Priest · April 25
St. Giovanni Battista Piamarta
Giovanni Battista Piamarta was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and educator. Piamarta was also the founder of the Congregation of the Holy Family of Nazareth.
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Religious · May 17
St. Giulia Salzano
Giulia Salzano was an Italian Roman Catholic professed religious and the founder of the Catechetical Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
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Martyr · February 6
St. Gonsalo Garcia
Gonsalo Garcia, was a lay brother of the Franciscans from Portuguese Bombay and Bassein in early modern India. He died at the hands of Toyotomi Hideyoshi and was canonised along with his companions, the 26 Martyrs of Japan.
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Priest · August 17
St. Hyacinth of Poland
Hyacinth was a Polish Dominican priest and missionary. He is venerated as a saint, who worked to reform the women's monasteries in his native Poland.
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Priest · November 28
St. James of the Marches
Jacob de Marchia, commonly known in English as Saint James of the Marches, was an Italian Friar Minor, preacher and writer.
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Religious · August 17
St. Jeanne Delanoue
Jeanne Delanoue, religious name Joan of the Cross, was the founder of the Congregation of St. Anne of Providence, and is venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church.
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Religious · May 15
St. Jeanne de Lestonnac
Jeanne de Lestonnac, ODN, also known as Joan of Lestonnac, was a French Catholic nun who founded the Sisters of the Company of Mary, Our Lady in 1607.
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Religious · November 26
St. John Berchmans
John Berchmans, SJ was a Belgian Jesuit scholastic and is revered as a saint in the Catholic Church.
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Priest · October 9
St. John Leonardi
John Leonardi, OMD was an Italian Catholic priest and the founder of the Clerics Regular of the Mother of God of Lucca.
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Priest · September 18
St. John Macias
John Macías, OP, was a Spanish -born Dominican friar who evangelized in Peru in 1620. He was canonized in 1975 by Pope Paul VI.
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Religious · March 8
St. John of God
John of God, O.H. was a Portuguese soldier turned healthcare worker in Spain, whose followers later formed the Brothers Hospitallers of Saint John of God, a Catholic religious institute dedicated to the care of the poor, sick and those with mental disorders.
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Priest · February 4
St. Joseph of Leonessa
Joseph of Leonessa, OFM Cap. was an Italian Capuchin friar. He was canonized by Pope Benedict XIV in 1746.
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