Blessed
The Blesseds since 1500
69 Blesseds, in the order they died
Beatified through the modern process, most of them under the Congregation founded in 1588 and the rules rewritten in 1983; the newest were beatified this decade.
1449 — 1505
Bl. Osanna Andreasi of Mantua
Dominican Tertiary; Mantuan mystic-court saint of the Gonzaga dynasty
Cathedral of Mantua (Duomo di Mantova), Italy — her shrine; Mantuan Catholic pilgrim destination, Italy
1 miracles · 1 relics→
1476 — 1539
Bl. Adrian Fortescue
English Catholic layman and knight; martyred July 8, 1539 for refusal of the Oath of Supremacy
Tyburn Convent, Marble Arch, London, England — Catholic memorial shrine, United Kingdom
1 miracles · 1 relics→
1473 — 1541
Bl. Margaret Pole
Countess of Salisbury — Plantagenet Princess and Martyr
Tower of London / Church of St. Peter ad Vincula, United Kingdom
0 miracles · 1 relics→
1512 — 1565
Bl. Diego Laynez (Laínez), SJ
Second Superior General of the Society of Jesus (1558–1565); Tridentine Jesuit theologian
Church of the Gesù, Rome — mother-church of the Society of Jesus, Italy
2 miracles · 1 relics→
1520 — 1583
Bl. Nicholas Factor (Nicolás Factor)
Spanish Franciscan Observant preacher; Valencian mystic
Franciscan Convent of Jesús, Valencia, Spain — his relics, Spain
1 miracles · 1 relics→
1550 — 1583
Bl. Rudolf Acquaviva, SJ (and Companions)
Salsette Jesuit protomartyrs (July 25, 1583); Portuguese-Goan Jesuit missionaries
Church of the Bom Jesus, Old Goa, India — site preserving the Salsette martyrs' relics; UNESCO World Heritage Site (Churches and Convents of Goa, inscribed 1986), India
2 miracles · 1 relics→
1502 — 1600
Bl. Sebastian de Aparicio
Spanish Franciscan lay-brother; patron of transportation workers in Mexico
Convent of San Francisco, Puebla, Mexico — his tomb and shrine, Mexico
1 miracles · 1 relics→
1566 — 1618
Bl. Marie of the Incarnation Acarie
Madame Acarie — Mother of the French Discalced Carmel
Carmelite Monastery, Pontoise, Val-d'Oise, France
0 miracles · 1 relics→
1545 — 1621
Bl. Anne of Jesus, OCD
Discalced Carmelite; disciple of St. Teresa of Ávila; spread of the Discalced Carmelite Order to France and Flanders
Discalced Carmelite Monastery, Brussels, Belgium — her final foundation; shrine, Belgium
1 miracles · 1 relics→
1549 — 1626
Bl. Anne of St. Bartholomew
Discalced Carmelite lay-sister; personal secretary of St. Teresa of Ávila; Discalced Carmelite mystic
Discalced Carmelite Monastery, Antwerp, Belgium — her final foundation; shrine, Belgium
1 miracles · 1 relics→
1587 — 1639
Bl. Peter Kibe Kasui, SJ
Japanese Jesuit martyr; pioneer Asian priest returning to home mission
Catholic Basilica of the Twenty-Six Martyrs of Japan, Nagasaki, Japan — shrine of the Japanese Catholic martyrs including Kibe, Japan
2 miracles · 1 relics→
1593 — 1659
Bl. Alain de Solminihac
French Augustinian Canon Regular; reformer of the Diocese of Cahors
Cathedral of Saint-Étienne, Cahors, France — his tomb, France
1 miracles · 1 relics→
1632 — 1668
Bl. Catherine of Saint Augustine
Catherine de Longpré — Augustinian Hospitaller of Quebec
Centre Catherine-de-Saint-Augustin, Hôtel-Dieu de Québec, Old Quebec, Canada
0 miracles · 1 relics→
1627 — 1672
Bl. Diego Luis de San Vitores, SJ
Spanish Jesuit; Apostle of the Marianas; martyr of Guam (April 2, 1672)
Cathedral of Agaña (Dulce Nombre de María), Hagåtña, Guam — shrine; Guam-Catholic pilgrim destination, Guam
1 miracles · 1 relics→
1606 — 1683
Bl. Julien Maunoir, SJ
French Jesuit; Apostle of Brittany
Chapel of Notre-Dame-de-Bonne-Nouvelle, Plévin, Brittany, France — shrine, France
1 miracles · 1 relics→
1638 — 1686
Bl. Nicholas Steno
Danish Lutheran convert; father of stratigraphy and geology; Catholic bishop
Basilica of San Lorenzo, Florence, Italy — site of Steno's tomb (translated 1953 from Florence to his native Copenhagen; then returned to San Lorenzo), Italy
2 miracles · 1 relics→
1611 — 1689♕ Pope #240
Bl. Innocent XI
Pope (1676–1689) — Saviour of Vienna — Reformer of the Curia
St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican — Altar of the Transfiguration, Vatican City
1 miracles · 1 relics→
1629 — 1710
Bl. Sebastian Valfrè
Turin Oratorian — Confessor of the House of Savoy
Church of San Filippo Neri (Oratorian), Turin, Italy
1 miracles · 1 relics→
1651 — 1711
Bl. Bonaventure of Potenza, OFM Conv.
Italian Conventual Franciscan; Neapolitan preacher
Convent of San Francesco, Ravello, Amalfi Coast, Italy — his tomb, Italy
1 miracles · 1 relics→
1665 — 1717
Bl. Antonio Baldinucci, SJ
Italian Jesuit itinerant preacher; father of popular missions in the Papal States
Church of Sant'Andrea, Pofi, Italy — his tomb, Italy
1 miracles · 1 relics→
1642 — 1720
Bl. Angelo Paoli, OCarm
Italian Carmelite; apostle of the Roman poor
Church of San Martino ai Monti, Rome, Italy — his tomb, Italy
1 miracles · 1 relics→
1670 — 1740
Bl. Peter Vigne, CSSp
French Vincentian priest; founder of the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament of Valence
Church of Boucieu-le-Roi, Ardèche, France — shrine, France
1 miracles · 1 relics→
1702 — 1744
Bl. Gennaro Sarnelli, CSsR
Italian Redemptorist; anti-prostitution reformer; disciple of St. Alphonsus Liguori
Church of the Redemptorists, Ciorani, Salerno, Italy — his tomb; Redemptorist mother-house, Italy
1 miracles · 1 relics→
1730 — 1793
Bl. Jean-Martin Moye
French priest; founder of the Sisters of Providence of Portieux; apostle to the poor of Lorraine
Convent of Sisters of Providence, Portieux, Lorraine, France — his shrine, France
1 miracles · 1 relics→
1747 — 1794
Bl. Noël Pinot
French priest of the Vendée; martyr of the French Revolution
Cathedral of Saint-Maurice, Angers, France — memorial, France
1 miracles · 1 relics→
1709 — 1794
Bl. William Repin and the Martyrs of Angers
Angers Martyrs of the French Revolution (99 martyrs, 1793–1794)
Cathedral of Saint-Maurice, Angers, France — memorial of the 99 Angers Martyrs, France
1 miracles · 1 relics→
1734 — 1794
Bl. Marie-Anne Vaillot and Odile Baumgarten (Angers Sisters of Charity)
Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul; Sister-martyrs of the Angers Martyrs (October 1, 1794)
Cathedral of Saint-Maurice, Angers, France — memorial of the 99 Angers Martyrs, France
1 miracles · 1 relics→
1758 — 1796
Bl. Pierre-René Rogue
Vannes Vincentian — Martyr of the French Revolution
Cathedral of Saint-Pierre, Vannes, Brittany, France
0 miracles · 1 relics→
1743 — 1801
Bl. Diego José of Cádiz, OFM Cap.
Spanish Capuchin; apostolic preacher of Andalusia
Capuchin Convent, Ronda, Málaga, Spain — his tomb, Spain
1 miracles · 1 relics→
1774 — 1824
Bl. Anna Katharina Emmerich
German Augustinian; visionary of the Passion; subject of Mel Gibson's 'The Passion of the Christ'
Church of the Holy Cross, Dülmen, Germany — her shrine, Germany
2 miracles · 1 relics→
1763 — 1825
Bl. Louise Elisabeth de Lamoignon
French foundress; founder of the Sisters of Charity of Saint-Louis; French Revolution-era Catholic tradition
Convent of the Sisters of Charity of Saint-Louis, Vannes, France — mother-house, France
1 miracles · 1 relics→
1769 — 1837
Bl. Anna Maria Taigi
Italian Trinitarian tertiary; Roman housewife-mystic; visionary
Basilica of San Crisogono, Rome, Italy — her shrine, Italy
2 miracles · 1 relics→
1792 — 1849
Bl. Dominic Barberi, CP
Italian Passionist; apostle of Catholic England; receiver of John Henry Newman's conversion
Church of St. Anne, Sutton, England — his shrine, United Kingdom
1 miracles · 1 relics→
1811 — 1849
Bl. Marie-Rose Durocher, SNJM
French-Canadian foundress; Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary
Convent of the Sisters of the Holy Names, Longueuil, Quebec, Canada — mother-house, Canada
1 miracles · 1 relics→
1779 — 1851
Bl. Anne-Marie Javouhey
Foundress of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Cluny — Apostle of the Emancipation
Maison-Mère of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Cluny, Paris, France
0 miracles · 1 relics→
1813 — 1853
Bl. Frédéric Ozanam
Founder of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul — Catholic Social Apostle
Chapel of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul, 6 Rue de Londres, Paris (international generalate), France
1 miracles · 1 relics→
1797 — 1855
Bl. Antonio Rosmini
Italian priest-philosopher; founder of the Institute of Charity (Rosminians)
Sacred Mount of the Crucifix, Domodossola, Piedmont, Italy — site of the Rosminian mother-house, Italy
2 miracles · 1 relics→
1786 — 1856
Bl. Rosalie Rendu, DC
French Daughter of Charity; apostle of the Paris poor; mentor of Frédéric Ozanam
Chapel of the Daughters of Charity, 140 rue du Bac, Paris, France — mother-house and Miraculous Medal Shrine, France
1 miracles · 1 relics→
1799 — 1862
Bl. Pauline Jaricot
French laywoman; founder of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith and the Living Rosary
Church of Saint-Nizier, Lyon, France — her tomb, France
2 miracles · 1 relics→
1799 — 1873
Bl. Basile-Antoine Moreau, CSC
French priest; founder of the Congregation of the Holy Cross
Basilica of Notre-Dame de Sainte-Croix, Le Mans, France — mother-house, France
1 miracles · 1 relics→
1792 — 1878♕ Pope #255
Bl. Pius IX
Pope (1846–1878) — Pontiff of the Immaculate Conception and Vatican I
Basilica of San Lorenzo al Verano, Rome, Italy
2 miracles · 1 relics→
1852 — 1890
Bl. Fr. Michael McGivney
American priest of Connecticut; founder of the Knights of Columbus (1882)
Church of St. Mary, New Haven, Connecticut, United States — shrine; site of the founding of the Knights of Columbus (1882), United States
1 miracles · 1 relics→
1831 — 1900
Bl. Anna Rosa Gattorno
Italian widow-mother-mystic; founder of the Daughters of St. Anne
Convent of the Daughters of St. Anne, Rome, Italy — mother-house, Italy
1 miracles · 1 relics→
1883 — 1902
Bl. Grimoaldo of the Purification, CP
Passionist student (Ferdinando Santamaria), dead of meningitis at nineteen before he could be ordained
Badia dei Passionisti (Santa Maria di Corniano), Ceccano — chapel with his urn, Italy
1 miracles · 2 relics→
1837 — 1910
Bl. Michele Rua, SDB
Italian Salesian; first successor of St. John Bosco as Superior General of the Salesians
Basilica of Mary Help of Christians, Turin, Italy — Salesian mother-house, Italy
1 miracles · 1 relics→
1887 — 1922
Bl. Charles I of Austria (Karl von Habsburg)
Last Emperor of Austria-Hungary (1916–1918); Catholic peace-seeking monarch of World War I
Church of Our Lady of Monte, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal — tomb, Portugal
1 miracles · 1 relics→
1891 — 1927
Bl. Miguel Pro
Mexican Jesuit Martyr — 'Viva Cristo Rey!'
Templo de la Sagrada Familia (Jesuit), Mexico City, Mexico
0 miracles · 1 relics→
1907 — 1943
Bl. Franz Jägerstätter
Austrian conscientious objector; Catholic martyr for refusing to serve in the Nazi Wehrmacht
Parish Church of St. Radegund, Upper Austria — shrine, Austria
2 miracles · 1 relics→
1928 — 1944
Bl. Anna Kolesárová
Slovak teenage martyr for chastity (1944); Slovak virgin-martyr
Parish Church of the Assumption, Vysoká nad Uhom, Slovakia — shrine, Slovakia
1 miracles · 1 relics→
1918 — 1946
Bl. Alberto Marvelli
Italian Catholic Action lay-hero; young Rimini martyr of Christian charity
Church of San Girolamo, Rimini, Italy — shrine, Italy
1 miracles · 1 relics→
1902 — 1956
Bl. Carlo Gnocchi
Italian military chaplain; post-war care of war-mutilated children
Church of San Pietro in Sala, Milan, Italy — shrine, Italy
1 miracles · 1 relics→
1870 — 1957
Bl. Solanus Casey
The Simplex Capuchin — wonderworker of Detroit
St. Bonaventure Monastery, Detroit, United States
2 miracles · 1 relics→
1898 — 1960
Bl. Alojzije Stepinac
Croatian Cardinal Archbishop of Zagreb; confessor of both the Nazi Ustaše regime and the Yugoslav Communist regime
Cathedral of the Assumption, Zagreb, Croatia — his tomb, Croatia
1 miracles · 1 relics→
1939 — 1964
Bl. Anuarite Nengapeta
Marie-Clémentine Anuarite — Congolese Sister-Martyr
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, Isiro, Democratic Republic of Congo
1 miracles · 1 relics→
1903 — 1964
Bl. Cyprian Michael Iwene Tansi, OCSO
Nigerian Trappist; first canonized modern Nigerian Catholic
Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity, Onitsha, Nigeria — shrine, Nigeria
1 miracles · 1 relics→
1903 — 1973
Bl. Vasyl Velychkovsky, CSsR
Ukrainian Greek Catholic Bishop; Soviet-era martyr-confessor
St. Joseph's Ukrainian Catholic Church, Winnipeg, Canada — shrine preserving his incorrupt body, Canada
2 miracles · 1 relics→
1916 — 1975
Bl. Guadalupe Ortiz de Landázuri
Spanish chemist; first female Numerary of Opus Dei beatified
Church of Blessed Álvaro del Portillo, Madrid, Spain — shrine, Spain
1 miracles · 1 relics→
1928 — 1977
Bl. Rutilio Grande, SJ
Salvadoran Jesuit; proto-martyr of the Salvadoran civil war
Church of San Salvador Apóstol, El Paisnal, El Salvador — shrine, El Salvador
1 miracles · 1 relics→
1922 — 1977
Bl. Andrea Bordino
Italian Cottolengan Brother; Turin hospital-caregiver saint
Cottolengo Little House of Divine Providence, Turin, Italy — shrine, Italy
1 miracles · 1 relics→
1912 — 1978♕ Pope #263
Bl. Pope John Paul I (Albino Luciani)
The Smiling Pope — Pope for 33 days
Vatican Grottoes, St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City
2 miracles · 1 relics→
1895 — 1979
Bl. Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen
American Catholic televangelist; 20th-century Catholic media pioneer; preacher-Archbishop
Cathedral of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception, Peoria, Illinois, United States — shrine, United States
1 miracles · 1 relics→
1901 — 1981
Bl. Stefan Wyszyński
Cardinal Primate of Poland — 'Primate of the Millennium'
Archcathedral Basilica of St. John the Baptist, Warsaw, Poland
0 miracles · 1 relics→
1935 — 1981
Bl. Stanley Rother
Father Aplas' — First U.S.-Born Martyr Officially Beatified by the Catholic Church
Blessed Stanley Rother Shrine, Oklahoma City, United States
1 miracles · 1 relics→
1947 — 1984
Bl. Jerzy Popiełuszko
Chaplain of Solidarność — Martyr of the Polish Communist Regime
Church of St. Stanislaus Kostka, Warsaw (Żoliborz district), Poland
2 miracles · 1 relics→
1971 — 1990
Bl. Chiara Luce Badano
Focolare Youth — Patroness of Catholic Teenagers
Parish Church of the Most Holy Trinity, Sassello, Liguria, Italy
1 miracles · 1 relics→
1937 — 1993
Bl. Pino Puglisi
Anti-Mafia Priest of Brancaccio — Martyr of Cosa Nostra
Church of San Gaetano, Brancaccio, Palermo, Italy
1 miracles · 1 relics→
1914 — 1994
Bl. Álvaro del Portillo
Spanish priest; first successor of St. Josemaría Escrivá as head of Opus Dei
Prelatic Church of Our Lady of Peace, Rome, Italy — Opus Dei mother-church, Italy
1 miracles · 1 relics→
1939 — 2000
Bl. Maria Laura Mainetti
Daughter of the Cross Sister — Martyr of Satanic Ritual Violence
Parish Church of San Lorenzo, Chiavenna, Sondrio, Italy
1 miracles · 1 relics→
1930 — 2016
Bl. Jacques Hamel
French Parish Priest Beheaded at the Altar — Martyr of Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray
Church of Saint-Étienne, Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray, Seine-Maritime, France
1 miracles · 1 relics→