Saints and Blesseds: MAT…

Saints and Blesseds

Saint Mateo Alonso de Leciñana y Alonso, O.P.

Born:	1702.11.26 (Nava del Rey, Valladolid, Spain)
Died:	1745.01.22 🩸 (Thăng Long, Hanoi, Vietnam † 42)
Beatified:	1906.05.20
Canonised:	1988.06.19

Martyr. Priest of Order of Preachers (Dominicans).

Saint Mateo Correa Magallanes

Born:	1866.07.23 (Tepechitlán, Zacatecas, Mexico)
Died:	1927.02.06 🩸 (Durango City, Durango, Mexico † 60)
Beatified:	1992.11.22
Canonised:	2000.05.21

Martyr. Priest of Durango.

Blessed Mateo Despons Tena

Born:	1884.04.05 (San Mateo, Maestrazgo, Castellón, Spain)
Died:	1936.08.13 🩸 (Maestrazgo, Castellón, Spain † 52)
Beatified:	2013.10.13 (Tarragona, Spain)

Martyr. Priest of Diocesan Laborer Priests of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

Blessed Mateo Garolera Masferrer, S.D.B.

Born:	1888.11.11 (San Miguel de Oladella, Girona, Spain)
Died:	1936.10.02 🩸 (Madrid, Spain † 47)
Beatified:	2007.10.28

Martyr. Religious of Salesians of Saint John Bosco (Salesians).

Blessed Mateo López López

Born:	1911.01.01 (Vera, Almería, Spain)
Died:	1938.11.02 🩸 (Vera, Almería, Spain † 27)
Beatified:	2017.03.25 (Almería, Spain)

Martyr. Priest of Almería.

Blessed Mateu Casals Mas, C.M.F.

Born:	1883.09.10 (Bagá, Barcelona, Spain)
Died:	1936.09.05 🩸 (San Quirze del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain † 52)
Beatified:	2017.10.21 (Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain)

Martyr. Priest of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Claretians).

Saint Mateus Moreira

Born:	(Brazil)
Died:	1645.10.03 🩸 (Uruaçu, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil)
Beatified:	2000.03.05
Canonised:	2017.10.15

Martyr. Layperson of Natal.

Blessed Mateusz, O.P.

Died:	1260.06.02 🩸 (Sandomierz, Poland)
Beatified:	1807.10.18 (equipollently)

Martyr. Priest of Order of Preachers (Dominicans).

Saint Mateusz, O.S.B.

Born:	(Poland)
Died:	1003.11.11 🩸 (Święty Wojciech, Poland)
Canonised:	1004

Martyr. Novice of Benedictine Confederation of the Order of Saint Benedict (Benedictines).

Saint Mathilde von Ringelheim

Born:	892? (Enger, Germany)
Died:	968.03.14 (Quedlinburg, Germany † 76)

Layperson.

Blessed Mathurin-Nicolas de la Villecrohain le Bous de Villeneuve, S.J.

Born:	1731.12.19 (Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, France)
Died:	1792.09.02 🩸 (Paris, France † 60)
Beatified:	1926.10.17

Martyr. Priest of Society of Jesus (Jesuits).

Blessed Mathurin-Victoir Deruelle

Born:	1729.09.18 (Paris, France)
Died:	1792.09.02 🩸 (Paris, France † 62)
Beatified:	1926.10.17

Martyr. Priest of Paris.

Blessed Mati, O.F.M.
Pal Prennushi (secular name)

Born:	1881.10.02 (Shkodrë, Albania)
Died:	1948.03.11 🩸 (Shkodrë, Albania † 66)
Beatified:	2016.11.05 (Shkodër, Shkodër, Albania)

Martyr. Priest of Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans).

Blessed Matías Cardona Meseguer, Sch. P.

Born:	1902.12.23 (Vallibona, Castellón, Spain)
Died:	1936.07.20 🩸 (Pigro de Coll, Vallibona, Castellón, Spain † 33)
Beatified:	1995.10.01

Martyr. Priest of Order of Poor Clerks Regular of the Mother of God of the Pious Schools (Piarists).

Blessed Matías Espeso Cuevas, O.E.S.A.

Born:	1901.02.22 (San Martin de Valdetuéjar, León, Spain)
Died:	1936.11.30 🩸 (Paracuellos de Jarama, Madrid, Spain † 35)
Beatified:	2007.10.28

Martyr. Priest of Order of Hermits of Saint Augustine (Augustinian Hermits).

Blessed Matías Manuel Albert Ginés

Born:	1867.10.03 (Calanda, Teruel, Spain)
Died:	1936.07.29 🩸 (Calanda, Teruel, Spain † 68)
Beatified:	2001.03.11

Martyr. Priest of Zaragoza.

Blessed Matías Morín Ramos, O.H.

Born:	1913.03.06 (Salvatierra de Tormes, Salamanca, Spain)
Died:	1937.09 🩸 (Guadarrama, Madrid, Spain † 24)
Beatified:	2013.10.13 (Tarragona, Spain)

Martyr. Religious of Order of the Hospitallers of Saint John of God.

Blessed Matilde del Sagrado Corazón
Matilde Téllez Robles (secular name)

Born:	1841.05.30 (Robledillo de la Vera, Spain)
Died:	1902.12.17 (Don Benito, Spain † 61)
Beatified:	2004.03.21

Religious and founder of Daughters of Mary Mother of the Church.

Blessed Matteo, O.P.
Giovanni Francesco Carreri (secular name)

Born:	1420 (Mantova, Italy)
Died:	1470.10.05 (Vigevano, Italy † 50)
Beatified:	1625.12.02 (equipollently)

Priest of Order of Preachers (Dominicans).

Blessed Matteo Guimerà, O.F.M.

Born:	1376 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1400
Consecrated Bishop:	1443.06.30
Died:	1450.01.07 (Palermo, Italy † 74)
Beatified:	1767.02.22 (equipollently)

Bishop of Agrigento (Italy) (1442.09.17 – 1445)

Bishop and religious of Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans).

Blessed Matthaeus Alvarez Anjin
マテオ・アルバレス (日本語)

Born:	(Japan)
Died:	1628.09.08 🩸 (Nagasaki, Japan)
Beatified:	1867.07.07

Martyr. Layperson of Nagasaki. Member of Lay Dominicans and Secular Franciscans.

Blessed Matthaeus Choe In-gil
최인길 마티아 (한국어)
崔仁吉 (正體中文)

Born:	1764 (Seoul, South Korea)
Died:	1795.06.28 🩸 (Seoul, South Korea † 31)
Beatified:	2014.08.16 (Seoul, South Korea)

Martyr. Layperson.

Blessed Matthaeus Kim Hyeon-u
김현우 마태오 (한국어)
金顯禹 (正體中文)

Born:	1775 (Myeongraebang, Seoul, South Korea)
Died:	1801.07.02 🩸 (Small West Gate, Seoul, South Korea † 26)
Beatified:	2014.08.16 (Seoul, South Korea)

Martyr. Layperson.

Saint Matthaeus Kohyōe, O.P.
マテオ・デル・ロザリオ小兵衛 (日本語)

Born:	1615 (Arima, Hyogo, Japan)
Died:	1633.10.19 🩸 (Nishizaka, Nagasaki, Japan † 18)
Beatified:	1981.02.18 (Manila, Philippines)
Canonised:	1987.10.18

Martyr. Novice of Order of Preachers (Dominicans).

Blessed Matthaeus Yu Jung-seong
유중성 마태오 (한국어)
柳重誠 (正體中文)

Born:	1784? (Jeonju, Jeolla-do, South Korea)
Died:	1802.01.31 🩸 (Jeonju, Jeolla-do, South Korea † 18)
Beatified:	2014.08.16 (Seoul, South Korea)

Martyr. Layperson.

Saint Matthêô Lê Văn Gẫm

Born:	1813? (Gò Công, Biên Hòa, Vietnam)
Died:	1847.05.11 🩸 (Chợ Ðŭi, Dong Nai, Vietnam † 34)
Beatified:	1900.05.27
Canonised:	1988.06.19

Martyr. Layperson of Cochin. Married.

Saint Matthêô Nguyễn Văn Đắc (Phượng)

Born:	1808? (Kẻ Lái, Quảng Bình, Vietnam)
Died:	1861.05.26 🩸 (near Ðồng Hới, Quảng Bình, Vietnam † 53)
Beatified:	1909.05.02
Canonised:	1988.06.19

Martyr. Layperson of Northern Cochin. Married.

Saint Matthew

Born:	I century (Capernaum, Israel)
Died:	I century 🩸 (Hierapolis, Turkey)

Martyr. Apostle of Jesus Christ. Evangelist.

Blessed Matthew Flathers

Born:	1560 (Weston, near Otley, West Yorkshire, England)
Died:	1608.03.21 🩸 (York, North Yorkshire, England † 48)
Beatified:	1987.11.22

Martyr. Priest of London.

Blessed Matthew Lambert
Maitiú Laimpeart (Gaeilge)

Born:	(Wexford, Ireland)
Died:	1581.07.05 🩸 (Wexford, Ireland)
Beatified:	1992.09.27

Martyr. Layperson of Ferns.

Blessed Matthias
マチアス (日本語)

Born:	1572? (Kazusagoko, Japan)
Died:	1620.05.27 🩸 (Nagasaki, Japan † 48)
Beatified:	1867.07.07

Martyr. Layperson of Nagasaki. Member of Confraternity of the Rosary.

Saint Matthias

Died:	80? 🩸 (Jerusalem, Israel)
Born:	I century (Judaea, Israel)

Martyr. Apostle. Replacement for Judas Iscariot.

Blessed Matthias Araki Hyōzaemon
マチアス荒木 (日本語)

Born:	1593? (Kuchinotsu, Japan)
Died:	1626.07.12 🩸 (Nagasaki, Japan † 33)
Beatified:	1867.07.07

Martyr. Layperson of Nagasaki.

Blessed Matthias Choe Yeo-gyeom
최여겸 마티아 (한국어)
崔汝謙 (正體中文)

Born:	1763 (Mujang, Jeolla-do, South Korea)
Died:	1801.08.27 🩸 (Mujang, Jeolla-do, South Korea † 38)
Beatified:	2014.08.16 (Seoul, South Korea)

Martyr. Layperson.

Saint Matthias de Miyako
マチアス (日本語)

Born:	(Kyōto, Japan)
Died:	1597.02.05 🩸 (Nishizaka, Nagasaki, Japan)
Beatified:	1627.09.14
Canonised:	1862.06.08

Martyr. Layperson of Nagasaki. Member of Secular Franciscans.

Saint Matthias Feng De
馮德・穆迪 (正體中文)

Born:	1855? (Xiaobashi, Shuo Co., Shanxi, China)
Died:	1900.07.09 🩸 (Taiyuan, Shanxi, China † 45)
Beatified:	1946.11.24
Canonised:	2000.10.01

Martyr. Seminarian of Northern Shansi 山西北境. Married. Member of Secular Franciscans.

Blessed Matthias Itō Hikosuke
マチアス彦助 (日本語)

Born:	(Yonezawa, Yamagata, Japan)
Died:	1629.01.12 🩸 (Okusanbara, Yonezawa, Yamagata, Japan)
Beatified:	2008.11.24 (Nagasaki, Japan)

Martyr. Layperson of Niigata. Married. Son of Blessed Maria Itō.

Saint Matthias Kalemba Mulumba Wante
Matiya (Kiswahili)

Born:	1836? (Busoga (Kamuli-Jinja), Uganda)
Died:	1886.05.30 🩸 (Old Kampala, Mpigi, Uganda † 50)
Beatified:	1920.06.06
Canonised:	1964.10.18

Martyr. Layperson.

Blessed Matthias Kozasa
マチアス小坂 (日本語)

Born:	(Ōmura, Nagasaki, Japan)
Died:	1619.11.27 🩸 (Nagasaki, Japan)
Beatified:	1867.07.07

Martyr. Layperson of Nagasaki. Member of Confraternity of the Rosary.

Blessed Matthias Nakano
マチアス申野 (日本語)

Born:	(Ōmura, Nagasaki, Japan)
Died:	1619.11.27 🩸 (Nagasaki, Japan)
Beatified:	1867.07.07

Martyr. Layperson of Nagasaki. Member of Confraternity of the Rosary.

Blessed Matthias Pak Sang-geun
박상근 마티아 (한국어)

Born:	1837 (Mungyeong, Gyeongsang-do, South Korea)
Died:	1867.01 🩸 (Sangju, Gyeongsang-do, South Korea † 30)
Beatified:	2014.08.16 (Seoul, South Korea)

Martyr. Layperson.

Blessed Matthias Shōbara Ichizaemon
マチアス庄原市左衛門 (日本語)

Born:	1587? (Aki (Hiroshima), Japan)
Died:	1624.02.17 🩸 (Hiroshima, Japan † 37)
Beatified:	2008.11.24 (Nagasaki, Japan)

Martyr. Layperson of Hiroshima.

Blessed Mattia Nazareni, O.S.C.

Born:	1253.03.01 (Matelica, Italy)
Died:	1320.12.28 (Matelica, Italy † 67)
Beatified:	1765.07.27 (equipollently)

Abbess of Poor Clares.

Blessed Maur, O.P.

Died:	1260.06.02 🩸 (Sandomierz, Poland)
Beatified:	1807.10.18 (equipollently)

Martyr. Cleric of Order of Preachers (Dominicans).

Saint Maurice d’Agaune

Born:	(Thebes, Egypt)
Died:	287 🩸 (Agaunum, Switzerland)

Martyr. Layperson. Commander of the Theban legion.

Blessed Maurice Mackenraghty
Muiris Mac Ionrachtaigh (Gaeilge)

Born:	(Kilmallock, Limerick, Ireland)
Died:	1585.04.20 🩸 (Clonmel, Ireland)
Beatified:	1992.09.27

Martyr. Priest of Limerick.

Blessed Maurice Tornay, C.R.B.
杜仲賢 (正體中文)

Born:	1910.08.31 (Rosière, Valais, Switzerland)
Ordained Priest:	1938.04.24
Died:	1949.08.11 🩸 (Cho La, Sichuan, China † 38)
Beatified:	1993.05.16

Martyr. Priest of Canons Regular of the Hospitaller Congregation of Great Saint Bernard.

Blessed Mauricio Íñiguez de Heredia Alzola, O.H.

Born:	1877.02.08 (Dallo, Ávila, Spain)
Died:	1936.08.28 🩸 (Barcelona, Spain † 59)
Beatified:	2013.10.13 (Tarragona, Spain)

Martyr. Religious of Order of the Hospitallers of Saint John of God.

Blessed Maurilio del Niño Jesús, C.P.
Murilio Macho Rodríguez (secular name)

Born:	1915.03.15 (Villafría, Burgos, Spain)
Died:	1936.07.23 🩸 (Carabanchel Bajo, Madrid, Spain † 21)
Beatified:	1989.10.01

Martyr. Religious of Congregation of the Passion (Passionists).

Blessed Maurilio Tobar González, C.M.

Born:	1869.09.14 (Tardajos, Burgos, Spain)
Died:	1936.10.29 🩸 (Madrid, Spain † 67)
Beatified:	2017.11.11 (Madrid, Spain)

Martyr. Priest of Congregation of the Mission (Vincentians, Lazarists).

Saint Mauro, O.S.B.

Born:	516 (Roma, Italy)
Died:	584.01.15 (Angers, France † 68)

Abbot and religious of Benedictine Confederation of the Order of Saint Benedict (Benedictines).

Saint Mauro de Valencia

Died:

283 🩸 (Valencia, Spain)

Martyr. Layperson.

Blessed Mauro Palazuelos Maruri, O.S.B.

Born:	1903.10.26 (Peñacastillo, Santander, Spain)
Died:	1936.08.28 🩸 (Barbastro, Huesca, Spain † 32)
Beatified:	2013.10.13 (Tarragona, Spain)

Martyr. Priest of Solesmes Congregation.

Saint Máxima

Died:

303? 🩸 (Lisboa, Portugal)

Martyr. Layperson.

Blessed Máxima de San José, A.A.S.C.
Emilia Echeverría Fernández (secular name)

Born:	1881.04.05 (Dicastillo, Navarra, Spain)
Died:	1936.11.10 🩸 (Madrid, Spain † 55)
Beatified:	2007.10.28

Martyr. Religious of Sisters Adorers Handmaids of Charity and of the Blessed Sacrament.

Saint Maximiano

Died:

363 (Antioch, Turkey)

Layperson.

Saint Maximilian Kolbe, O.F.M. Conv.
Maksymilian Maria Kolbe

Born:	1894.01.08 (Zduńska Wola, Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1918.04.28
Died:	1941.08.14 🩸 (Auschwitz-Birkenau, Poland † 47)
Beatified:	1971.10.17
Canonised:	1982.10.10

Martyr. Priest of Order of Friars Minor Conventual (Conventual Franciscans).

Saint Maximin de Besançon

Canonised:

1900.11.24 (equipollently)

Bishop of Besançon (France) (280? – ?)

Bishop.

Blessed Maximino Fernández Marínas, O.P.

Born:	1867.11.02 (Casteñedo de Valdés, Luarca, Asturias, Spain)
Died:	1936.08.05 🩸 (Madrid, Spain † 68)
Beatified:	2007.10.28

Martyr. Priest of Order of Preachers (Dominicans).

Blessed Máximo, S.P. ad V.
José Franco Ruiz (secular name)

Born:	1906.03.24 (Sotragero, Burgos, Spain)
Died:	1936.07.27 🩸 (Pallejà, Barcelona, Spain † 30)
Beatified:	2018.11.10 (Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain)

Martyr. Religious of Congregation of Saint Peter in Chains.

Blessed Máximo Valle García, O.E.S.A.

Born:	1915.12.30 (Villanueva de Abajo, Palencia, Spain)
Died:	1936.11.30 🩸 (Paracuellos de Jarama, Madrid, Spain † 20)
Beatified:	2007.10.28

Martyr. Religious of Order of Hermits of Saint Augustine (Augustinian Hermits).

Saint Mbaga Tuzinde

Born:	1869? (Busiro (Mpigi), Uganda)
Died:	1886.06.03 🩸 (Namugongo, Mpigi, Uganda † 17)
Beatified:	1920.06.06
Canonised:	1964.10.18

Martyr. Layperson.

Blessed Medart, O.P.

Died:	1260.06.02 🩸 (Sandomierz, Poland)
Beatified:	1807.10.18 (equipollently)

Martyr. Religious of Order of Preachers (Dominicans).

Saint Meinhard, C.R.S.A.

Born:	1134 (Germany)
Died:	1196.10.11 (Riga, Latvia † 62)
Canonised:	1993.09.08 (Riga, Latvia) (equipollently)

Bishop of Üxküll (Latvia) (1186 – 1196.10.11)

Bishop and religious of Canons Regular of Saint Augustine.

Saint Meinrad von Einsiedeln

Born:	797?
Died:	861.01.21 🩸 (Einsiedeln, Switzerland † 64)

Martyr. Hermit.

Blessed Melchior Kumagai Motonao
メルキョル熊谷豊前守元直 (日本語)

Born:	1554? (Miiri, Aki, Kōchi, Japan)
Died:	1605.08.16 🩸 (Hagi, Yamaguchi, Japan † 51)
Beatified:	2008.11.24 (Nagasaki, Japan)

Martyr. Layperson of Hiroshima. Married.

Saint Melchizedek

Died:

B.C.

King of Salem and priest.

Blessed Melchor de San Agustín Sánchez Pérez, O.A.R.

Born:	1599 (Granada, Spain)
Died:	1632.12.11 🩸 (Nagasaki, Japan † 33)
Beatified:	1989.04.23

Martyr. Priest of Order of Augustinian Recollects (Augustinian Recollects).

Blessed Melchor del Espíritu Santo, O.SS.T.
Melchor Rodríguez Villastrigo (secular name)

Born:	1899.01.28 (Laguna de Negrillos, León, Spain)
Died:	1936.09.24 🩸 (Cuenca, Spain † 37)
Beatified:	2007.10.28

Martyr. Priest of Order of the Most Holy Trinity and of the Captives (Trinitarians).

Blessed Melchor del Niño Jesús, O.C.D.
Melchor Martín Monge (secular name)

Born:	1914.07.18 (San Pedro de Consoles, Palencia, Spain)
Died:	1936.07.31 🩸 (“Los Cobertizos,” Toledo, Spain † 22)
Beatified:	2007.10.28

Martyr. Religious of Order of Discalced Carmelites (Teresian Carmelites).

Blessed Melchor Martínez Antuña, O.E.S.A.

Born:	1889.04.07 (San Juan de Arenas, Asturias, Spain)
Died:	1936.11.30 🩸 (Paracuellos de Jarama, Madrid, Spain † 47)
Beatified:	2007.10.28

Martyr. Priest of Order of Hermits of Saint Augustine (Augustinian Hermits).

Blessed Melchora Adoración Cortés Bueno, F.d.C.

Born:	1894.05.04 (Sos del Rey Católico, Spain)
Died:	1936.08.12 🩸 (Puerta de Hierro, Aravaca, Madrid, Spain † 42)
Beatified:	2013.10.13 (Tarragona, Spain)

Martyr. Religious of Daughters of Charity.

Blessed Melecio Pardo Llorente, C.M.F.

Born:	1913.08.03 (Cháves, Valladolid, Spain)
Died:	1936.07.28 🩸 (Fernán Caballero, Ciudad Real, Spain † 22)
Beatified:	2013.10.13 (Tarragona, Spain)

Martyr. Religious of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Claretians).

Saint Melichar Grodecki, S.J.
Menyhért Grodziecki (Magyar)

Born:	1584 (Tešín, Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1614
Died:	1619.09.07 🩸 (Košice, Slovakia † 35)
Beatified:	1905.01.15
Canonised:	1995.07.02 (Kosice, Slovakia)

Martyr. Priest of Society of Jesus (Jesuits).

Blessed Melitón Martínez Gómez

Born:	1878.03.10 (Jérez del Marquesado, Granada, Spain)
Died:	1936.09.18 🩸 (Cuesta de la Reina, Nacimiento, Almería, Spain † 58)
Beatified:	2017.03.25 (Almería, Spain)

Martyr. Priest of Guadix.

Blessed Mencia
メンシア (日本語)

Born:	(Ōmi (Shiga), Japan)
Died:	1619.10.06 🩸 (Kyōto (Miyako), Japan)
Beatified:	2008.11.24 (Nagasaki, Japan)

Martyr. Layperson of Kyoto. Widow.

Saint Ménelée de Menat

Born:	654? (Anjou, France)
Died:	720? (France † 66)

Abbot. Abbot of Menat.

Saint Menna del Sannio

Died:

583 (Vitulano, Italy)

Hermit.

Blessed Mercedes Molina y Ayala, R.M.

Born:	1828.09.24 (Baba, Ecuador)
Died:	1883.06.12 (Riobamba, Ecuador † 54)
Beatified:	1985.02.01 (Guayaquil, Ecuador)

Religious and founder of Institute of the Sisters of St. Mary Ann of Jesus.

Saint Methodius
Metodio
Michael (secular name)

Born:	815 (Thessalonica, Greece)
Died:	885.04.06 (Velehrad, Czechia † 70)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Srijem (Serbia) (870? – ?)

Archbishop. Brother of Saint Cyril.

Blessed Metod, C.SS.R.
Dominik Trčka (secular name)

Born:	1886.07.06 (Frýdlant nad Ostravicí, Czechia)
Ordained Priest:	1910.07.17
Died:	1959.03.23 🩸 (Leopoldov, Slovakia † 72)
Beatified:	2001.11.04

Martyr. Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (Redemptorists).