The saints of the Passionist Family teach us that to be near the Cross is to be near the heart of Christ, where suffering is transformed into love.
We invite you to explore their stories and discover how their legacy still speaks to hearts across generations.
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Passionist Saints
St. Paul of the Cross
St. Gemma Galgani
St. Gabriel Possenti
St. Vincent Strambi
St. Maria Goretti
St. Inocencio Canoura Arnau
St. Charles Houben
Passionist Blesseds
A Blessed is someone who has been beatified by the Church, meaning they are recognized as being in heaven and worthy of public veneration in certain places. This is the step before sainthood and usually requires proof of one miracle.
B. Dominic Barberi
B. Isidore de Loor
B. Pio Campidelli
B. Bernard M. Silvestrelli
B. Lorenzo Salvi
B. Martyrs of Daimiel
B. Grimoaldo Santamaria
B. Eugene Bossilkov
Passionist Venerables
A Venerable is someone the Catholic Church recognizes as having lived a life of heroic virtue. This title means they are on the path to sainthood but have not yet been beatified or canonized.
Ven. John Baptist Daneo (1695 – 1765)
Ven. Elizabeth Prout (1820 – 1864)
Ven. Antonietta Farani (1906 – 1963)
Ven. Leonarda Boidi (1908 – 1953)
Ven. Addolorata Luciani (1920 – 1954)
Ven. Maria Crocifissa Costantini (1713 – 1787)
Ven. Maria Maddalena Marcucci (1888 – 1960)
Ven. Dolores Medina Martinez Zepeda (1860 – 1925)
Ven. Francisco Gondra Muruaga (Aita Patxi) (1910 – 1974)
Ven. Generoso Fontanarosa (1881 – 1966)
Ven. Gerardo Sagarduy (1881 – 1962)
Ven. Egidio Malacarne (1877 – 1953)
Ven. Giacomo Gianiel (1714 – 1750)
Ven. Fortunato De Gruttis (1826- 1905)
Ven. Norberto Cassinelli (1829 – 1911)
Ven. Germano Ruoppolo (1850 – 1909)
Ven. Nazareno Santolini (1859 – 1930)
Ven. Giuseppe Pesci (1853 – 1929)
Ven. Giovanni Bruni (1882 – 1905)
Ven. Galileo Nicolini (1882 – 1897)
Ven. Lorenzo Marcelli (1874 – 1953)
Ven. Ignatius Spencer (1799 – 1864)
Ven. Bernard Kryszkiewicz (1915 – 1945)
Passionist Servants of God
A Servant of God is the title given to someone when their cause for sainthood is officially opened by the Church. It marks the first step in the canonization process.
Benedict Arrieta Gorrochategui (1907 – 1975)
Fulgencio Elorza Legaristi (1899 – 1966)
Stanislao Amilcare Battistelli (1885 – 1981)
Eugenio Raffaele Faggiano (1877 – 1960)
Maria Maddalena Frescobaldi Capponi (1771 – 1839)
Candido Amantini (1914 – 1992)
Carmela Tarantino (1937 – 1992)
Teodoro Foley (1913 – 1974)
Maria Marta Vandenputte (1891 – 1967)