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Maanahem, relation of King Herod Macarius of Antioch, Martyr Macarius of Ghent Macarius of Kanev (of Ordez), Founder of the Church of the Dormition in Ordez Macarius the Great (the Elder), Abbot of Skete, Egypt Macarius, a Lybian martyred in Alexandria Macarius, Martyr Macarius, Patriarch of Jerusalem Machar, Bishop of Aberdeen, Apostle of the Picts Machutus, Welsh Bishop of Aleth (Maclou or Malo of Brittany) Macra (Magra), Virgin martyred near Rheims Macrina the Elder, Grandmother of Basil the Great, Gregory of Nyssa, & Peter of Sebaste Macrina the Younger, Church Mother, sister of Basil, Gregory of Nyssa, & Peter of Sebaste Maddalena Caterina Morano, Salesian Nun Madeleine Sophie Barat, Foundress of the Madames of the Sacred Heart Magdalena Atridino Magdalena of Nagasaki, third order Augustinian, Virgin and Martyr Magdalene of Cannossa, Foundress of the Connossan Daughters of Charity Magi - Balthazar, Gasper (aka Casper) and Melchior Maginus of Tarragona, Hermit, Martyr, Apostle of Tarragona and its Patron Saint Magloire, Bishop of Dol in Brittany Magnus of Rome, Deacon and Martyr Magnus, Bishop of Trani, Martyr Magnus, Governor of the Orkneys and Martyr Majolus (Mayeul), African Martyr Majora, Martyr Malachy O’More, Archbishop of Armagh and Cistercian Malard (Malchard), Bishop of Chartres Mamas of Caesarea, Martyr Mamertus, Archbishop of Vienne Mande (Manudez) Manequilda of Chalons, Virgin Manettus dell’ Antella, One of the Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order Manno (Manetus, Manasses) De Guzman, Dominican, older brother of St. Dominic Mansuetus (Mansuy), First Bishop of Toul Mansuetus, Archbishop of Milan Manuel Gonzalez Garcia, Bishop of Palencia Manuel Moralez, Mexican Layman, Husband and Father, Cristero Martyr Manuel, Martyr Marana of Berea, Syrian Ascetic Virgin Marcelina Kotowicz Darowska, Co-foundress of the Sisters of the Immaculate Conception Marcellian, Martyr Marcellianus, Martyr Marcellin Champagnat, Priest, Founder of the Marist Brothers Marcellina of Trier, Virgin, Sister of St. Ambrose Marcellinus Marcellinus of Rome, Priest and Martyr Marcellinus, Bishop of Embrun Marcellinus, Bishop of Puy-en-Velay Marcellinus, Pope and Martyr Marcellus I, Pope Marcellus of Capua, Martyr Marcellus of Rome, Martyr Marcellus of Tangier, Soldier and Martyr Marchelmus, Bishop Marciana of Albi, Virgin Marciana of Mauretania, Virgin and Martyr Marcianus, First Bishop of Tortona, Martyr Marcianus, Syrian Hermit Marculf (Marcouf), Abbot of Nantes Marek Krizin (Korosy of Krizevacanin), Croatian Priest, Martyred in Košice, Slovakia Margaret Margaret (Marina) of Antioch, Virgin and Martyr Margaret Ball, Mayoress of Dublin, Martyr Margaret Clitherow, Lay Woman, Martyred in York Margaret Mary Alacoque, Visionary Nun of the Visitation Order Margaret of Cortona, Penitent, Franciscan Nun Margaret of Hungary, Princess, Dominican Nun Margaret Plantagenet Pole, Countess of Salisbury, Martyr Margaret Sinclair (Mary Frances of the Five Wounds), Scottish Poor Clare Margaret Ward, English Martyr Margaret, Queen of Scotland Marguerite Bourgeoys, Founders of the Sisters of the Congregation of Notre Dame Marguerite D’Youville, Widow, Foundress of the Grey Nuns, Canada’s First Saint Maria (Paula) di Rosa, Superior of the Handmaids of Charity Maria Angela (Sophia Camille) Truszkowska, Foundress of the Felician Sisters Maria Anna Sala, a Sister of St. Marcellina, died of throat cancer Maria Antonia Bandres Elosigui, Daughter of Jesus Maria Assunta Pallotta, Franciscan of Mary, Missionary to China Maria Bernarda (Verena) Butlet, foundress Franciscan Missionaries of Mary, Help of Sinners Maria Bertilla Boscardin, Nursing Nun, Member of the Teachers of St. Dorothy Maria De La Cabeza, Wife of St. Isidore the Farmer Maria De La Yglesia Varo, Spanish Piarist Nun, Educator, Martyr Maria Di Mattias, Foundress of the Adorers of the Precious Blood Maria Domenica Mantovani, co-foundress of the Little Sisters of the Holy Family Maria Gabriella Sagheddu, Italian Trappistine Nun Maria Goretti, Martyr Maria Josefa (Benedetta) Rossello, Foundress of the Daughters of Our Lady of Mercy Maria Josefa of the Heart of Jesus, Sancho de Guerra, First Basque Saint Maria Lopez de Rivas Martinez, Spanish Discalced Carmelite Nun Maria Maravillas de Jesus, Discalced Carmelite Nun Maria of the Angels (Maria Fontanella), Carmelite Nun Maria Rosa Flesch Maria Sagrario de San Luis Gonzaga, Spanish Carmelite Prioress, Martyr Maria Teresa Scrilli, foundress of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Maria Terese Fasce of Cascia (Marietta), Augustinian Nun Maria Teresia Ledóchowska, Foundress of the Sodality of St. Peter Claver for the African Missions and the Liberation of Slaves Maria Vicenta de Santa Dorotea Chavez Orozco, Mexican Foundress of the Servants of the Holy Trinity and the Poor Mariam of Jesus Crucified Bouardy, Carmelite Mystic Marian (Marianus), Lector, Martyr of Numidia, Companion of St. James Marianne Cope, Franciscan sister who ministered to the lepers in Molokai Mariano de Jesus Euse Hoyos, Columbian Diocesan Priest Marianus, Bishop of Syracuse Marie Anne (Esther) Blandin, Canadian, Foundess of the Sisters of St. Anne Marie Celine (Jeanne-Germaine) Chastang, Poor Clare Nun Marie d’Oignies of Nivelles, Beguine Marie Joseph Cassant, Trappist Priest Marie Leonie (Alodie) Paradis, Foundress of the Little Sisters of the Holy Family (Canada) Marie of the Incarnation (Barbara Acarie) Brought the Discalced Carmelites to France Marie Rivier, Foundress of the Sisters of the Presentation Marie-Anne Piedcourt, “Sister of Jesus Crucified”, eldest of the Martyred Carmelites of Compiegne Marie-Eugenie de Jesus Milleret de Brou, Foundress of the Religious of the Assumption Marie-Euphrasie Pelletier, Foundress of the Institute of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd Marina of Omura, Japanese Dominican Tertiary, Martyr Marino, Confessor Marino, Deacon and Stone-carver, Patron of San Marino Marinus of Rome, Martyr Marinus, Hermit, Patron of San Marino Marinus, Martyr Marius, Persian Martyr Mark the Evangelist Mark Fantucci, Franciscan Vicar General Mark the Gravedigger, Monk of the Great Lavra of the Caves in Kiev Mark, Martyr Mark, Martyr Mark, Pope Marolas, Bishop of Milan, Martyr Maron, Syrian Monk, Founder of the Maronites Marquard, Bishop of Hildesheim, Martyr Marta Anna Wiecka, Polish Vincentian Sister Martha of Bethany (vestibule of the large church and under her painting) Martha of Persia, Virgin and Martyr Martial, First Bishop of Limogues Martianus, Bishop of Benevento Martin de Porres, Dominican Lay Brother Martin I, Pope Martin of Vertou, Abbot Martin, Bishop of Braga Martin, Bishop of Tours Martin, Bishop of Vienne Martina of Rome, Virgin and Martyr Martinian of Caesarea, Palestinian Hermit, died in Athens Martyred Benedictine Monks of El Pueyo Martyred Woman and Her Seven Sons in 2 Maccabees (their Orthodox names)      Abim      Alimus      Antonius      Eleazar      Eusebonus      Gurias      Marcellus      Solomonia Martyrs of the Armenian Holocaust of 1915 Martyrs of Agde, diocese of Montpellier, France      Florentia      Modestus      Tiberius Martyrs of Antioch     Alphaeus, Lecton and Exorcist     Barulas     Romanus, Deacon      Zacchaeus, Deacon Martyred in Asia     Agatha Lim – China     Andrew Kim – Korea     Augustine Schoeffler – Viet Nam     Etienne Cuenot – Viet Nam     Gabriel Dufresse – China     Jacques Chastain – Korea     Jean Louis Bonnard – Korea     Just de Bretenieres – Korea     Pierre Maubert – Korea     Theophane Venard – China Martyred Family from Attala, Asia Minor     Hesperus (father)     Zoe (mother)     Cyriacus (son)     Theodulus (son) Martyrs of Campania     Ariston     Crescencianus     Felicissimus     Felix Martyrs of Carthage     Flavianus     Julianus     Lucius     Montanus     Victoricus Martyrs of Chalcadon     Ismail     Manuel     Sabel Martyrs of Crete     Agatopus     Basilides     Cleomenes     Eunicianus     Euporus     Evaristus     Gelasius     Saturninus     Theodulus     Zoticus Martyrs of Cuncolim, India, July 15, 1583     Alphonsus (Alfonso) Pacheco     Anthony Francis     Francis Aranha     Peter Berno     Rudolph (Rodolfo) Aquaviva, Jesuit Missionary Priest Martyrs of Cyzicus    Antipater    Artemas    Magnus    Philemon    Rufus    Thaumasius    Theodotus    Theognes    Theostichus Martyrs from Egypt     Ateus     Dioscoros     Heron     Isidore 3 Carmelite Martyrs of Guadalajara     Maria Angeles of St. Joseph     Maria Pilar of St. Francis Borgia     Teresa of the Infant Jesus Martyrs of Gorkum     Adrianus van Hilvarenbeek     Andreas Wouters     Antonius van Hoornaar     Antonius van Weert     Cornelius van Wijk     Franciscus de Roye     Godfrey (Godefridus) van Duynen     Godfried van Melveren     Hieronymus van Weert     Jacobus Lacops     Johannes Lenaerts     Johannes of Cologne (van Hoornaer)     Leonardus van Veghel     Nicasius Janssen van Heeze     Nicolaas Pieck     Nicolaas Poppel     Petrus van Assche     Theodorus van der Eem     Willehad of Denmark Martyrs of Granada     Caecilius, First Bishop and Martyr     Patricius     Septentrius Martyrs of Motril – parish priest and 7 Augustinian Recollets:     Manuel Martiun Serra     Julian Benigno Moreno, O.A.R.     Deogracias Palacios, O.A.R.     Jose Ricardo Diaz, O.A.R.     Vincente Soler, O.A.R.     Jose Rada, O.A.R.     Leon Inchausti, O.A.R.     Vicente Pinilla, O.A.R. Martyr of Trier Martyrs,10,000 of Persia Martyrs of Nowogrodek, Poland, sisters (11 Holy Family of Nazareth Sisters)     Adela Mardosewicz (M. Stella) Superior, age 54     Anna Kokolowicz (M. Rajmunda) age 50     Eleonora Aniela Jozwik (M. Daniela) age 48     Eugenia Mackiewicz (M. Kanizja) age 39     Helena Cierpka (M. Gwidona) age 43     Jadwiga Karolina Zak (M. Imelda) age 50     Jozefa Chrobot (M. Kanuta) age 47     Julia Rapiej (M. Sergia) age 42     Leokadia Matuszewska (M. Heliodora) age 37     Paulina Borowik (M. Felicyta) age 37     Weronika Narmontowicz (M. Boromea) age 26 Martyrs of Otranto Martyrs of the 1871 Paris Commune     Archbishop Georges Darboy of Paris     Abbe’ Becourt     Father Brouard     Father Caubert     Father Clerc     Abbe’ Deguerry, Pastor of La Madeleine     Father De Benguy     Father Ducoudray, part of his cassock worn in prison, April & May, 1871     Abbe’ Houillon     Father Neomede     Abbe’ Olivaint     Father Planchat     Father Radigue     Father Rouchouse     Abbe’ Sabatier     Abbe’ Seigneuret     Father Tardieu     Father Tufier Martyrs of the Paris Commune – 5 Jesuit Priests     A. Clerc     A. De Bengny     J. Caubert     L. Ducoudray     Pierre Olivaint Martyrs of Pratulin (13) Wincenty Lewoniuk and his Companions Scillitan Martyrs Forty Martyrs of Sebaste     Acacius     Aetius     Aglaius     Alexander     Angius     Athanasius     Candidus     Chudion     Claudius     Cyril     Cyrion     Dometian     Domnus     Ecditius     Elias     Eunooicus     Eutyches     Eutychius     Flavius     Gaius     Gorgonius     Helianus     Heraclius     Hesychius     John     Lysimachus     Meliton     Nicholas     Philoctimon     Priscus    Sacerdon     Severian     Sisinius     Smaragdus     Theodulus     Theophilus     Valens     Valerius     Vivianus     Xantheas Martyrs of Segovia     Engracia     Fructos     Valentine Martyrs of Shanxi, China, sisters (7 Franciscan Missionaries of Mary)     Anna Dierk (Maria Adolphina)     Anne Moreau (Marie of Saint-Just)     Clelia Nanetti (Maria Clara)     Irma Grivot (Marie Ermellina of Jesus)     Jeanne-Marie Kuergin (Marie of Sainte-Nathalie)     Marianna Giulianni (Maria of Peace)     Pauline Jeuris (Marie Amandine) Martyrs of Spoleto Martyrs of Talavera     Christeta     Sabina     Vincent Martyrs of Thailand     Agatha Phutta, unmarried woman, helper in the kitchen     Agnes Phila, nun, a member of the Congregation of the Lovers of the Cross     Bibiana Khamphai, age fifteen     Cecilia Butsi, age sixteen     Lucia Khambang, nun, a member of the same congregation     Maria Phon, age fourteen     Philip Siphong, “the man of oak”, lay religious leader of Songkhon Martyrs of Thessalonika     Agape     Anysia     Aristarchus     Matrona Martyrs of Tripoli     Hypatius     Leontius     Publius     Theodulus Martyrs of Vietnam     Peter DuMoulin Borie, French Bishop     Augustin Schoeffer, French Priest     Martin Ta Du Thih, Priest     Francois Jaccard, French Priest     John Gabriel Perboyre, French Priest     Peter Le Tuy, Priest     Peter Nguyen Dich Laic, Priest     Peter Truong Van Duong, Catechist    Jean Charles Cornay, French Priest*    Jean Louis Bonnard, Frech Priest Martyrs of Vietnam     Valentine Berriochoa, O.P., Basque Bishop     Dom     Francis Gil de Federich, O.P., Catalonian Priest     Jacinto Castaneda, O.P., Spanish Priest     Jerome Hermosilla, Spanish Bishop     Joseph Canh Luang Hoang     Joseph Khang, physician     Joseph Vien Dinh Dang     Matthew Alonzo Leziniona, O.P., Spanish Priest     Peter Almato’ i. Ribera, O.P., Catalonian Priest     Thomas De Van Nguyen     Vicente Liem de la Paz Martyrs of Vietnam      Father Francois-Isidore Gagelin      Matthew Gam Van Le      Peter Duone Van Truong     Andrew Dung-Lac An Tran     Father Jean Charles Cornay*     John Baptist Con     Joseph Uyen Dinh Nguyen     Luke Loan Ba Vu     Martin Thinh Duc Ta     Peter Thi Van Truong Phan     Pierre Dumoulin-Borie     Simon Hoa Dac Phan M. Michaela Desmaisieres y Lopez de Dicastillo, Foundress of the Handmaids of the Blessed Sacrament Maruthas, Bishop of Maiperkat (Tagrit), Mesopotamia Mary Catherine Kasper Mary Elizabeth Hesselblad, Foundress, Returned the Brigittines to Sweden Mary Frances of the five Wounds of Jesus (Anna Maria Gallo), Franciscan Stigmatic, Mystic Mary Magdalene (Julia Frances Catherine) Postel, Foundress of the Daughters of Mercy Mary Magdalene dei Pazzi, Carmelite Mystic Mary Magdalene, Apostle to the Apostles Mary Mazzarello, Foundress of the Salesian Sisters Mary of Bethany Mary of Cleophas Mary of Edessa, Syria, Harlot, Penitent Mary of Egypt, Penitent Mary of the Divine Heart (Maria Droste zu Vischering) Sister of the Good Shepherd Mary Salome Mary Theresa (Josephine) Dudzik, Foundress of the Franciscan Sisters of Chicago Massabki Brothers, 3 Maronite Martyrs Massabki Brothers, 3 Maronite Martyrs Massabki Brothers, 3 Maronite Martyrs Mateo Correa Magallanes, Priest, Cristero Martyr Maternus, Bishop of Cologne Maternus, Bishop of Milan Matilda, Queen of Germany Matrona of Moscow Matthew Talbot, Patron of Alcoholics Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist Matthia De Nazzarei, Poor Clare Abbess Matthias Molumba, Ugandan Martyr Matthias the Apostle Matthias, Patriarch of Jerusalem Maudentius (Maudez), Irish Abbot Maughold (Macaldus), Former Pirate, Bishop, Patron of the Isle of Man Maura of Ireland, Martyr Maura of Troyes, Virgin and Martyr Maura, Scottish Princess, martyred in Picardy with her sister Brigid (Britta) Maurice, Solider and Martyr Maurus Maurus, Benedictine Abbot of Subiaco Maurus, Bishop of Casana Maxima, Martyr Maxima, Virgin and Martyr Maximianus, Archbishop of Ravenna Maximianus, Bishop of Bagai, North Africa Maximianus, Bishop of Syracuse Maximilia, Martyr Maximilian (Raymond) Kolbe, Conventual Franciscan Priest, Martyred in Auschwicz Maximilian of Tebessa, Martyr, Numidian Soldier, Conscientious Objector Maximus Maximus of Cuma, Martyr Maximus the Confessor (Homologetes), Abbot and Father of the Church Maximus, 4th Bishop of Nola Maximus, Bishop of Mainz Maximus, Bishop of Turin Maximus, Patriarch of Jerusalem Mayeul, Abbot of Cluny Mechtilde (Matilda) of Hackeborn, Benedictine Nun of Helfta convent, Mystic Medard, Bishop of Noyon and Tournai Mederic (Merry) Abbot Mederic (Merry), Monk and Hermit Méen, (Mevennus), Welsh Abbot, who founded the St. Méen Abbey in Brittany Meinrad of Einsiedeln, Swiss Hermit Melaine (Melanius), Bishop of Vannes, Brittany Melania the Younger Melanippus, Martyr Melanius (Melaine), Bishop of Rennes Melanius, Bishop Melas (Melantius), Bishop of Rhinolura Melchior Grodecz (Grodziecky), Czech Jesuit Priest, martyred in Košice, Slovakia Melchior, one of the Three Magi Meletius, Patriarch of Antioch Melito, Bishop of Sardis, Father of the Church Menas of Egypt, Great Martyr Menas, Patriarch of Constantinople Menehould, Virgin Mercurial, Bishop of Forli Mercurius of Cappadocia, Soldier, the Great Martyr Meritus of Mauretania, Soldier and Martyr Mesrop Mashtotz, Armenian Monk, Creator of the Armenian Alphabet Methodius of Olympus, Bishop, Church Father, Martyr Methodius, Bishop, Brother of Cyril, Missionary to the Slavs Metron of Verona, Priest Metrophanes of Byzantium, First Patriarch of Constantinople Michael de Sanctis, Trinitarian Priest and Ecstatic Michael Joseph McGivney, American Priest, Founder of the Knights of Columbus Michael of Klopov, Russian Fool for Christ Michael Rua, Salesian Priest, dear friend of St. John Bosco Michael Syncelle, Monk at St. Sabas, Jerusalem Michael the Archangel (stones from the grotto of apparitions at Monte Sant’ Angelo, Italy) Michal Tomaszek, Conventual Franciscan Priest, Martyr Miguel Augustin Pro, Mexican Jesuit Martyr Miguel De La Mora, Mexican Priest, Cristero Martyr Miguel Febres Cordero, Ecuadoran Christian Brother Miguel Gomez Loza, Mexican Layman, Cristero Martyr Mikhail Yaroslavich, Prince of Tver, Martyr Milburga, Abbess of Wenlock, sister of St. Mildred Mildred, Benedictine Abbess of Minster-at-Thanet, Sister of St. Milburga Miltiades (Melchiades), Pope and Martyr Minias (Miniato) of Florence, Soldier, Martyr Miriam Teresa Demjanovich, American Reuthenian Sister of Charity Mirocles, First Archbishop of Milan Miropa of Chios, Martyr Mobilia, Martyr Moderan (Moran), Bishop of Rennes, Brittany Modestinus, Martyr Modestus, Bishop of Trier Modestus, Martyr Molaise (Laserian), Irish Abbot of Leighlin, Co. Carlow Moloc, Moluag, Lua of Lismore, Irish Abbot in Scotland Monica, Widow and Mother of St. Augustine of Hippo Moninne, Abbess of Killeavy, Ireland Monon of Nassogne, Irish Hermit in Belgium, Martyr Morandus, Benedictine Monk of Cluny Morwenna of Cornwall, Hermitess Moses the Ethiopian, Priest, Desert Father Mummolus of Burdeos. Martyr Mummolus of Noyon Mustiola of Chiusi, Martyr Mutien-Marie (Mucian Maria) Wiaux, Belgian Brother of Christian Schools Mychal Judge, Franciscan Fire Chaplain, first registered victim of 9/11, “Saint of 9/11” Myron (Miron), Bishop of Cyzicus, Martyr