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The following is a list of modern-day couples recognized by various Christian denominations to have lived such an exemplary holy lives in marriage and are under the process for canonization.^[1]^[2]

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10 Married couples who have been canonized or are on their way Aleteia, 15 February 2020

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Servi di Dio Alfonso Sanches e Teresa Martins Santi e Bati, 10 August 2007

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Venerabili Carlo Tancredi Falletti e Giulia Colbert, Marchesi di Barolo Santi e Beati, 22 December 2018

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Brazil may have first couple of blessed: Zélia and Jerônimo Jornal Nacional, 20 January 2014

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Servi di Dio Jeronimo de Castro Abreu Magalhaes e Zelia Pedreira Magalhaes Santi e Beati, 4 November 2012

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Servi di Dio Giovanni Gheddo e Rosetta Franzi Santi e Beati, 12 May 2013

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Takashi Paolo Nagai Santi e Beati, 12 Febryuary 2012

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Valencian couple on the road to sainthood Catholic News Agency, 27 March 2009

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First Valencian couple on the way to the altars Archidiócesis de Valencia, 3 December 2014

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Servi di Dio Manuel Casesnoves Soler ed Adela Soldevila Galiana Santi e Beati, 19 April 2018

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Married Saints? Come to know Georges and Pauline Vanier Collegeville Institute, 3 October 2013

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Servi di Dio Georges-Philias Vanier e Pauline Archer Santi e Beati, 4 November 2008

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Leila and Ulisse Amendolagine Santa Teresa Verona, 10 November 2018

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Servi di Dio Ulisse Amendolagine e Lelia Cossidente Santi e Beati, 26 July 2011

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Servi di Dio Edmond Michelet e Marie Vialle Santi e Beati, 23 May 2005

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Servi di Dio Fernando Crespo Alfageme e Maria Lourdes de Miguel Crespo Santi e Beati, 4 May 2009

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Raoul and Madeleine Living City Magazine, 1 November 2017

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Beatification of Raoul Follereau: Open Letter to the Bishops of France Agora Vox, 15 September 2011

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Raoul Follereau e Madeleine Boudou Santi e Beati, 6 December 2012

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Our Founder’s Parent’s Cause will Be Introduced Air Maria, 23 December 2010

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Servi di Dio Settimio Manelli e Licia Gualandris Santi e Beati, 17 August 2017

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Laura and Eduardo Ortiz de Landázuri Opus Dei, 20 June 2013

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Servi di Dio Aristides Calvani Silvia e Adela Rina Abbo Fontana Santi e Beati, 3 November 2008

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Fe y Alegría en Venezuela

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Arranca proceso de beatificación de Patricia y Abraham Reyes Radio Fe y Alegría, 12 May 2022

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La Hora Clave - Nuevos laicos en beatificación Abraham Reyes y María Patricia Reyes Youtube, 21 May 2022

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Cardinal Rouco opens cause of canonization for Spanish couple Catholic News Agency, 24 February 2009

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Tomás and Paquita Alvira Opus Dei, 23 October 2013

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Servi di Dio Tomas Alvira e Paquita Dominguez Santi e Beati, 5 September 2010

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Servi di Dio Marcello Inguscio e Anna Maria Ritter Santi e Beati, 27 September 2009

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TOTUS TUUS: Servants of God Marcello Inguscio and Anna Maria Ritter Amica9TV, 31 December 2014

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Servi di Dio Francesco Bono e Maria Rosaria De Angelis Santi e Beati, 28 May 2013

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Enrica Onorante and Aldo Michisanti towards the altars Chiesa Cattolica Italiana, 21 June 2019

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Opening of the Cause of Beatification of the Servants of God Aldo Michisanti and Enrica Onorante Auris Populi, 24 June 2019

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Servi di Dio Aldo Michisanti ed Enrica Onorante Santi e Beati, 10 September 2019

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Teresa Sivilli e Francesco Ugenti Aggancio.it, March 2012

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Francesco Ugenti e Teresa Savilli Santi e Beati, 17 July 2012

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The exemplary life of Henry and Inez Casolani Times of Malta, 16 July 2017

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Beatification process of Maltese couple to kick off tonight Malta Today, 29 August 2015

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A husband and wife from Malta are being considered for beatification and canonization Rome Reports, 31 October 2015

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A holy couple reunited in heaven The Catholic Register, 8 April 2010

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Pietro Molla Santi e Beati, 10 September 2015

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Saint Gianna Beretta Molla

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Married to a Saint: The Holy Marriage of St. Gianna and Her Husband, Pietro, 15 May 2022

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The Hyams Cause – Cause of Beatification and Canonization

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Servi di Dio Gabino Diaz-Toledo Martin-Macho e Maria Paz Pascuala Merchan Gouvert Santi e Beati, 29 December 2007

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Servi di Dio Jose Carne Moreno e Maria Dolores Gomez Plaza Santi e Beati, 29 December 2007

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Servi di Dio Placid Armengol Ceranova e Emilia Serra Saura Santi e Beati, 23 May 2013

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Bernhard e Maria Kreulich Santi e Beati, 28 March 2014

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Final Phase of the Beatification Process of the Ulma Family Polish Righteous, 10 February 2011

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On the road to sainthood: Family of 9 murdered for hiding Jews in Poland The International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation, 15 June 2017

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Servi di Dio Jozef e Wiktoria Ulma con i sei figli Santi e Beati, 22 July 2012

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Tomas Munk, and Father, cause for beatification advances Communio, 20 April 2015

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Slovakia Hagiography Circle

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1945 Hagiography Circle

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Servi di Dio Teodor ed Olha Nimylovych Santi e Beati, 6 September 2008

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Servi di Dio Anatolii Hurhula ed Irina Durbak Santi e Beati, 23 May 2003

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Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa e Emanuela Setti Carraro Santi e Beati, 14 November 2014

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Felipe and María Eugenia Barreda, a marriage of Christian revolutionaries Barricada, 5 January 2021

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Antonio Brignole Sale e Artemisia Negroni Santi e Beati, 2 May 2005

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Alessandro Manzoni ed Enrichetta Blondel Santi e Beati, 28 June 2009

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Domenico Fassati e Maria De Maistre Santi e Beati, 30 April 2009

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The Parents of Father Alberione Il Cooperatore Paolino, 8 September 2007

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Kolë Bojaxhiu e Drane Bernaj Santi e Beati, 6 February 2008

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Pietro Corti Santi e Beati, 14 March 2005

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Guerrino Casadio e Lucia Gambetti Santi e Beati, 14 April 2009

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Husband				Wife				Diocese
Portrait	Name	Born	Died	Portrait	Name	Born	Died	Diocese
	St. Isidro Merlo Quintana	c. 1070 (or 1082) Madrid, Spain	15 May 1130 Madrid, Spain		Bl. Maria Torribia de la Cabeza Merlo	? Caraquiz, Guadalajara, Spain	c. 1175 Torrelaguna, Madrid, Spain	Archdiocese of Madrid
	Bl. Ludwig Ludovingian	28 October 1200 Creuzburg, Thuringia, Germany	11 September 1227 Otranto, Lecce, Italy		St. Elisabeth von Thüringen	7 July 1207 Bratislava, Slovakia	17 November 1231 Marburg, Hesse, Germany	Archdiocese of Esztergom–Budapest
	Bl. Luchesio Modestini	c. 1180 Gaggiano, Milan, Italy	28 April 1260 Poggibonsi, Siena, Italy		Bl. Bounadonna de Segni Modestini	c. 1181 Italy	28 April 1260 Poggibonsi, Siena, Italy	Archdiocese of Siena
	Servant of God Alfonso Sanches	24 May 1289 Ribeira de Pena, Portugal	2 November 1329 Escalona, Toledo, Spain		Servant of God Teresa Martins de Menezes Telo Sanches	? Portugal	c. 1350 Vila do Conde, Portugal	Archdiocese of Braga^[3]
	Ven. Carlo Tancredi Falletti di Barolo	26 October 1782 Turin, Italy	4 September 1838 Chiari, Brescia, Italy		Ven. Giulia Vittorina Colbert Falletti di Barolo	26 June 1876 Maulévrier, Vendée, France	19 January 1864 Turin, Italy	Archdiocese of Turin^[4]
	Ven. Pierre Toussaint	prob. 27 June 1766 (or 1780) Saint-Marc, Artibonite, France	30 June 1853 New York City, New York, United States		Servant of God Juliette Noel Toussaint	c. 1786 Saint-Domingue (now Haiti)	14 May 1851 New York City, New York, United States	Archdiocese of New York
	Bl. Antoine-Frédéric Ozanam	23 April 1813 Milan, Italy	8 September 1853 Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France		Servant of God Marie-Josephine-Amélie Soulacroix	11 August 1820 Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France	26 September 1894 Écully, Lyons, France	Archdioceses of Paris and Marseille^[2]
	St. Louis Joseph Martin	22 August 1823 Bordeaux, Gironde, France	29 July 1894 Arnières-sur-Iton, Eure, France		St. Marie-Azélie Guérin Martin	23 December 1831 Saint-Denis-sur-Sarthon, Orne, France	28 August 1877 Alençon, Orne, France	Dioceses of Séez and Bayeux-Lisieux
	Servant of God Francisco Armida García	17 March 1854 Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico	17 September 1901 Mexico City, Mexico		Bl. María Concepción Cabrera Arias de Armida	8 December 1862 San Luis Potosí, Mexico	3 March 1937 Mexico City, Mexico	Archdiocese of Mexico^[2]
	Servant of God Jerônimo de Castro Abreu Magalhães	26 July 1851 Magé, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	12 August 1909 Carmo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil		Servant of God Zélia (Elisa) Pedreira Abreu Magalhães	5 April 1857 Ingá, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	8 September 1919 Largo do Machado, Catete, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro^[5]^[6]^[7]
	Bl. Karl I (IV) von Österreich	17 August 1887 Persenbeug-Gottsdorf, Melk, Austria	1 April 1922 Funchal, Madeira, Portugal		Servant of God Zita of Bourbon-Parma	9 May 1892 Capezza Pianore, Lucca, Italy	14 March 1989 Zizers, Graubünden, Switzerland	Archdiocese of Vienna and Diocese of Le Mans
	Bl. Bartolo Longo	11 February 1841 Latiano, Brindisi, Philippines	5 October 1926 Pompei, Ancona, Italy		Servant of God Marianna Farnararo de Fusco Longo	13 December 1836 Monopoli, Bari, Italy	9 February 1924 Pompei, Ancona, Italy	Territorial Prelature of Pompei
	Servant of God Nicolás Pakarati Urepotahi	1860 in Mataveri, Easter Island, Valparaíso, Chile	12 October 1927 Hanga Roa, Easter Island, Valparaíso, Chile		Servant of God Elisabeth Marohania Kagitaki Ragitake Urepotahi	November 1869 Fangatau, Tuamoto Island, French Polynesia	2 October 1949 Hanga Roa, Easter Island, Valparaíso, Chile	Diocese of Villarrica (Chile)^[8]
	Servant of God Karol Wojtyła	18 July 1879 Lipnik, Bielsko-Biała, Poland	18 February 1941 Kraków, Poland		Servant of God Emilia Kaczorowska Wojtyła	26 March 1884 Kraków, Poland	13 April 1929 Wadowice, Poland	Archdiocese of Kraków^[9]^[10]^[11]
	Servant of God Giovanni Gheddo	22 April 1900 Viancino, Vercelli, Italy	17 December 1942 at the Don River basin, Volgogradskaya oblast', Russia		Servant of God Rosetta Franzi Gheddo	3 December 1902 Crova, Vercelli, Italy	26 October 1934 Tronzano Vercellese, Vercelli, Italy	Archdiocese of Vercelli^[12]^[13]
	Servant of God Eugenio Balmori Martínez	7 July 1900 San Luis Potosí, Mexico	14 May 1946 Minatitlán, Veracruz, Mexico		Servant of God Marina Francisca Cinta Sarrelangue de Balmori	9 March 1909 Acayucan, Veracruz, Mexico	29 September 1988 Mexico City, Mexico	Diocese of Coatzacoalcos^[14]^[15]
	Servant of God Louis Wandete [Ouandete]	c. 1877 northern Côte d'Ivoire	2 March 1949 Korhogo, Savanes, Côte d'Ivoire		Servant of God Valérie Ama Wandete [Ouandete]	c. 1883 Krinjabo, Sud-Comoé, Côte d'Ivoire	17 December 1948 Korhogo, Savanes, Côte d’Ivoire	Archdiocese of Korhogo^[16]
	Servant of God Félix Leseur	22 March 1961 Reims, Marne, France	27 February 1950 Paris, France		Servant of God Pauline-Élisabeth Arrighi Leseur	16 October 1866 Paris, France	3 May 1914 Paris, France	Archdiocese of Paris^[2]
	Servant of God Paulus Takashi Nagai	3 February 1908 Matsue, Shimane, Japan	1 May 1951 Nagasaki, Japan		Servant of God Marina Moriyama Midori	8 October 1908 Urakami, Nagasaki, Japan	9 August 1945 Urakami, Nagasaki, Japan	Archdiocese of Nagasaki and Vicariate of Rome^[17]^[18]^[19]
	Bl. Luigi Beltrame Quattrochi	12 January 1880 Catania, Italy	9 November 1951 Rome, Italy		Bl. Maria Corsini Beltrame Quattrochi	24 June 1884 Florence, Italy	26 August 1965 Serravalle, Bibbiena, Arezzo, Italy	Vicariate of Rome
	Servant of God Manuel Casesnoves Soler	30 June 1904 Xàtiva, Valencia, Spain	24 May 1958 Xàtiva, Valencia, Spain		Servant of God Adela Soldevila Galiana de Casesnoves	5 May 1906 Xàtiva, Valencia, Spain	3 March 1988 Xàtiva, Valencia, Spain	Archdiocese of Valencia (Spain)^[20]^[21]^[22]
	Ven. Enrique Ernesto Shaw	26 February 1921 Paris, France	27 August 1962 Buenos Aires, Argentina		Servant of God Cecilia Bunge de Shaw	13 May 1921 Buenos Aires, Argentina	23 May 2007 Buenos Aires, Arrgentina	Archdiocese of Buenos Aires^[23]^[24]
	Ven. Sergio Bernardini	20 May 1882 Sassoguidano, Modena, Italy	12 October 1966 Verica, Modena, Italy		Ven. Domenica Bedonni Bernardini	12 April 1889 Verica, Modena, Italy	27 February 1971 Verica, Modena, Italy	Archdiocese of Modena–Nonantola
	Servant of God Georges-Philias Vanier	23 April 1888 Montréal, Québec, Canada	5 March 1967 Ottawa, Canada		Servant of God Pauline Archer-Vanier	17 March 1902 Auzits, Aveyron, France	23 March 1991 Trosly-Breuil, Oise, France	Archdiocese of Ottawa^[25]^[26]^[27]
	Servant of God Ulisse Amendolagine	14 May 1893 Salerno, Italy	30 May 1969 Rome, Italy		Servant of God Lelia Cossidente Amendolagine	4 May 1893 Potenza, Italy	3 July 1951 Rome, Italy	Vicariate of Rome^[28]^[29]
	Servant of God Edmond Michelet	8 October 1889 Paris, France	9 October 1970 Marcillac-la-Croisille, Corrèze, France		Servant of God Marie Michelet née Vialle	25 January 1900 Brive-la-Gaillarde, Corrèze, France	1 September 1989 Marcillac-la-Croisille, Corrèze, France	Diocese of Tulle^[30]^[31]^[32]
	Servant of God Edward Joseph Doherty	30 October 1890 Chicago, Illinois, United States	4 May 1975 Combermere, Ontario, Canada		Servant of God Catherine De Hueck Doherty	15 August 1896 Nizhny Novgorod, Nizhegorodskaya oblast', Russia	14 December 1985 Combermere, Ontario, Canada	Diocese of Pembroke^[2]^[33]
	Servant of God Fernando Crespo Alfageme	1 June 1907 León, Spain	7 January 1976 León, Spain		Servant of God María Lourdes de Miguel Crespo de Crespo	11 February 1913 Sahagún, León, Spain	28 February 1983 León, Spain	Personal Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei^[34]
	Servant of God Raoul Follereau	17 August 1903 Nevers, Nièvre, France	6 December 1977 Paris, France		Servant of God Madeleine Follereau née Boudou	17 March 1902 Auzits, Aveyron, France	3 March 1991 Ville d'Avray, Hauts-de-Seine, France	Archdiocese of Paris^[35]^[36]^[37]
	Servant of God Settimio Manelli	25 April 1886 Teramo, Italy	26 April 1978 Rome, Italy		Servant of God Licia Gualandris Manelli	13 July 1907 Nembro, Bergamo, Italy	18 January 2004 Rome, Italy	Vicariate of Rome^[38]^[39]
	Servant of God Eduardo Ortiz de Landázuri Fernández de Heredia	31 October 1910 Segovia, Spain	20 May 1985 Pamplona, Navarra, Spain		Servant of God Laura Busca Otaegui de Ortiz de Landázuri	3 November 1918 Zumárraga, Guipúzcoa, Spain	11 October 2000 Pamplona, Navarra, Spain	Personal Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei^[40]
	Servant of God Aristides Calvani Silva	19 January 1918 Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	18 January 1986 at the Petén forest, Guatemala		Servant of God Adela Rina Abbo Fontana de Calvani	2 December 1919 Cúcuta, Lara, Venezuela	18 January 1986 at the Petén forest, Guatemala	Archdiocese of Caracas^[41]
	Servant of God Abraham Reyes Díaz	16 March 1917 Siquisique, Lara, Venezuela	6 September 1988 Caracas, Venezuela		Servant of God María Patricia García García de Reyes	24 August 1924 Aragüita, Acevedo, Miranda, Venezuela	15 February 2006 Monte Piedad, Catia, Caracas, Venezuela	Archdiocese of Caracas^[42]^[43]^[44]
	Servant of God Tomás Alvira y Alvira	17 January 1906 Villanueva de Gállego, Zaragoza, Spain	7 May 1992 Madrid, Spain		Servant of God Francisca [Paquita] Domínguez Susín de Alvira	1 April 1912 Borau, Huesca, Spain	29 August 1994 Madrid, Spain	Personal Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei^[45]^[46]^[47]
	Servant of God Marcello Inguscio	26 June 1934 Lecce, Italy	2 January 1996 Catania, Italy		Servant of God Anna Maria Ritter Inguscio	23 August 1938 Catania, Italy	2 January 1986 Catania, Italy	Archdiocese of Catania^[48]^[49]
	Servant of God Francesco Bono	9 February 1939 Lamezia Terme, Catanzaro, Italy	24 April 1996 Catanzaro, Italy		Servant of God Maria Rosaria de Angelis Bono	7 October 1955 Locri, Reggio Calabria, Italy	24 December 2000 Locri, Reggio Calabria, Italy	Diocese of Locri-Gerace^[50]
	Servant of God Aldo Michisanti	1 December 1937 Rome, Italy	3 March 1997 Rome, Italy		Servant of God Enrica Onorante Michisanti	19 November 1945 Rome, Italy	25 January 2007 Rome, Italy	Vicariate of Rome^[51]^[52]^[53]
	Servant of God Francesco Ugenti	28 July 1913 Toritto, Bari, Italy	7 November 1998 Grumo Appula, Bari, Italy		Servant of God Teresa Sivilli Ugenti	9 April 1913 Grumo Appula, Bari, Italy	21 May 1984 Rome, Italy	Archdiocese of Bari-Bitonto and Vicariate of Rome^[54]^[55]
	Servant of God Henry Casolani	25 November 1917 Valletta, Malta	29 December 1999 Valletta, Malta		Servant of God Inez Vassallo Casolani	11 October 1915 Cospicua, Malta	13 July 1992 Valletta, Malta	Archdiocese of Malta^[56]^[57]^[58]
	Servant of God Pietro Molla	1 July 1912 Mesero, Milan, Italy	3 April 2010 Mesero, Milan, Italy		St. Gianna Beretta Molla	4 October 1922 Magenta, Milan, Italy	28 April 1962 Magenta, Milan, Italy	Archdiocese of Milan^[59]^[60]^[61]^[62]
	Servant of God Consilio Pistocchi	23 April 1937 Polenta di Bertinoro, Forlì-Cesena, Italy	19 September 2012 Cesena, Forlì-Cesena, Italy		Servant of God Bruna Buratti Pistocchi	1 June 1945 Martorano, Cesena, Forlì-Cesena, Italy	9 November 2010 Cesena, Forlì-Cesena, Italy	Diocese of Cesena-Sarsina
	Servant of God Daniel George Hyams	1 June 1921 Jeppestown, Johannesburg, South Africa	28 December 2012 Edenvale, Ekurhuleni, Gauteng, South Africa		Servant of God Maria Domitilla Rota Hyams	7 May 1918 Albenza di Almenno San Bartolomeo, Bergamo, Italy	18 January 2011 Edenvale, Ekurhuleni, Gauteng, South Africa	Archdiocese of Johannesburg^[63]^[64]

Husband				Wife				Diocese
Portrait	Name	Born	Died	Portrait	Name	Born	Died	Diocese
Couples killed during the Spanish Civil War (1934, 36-39)
	Bl. Francisco de Paula Ortega Montilla	29 August 1868 Puente Genil, Córdoba, Spain	23 July 1936 Puente Genil, Córdoba, Spain		Bl. María Antonia Vergara Melgar de Ortega	9 May 1867 Puente Genil, Córdoba, Spain	23 July 1936 Puente Genil, Córdoba, Spain	Diocese of Córdoba
	Servant of God Manuel Marín Portela	? Adanero, Ávila, Spain	12 August 1936 Pozo del Tío Raimundo, Vallecas, Madrid, Spain		Servant of God Teresa Basulto Jiménez de Marín	? Adanero, Ávila, Spain	12 August 1936 Pozo del Tío Raimundo, Vallecas, Madrid, Spain	Diocese of Jaén
	Bl. Isidoro Fernández Rubio	04 April 1887 Villaralto, Córdoba, Spain	16 August 1936 Villaralto, Córdoba, Spain		Bl. Isidra Fernández Palomero de Fernández	15 May 1893 Villaralto, Córdoba, Spain	16 August 1936 Villaralto, Córdoba, Spain	Diocese of Córdoba
	Servant of God Gabino Díaz-Toledo Martín-Macho	1897 Mora, Toledo, Spain	21 August 1936 Orgaz, Toledo, Spain		Servant of God María Paz Pascuala Merchán Gouvert de Díaz-Toledo	19 May 1897 Consuegra, Toledo, Spain	21 August 1936 Orgaz, Toledo, Spain	Archdiocese of Toledo^[65]
	Servant of God Moisés Méndez-Benegassi García-Mora	25 November 1894 Castuera, Badajoz, Spain	27 August 1936 Zalamea de la Serena, Badajoz, Spain		Servant of God María Luisa Sánchez-Arévalo García-Mora de Méndez-Benegassi	3 September 1888 Cabeza del Buey, Badajoz, Spain	27 August 1936 Zalamea de la Serena, Badajoz, Spain	Archdiocese of Mérida-Badajoz
	Servant of God José Carné Moreno	? Tarancón, Cuenca, Spain	29 August 1936 in Almonacid del Marquesado, Cuenca, Spain		Servant of God María Dolores Gómez Plaza de Carné	? Tarancón, Cuenca, Spain	29 August 1936 in Almonacid del Marquesado, Cuenca, Spain	Diocese of Cuenca^[66]
	Servant of God Plàcid Armengol Ceranova	1873 Guissona, Lleida, Spain	24 September 1936 at the L’Arrabassada highway, Barcelona, Spain		Servant of God Emília Serra Saura de Armengol	24 January 1889 Montferrer i Castellbò, Lleida, Spain	24 September 1936 at the L’Arrabassada highway, Barcelona, Spain	Archdiocese of Barcelona^[67]
*Couples killed in odium fidei* by the Nazis during the Second World War (1939-45)**
	Servant of God Jožef Mavsar	22 February 1891 Šentrupert, Slovenia	27 December 1942 Šentrupert, Slovenia		Servant of God Terezija Bukovec Mavsar	2 December 1893 Praproče, Koper, Slovenia	27 December 1942 Šentrupert, Slovenia	Diocese of Novo Mesto
	Servant of God Bernhard Kreulich	13 January 1890 Kray, Essen, Germany	17 March 1944 Plötzensee Prison, Berlin, Germany		Servant of God Maria Budziak Kreulich	5 October 1889 Kray, Essen, Germany	19 March 1944 Plötzensee Prison, Berlin, Germany	Diocese of Essen^[68]
	Bl. Józef Ulma	2 March 1900 Markowa, Łańcut, Poland	24 March 1944 Markowa, Łańcut, Poland		Bl. Wiktoria Niemczak Ulma	10 December 1912 Markowa, Łańcut, Poland	24 March 1944 Markowa, Łańcut, Poland	Archdiocese of Przemyśl of the Latins^[69]^[70]^[71]
	Servant of God František Munk	25 September 1895 Reca, Senec, Slovakia	21 or 22 April 1945 Neuruppin, Ostprignitz-Ruppin, Germany		Servant of God Gizela Munková	23 October 1900 Lučenec, Slovakia	March-April 1945 KZ Bergen-Belsen, Celle, Germany	Archdiocese of Bratislava^[72]^[73]^[74]
*Couples killed in odium fidei* by Communist Regimes in Eastern Europe**
	Servant of God Teodor Nimylovych	1889 Drohobych, Lviv, Ukraine	25 October 1947 Unyatychi, Drohobych, Lviv, Ukraine		Servant of God Olha Kapko Nimylovych	? Ukraine	25 October 1947 Unyatychi, Drohobych, Lviv, Ukraine	Archeparchy of Lviv of the Ukrainians^[75]
	Servant of God Anatolii Hurhula	15 July 1905 Tomashivtsi, Kalush, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine	27 February 1980 Tomashivtsi, Kalush, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine		Servant of God Irina Durbak Hurhula	1908 Burkaniv, Terebovlia, Ternopil, Ukraine	27 February 1980 Tomashivtsi, Kalush, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine	Archeparchy of Lviv and Ivano-Frankivsk of the Ukrainians^[76]
Couples killed by organized crimes in Italy
	Carlo Alberto dalla Chiesa	27 September 1920 Saluzzo, Cuneo, Italy	3 September 1982 Palermo, Italy		Emanuela Setti Carraro dalla Chiesa	9 October 1950 Borgosesia, Vercelli, Italy	3 September 1982 Palermo, Italy	Archdiocese of Palermo^[77]
Couples killed during Nicaraguan Contra War (1979-90)
	Felipe Barreda Rodríguez	12 April 1931 Murra, Nueva Segovia, Nicaragua	3 January 1983 San Francisco de La Lodosa, El Paraíso, Nicaragua		María Eugenia García de Barreda	15 May 1933 Managua, Nicaragua	3 January 1983 San Francisco de La Lodosa, El Paraíso, Nicaragua	Diocese of Estelí^[78]
Couples killed during Rwandan Civil War (1990-94)
	Servant of God Cyprien [Sipiriyani] Rugamba	c. 1932 Cyanika, Nyamagabe, Rwanda	7 April 1994 Kigali, Rwanda		Servant of God Daphrose [Daforoza] Mukasanga	c. 1944 Ngoma, Cyanika, Nyamagabe, Rwanda	7 April 1994 Kigali, Rwanda	Archdiocese of Kigali^[79]^[80]
*Couples killed in odium fidei* at the 2010 Baghdad church massacre**
	Servant of God Jān Yūnān Kūrkīs Al-sāʻūr	29 July 1982 Bartella, Mosul, Iraq	31 October 2010 Baghdad, Iraq		Servant of God Rītā Matī Kūrkīs Zūrā (Al-sāʻūr)	18 December 1988 Iraq	31 October 2010 Baghdad, Iraq	Archeparchy of Baghdad of the Syrians
	Servant of God Thāmir Kāmel Āwsy	1 July 1955 Mosul, Iraq	31 October 2010 Baghdad, Iraq		Servant of God Nida' Ḩamid Esţfān Ḩanā Balbūl (Āwsy)	25 February 1957 Bassura, Basra, Iraq	31 October 2010 Baghdad, Iraq
	Servant of God Basām ʻAdnān Jamīl Al-khūrī	29 July 1976 Iraq	31 October 2010 Baghdad, Iraq		Servant of God Mīlad Nizār Jamīl Matlūb (Al-khūrī)	16 December 1984 Iraq	31 October 2010 Baghdad, Iraq

Husband				Wife				Diocese
Portrait	Name	Born	Died	Portrait	Name	Born	Died	Diocese
	Joseph Chiwatenhwa	c. 1602 Quebec, Canada	2 August 1640 Montreal, Quebec, Canada in odium fidei		Marie Aonetta	? Quebec, Canada	c. 1650 Quebec, Canada	Archdiocese of Quebec^[81]
	Antonio Brignole Sale	22 May 1786 Genoa, Italy	14 October 1863 Genoa, Italy		Artemisia Negrone Brignole-Sale	1787 Italy	1865 Genoa, Italy	Archdiocese of Genoa^[82]
	François Soubirous	7 July 1807 Lourdes, Hautes-Pyrénées, France	4 May 1871 Lourdes, Hautes-Pyrénées, France		Louise Casterot Soubirous	28 September 1825 Lourdes, Hautes-Pyrénées, France	8 December 1866 Lourdes, Hautes-Pyrénées, France	Diocese of Tarbes-et-Lourdes
	Alessandro Francesco Manzoni	7 March 1785 Milan, Italy	22 May 1873 Milan, Italy		Enrichetta Blondel Manzoni	11 July 1791 Casirate d'Adda, Bergamo, Italy	25 December 1833 Milan, Italy	Archdiocese of Milan^[83]
	Domenico Fassati	1804 Casale Monferrato, Alessandria, Italy	1878 Turin, Italy		Maria De Maistre Fassati	1824 Turin, Italy	1905 Turin, Italy	Archdiocese of Turin^[84]
	Thomas Poynton	11 March 1803 Ballivor, Ireland	9 March 1892 Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand		Mary Kennedy Poynton	5 June 1812 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	15 October 1891 Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand	Archdiocese of Wellington and Diocese of Auckland
	Michele Alberione	17 July 1837 Cuneo, Italy	26 November 1904 San Lorenzo di Fossano, Cuneo, Italy		Teresa Rosa Allocco Alberione	7 June 1850 Cuneo, Italy	13 June 1903 San Lorenzo di Fossano, Cuneo, Italy	Diocese of Alba Pompeia^[85]
	Maurice de Blic	18 July 1828 Échalot, Côte-d'Or, France	29 October 1904 Beaune, Côte-d'Or, France		Marguerite Sophie de Blic née de Gravier	14 October 1833 Lyon, France	13 November 1921 Beaune, Côte-d'Or, France	Archdiocese of Dijon
	Nikollë Bojaxhiu	c. 1874 Prizren, Kosovo	2 August 1919 Skopje, North Macedonia		Dranafile (Drana) Bernai Bojaxhiu	c. 1889 Gjakova, Kosovo	1972 Skopje, North Macedonia	Diocese of Skopje^[86]
	Ignacio Lacson Arroyo	1851 Molo, Iloilo, Philippines	8 January 1935 Molo, Iloilo, Philippines		Maria Regalado Pidal de Arroyo	1864 Molo, Iloilo, Philippines	16 January 1920 Molo, Iloilo, Philippines	Archdiocese of Jaro
	Joseph Ratzinger Sr.	6 March 1877 Winzer, Deggendorf, Bavaria, Germany	25 August 1959 Traunstein, Bavaria, Germany		Maria Peintner Ratzinger	8 January 1884 Mühlbach, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany	16 December 1963 Traunstein, Bavaria, Germany	Archdiocese of Munich and Freising^[87]
	Juan de Dios Paras Nepomuceno	8 March 1892 Angeles, Pampanga, Philippines	22 April 1973 Angeles, Pampanga, Philippines		Clara Teresa Teodora Pamintuan Gomez de Nepomuceno	12 August 1893 Santo Tomas, Pampanga, Philippines	8 April 1970 Angeles, Pampanga, Philippines	Archdiocese of San Fernando^[88]
	Jacques Maritain	18 November 1882 Paris, France	28 April 1973 Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, France		Raïssa Oumansoff Maritain	31 August 1883 Rostov-on-Don, Rostov oblast', Russia	4 November 1960 Paris, France	Archdiocese of Paris^[89]^[90]
	Oskar Schindler	28 April 1908 Svitavy, Czech Republic	9 October 1974 Hildesheim, Lower Saxony, Germany		Emilie Pelzl Schindler	22 October 1907 Maletín, Šumperk, Czech Republic	5 October 2001 Strausberg, Brandenburg, Germany	Archdiocese of Berlin^[91]^[92]
	Fritz Spieler	26 September 1893 Mitlödi, Glarus Süd, Switzerland	8 July 1974 Greibenhof, Solothurn, Switzerland		Hilda Spieler-Meyer	17 January 1896 Switzerland	7 April 1953 Greibenhof, Solothurn, Switzerland	Diocese of Basel^[93]
	Patrick Francis Crowley	23 September 1911 Chicago, Illinois, United States	20 November 1974 Chicago, Illinois, United States		Patricia Caron Crowley	24 July 1913 Chicago, Illinois, United States	28 November 2005 Wilmette, Illinois, United States	Archdiocese of Chicago^[94]
	William Gauchat	31 July 1907 Dayton, Ohio, United States	16 April 1975 Avon, Ohio, United States		Dorothy Helen Schmitt Gauchat	22 February 1961 Cleveland, Ohio, United States	20 February 2000 Westlake, Ohio, United States	Diocese of Cleveland
	Dietrich von Hildebrand	12 October 1889 Florence, Italy	26 January 1977 New Rochelle, New York, United States		Alice Marie Jourdain von Hildebrand	11 March 1923 Brussels, Belgium	14 January 2022 New Rochelle, New York, United States	Archdiocese of New York
	Ananias Abnegado Vasconcelos Arruda	23 May 1886 Aracatiaçu, Sobral, Ceará, Brazil	26 January 1980 Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil		Ana Custódio dos Santos Arruda [Donaninha]	31 July 1895 Sobral, Ceará, Brazil	19 January 1941 Pacoti, Ceará, Brazil	Archdiocese of Fortaleza^[95]
	Francis Joseph Sheed	20 March 1897 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	20 November 1981 Jersey City, New Jersey, United States		Mary Josephine Ward Sheed	4 January 1889 Shanklin, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom	28 January 1975 New York City, New York, United States	Diocese of Westminster
	Thomas Malcolm Muggeridge	24 March 1903 Sanderstead, Surrey, United Kingdom	14 November 1990 Robertsbridge, East Sussex, United Kingdom		Kathleen Rosalind Dobbs Muggeridge	8 December 1903 Château d'Oex, Vaud, Switzerland	11 June 1994 Welland, Ontario, Canada	Diocese of Arundel and Brighton
	Giacomo Spanu	1921 Italy	1991 Italy		Iside Giovanna de Zolt Spanu	28 December 1921 Calalzo di Cadore, Belluno, Italy	2003 Italy	Archdiocese of Cagliari^[96]
	Baudouin of Belgium	7 September 1930 Laeken, Brussels, Belgium	31 July 1993 Motril, Granada, Spain		Fabiola Fernanda de Mora Aragón	11 June 1928 Madrid, Spain	5 December 2014 Laeken, Brussels, Belgium	Archdiocese of Mechelen–Brussels^[97]^[98]
	Herbert Wallbrecher	21 June 1922 Hagen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany	5 January 1997 Bad Tölz, Bavaria, Germany		Gertraud Weiß Wallbrecher	18 May 1923 Munich, Bavaria, Germany	29 July 2016 Munich, Bavaria, Germany	Archdiocese of Munich and Freising
	Francisco González-Barros Albardonedo	19 October 1924 Soutelo de Montes, Forcarei, Pontevedra, Spain	30 December 2001 Madrid, Spain		Ramona González Penas de Gonzáles-Barros	21 September 1931 Soutelo de Montes, Forcarei, Pontevedra, Spain	3 February 2006 Madrid, Spain	Personal Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei
	Piero Corti	16 September 1925 Besana in Brianza, Monza e Brianza, Italy	20 April 2003 Milan, Italy		Lucille Teasdale-Corti	30 January 1929 Montreal, Québec, Canada	1 August 1996 Besana in Brianza, Monza e Brianza, Italy	Archdiocese of Milan^[99]^[100]^[101]
	Guerrino Casadio	9 May 1918 Castel Bolognese, Ravenna, Italy	24 August 2004 Imola, Bologna, Italy		Lucia Gambetti Casadio	14 February 1923 Imola, Bologna, Italy	6 November 1995 Imola, Bologna, Italy	Diocese of Imola^[102]
	Edward Warren	7 September 1926 Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States	23 August 2006 Monroe, Connecticut, United States		Lorraine Rita Moran Warren	31 January 1927 Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States	18 April 2019 Monroe, Connecticut, United States	Diocese of Bridgeport
	John Billings	5 March 1918 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	1 April 2007 Richmond, Victoria, Australia		Evelyn Livingston thomas Billings	8 February 1918 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	16 February 2013 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	Archdiocese of Melbourne^[103]^[104]
	Robert Sargent Shriver Jr.	9 November 1915 Westminster, Maryland, United States	18 January 2011 Bethesda, Maryland, United States		Eunice Mary Kennedy Shriver	10 July 1921 Brookline, Massachusetts, United States	11 August 2009 Hyannis, Massachusetts, United States	Archdioceses of Baltimore and New York^[105]^[106]^[107]
	Peter Thomas Geach	29 March 1916 Chelsea, London, United Kingdom	21 December 2013 Cambridge, England, United Kingdom		Gertrude Elizabeth Margaret Anscombe Geach	18 March 1919 Limerick, Ireland	5 January 2001 Cambridge, England, United Kingdom	Diocese of East Anglia
	Alexander Joseph Toczko	26 September 1919 Stamford, Connecticut, United States	14 June 2015 San Diego, California, United States		Jeannette Dolores Malachowski Toczko	27 February 1919 Stamford, Connecticut, United States	15 June 2015 San Diego, California, United States	Diocese of San Diego^[108]^[109]
	Bob Lord	9 September 1935 The Bronx, New York, United States	13 February 2016 Morrilton, Arkansas, United States		Pauline Eve Macaluso Lord	23 September 1927 Brooklyn, New York, United States	21 January 2014 Morrilton, Arkansas, United States	Diocese of Little Rock^[110]
	Oscar Lang	16 August 1931 Raymond, Wisconsin, United States	24 January 2015 Caledonia, Wisconsin, United States		Vernetta Margaret Stieber Lang	6 September 1931 Wausau, Wisconsin, United States	24 January 2015 Caledonia, Wisconsin, United States	Archdiocese of Milwaukee^[111]^[112]
	Jerome Francis Coniker	2 November 1938 Chicago, Illinois, United States	4 July 2018 Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States		Servant of God Gwen Cecilia Billings Coniker	27 September 1939 Chicago, Illinois, United States	15 June 2002 Bloomingdale, Ohio, United States	Diocese of Steubenville^[113]^[114]
	Romeu Trussardi Filho	1930 São Paulo, Brazil	20 August 2021 Alto de Pinheiros, São Paulo, Brazil		Maria da Conceição Aparecida "Maricy" Rodrigues Trussardi	19 December 1935 São Paulo, Brazil	16 January 2022 Alto de Pinheiros, São Paulo, Brazil	Archdiocese of São Paulo^[115]^[116]^[117]

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