Monastic / Hermit · November 19
St. Mechthild of Hackeborn
Mechtilde of Hackeborn, OSB, also known as Mechtilde of Helfta , was a Saxon Benedictine nun known for her musical talents and spiritual revelations.
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Martyr · October 21
St. Pedro Calungsod
Pedro Calungsod , also known as Peter Calungsod and Pedro Calonsor, was a Catholic Filipino-Visayan migrant, sacristan and missionary catechist who, along with the Spanish Jesuit missionary Diego Luis de San Vitores, proselytized and converted the…
Philippines · Disputed locality
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Martyr · October 19
St. Jean de Brébeuf
Jean de Brébeuf was a French Jesuit missionary who travelled to New France in 1625.
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Martyr · October 19
St. Isaac Jogues
Isaac Jogues was a French missionary and martyr who traveled and worked among the Haudenosaunee, Wendat , and other Native populations in North America.
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Martyr · October 19
St. René Goupil
René Goupil, , was a French Jesuit lay missionary who became a lay brother of the Society of Jesus shortly before his death.
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Priest / Deacon · January 15
St. Arnold Janssen
Arnold Janssen , was a German-Dutch Catholic priest and missionary who is venerated as a saint.
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Monastic / Hermit · October 21
St. Laura Montoya
Laura Montoya, in full María Laura de Jesús Montoya Upegui , religious name Laura of Saint Catherine of Siena, was a Colombian Roman Catholic religious sister and the founder of the Congregation of the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Virgin Mary and…
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Religious · August 30
St. Narcisa de Jesús
Narcisa de Jesús Martillo Morán was an Ecuadorian virgin and Dominican tertiary in the Roman Catholic Church.
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Monastic / Hermit · July 28
St. Alphonsa of the Immaculate Conception
Alphonsa of the Immaculate Conception , born as Anna Muttathupadathu, was an Indian Catholic nun and educator.
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Monastic / Hermit · August 25
St. Mariam Baouardy
Mariam Baouardy, OCD was a Palestinian Discalced Carmelite nun of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church.
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Monastic / Hermit · June 22
St. Aaron of Aleth
Aaron of Aleth , also called Saint Aihran or Eran in Breton, was a hermit, monk and abbot at a monastery on Cézembre, a small island near Aleth, opposite Saint-Malo in Brittany, France.
Origin uncertain · Disputed origin
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Bishop · February 11
St. Adolf of Osnabrück
Adolf of Osnabrück, O.Cist , was born in Tecklenburg about 1185, a member of the family of the Counts of Tecklenburg in the Duchy of Westphalia.
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