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Not all Christian confessions accept every figure on this list as a martyr or Christian—see the linked articles for fuller discussion. In many types of Christianity, martyrdom is considered a direct path to sainthood and many names on this list are viewed as saints in one or more confessions.
Francis de Geronimo (1642–1716), Italian missionary. Aloysius Gonzaga (1568–1591), Italian, patron saint of young Christians. Roque González de Santa Cruz (1576–1628), the film The Mission is based on his life. John Soan de Goto (1578–1597), one of the Twenty-six Martyrs of Japan.
Blesseds Rudolph Acquaviva, Alphonsus Pacheco, Peter Berno, Anthony Francis, and Francis Aranha 1583 Charles Borromeo: 1538 1584 Bishop of Milan: Richard Gwyn (Richard White) 1537 1584 Blessed Dermot O'Hurley: 1519 1584 Blessed George Haydock: 1556 1584 Blessed James Fenn: 1540 1584 Blessed John Finch 1584 Blessed John Munden: 1543 1584
In the New Testament genealogies, Jesus Christ is a descendant of King David and has been proclaimed by the Catholic Church as King of the Universe. [64] His mother, Mary, is also celebrated within Catholic teaching as Queen of Heaven. Within tradition, she too is a descendant of King David, as were both her parents - Sts. Joachim and Anne.
Floripes Dornellas de Jesus: 1999: 2005: Brazilian mystic Francis II of the Two Sicilies: 1894: 2020: King of the Two Sicilies Francis Xavier Ford: 1952: Bishop of Kaying Francisco Rodrigues da Cruz: 1948: 1951: Portuguese priest François-Marie-Benjamin Richard: 1908: Archbishop of Paris: Frank Duff: 1980: 1996: Founder of the Legion of Mary ...
Bishop was born in Livonia, Livingston County, New York, the third of nine children born to devout Methodists Isaac Gates Bishop and Mary Hyde. According to some reports, Mary Hyde Bishop "was a religious enthusiast and previous to [Gladden's] birth had predicted that she would bear a son who would some day gladden the hearts of the people and would be the flying roll which Zacharias [sic] saw ...
Saint Robert Bellarmine, Italian Cardinal and theologian, Doctor of the Church; Aloysius Bellecius (1704-1757), Jesuit ascetic author; Saint John Berchmans, Jesuit seminarian from Belgium; Jorge Mario Bergoglio (Pope Francis), Argentine, first Jesuit to be elected Pope (2013) Thomas V. Bermingham, American academic who worked on The Exorcist
Saints: Rosa da Viterbo: ca. 1233 6 March 1251 18 Italy: Viterbo: Heroic Virtues Religious, Third Order of Saint Francis: Jeanne d'Arc: 6 January 1412 30 May 1431 19 France: Rouen: Martyr in odium fidei: Cristobal, Juan and Antonio: ca. 1514-17 1527 and 1529 12-13 Mexico: Tlaxcala: Martyr in odium fidei: Stanisław Kostka: 28 October 1550 15 ...