List of child saints

Saint Tsarevich Dmitry of Uglich (1582–1591), 1899 painting by Mikhail Nesterov

Child saints have been venerated in Christianity since the early second century. The earliest example of child saints are the Holy Innocents, recorded in Matthew 2 in the New Testament; Bethlehemite children under the age of 2 who were killed by King Herod I in his attempt to kill Baby Jesus.

This list contains Christian children under the age of 18 who are venerated as saints in at least one Christian confession.

Pre-Schism saints

Image Name Age Born (Year) Died (Year) Notes
Abanoub of Nehis 12 303–311 Martyr
Agapitus of Palestrina 16 0251 c. 251 / 0258 c. 258 0267 c. 267 / 0274 c. 274 Martyr
Agnes of Rome 13 0291 c. 291 21 January 304 Virgin Martyr
Aquilina of Byblos 11–12 281 13 June 293 Martyr
Barulas 7 295 / 296 303 Martyr
Celsus 9 1st century 1st century Martyr
Cessianus 8 0295 c. 295 303 Martyr
Crescentius of Rome 11 0292 c. 292 0303 c. 303 Martyr
Cyricus of Antioch 3 0301 c. 301 0304 c. 304 Martyr, son of St. Julitta
Dentelin of Mons 7 0649 c. 649 16 March 656 Son of Saints Vincent Madelgarius and Waltrude[1]
Dymphna of Ireland 15 7th century 7th century Virgin Martyr, who was decapitated by her own father for refusing to marry him[1]
Eulalia of Barcelona 13 0291 c. 291 0304 c. 304 Virgin Martyr[2]
Eulalia of Mérida 12–14 0304 c. 304 Virgin Martyr[2]
Faith, Hope, and Charity 12, 10, and 9 2nd century 2nd century Martyrs and daughters of St. Sophia of Rome[3]
Fausta of Cyzicus 13 0298 c. 298 0311 c. 311 Martyr
Fusca of Ravenna 15 0235 c. 235 0250 c. 250 Martyr
Justin of Paris
Justus and Pastor 13 and 9 0290 c. 290 – c. 295 0304 c. 304 Martyrs[4]
Justus of Beauvais 9 277 / 278 287 Martyr[4]
Leonidas of Constantinople unknown unknown Martyr[5]
Majoricus unknown 484 Martyr
Martialis 165 Martyr, son of St. Felicitas of Rome
Matrona of Thessalonica Virgin Martyr[6]
Olivia of Palermo 14/15 448 10 June 463 Virgin Martyr[7]
Pancras of Rome 14 0289 c. 289 12 May 303 / 304 Martyr[8]
Pelagius of Constance 13–20 0270 c. 270 0283 c. 283 Hieromartyr, deacon[8]
Pelagius of Córdoba [8]
Philomena of Rome
Ponticus
Prisca
Rais
Reparata
Richard of Pontoise
Rudolph of Berne
Rumbold of Buckingham
Sicarius of Brantôme
Solange of Bourges
Tarcisius
Tremorus of Brittany
Vasilissa
Vibiana
Victalicus

Eastern Orthodox Church

Name Born Died Age Country Church Cause Notes
Saints
Demetrius of Uglich October 19, 1582 May 15, 1591 8 Russia Russian Orthodox Church Martyr Tsarevich of All Russia
Bogolep of Chorny Yar May 2, 1647 August 1, 1654 7 Venerable
Gabriel of Białystok April 2, 1684 April 20, 1690 6 Poland Martyr
Peter the Aleut 1800 c. 1800 September 24, 1815 15 United States
Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanova June 18, 1901 July 17, 1918 17 Russia Part of the Romanov Martyrs
Alexei Nikolaevich Romanov August 12, 1904 13
Candidates for glorification
Tereza Luiz Rosa 1972/1973 c. 1972/1973 4 April 1986 13 Brazil Ukrainian Orthodox Church Innocents Students who died in a school fire along with their teacher Maria Beruski[9][10]
Carlos Luiz Rosa 11
Amaury M. de Queiroz 9
Lucélia Glomba 1977/1978 c. 1977/1978 8
Lucimeire Borandelik
Salomão Bachtich
Laert Luiz Rosa 1978/1979 c. 1978/1979 7
Alexandra Marim

Episcopal Church

Name Born Died Age Country Religion Cause Notes
Models of Faith
Tārore 1824 c. 1824 October 1836 12 New Zealand Anglicanism Martyrs Lay Evangelist, Church Mission Society
Manche Masemola 1913 4 February 1928 15 South Africa
Anne Frank June 12, 1929 February 1945 Germany Judaism
148 Student Martyrs of Garissa Various 2 April 2015 Various Kenya Protestantism
Arasalan Masih 2000/2001 9 October 2017 16 Pakistan

Catholic Church

Name Born Died Age Country Diocese Cause Notes
Saints
Belina of Troyes 1135 c. 1135 1153 18 France Troyes Martyr in defensum castitatis
Rosa da Viterbo 1233 c. 1233 6 March 1251 18 Italy Viterbo Heroic virtue Religious, Third Order of Saint Francis
Fina 1238 12 March 1253 15 Siena Heroic virtue
Joan of Arc 6 January 1412 30 May 1431 19 France Rouen Martyrs in odium fidei
Cristobal, Juan and Antonio 1514 c. 1514 – c. 1517 1527 and 1529 12–13 Mexico Tlaxcala
Stanisław Kostka 28 October 1550 15 August 1568 17 Poland
Italy 		Rome Heroic virtue Novice, Jesuits
Pedro Calungsod 1654 c. 1654 2 April 1672 Philippines Cebu Martyr in odium fidei
Nunzio Sulprizio 13 April 1817 5 May 1836 19 Italy Naples Heroic virtue
Domenico Savio 2 April 1842 9 March 1857 14 Turin
Maria Goretti 16 October 1890 6 July 1902 11 Albano Martyr in defensum castitatis
Francisco Marto 11 July 1908 4 April 1919 10 Portugal Leiria-Fátima Heroic virtue
Jacinta Marto 11 March 1910 20 February 1920 9
Teresa of the Andes 21 July 1900 12 April 1920 19 Chile San Felipe (Chile) Religious, Discalced Carmelite Nuns
David Roldán Lara March 2, 1907 August 15, 1926 Mexico Durango Martyr in odium fidei
José Sánchez del Río March 28, 1913 February 10, 1928 14 Zamora
Blesseds
Marguerite la Fière 1207 1220 12–13 France Antwerp Martyr in defensum castitatis
Imelda Lambertini 1320 c. 1320 May 12, 1333 11 Italy Bologna Heroic virtue Member, Lay Dominicans
Panacea De' Muzzi 1378 1383 5 Novara Martyr in odium fidei
Pierre de Luxembourg 1369 1387 17 France Metz Heroic virtue Bishop of Metz
Lorenzino Sossio ? April 1485 7–9 Italy Padua and Vicenza Martyr in odium fidei
Anrê of Phú Yên 1626 c. 1626 July 26, 1644 18 Vietnam Đà Nẵng
Onufry Wasyluk April 20, 1853 January 14, 1874 20 Poland Siedlce
Anicet Hryciuk [Gryciuk] 1855 18
Michał Wawryszuk [Wawrzyszuk] 1853 20
Jeanne-Germaine Castang
(Marie-Céline of the Presentation) 		May 24, 1878 May 30, 1897 19 Italy Bordeaux Heroic virtue Religious, Poor Clare Nuns
Ferdinando Santamaria
(Grimoaldo of the Purification) 		May 4, 1883 November 18, 1902 Frosinone-Veroli-Ferentino Cleric, Passionists
Laura Vicuña April 5, 1891 January 22, 1904 12 Chile
Argentina 		Viedma
Ceferino Namuncurá August 26, 1886 May 11, 1905 18 Argentina
Italy 		Viedma
Rome
Karolina Kózka August 2, 1898 November 18, 1914 16 Poland Tarnów Martyr in defensum castitatis
Daudi Okelo 1902 c. 1902 October 18, 1918 16 Uganda Gulu Martyr in odium fidei
Jildo Irwa 1906 c. 1906 October 18, 1918 12
Adílio Daronch October 25, 1908 May 21, 1924 15 Brazil Frederico Westphalen
Cecilia Eusepi February 17, 1910 October 1, 1928 18 Italy Civita Castellana Heroic virtue Member, Secular Servites
Albertina Berkenbrock April 11, 1919 June 15, 1931 12 Brazil Tubarão Martyr in defensum castitatis
Antonia Mesina June 21, 1919 May 17, 1935 15 Italy Nuoro
Sesilia Butsi December 16, 1924 December 26, 1940 16 Thailand Thare and Nonseng Martyrs in odium fidei
Bibiana Khampai November 4, 1925 15
Maria Phon January 6, 1929 11
Benigna Cardoso da Silva October 15, 1928 October 24, 1941 13 Brazil Crato Martyr in defensum castitatis
Lojze Grozde May 27, 1923 January 1, 1943 19 Slovenia Novo Mesto Martyrs in odium fidei
Stanisława Ulma July 18, 1936 March 24, 1944 7 Poland Przemyśl Killed by the Nazis[11]
Barbara Ulma October 6, 1937 6
Władysław Ulma December 5, 1938 5
Franciszek Ulma April 3, 1940 4
Antoni Ulma June 6, 1941 2
Maria Ulma
Unnamed baby Ulma March 24, 1944 0 (stillbirth) Killed by the Nazis; the first baby in formation with the title of blessed[11]
Teresa Bracco February 24, 1924 August 28, 1944 20 Italy Acqui Terme Martyr in defensum castitatis
Anna Kolesárová July 14, 1928 November 22, 1944 16 Slovak Republic Košice
Rolando Rivi January 7, 1931 April 13, 1945 14 Italy Reggio Emilia-Guastalla Martyr in odium fidei Diocesan seminarian
Paul Thoj Xyooj 1941 April 25, 1960 19 Laos Luang Prabang
Thomas Khampheuane Inthirath May 1952 May 12, 1968 16 Pakse
Nelson Rutilio Lemus Chávez November 10, 1960 March 12, 1977 16 El Salvador San Salvador
Juan Barrera Méndez August 4, 1967 January 8, 1980 12 Guatemala Quiché
Isabel Cristina Mrad Campos July 29, 1962 September 1, 1982 20 Brazil Mariana Martyr in defensum castitatis
Chiara Badano October 29, 1971 October 7, 1990 18 Italy Acqui Terme Heroic virtue Member, Focolare Movement
Carlo Acutis May 3, 1991 October 11, 2006 15 United Kingdom
Italy 		Milan
Venerables
Galileo Nicolini
(Gabriele of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart) 		June 17, 1882 May 13, 1897 14 Italy Pitigliano-Sovana-Orbetello Heroic virtue Novice, Passionists
Maggiorino Vigolungo May 6, 1904 July 27, 1918 Alba Seminarian, Society of Saint Paul
Anne de Guigné April 25, 1911 January 14, 1922 10 France Annecy and Nice
Paola Renata Carboni February 21, 1908 September 11, 1927 19 Italy Fermo
Pasquale Canzii November 6, 1914 January 26, 1930 15 Pescara-Penne Diocesan seminarian
István Kaszap March 25, 1916 December 17, 1935 19 Hungary Székesfehérvár Seminarian, Jesuits
Antonietta [Nennolina] Meo December 15, 1930 July 3, 1937 6 Italy Rome
Antonio Quadri
(Venanzio Maria) 		December 9, 1916 November 2, 1937 20 Rome and Bologna Cleric, Servites
María del Carmen González-Valerio Sáenz de Heredia March 14, 1930 July 17, 1939 9 Spain Madrid
Odette Vidal Cardoso de Oliveira September 15, 1930 November 25, 1939 9 Brazil São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
Maria Carmelina Leone July 11, 1923 October 1, 1940 17 Italy Palermo
Rachelina Ambrosini July 2, 1925 March 10, 1941 15 Benevento
Bernhard Lehner January 4, 1930 January 24, 1944 14 Germany Regensburg
María del Carmen Albarracín Pascual
(María Teresa) 		May 1, 1927 March 12, 1946 18 Spain Barcelona Religious, Religious of Mary Immaculate, Claretian Missionary Sisters
María Teresa González-Quevedo Cadarso
(María Teresa of Jesus) 		April 14, 1930 April 8, 1950 19 Madrid Religious, Carmelite Sisters of Charity "Vedruna"
María Montserrat Grases García July 10, 1941 March 26, 1959 17 Barcelona Member, Opus Dei Movement
María del Pilar [Pilina] Cimadevilla López-Dóriga February 17, 1952 March 6, 1962 10 Madrid
Angelo [Angiolino] Bonetta September 18, 1948 January 28, 1963 14 Italy Brescia Member, Silent Workers of the Cross
Faustino Pérez-Manglano Magro August 4, 1946 March 3, 1963 16 Spain Valencia Postulant, Society of Mary (Marianists)
Nelson [Nelsinho] Santana July 31, 1955 December 24, 1964 9 Brazil São Carlos
Maria Orsola Bussone October 2, 1954 July 10, 1970 15 Italy Turin Member, Focolare Movement
Silvio Dissegna July 1, 1967 September 24, 1979 12
Alexia González-Barros González March 7, 1971 December 5, 1985 14 Spain Madrid Member, Opus Dei Movement
Matteo Farina September 19, 1990 April 24, 2009 18 Italy Brindisi-Ostuni
Servants of God
Barbora Žagarietė 1628 1648 20 Lithuania Šiauliai Martyr in defensum castitatis
Domenico Blasucci March 5, 1732 November 7, 1752 Italy Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi-Conza-Nusco-Bisaccia Heroic virtue Cleric, Redemptorists
Girolamo Tiraboschi September 23, 1733 August 14, 1753 19 Rome and Cremona Novice, Camillians
Francesco Maria Castelli March 19, 1752 September 18, 1771 Naples Cleric, Barnabites
Arcangela Filippelli March 17, 1853 February 7, 1869 12 Cosenza-Bisignano Martyr in defensum castitatis
Catharina Iwanaga Mori 1865 September 4, 1871 5 Japan Hiroshima Martyr in odium fidei [12]
Isabella Chimienti September 20, 1883 March 15, 1903 19 Italy Bari-Bitonto Heroic virtue
Angela Elena Muñoz Moral August 2, 1890 January 1, 1911 20 Ecuador Latacunga
Coleta Meléndez Torres March 26, 1897 December 24, 1917 20 Mexico San Juan de los Lagos Martyr in defensum castitatis Member, Association of the Children of Mary Immaculate
Rachele Noceti July 1, 1898 April 3, 1918 19 Italy Genoa Heroic virtue
Josef Engling January 5, 1898 October 4, 1918 20 Germany Trier Member, Schönstatt Movement
Maria Lichtenegger August 4, 1906 July 8, 1923 16 Austria Graz-Seckau
Guy Pierre de Fontgalland November 30, 1913 January 24, 1925 11 France Paris
Gaetana [Agata Tanina] Nastasi March 2, 1914 April 4, 1926 12 Italy Acireale
Antonio Pisano March 19, 1907 August 6, 1927 20 Cagliari Cleric, Mercedarians
Antônio [Antoninho] da Rocha Marmo October 19, 1918 December 21, 1930 12 Brazil São Paulo
Gérard Raymond August 20, 1912 July 5, 1932 19 Canada Quebec Diocesan seminarian
Anfronsina Berardi December 6, 1920 March 13, 1933 12 Italy L'Aquila
Aldo Blundo January 23, 1919 December 5, 1934 15 Naples
Antonio Rivera Ramírez February 26, 1916 November 20, 1936 20 Spain Toledo
Walter Elías Chango Rondeau November 1, 1921 November 18, 1939 18 Uruguay Montevideo
Maria Vieira da Silva November 11, 1926 June 4, 1940 13 Portugal Angra Martyr in defensum castitatis
Maria da Conceição [Sãozinha] Froes Gil Ferrão de Pimentel Teixeira February 1, 1923 June 6, 1940 17 Lisbon Heroic virtue
Angela Pirini March 20, 1922 October 2, 1940 18 Italy Cesena-Sarsina
Giuseppe Ottone March 18, 1928 February 8, 1941 12 Naples
Hermann Wijns March 15, 1931 May 26, 1941 10 Belgium Antwerp
Anna Marie Zelíková July 19, 1924 September 11, 1941 17 Czech Republic Olomouc Member, Lay Carmelites
Margherita Candia August 24, 1924 May 24, 1942 Italy Sorrento-Castellammare di Stabia
Ulrico Sarti July 1, 1930 July 31, 1942 11 Ravenna-Cervia
Elena Spirgevičiūtė September 22, 1924 January 3, 1944 19 Lithuania Kaunas Martyr in defensum castitatis
Ramón Montero Navarro January 7, 1930 February 2, 1944 14 Spain Ciudad Real Heroic virtue Member, Lay Carmelites
Luigi [Gino] Pistoni February 25, 1924 July 25, 1944 20 Italy Ivrea
Alfredo Ortiz González June 20, 1929 July 7, 1947 18 Spain Córdoba Diocesan seminarian
Domenico Zamberletti August 24, 1936 May 29, 1950 13 Italy Milan
Josefina Vilaseca Alsina March 9, 1940 December 25, 1952 12 Spain Vic Martyr in defensum castitatis
Ciriaco Kahaicha March 23, 1933 May 9, 1953 20 Kenya Murang'a Martyr in odium fidei
Lea Maria Nyagũthiĩ 1935 June 1953 18 Nyeri
Diomede Njoka 1934 October 16, 1953 19 Murang'a
Santos Franco Sánchez July 6, 1942 February 6, 1954 11 Spain Córdoba Heroic virtue
María Isabel de Jesús [Marisa] Acuña Arias March 5, 1941 August 15, 1954 13 Costa Rica San José de Costa Rica
Charlene Marie Richard January 13, 1947 August 11, 1959 12 United States Lafayette
Angela Iacobellis October 16, 1948 March 27, 1961 Italy Naples
Bertilla Antoniazzi November 10, 1944 October 22, 1964 19 Vicenza
Maria Cristina Ogier March 9, 1955 January 8, 1974 18 Florence
Paola Adamo October 24, 1963 June 28, 1978 14 Taranto
María Sagrario Fernández Jiménez May 26, 1966 February 22, 1979 12 Spain Toledo
Carlo [Vir] Grisolia December 29, 1960 September 29, 1980 19 Italy Genoa Member, Focolare Movement
Fathī ‘Ābūd Baladī September 22, 1961 December 31, 1980 Lebanon Beirut and Byblos of the Melkites Martyr in odium fidei
Lorena d’Alessandro November 20, 1964 April 3, 1981 16 Italy Rome Heroic virtue
Mario Giuseppe Restivo January 24, 1963 August 19, 1982 19 Cefalù
Pietrino di Natale December 10, 1966 August 20, 1984 17 Teramo-Atri
Niña Ruiz Abad October 31, 1979 August 16, 1993 13 Philippines Laoag
Clara Maria Segura May 15, 1978 March 7, 1995 16 Argentina Buenos Aires
Rebeca Rocamora Nadal September 7, 1975 May 26, 1996 20 Spain Orihuela-Alicante
Amanda Gilseth [Amandita] Ruiz Suarez May 11, 1999 September 21, 2005 6 Venezuela San Cristóbal de Venezuela
Pierangelo Capuzzimati June 28, 1990 April 30, 2008 17 Italy Taranto
Vivian Uchechi Ogu April 1, 1995 November 15, 2009 14 Nigeria Benin City Martyr in defensum castitatis [13]
Anne-Gabrielle Caron January 29, 2002 July 23, 2010 8 France Fréjus-Toulon Heroic virtue
Adam Adi Zuhayr Marzina Arab June 12, 2007 October 31, 2010 3 Iraq Baghdad of the Syrians Martyr in odium fidei Killed in the Baghdad massacre
Sandru Yan Yunan al-Sa'ur August 3, 2010 2 months
Unnamed unborn child 0
Giulia Gabrieli March 3, 1997 August 19, 2011 14 Italy Bergamo Heroic virtue
Darwin Ramos December 17, 1994 September 23, 2012 17 Philippines Cubao
Akash Bashir June 22, 1994 March 15, 2015 20 Pakistan Lahore Martyr in odium fidei
Angelica Tiraboschi November 22, 1995 August 29, 2015 19 Italy Milan Heroic virtue
Candidates for sainthood
Agnes of Bavaria 1335 November 11, 1352 17 Germany Munich Heroic virtue Nun, Poor Clares[14][15]
Miguel de Ayatumo 1593 c. 1593 November 19, 1609 16 Philippines Tagbilaran Heroic virtue Seminarian, Jesuits
Michele Magone September 19, 1845 January 21, 1859 13 Italy Turin
Alessandrino Mazzucchi April 26, 1878 June 21, 1890 12 Como
Cäcilia Baumann August 24, 1892 May 25, 1905 Germany Freiburg im Breisgau Martyr in defensum castitatis
Ellen Organ August 24, 1903 February 2, 1908 4 Ireland Cork and Ross Heroic virtue
Laura Klinkenberg January 9, 1892 April 30, 1908 16 Belgium
Germany 		Aachen Martyr in defensum castitatis
Gustavo Maria Bruni May 6, 1903 February 10, 1911 7 Italy Turin Heroic virtue
Maria Izilda de Castro Ribeiro June 17, 1897 May 24, 1911 13 Portugal
Brazil 		Braga [16]
Angelina Zampieri December 28, 1898 July 24, 1913 14 Italy Belluno-Feltre Martyr in defensum castitatis
Virginia Notari July 14, 1895 December 17, 1913 18 Parma Martyr in defensum castitatis
Vincenza Carminati January 7, 1907 January 9, 1920 12 Bergamo Heroic virtue
Maria Grimm April 17, 1909 July 3, 1922 13 Germany Rottenburg-Stuttgart Martyr in defensum castitatis
Maria Vanderlinden November 26, 1912 January 10, 1924 11 Belgium Antwerp Heroic virtue
Manuel Melgarejo Nápoles October 17, 1908 September 12, 1926 17 Mexico Mexico City Martyr in odium fidei
José Natividad Herrera Delgado September 9, 1911 November 7, 1926 15 San Juan de los Lagos
Tomás de la Mora March 7, 1909 August 27, 1927 18 Colima
Albert Patin February 25, 1915 May 14, 1928 13 France Dijon Heroic virtue
Aldo Marcozzi July 25, 1914 November 24, 1928 14 Italy Milan
Zenaida Llerenas Torres June 7, 1913 November 27, 1928 15 Mexico Colima Martyr in odium fidei
Vittorio Tannozzini April 19, 1926 May 26, 1935 9 Italy Acquapendente Heroic virtue
Nicolino Di Meo March 5, 1920 July 2, 1936 16 Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie Seminarian, Rogationists of the Heart of Jesus
Leonor Sánchez López 1918 February 7, 1937 19 Mexico Orizaba Martyr in odium fidei
Alfonso Paglialunga October 3, 1920 July 26, 1939 18 Italy Rome Heroic virtue Seminarian, Sons of Holy Mary Immaculate
Bai Maria 1919 c. 1919 November 30, 1939 20 China Yanzhou Martyr in defensum castitatis Religious’, Missionary Sisters Oblates of the Holy Family of Yanzhou
Silvio Cirielli January 3, 1930 June 30, 1941 11 Italy Bari-Bitonto Heroic virtue
Rosa del Bene December 16, 1923 November 22, 1943 19 Sulmona-Valva Martyr in defensum castititas
Maria Regina Kramer August 1, 1928 September 2, 1945 17 Germany Feldkirch
Klara Wendehals January 23, 1936 March 12, 1952 16 Paderborn
Tarcisio Cavara May 7, 1940 January 15, 1954 13 Italy Bologna Heroic virtue
Brigitte Irrgang February 10, 1943 July 4, 1954 11 Germany Berlin Martyr in defensum castitatis
Alessandro Poletti May 1, 1947 February 4, 1956 8 Italy Turin Heroic virtue
Nancy Hamilton June 20, 1942 June 7, 1956 13 United States Monterey (California)
Vanilda Sanches Beber August 3, 1943 October 6, 1958 15 Brazil Santo André [17]
Aída Jacob Curi December 15, 1938 July 14, 1958 19 Rio de Janeiro Martyr in defensum castitatis [18]
Marisa Porcellana December 1, 1946 July 4, 1960 13 Italy Turin
Maria Amida Kammers January 14, 1941 November 25, 1961 20 Brazil Florianópolis [19]
Marisa Morini 1951 c. 1951 March 1, 1964 12 Italy Ferrara-Comacchio
Maria Elizabeth de Oliveira February 6, 1951 November 28, 1965 14 Brazil Passo Fundo Heroic virtue [20]
Delphine de Fosseux March 5, 1959 April 23, 1969 15 France Nevers
Marilena Mottini April 3, 1954 September 15, 1969 Italy Bergamo Martyr in defensum castitatis
Danutė Burbaitė July 12, 1950 May 23, 1970 19 Lithuania Vilkaviškis
Paolo Sempreboni September 17, 1958 August 25, 1971 12 Italy Verona Heroic virtue
Daniel Croteau May 27, 1959 April 14–15, 1972 United States Springfield, Massachusetts Martyr in defensum castitatis Altar boy abused and murdered by Father Richard R. Lavigne[21][22]
Ninni Di Leo April 4, 1957 January 23, 1974 16 Italy Palermo Heroic virtue
Maurilio Coccio April 19, 1961 April 2, 1974 12 Alba Pompeia
Cesare Bisognin June 6, 1956 April 28, 1976 19 Turin Diocesan priest
Luis Alfredo [Luisito] Torres October 3, 1962 May 11, 1977 14 El Salvador San Salvador Martyr in odium fidei
Roderick Flores 1969 August 18, 1984 15 Philippines Manila Offer of life
Stefano Bovo August 10, 1975 November 20, 1984 9 Italy Rome Heroic virtue Associate, Focolare Movement
Sara Matteucci May 6, 1978 January 27, 1986 7 Urbino-Urbania-Sant'Angelo in Vado
Santino Calabrò 1917 August 27, 1986 15 Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela
Therese Jillo 1967 c. 1967 May 20, 1987 20 Kenya Marsabit Martyr in defensum castitatis
Silvia Dall'Olio May 7, 1973 April 3, 1988 14 Italy Bologna Heroic virtue
Celina Maricet Lozano Ramos February 27, 1973 November 18, 1989 16 El Salvador San Salvador Martyr in odium fidei
Sonia Cutrona April 17, 1973 June 18, 1990 17 Italy Caltagirone Heroic virtue
Audrey Stevenson March 22, 1983 August 22, 1991 8 United States
France 		Paris
Annamaria Vasta June 12, 1975 March 29, 1992 16 Italy Cuneo
Sergio Lana October 25, 1972 May 29, 1993 20 Italy
Bosnia and Herzegovina 		Brescia Martyr in odium fidei
Chiara Borghi January 14, 1981 November 15, 2000 19 Italy Reggio Emilia-Gustalla Heroic virtue
Jeanne-Marie Kegelin July 18, 1994 June 18, 2002 7 France Strasbourg Martyr in defensum castitatis
Melania Russo May 31, 1988 December 13, 2003 15 Italy Oria Heroic virtue
Mattie Stepanek July 17, 1990 June 22, 2004 14 United States Baltimore
Sara Mariucci December 31, 2002 August 6, 2006 3 Italy Gubbio
Justin Daniel Bataclan July 17, 1986 June 7, 2007 20 Philippines Cubao Seminarian, Society of Saint Paul
Claudio Contarin September 28, 1988 February 8, 2008 19 Italy Vicenza
Sara Colagiovanni January 19, 1998 April 14, 2008 10 Viterbo
Vivian Uchechi Ogu April 1, 1995 November 15, 2009 14 Nigeria Benin City Martyr in defensum castitatis
Marianna Boccolini May 7, 1992 August 18, 2010 18 Italy Terni-Narni-Amelia Heroic virtue
Yara Gambirasio May 21, 1997 November 26, 2010 13 Bergamo Martyr in defensum castitatis
Cyrish Magalang October 30, 2012 20 Philippines Imus Martyr in defensum castitatis
Ivan Rolfe Banaag March 22, 2000 February 18, 2013 12 Kalookan Heroic virtue Member, Ave Maria Community
Antonio Terranova July 14, 2004 February 23, 2013 8 Italy Palermo
Brendan Joseph Kelly May 12, 1997 April 27, 2013 15 United States Arlington
Filippo Bataloni November 20, 2014 8 Italy Rome
Gianluca Firetti September 8, 1994 January 30, 2015 20 Cremona
Misho Samaan September 7, 1998 April 10, 2015 17 Syria Aleppo of the Syrians Member, Salesian Cooperators
Teresa Ruocco March 26, 2004 July 29, 2015 11 Italy Caserta
Nicola Perin February 2, 1998 December 24, 2015 17 Adria-Rovigo
David Buggi November 6, 1999 June 18, 2017 Rome Member, Neocatechumenal Way
Sandor Manuel Pineda Dolmus June 14, 2018 15 Nicaragua León (Nicaragua) Martyr in odium fidei
Kendrick Ray Castillo March 14, 2001 May 7, 2019 18 United States Denver Offer of life
Axl Jan Rose Juni September 19, 2002 October 20, 2019 17 Philippines Parañaque Heroic virtue
Michael Ikechukwu Nnadi February 16, 2000 January 28–30, 2020 19 Nigeria Sokoto Martyr in odium fidei
Rohan Kemu June 4, 2020 18 India Bombay Heroic virtue
Teresita Castillo de Diego March 7, 2021 10 Spain Madrid
Karoline Verri Alves October 7, 2005 June 19, 2023 17 Brazil Londrina [23][24]
Luan Augusto da Silva October 5, 2006 June 20, 2023 16
Pablo Alonso Hidalgo July 26, 2001 July 15, 2023 21 Spain Salamanca Member, Carmelite Order
Indi Gregory February 24, 2023 November 13, 2023 8 months United Kingdom Nottingham [25]

Groups of martyrs

Name Born Died Age Country Diocese Status Notes
Martyrs of England and Wales (1535–1680)
Laurence Humphreys 1571 c. 1571 1591 20 Great Britain Westminster Blessed
James Bird [Byrd or Beard] ? 1592 20–21
Martyrs of the French Revolution (1792–1796)
110 Infant and Child Martyrs of Luçon Various February 28, 1794 15 days–7 yrs France Luçon Servants of God
Martyrs of Uganda (1885–1887)
Denis Ssebuggwawo Wasswa 1870 c. 1870 May 25, 1886 16 Uganda Kampala Saints
Ambrosio Kibuka 1868 c. 1868 June 3, 1886 18
Anatolius Kiriggwajjo 1866 c. 1866 20
Achilleus Kiwanuka 1869 c. 1869 17
Mbaga Tuzinde 1869 c. 1869 – c. 1870 17–18
Gyaviira Musoke 1869 c. 1869 17
Mugagga Lubowa 1869 c. 1869 – c. 1870 17–18
Kizito 1872 c. 1872 14
Martyrs of Nazism (1939–1945)
Jarogniew Wojciechowski November 5, 1922 August 24, 1942 19 Poland Poznań Blessed
Jean Mestre July 14, 1924 May 5, 1944 France Paris Servant of God Member, Young Christian Workers
Franček Pen October 9, 1924 May 12, 1944 Slovenia Maribor
Martyrs of Eastern Europe under Communist Regimes
Janez Pavčič August 8, 1923 May 18, 1942 18 Slovenia Ljubljana Servant of God
Alojz Murgelj January 12, 1923 June 17, 1942 19 Novo Mesto
Emil Kete July 1, 1924 November 13, 1944 20 Koper Diocesan seminarian
Angela Hildegard Berger April 7, 1926 January 24, 1945 18 Poland Warmia
Margaretha Wiewiorra October 15, 1928 March 9, 1945 16
Gjelosh Lulashi September 2, 1925 March 4, 1946 20 Albania Shkodër–Pult Blessed
Martyrs of Korea (1901–1974)
Sin Jae-sun Augustinus 1883 May 28, 1901 18 South Korea Cheju Servant of God
Eun-Cheol Patricius May 18, 1933 May 14, 1949 15 North Korea Pyongyang
Gim Un-sam Iosephus June 29, 1934 December 1949 15

Martyrs of China

Martyrs of Japan

Martyrs of Korea

Martyrs of Kosheh

  • Al-Amir Helmy Fahmy
  • Maysoon Ghatas Fahmy
  • Refaat Fayez Awad Fahmy
  • Wael El-Dabai Mikhail

Martyrs of Nag Hammadi

  • Mina Helmy Said
  • Bishoy Farid Labib
  • Dina Hamalni
  • Boula Atef Yassa
  • Abanoub Kamal Nashed

Martyrs of the Nazi regime

  • Jarogniew Wojciechowski[35]
  • Jean Mestre[36]

Martyrs of the Spanish Civil War

  • Agustín López Hernández[37]
  • Agustín Villar Peña[38]
  • Alfredo Carrasco Herrero[39]
  • Andrés Pérez Fernández[40]
  • Ángel Martínez Somolinos[38]
  • Àngel Piquer Pellicer[41]
  • Antonio Ferrer Rodrigo[39]
  • Antonio Leblic Gómez-Lanzas[40]
  • Antonio Noguera Martínez[42]
  • Antonio Vicente Vaquero Prisuelos[38]
  • Bernabé de la Hoz Castillejos[40]
  • Emilia Revert Pla[39]
  • Emilio Huidobro Corrales[43]
  • Emilio Solanes Escrihuela[39]
  • Florentino de la Hoz Castillejos[40]
  • Francisco Alfredo[33][44]
  • Francisco Luis Pérez-Miravete y Pascual de Riquelme[37]
  • Gerardo Pinero Díaz[40]
  • Gregorio Urbano Güil Canfrán[38]
  • Helí González Navarro[38]
  • Ignasi Trias Bertran[41]
  • Jesús Brazales Salcedo[40]
  • Joan Gamissans Comellas[41]
  • Joan Roig Diggle[45]
  • José Rodríguez Fernández[38]
  • José Sánchez Rodríguez[46]
  • José Villacastín Sánchez[38]
  • Josep Borràs García[47]
  • Juan García-Pulgar García-Ochoa[40]
  • Juan Moya Collado[48]
  • Julián Mellado Noblejas[38]
  • Ladislao Luis[33][49]
  • Lluís Arbós Batista[41]
  • Luis Gonzaga Valentín Fernández[40]
  • Luis Quintas Durán[48]
  • Luis Villar Peña[38]
  • María del Carmen Candinas Medina[40]
  • Miguel Lloris Miralles[39]
  • Nadal Salort Caselles[39]
  • Pere Boix Folguera[47]
  • Pere Magí[33][50]
  • Rafael Lluch Garín[41]
  • Santiago Mosquera Suárez de Figueroa[40]
  • Ventura Martín Tejerizo[38]

Martyrs of Vietnam

Other Catholic Martyrs

Name Born Died Age Country Diocese Cause Notes
Martyrs of Nazism (1939–1945)
Annamarie Goldschmidt January 31, 1922 August 9, 1942 20 Germany Munich-Freising Martyrs in odium fidei
Elfriede Goldschmidt August 4, 1923 19
Anna Maria Henrica Hamburger November 8, 1928 13 's-Hertogenbosch
Joachim Albertus Maria Hamburger September 2, 1930 11
Magdalena Joanna Maria Hamburger February 5, 1932 10
Petrus Christianus Maria Hamburger May 19, 1933 9
Heinz Wolfgang Bing June 9, 1922 September 30, 1942 20 Freiburg im Breisgau
Wolfgang Bernheim (Paulus) May 7, 1923 November 1942 19 Augsburg Novice, Benedictines (Solesmes Congregation)
Czesława Kwoka August 15, 1928 March 12, 1943 14 Poland Zamość-Lubaczów
David Régnier August 27, 1925 June 20, 1944 19 France Lyon
Pierre Alviset June 21, 1924 August 16, 1944 20 Paris Member, Young Christian Workers and
Secular Franciscans
Maria Norina Fiori [Ciclamino] October 29, 1923 September 29, 1944 Italy Bologna Religious, Sisters of Our Lady of Sorrows
Frans Gerard Marie Joseph Coehorst September 22, 1925 November 1, 1944 19 Netherlands Roermond
Otto Schimek May 5, 1925 November 14, 1944 19 Austria Vienna
Alfons Reinoud Berger May 1, 1925 January 22, 1945 19 Netherlands Roermond
Robert Limpert June 15, 1925 April 18, 1945 19 Germany Bamberg
Juraj František Munk April 16, 1930 March–April 1940 10 Slovakia Bratislava

Dubious or fictitious

Main article: Blood libel

William of Norwich was a twelve year old English boy whose unsolved murder was, at the time, attributed to the Jewish community of Norwich. It is the first known medieval accusation against Jews of ritual murder. E. M. Rose points out that road robberies and kidnappings gone wrong were a frequent cause of death in the region during the period of the Anarchy when the Crown struggled to safeguard the roads.[53] This was followed by a similar allegation regarding the unexplained death of Harold of Gloucester. An attempt to establish a cult of Harold seems to have been unsuccessful. It was never officially supported and died out long before the Reformation.[54] However, it established a pattern. Any unexplained child death occurring near the Easter festival was arbitrarily linked to Jews in the vicinity.[54] In some instances promotion of a cult may have been influenced by the interest of local clergy to enhance the prestige of their church with a shrine. Anthony Bale suggests this, and local politics, may have been contributing factors to the cult of Robert of Bury.[55] Simon of Trent and Werner of Oberwesel[56][57] are other examples of individuals who died under unknown circumstances, but whose deaths were nonetheless attributed to the Jews.

Little Saint Hugh of Lincoln was never actually canonised, making the moniker "Little Saint Hugh" a misnomer. He was for a short while acclaimed by local people as a saint but never officially recognised as one.[58] Over time, the issue of the rush to sainthood was raised, and Hugh was never canonised,[59] nor included in Catholic martyrology.

In the case of Dominguito del Val,[60] and Andreas Oxner,[61] and the Holy Child of La Guardia it is not clear that the alleged victim ever existed in the first place.

See also

References

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  17. ^ "Church investigates whether dancer can become saint". October 11, 2009.
  18. ^ "Aída Curi: the tragedy that does not want to be forgotten". February 14, 2021.
  19. ^ "Mass in Queimado (SC) commemorates the 78th anniversary of the birth of Maria Amida Kammers". January 14, 2019.
  20. ^ "Maria Elizabeth: The young woman from Passo Fundo who predicted her own death". April 5, 2021.
  21. ^ Barry, Stephanie (May 24, 2021). "'Danny Croteau died at the hands of Richard Lavigne,' DA says in closing 50-year-old case". Mass Live. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  22. ^ Cullen, Kevin (October 28, 2021). "After visiting Canada, Pope Francis might want to stop off in Springfield". Boston Globe. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
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  27. ^ a b ~ Martyrs of China (3) ~ Boxer Rebellion († 1900)
  28. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj Twenty-Six Martyrs Museum Home Page Names are according to known records.
  29. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v ~ Martyrs of Japan (3) ~ († 1603–39)
  30. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Martyrs of Japan († 1597–1637) (II) The Romanization of Japanese names are taken from Juan Ruiz de Medina’s El Martirologio del Japón (Rome: Institutum Historicum S.I., 1999). The author used the Modified Hepburn System (Hebon-shiki) in the transliteration. The names in Japanese characters (using katakana for the Christian name and kanji for the surname) are enclosed in brackets.
  31. ^ a b c d Martyrs of Japan († 1597–1637) (I)
  32. ^ a b c d MARTYRS OF KOREA († 1791–1888) (I)
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  34. ^ a b c d e f Martyrs of Korea († 1791–1888) (II)
  35. ^ ~ Martyrs Killed In Odium Fidei by the Nazis (1) ~ (†1939-45)
  36. ^ ~ Martyrs Killed In Odium Fidei by the Nazis (2) ~ (†1939-45)
  37. ^ a b MARTYRS OF THE RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION DURING THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR († 1934, 36-39) (LVIII)
  38. ^ a b c d e f g h i j ~ Martyrs of the Religious Persecution during the Spanish Civil War (50) ~ (†1934, 1936–39)
  39. ^ a b c d e f ~ Martyrs of the Religious Persecution during the Spanish Civil War (54) ~ (†1934, 1936–39)
  40. ^ a b c d e f g h i j ~ Martyrs of the Religious Persecution during the Spanish Civil War (49) ~ (†1934, 1936–39)
  41. ^ a b c d e MARTYRS OF THE RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION DURING THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR († 1934, 36-39) (LI)
  42. ^ MARTYRS OF THE RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION DURING THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR († 1934, 36-39) (XLVI)
  43. ^ ~ Martyrs of the Religious Persecution during the Spanish Civil War (36) ~ (†1934, 1936–39)
  44. ^ ~ Martyrs of the Religious Persecution during the Spanish Civil War (22) ~ (†1934, 1936–39)
  45. ^ MARTYRS OF THE RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION DURING THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR († 1934, 36-39) (XXXIX)
  46. ^ ~ Martyrs of the Religious Persecution during the Spanish Civil War (1) ~ (†1934, 1936–39)
  47. ^ a b MARTYRS OF THE RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION DURING THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR († 1934, 36-39) (LII)
  48. ^ a b MARTYRS OF THE RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION DURING THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR († 1934, 36-39) (XLII)
  49. ^ MARTYRS OF THE RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION DURING THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR († 1934, 36-39) (XXVI)
  50. ^ ~ Martyrs of the Religious Persecution during the Spanish Civil War (10) ~ (†1934, 1936–39)
  51. ^ ~ Martyrs of Vietnam (2) ~ († 1745–1862)
  52. ^ ~ Martyrs of Vietnam (1) ~ († 1745–1862)
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  54. ^ a b Hillaby, Joe, "The ritual-child-murder accusation: its dissemination and Harold of Gloucester", Jewish Historical Studies, vol. 34, (1994-1996), pp. 69-109.
  55. ^ Bale, A. "House Devil, Town Saint", in Delany, Sheila, Chaucer and the Jews, Routledge, 2013, p.185 ff.
  56. ^ The Attitude of the Catholic Church towards Jewish Ritual Murder
  57. ^ (in German) Werner von Oberwesel
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  60. ^ Gil, Sergio Martinez. "The Martyrdom of Santo Domenguito de Val", Historia de Aragon
  61. ^ (in Italian) Blessed Andreas (Oxner) of Rinn

Further reading

  • Guiley, Rosemary Ellen (2001). The Encyclopedia of Saints. Facts On File. ISBN 0-8160-4133-4.
  • Bunson, Matthew, Margaret Bunson and Stephen Bunson (2003). Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints. Our Sunday Visitor, Inc. ISBN 1-931709-75-0.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • Ball, Ann (2004). Young Faces of Holiness: Modern Saints in Photos and Words. Our Sunday Visitor, Inc. ISBN 1-931709-55-6.
  • Cruz, Joan Carroll (2006). Saintly Youth of Modern Times. Our Sunday Visitor, Inc. ISBN 1-59276-004-X.
  • Paul, Tessa (2009). The Illustrated World Encyclopedia of Saints: An authoritative visual guide to the lives and works of over 500 saints, with expert commentary and over 500 beautiful paintings, statues & icons. Lorenz Books. ISBN 978-0-7548-1854-0.
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