221 lives of faith. Showing 145–156.
Priest · September 10
Nicholas of Tolentino, OSA known as the "Patron of Holy Souls", was an Italian Catholic mystic who is invoked as an advocate for the souls in Purgatory, especially during Lent and the month of November.
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Priest · September 24
Pacificus of San Severino, born Carlo Antonio Divini, was an Italian Roman Catholic priest known for being a miracle-worker.
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Priest · October 19; October 20
Paul of the Cross CP was an Italian Catholic mystic, and founder of the Passionists.
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Priest · August 2
Peter Faber, SJ was a Savoyard Catholic priest, theologian and co-founder of the Society of Jesus, along with Ignatius of Loyola and Francis Xavier.
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Priest · December 9
Peter Fourier was a French canon regular who is honored as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church. Foregoing offers of high office, he served for many years as a pastor in the village of Mattaincourt in the Vosges.
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Priest · October 18; October 19
Peter of Alcántara, OFM was a Spanish Franciscan friar who was canonized in 1669.
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Martyr · November 24
Pierre-Rose-Ursule Dumoulin-Borie was a French Catholic missionary priest and a member of the Paris Foreign Missions Society.
France · Family origin
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Priest · April 17; January 26
Robert of Molesme was an abbot, and a founder of the Cistercian Order. He is venerated as a Christian saint.
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Priest · June 7
Robert of Newminster was a priest, abbot, and a saint of the Catholic Church. He was born in Gargrave in Yorkshire, England.
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Martyr · November 16
Roque González de Santa Cruz was a Jesuit missionary born in Asunción in 1576. A pioneer of the Guaraní mission settlements, he was killed at Caaró in 1628 and is venerated as a martyr.
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Martyr · April 13
Sabás Reyes Salazar was a Mexican Catholic vicar and one of many priests martyred during the Cristero War. Reyes was canonized by Pope John Paul II on 21 May 2000 as one the Martyrs of the Cristero War.
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Martyr · June 23
Thomas Garnet, SJ was an English Jesuit priest who was executed in London during the English Reformation. He is the protomartyr of Saint Omer and of Stonyhurst College.
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