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John Fisher, Saint John Fisher, Saint- Cardinal, Bishop of Rochester, martyr, d. 1535. Joan of Arc, Saint Joan of Arc, Saint- Her brief life, her trial and death, swift rehabilitation, and her beatification in 1909. John Duckett, Blessed John Duckett, Blessed- Biographical sketch of the English priest and martyr. John Larke, Blessed John Larke, Blessed- Parish priest and friend of St. Thomas More. Martyred at Tyburn in 1543/4, along with another priest (Bl. John Ireland) and the layman Bl. German Gardiner. Justin de Jacobis, Saint Justin de Jacobis, Saint- Italian, a Lazarist priest, titular bishop of Nilopolis, d. 1860. John Twenge, Saint John Twenge, Saint- Canon regular, prior of St. Mary's, Bridlington. Miracle-worker, d. 1379. Jane Frances de Chantal, Saint Jane Frances de Chantal, Saint- Biography of the widowed baroness, mother, founder of the Congregation of the Visitation, who died in 1641. John of Avila, Saint John of Avila, Saint- Priest, preacher, author, d. 1569. John Francis Regis, Saint John Francis Regis, Saint- Jesuit priest and missionary, d. 1640. Joseph of Leonessa, Saint Joseph of Leonessa, Saint- Capuchin missionary, confessor, d. 1612. John Ogilvie, Saint John Ogilvie, Saint- Scotsman, raised Calvinist, converted to Catholicism, became a Jesuit priest and missionary to his native land, was tortured and martyred in 1615. Joseph Vaz, Blessed Joseph Vaz, Blessed- Biographical article on this 17th-century priest from Goa who was a missionary to Sri Lanka. John Martin Moye, Blessed John Martin Moye, Blessed- Biography of the founder of the Sisters of Divine Providence, and missionary to China. He died in 1793. John Boste, Saint John Boste, Saint- Or John Boast. Priest, martyred at Durham in 1594. One of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. John Roberts, Saint John Roberts, Saint- A Welsh Benedictine, the first prior of Downside, was arrested six times, exiled four times, and finally martyred at Tyburn in 1610. James Bell, Blessed James Bell, Blessed- Ordained priest in Mary's reign, served the Established Church under Queen Elizabeth, but returned to the Catholic Church and became a missionary. He was mart… John Pibush, Blessed John Pibush, Blessed- English priest and missionary to his native land, imprisoned for more than six years, on trial twice for the crime of being a priest, martyred at Waterings i… Juliana Falconieri, Saint Juliana Falconieri, Saint- Niece of St. Alexis Falconieri. She founded the Servite Third Order, and died in 1341. Jean Eudes, Saint Jean Eudes, Saint- French missionary, religious founder, writer, d. 1680. John Finglow, Blessed John Finglow, Blessed- Yorkshire priest, martyred in 1586. John Rochester, Blessed John Rochester, Blessed- Brief biography of this English Carthusian priest and martyr, d. 1537. Jeanne de Valois, Saint Jeanne de Valois, Saint- Biography of St. Jeanne, also known as Jéhanne de France or Jane of Valois, queen, founder of the Annonciades. She died in 1505. John Sandys, Blessed John Sandys, Blessed- Brief account of the martyrdom of the English priest, which took place in 1586. John Kemble, Saint John Kemble, Saint- Biography of the priest and martyr, who died in 1679. Jacopone da Todi, Blessed Jacopone da Todi, Blessed- More properly called Jacopo Benedetti. Biographical article on the lawyer, widower, Franciscan poet sympathetic to the Spirituals, who died about 1306. Julia Billiart, Saint Julia Billiart, Saint- Biographical article on the founder of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur. She died in 1816. John Amias, Blessed John Amias, Blessed- Cloth merchant, widower, priest, martyred 1589. Joachim of Flora, Blessed Joachim of Flora, Blessed- Article on this Cistercian abbot, mystic, regarded as a prophet, d. 1202. Jerome Emiliani, Saint Jerome Emiliani, Saint- Soldier, priest, founder of the Order of Somascha, d. 1537. John Forest, Blessed John Forest, Blessed- English Franciscan, served as confessor to Queen Catherine, was burned at the stake at Smithfield in 1538.