Pope Benedict XVI Pope Benedict XVI ( la, Benedictus XVI; it, Benedetto XVI; german: link=no, Benedikt XVI.; born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger, , on 16 April 1927) is a retired prelate of the Catholic church who served as the head of the Church and the sovereign ...

declared 181 individuals

venerable The Venerable (''venerabilis'' in Latin) is a style, a title, or an epithet which is used in some Western Christian churches, or it is a translation of similar terms for clerics in Eastern Orthodoxy and monastics in Buddhism. Christianity Cathol ...

, based on the recognition of their heroic virtues from 2005 to 2013.

2005

December 19, 2005

Camilla Battista da Varano Camilla Battista da Varano O.S.C., (9 April 1458 – 31 May 1524), from Camerino, Italy, was an Italian princess and a Poor Clare nun and abbess. She is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church. Early life Varano was born out of wedlock in C ...

(1458–1524) #

Carlo Bescapè Carlo is a given name. It is an Italian form of Charles. It can refer to: * Carlo (name) *Monte Carlo * Carlingford, New South Wales, a suburb in north-west Sydney, New South Wales, Australia *A satirical song written by Dafydd Iwan about Prince ...

(1550–1615) # Isabela de Rosis (1842–1911) #

Joseph Kugler Joseph Kugler, OH (15 January 1867 - 10 June 1946) was a German Roman Catholic professed religious of the Brothers Hospitallers of Saint John of God. Kugler entered the congregation in 1893 and assumed his religious name ''Eustachius'' upon adm ...

(1867–1946) #

María Josefa Segovia Morón María Josefa Segovia Morón (10 October 1891 - 29 March 1957) was a Spanish Roman Catholic and the co-founder of the Teresian Institute that she established alongside Father Pedro Castroverde. Morón devoted her life to the functioning of the in ...

(1891–1957) #

Massimo Rinaldi Massimo Rinaldi (24 September 1869 – 31 May 1941) was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop who served as the Bishop of Rieti. He was a member of the Scalabrinians. Pope Benedict XVI proclaimed him to be venerable on 19 December 2005. Life Massimo ...

(1869–1941) #

Paul Joseph Nardini Paul Joseph Nardini, (25 July 1821 – 27 January 1862) was a German diocesan priest and the founder of the religious congregation of the Poor Franciscan Sisters of the Holy Family, also commonly known as the Nardini Sisters, or the Mallersdorfer ...

(1821–1862) # Szymon of Lipnica (1435–1482)

2006

April 28, 2006

Caterina Coromina i Agustí Caterina Coromina i Agustí (Oristà, 19 October 1824 – Vic, 11 Juli 1893) was a Spanish religious woman and founder of the Josephine Sisters, an order which works for the elderly and the poor. She is recognized as venerable by the Catholic Chu ...

(1824–1893) # Ciriaco María Sancha y Hervás (1833–1909) #Dolores Márquez Romero (1817–1904) #Esperança González i Puig (1823–1885) # Giuseppina Nicoli (1863–1924) #

Luigia Poloni Luigia Poloni (26 January 1802 – 11 November 1855), religious name ''Maria Vincenza'', was an Italian Roman Catholic religious sister. She was the co-founder of the Sisters of Mercy of Verona which she established with Charles Steeb. Cardinal ...

(1802–1855) #

Margaretha Flesch Margaretha Flesch (24 February 1826 – 25 March 1906) was a German Roman Catholic professed religious who established the Franciscan Sisters of the Blessed Virgin Mary of the Angels. Flesch assumed the new religious name of "Maria Rosa" after ...

(1826–1906) #Maria Matilde Bucchi (1812–1882)

June 26, 2006

Antonio Rosmini-Serbati Blessed Antonio Francesco Davide Ambrogio Rosmini-Serbati (; Rovereto, 25 March 1797Stresa, 1 July 1855) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and philosopher. He founded the Rosminians, officially the Institute of Charity or , pioneered the ...

(1797–1855) #

Francesco Pianzola Francesco Pianzola (5 October 1881 - 4 June 1943) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest who established the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculata, Queen of Peace. Pianzola was a preacher who administered to the poor and to children in their own hom ...

(1881–1943) #Hieronymus Jaegen (1841–1919) #Louise-Marguerite Claret de la Touche (1868–1915) #Marco Morelli (1834–1912) #Regina Lete Landa (1913–1941) #Wanda Malczewska (1822–1896)

November 15, 2006

# Margherita Occhiena (1788–1856)

December 16, 2006

# José Olallo Valdés (1820–1889) #Kaszap István (1916–1935) # Mamerto de la Ascensión Esquiú (1826–1883) # Salvatore Micalizzi (1856–1937)

2007

June 1, 2007

# Alcide-Vital Lataste (1832–1869) #

Armida Barelli Armida Barelli (1 December 1882 – 15 August 1952) was an Italian Roman Catholic who served in the educational field during her life and was also a professed member of the Secular Franciscan Order. Barelli was also the co-founder of the Secular ...

(1882–1952) #Cleonilde Guerra (1922–1949) #Eleonore Margarete Weiss (1882–1923) #Francesco Maria Perez (1861–1937) #Giovanni Battista Arista (1863–1920) #Luigia Lavizzari (1867–1931)

July 6, 2007

#Emilie Schneider (1820–1859) #Emmanuela Giovanna Scribano (1917–1968) #

Hildegard Burjan Hildegard Lea Burjan (née ''Hildegard Freund''; 30 January 1883 – 11 June 1933) was a German Roman Catholic convert from Judaism and the founder of the Sisterhood of Caritas Socialis. Burjan set up several organizations for the promotion of wo ...

(1883–1933) #

Ignacia del Espíritu Santo Ignacia del Espíritu Santo luco, also known as Mother Ignacia (February 1, 1663 – September 10, 1748) was a Filipino religious sister of the Catholic Church. She was known for her acts of piety and religious poverty and founded the Congregat ...

(1663–1748) # Jérôme le Royer de la Dauversière (1597–1659) # Leopoldina Naudet (1773–1834) # Luca Passi (1789–1866) #

Marcantonio Barbarigo Marcantonio Barbarigo (6 March 1640 – 26 May 1706) was an Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the founder of the Pontifical Institute of the Religious Teachers Filippini and also founded both the Religious Teachers Filippini of ...

(1640–1706)

December 17, 2007

Antonietta Meo Antonietta Meo (15 December 1930 – 3 July 1937), nicknamed "Nennolina", was an Italian girl who died of osteosarcoma. Currently, she is the youngest person the Roman Catholic Church considers canonizing as a confessor. Life and death Meo was bo ...

(1930–1937) # Francesco Mottola (1901–1969) #

Manuel Lozano Garrido Blessed Manuel Lozano Garrido (9 August 1920 – 3 November 1971) was a Spanish Roman Catholic journalist and author. He was nicknamed "Lolo". On 12 June 2010 he was beatified. He remains as a patron of journalists. Life Manuel Lozano Garrido ...

(1920–1971) #

Maria Pierina Blessed Maria Pierina De Micheli (11 September 1890 – 26 July 1945) was a Roman Catholic religious Sister A religious sister (abbreviated ''Sr.'' or Sist.) in the Catholic Church is a woman who has taken public vows in a religious institute ...

(1890–1945) #

Raphaël Rafiringa Raphaël-Louis Rafiringa, De La Salle Brothers, FSC (born Firinga; 3 November 1856 – 19 May 1919) was a Catholic Church, Catholic religious brother from Madagascar who served as a De La Salle Brothers, De La Salle Brother at a time in his nation ...

(1856–1919) # Serafino Morazzone (1747–1822) #

Stephen Nehmé Esțfān Nehmé ( ar, يوسف نعمة; 8 March 1889 – 30 August 1938), born Yūsuf Nehmé, was a Lebanese Maronite professed religious from the Lebanese Maronite Order. Nehmé worked to alleviate people's pain during World War I through th ...

(1889–1938)

2008

March 15, 2008

#Anna Osti (1895–1958 #

Aurelio Bacciarini Aurelio Bacciarini (8 November 1873 – 27 June 1935) was a Swiss Roman Catholic who served as the interim administrator of the Diocese of Lugano. He was a professed member of the Servants of Charity - also known as the Guanellians - and was also ...

(1873–1935) #

Clement Vismara Blessed Father Clement Vismara (September 6, 1897, Agrate Brianza, Lombardy Italy – June 15, 1988, Mong Ping, Burma) was an Italian priest and missionary. He is venerated by the Roman Catholic Church. He spent 65 of his 91 years in forests of B ...

(1897–1988) #Eufemia Gemma Giannini (1884–1971) # Giocondo Pio Lorgna (1870–1928) #Joaquim Alves Brás (1889–1966) # Leopold of Alpandeire (1866–1956) #Luigia Mazzotta (1900–1922) #Margalida Amengual i Campaner (1888–1919) #Michaelangelo Longo (1812–1886) #

Michael J. McGivney Michael Joseph McGivney (August 12, 1852August 14, 1890) was an Irish-American Catholic priest based in New Haven, Connecticut. He founded the Knights of Columbus at a local parish to serve as a mutual aid and fraternal insurance organization, p ...

(1852–1890) #Paolo Roasenda (1906–1972) # Pietro Riminucci (1875–1960) #Victoriano Gondra Muruaga (1910–1974)

July 3, 2008

Chiara Badano Chiara Badano (October 29, 1971 – October 7, 1990) was a young Italian teenager who is on the path to sainthood in the Catholic Church. At age nine she joined the Focolare Movement and received the nickname "Luce" (light) by the founder Chiar ...

(1971–1990) # Estephan El Douaihy (1630–1704) #Francisco Garmendia Mendizábal (1880–1969) #Giuseppe Dal Vago (1822–1895) #Giuseppe Di Donna (1901–1952) #

Barbara Maix Barbara Maix (27 June 1818 – 17 March 1873) was an Austrian Roman Catholic professed religious who established the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary and assumed the religious name ''Maria Barbara of the Holy Trinity''. Maix dedicated her ...

(1818–1873) # Nuno Álvares Pereira (1360–1431) #

Pius Keller Pius Keller, OSA (30 September 1825 in Ballingshausen, Bavaria, Germany – 15 March 1904 in Münnerstadt, Germany) was an Augustinian friar, a teacher, and a leader who revitalized the Order of Saint Augustine in Germany. Life and times Pius ...

(1825–1904)

November 12, 2008

# Maria Troncatti (1883–1969)

December 6, 2008

#Giacinto Bianchi (1835–1914) #Jan van den Boer (1841–1917) # Maria Clara of the Child Jesus (1843–1899)

December 22, 2008

# Josep Tous Soler (1811–1871)

2009

January 17, 2009

#Carolina Beltrami (1869–1932) #

Juan de Palafox y Mendoza Juan de Palafox y Mendoza (26 June 1600 – 1 October 1659) was a Spanish politician, administrator, and Catholic clergyman in 17th century Spain and a viceroy of Mexico. Palafox was the Bishop of Puebla (1640−1655), and the interim Archbisho ...

(1600–1659) #Lliberada Ferrarons i Vives (1803–1842) # María de la Purísima Salvat Romero (1926–1998) #Robert Spiske (1821–1888)

April 3, 2009

# Benoîte Rencurel (1647–1718) #Felisa Pérez de Iriarte Casado (1904–1954) # Franz-Josef Rudigier (1811–1884) # Giacomo Gaglione (1896–1962) #

Giuseppe Marcinò Giuseppe Marcinò (24 October 1589 – 16 November 1655) was an Italian priest and a member of the Order of Friars Minor - or Capuchins. After he was admitted into the order he selected the new name of "Innocenzo from Caltagirone". He was well kno ...

(1589–1655) # Irmã Dulce Pontes (1914–1992) #Johann Evangelist Wagner (1807–1886) # Manuela de Jesús Arias Espinosa (1904–1981) #Marie de La Ferre (1590–1652) #Teresa Candamo Álvarez-Calderon (1875–1953)

July 3, 2009

# Anna Maria Janer Anglarill (1800–1885) #

Clotilde Micheli Clotilde Micheli (11 September 1849 - 24 March 1911) was an Italian people, Italian Roman Catholic Church, Roman Catholic Nun, professed religious who established the order known as the Sisters of Angels; she assumed the new name of "Maria Serafi ...

(1849–1911) # Engelmar Unzeitig (1911–1945) # Teresa Manganiello (1849–1876)

December 19, 2009

# Antonia Maria Verna (1773–1838) # Enrichetta Alfieri (1891–1951) #Francesca Farolfi (1853–1917) #Giunio Tinarelli (1912–1956) #Giuseppe Quadrio (1921–1963) #

Jakov Varingez Jakov Varingez (c. 1400 – 27 April 1485 or 1496), also known as Giacomo Illirico, Giacomo of Bitetto or in English James of Sclavonia, was a Croatian Roman Catholic monk of the Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans). He assumed the name "Giacomo" ( ...

(1400–1496) #

Louis Brisson Louis Brisson, OSFS (23 June 1817 – 2 February 1908) was a French Roman Catholic priest and the founder of both the Oblate Sisters of Saint Francis de Sales and the Oblates of Saint Francis de Sales. He founded the female branch alongside Lé ...

(1817–1908) # Joan Mary Ward (1585–1645) #

Pope Pius XII Pope Pius XII ( it, Pio XII), born Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli (; 2 March 18769 October 1958), was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 2 March 1939 until his death in October 1958. Before his e ...

(1876–1958) #

Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II ( la, Ioannes Paulus II; it, Giovanni Paolo II; pl, Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła ; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his ...

(1920–2005)

2010

March 27, 2010

# Franziska Streitel (1844–1911) # Francesco Antonio Marcucci (1717–1798) #

Henriette DeLille Henriette Díaz DeLille, SSF (March 11, 1813 – November 16, 1862) was a Louisiana Creole of color and Catholic nun from New Orleans. Her father was a white man from France, her mother was a "quadroon", and her grandfather came from Spain. She ...

(1813–1862) # Luigi Novarese (1914–1984) # Janez Frančišek Gnidovec (1873–1939) # María Guggiari Echeverría (1925–1959) #

Maria Theresia Bonzel Maria Theresia Bonzel (17 September 1830 – 6 February 1905), born ''Regina Christine Wilhelmine Bonzel'', was a German religious sister. She was the founder of the Sisters of Saint Francis of Perpetual Adoration. By the time of her death, the co ...

(1830–1905)

July 1, 2010

#Basilio Martinelli (1872–1962 #

Gertrude Prosperi Gertrude Prosperi (19 August 1799 - 13 September 1847) was an Italian Roman Catholic professed religious of the Order of Saint Benedict. Prosperi - upon her profession into the Benedictines - assumed the religious name of "Maria Luisa Angelica" a ...

(1799–1847) #Lucia Cavallo (1913–1947) #Maria del Carmen Albarracín Pascual (1927–1946) #

Maria Kaupas Maria Kaupas, S.S.C., (January 6, 1880 – April 17, 1940) was an American Catholic religious sister who founded the Sisters of Saint Casimir. She was born Casimira Kaupas in Ramygala, Russian Empire. At the age of 17, she emigrated to the Un ...

(1880–1940) # María Antonia de Paz y Figueroa (1730–1799)

December 10, 2010

#Antonio Palladino (1881–1926) #Maria Elisa Andreoli (1861–1935) #María Pilar Solsona Lambán (1881–1966) #Selim Abu Mrad (1853–1930)

2011

January 14, 2011

# Antonio Franco (1585–1626) #Faustino Pérez-Manglano (1946–1963) # Francisca de Paula de Jesus (1810–1895) # Franziskus Maria Jordan (1848–1918) #

Nelson Baker Nelson may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Nelson'' (1918 film), a historical film directed by Maurice Elvey * ''Nelson'' (1926 film), a historical film directed by Walter Summers * ''Nelson'' (opera), an opera by Lennox Berkeley to a lib ...

(1842–1936)

April 2, 2011

#Adolphe Chatillon (1871–1929) #Bernhard Lehner (1930–1944) # Irene Stefani (1891–1930) #Libera Italia Maria Inglese (1866–1929) # Thomas Kurialacherry (1873–1925) #Vincenza Damato (1909–1948)

June 27, 2011

Francesco Marinoni Francesco Marinoni (25 December 1490 – 13 December 1562) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest who was a member of the Theatines. He assumed the name Giovanni upon his admittance into the order. His cult was confirmed and acted as his formal bea ...

(1490–1562) # José María García Lahiguera (1903–1989) #Laura Meozzi (1873–1951) #Luigia Tincani (1889–1976) # Matthew Kadalikattil (1872–1935) #Raffaele Dimiccoli (1887–1956) #Zeinab Alif (1845–1926) #

Zofia Czeska Zofia Czeska-Maciejowska (1584 – 1 April 1650) was a Polish professed religious and the founder of the Sisters of the Presentation. Czeska was married before a brief period of time before following her call into the religious life. Her beatif ...

(1584–1650)

December 19, 2011

# Assunta Marchetti (1871–1948) #Donato Giannotti (1828–1914) # Alphonse-Marie Eppinger (1814–1867) #

Małgorzata Szewczyk Małgorzata Szewczyk (1828 – 5 June 1905), also known by her religious name ''Łucja'', was a Polish religious sister and the foundress of the Daughters of the Sorrowful Mother of God – or "Seraphic Sisters"; she was also a member of the Th ...

(1828–1905) #Maria Julitta Ritz (1882–1966) #Marianna Amico Roxas (1883–1947) #

Marie-Eugène de l'Enfant-Jésus Marie-Eugene de L'Enfant-Jésus (2 December 1894 - 27 March 1967) - born Henri Grialou - was a French Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Discalced Carmelites of which he was a member of since just after his ordination. Grialou hel ...

(1894–1967)

2012

March 14, 2012

Félix Varela Félix Varela y Morales (November 20, 1788 – February 18, 1853) was a Cuban Catholic priest and independence leader who is regarded as a notable figure in the Catholic Church in both his native Cuba and the United States, where he also served. ...

(1788–1853)

May 10, 2012

#Baltasár Pardal Vidal (1886–1963) #Emilie Engel (1893–1955) # Frederic Baraga (1797–1868) #

Jacques Sevin Jacques Sevin SJ (7 December 1882 - 19 July 1951), was a French Jesuit known for his role in the introduction of Scouting to France. Biography Sevin was born in Lille on 7 December 1882. In 1900 he joined the Society of Jesuits and was exempt ...

(1882–1951) #María Josefa Recio (1846–1883) # Maria Bolognesi (1924–1980) # Francisco de Paula Victor (1827–1905) #Pasquale Uva (1883–1955) #

Rachelina Ambrosini Rachelina Ambrosini (2 July 1925 – 10 March 1941) was an Italian Catholic adolescent. Her childhood was marked with great devotion to the Blessed Mother and she was known for her intelligent and gentle disposition to those she came into contact ...

(1925–1941) #Raffaello Delle Nocche (1877–1960) #

Teresa Demjanovich Miriam Teresa Demjanovich, SC (March 26, 1901 – May 8, 1927) was an American Ruthenian Catholic Sister of Charity who has been beatified by the Catholic Church. The beatification ceremony was the first to take place in the United States. ...

(1901–1927)

June 28, 2012

# Álvaro del Portillo (1914–1994) #Bogner Etelka (1905–1933) #

Cristobal of Saint Catherine Cristóbal of Saint Catherine (25 July 1638 – 21 July 1690) – born Cristóbal López de Valladolid Orea – was a Roman Catholic Spanish priest and a professed member of the Third Order of Saint Francis. He was the founder of the Franciscan H ...

(1638–1690) #Fernanda Riva (1920–1956) #

Fulton Sheen Fulton John Sheen (born Peter John Sheen, May 8, 1895 – December 9, 1979) was an American bishop of the Catholic Church known for his preaching and especially his work on Catholic television, television and radio. Ordained a priest of the R ...

(1895–1979) #Louis Tijssen (1865–1929) #

Marie-Josephte Fitzbach Marie-Josephte Fitzbach (October 16, 1806 – September 1, 1885) was the founder of the Good Shepherd Sisters of Québec. The daughter of Charles Fitzbach, a native of Luxembourg, and Geneviève Nadeau, she was born in Saint-Vallier, Quebec, S ...

(1806–1885) #

Mary Angeline Teresa McCrory Mary Angeline Teresa McCrory, O.Carm., (21 January 1893 – 21 January 1984), was an Ulster-born immigrant to the United States. She was a Roman Catholic religious sister who worked as an advocate for the impoverished elderly, founding a new re ...

(1893–1984) #

Sisto Riario Sforza Sisto Riario Sforza (5 December 1810 – 29 September 1877) was an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal who served as the Archbishop of Naples from 1845 until his death. Sforza's rapid rise through the Church ranks began with various appointments ...

(1810–1877)

December 20, 2012

#Claudia Russo (1889–1964) #Francesco Saverio Petagna (1812–1878) # Giovannina Franks (1807–1872) # Joaquina Maria Mercedes Barcelo Pages (1857–1940) #Juan José Jaime Bonal Cortada (1769–1829) #

Louis-Marie Baudouin Louis-Marie Baudouin (2 August 1765 - 12 February 1835) was a French Roman Catholic priest who was the founder of the "Sons of Mary Immaculate" and also the "Ursulines of Jesus". Pope Benedict XVI proclaimed him to be Venerable on 20 December 2012 ...

(1765–1835) # Ludwika Szczęsna (1863–1916) #Luisa Aveledo (1874–1959) #

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, Vatican City State from 21 June 1963 to his ...

(1897–1978) # Rosa Elena Cornejo Pazmiño (1874–1964)

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