Modern Era
The 16th century
23 saints, in the order they died
1467 — 1501
St. Colomba of Rieti
Dominican Tertiary; Perugian mystic-peacemaker
Church of San Domenico, Perugia, Italy — her tomb; Perugian Catholic pilgrim destination, Italy
1 miracles · 1 relics→
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→
1506 — 1546
St. Peter Faber, SJ
First priest of the Society of Jesus; co-founder of the Jesuit order; northern-European Catholic Reformer
Church of the Gesù, Rome, Italy — mother-church of the Society of Jesus, Italy
2 miracles · 1 relics→
1468 — 1549
Pope Paul III
220th Pope (1534–1549); convener of the Council of Trent (1545); approver of the Society of Jesus (1540)
St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City — his tomb by Guglielmo della Porta (famous late-Michelangelo circle marble tomb-monument), Vatican City
2 miracles · 1 relics→
1468 — 1552
St. Basil the Blessed of Moscow (Basil Fool for Christ)
Muscovite Fool for Christ; namesake of St. Basil's Cathedral on Red Square
St. Basil's Cathedral (Cathedral of Vasily the Blessed / Cathedral of the Intercession of the Theotokos on the Moat), Red Square, Moscow, Russia — built 1555–1561 by Tsar Ivan IV the Terrible to commemorate the 1552 conquest of Kazan; UNESCO World Heritage Site (inscribed 1990); renamed for St. Basil the Blessed after his 1588 canonization, Russia
2 miracles · 1 relics→
1487 — 1555
Pope Julius III
221st Pope (1550–1555); continuer of the Council of Trent
St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City — his tomb, Vatican City
1 miracles · 1 relics→
1501 — 1555
Pope Marcellus II
222nd Pope (April 9 – May 1, 1555); 22-day reforming pontiff; subject of Palestrina's Missa Papae Marcelli
St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City — his tomb, Vatican City
1 miracles · 1 relics→
1475 — 1556
St. Maximus the Greek
Greek Athonite monk; Russian biblical-liturgical translator and reformer
Holy Trinity-Sergius Lavra, Sergiyev Posad, Russia — his tomb; UNESCO World Heritage Site, Russia
1 miracles · 1 relics→
1499 — 1565
Pope Pius IV
224th Pope (1559–1565); completer of the Council of Trent (1563)
Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri, Rome — his tomb; the basilica converted from the Roman Baths of Diocletian by Michelangelo under Pius IV's patronage, Italy
2 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→
1526 — 1581
St. Louis Bertrand, OP
Spanish Dominican; Apostle of South America (Colombia); patron of Colombia
Basilica of St. Louis Bertrand, Valencia, Spain — his Dominican convent; Spanish Catholic pilgrim destination, Spain
2 miracles · 1 relics→
1550 — 1581
St. Ralph Sherwin
First English seminary priest to be martyred (December 1, 1581); proto-martyr of the English College at Douai
Tyburn Convent (Tyburn Martyrs' Shrine), Marble Arch, London, England — Catholic shrine at the Tyburn Tree execution site; Catholic pilgrim destination, United Kingdom
2 miracles · 1 relics→
1556 — 1581
St. Alexander Briant, SJ
English Jesuit priest; co-martyr with Sts. Edmund Campion and Ralph Sherwin (December 1, 1581)
Tyburn Convent, Marble Arch, London, England — Catholic shrine at the Tyburn Tree execution site, United Kingdom
1 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→
1556 — 1586
St. Margaret Clitherow
'Pearl of York'; English laywoman-martyr; protector of Catholic priests during Elizabethan persecution
Shrine of St. Margaret Clitherow, 35–36 The Shambles, York, England — the surviving Elizabethan townhouse where Margaret Clitherow lived and hid the Catholic priests; Catholic pilgrim destination and shrine chapel, United Kingdom
2 miracles · 1 relics→
1550 — 1588
St. Margaret Ward
'Pearl of Tyburn'; English laywoman-martyr for aiding the escape of a Catholic priest
Tyburn Convent, Marble Arch, London, England — Catholic shrine at the Tyburn Tree execution site, United Kingdom
1 miracles · 1 relics→
1500 — 1591
St. Alonso de Orozco
Spanish Augustinian friar; Spanish court preacher; Golden Age spiritual writer
Augustinian Convent of Encarnación, Madrid, Spain — his relics, Spain
1 miracles · 1 relics→
1567 — 1591
St. Edmund Gennings
English seminary priest; martyred at 24 alongside Swithun Wells (December 10, 1591)
Tyburn Convent, Marble Arch, London, England — Catholic shrine at the Tyburn Tree execution site, United Kingdom
1 miracles · 1 relics→
1536 — 1591
St. Swithun Wells
English Catholic layman-schoolmaster; lay-martyr for providing the Mass site (December 10, 1591)
Tyburn Convent, Marble Arch, London, England — Catholic shrine at the Tyburn Tree execution site, United Kingdom
1 miracles · 1 relics→
1540 — 1592
St. Paschal Baylon
Spanish Franciscan lay-brother; patron of Eucharistic congresses and confraternities; Eucharistic-devotional mystic
Basilica of St. Paschal Baylon, Villareal, Valencia, Spain — his shrine; Spanish Eucharistic Catholic pilgrim destination, Spain
1 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→