatrix d'Ornacieux Beatrix d'Ornacieux Blessed Beatrix d'Ornacieux was a Carthusian nun. Her feast day is 13 February.Beatrix was a Carthusian nun who founded a settlement of the order at Eymieux in the department of Drome...	1306	1869
Benôite (Benedicta) Rencurel Benôite (Benedicta) Rencurel Benôite Rencurel was a shepherdess from Saint-Étienne-le-Laus, France who saw apparitions from the Virgin Mary beginning from 1664 through 1718. The apparitions became known as Our Lady of Laus and has become the site of thousands of pilgrims a year. . The site gained Vatican approval in May 2008...	1647	1984
Bernard Mary of Jesus Bernard Mary of Jesus Blessed Bernard Mary of Jesus, born Caesar Silvestrelli, a priest and religious of the Passionist Congregation, hailed as the ‘Second Founder’, born on November 7, 1831 in Rome, Italy; died December 9, 1911 at Moricone, Italy. Beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1988.-Biography:Caesar Peter...	1911	1988
Caius of Korea Caius of Korea Caius of Korea is the 128th of the 205 Roman Catholic Martyrs of Japan beatified by Pope Pius IX on 7 July, 1867, after he had canonized the Twenty-six Martyrs of Japan five years before on 8 June, 1862.The 19th century French Catholic missionary Claude-Charles Dallet wrote of him in his A history...	1624	1867
Candida Maria de Jesus Candida Maria de Jesus Blessed Candida Maria de Jesus was a Spanish nun. She was the foundress of the Congregation of the Hijas de Jesus, founded on December 8, 1871 in Salamanca, Spain....	1912	1996
Candlemas of San José Blessed Candlemas of San José Mother Candlemas of San José was born in Altagracia de Orituco, State of Guárico, Venezuela, on August 11, 1863; daughter of Francisco de Paula Paz Castillo ane María del Rosario Ramírez....	1940	2008
Carlos Manuel Rodriguez Carlos Manuel Rodríguez Carlos Manuel Rodríguez Santiago was a layperson of the Roman Catholic Church, who was beatified on April 29, 2001 and who is popularly known among Puerto Ricans as "Beato Charlie".-Early years:...	1963	2001
Catherine Jarrige Catherine Jarrige Blessed Catherine Jarrige , known as Catinon Menette, a beatified third-order Dominican of the Catholic Church.- Youth :...	1836	1996
Ceferino Namuncurá Ceferino Namuncurá Ceferino Namuncurá was a saintly religious student and the object of a Roman Catholic cultus of veneration in northern Patagonia and throughout Argentina.- Early life :...	1905	2007
Ceferino Giménez Malla Ceferino Giménez Malla Ceferino Giménez Malla was a Spanish Roman Catholic catechist and activist for Spanish Romani causes, considered the patron saint of "Gypsies" in Roman Catholicism...	1936	1997
Celine Borzecka Celine Borzecka Mother Celine Chludzińska Borzęcka, also known as Blessed Celine Borzęcka was a foundress, along with her biological daughter Hedwig Borzecka, of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Resurrection, a Roman Catholic religious order.Celine was one of...	1913	2007
César de Bus César de Bus Blessed César de Bus was a French Catholic priest, founder of two religious congregations.-Life:...	1607	1821
Charles I of Austria	1922	2004
Charles de Foucauld Charles de Foucauld Charles Eugène de Foucauld was a Catholic religious and priest living among the Tuareg in the Sahara in Algeria. He was assassinated in 1916 outside the door of the fort he built for protection of the Tuareg and is considered by the Catholic Church to be a martyr...	1916	2005
Christina von Stommeln Christina von Stommeln Blessed Christina of Stommeln, was a Roman Catholic mystic, ecstatic, and stigmatic....	1312	1908
Christopher Robinson Christopher Robinson (priest) Christopher Robinson was an English Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1987.-Life:...	1598	1987
Christopher Wharton Christopher Wharton Christopher Wharton was an English Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1987.-Life:...	1600	1987
Clare of Rimini Clare of Rimini Blessed Clare of Rimini, born as Chiara Agolanti, was born at Rimini in 1282 and died there on February 10, 1346. She was deprived at an early age of the support and guidance of her parents and, later, of her pious husband...	1346	1782
Clemens August Graf von Galen Clemens August Graf von Galen Blessed Clemens August Graf von Galen was a German count, Bishop of Münster, and Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He received his education in Austria at the Stella Matutina . After his ordination he worked in Berlin at Saint Matthias, where he became close friends with Nuncio Eugenio...	1946	2005
Columba of Rieti Columba of Rieti Columba of Rieti was a female Dominican tertiary mystic. She was renowned for her spiritual advice and fantastic miracles.-Life:Columba was born Angelella Guardagnoli to a poor family in Rieti, Italy...	1501	1625
Conrad of Offida Conrad of Offida The Blessed Conrad of Offida was an Italian Friar Minor preacher and founder of the Celestines.-Biography:Conrad was born at Offida, a little town in the March of Ancona, c. 1241...	1306	1817
Cyprian Michael Iwene Tansi Cyprian Michael Iwene Tansi Blessed Cyprian Michael Iwene Tansi was a Igbo Nigerian ordained a Roman Catholic priest of the Archdiocese of Onitsha, Nigeria on December 19 1937...	1964	1998
Didacus Joseph of Cadiz Didacus Joseph of Cadiz Blessed Didacus Joseph of Cadiz was born in March 29, 1743. His lineage dated from the Visigoth kings.As a youth, Didacus could make no progress at school, receiving the nickname of the "dunce of Cadiz". A seminarian classmate, a Dominican friar, Antonio Querero, testified how difficult study had...	1801	1894
Dominic Barberi Dominic Barberi Blessed Dominic of the Mother of God, born Dominic Barberi, a member of the Passionist Congregation and theologian, born near Viterbo, Italy, 22 June, 1792; died near Reading, England, 27 August, 1849. Beatified by Pope Paul VI in 1963. Also known as 'The Apostle of England'.-Birth and Early...	1849	1963
Edward Osbaldeston Edward Osbaldeston Blessed Edward Osbaldeston was an English martyr, born about 1560. Не was hanged, drawn, and quartered at York, 16 November, 1594.Son of Thomas Osbaldeston, and nephew of Edward Osbaldeston, of Osbaldeston Hall, Blackburn, Lancashire, he went to the English College of Douai, then at Reims, where he...	1594	1987
Edmund Catherick Edmund Catherick Edmund Catherick was an English Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1929.-Life:...	1642	1929
Edmund Ignatius Rice Edmund Ignatius Rice Blessed Edmund Ignatius Rice , was a Roman Catholic missionary and educationalist. Edmund was the founder of two orders of religious brothers: the Congregation of Christian Brothers and the Presentation Brothers....	1844	1996
Elisabeth Hesselblad Elisabeth Hesselblad Blessed Elisabeth Hesselblad, religious name Maria Elisabetta Hesselblad, was a Swedish nurse, nun, and beatified woman....	1957	2000
Elizabeth of the Trinity Elizabeth of the Trinity Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity was a French nun and religious writer. She was born Élisabeth Catez in the military camp of Avord in the district of Farges-en-Septaine . Her parents were Captain Joseph and Marie Catez. Elizabeth was the first born of her family. She had a terrible temper that...	1906	1984
Eufrasia of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Eufrasia of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Blessed Eufrasia of the Sacred Heart of Jesus was born on October 7, 1877 in Edathuruthy, a locale in the city of Thrissur, Kerala, India. She was named Rosa Eluvathingal...	1952	2006
Francesco Faà di Bruno Francesco Faà di Bruno Francesco Faà di Bruno was an Italian mathematician and priest, born at Alessandria. He was of noble birth, and held, at one time, the rank of captain-of-staff in the Sardinian Army...	1888	1988
Francesco Spoto Francesco Spoto Francesco Spoto was a Sicilian missionary killed in the Congo. He was beatified in Palermo, Sicily on April 27, 2007....	1964	2007
Francis of Fabriano Francis of Fabriano Francis of Fabriano was an Italian Franciscan writer. He was beatified in 1775.-Life:...	1322	1775
Francis Xavier Seelos Francis Xavier Seelos Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos was a German-American Roman Catholic priest and Redemptorist missionary....	1867	2000
Francisco Marto Jacinta and Francisco Marto Francisco Marto and his sister Jacinta Marto , also known as Blessed Francisco Marto and Blessed Jacinta Marto, together with their cousin, Lúcia Santos were the children from Aljustrel near Fátima, Portugal who reported witnessing three apparitions of an angel in 1916 and several...	1919	2000
Francisco Palau Francisco Palau Blessed Francisco Palau y Quer is a beatified Carmelite Spanish priest. He founded his "School of Virtue" -- which was a model of catechetical teaching -- at Barcelona. In 1860-61, he also founded the Congregations of Carmelite Brothers and Carmelite Sisters in Balearic Islands. He preached popular...	1872	1980
Franciszka Siedliska Franciszka Siedliska Blessed Franciszka Siedliska , also known as Mother Mary of Jesus the Good Shepherd, was the founder of a Roman Catholic religious order of nuns, the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth.-Life:...	1902	1989
François de Laval François de Laval François-Xavier de Montmorency-Laval was the first Roman Catholic bishop of New France and was one of the most influential men of his day. He was appointed when he was 36 years old by Pope Alexander VII. He was a member of the Montmorency family.-Early life:He was born at Montigny-sur-Avre...	1708	1980
Françoise d'Amboise Françoise d'Amboise Françoise d'Amboise , was born in the castle of Thouars. She was the daughter of the rich noble Louis d'Amboise, prince of Talmont and Viscount of Thouars....	1485	1863
Franz Jägerstätter Franz Jägerstätter Franz Jägerstätter was an Austrian conscientious objector during World War II and has been declared Blessed by the Roman Catholic Church...	1943	2007
George Napper George Napper George Napper was an English Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1929 by Pope Pius XI.-Life:George Napper a son of Edward Napper George Napper (Napier) (born at Holywell manor, Oxford, 1550; executed at Oxford 9 November, 1610) was an English Roman Catholic priest. He is...	1610	1929
Giovanni Dominici Giovanni Dominici Giovanni Dominici was an Italian Cardinal, statesman and writer. His ideas were a profound influence on the art of Fra Angelico.-Life:...	1420	1832
Giselle of Bavaria Giselle of Bavaria Giselle of Bavaria was the daughter of Henry II, Duke of Bavaria and Gisela of Burgundy....	1065	1975
Gregor Lakota Gregor Lakota Blessed Gregor Lakota was a Byzantine Rite Catholic saint, beatified by Pope John Paul II on 27 June 2001 in Ukraine. He was born 31 January 1893 in Holodivka. He was appointed auxiliary bishop of Przemyśl on 16 May 1926. On June 9, 1946, he was arrested and sentenced to ten years imprisonment....	1950	2001
Grimoaldo of the Purification Grimoaldo of the Purification Blessed Grimoaldo of the Purification, born Ferdinando Santamaria, a religious and clerical student of the Passionist Congregation, born on May 4, 1883 in Pontecorvo, Frosinone, Italy; died November 18, 1902 at Ceccano, Italy...	1902	1995
Helen Enselmini Helen Enselmini Blessed Helen Enselmini of Arcella , also known as Sister Elena Elsimi, was a Catholic Saint. She was born in Padua, Italy, and became a Clarisse nun at age 12, receiving the veil from Saint Francis of Assisi at San Nicola Arcella, near Padua, Italy. She is said to have had the gift of inedia,...	1242	1695
Hugh Cook Faringdon Hugh Cook Faringdon Hugh Cook Faringdon , also known as Hugh Faringdon or Hugh Cook, was the last abbot of Reading Abbey in the English town of Reading. At the dissolution of the monasteries, he was accused of high treason and executed...	1539	1895
Humphrey Middlemore Humphrey Middlemore Blessed Humphrey Middlemore was a Roman Catholic priest and Carthusian monk, from England. He is considered a martyr by the Catholic Church....	1535	1886
Imelda Lambertini Imelda Lambertini Imelda Lambertini , known to Roman Catholics as Blessed Imelda, is the patroness of First Holy Communicants.- Early life :...	1333	1826
Isidore of Saint Joseph Isidore of Saint Joseph Blessed Isidore of Saint Joseph, also known as ‘the Brother of the Will of God’ born Isidore de Loor, a lay brother of the Passionist Congregation, born on April 13, 1881 in Vrasene, Belgium; died October 6, 1916 at Kortrijk, Belgium...	1916	1984
Ivan Merz Ivan Merz Ivan Merz was a Bosnian-Croatian lay academic, beatified by Pope John-Paul II on a visit at Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina on June 23, 2003...	1896	1928
Jacinta Marto Jacinta and Francisco Marto Francisco Marto and his sister Jacinta Marto , also known as Blessed Francisco Marto and Blessed Jacinta Marto, together with their cousin, Lúcia Santos were the children from Aljustrel near Fátima, Portugal who reported witnessing three apparitions of an angel in 1916 and several...	1920	2000
James Salomoni James Salomoni Blessed James Salomoni was a Dominican priest, ascetic, and mystic who is venerated as a beatus by the Catholic Church....	1314	1568
Jeanne Jugan Jeanne Jugan Saint Jeanne Jugan , also known as Sister Mary of the Cross was born in Cancale in Brittany, France, the sixth of the eight children of Joseph and Marie Jugan. Her father died when she was very young and her mother raised this large family alone. When Jeanne was 16, she took a job as the kitchen...	1879	1982
Joana, Princess of Portugal	1490	1693
John Baptist Scalabrini John Baptist Scalabrini Blessed Giovanni Battista Scalabrini was ordained priest in May 30 1863. He was made Bishop of Piacenza in Italy, in 1887 and founded Catholic Action. Its mission is to "maintain Catholic faith and practice among Italian emigrants in the New World." Today, they and their sister organizations, the...	1901	1997
John Pibush John Pibush John Pibush was an English Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1929.-Life:...	1601	1929
Jolenta of Poland Jolenta of Poland Jolenta of Poland was the daughter of Béla IV of Hungary and Maria Laskarina. She was the sister of Saint Margaret of Hungary and Saint Kinga...	1298	1927
Josaphata Hordashevska Josaphata Hordashevska Josaphata Hordashevska a Ukrainian Greek-Catholic nun, was the first member of the Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate. In 1869, Mykhaylyna Hordashevska was born in Lwów...	1919	2001
Joseph Gérard Joseph Gérard Blessed Joseph Gérard, OMI was a French Catholic missionary who chiefly worked among the Basotho people of modern day Lesotho and the Free State province of South Africa. He was born in Bouxières-aux-Chênes, in the Diocese of Nancy and received his religious training from the Missionary Oblates of...	1914	1988
Joseph Vaz Joseph Vaz Blessed Joseph Vaz was a Catholic Oratorian priest from Goa. He is known asApostle of Ceylon....	1711	1995
Josephine Leroux Josephine Leroux Blessed Josephine Leroux was born Anne-Joseph Leroux in Cambrai, France. She became an Ursuline nun in Valenciennes, taking the name Josephine. She fled to Mons, Hainaut when the monasteries and convents were suppressed during the French Revolution but returned to Valenciennes in 1793...	1794	1920
Junípero Serra Junípero Serra Fray Junípero Serra was a Spanish Franciscan friar who founded the mission chain in Alta California. Fr. Serra was beatified by John Paul II on September 25, 1988.-History:Junípero Serra was born Miquel Josep Serra i Ferrer in Petra, Majorca, Spain...	1784	1988
Jurgis Matulaitis-Matulevičius Jurgis Matulaitis-Matulevicius Jurgis Matulaitis was born 13 April 1871 in the village of Lūginė, near Marijampolė, in southwestern Lithuania, at the time Russian Empire, and he died on 27 January 1927 in Kaunas, Lithuania.-Biography:...	1927	1987
Kamen Vitchev Kamen Vitchev Born May 23, 1893 at Srem, Bulgaria, Peter Vitchev came from a peasant family. He joined the Catholic congregation known as the Assumptionists, or Augustinians of the Assumption, in 1910, beginning his novitiate in Gempe, Belgium, and later taking the name Kamen. He pursued his studies of...	1952	2002
Kateri Tekakwitha Kateri Tekakwitha Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha or Blessed Catherine Tekakwitha , the daughter of a Mohawk warrior and a Catholic Algonquin woman, was born in the Mohawk fortress of Ossernenon near present-day Auriesville, New York. When she was four, smallpox swept through Ossernenon, and Tekakwitha was left with...	1680	1980
Kuriakose Elias Chavara Kuriakose Elias Chavara Blessed Kuriakose Elias Chavara was the co-founder and first prior-general of the Congregation of the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate and of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Mother of Carmel. He was also known as Cyriac Elias Chavara.-Life:...	1871	1886
László Batthyány-Strattmann László Batthyány-Strattmann The Blessed Prince László Batthyány-Strattmann de Németújvár, in German Ladislaus Fürst Batthyány-Strattmann von Güssing, was a Hungarian aristocrat and physician. The devout Catholic became known as the "doctor of the poor"...	1931	2003
Laura Vicuña Laura Vicuña Blessed Laura Vicuña is a blessed person in the Roman Catholic Church. She is the patron of abuse victims.- Escape from Chile :She was born April 5, 1891. She was the first daughter of the Vicuña Pino family; her parents were José Domingo Vicuña and Mercedes Pino...	1904	1988
Louis Martin Louis Martin (blessed) Blessed Louis Martin was a French layman and the father of Saint Thérèse de Lisieux. His wife was Blessed Marie-Azélie Guérin.-Early life:...	1894	2008
Louis-Zéphirin Moreau Louis-Zéphirin Moreau Louis-Zéphirin Moreau was a Canadian Roman Catholic priest and fourth Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe, from 1875 to 1901.He was beatified by Pope John Paul II on 10 May 1987....	1901	1987
Ludovica Albertoni Ludovica Albertoni Ludovica Albertoni is considered a blessed person in Christianity. Her feast day is 31 january.She is also known as Louisa Albertoni; Ludovica Albertoni Cetera. She was born to a wealthy and prominent family, and married to Giacomo de Citara. She was the mother of three, but was widowed in 1506...	1533	1671
Ludovico of Casoria Ludovico of Casoria Ludovico of Casoria was an Italian Franciscan monk, founder of the Frati Bigi...	1885	1993
Mafalda of Portugal Mafalda of Portugal Infanta Mafalda of Portugal was a Portuguese infanta , later Queen consort of Castile for a brief period. She was the second youngest daughter of King Sancho I of Portugal and Dulce Berenguer. She was born c. 1190....	1256	1793
Margaret of Castello Margaret of Castello Margaret of Castello is a Roman Catholic Church patron of the poor, crippled, and the unwanted.She was born blind, lame, deformed, hunchbacked and a midget, into a family of nobles in the castle of Metola, in southeast of Florence. As a child, her parents imprisoned her for 14 years so no one...	1320	1609
Margaret of Lorraine Margaret of Lorraine Margaret of Lorraine was Duchess of Alençon, and a nun of the order of Poor Clares . She was beatified in 1921.-Marriage and children:...	1463	1921
Margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury Margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury Margaret Pole , 8th Countess of Salisbury was an English peeress, the daughter of the 1st Duke of Clarence, a brother of King Edward IV and King Richard III. She was the last legitimate member of the Plantagenet dynasty, executed in 1541 at the command of King Henry VIII, who was her cousin's son...	1541	1886
Margaret of Savoy Blessed Margaret of Savoy The Blessed Margaret of Savoy was Marchioness of Montferrat.-Family:Margaret was the eldest of the four children—all daughters—born to Amadeo of Savoy, and his wife Catherine of Geneva.Her paternal grandparents were Giacomo of Savoy, titular Prince of Achaea and his second wife...	1464	1669
Margareta Ebner Margareta Ebner Margaretha Ebner was a German mystic and visionary.Born of rich parents at Donauwörth, in 1291, she received a thorough classical education in her home, and later entered the Dominican order convent at Maria-Medingen near Dillingen, where she was received in 1306.From 1312 she was dangerously ill...	1351	1979
Maria Adeodata Pisani Maria Adeodata Pisani Born 29 December 1806 at Naples, Italy; Died 25 February 1855 at the Benedictine monastery at Mdina, MaltaVenerated: 24 April 2001 by Pope John Paul II Beatified: 9 May 2001 by Pope John Paul II...	1855	2001
Maria Gabriella Sagheddu Maria Gabriella Sagheddu Blessed Sister Maria Gabriella Sagheddu was a Trappist nun. She was born in Sardinia in 1914 and died of tuberculosis in the Trappist monastery of Grottaferrata in 1939...	1939	1981
Maria Romero Meneses Maria Romero Meneses Blessed María Romero Meneses, was a Salesian Sisters, beatified by Pope John Paul II on the 14 April 2002.-Early life:...	1977	2002
Maria Restituta Maria Restituta Sister Maria Restituta was a nun and a nurse. Her secular name was Helene Kafka...	1943	1998
Maria Teresia Ledóchowska	1922	1975
Maria Theresa Chiramel Maria Theresa Chiramel Blessed Maria Theresa Chiramel was a Syro-Malabarese Catholic nun who was beatified in 2000.She was the daughter of Thoma and Thanda Chiramel Mankidiyan in the village of Puthenchira, Trichur District, Kerala. She was baptized Thresia Chiramel Mankidiyan on May 3, 1876...	1926	2000
Mariam Baouardy Mariam Baouardy Blessed Mariam Baouardy was a Melkite Greek Catholic Carmelite nun. She was born on January 5, 1846 in I'billin. She died on August 26, 1878 in Bethlehem. She was beatified by Pope John Paul II on 13 November 1983....	1878	1983
Marianne Cope	1918	2005
Marie-Azélie Guérin Martin Marie-Azélie Guérin Martin Blessed Marie-Azélie Martin née Guérin was a French laywoman and the mother of Saint Thérèse de Lisieux. Her husband was Blessed Louis Martin.-Early life:...	1877	2008
Marie-Clémentine Anuarite Nengapeta Marie-Clémentine Anuarite Nengapeta Marie-Clémentine Anuarite Nengapeta was a member of the Holy Family Sisters in Kinshasa, Zaire . She was killed during Zaire's civil war in 1964 by a soldier, Colonel Pierre Colombe, when she resisted his attempted rape...	1964	1985
Marie-Geneviève Meunier Marie-Geneviève Meunier Blessed Marie-Geneviève Meunier , also known as Sister Constance, was a Carmelite novice and one of the Carmelite Martyrs of Compiegne. She took the religious habit on 16 December 1788. She mounted the platform singing Laudate Dominum before being guillotined in Paris.Marie-Geneviève was beatified...	1794	1906
Marija Petković Marija Petkovic Marija Petkovic.jpgMarija Petković, also known as "The Blessed Mary of Jesus Crucified Petković" , was the founder of the Catholic Congregation of the Daughters of Mercy...	1966	2003
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...	1601	1929
Mary MacKillop Mary MacKillop Blessed Mary MacKillop was an Australian Roman Catholic nun who, together with Fr. Julian Tenison Woods, founded the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart....	1909	1995
Mary of the Divine Heart Mary of the Divine Heart Blessed Mary of the Divine Heart , born Maria Droste zu Vischering, was a noble and Roman Catholic nun best known for influencing Pope Leo XIII's consecration of the world to the Sacred Heart of Jesus...	1899	1975
Matilde of the Sacred Heart Matilde of the Sacred Heart Blessed Matilde del Sagrado Corazón Téllez Robles was a Spanish Roman Catholic nun and the foundress of the Congregation of the Daughters of Mary, Mother of the Church.- Biography :...	1841	1902
Matthew Carrieri Matthew Carrieri Blessed Matthew Carrieri of Mantua was a Dominican friar noted for the "austerity of his life." He was the spiritual instructor of Stephana de Quinzanis, and like her, an alleged stigmatic.-Life:...	1470	1482
Maurus Scott Maurus Scott Blessed Maurus Scott, born William Scott , was a lawyer who became a Benedictine monk and priest, serving as a missionary in England during the period of recusancy. He was martyred at Tyburn.-Early life and conversion:...	1612	1929
Mercedes de Jesús Molina Mercedes de Jesús Molina Blessed Mercedes de Jesús Molina is a Roman Catholic blessed from Baba, Ecuador. She was a missionary who devoted her life to the care of abandoned children and founded the order of the Sisters of Mariana de Jesús...	1828	1883
Michał Sopoćko	1975	2008
Miles Gerard Miles Gerard Miles Gerard was an English Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1929.-Life:...	1590	1929
Nazju Falzon Nazju Falzon Blessed Nazju Falzon was a Maltese priest; he was beatified in 2001....	1865	2001
Notker the Stammerer	912	1512
Nuno Álvares Pereira Nuno Álvares Pereira Dom Nuno Álvares Pereira, O. Carm. , also spelled Nun'Álvares Pereira, was a Portuguese general of great success who had a decisive role in the 1383-1385 Crisis that assured Portugal's independence from Castile...	1431	1918
Odo of Novara Odo of Novara Odo of Novara was a Carthusian monk. He was appointed as prior of Geyrach in Slavonia. However, he experienced difficulties with Dietrich, the local bishop, who persecuted him...	1200	1859
Odoric of Pordenone Odoric of Pordenone Odoric of Pordenone was one of the chief travellers of the later Middle Ages...	1331	1775
Osanna of Mantua Osanna of Mantua Blessed Osanna Andreasi of Mantua was a Dominican tertiary, stigmatic, and mystic.-Life:...	1505	1694
Ozana of Kotor	1565	1934
Patrick O'Hely Patrick O'Hely Patrick O'Hely was an Irish Roman Catholic bishop of Mayo, Ireland, who was executed by the English secular authorities.-Biography:...	1579	1992
Pavol Peter Gojdič Pavol Peter Gojdic Pavol Gojdič, also known as Pavel Peter Gojdič or Peter Gojdič , was a Basilian monk and the bishop of the Greek Catholic Eparchy of Prešov martyred by the communist regime in Czechoslovakia....	1960	2001
Pedro Calungsod Pedro Calungsod Blessed Pedro Calungsod is a Filipino Roman Catholic blessed and martyr. He 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, he was a companion of Blessed Diego Luis de San Vitores to the Marianas Islands...	1672	2000
Pier Giorgio Frassati Pier Giorgio Frassati Pier Giorgio Frassati was an Italian Catholic activist. He has been beatified by the Roman Catholic Church.He was born in Turin into a wealthy family, who owned a newspaper called La Stampa...	1925	1990
Pierina Morosini Pierina Morosini Pierina Morosini was born in Fiobbio, a frazione of Albino, Bergamo, Italy on 7 January 1931 to farmers Rocco Morosini and Sara Noris....	1957	1987
Pierre de Luxembourg Pierre de Luxembourg Pierre de Luxembourg was a French bishop and Cardinal at the time of the Western Schism.He was made Bishop of Metz, at age 15.He was beatified in 1527 by Pope Clement VII.-External links:...	1387	1527
Pius IXPope Pius IX Pope Pius IX Pope Blessed Pius IX , born Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti, was the longest reigning Pope in Church history, serving from 16 June 1846 until his death, a period of nearly 32 years. During his pontificate, he convened the First Vatican Council in 1869, which decreed Papal infallibility...	1878	2000
Ralph Corbie Ralph Corbie Ralph Corbie was an Irish Jesuit. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1929.-Life:...	1644	1929
Robert Dibdale Robert Dibdale Robert Dibdale, also spelled Debdale, was a Catholic priest and martyr. He was born the son of John Dibdale of Shottery, in the parish of Stratford-on-Avon and the birthplace of William Shakespeare's wife Anne Hathaway at a date unknown. He had a brother Richard and sisters Joan and Agnes. It...	1586	1987
Robert Nutter Robert Nutter Robert Nutter was an English Catholic martyr. He was beatified in 1987....	1600	1987
Rose-Chrétien de la Neuville Rose-Chrétien de la Neuville Blessed Rose-Chrétien de la Neuville was a French Carmelite nun and one of the Martyrs of Compiègne. She married young but was widowed. She was professed as a nun in 1777, taking the name Sister Julie Louise of Jesus and sang in the convent choir...	1794	1906
Sancha of Portugal	1229	1705
Sebastian Newdigate Sebastian Newdigate Blessed Sebastian Newdigate was a Roman Catholic priest and Carthusian monk, of England. He is considered a martyr by the Catholic Church....	1535	1886
Seraphina Sforza Seraphina Sforza Seraphina Sforza was an Italian noblewoman and nun, a Poor Clare after her husband Alessandro Sforza discarded her....	1478	1754
Stefan Wincenty Frelichowski Stefan Wincenty Frelichowski Stefan Wincenty Frelichowski was a Polish priest, scout and is patron of Polish Scouts. He joined Scouting on March 21, 1927. Stefan served as Patrol leader,later as Troop Leader and during his years in the High Seminary of Pelplin Diocese he was an active member of its Scout Club...	1945	1999
Stephana de Quinzanis Stephana de Quinzanis Blessed Stephana de Quinzanis was an Italian Dominican tertiary and stigmatic.-Life:...	1530	1740
Terence Albert O'Brien Terence Albert O'Brien Terence Albert O'Brien was an Irish Roman Catholic bishop of Emly.-Biography:Born in Limerick, O'Brien joined the Dominicans and studied at Toledo and Limerick. He was consecrated bishop of Emly by Giovanni Battista Rinuccini. During the Irish Confederate Wars, like most Irish Catholics, he sided...	1651	1992
Teresa of Calcutta	1997	2003
Teresa of Portugal Teresa of Portugal Infanta Teresa of Portugal , also known as Tarasia of Portugal and later as the Infanta-Rainha , was the oldest daughter of Sancho I of Portugal and Dulce Berenguer...	1250	1705
Thaddeus McCarthy Thaddeus McCarthy Blessed Thaddeus McCarthy was an Irish ecclesiastic, who was appointed Bishop of Ross, Ireland in 1482 and Bishop of Cork and Cloyne in 1490. His feast day is October 25.- Early life :...	1492	1896
Theodore Romzha Theodore Romzha Blessed Theodore Romzha was a Ukrainian Greek Catholic bishop of Mukacheve . Martyred by Stalin's NKVD, he was beatified by Pope John Paul II on June 27, 2001.-Early life:...	1947	2001
Thomas Cottam Thomas Cottam Blessed Thomas Cottam was an English Catholic priest and martyr from Lancashire, who was executed during the reign of Elizabeth I.-Life:...	1582	1886
Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland KG led the Rising of the North and was executed for treason. He was later Beatified by the Catholic Church.-Early life :...	1572	1895
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...	1680	1929
Thurston Hunt Thurston Hunt Thurston Hunt was an English Roman Catholic priest. He was tried and executed with Robert Middleton, also a priest. They are Catholic martyrs, beatified in 1987.A contemporary sang of...	1601	1987
Titus Brandsma Titus Brandsma Blessed Titus Brandsma was a Dutch Carmelite priest and professor of philosophy. Brandsma was vehemently opposed to Nazi ideology and spoke out against it many times before the Second World War....	1942	1985
Urban IIPope Urban II Pope Urban II Pope Blessed Urban II , born Otho de Lagery , was Pope from 12 March 1088 until his death...	1099	1881
Valentinus Paquay Valentinus Paquay Valentinus Paquay , born Joannes Ludovicus , also known as the holy father of Hasselt , was a Friar Minor. He has been beatified by Pope John Paul II in 2003 and is commemorated on 1 January, the day of his death....	1905	2003
Vasyl Velychkovsky Vasyl Velychkovsky Blessed Vasyl Velychkovsky - blessed bishop of Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church , whose body 30 years after his death was reportedly found to be uncorrupt...	1973	2001
Vilmos Apor Vilmos Apor Blessed Vilmos Apor was the Bishop of Győr during World War II who became famous for protesting the persecution of the Hungarian Jews. On March 28, 1945 as Soviet troops reached Győr he offered sanctuary to numerous women and children in his residence...	1945	1997
Vincent Romano Vincent Romano Blessed Vincent Romano, also called Vincenzo Dominico Romano, was born in Torre del Greco, Naples, Italy. Vincent was a parish priest of the village of Herulano who was noted for his very simple way of life and his care of orphans. He was oppressed by French invaders in his area, and also by some...	1831	1963
William Andleby William Andleby William Andleby was an English Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1929.-Life:He was born at Etton in Yorkshire of a well-known gentle family. At 25 he went abroad to take part in the Dutch war...	1597	1929
William Exmew William Exmew Blessed William Exmew, , Catholic priest, Carthusian monk and martyr.He studied at Christ's College, Cambridge, and became a proficient classical scholar. Entering the London Charterhouse, he was soon raised to the office of vicar and in 1534 he was named procurator. He had a particular reputation...	1535	1886
William Harrington William Harrington (priest) William Harrington was an English Jesuit priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1929.-Life:His father had entertained Edmund Campion at the ancestral home, Mount St. John, early in 1581...	1594	1929
William Joseph Chaminade William Joseph Chaminade William Joseph Chaminade or Guillaume-Joseph Chaminade, now called by his liturgical title of Blessed Chaminade , was a French Roman Catholic priest who survived persecution during the French Revolution. He founded the Society of Mary, also called the Marianists, in 1817...	1850	2000
Wincenty Kadłubek	1223	1764
Zdenka Cecília Schelingová Zdenka Cecilia Schelingová Blessed Zdenka Cecília Schelingová , was a Slovak nun of the Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of the Holy Cross and a victim of communist persecution in the former Czechoslovakia.She was born at Krivá na Orave...	1955	2003

See also

• Chronological list of saints and blesseds
  Chronological list of saints and blesseds
  A list of Christian saints and blesseds in chronological order, sorted by date of death:* 1st century * 2nd century * 3rd century * 4th century * 5th century * 6th century * 7th century...
  
  
• Beatification
  Beatification
  Beatification is a recognition accorded by the Catholic Church of a dead person's accession to Heaven and capacity to intercede on behalf of individuals who pray in his or her name . Beatification is the third of the four steps in the canonization process...
  
  
• List of people beatified by Pope John Paul II
• List of saints
• List of venerable people
• List of Servants of God

External links

• Catholic Online list of saints and blesseds
• Patron Saints Index