Modern Era
The 17th century
21 saints, in the order they died
1532 — 1617
St. Alphonsus Rodriguez, SJ
Spanish Jesuit lay-brother; mystical author of the Mallorca porter tradition
Church of Montesión (Iglesia de Monti-sion), Palma de Mallorca, Spain — his tomb and shrine; the Jesuit college where he served 46 years as porter, Spain
2 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→
1577 — 1622
St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen, OFM Cap.
German Capuchin protomartyr of the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith; Swiss Reformation-era Catholic martyr
Capuchin Church, Feldkirch, Vorarlberg, Austria — his shrine; Catholic pilgrim destination, Austria
1 miracles · 1 relics→
1576 — 1622
St. Alix Le Clerc
co-foundress of the Congregation of Notre-Dame (Canonesses Regular of St. Augustine of the Congregation of Our Lady)
Convent of Notre-Dame, Nancy, France — mother-house of the Congregation of Notre-Dame; shrine, France
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→
1575 — 1629
Pierre de Bérulle
Founder of the French Oratory; father of the French School of Spirituality
Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Grâce-des-Carmélites, Paris — site of Bérulle's tomb; the Rue Denfert Carmel where the Discalced Carmelites Bérulle brought to France were established, France
2 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→
1597 — 1640
St. John Francis Regis, SJ
French Jesuit missionary of the Cévennes; apostle of the highland Massif Central
Basilica of Saint-Régis, La Louvesc, France — his shrine; French Catholic pilgrim destination, France
2 miracles · 1 relics→
1556 — 1640
St. Jeanne de Lestonnac
Foundress of the Company of Mary Our Lady (Filles de Notre-Dame); Bordeaux Catholic teacher-nun
Convent of Notre-Dame, Bordeaux, France — mother-house of the Company of Mary Our Lady, France
1 miracles · 1 relics→
1585 — 1641
St. Ambrose Barlow, OSB
English Benedictine priest; martyred 1641 for the treason of Catholic priesthood
Downside Abbey, Somerset, England — Benedictine abbey preserving Barlow's skull relic, United Kingdom
1 miracles · 1 relics→
1585 — 1645
Ven. Mary Ward, IBVM
English Catholic religious foundress; modernizer of women's religious life; founder of the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Loreto Sisters)
Bar Convent, York, England — English mother-house of the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary; oldest continuously-operating convent in England (since 1686), United Kingdom
2 miracles · 1 relics→
1597 — 1648
St. Athanasius of Brest
Belarusian-Ruthenian Orthodox monk-abbot; martyr against Uniate coercion
Simeon Cathedral, Brest, Belarus — shrine of Athanasius, Belarus
1 miracles · 1 relics→
1580 — 1654
St. Peter Claver, SJ
Spanish Jesuit; Apostle to the Slaves of Cartagena; patron of missions to Africans and against modern slavery
Sanctuary of San Pedro Claver, Cartagena, Colombia — his shrine; UNESCO World Heritage Site (Historic Center of Cartagena, inscribed 1984), Colombia
2 miracles · 1 relics→
1592 — 1654
St. John Southworth
English recusant priest; martyred at 62 for the treason of Catholic priesthood
Westminster Cathedral, London, England — tomb; Catholic pilgrim destination, United Kingdom
1 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→
1602 — 1665
Ven. Mary of Ágreda
Spanish Discalced Franciscan; visionary of the Mystical City of God; spiritual advisor of King Philip IV of Spain
Discalced Franciscan Convent of the Immaculate Conception, Ágreda, Spain — site of Mary's monastic life and tomb, Spain
3 miracles · 1 relics→
1613 — 1670
St. Charles of Sezze
Italian Franciscan lay-brother; Roman Franciscan mystic
Church of San Francesco a Ripa, Rome, Italy — his tomb, Italy
1 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→
1625 — 1681
St. Oliver Plunkett
Irish Archbishop of Armagh 1669–1681; last Catholic martyr executed at Tyburn; proto-Irish national martyr
St. Peter's Church, Drogheda, Ireland — shrine preserving Oliver Plunkett's preserved head, Ireland
3 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→