The Martyrs of Otranto

800 Italians martyred by Ottoman invaders; canonized 2013; miracles reported; incorrupt bodies.

St. Stephen I

Pope 254–257; defended baptismal doctrine and papal authority; martyred under Valerian.

St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein)

Jewish philosopher turned Carmelite; martyr at Auschwitz; patron of Europe, philosophers, and converts.

St. Teresa Jornet e Ibars

Spanish foundress of the Little Sisters of the Abandoned Elderly; incorrupt body; renowned for humility and compassion.

St. Mary of Jesus Crucified (Mariam Baouardy)

Discalced Carmelite mystic known for humility, ecstasies, bilocation, stigmata, and deep devotion to the Holy Spirit.

St. Maximus the Confessor

Byzantine monk, theologian, and defender of Christ’s two wills against Monothelitism; suffered mutilation and exile for the faith.

St. Roch

Pilgrim healer; invoked against plague.

St. Rose of Lima

Mystic of Lima, Peru; first canonized saint of the Americas; incorrupt body.

St. Helena

Mother of Constantine; credited with discovering the True Cross in Jerusalem and promoting Christian devotion.

St. Hippolytus of Rome

Early Christian theologian and martyr of Rome; traditionally reconciled with the Church before martyrdom.