There are 118 Blesseds in our Salesian Family. Among these we find eight Salesian priests, two brothers, four Sisters, two pupils, one Pope, and two Cooperators. There are 101 martyrs who are Salesian priests, sisters or laypersons both adult and young. In the chronological order of their beatification, they are:
Blessed Michael Rua
Priest (October 29, 1972)
Blessed Laura Vicuña
Adolescent (September 3, 1988)
Blessed Philip Rinaldi
Priest (April 29, 1990)
Blessed Maddelena Morano
Virgin (November 5, 1994)
Blessed Joseph Kowalski
Priest, martyr (June 13, 1999)
Blessed Franciszek Kesy and the Four Young Men
Martyr (June 13, 1999)
Blessed Pope Pius IX
Pope (September 3, 2000)
Blessed Joseph Calasanz and 31 Companions
Martyr (March 11, 2001)
Blessed Louis Variara
Priest (April 14, 2002)
Saint Artemides Zatti
Brother (April 14, 2002)
Blessed Maria Romero Meneses
Virgin (April 14, 2002)
Blessed Augustus Czartoryski
Priest (April 25, 2004)
Blessed Eusebia Palomino
Virgin (April 25, 2004)
Blessed Alexandrina da Costa
Salesian Cooperator (April 25, 2004)
Blessed Albert Marvelli
Layman (September 5, 2004)
Blessed Bronislaus Markiewicz
Priest (June 19, 2005)
Blessed Saiz Aparicio and 62 Companions
Priest, Martyrs (October 28, 2007)
Blessed Zeferino Namuncura
Adolescent (November 11, 2007)
Blessed Maria Troncatti
Virgin (November 24, 2012)
