Chronological list of saints and blesseds: 16

A list of 16th century saints:

Name	Birth	Birthplace	Death	Place of death	Notes
Blessed Columba of Rieti Columba of Rieti Columba of Rieti was an Italian female Dominican tertiary mystic. She was renowned for her spiritual advice, devotion to the Blessed Sacrament, and the fantastic miracles attributed to her....	1467	Rieti Rieti Rieti is a city and comune in Lazio, central Italy, with a population of c. 47,700. It is the capital of province of Rieti.The town centre rests on a small hilltop, commanding a wide plain at the southern edge of an ancient lake. The area is now the fertile basin of the Velino River... , Umbria Umbria Umbria is a region of modern central Italy. It is one of the smallest Italian regions and the only peninsular region that is landlocked.Its capital is Perugia.Assisi and Norcia are historical towns associated with St. Francis of Assisi, and St... , Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...	1501
Blessed Jerome Garibo	1440		1502
Blessed Bernardino of Fossa Bernardino of Fossa Bernardino of Fossa was an Italian Franciscan historian and ascetical writer.-Life:...	1420	Fossa Fossa (Italy) Fossa is a comune and town in the province of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo region of Italy. Bernardino of Fossa was born in the town.... , Italy	1503
Blessed Louisa of Savoy	1461		1503
Blessed Magdalen Panattieri	1443		1503
Blessed Timothy of Montecchio	1414		1504
Blessed Vincent of Aquila			1504
Joan of Valois Joan of France, Duchess of Berry Joan of France was briefly Queen consort of France as wife of King Louis XII of France, in between the death of her brother, Charles VIII, and the annulment of her marriage....	1464		1505
Blessed Ladislaus of Gielniow	1440		1505
Blessed Margaret of Ravenna	1442		1505
Blessed Osanna of Mantua Osanna of Mantua Blessed Osanna Andreasi of Mantua was a Dominican tertiary, stigmatic, and mystic.-Life:...	1449		1505
Blessed John-Angelo Porro	1451		1506
Blessed Antonia of Brescia	1407		1507
Blessed Francis of Calderola			1507
Francis of Paola Francis of Paola Saint Francis of Paola was an Italian mendicant friar and the founder of the Roman Catholic Order of the Minims.-Biography:...	1416		1508
Blessed Gratia of Kotor	1438		1508
Blessed Jacopino de'Canepacci	1438		1508
Catherine of Genoa	1477	Genoa Genoa Genoa \|Ligurian]] Zena ; Latin and, archaically, English Genua) is a city and an important seaport in northern Italy, the capital of the Province of Genoa and of the region of Liguria.... , Italy	1510	Genoa, Italy
Blessed Mark of Marconi	1480		1510
Blessed John Liccio			1511
Blessed Margaret Fontana	1440	Modena Modena Modena is a city and comune on the south side of the Po Valley, in the Province of Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy.... , Italy	1513	Italy
Blessed Paula Montaldi	1443		1514
Joseph of Volokolamsk			1515
Blessed Paula Gambara-Costa	1473		1515
Blessed Hans Wagner			1516
Blessed Giles of Lorenzana	1443		1518
Blessed Helen Duglioli	1472		1520
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Blessed Dominic Spadafora			1521
Blessed Margaret of Lorraine Margaret of Lorraine Margaret of Lorraine was Duchess of Alençon, and a nun of the order of Poor Clares . She was beatified in 1921.-Marriage and children:...	1463		1521
Blessed Michael Pini	1450		1522
Blessed Baptista Varani Baptista Varani Baptista Varani , O.S.C., was an Italian Poor Clare nun and ascetical writer.-Life:...	1458		1527
Blessed Margareta Kratz	1430	Scharfenstein Scharfenstein Scharfenstein may refer to::* a district of Drebach in Erzgebirgskreis in SaxonyScharfenstein is the name of the following geographic features:* Scharfenstein , Oybin in Saxony, known as Lausitzer Matterhorn... , Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...	1532
Blessed Louisa Albertoni	1473		1533
Augustine Webster Augustine Webster Saint Augustine Webster was an English Catholic martyr.He was educated at Cambridge University. He became the prior of Our Lady of Melwood, a Carthusian house at Epworth, on the Isle of Axholme, in north Lincolnshire, in 1531...			1535
John Fisher John Fisher Saint John Fisher was an English Roman Catholic scholastic, bishop, cardinal and martyr. He shares his feast day with Saint Thomas More on 22 June in the Roman Catholic calendar of saints and 6 July on the Church of England calendar of saints...	1469		1535		Bishop of Rochester Bishop of Rochester The Bishop of Rochester is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Rochester in the Province of Canterbury.The diocese covers the west of the county of Kent and is centred in the city of Rochester where the bishop's seat is located at the Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin...
John Houghton			1535
Richard Reynolds	1492		1535
Robert Lawrence Robert Lawrence (martyr) St. Robert Lawrence was one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. After joining the Carthusians, he served as prior of the Beauvale Charterhouse, Nottinghamshire, at the time when King Henry VIII of England broke with Rome and launched the Dissolution of the Monasteries. Robert went with St...			1535
Thomas More Thomas More Sir Thomas More , also known by Catholics as Saint Thomas More, was an English lawyer, social philosopher, author, statesman and noted Renaissance humanist. He was an important councillor to Henry VIII of England and, for three years toward the end of his life, Lord Chancellor...	1478		1535
Blessed John Haile (or Hale)			1535		Rector of St. Dunstan's Church, Cranford, London Cranford, London Cranford is a place in the London Borough of Hounslow. It is a suburban development located 12.4 miles west of Charing Cross and on the eastern perimeter of London Heathrow Airport....
Blessed Laurence of Villamagna	1476		1535
Blessed Sebastian Newdigate Sebastian Newdigate Blessed Sebastian Newdigate was a Roman Catholic priest and Carthusian monk, of England. He is considered a martyr by the Catholic Church....			1535
Blessed William Exmew William Exmew Blessed William Exmew, was an English Catholic priest, Carthusian monk and martyr. Exmew was beatified by Pope Leo XIII, on 9 December 1886.-Life:...			1535
Blesseds Humphrey Middlemore Humphrey Middlemore Blessed Humphrey Middlemore was a Roman Catholic priest and Carthusian monk, from England. He is considered a martyr by the Catholic Church...			1535
Gerolamo Emiliani	1481	Venice Venice Venice is a city in northern Italy which is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. It is the capital of the Veneto region... , Italy	1537	Somasca Somasca Somasca is a hamlet in the northern Italian region of Lombardy, situated in the hills overlooking the south-eastern branch of Lake Como. For purposes of local government it counts as a frazione of the Commune of Vercurago, which falls within the Province of Lecco.-History:Somasca is known chiefly... , Italy
Blessed John Davy			1537
Blessed Richard Bere			1537
Blessed Robert Salt			1537
Blessed Thomas Johnson Thomas Johnson (monk) Blessed Thomas Johnson was a Carthusian monk who was left to starve in Newgate gaol because he would not sign the Oath of Supremacy. Margaret Clement brought him and the other Carthusians some food by entering in disguise, but on discovery this was ended...			1537
Blessed Walter Pierson			1537
Blessed William Greenwood			1537
Blesseds John Rochester and James Walworth			1537
Blesseds Thomas Green			1537
John Stone			1538
Blessed John Forest John Forest John Forest was an English Franciscan Friar and martyr.Born in the Oxford area, John Forest became a Franciscan Friar Minor of the Regular Observance in 1491. He went on to study theology at the University of Oxford, later becoming confessor to Queen Catherine of Aragon, first wife to King Henry...	1473		1538
Anthony Maria Zaccaria Anthony Maria Zaccaria Saint Anthony Maria Zaccaria is an Italian saint.Anthony was born in the city of Cremona, Italy in 1502 to noble parents. When he was two his father died and he was brought up as an only child by his mother. At an early age, he took a private vow of chastity...	1502		1539
Blessed Adrian Fortescue Adrian Fortescue (priest) Adrian Fortescue was a Roman Catholic priest and Englishman who was an influential liturgist, artist, calligrapher, composer, polyglot, amateur photographer, Byzantine scholar, and adventurer.-Early life and education:...	1476		1539
Blessed Hugh Cook Faringdon Hugh Cook Faringdon Blessed Hugh Cook Faringdon, O.S.B., , also known as Hugh Faringdon or Hugh Cook, was a Benedictine monk who ruled as the last Abbot of Reading Abbey in the English town of Reading. At the dissolution of the monasteries under King Henry VIII of England, he was accused of high treason and executed...			1539
Blessed John Baptist of Fabriano	1469		1539
Blessed John Beche (Thomas Marshall)			1539
Blessed John Eynon			1539
Blessed John Rugg			1539
Blessed John Thorne			1539
Blessed Richard Whiting	1460		1539
Blessed Roger James			1539
Angela Merici Angela Merici Angela Merici, or Angela de Merici, was an Italian religious leader and saint. She founded the Order of Ursulines in 1535 in Brescia.-Life:...	1470		1540
Blessed Carthusian Martyrs Carthusian Martyrs The Carthusian Martyrs were a group of monks of the London Charterhouse, the monastery of the Carthusian Order in central London, who were put to death by the English state from June 19, 1535 to September 20, 1537. The method of execution was hanging, disembowelling while still alive and then...			1540
Blessed Edward Powell Edward Powell Edward Powell was a Welsh Roman Catholic priest and theologian, in opposition to Henry VIII of England. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1886.-Life:...			1540
Blessed Richard Fetherston Richard Fetherston Richard Fetherston was an English Roman Catholic priest. He was chaplain to Catharine of Aragon and tutor to her daughter, Mary Tudor. He was beatified by Pope Leo XIII, 29 December 1886.-Life:...			1540
Blessed Thomas Abel Thomas Abel The Blessed Thomas Abel was an English priest who was martyred during the reign of Henry VIII. The place and date of his birth are unknown....			1540
Blessed William Horne Carthusian Martyrs The Carthusian Martyrs were a group of monks of the London Charterhouse, the monastery of the Carthusian Order in central London, who were put to death by the English state from June 19, 1535 to September 20, 1537. The method of execution was hanging, disembowelling while still alive and then...			1540
Blessed David Gonson			1541
Blessed Margaret Pole	1473		1541
Blessed Christina of Aquila			1543
Blessed Lucy of Narni	1476		1544
Blesseds John Larke John Larke Blessed John Larke was an English priest and martyr, who was executed during the reign of Henry VIII. He was a personal friend of Thomas More....			1544
Blessed Peter Favre	1506		1546
Cajetan Saint Cajetan Saint Cajetan , born Gaetano dei Conti di Tiene , is a Catholic Church saint and founder of the order of the Clerics Regular, better known as the Theatines...	1480		1547
Blessed Catherine of Racconigi Catherine of Racconigi The Blessed Catherine of Racconigi, T.O.S.D., was a member of the Dominican Order of the Roman Catholic Church. She is recognized for being a mystic and a stigmatic.-Biography:...	1486		1547
Blessed Philippa of Gheldre	1462		1547
Juan Diego	1474		1548
John of God John of God John of God ) was a Portuguese-born friar and saint, one of Spain's leading religious figures.John of God was born João Cidade in Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal, into a once-prominent family that was impoverished but had great religious faith...	1495		1550
Francis Xavier Francis Xavier Francis Xavier, born Francisco de Jasso y Azpilicueta was a pioneering Roman Catholic missionary born in the Kingdom of Navarre and co-founder of the Society of Jesus. He was a student of Saint Ignatius of Loyola and one of the first seven Jesuits, dedicated at Montmartre in 1534...	1506		1552
Thomas of Villanova Thomas of Villanova St. Thomas of Villanova, O.S.A. , was a preacher, ascetic, writer andSpanish friar of the Order of Saint Augustine....	1488		1555		Bishop of Valencia
Ignatius of Loyola Ignatius of Loyola Ignatius of Loyola was a Spanish knight from a Basque noble family, hermit, priest since 1537, and theologian, who founded the Society of Jesus and was its first Superior General. Ignatius emerged as a religious leader during the Counter-Reformation...	1491		1556
Peter of Alcantara Peter of Alcantara Saint Peter of Alcántara, O.F.M. was a Spanish Franciscan friar.- Biography :He was born at Alcántara, Province of Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain. His father, Peter Garavito, was the governor of Alcántara, and his mother was of the noble family of Sanabia...	1499		1562
Blessed John Marinoni	1490		1562
Blessed Osanna of Cattaro Osanna of Cattaro Blessed Osanna of Cattaro was a Catholic Dominican tertiary, visionary, anchoress, and convert from Orthodoxy of Serbian descent from Montenegro.- Life :...	1493		1565
Blessed John Armero			1566
Salvatore of Orta	1520		1567
Stanislaus Kostka Stanislaus Kostka Stanisław Kostka S.J. was a Polish novice of the Society of Jesus. In the Catholic Church as Saint Stanislaus Kostka....	1550		1568
John of Avila John of Avila Saint John of Ávila, Apostle of Andalusia was a Roman Catholic priest, Spanish preacher, scholastic author, religious mystic and saint...			1569
Blessed Alphonsus de Vaena			1570
Blessed Ignatius de Azevedo and Companions			1570
Blessed Joanninus de San Juan			1570
Blessed John Felton John Felton (martyr) Blessed John Felton was an English Catholic martyr, who was executed during the reign of Elizabeth I.Almost all of what is known about Felton's background comes from the narrative of his daughter, Frances Salisbury...			1570
Blessed John Fernandez			1570
Blessed Thomas Plumtree			1570
Blessed John Story John Story Blessed John Story , English Roman Catholic martyr, was born the son of Nicholas Story of Salisbury and educated at Hinxsey Hall, University of Oxford, where he became lecturer on civil law in 1535, being made later principal of Broadgates Hall, afterwards Pembroke College.He appears to have...			1571
Adrian Van Hilvarenbeek			1572
Andrew Wouters			1572
Cornelius St. Cornelius Saint Cornelius is the name of the following saints and persons in the previous stages of liturgical veneration:Pope CorneliusCornelius of ArmaghMay 19 *Venerable Cornelius of Komel , abbot...			1572
Francis Borgia Francis Borgia Saint Francis Borgia, 4th duke of Gandía, 3rd Father General of the Jesuit Order, Grandee of Spain, was a Spanish Jesuit and third Superior General of the Society of Jesus. He was canonized on 20 June 1670.-Early life:He was born Francesco Borgia de Candia d'Aragon within the Duchy of Gandía,...	1510		1572
Francis Rod			1572
Godfrey of Duynen			1572
Godfrey of Merville			1572
James Lacop			1572
John of Cologne John of Cologne John of Cologne was a Dominican order priest born at Cologne, Germany, parish priest of Horner, Holland.-Biography:As of 1572, Lutheranism and Calvinism had spread through a great part of Europe. In the Netherlands this was followed by a struggle between the two doctrines in which Calvinism was...			1572
John of Osterwick			1572
Leonard Wegel (Veckel, Wickel)			1572
Martyrs of Gorkum Martyrs of Gorkum The Martyrs of Gorkum were a group of 19 Dutch Catholic clergy and friars who suffered martyrdom in the sixteenth century for their faith in the town of Gorinchem .-Events:...			1572
Nicasius Jonson			1572
Nicholas Pieck Nicholas Pieck Nicholas Pieck was the son of John Pieck and Henriea Clavia, devout Catholics. He was sent to college at 's-Hertogenbosch, and as soon as he had completed his classical studies he received the habit of the Friars Minor at the convent in that town. Nicholas was ordained a priest in 1558, devoting...			1572
Nicholas Poppel			1572
Peter of Asche (Peter van Asche)			1572
Pius V Pope Pius V Pope Saint Pius V , born Antonio Ghislieri , was Pope from 1566 to 1572 and is a saint of the Catholic Church. He is chiefly notable for his role in the Council of Trent, the Counter-Reformation, and the standardization of the Roman liturgy within the Latin Church...	1504		1572		pope
Theodoric of Emden			1572
Willehad of Denmark	1482		1572
Blessed Thomas Percy Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland Blessed Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland, 1st Baron Percy, KG , led the Rising of the North and was executed for treason. He was later beatified by the Catholic Church.-Early life:...	1528		1572
Blessed Thomas Woodhouse Thomas Woodhouse The Blessed Thomas Woodhouse was an English Catholic priest and martyr at Tyburn on 19 June 1573, being disembowelled alive.-Biography:Ordained in Queen Mary Tudor's reign, he was a Lincolnshire rector for under a year, and in 1560 acted as a private tutor in Wales.On 14 May 1561, he was committed...			1573
Catherine of Palma	1533		1574
Cuthbert Mayne Cuthbert Mayne 'Saint Cuthbert Mayne was an English Roman Catholic priest and martyr of the Reformation and Counter-Reformation.- Early life :... (Maine)	1544		1577
Blessed Mary Bartholomea of Florence			1577
Blessed John Nelson John Nelson (martyr) John Nelson was an English Jesuit martyr who was executed during the reign of Elizabeth I.Nelson was from Skelton, York. He was nearing 40 when he left for Douai in 1573 for training as a priest. Two of his four brothers would later follow him there to become priests...	1534		1578
Blessed Thomas Sherwood	1551		1578
Alexander Briant Alexander Briant Saint Alexander Briant was an English Jesuit and martyr, executed at Tyburn.He was born in Somerset, and entered Hart Hall, Oxford , at an early age...	1556		1581
Edmund Campion Edmund Campion Saint Edmund Campion, S.J. was an English Roman Catholic martyr and Jesuit priest. While conducting an underground ministry in officially Protestant England, Campion was arrested by priest hunters. Convicted of high treason by a kangaroo court, he was hanged, drawn and quartered at Tyburn...	1540	London London London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its... , England England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...	1581	Tyburn Tyburn Tyburn is a former village just outside the then boundaries of London that was best known as a place of public execution.Tyburn may also refer to:* Tyburn , river and historical water source in London... , England
Louis Bertrand Louis Bertrand (saint) Saint Louis Bertrand, O.P. was a Spanish Dominican who preached in South America during the 16th century, and is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church.-Early life:...	1526		1581
Ralph Sherwin Ralph Sherwin Saint Ralph Sherwin was an English Roman Catholic martyr and saint. He was born at Rodsley, Derbyshire, and was educated at Eton College...			1581
Blessed Alexander Briant Alexander Briant Saint Alexander Briant was an English Jesuit and martyr, executed at Tyburn.He was born in Somerset, and entered Hart Hall, Oxford , at an early age...	1556		1581
Blessed Everald Hanse Everald Hanse -Hagiography:He was born in Northamptonshire; executed 31 July 1581. He was educated at Cambridge, and was soon presented to a good living. His brother William, who had become a priest in April 1579 tried to convert him, but in vain until a sharp attack of illness made him enter into himself...			1581
Blessed Patrick Cavanagh Patrick Cavanagh Patrick Cavanagh is an Irish Catholic Martyr beatified by Pope John Paul II on 27 September 1992.-Martyrdom:Cavanagh was a layperson of the diocese of Ferns during the reign of Elizabeth I... and Companions			1581
John Payne (Paine)			1582
Luke Kirby Luke Kirby Saint Luke Kirby was an English Catholic priest and martyr from the North of England, executed during the reign of Elizabeth I....	1549		1582
Teresa of Avila Teresa of Ávila Saint Teresa of Ávila, also called Saint Teresa of Jesus, baptized as Teresa Sánchez de Cepeda y Ahumada, was a prominent Spanish mystic, Roman Catholic saint, Carmelite nun, and writer of the Counter Reformation, and theologian of contemplative life through mental prayer...	1515		1582
Blessed James Thompson James Thompson (martyr) Blessed James Thompson, also known as James pierce, was a Catholic priest and martyr of York, hanged during the reign of Elizabeth II.Thompson arrived at in Rheims on September 19, 1580. In the following May, he and a Nicholas Fox were admitted to Soissons and made priests within 5747654467897...			1582
Blessed John Shert John Shert Blessed John Shert was an English Catholic priest and martyr, who was executed during the reign of Elizabeth I.He was born at Shert Hall near Macclesfield, Cheshire, and received his degree from Brasenose College, Oxford, in 1566...			1582
Blessed Lawrence Richardson			1582
Blessed Richard Kirkman			1582
Blessed Robert Johnson Robert Johnson (martyr) Blessed Robert Johnson, a Shropshire native, was a Catholic priest and martyr during the reign of Elizabeth I.He joined the German College in Rome on October 1, 1571. He was ordained a priest in Brussels from the English College, Douai. After a pilgrimage to Rome in 1579 he returned to England in...			1582
Blessed Thomas Cottam Thomas Cottam Blessed Thomas Cottam was an English Catholic priest and martyr from Lancashire, who was executed during the reign of Elizabeth I.-Life:...	1549		1582
Blessed Thomas Ford Thomas Ford (martyr) Blessed Thomas Ford , a Devonshire native, was a Catholic martyr executed during the reign of Elizabeth I.He received an MA at Trinity College, Oxford, on 24 July 1567, and became a fellow there...			1582
Blessed William Filby William Filby William Filby was an English Roman Catholic priest. He was beatified in 1886.-Life:...			1582
Blessed William Lacey			1582
Blessed John Bodey John Bodey John Bodey was an English Roman Catholic academic jurist and theologian. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1929.-Life:...			1583
Blessed John Slade John Bodey John Bodey was an English Roman Catholic academic jurist and theologian. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1929.-Life:...			1583
Blessed Nicholas of Factor	1520		1583
Blessed Richard Thirkeld Richard Thirkeld Richard Thirkeld was an English Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr.-Life:Thirkeld was born at Coniscliffe, Durham, England....			1583
Blessed William Hart William Hart (priest) William Hart was an English Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1886.-Life:...			1583
Blesseds Rudolph Acquaviva, Alphonsus Pacheco, Peter Berno, Anthony Francis, and Francis Aranha			1583
Charles Borromeo Charles Borromeo Charles Borromeo was the cardinal archbishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Milan from 1564 to 1584. He was a leading figure during the Counter-Reformation and was responsible for significant reforms in the Catholic Church, including the founding of seminaries for the education of priests...	1538		1584		Bishop of Milan
Richard Gwyn (Richard White)	1537		1584
Blessed Dermot O'Hurley Dermot O'Hurley Blessed Dermot O'Hurley - in Irish Diarmaid Ó hUrthuile - was a Roman Catholic Archbishop of Cashel during the reign of Elizabeth I who was put to death for treason...	1519		1584
Blessed George Haydock George Haydock George Haydock was an English Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1987.-Life:...	1556		1584
Blessed James Fenn	1540		1584
Blessed John Finch John Finch (martyr) John Finch was an English Roman Catholic farmer. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1929.-Life:He was a yeoman of Eccleston, Lancashire, from a Catholic family, but brought up an Anglican. When he was twenty years old he went to London where he spent nearly a year with some cousins at Inner...			1584
Blessed John Munden	1543		1584
Blessed John Nutter			1584
Blessed Margaret (Eleanor) Ball			1584
Blessed Thomas Hemerford			1584
Blessed William Carter	1548		1584
Blessed Hugh Taylor Hugh Taylor (priest) Hugh Taylor was an English Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1987.-Life:...	1560		1585
Blessed Marmaduke Bowes			1585
Blessed Maurice MacKenraghty Maurice MacKenraghty Maurice MacKenraghty was an Irish Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1992.-Life:...			1585
Blessed Thomas Alfield			1585
Margaret Clitherow Margaret Clitherow Saint Margaret Clitherow is an English saint and martyr of the Roman Catholic Church. She is sometimes called "the Pearl of York".-Life:...	1555		1586
Blessed Edward Stransham Edward Stransham Edward Stransham was an English Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1929.-Life:...	1557		1586
Blessed John Adams	1543		1586
Blessed John Sandys John Sandys John Sandys was an English Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1987.-Life:He studied at the University of Oxford, and Douai College....			1586
Blessed Nicholas Woodfen (Wheeler)			1586
Blessed Richard Langley Richard Langley (martyr) Richard Langley was an English Roman Catholic layman, condemned for sheltering Catholic priests...			1586
Blessed Robert Dibdale Robert Dibdale Robert Dibdale, or Debdale, was a Catholic priest and martyr.He was born the son of John Dibdale of Shottery, in the parish of Stratford-upon-Avon and the birthplace of William Shakespeare's wife Anne Hathaway at a date unknown. He had a brother Richard and sisters Joan and Agnes. It would seem...	1558		1586
Blessed William Thomson	1560		1586
Blesseds John Fingley and Robert Bickerdike Robert Bickerdike Robert Bickerdike was a Canadian live stock shipping and insurance agent and politician.Born in Kingston, Ontario, the son of Thomas Bickerdike, of Yorkshire, England, and Agnes Cowan, Bickerdike spent most of his life in Quebec after his father moved to Beauharnois County to farm...			1586
Blesseds Robert Anderson and William Marsden			1586
Felix of Cantalice	1513		1587
Blessed Bernard Scammacca	1430		1587
Blessed George Douglas			1587
Blessed John Hambley John Hambley (martyr) The Venerable John Hambley was an English Catholic and martyr, who died during the reign of Elizabeth I.Born and educated in Cornwall, Hambley was converted to Catholicism by reading one of Robert Persons' books in 1582. He studied at Rheims from 1583 to 1585 and then returned and worked in the...	1560		1587
Margaret Ward Margaret Ward Saint Margaret Ward was an English Catholic martyr who was executed during the reign of Elizabeth I for helping a priest to escape from prison. Her date of birth is unknown, but she was born in Congleton, Cheshire....			1588
Ralph Crockett Ralph Crockett Blessed Ralph Crockett was an English Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1929.-Life:...			1588
Richard Martin Saint Richard Martin Saint Richard Martin was an English martyr. He was born in Shropshire, studied at Oxford and was a devout Catholic. Arrested for giving shelter to priests, he was hanged, drawn, and quartered in 1588 at Tyburn with Blesseds Richard Leigh, Edward Shelley, John Roche, Richard Flowers, and St....			1588
Blessed Christopher Buxton Christopher Buxton Christopher Buxton was an English Catholic priest and martyr.He was a scholar of Nicholas Garlick at the Grammar School, Tideswell, in the Peak District, studied for the priesthood at Reims and Rome, and was ordained in 1586...			1588
Blessed Edward Burden	1540		1588
Blessed Edward Campion Edward Campion Edward Campion was the pseudonym of Father Gerard Edwards. Campion was one of the Oaten Hill Martyrs executed on 1 October 1588 and beatified by Pope Pius XI in 1929.-References:*http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=3050...			1588
Blessed Edward James			1588
Blessed Edward Shelley			1588
Blessed Henry Webley	1558		1588
Blessed Hugh More	1563		1588
Blessed James Claxton			1588
Blessed John Robinson			1588
Blessed John Roche John Roche (martyr) Blessed John Roche was a Catholic martyr, born in Ireland, who died in London, England in 1588. Usually shown in working-class Elizabethan dress and holding an oar or a miniature boat, he is the patron of sailors, mariners and boatmen.He helped Saint Margaret Ward arrange the escape of Father...			1588
Blessed Nicholas Garlick Nicholas Garlick Blessed Nicholas Garlick was an English catholic priest, martyred in Derby in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I.- Early life :...	1555		1588
Blessed Richard Flower			1588
Blessed Richard Leigh Richard Leigh (martyr) Blessed Richard Leigh was an English martyr born in Cambridgeshire. He studied in Reims and Rome and was ordained in Rome in 1586. On his return to England he was arrested in London and banished. He returned to England again and was imprisoned in the Tower of London in 1588...			1588
Blessed Richard Martin Saint Richard Martin Saint Richard Martin was an English martyr. He was born in Shropshire, studied at Oxford and was a devout Catholic. Arrested for giving shelter to priests, he was hanged, drawn, and quartered in 1588 at Tyburn with Blesseds Richard Leigh, Edward Shelley, John Roche, Richard Flowers, and St....			1588
Blessed Robert Morton			1588
Blessed Robert Sutton	1545		1588
Blessed Robert Widmerpool Robert Widmerpool Blessed Robert Widmerpool, an English martyr, was arrested for giving aid to a Catholic priest. Widmerpool and his companion, Robert Wilcox were hanged, drawn and quartered. They share the feast day of 1 October....			1588
Blessed Robert Wilcox Robert Wilcox (martyr) Blessed Robert Wilcox was a Catholic martyr in Elizabethan England. He was born in Chester, England in 1558 and entered the seminary at Rheims when he was twenty-five years old...			1588
Blessed Thomas Felton Thomas Felton (martyr) Thomas Felton was a Franciscan friar, a Roman Catholic martyr and son of the Roman Catholic martyr, John Felton.Felton was born about 1567 at Bermondsey Abbey, Surrey, was in his youth page to Lady Lovett. Afterwards he was sent to the English College at Rheims, where he received the first...	1567		1588
Blessed Thomas Holford Blessed Thomas Holford Catholic College Blessed Thomas Holford Catholic College is a secondary school based in Altrincham, Greater Manchester. The school specialises in maths and computing, and is named after Blessed Thomas Holford, a 16th-century priest from Cheshire... (Thomas Acton)			1588
Blessed William Dean William Dean (priest) William Dean was an English Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1929.-Life:...			1588
Blessed William Guntei			1588
Blessed William Hartley			1588
Blessed William Way William Way The Venerable William Way was an English Catholic priest and martyr executed under Elizabeth I after the Protestant Reformation. He is venerated in the Roman Catholic Church.-Early life and education:...			1588
Benedict the Black (Benedict the Moor)	1526		1589
Catherine de Ricci	1522		1589
Blessed William Spenser William Spenser William Spenser was an English Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1987.-Life:... and Robert Hardesty			1589
Blesseds George Nichols, Richard Yaxley, Thomas Belson Thomas Belson Blessed Thomas Belson was an English Roman Catholic layman. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1987.-Life:... , and Humphrey Pritchard			1589
Blesseds John Amias and Robert Dalby			1589
Blessed Bartolomeu Fernandes dos Martires	1514		1590
Blessed Christopher Bales Christopher Bales The Venerable Christopher Bales, also spelled Christopher Bayles, alias Christopher Evers , was an English Catholic priest and martyr.-Biography:Christopher was born at Coniscliffe near Darlington, County Durham, England, about 1564...	1564		1590
Blessed Edmund Duke	1564		1590
Blessed Francis Dickenson			1590
Blessed Miles Gerard Miles Gerard Miles Gerard was an English Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1929.-Life:...			1590
Blessed Nicholas Horner Nicholas Horner Nicholas Horner was an English Roman Catholiclayman, hanged, drawn and quartered because he had relieved and assisted Christopher Bales, a seminary priest...			1590
Blesseds Edward Jones Edward Jones (martyr) Blessed Edward Jones was born in the diocese of St Asaph and baptised an Anglican. He was received into the Catholic Church in Reims in 1587 and ordained priest in 1588. He returned to England and was arrested in Fleet Street in 1590. Tortured in the Tower he made a skilful defence, for which the... and Antony Middleton			1590
Blesseds Richard Hill, John Hogg, and Richard Holiday			1590
Aloysius Gonzaga Aloysius Gonzaga - Early life :Aloysius Gonzaga was born at his family's castle in Castiglione delle Stiviere, between Brescia and Mantova in northern Italy in what was then part of the Papal States. He was a member of the illustrious House of Gonzaga...	1568		1591
Edmund Genings, Eustace White Eustace White St Eustace White, one of the Catholic Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. Born in Louth, Lincolnshire in 1559, he was a convert to Catholicism who travelled to Europe to study for the priesthood. He was ordained, probably at the Venerable English College, Rome in 1588, and returned to England for... , and Polydore Plasden Polydore Plasden St Polydore Plasden, one of the Catholic Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. A native of London, he studied for the priesthood at Rheims and Rome and was ordained in 1586 before being sent back to England soon after.... , priests and martyrs (d. 1591), and Swithun Wells Swithun Wells Saint Swithun Wells was an English Roman Catholic martyr who was executed during the reign of Elizabeth I.Wells was born at Brambridge, Hampshire in 1536, and was christened with the name of the local saint and bishop Swithun. He was for many years a schoolmaster at Monkton Farleigh in Wiltshire...	1536		1591
John of the Cross John of the Cross John of the Cross , born Juan de Yepes Álvarez, was a major figure of the Counter-Reformation, a Spanish mystic, Catholic saint, Carmelite friar and priest, born at Fontiveros, Old Castile....	1542		1591
Martyrs of London	15821588		1591
Polydore Plasden Polydore Plasden St Polydore Plasden, one of the Catholic Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. A native of London, he studied for the priesthood at Rheims and Rome and was ordained in 1586 before being sent back to England soon after....	1563		1591
Blessed Alphonsus de Orozco	1500		1591
Blessed George Beesley George Beesley George Beesley was an English Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1987.-Life:...	1563		1591
Blessed John Mason			1591
Blessed Lawrence Humphrey Lawrence Humphrey Lawrence Humphrey was an English theologian, who was president of Magdalen College, Oxford, and dean successively of Gloucester and Winchester.-Biography:...			1591
Blessed Ralph Milner and Roger Dickenson			1591
Blessed Robert Thorpe Robert Thorpe (priest) Robert Thorpe was an English Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1987.-Life:...			1591
Blessed Sidney Hodgson			1591
Blessed William Pike William Pike Blessed William Pike was an English Roman Catholic martyr who was beatified in 1987.Several sources state that William was born in Dorset. In 'A History of Dorset' A. Lindsay Clegg, former Town Clerk of Bournemouth, claims that Pike lived at Moordown, now within modern Bournemouth, then part of...			1591
Alexander Sauli Alexander Sauli Saint Alexander Sauli, the "Apostle of Corsica", was born at Milan, 15 February 1535, of an illustrious Lombard family. He died at Calozza, 11 October 1592, and was interred at Pavia...	1534		1592		Bishop of Pavia Pavia Pavia , the ancient Ticinum, is a town and comune of south-western Lombardy, northern Italy, 35 km south of Milan on the lower Ticino river near its confluence with the Po. It is the capital of the province of Pavia. It has a population of c. 71,000...
Paschal Baylon Paschal Baylon Saint Paschal Baylon was a Spanish friar and is a saint in the Roman Catholic Church. He is the patron saint of Eucharistic congresses and Eucharistic associations.-Life:...	1540		1592
Blessed Thomas Pormort Thomas Pormort Thomas Pormort was an English Roman Catholic priest. He was beatified in 1987.-Life:He was probably related to the family of Pormort of Great Grimsby and Saltfletby, Lincolnshire...	1559		1592
Blessed William Patenson William Patenson William Patenson was an English Roman Catholic priest, and Catholic martyr. He was beatified in 1929.-Life:...			1592
John Boste John Boste Saint John Boste is a saint in the Roman Catholic Church, and one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.-Life:John Boste was born in Westmorland around 1544. He studied at Queen's College, Oxford where he became a Fellow. He converted to Catholicism in 1576...			1593
Blessed Edward Waterson Edward Waterson Edward Waterson was an English Catholic priest and martyr. He served the hidden Catholics in England during the reign of Elizabeth I. Edward was arrested in 1593 and executed at Newcastle upon Tyne. He was beatified in 1929....		London London London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...	1593 (OS Old Style and New Style dates Old Style and New Style are used in English language historical studies either to indicate that the start of the Julian year has been adjusted to start on 1 January even though documents written at the time use a different start of year ; or to indicate that a date conforms to the Julian... )	Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle upon Tyne is a city and metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, in North East England. Historically a part of Northumberland, it is situated on the north bank of the River Tyne...
Blessed James Bird James Bird James Bird was a fur trader, hunter, interpreter, and guide in both western Canada and the United States. He was probably born at one of the first editions of Fort Carlton which came to be known as Carlton House...			1593
Blessed William Davies William Davies (priest) William Davies was a Welsh Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1987. There is a chapel in Anglesey built as a memorial to him.-Life:...			1593
Blesseds James Sales and William Saultemouche	15567		1593
Blessed Edward Osbaldeston Edward Osbaldeston Blessed Edward Osbaldeston was an English martyr, born about 1560. Не was hanged, drawn, and quartered at York, 16 November 1594.Son of Thomas Osbaldeston, and nephew of Edward Osbaldeston, of Osbaldeston Hall, near Blackburn, Lancashire, he went to the English College of Douai, then at Reims,...	1560		1594
Blessed John Carey			1594
Blessed John Cornelius John Cornelius Blessed John Cornelius was an English Catholic priest and Jesuit. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1929.-Life:Sir John Arundell took an interest in the boy and sent him to the University of Oxford...	1557		1594
Blessed John Ingram	1565		1594
Blessed John Speed John Speed (martyr) John Speed was an English Roman Catholic layman,condemned for assisting the priest John Boste, whom he used to escort from one Catholic house to another. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1929....			1594
Blessed Patrick Salmon			1594
Blessed Thomas Bosgrave			1594
Blessed William Harrington William Harrington (priest) William Harrington was an English Jesuit priest. He is a Roman Catholic martyr, beatified in 1929.-Life:His father had entertained Edmund Campion at the ancestral home, Mount St. John, early in 1581...	1566		1594
Henry Walpole Henry Walpole -Early life:He was born at Docking, Norfolk, in 1558, the eldest son of Christopher Walpole, by Margery, heiress of Richard Beckham of Narford, and was educated at Norwich School, Peterhouse, Cambridge, and Gray's Inn. Converted to Roman Catholicism by the death of Saint Edmund Campion, he went by...	1558		1595
Philip Howard Philip Howard, 20th Earl of Arundel Saint Philip Howard, 20th Earl of Arundel was an English nobleman. He was canonised by Pope Paul VI in 1970, as one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales...			1595
Philip Neri Philip Neri Saint Philip Romolo Neri , also known as Apostle of Rome, was an Italian priest, noted for founding a society of secular priests called the "Congregation of the Oratory".-Early life:...	1515		1595
Robert Southwell	1561		1595
William Freeman William Freeman William Freeman was an English Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1929.-Life:...			1595
Blessed Alexander Rawlins Alexander Rawlins -Life:He was born in Worcestershire. After imprisonment for his Catholic beliefs, he went to Reims for seminary training and was ordained priest. He arrived in England as a missioner in April 1590 with Edmund Gennings and Hugh Sewell....			1595
Blessed William Freeman William Freeman William Freeman was an English Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1929.-Life:...	1558		1595
Blesseds George Errington George Errington (martyr) Blessed George Errington of Hurst Castle - from the minor gentry branch of Bingfield, St John Lee, Northumberland - was a Roman Catholic martyr who was hanged, drawn and quartered at York, on 29 November 1596. Two years before his own death, Errington had ridden with Father John Boste on his last...			1596
Anthony Dainan			1597
Bonaventure of Miako			1597
Cosmas Cosmas Cosmas or Kosmas is a Greek name and may refer to:Saints:* Saints Cosmas and Damian , Christian martyrs and physicians* Cosmas the Monk, a Sicilian monk and tutor to John of Damascus and Cosmas of Maiuma* Cosmas of Maiuma Cosmas or Kosmas is a Greek name and may refer to:Saints:* Saints Cosmas and...			1597
Francis of St. Michael			1597
James Kisai			1597
John Soan de Goto			1597
Leo Karasuma			1597
Louis Ibarachi	1585		1597
Martin de Aguirre			1597
Martin Loynaz of the Ascension			1597
Matthias of Meako			1597
Michael Kozaki			1597
Paulo Miki, priest and martyr, and Companions	1565		1597
Peter Baptist			1597
Peter Canisius	1521		1597
Peter Shukeshiko			1597
Peter Sukejiro			1597
Philip of Jesus Philip of Jesus Saint Philip of Jesus was a Mexican Catholic missionary who became one of the Twenty-six Martyrs of Japan, the first Mexican saint and patron saint of Mexico City....			1597
Thomas Danki			1597
Thomas Kozaki			1597
Blessed Henry Abbot			1597
Blessed Jose de Anchieta José de Anchieta José de Anchieta was a Canarian Jesuit missionary to Brazil in the second half of the 16th century. A highly influential figure in Brazil's history in the 1st century after its discovery on April 22, 1500 by a Portuguese fleet commanded by Pedro Álvares Cabral, Anchieta was one of the founders of...	1534		1597
Blessed Paul of Saint Mary			1597
Blessed Thomas Fulthrop			1597
Blessed Thomas Warcop			1597
Blessed William Andleby William Andleby William Andleby was an English Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1929.-Life:...			1597
John Jones/Buckley			1598
Blessed Christopher Robinson Christopher Robinson (priest) Christopher Robinson was an English Catholic priest and martyr, beatified in 1987.-Life:Robinson was born at Woodside, near Westward, Cumberland. He was admitted to the English College at Reims in 1589, and was ordained priest and sent on the English mission in 1592...			1598
Blesseds Peter Snow and Ralph Grimston			1598
John Rigby			1600
Blessed Christopher Wharton Christopher Wharton Christopher Wharton was an English Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1987.-Life:...			1600
Blessed Edward Thwing (Thweng)	1565		1600
Blessed John Grande	1546		1600
Blessed John Rigby			1600
Blessed Robert Nutter Robert Nutter Robert Nutter was an English Catholic martyr. He was beatified in 1987....	1557		1600
Blessed Sebastian Aparicio			1600
Blesseds Thomas Hunt and Thomas Sprott			1600
Blessed Thomas Palasor Thomas Palasor Thomas Palasor was an English Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1987.-Life:Palasor was born at Ellerton-on-Swale, parish of Catterick, North Riding of Yorkshire. He arrived at Reims on 24 July 1592, and set out for the English College, Valladolid on 24 August 1592...			1600

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