For a list of saints and blessed Roman Catholics, see Chronological list of saints and blesseds

Chronological list of saints and blesseds

A list of Christian saints and blesseds in chronological order, sorted by date of death:*1st century *2nd century *3rd century *4th century *5th century *6th century *7th century...

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On 22 January 1588, with the Apostolic Constitution

Apostolic constitution

An apostolic constitution is the highest level of decree issued by the Pope. The use of the term constitution comes from Latin constitutio, which referred to any important law issued by the Roman emperor, and is retained in church documents because of the inheritance that the canon law of the...

 Immensa Aeterni Dei

Immensa Aeterni Dei

Immensa Aeterni Dei is an apostolic constitution in the form of a papal bull issued by Pope Sixtus V on February, 1588. The constitution reorganized the Roman Curia, establishing permanent congregations of cardinals to advise the pope on various subjects...

, Pope Sixtus V created the Sacred Congregation of Rites

Sacred Congregation of Rites

The Sacred Congregation of Rites was a congregation of the Roman Curia, erected on January 22, 1588 by Pope Sixtus V and dissolved by Pope Paul VI on May 8, 1969....

 to regulate divine worship and to deal with the causes of saints.

Canonisations before 1588

Source: Canonizations before CSS, retrieved 2008-05-15. In the table below, disputed indicates an asterisk ("*") in this source and indicates conflicting information.

Pontificate of Pope John XIX

Pope John XIX

Pope John XIX , born Romanus, was Pope from 1024 to 1032.He succeeded his brother, Pope Benedict VIII , both being members of the powerful house of Tusculum...

• 1024
  • Adalard of Corbie
• 1026
  • Bononius of Lucedio

Pontificate of Pope Benedict IX

Pope Benedict IX

Pope Benedict IX , born Theophylactus of Tusculum, was Pope on three occasions between 1032 and 1048. One of the youngest popes, he was the only man to have been Pope on more than one occasion and the only man ever to have sold the papacy.-Biography:Benedict was born in Rome as Theophylactus, the...

• 1032
  • Romuald
    Romuald
    Saint Romuald was the founder of the Camaldolese order and a major figure in the eleventh-century "Renaissance of eremitical asceticism"....
    
    
• Date uncertain – possibly 1035
  • Symeon of Trier
    Symeon of Trier
    Saint Symeon of Trier , also Simeon, , was a monk and recluse . He is venerated as a saint in the Orthodox Church with his feast day on May 1.-Life:...
    
    

Pontificate of Pope Clement II

Pope Clement II

Pope Clement II , was Pope from December 25, 1046 to his death. He was the first in a series of reform-minded popes from Germany.Born in Hornburg, Lower Saxony, Germany, he was the son of Count Konrad of Morsleben and Hornburg and his wife Amulrad.In 1040, he became Bishop of Bamberg...

5 January 1047

• • Wiborada
    Wiborada
    Saint Wiborada of St. Gall was a member of the Swabian nobility in what is present-day Switzerland. She was an anchoress, Benedictine nun, and martyr, as well as the first woman formally canonized by the Vatican. Her vita was written ca...
    
     of Saint Gall (St Gallen or 'Sankt-Gall')

Pontificate of Pope Leo IX

Pope Leo IX

Pope Saint Leo IX , born Bruno of Eguisheim-Dagsburg, was Pope from February 12, 1049 to his death. He was a German aristocrat and as well as being Pope was a powerful secular ruler of central Italy. He is regarded as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church, with the feast day of April 19...

• 1049
  • Deodatus of Nevers
    Deodatus of Nevers
    Deodatus of Nevers was a bishop of Nevers from 655. Deodatus lived with Arbogast in the monastery of Ebersheim, established by Childeric II near Sélestat in the forest of Hagenau....
    
    
  • Gervase of Liege
• 3 December 1049
  • Romaric of Luxeuil
  • Amatus of Remiremont
  • Adelphus of Metz
• 2 May 1050
  • Gerard of Toul
    Gerard of Toul
    Saint Gerard of Toul, also Saint Gerald of Toul was a German priest who was appointed bishop of Toul in 963. He ruled for 31 years.Unlike some other saints he was born into a very wealthy, noble family....
    
    
• 8 October 1051
  • Wolfgang
  • Erhard, also known as Erhard of Regensburg

Pontificate of Pope Alexander II

Pope Alexander II

Pope Alexander II , born Anselmo da Baggio, was Pope from 1061 to 1073.He was born in Milan. As bishop of Lucca he had been an energetic coadjutor with Hildebrand of Sovana in endeavouring to suppress simony, and to enforce the celibacy of the clergy...

• 1067
  • Ariardus
• 1070
  • Theobald
    Theobald of Provins
    Saint Theobald of Provins was a French hermit and saint. Theobald was born at Provins to the French nobility; his father was Arnoul, Count Palatine of Champagne. He was named after his uncle, St. Theobald of Vienne....
    
    , also known as Theobald of Provins
  • Íñigo of Oña
    Íñigo of Oña
    Saint Íñigo of Oña was the Benedictine abbot of San Salvador at Oña. He was canonised in 1259 by Pope Alexander IV and is venerated in the Roman Catholic Church, where his feast day is 1 June. He is the patron saint of Calatayud. Ignatius of Loyola was named after him.Íñigo was born at Calatayud...
    
    , also known as Eneco

Pontificate of Pope Gregory VII

Pope Gregory VII

Pope St. Gregory VII , born Hildebrand of Sovana , was Pope from April 22, 1073, until his death. One of the great reforming popes, he is perhaps best known for the part he played in the Investiture Controversy, his dispute with Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor affirming the primacy of the papal...

• 1073
  • Pascasius Radbertus
• 1083
  • Gerard Sagredo
    Gerard Sagredo
    Saint Gerard Sagredo , also called Gerhard or Gellert, was an Italian bishop from Venice who operated in the Kingdom of Hungary , and educated Saint Emeric of Hungary, the son of Saint Stephen of Hungary). He played a major role in converting Hungary to Christianity...
    
    
  • Stephen of Hungary
  • Emeric of Hungary
    Saint Emeric of Hungary
    Prince St. Imre, also Henricus, Emeric, Emerick, Emmerich, Emericus or Americus was the son of King St. Stephen I of Hungary and Giselle of Bavaria. He is assumed to be the second son of Stephen, he was named after his uncle, St...
    
    

Pontificate of Pope Urban II

Pope Urban II

Pope Urban II , born Otho de Lagery , was Pope from 12 March 1088 until his death on July 29 1099...

• 1084
  • Godeleva
• 1095
  • Erlembald Cotta
• 1098
  • Nicholas Peregrinus Nicholas "Peregrinus"
• c. 1089–1099, date uncertain
  • Adelaide
    Adelaide of Italy
    Saint Adelaide of Italy , also called Adelaide of Burgundy, was the second wife of Otto the Great, Holy Roman Emperor...
    
    , disputed, see explanation above
• date uncertain
  • Attilanus of Zaragoza
• 1100
  • Angilbert of Saint-Riquier

Pontificate of Pope Pascal II

• 19 April 1101
  • Canute of Denmark
    Canute IV of Denmark
    Canute IV, later known as Canute the Holy or Canute the Saint , was King of Denmark from 1080 until 1086. Canute was an ambitious king who sought to strengthen the Danish monarchy, devotedly supported the Roman Catholic Church, and had designs on the English throne. Slain by rebels in 1086, he was...
    
    
• 4 June 1109
  • Peter of Anagni
    Peter of Anagni
    Peter of Anagni was Benedictine, Bishop, and papal legate. Born in Salerno, Italy, he entered the Benedictines and so distinguished himself as a monk that Pope Gregory VII appointed him Bishop of Anagni. As bishop, he improved the spiritual welfare of the city, built a new cathedral, and promoted...
    
    

Pontificate of Pope Callistus II

• 6 January 1120
  • Arnulf of Soissons
• 1120
  • Hugh of Cluny
    Hugh of Cluny
    Hugh of Cluny was an Abbot of Cluny. He is sometimes referred to as "Hugh the Great" or "Hugh of Semur" and was canonized by the Roman Catholic Church as Saint Hugh . He was one of the most influential leaders of one of the most influential monastic orders of the Middle Ages.Abbot Hugh built the...
    
    , also known as Saint Hugh (the Great)
• 1123
  • Conrad of Constance
    Conrad of Constance
    -Life:Conrad was a member of the powerful Welf family, son of Count Heinrich of Altdorf. After an education at the cathedral school in Constance, he became provost of Constance Cathedral and in 934 was made Bishop of Constance....
    
    
• c. 1123–1124, date uncertain
  • Gerard of Potenza
    Gerard of Potenza
    Saint Gerard of Potenza, also Gerard La Porta was a Roman Catholic saint and a bishop of Potenza in Italy,-Life:Gerard was born in Piacenza into a noble family. He travelled into southern Italy in search of holy sites, but when he reached Potenza he decided to dedicate himself to the apostolic life...
    
    

Pontificate of Pope Innocent II

Pope Innocent II

Pope Innocent II , born Gregorio Papareschi, was pope from 1130 to 1143, and was probably one of the clergy in personal attendance on the antipope Clement III .-Early years:...

• 29 October 1129
  • Godehard of Hildesheim
• 22 April 1134
  • Hugh of Grenoble
• 19 April 1139
  • Sturmi of Fulda

Pontificate of Pope Eugene III

Pope Eugene III

Pope Blessed Eugene III , born Bernardo da Pisa, was Pope from 1145 to 1153. He was the first Cistercian to become Pope.-Early life:...

• 4 March 1146
  • Henry I
    Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor
    Henry II , also referred to as Saint Henry, Obl.S.B., was the fifth and last Holy Roman Emperor of the Ottonian dynasty, from his coronation in Rome in 1014 until his death a decade later. He was crowned King of the Germans in 1002 and King of Italy in 1004...
    
    , also known as Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor

Pontificate of Pope Alexander III

Pope Alexander III

Pope Alexander III , born Rolando of Siena, was Pope from 1159 to 1181. He is noted in history for laying the foundation stone for the Notre Dame de Paris.-Church career:...

• 7 February 1161
  • Edward the Confessor
    Edward the Confessor
    Edward the Confessor also known as St. Edward the Confessor , son of Æthelred the Unready and Emma of Normandy, was one of the last Anglo-Saxon kings of England and is usually regarded as the last king of the House of Wessex, ruling from 1042 to 1066....
    
    
• 9 June 1163
  • Anselm of Canterbury
    Anselm of Canterbury
    Anselm of Canterbury , also called of Aosta for his birthplace, and of Bec for his home monastery, was a Benedictine monk, a philosopher, and a prelate of the church who held the office of Archbishop of Canterbury from 1093 to 1109...
    
    
• 1164
  • Helen of Skövde
• 8 November 1169
  • Canute Lavard
    Canute Lavard
    Canute Lavard was a Danish prince. Later he was the first Duke of Schleswig and the first border prince who was both a Danish and a German vassal, a position leafing towards the historical double position of Southern Jutland...
    
    
• 21 February 1173
  • Thomas Becket
    Thomas Becket
    Thomas Becket was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 until his murder in 1170. He is venerated as a saint and martyr by both the Roman Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion...
    
    
• 1174
  • Bernard of Clairvaux
    Bernard of Clairvaux
    Bernard of Clairvaux, O.Cist was a French abbot and the primary builder of the reforming Cistercian order.After the death of his mother, Bernard sought admission into the Cistercian order. Three years later, he was sent to found a new abbey at an isolated clearing in a glen known as the Val...
    
    
• unknown
  • Guarinus of Palestrina
    Guarinus of Palestrina
    Guarinus was an Italian Augustinian canon regular and Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina from December 1144.He is a Catholic saint, with feast day February 6.-External links:...
    
    
  • John of Meda
    John of Meda
    John of Meda, also known as John Oldrati, John Oldradi, and John of Como, was a Priest at Milan and Como, Italy. Receiving a vision of the Virgin Mary, he decided to join the Humiliati in 1134, and worked for their adoption of the Benedictine Rule. Later John went on to create other monasteries in...
    
    
  • Rainerius
    Rainerius
    Saint Rainerius is the patron saint of Pisa and of travellers. His feast day is June 17. His name may also be spelled Raynerius, Rainerius, Rainier, Rainieri, Ranieri, Raniero, or Regnier....
    
    

Pontificate of Pope Lucius III

Pope Lucius III

Pope Lucius III , born Ubaldo, was pope from 1 September 1181 to his death.A native of the independent republic of Lucca, he was born ca. 1100 as Ubaldo, son of Orlando. He is commonly referred to as a member of the aristocratic family of Allucingoli, but this is not proven...

• 1181
  • Bruno of Segni, disputed, see explanation above
• 1185
  • Galgano Guidotti
    Galgano Guidotti
    Saint Galgano is a Catholic saint from Tuscany.He was born in Chiusdino, in the modern province of Siena, Italy, from Guidotto and Dionigia...
    
    
• 1186
  • Anno of Cologne, disputed, see explanation above

Pontificate of Pope Clement III

Pope Clement III

Pope Clement III , born Paulino Scolari, was elected Pope on December 19, 1187 and reigned until his death.-Cardinal:...

• 1188
  • Ketille, disputed, see explanation above
• 21 March 1189
  • Stephen of Muret
• 29 April 1189
  • Otto of Bamberg
    Otto of Bamberg
    Saint Otto of Bamberg was a medieval German bishop and missionary who, as papal legate, converted much of Pomerania to Christianity.-Life:Otto was born into a noble family in Mistelbach, Franconia...
    
    
• 6 May 1190
  • Malachy O'More
• 1191
  • Peter of Tarentaise
    Peter of Tarentaise
    Peter of Tarentaise was a Roman Catholic abbot and bishop. He has been declared a saint by that church, with a feast day of May 8.-Biography:...
    
    , disputed, see explanation above

Pontificate of Pope Celestine III

Pope Celestine III

Pope Celestine III , born Giacinto Bobone, was elected Pope on March 21, 1191, and reigned until his death. He was born into the noble Orsini family in Rome, though he was only a cardinal deacon before becoming Pope...

• 4 March 1192
  • Ubald Baldassini of Gubbio
    Ubald
    Ubald of Gubbio was a medieval bishop of Gubbio, in Umbria, today venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church. Saint Ubaldo Day is still celebrated at Gubbio in his honor, as well as at Jessup, Pennsylvania.-Life:...
    
    
• 8 January 1193
  • Bernwald of Hildesheim
• 24 October 1193
  • John Gualbert
• 1194
  • Gaucherius
    Saint Gaucherius
    St. Gaucherius, a Christian saint, was born at Meulan-sur-Seine, France. He got a good Christian education. Once he turned 18, he went to Auriel for a life alone. Soon people came to him and he gave them the Rule of Saint Augustine. Many holy men were trained at this community he founded,...
    
    
• c. 1195–1196, date uncertain
  • Rudesind
    Rudesind
    Saint Rudesind was a Galician bishop and abbot. He was born into the nobility; his father was Count Gutierre Menéndez , brother-in-law to Ordoño II and supporter of Alfonso III of León, and his mother was St. Ilduaria Eriz . Rudesind was related to the abbess Saint Senorina...
    
    
• 27 April 1197
  • Gerard of Sauve-Majeur
• unknown
  • Ronald

Pontificate of Pope Innocent III

Pope Innocent III

Pope Innocent III was Pope from 8 January 1198 until his death. His birth name was Lotario dei Conti di Segni, sometimes anglicised to Lothar of Segni....

• 21 January 1199
  • Homobonus of Cremona
• March or April 1200
  • Cunegund
• 1202
  • Gilbert of Sempringham
    Gilbert of Sempringham
    Saint Gilbert of Sempringham became the only Englishman to found a conventual order, mainly because the abbot of Cîteaux declined his request to assist him in helping a group of women living with lay brothers and sisters, in 1148...
    
    
• 8 May 1202
  • William of Maleval
• 1203
  • Belina
    Belina (virgin)
    Saint Belina was a Roman Catholic virgin martyr. A peasant girl from Troyes, France, she was threatened with rape by the feudal lord of the district. She refused his advances and died in defense of her virginity. She was canonized by Pope Innocent III in 1203....
    
    
• 14 May 1203
  • Wulstan
    Wulfstan, Bishop of Worcester
    Wulfstan , Bishop of Worcester, was the last surviving pre-Conquest bishop and the only English-born bishop after 1075. Wulfstan is a Christian saint.-Denomination:His denomination as Wulfstan II is to indicate that he is the second Bishop Wulfstan of Worcester...
    
    
• 2 July 1204
  • Procopius of Sázava
    Procopius of Sázava
    Saint Procopius of Sázava was a Czech saint. He studied at Prague where he was also ordained. He was a canon and a hermit and then became the founding abbot of Sázava near Prague. He is an alleged author of the Reims Gospel....
    
    

Pontificate of Pope Honorius III

Pope Honorius III

Pope Honorius III , previously known as Cencio Savelli, was Pope from 1216 to 1227.-Early work:He was born in Rome as son of Aimerico...

• 17 May 1218
  • William de Donjeon
    William of Donjeon
    Saint William of Donjeon , also referred to as St William of Bourges and St William the Confessor, was Archbishop of Bourges from 1200 until 1209. As William Berruyer , he was a descendant of the family of the ancient Counts of Nevers. He was educated under the care of Peter, Archdeacon of...
    
    
• 18 February 1220
  • Hugh of Lincoln
    Hugh of Lincoln
    Hugh of Lincoln was at the time of the Reformation the best-known English saint after Thomas Becket.-Life:...
    
    
• 1220
  • Bertrand of Comminges
    Bertrand of Comminges
    Bertrand of Comminges was Bishop of Comminges, in the diocese of Toulouse, France. It is after him that the commune of Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges, is named.-Early life:...
    
    , disputed, see explanation above
• 8 January 1222
  • Robert of Molesme
    Robert of Molesme
    Saint Robert of Molesme was a Christian saint and abbot, one of the founders of the Cistercian Order in France.-Life:Robert was a member of the nobility in Champagne, a younger son, who entered the abbey of Montier-la-Celle, near Troyes, at age fifteen and later rose to the status of prior...
    
    
• 21 January 1224
  • William of Roskilde
• 11 December 1225
  • Lawrence O’Toole
    Lorcán Ua Tuathail
    Lorcán Ua Tuathail, also known as St Laurence O'Toole, was born at Castledermot, Kildare, Ireland, in 1128, and died at Eu, Normandy, France, on 14 November 1180; he was canonized in 1225 by Pope Honorius III.-Early life:...
    
    , also known as Lorcan Ua Tuathail
• 18 March 1226
  • William Fitzherbert

Pontificate of Pope Gregory IX

Pope Gregory IX

Pope Gregory IX, born Ugolino di Conti, was pope from March 19, 1227 to August 22, 1241.The successor of Pope Honorius III , he fully inherited the traditions of Pope Gregory VII and of his uncle Pope Innocent III , and zealously continued their policy of Papal supremacy.-Early life:Ugolino was...

• 16 July 1228
  • Francis of Assisi
    Francis of Assisi
    Saint Francis of Assisi was an Italian Catholic friar and preacher. He founded the men's Franciscan Order, the women’s Order of St. Clare, and the lay Third Order of Saint Francis. St...
    
    
• 1 June 1232
  • Anthony of Padua
    Anthony of Padua
    Anthony of Padua or Anthony of Lisbon, O.F.M., was a Portuguese Catholic priest and friar of the Franciscan Order. Though he died in Padua, Italy, he was born to a wealthy family in Lisbon, Portugal, which is where he was raised...
    
    
• 18 June 1232
  • Virgilius of Salzburg (Vergilius of Salzburg
    Vergilius of Salzburg
    Vergilius of Salzburg was an Irish churchman, an early astronomer and bishop of Salzburg. His obituary calls him the geometer.-Biography:...
    
    )
• 3 July 1234
  • Dominic de Guzman
• 27 May 1235
  • Elizabeth of Hungary

Pontificate of Pope Innocent IV

Pope Innocent IV

Pope Innocent IV , born Sinibaldo Fieschi, was pope from June 25, 1243 until his death in 1254.-Early life:...

• 16 December 1246
  • Edmund Rich
    Edmund Rich
    Edmund Rich was a 13th century Archbishop of Canterbury in England...
    
    
• 24 March 1247
  • William Pinchon
    William Pinchon
    William Pinchon, also known as William of Saint-Brieuc, was Bishop of Saint-Brieuc. Born in the province of Brittany, France, he was appointed Bishop of Saint-Brieuc, in 1220. He was forced into exile by the Duke of Brittany, living for a while in Poitiers, only returning in 1230.-References:...
    
    
• 1250
  • Margaret of Scotland
    Saint Margaret of Scotland
    Saint Margaret of Scotland , also known as Margaret of Wessex and Queen Margaret of Scotland, was an English princess of the House of Wessex. Born in exile in Hungary, she was the sister of Edgar Ætheling, the short-ruling and uncrowned Anglo-Saxon King of England...
    
    , disputed, see explanation above
• 9 March 1253
  • Peter of Verona
    Peter of Verona
    Saint Peter of Verona O.P. , also known as Saint Peter Martyr, was a 13th century Italian Catholic priest. He was a Dominican friar and a celebrated preacher...
    
    , also known as Peter "Martyr" of Verona
• 8 September 1253
  • Stanislas of Kraków (Stanislaus of Szczepanów
    Stanislaus of Szczepanów
    Stanislaus of Szczepanów, or Stanisław Szczepanowski, was a Bishop of Kraków known chiefly for having been martyred by the Polish king Bolesław II the Bold...
    
    )

Pontificate of Pope Alexander IV

Pope Alexander IV

Pope Alexander IV was Pope from 1254 until his death.Born as Rinaldo di Jenne, in Jenne , he was, on his mother's side, a member of the de' Conti di Segni family, the counts of Segni, like Pope Innocent III and Pope Gregory IX...

• 12 August 1255
  • Claire of Assisi
• 1256
  • William of Rochester

Pontificate of Pope Urban IV

Pope Urban IV

Pope Urban IV , born Jacques Pantaléon, was Pope, from 1261 to 1264. He was not a cardinal, and there have been several Popes since him who have not been Cardinals, including Urban V and Urban VI.-Biography:...

• 25 January 1262
  • Richard de Wych
    Richard of Chichester
    Richard of Chichester is a saint who was Bishop of Chichester...
    
    
• 1 May 1262
  • Felix of Valois

Pontificate of Pope Clement V

Pope Clement V

Pope Clement V, born Raymond Bertrand de Got was Pope from 1305 to his death...

• 5 May 1313
  • Pope Celestine V, also known as Peter Celestine

Pontificate of Pope John XXII

Pope John XXII

Pope John XXII , born Jacques Duèze , was pope from 1316 to 1334. He was the second Pope of the Avignon Papacy , elected by a conclave in Lyon assembled by Philip V of France...

• 7 April 1317
  • Louis of Toulouse
    Louis of Toulouse
    Saint Louis of Toulouse was a cadet of the royal French house of Anjou who was made a Catholic bishop. The California mission, city and county of San Luis Obispo, California, are named after him....
    
    
• 17 April 1320
  • Thomas de Cantelupe (Thomas de Cantilupe)
• 18 July 1323
  • Thomas Aquinas
    Thomas Aquinas
    Thomas Aquinas, O.P. , also Thomas of Aquin or Aquino, was an Italian Dominican priest of the Catholic Church, and an immensely influential philosopher and theologian in the tradition of scholasticism, known as Doctor Angelicus, Doctor Communis, or Doctor Universalis...
    
    

Pontificate of Pope Clement VI

Pope Clement VI

Pope Clement VI , bornPierre Roger, the fourth of the Avignon Popes, was pope from May 1342 until his death in December of 1352...

• 26 June 1347
  • Ivo Hélory (Ivo of Kermartin
    Ivo of Kermartin
    Saint Ivo of Kermartin , also known Yvo or Ives, as Erwann and as Yves Hélory , was a parish priest among the poor of Louannec, the only one of his station to be canonized in the Middle Ages. He is the patron of Brittany, lawyers, and abandoned children. His feast day is May 19...
    
    )
• 19 September 1351
  • Robert de Turlande

Pontificate of Pope Urban V

Pope Urban V

Pope Urban V , born Guillaume Grimoard, was Pope from 1362 to 1370.-Biography:Grimoard was a native of Grizac in Languedoc . He became a Benedictine and a doctor in Canon Law, teaching at Montpellier and Avignon...

• 15 April 1369
  • Eleazar de Sabran (Elzéar of Sabran
    Elzéar of Sabran
    Saint Elzéar of Sabran, O.S.F., Baron of Ansouis, Count of Ariano, was born in the castle of Saint-Jean-de-Robians, near Cabrières-d'Aigues in Provence, southern France, in 1285. He died in Paris, France, on September 27, 1323...
    
    )

Pontificate of Pope Boniface IX

Pope Boniface IX

Pope Boniface IX , born Piero Tomacelli, was the second Roman Pope of the Western Schism from November 2, 1389, until October 1, 1404...

• 7 October 1391
  • Bridget of Sweden
    Bridget of Sweden
    Bridget of Sweden Bridget of Sweden Bridget of Sweden (1303 – 23 July 1373; also Birgitta of Vadstena, Saint Birgitta , was a mystic and saint, and founder of the Bridgettines nuns and monks after the death of her husband of twenty years...
    
    
• 1401
  • John Thwing of Bridlington, disputed, see explanation above

Pontificate of Pope Eugene IV

Pope Eugene IV

Pope Eugene IV , born Gabriele Condulmer, was pope from March 3, 1431, to his death.-Biography:He was born in Venice to a rich merchant family, a Correr on his mother's side. Condulmer entered the Order of Saint Augustine at the monastery of St. George in his native city...

• 1 February 1447
  • Nicholas of Tolentino
    Nicholas of Tolentino
    Saint Nicholas of Tolentino , known as the Patron of Holy Souls, was an Italian saint and mystic.-Biography:...
    
    
• unknown
  • Bellinus
    Bellinus of Padua
    Bellinus Bertaldo was Bishop and martyr of Padua, Italy. Bellinus took office as Bishop of Padua in 1128 and died in his see while discharging his duties. Due of the nature of his death, martyrdom, he was later canonized by Pope Eugene IV.-Notes:...
    
    

Pontificate of Pope Callistus III

• 3 June 1455
  • Vincent Ferrer
    Vincent Ferrer
    Saint Vincent Ferrer was a Valencian Dominican missionary and logician.-Early life:Vincent was the fourth child of the Anglo-Scottish nobleman William Stewart Ferrer and his Spanish wife, Constantia Miguel. Legends surround his birth...
    
    
• 1 January 1457
  • Osmund
• 15 October 1457
  • Albert of Trapani
    Albert of Trapani
    Saint Albert of Trapani was a Sicilian saint. Born in Trapani, he entered the Carmelite monastery there at a very young age and was later transferred to the Carmelite house at Messina....
    
    
• 1457
  • Rose of Viterbo
    Rose of Viterbo
    Saint Rose of Viterbo, T.O.S.F., was a virgin saint, born at Viterbo, Italy.The chronology of her life must always remain uncertain, as the Acts of her canonization, the chief historical sources, record no dates...
    
    , disputed, see explanation above

Pontificate of Pope Sixtus IV

Pope Sixtus IV

Pope Sixtus IV , born Francesco della Rovere, was Pope from 1471 to 1484. His accomplishments as Pope included the establishment of the Sistine Chapel; the group of artists that he brought together introduced the Early Renaissance into Rome with the first masterpiece of the city's new artistic age,...

• 7 August 1481
  • Berard of Carbio
    Berard of Carbio
    Saint Berard of Carbio is a thirteenth century saint and martyr. He was born into a noble family of Leopardi, and was a native of Carbio in Umbria, a province of Italy. He and Saints Peter, Otho, Accursius, and Adjutus are venerated as the Franciscan Protomartyrs.-Life:Berard was received into the...
    
    , martyred 16 January 1120
  • Otto, also known as Otho, martyred 16 January 1120 with Berard
  • Peter, martyred 16 January 1120 with Berard
  • Accursius, martyred 16 January 1120 with Berard
  • Adjutus, martyred 16 January 1120 with Berard
• 14 May 1482
  • Bonaventure
    Bonaventure
    Saint Bonaventure, O.F.M., , born John of Fidanza , was an Italian medieval scholastic theologian and philosopher. The seventh Minister General of the Order of Friars Minor, he was also a Cardinal Bishop of Albano. He was canonized on 14 April 1482 by Pope Sixtus IV and declared a Doctor of the...
    
    

Pontificate of Pope Innocent VIII

Pope Innocent VIII

Pope Innocent VIII , born Giovanni Battista Cybo , was Pope from 1484 until his death.-Early years:Giovanni Battista Cybo was born at Genoa of Greek extraction...

• 6 January 1485
  • Leopold III
    Leopold III, Margrave of Austria
    Saint Leopold III was the Margrave of Austria in 1073–1136. He is the patron saint of Austria, of the city of Vienna, of Lower Austria, and, jointly with Saint Florian, of Upper Austria. His feast day is November 15.-Biography:...
    
    

Pontificate of Pope Leo X

Pope Leo X

Pope Leo X , born Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici, was the Pope from 1513 to his death in 1521. He was the last non-priest to be elected Pope. He is known for granting indulgences for those who donated to reconstruct St. Peter's Basilica and his challenging of Martin Luther's 95 Theses...

• 1516
  • Daniel and Companions
    Daniel and Companions
    Saint Daniel and Companions are venerated as martyrs by the Catholic Church. They were Friars Minor who died at Ceuta....
    
    
• 1 May 1519
  • Francis of Paola
    Francis of Paola
    Saint Francis of Paola was an Italian mendicant friar and the founder of the Roman Catholic Order of the Minims.-Biography:...
    
    

Pontificate of Pope Adrian VI

Pope Adrian VI

Pope Adrian VI , born Adriaan Florenszoon Boeyens, served as Pope from 9 January 1522 until his death some 18 months later...

• 1521
  • Casimir
    Saint Casimir
    Saint Casimir Jagiellon was a royal prince of the Kingdom of Poland and of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania who became a patron saint of Lithuania, Poland, and the young.-Biography:...
    
    
• 31 May 1523
  • Benno
    Benno
    Saint Benno of Meissen was a Bishop of Meissen in Germany. Little is known of Benno's early life. It is unlikely that he was the scion of a Saxon noble family, the Woldenburgs.It is also unlikely that in his youth he entered and was educated at the monastery of St...
    
     of Meissen
  • Antoninus Pierozzi (Antonio Pierozzi)

Pontificate of Clement VIII (2)

• 17 April 1594
  • Hyacinth
    Saint Hyacinth
    Saint Hyacinth, O.P., was educated in Paris and Bologna. A Doctor of Sacred Studies and a secular priest, he worked to reform women's monasteries in his native Poland...
    
    
• 1598
  • Sylvester Gozzolini
    Sylvester Gozzolini
    Sylvester Gozzolini was an Italian saint, the founder of the religious order known as the Sylvestrines....
    
    
• 29 April 1601
  • Raymond of Peñafort
    Raymond of Peñafort
    Saint Raymond of Penyafort, O.P. is a Dominican friar who compiled the Decretals of Gregory IX, a collection of canon laws that remained part of church law until the Code of Canon Law was promulgated in 1917...
    
    

Pontificate of Paul V (2)

• 29 May 1608
  • Frances of Rome
    Frances of Rome
    Saint Frances of Rome, Obl.S.B., is an Italian saint who was a wife, mother, mystic, organizer of charitable services and a Benedictine oblate who founded a religious community of vowed oblates.- Biography :...
    
    
• 1 November 1610
  • Charles Borromeo
    Charles Borromeo
    Charles Borromeo was the cardinal archbishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Milan from 1564 to 1584. He was a leading figure during the Counter-Reformation and was responsible for significant reforms in the Catholic Church, including the founding of seminaries for the education of priests...
    
    

Pontificate of Gregory XV (5)

• 12 March 1622
  • Francis Xavier
    Francis Xavier
    Francis Xavier, born Francisco de Jasso y Azpilicueta was a pioneering Roman Catholic missionary born in the Kingdom of Navarre and co-founder of the Society of Jesus. He was a student of Saint Ignatius of Loyola and one of the first seven Jesuits, dedicated at Montmartre in 1534...
    
    
  • Ignatius of Loyola
    Ignatius of Loyola
    Ignatius of Loyola was a Spanish knight from a Basque noble family, hermit, priest since 1537, and theologian, who founded the Society of Jesus and was its first Superior General. Ignatius emerged as a religious leader during the Counter-Reformation...
    
    
  • Isidore the Laborer
    Isidore the Laborer
    Isidore the Laborer, also known as Isidore the Farmer, , was a Spanish day laborer known for his goodness toward the poor and animals. He is the Catholic patron saint of farmers and of Madrid and of La Ceiba, Honduras....
    
    
  • Philip Neri
    Philip Neri
    Saint Philip Romolo Neri , also known as Apostle of Rome, was an Italian priest, noted for founding a society of secular priests called the "Congregation of the Oratory".-Early life:...
    
    
  • Teresa of Ávila
    Teresa of Ávila
    Saint Teresa of Ávila, also called Saint Teresa of Jesus, baptized as Teresa Sánchez de Cepeda y Ahumada, was a prominent Spanish mystic, Roman Catholic saint, Carmelite nun, and writer of the Counter Reformation, and theologian of contemplative life through mental prayer...
    
    

Pontificate of Urban VIII (2)

• 24 June 1625
  • Elizabeth of Portugal
• 29 April 1629
  • Andrew Corsini
    Andrew Corsini
    Andrew Corsini was an Italian Carmelite, and bishop of Fiesole.-Biography:He was born in Florence, November 30, 1302, as member of the illustrious Corsini family...
    
    

Pontificate of Alexander VII (2)

• 1 November 1658
  • Thomas of Villanova
    Thomas of Villanova
    St. Thomas of Villanova, O.S.A. , was a preacher, ascetic, writer andSpanish friar of the Order of Saint Augustine....
    
    
• 19 April 1665
  • Francis de Sales
    Francis de Sales
    Francis de Sales was Bishop of Geneva and is a Roman Catholic saint. He worked to convert Protestants back to Catholicism, and was an accomplished preacher...
    
    

Pontificate of Clement IX (2)

• 28 April 1669
  • Maria Magdalena de Pazzi
    Magdalena de Pazzi
    Saint Maria Magdalene de Pazzi is an Italian saint of the Roman Catholic Church.- Life :...
    
    
  • Peter of Alcantara
    Peter of Alcantara
    Saint Peter of Alcántara, O.F.M. was a Spanish Franciscan friar.- Biography :He was born at Alcántara, Province of Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain. His father, Peter Garavito, was the governor of Alcántara, and his mother was of the noble family of Sanabia...
    
    

Pontificate of Clement X (6)

• 20 June 1670
  • Francis Borgia
    Francis Borgia
    Saint Francis Borgia, 4th duke of Gandía, 3rd Father General of the Jesuit Order, Grandee of Spain, was a Spanish Jesuit and third Superior General of the Society of Jesus. He was canonized on 20 June 1670.-Early life:He was born Francesco Borgia de Candia d'Aragon within the Duchy of Gandía,...
    
    
• 12 April 1671
  • Cajetan
    Saint Cajetan
    Saint Cajetan , born Gaetano dei Conti di Tiene , is a Catholic Church saint and founder of the order of the Clerics Regular, better known as the Theatines...
    
    
  • Louis Bertrand
    Louis Bertrand (saint)
    Saint Louis Bertrand, O.P. was a Spanish Dominican who preached in South America during the 16th century, and is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church.-Early life:...
    
    
  • Philip Benizi
  • Rose of Lima
    Rose of Lima
    Rose of Lima, , the first Catholic saint of the Americas, was born in Lima, Peru.-Biography:Saint Rose of Lima was born in the city of that name, the daughter of Gaspar Flores, a harquebusier from San German, Puerto Rico, and his wife, Maria de Oliva, who was a native of Lima. She was part of a...
    
    
  • Ferdinand III of Castile
    Ferdinand III of Castile
    Saint Ferdinand III, T.O.S.F., was the King of Castile from 1217 and León from 1230. He was the son of Alfonso IX of León and Berenguela of Castile. Through his second marriage he was also Count of Aumale. He finished the work done by his maternal grandfather Alfonso VIII and consolidated the...
    
     was canonized during 1671.

Pontificate of Alexander VIII (5)

• 16 October 1690
  • Giovanni da Capistrano
    Giovanni da Capistrano
    Saint John of Capistrano, O.F.M., was a Franciscan friar and Catholic priest from Italy...
    
    
  • John of God
    John of God
    John of God ) was a Portuguese-born friar and saint, one of Spain's leading religious figures.John of God was born João Cidade in Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal, into a once-prominent family that was impoverished but had great religious faith...
    
    
  • John of Sahagun
    John of Sahagún
    John of Sahagún , also known as Saint John of San Facondo, was a Spanish priest who belonged to the Order of Hermits of St. Augustine...
    
    
  • Lorenzo Giustiniani
    Lorenzo Giustiniani
    Saint Lorenzo Giustiniani is venerated as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. He was Bishop and first Patriarch of Venice....
    
    
  • Paschal Baylon
    Paschal Baylon
    Saint Paschal Baylon was a Spanish friar and is a saint in the Roman Catholic Church. He is the patron saint of Eucharistic congresses and Eucharistic associations.-Life:...
    
    

Pontificate of Clement XI (5)

• 1712
  • Andrea Avellino
• 26 September 1710
  • Bernard of Calvo
• 22 May 1712
  • Catherine of Bologna
    Catherine of Bologna
    Saint Catherine of Bologna, O.S.C. was an Italian nun, artist and saint.The patron saint of artists and against temptations, Catherine de'Vigri was venerated for nearly three centuries in her native Bologna before being formally canonized, in 1712...
    
    
  • St. Pius V
  • Felice Porri (Felix of Cantalica
    Felix of Cantalica
    St. Felix of Cantalice, O.F.M. Cap., was born to peasant parents in Cantalice, Italy. As a boy he worked hard as a farm laborer and shepherd, and, in 1543, became a Capuchin lay brother at the Citta Ducale Monastery in Anticoli Corrado....
    
    )

Pontificate of Benedict XIII

Pope Benedict XIII

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• 27 December 1726
  • Pellegrino Laziosi
• 31 December 1726
  • Luigi Gonzaga
  • Stanislaus Kostka
    Stanislaus Kostka
    Stanisław Kostka S.J. was a Polish novice of the Society of Jesus. In the Catholic Church as Saint Stanislaus Kostka....
    
    
• 19 March 1729
  • Jan Nepomucký
  • Agnese Segni from Montepucian (Agnes of Montepulciano
    Agnes of Montepulciano
    Saint Agnes of Montepulciano, O.P., was born into a noble family in Gracciano, a small village near Montepulciano in Tuscany, Italy, where, at the age of nine, she entered the monastery of the Dominican nuns of the Second Order.In 1281, the lord of the castle of Proceno, a fief of Orvieto,...
    
    )
  • Giacomo Gangali from the Marches (Saint James of the Marches)
  • Toribio Alfonso de Mogrovejo Robledo (St. Turibius)
  • Francisco Solano Giménez (Francis Solanus
    Francis Solanus
    Saint Francis Solanus, O.F.M., was a Spanish friar and missionary in South America, belonging to the Order of Friars Minor , who is honored as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church.-Early life:...
    
    )
  • Juan de Yepes Álvarez of the Cross (St John of the Cross)
  • Margherita Di Bartolomeo from Cortona (Margaret of Cortona
    Margaret of Cortona
    Saint Margaret of Cortona, T.O.S.F., was an Italian penitent of the Third Order of St. Francis. She was born in Laviano, near Perugia, and died in Cortona...
    
    )

Pontificate of Clement XII (4)

• 16 June 1737
  • Vincent de Paul
    Vincent de Paul
    Vincent de Paul was a priest of the Catholic Church who became dedicated to serving the poor. He is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion. He was canonized in 1737....
    
    
  • Caterina Fieschi Adorno of Genoa
  • Jean-François Règis (John Francis Regis
    John Francis Regis
    John Francis Regis, also known as Saint Jean-François Régis, Saint François Régis, and St. Regis, , was a French priest of the Society of Jesus, recognized as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church....
    
    )
  • Giuliana Falconieri (Juliana Falconieri
    Juliana Falconieri
    Saint Juliana Falconieri was the Italian foundress of the Sisters of the Third Order of Servites ....
    
    )

Pontificate of Benedict XIV (5)

• 29 June 1746
  • Camillo de Lellis (Camillus de Lellis
    Camillus de Lellis
    Saint Camillus de Lellis, M.I., was an Italian priest who founded a religious Order dedicated to the care of the sick.-Early life:...
    
    )
  • Caterina de’ Ricci (Catherine de Ricci)
  • Fidelis Roy from Sigmaringen (St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen)
  • Giuseppe Desideri from Leonessa (Joseph of Leonessa
    Joseph of Leonessa
    Saint Joseph of Leonessa, O.F.M. Cap., is a saint of the Catholic Church. He was born Eufranio Desiderio at Leonessa, a small town then in Umbria, now in the Lazio...
    
    )
  • Pedro Regalado de la Costanilla (Peter de Regalado
    Peter de Regalado
    Saint Peter de Regalado was a Friar Minor and reformer. He was born at Valladolid.His parents were of noble birth and conspicuous for their wealth and virtue. Having lost his father in his early youth, he was piously educated by his mother...
    
    )

Pontificate of Clement XIII (6)

• 16 July 1767
  • Joseph Calasanctius
    Joseph Calasanctius
    Saint Joseph Calasanctius , also known as Joseph Calasanz and Josephus a Matre Dei, was the founder of the Pious Schools and the Order of the Piarists.-The Spanish Years:...
    
    
  • Girolamo Emiliani [Miani] (Jerome Emiliani
    Jerome Emiliani
    Gerolamo Emiliani , was an Italian humanitarian, founder of the Somaschi Fathers, and saint. He was canonized in 1767 and is the patron saint of orphans.-Biography:...
    
    )
  • Jeanne-Françoise Frémyot de Chantal (Jane Frances de Chantal
    Jane Frances de Chantal
    Saint Jane Frances de Chantal is a Roman Catholic Saint, who founded a religious order after the death of her husband.-Life:...
    
    )
  • Jan Wacięga of Kęty (John Cantius
    John Cantius
    Saint John Cantius was a renowned Polish priest, Scholastic philosopher, physicist and theologian. He is also known as John of Kanty or John of Kanti.-Biography:...
    
    )
  • Giuseppe Desa (St Joseph of Cupertino)
  • Serafino Pampiani (Seraphin of Montegranaro
    Seraphin of Montegranaro
    Saint Seraphin of Montegranaro is an Italian saint. Born Felice de Nicola at Montegranaro of a poor, pious family, in his youth he was employed as a shepherd, an occupation which gave him much leisure for prayer and other pious exercises. Upon the death of his parents, he was subjected to harsh...
    
    )

Pontificate of Pius VII (6)

• 1805
  • Christopher of Guardia (St. Christopher of Guardia) (d. 1490)

24 May 1807

• • Angela Merici
    Angela Merici
    Angela Merici, or Angela de Merici, was an Italian religious leader and saint. She founded the Order of Ursulines in 1535 in Brescia.-Life:...
    
    
  • Francesco Caracciolo
    Francis Caracciolo
    Saint Francis Caracciolo , born Ascanio Pisquizio, was an Italian Catholic priest who co-founded the Congregation of the Minor Clerics Regular with Venerable John Augustine Adorno. He decided to adopt a religious life at the age of 22.-Biography:St Francis Caracciolo was born in Villa Santa Maria...
    
    
  • Benedetto Manassari from San Fratello (Benedict the Black)
  • Colette Boylet (St. Colette]
  • Giacinta de Mariscotti (Hyacintha Mariscotti
    Hyacintha Mariscotti
    Saint Hyacintha Mariscotti, T.O.R., or Hyacintha of Mariscotti was a nun of the Third Order Regular of St. Francis. She was born in 1585 of a noble family at Vignanello, near Viterbo in Italy, and died 30 January 1640 at Viterbo...
    
    )

Pontificate of Gregory XVI (5)

• 26 May 1839
  • Veronica Giuliani
    Veronica Giuliani
    Saint Veronica Giuliani, O.S.C. Cap., was an Italian Capuchin nun and mystic. She was canonized by Pope Gregory XVI in 1839.-Early life:...
    
    
  • Alfonso de’ Liguori {Alphonsus Liguori
    Alphonsus Liguori
    Saint Alphonsus Maria de Liguori was an Italian Catholic bishop, spiritual writer, scholastic philosopher and theologian, and founder of the Redemptorists, an influential religious congregation...
    
    )
  • Francesco De Geronim (Francis of Girolamo)
  • Giovanni Giuseppe Calosinto of the Cross (St. John Joseph of the Cross)
  • Pacifico Divino from San Severino (Pacifico of San Severino)

Pontificate of Pius IX (52)

• 8 June 1862
  • Martyrs of Japan
    Martyrs of Japan
    The refers to a group of Christians who were executed by crucifixion on February 5, 1597 at Nagasaki. Their martyrdom is especially significant in the history of Roman Catholicism in Japan....
    
    
• 29 June 1867
  • Germaine Cousin
    Germaine Cousin
    Saint Germaine Cousin is a French saint. She was born in 1579 of humble parents at Pibrac, a village about ten miles from Toulouse.Of her, the Catholic Encyclopedia writes:...
    
    
  • Leonardo Casanova (St. Leonard of Port Maurice)
  • Maria Francesca Gallo (St. Mary Frances of the Five Wounds of Jesus)
  • Yosafat Kuntsevich
  • Paolo Danei
    Paul of the Cross
    Paul of the Cross was an Italian mystic, and founder of the Passionists.-Biography:Saint Paul of the Cross, originally named Paolo Francesco Danei, was born on 3 January 1694, in the town of Ovada, Piedmont, between Turin and Genoa in the Duchy of Savoy in northern Italy.Paul, a son of a...
    
    
  • Nicholas Pieck
    Nicholas Pieck
    Nicholas Pieck was the son of John Pieck and Henriea Clavia, devout Catholics. He was sent to college at 's-Hertogenbosch, and as soon as he had completed his classical studies he received the habit of the Friars Minor at the convent in that town. Nicholas was ordained a priest in 1558, devoting...
    
    
  • Pedro de Arbués
    Pedro de Arbués
    Pedro de Arbués was an official of the Spanish Inquisition who was assassinated in the Zaragoza Cathedral in 1485 in an alleged plot by conversos and Jews...
    
    

Pontificate of Pope Leo XIII

Pope Leo XIII

Pope Leo XIII , born Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci to an Italian comital family, was the 256th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church, reigning from 1878 to 1903...

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• 1881
  • Clare of Montefalco
    Clare of Montefalco
    Saint Clare of Montefalco , also called Saint Clare of the Cross, was an Augustinian nun and abbess. Before becoming a nun, St. Clare was a member of the Third Order of St. Francis . She was canonized by Pope Leo XIII on December 8, 1881.-Life:She was born at Montefalco, in Umbria, likely in the...
    
     (d. 1308)
  • John Baptist de Rossi (1696–1764)
  • Lawrence of Brindisi
    Lawrence of Brindisi
    Saint Lawrence of Brindisi, O.F.M. Cap., , born Giulio Cesare Russo, was a Catholic priest and a member of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin....
    
     (d. 1619)
• 1883
  • Benedict Joseph Labre
    Benedict Joseph Labre
    Saint Benedict Joseph Labré was a French mendicant, Franciscan tertiary and Roman Catholic saint.-Life:He was born in Amettes, near Arras in the north of France, the eldest of fifteen children of a prosperous shopkeeper, and was religious from a very early age. He was noted for performing public...
    
     (1748–1783)
• 1888
  • Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order
    Servite Order
    The Servite Order is one of the five original Catholic mendicant orders. Its objects are the sanctification of its members, preaching the Gospel, and the propagation of devotion to the Mother of God, with special reference to her sorrows. The members of the Order use O.S.M. as their post-nominal...
    
    
  • Peter Claver
    Peter Claver
    Peter Claver was a Jesuit who, due to his life and work, became the patron saint of slaves, Colombia and African Americans...
    
     (1561–1654)
  • John Berchmans
    John Berchmans
    Saint John Berchmans was a Jesuit seminarian and is a saint in the Roman Catholic Church. He is the patron saint of altar servers.-Early life:...
    
     (1599–1621)
  • Alphonsus Rodriguez
    Alphonsus Rodriguez
    Saint Alphonsus Rodríguez was a Spanish Jesuit lay brother, now venerated as a saint. He was a native of Segovia. He is sometimes confused with Fr...
    
     (1531–1617)
• 1897
  • Anthony Maria Zaccaria
    Anthony Maria Zaccaria
    Saint Anthony Maria Zaccaria is an Italian saint.Anthony was born in the city of Cremona, Italy in 1502 to noble parents. When he was two his father died and he was brought up as an only child by his mother. At an early age, he took a private vow of chastity...
    
     (1502–1539)
  • Peter Fourier
    Peter Fourier
    Saint Peter Fourier, C.R.S.A., was a French canon regular who is honored as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church, who had served as a pastor in Mattaincourt , and who also helped to found a religious congregation of canonesses dedicated to the care of poor children...
    
     (1565–1640)
• 1900
  • John Baptist de la Salle (1651–1719)
  • Rita of Cascia
    Rita of Cascia
    Saint Rita of Cascia is an Italian Augustinian saint.-Early life:St. Rita was born at Roccaporena near Spoleto, Umbria, Italy....
    
     (1381–1457)

Pontificate of Pope Pius X

Pope Pius X

Pope Saint Pius X , born Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto, was the 257th Pope of the Catholic Church, serving from 1903 to 1914. He was the first pope since Pope Pius V to be canonized. Pius X rejected modernist interpretations of Catholic doctrine, promoting traditional devotional practices and orthodox...

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• 1904
  • Alexander Sauli
    Alexander Sauli
    Saint Alexander Sauli, the "Apostle of Corsica", was born at Milan, 15 February 1535, of an illustrious Lombard family. He died at Calozza, 11 October 1592, and was interred at Pavia...
    
     (1904)
  • Gerard Majella
    Gerard Majella
    Saint Gerard Majella is a Roman Catholic saint. He is the saint whose intercession is requested for children , childbirth, mothers , motherhood, falsely accused people, good confessions, lay brothers and Muro Lucano,...
    
     (1904)
• 1909
  • Clement Mary Hofbauer
  • Joseph Oriol
    Joseph Oriol
    Saint Joseph Oriol is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church. He is called the "Thaumaturgus of Barcelona." A native of Barcelona, he studied at the University of Barcelona, receiving the degree of Doctor of Theology, 1 August 1674.He was ordained priest on 30 May 1676...
    
    

Pontificate of Pope Benedict XV

Pope Benedict XV

Pope Benedict XV , born Giacomo Paolo Giovanni Battista della Chiesa, reigned as Pope from 3 September 1914 to 22 January 1922...

 (3)

• 13 May 1920
  • Saint Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows (1838–1862)
  • Saint Marguerite Marie Alacoque
    Marguerite Marie Alacoque
    Marguerite Marie Alacoque or Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque was a French Roman Catholic nun and mystic, who promoted devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus in its modern form.-Early life:...
    
     (1647–1690)
• 16 May 1920
  • St. Joan of Arc (1412–1431),She was burnt alive on May 30th, 1431, she was only nineteen years.

Pontificate of Pope Pius XI

Pope Pius XI

Pope Pius XI , born Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti, was Pope from 6 February 1922, and sovereign of Vatican City from its creation as an independent state on 11 February 1929 until his death on 10 February 1939...

 (6)

• 17 May 1925
  • Therese of Lisieux
• 31 May 1925
  • John Vianney
• 8 December 1933
  • Bernadette Soubirous
    Bernadette Soubirous
    Saint Marie-Bernarde Soubirous was a miller's daughter born in Lourdes. From 11 February to 16 July 1858, she reported 18 apparitions of "a small young lady" who asked for a chapel to be built at that site at Lourdes....
    
    
• 1 April 1934
  • John Bosco
    John Bosco
    John Bosco , was an Italian Catholic priest, educator and writer of the 19th century, who put into practice the convictions of his religion, dedicating his life to the betterment and education of street children, juvenile delinquents, and other disadvantaged youth and employing teaching methods...
    
    
• 19 May 1935
  • John Fisher
    John Fisher
    Saint John Fisher was an English Roman Catholic scholastic, bishop, cardinal and martyr. He shares his feast day with Saint Thomas More on 22 June in the Roman Catholic calendar of saints and 6 July on the Church of England calendar of saints...
    
    
  • Thomas More
    Thomas More
    Sir Thomas More , also known by Catholics as Saint Thomas More, was an English lawyer, social philosopher, author, statesman and noted Renaissance humanist. He was an important councillor to Henry VIII of England and, for three years toward the end of his life, Lord Chancellor...
    
    

Pontificate of Pope Paul VI

Pope Paul VI

Paul VI , born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini , reigned as Pope of the Catholic Church from 21 June 1963 until his death on 6 August 1978. Succeeding Pope John XXIII, who had convened the Second Vatican Council, he decided to continue it...

• 18 October 1964
  • Uganda Martyrs
• 29 October 1967
  • Bénilde Romançon
    Bénilde Romançon
    Saint ' Bénilde Romançon, FSC was a Christian Brother who was born as Pierre Romançon on June 13, 1805, in the town of Thuret, Puy-de-Dôme in France to a farming family. In 1818, Pierre, aged 13, first saw the Christian Brothers in a market at Clermont-Ferrand. He instantly felt a strong desire to...
    
    
• 22 June 1969
  • Julie Billiart
    Julie Billiart
    Saint Julie Billiart was a French religious leader who founded, and was the first Superior General of, the Congregation of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur.-Childhood:...
    
    
• 31 May 1970
  • Juan de Ávila
• 25 October 1970
  • Forty Martyrs of England and Wales
    Forty Martyrs of England and Wales
    The Forty Martyrs of England and Wales are a group of men and women who were executed for treason and related offences in the Kingdom of England between 1535 and 1679...
    
    
• 1975
  • Juan Macías
• 14 September 1975
  • Elizabeth Ann Seton
    Elizabeth Ann Seton
    Saint Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton was the first native-born citizen of the United States to be canonized by the Roman Catholic Church . She established Catholic communities in Emmitsburg, Maryland....
    
    
• 12 October 1975
  • Oliver Plunkett
    Oliver Plunkett
    Saint Oliver Plunkett was the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland....
    
    
• 17 October 1976
  • John Ogilvie
• 9 October 1977
  • Charbel
    Charbel
    Charbel, Sharbel, or Sharbel Makhluf, , born as Youssef Antoun Makhlouf in Bekaa Kafra in northern Lebanon, was a Syriac-Maronite monk and priest, canonized saint by the Roman Catholic Church and now venerated world-wide.-His Life:...
    
    
• 19 June 1977
  • John Neumann
    John Neumann
    Saint John Nepomucene Neumann, C.Ss.R., was a Redemptorist missionary to the United States who became the fourth Bishop of Philadelphia and the first American bishop to be canonized...
    
    

Pontificate of Pope John Paul II

Pope John Paul II

Blessed Pope John Paul II , born Karol Józef Wojtyła , reigned as Pope of the Catholic Church and Sovereign of Vatican City from 16 October 1978 until his death on 2 April 2005, at of age. His was the second-longest documented pontificate, which lasted ; only Pope Pius IX ...

• 20 June 1982
  • Crispin of Viterbo
    Crispin of Viterbo
    Saint Crispin of Viterbo, O.F.M. Cap., was an Italian member of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin who is now venerated as a saint for his decades of devoted service, and the spiritual wisdom he developed in the course of his life.-Biography:Crispin was born Pietro Fioretti in Viterbo, Italy...
    
     (1668–1750)
• 10 October 1982
  • Maximilian Maria Kolbe, OFM
    Franciscan
    Most Franciscans are members of Roman Catholic religious orders founded by Saint Francis of Assisi. Besides Roman Catholic communities, there are also Old Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, ecumenical and Non-denominational Franciscan communities....
    
     (1894–1941)
• 31 October 1982
  • Marguerite Bourgeoys
    Marguerite Bourgeoys
    Saint Marguerite Bourgeoys was the founder of the Congregation of Notre Dame.- Biography :...
    
     (1620–1700)
  • Jeanne Delanoue
    Jeanne Delanoue
    Saint Jeanne Delanoue is a saint in the Roman Catholic Church from France and founder of the Congregation of St. Anne of Providence.-Early life:...
    
     (1666–1736)
• 16 October 1983
  • Leopold Mandic
    Leopold Mandic
    Saint Leopold Bogdan Mandić was born on May 12, 1866, and died on July 30, 1942. He was an ethnic Croat born in Castelnuovo di Cattaro , in Bocche di Cattaro , then in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, today in Montenegro, and died in Padua, Italy...
    
     (1866–1942)
• 11 March 1984
  • Paula Frassinetti
    Paula Frassinetti
    St. Paula Frassinetti is an Italian saint in the Roman Catholic Church and foundress of the Congregation St. Dorothea. Frassinetti began her religious work by joining her brother, who was a priest, in teaching and caring for the less fortunate in Quinto, Italy...
    
     (1809–1882)
• 6 May 1984
  • Korean Martyrs
    Korean Martyrs
    The Korean Martyrs were the victims of religious persecution against the Catholic Church during the 19th century in Korea. At least 8,000 adherents to the faith were known to have been killed during this persecution, 103 of whom were canonized en masse in 1984.-History:Catholicism had entered...
    
    
• 21 October 1984
  • Miguel Febres Cordero
    Miguel Febres Cordero
    Saint Miguel was a member of the Order of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools. He was born Francisco Febres-Cordero Muñóz on November 7, 1854 at Cuenca, Ecuador and died at Premià de Mar, Spain on February 9, 1910....
    
     (1854–1910)
• 13 April 1986
  • Francis Anthony Fasani (1681–1742)
• 12 October 1986
  • Giuseppe Maria Tomasi
    Giuseppe Maria Tomasi
    Saint Giuseppe Maria Tomasi di Lampedusa, CR , often anglicized as Saint Joseph Mary Tomasi, was born at Licata, Sicily, of a princely family. He was an Italian Theatine scholar and reformer, and cardinal. He was beatified by Pope Pius VII in 1803, and was canonized by Pope John Paul II in...
    
     (1649–1713)
• 18 October 1987
  • Lorenzo Ruiz
    Lorenzo Ruiz
    Saint Lorenzo Ruiz , also known as San Lorenzo Ruiz de Manila, is the first Filipino saint venerated in the Roman Catholic Church...
    
     (+1637)
  • Domingo Ibáñez de Erquicia
    Domingo Ibáñez de Erquicia
    Saint Fr. Domingo Ibáñez de Erquicia was born in Régil, Guipuskoa, Spain. In 1605, he was professed in the Dominican Order and in 1611, he arrived in the Philippines where he zealously worked as missionary to Pangasinan and later as Professor of Theology at the Colegio de Santo Tomas.In 1623, he...
    
    , OP (1589–1633)
  • Jacobo Kyushei Tomonaga
    Jacobo Kyushei Tomonaga
    Saint Fr. Jacobo Kyushei Gorobioye Tomonaga de Santa María was born in Kyudetsu, Japan. In his youth, he dedicated himself to the catechism apostolate. After 1614, he came to Manila and, aspiring to greater perfection, he besought reception into the Dominican Order. His request was granted...
    
    , OP and their Thirteen Companions:
  • Francisco Shoyemon
  • Miguel Kurobioye
  • Lucas de Espiritu Santo
  • Mateo Kohioye del Rosario
  • Magdalene of Nagasaki
    Magdalene of Nagasaki
    was born in 1611 as the daughter of a Christian couple martyred about 1620. With the arrival of the Augustinian Order, Magdalene served as an Augustinian lay sister or tertiary, interpreter and catechist for Fathers Francis of Jesus Terrero and Vincent of Saint Anthony Simoens.In 1632, these two...
    
    
  • Marina of Omura
  • Jordan de San Esteban
  • Tomas Hioji Rokuzayemon Nishi de San Jacinto
  • Antonio Gonzalez
    Antonio Gonzalez
    *For the American political activist see Antonio Gonzalez .Antonio Gonzalez was a Roman Catholic martyr and saint....
    
    
  • Guillermo Courtet
  • Miguel de Aozaraza
  • Lazaro of Kyoto
• 25 October 1987
  • Giuseppe Moscati
    Giuseppe Moscati
    Saint Giuseppe Moscati was an Italian doctor, scientific researcher, and university professor noted both for his pioneering work in biochemistry and for his piety...
    
     (1880–1927)
• 16 May 1988
  • Martyrs of Paraguay:
    • Roque González de Santa Cruz
      Roque González de Santa Cruz
      Father Roque González de Santa Cruz S.J. was born in Asunción, Paraguay on 17 November 1576. He was the son of Don Bartolomé González de Villaverde and Doña María de Santa Cruz who were Spanish nobles. Roque González spoke Guaraní fluently from an early age....
      
       (1576–1628)
    • Alphonsus Rodriguez
      Alphonsus Rodriguez
      Saint Alphonsus Rodríguez was a Spanish Jesuit lay brother, now venerated as a saint. He was a native of Segovia. He is sometimes confused with Fr...
      
       (+1628)
    • Juan de Castillo, SJ (1596–1628)
• 11 June 1988
  • Eustochia Smeraldo Calafato (1434–1485)
• 19 June 1988
  • 117 Vietnamese Martyrs
    Vietnamese Martyrs
    The Vietnamese Martyrs, also known as the Martyrs of Tonkin, Martyrs of Annam , Andrew Dung-Lac and Companions , or Martyrs of Indochina, are saints on the Roman Catholic calendar of saints canonized by Pope John Paul II...
    
     (+1745–1862)
• 3 July 1988
  • Simón de Rojas
    Simón de Rojas
    Saint Simón de Rojas O.SS was a Spanish priest of the Trinitarian Order known as the "Apostle of the Ave Maria", for his devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary...
    
    , O.SS. (1552–1624)
  • Rose Philippine Duchesne
    Rose Philippine Duchesne
    Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne, R.S.C.J., was a Catholic Religious Sister and French-American saint. She spent the last half of her life teaching and serving the people of the Midwestern United States....
    
     (1769–1852)
• 2 October 1988
  • Magdalen of Canossa
    Magdalen of Canossa
    Magdalene of Canossa was an Italian nun. She was born to a Veronese family; her father died in 1779 and her mother abandoned her in 1781...
    
     (1774–1835)
• 11 December 1988
  • Maria Rosa Molas y Vallvé (1815–1876)
• 9 April 1989
  • Clelia Barbieri
    Clelia Barbieri
    Clelia Barbieri is an Italian saint in the Roman Catholic Church and founder of the Congregation of the Suore Minime dell'Addolorata...
    
     (1847–1870)
• 1 November 1989
  • Gaspar Bertoni
    Gaspar Bertoni
    Saint Gaspar Louis Bertoni is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church. He was the founder of the Stigmatines.-External links:...
    
     (1777–1853)
  • Richard Pampuri, O.H. (1897–1930)
• 12 November 1989
  • Agnes of Bohemia
    Agnes of Bohemia
    Saint Agnes of Bohemia , or Agnes of Prague , was a medieval Bohemian princess who opted for a life of charity and piety over a life of luxury and comfort...
    
     (1211–1282)
  • Albert of Krakow (Adam Chmielowski)(1845–1916)
• 10 December 1989
  • Mutien-Marie Wiaux
    Mutien-Marie Wiaux
    Saint Mutien-Marie Wiaux was a Belgian member of the Brothers of Christian Schools. He was born Louis Wiaux, the third of six children, in French-speaking Belgium to a devout Catholic family...
    
    , FSC (1841–1917)
• 9 December 1990
  • Marguerite d’Youville
    Marie-Marguerite d'Youville
    Saint Marguerite d'Youville was a French Canadian widow who founded the religious order the Order of Sisters of Charity of Montreal, commonly known as the Grey Nuns of Montreal...
    
     (1701–1771)
• 17 November 1991
  • Raphael Kalinowski
    Raphael Kalinowski
    Rafał Kalinowski, O.C.D. was a Polish Discalced Carmelite friar born as Józef Kalinowski inside the Russian partition of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, in the city of Vilnius...
    
    , OCD (1835–1907)
• 31 May 1992
  • Claude de la Colombière
    Claude de la Colombière
    Saint Claude de la Colombière was a Roman Catholic priest and the confessor of Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque. His feast day is the day of his death, 15 February...
    
    , SJ (1641–1682)
• 11 October 1992
  • Ezequiel Moreno y Díaz
    Ezequiel Moreno y Díaz
    Ezequiel Moreno y Díaz, also Ezekiel Moreno y Diaz was a member of the Order of Augustinian Recollects and now venerated as a Saint in the Roman Catholic Church. He was born on 9 April 1848 in Alfacro, La Rioja, Spain and later on served as a missionary to the Philippines. He also became the Bishop...
    
     (1848–1906)
• 21 March 1993
  • Mary of St. Ignatius (Claudine Thévenet) (1774–1837)
  • Teresa de Jesus de los Andes (Juana Fernández Solar) (1900–1920)
• 16 June 1993
  • Enrique de Ossó y Cercelló (1840–1896)
• 8 September 1993
  • Saint Meinardo (1134/36–1196)
• 21 May 1995
  • John Sarkander
    John Sarkander
    Saint John Sarkander was a Polish and Moravian priest.Sarkander studied since 1597 at the University of Olomouc and then since 1600 at the Charles University, where he became doctor of philosophy. Later, he studied theology at University of Graz. He was ordained in 1609 and worked in Holešov from...
    
     (1576–1620)
  • Zdislava Berka
    Zdislava Berka
    Zdislava Berka was the wife of Havel of Markvartice, Duke of Lemberk is a Czech saint of the Roman Catholic Church. She was a particularly austere and generous woman who founded a convent.-Biography:...
    
     (1220–1252)
• 2 July 1995
  • Martyrs of Kosice (+1619):
  • Marko Krizin
    Marko Krizin
    Marko Krizin or Marko Križevčanin is the third canonized Croatian saint of the Roman Catholic Church, priest, martyr of Košice, professor of theology, missionary....
    
     (1588–1619)
  • Stefan Pongracz (1582–1609)
  • Melichar Grodziecki, SJ (1584–1619)
• 3 December 1995
  • Eugene de Mazenod (1782–1861)
• 2 June 1996
  • Jean-Gabriel Perboyre
    Jean-Gabriel Perboyre
    Saint Jean-Gabriel Perboyre , was a French Catholic missionary and martyr. He was canonized in 1996....
    
     (1802–1840)
  • Egidio Maria of Saint Joseph
    Egidio Maria of Saint Joseph
    Egidio Maria of Saint Joseph , born Francis Anthony Postillo, was an Italian Catholic lay brother canonised by Pope John Paul II.-Biography:...
    
     (Francis Anthony Postillo) (1729–1812)
  • Juan Grande Román, O.H. (1546–1600)
• 8 June 1997
  • Hedwig
    Jadwiga of Poland
    Jadwiga was monarch of Poland from 1384 to her death. Her official title was 'king' rather than 'queen', reflecting that she was a sovereign in her own right and not merely a royal consort. She was a member of the Capetian House of Anjou, the daughter of King Louis I of Hungary and Elizabeth of...
    
    , queen of Poland (1374–1399)
• 10 June 1997
  • John of Dukla
    John of Dukla
    John of Dukla is a saint in the Roman Catholic Church. He is one of the patron saints of Poland and Lithuania.-Biography:John was born in Dukla, Poland, in 1414. Died in 1484 in Lwów, Poland. He joined the Friars Minor Conventual, a religious order whose members strictly adhered to their rule of...
    
     (1414–1484)
• 11 October 1998
  • Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein
    Edith Stein
    Saint Teresia Benedicta of the Cross, sometimes also known as Saint Edith Stein , was a German Roman Catholic philosopher and nun, regarded as a martyr and saint of the Roman Catholic Church...
    
    ) (1891–1942)
• 18 April 1999
  • Marcellin Joseph Benoît Champagnat (1789–1840)
  • John Calabria (1873–1954)
  • Agostina Livia Pietrantoni (1864–1894)
• 16 June 1999
  • Kinga of Poland
    Kinga of Poland
    Saint Kinga of Poland is a saint in the Catholic Church and patroness of Poland and Lithuania....
    
     (1234–1292)
• 21 November 1999
  • Brother Cyrill Bertrán and 8 Companions (+1934)
  • Jaime Hilario
    Jaime Hilario
    Saint Jaime Hilario, FSC was a Spanish member of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools. Born Manuel Barbal Cosan in Enviny near the Pyrenees in northern Spain, he entered a minor seminary at age 12 for the diocese of Urgel...
    
    , FSC (1898–1937)
  • Inocencio de la Inmaculada (+1937)
  • Benedict Menni, OH (1841–1914)
  • Thomas of Cori
    Thomas of Cori
    Saint Thomas of Cori . By the age of 14 he was in charge of his family after the death of his mother and father. It was therefore his responsibility to take care of his two sisters and find them husbands...
    
    , OFM (1655–1729)
• 30 April 2000
  • Sister Faustina
    Mary Faustina Kowalska
    Maria Faustina Kowalska, commonly known as Saint Faustina, born Helenka Kowalska was a Polish nun, mystic and visionary...
    
     (1905–1938)
• 21 May 2000
  • Cristóbal Magallanes Jara
    Cristóbal Magallanes Jara
    Saint Cristóbal Magallanes Jara, also known as Christopher Magallanes is a martyr and saint venerated in the Catholic Church who was killed without trial on the way to say Mass during the Cristero War after the trumped up charge of inciting rebellion. He was born in Totatiche, Jalisco, Mexico on...
    
     (1869–1927)
  • Román Adame Rosales
  • Rodrigo Aguilar Aleman
  • Julio Álvarez Mendoza
  • Luis Batis Sáinz
  • Agustín Caloca Cortés
    Agustín Caloca Cortés
    Agustín Caloca Cortés was one of the martyrs of Mexico during the Cristero War.Father Caloca Cortés was born in El Teúl, Zacatecas...
    
    
  • Mateo Correa Megallanes
  • Atilano Cruz Alvarado
  • Miguel De La Mora De La Mora
  • Pedro Esqueda Ramírez
  • Margarito Flores García
  • José Isabel Flores Varela
  • David Galván Bermudes
  • Salvador Lara Puente
  • Pedro de Jesús Maldonado (1892–1937)
  • Jesús Méndez Montoya
  • Manuel Morales
  • Justino Orona Madrigal
  • Sabas Reyes Salazar
  • José María Robles Hurtado
    José María Robles Hurtado
    Saint José María Robles Hurtado was a Mexican priest and one of the several priests martyred during the Cristero War.-Biography:...
    
    
  • David Roldán Lara
  • Toribio Romo González
    Toribio Romo González
    Saint Toribio Romo González was a Mexican martyr who died in the Cristero War.He was born April 16, 1900, in Santa Ana de Guadalupe, Jalostotitlán, Mexico. In 1912 he entered the Auxiliary Seminary in San Juan de los Lagos. He was a playful and happy seminarian who loved to joke. In 1922 he was...
    
    
  • Jenaro Sánchez Delgadillo
    Jenaro Sánchez Delgadillo
    Saint Jenaro Sánchez Delgadillo was a Mexican martyr who died in the Cristero War....
    
    
  • Tranquilino Ubiarco Robles
  • David Uribe Velasco
  • José Maria de Yermo y Parres
    José Maria de Yermo y Parres
    Saint José María de Yermo y Parres was a Mexican priest and founder of the Religious Servants of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and of the Poor. He was ordained a priest in the Diocese of León, Guanajuato, on August 24, 1879...
    
     (1851–1904)
  • María de Jesús Sacramentado Venegas (1868–1959)
• 1 October 2000
  • Augustine Chao (+1815) and 119 companions, Chinese Martyrs
    Chinese Martyrs
    Chinese Martyrs is the name given to a number of members of the Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church who were killed in China during the 19th and early 20th centuries. They are celebrated as martyrs by their respective churches...
    
    
  • María Josefa of the Heart of Jesus Sancho de Guerra (1842–1912)
  • Katharine Drexel
    Katharine Drexel
    Saint Katharine Drexel, S.B.S., was an American Religious Sister, heiress, philanthropist and educator, later canonized as a Roman Catholic saint.-Life and religious work:...
    
     (1858–1955)
  • Josephine Bakhita
    Josephine Bakhita
    Josephine Bakhita was a Sudanese-born former slave who became a Roman Catholic Canossian nun in Italy, living and working there for 45 years. In 2000, she was declared a saint by the Roman Catholic Church.-Early life:...
    
     (1869–1947)
• 10 June 2001
  • Luigi Scrosoppi
  • Agostino Roscelli
  • Bernardo of Corleone
  • Teresa Eustochio Verzeri
  • Rafqa Pietra Choboq Ar-Rayès
    Rafqa Pietra Choboq Ar-Rayès
    Rafqa Pietra Choboq Ar-Rayès , also known as Saint Rafka , is a Lebanese Maronite saint canonized by Pope John Paul II on June 10, 2001.-Birth and Youth:...
    
    
• 25 November 2001
  • Joseph Marello
    Joseph Marello
    Saint Joseph Marello was the son of Vincenzo and Anna Maria Marello. Joseph's mother died when he was very young, and the family moved from Turin to San Martino Alfieri, Italy....
    
     (1844–1895)
  • Paula Montal Fornes de San Jose de Calasanz (1799–1889)
  • Leonie Françoise de Sales Aviat (1844–1914)
  • Maria Crescentia Hoss
    Maria Crescentia Höss
    Maria Crescentia Höss , T.O.R., is a Roman Catholic saint. She was a contemplative nun of the Third Order Regular of St. Francis.-Early life:...
    
     (1682–1744)
• 19 May 2002
  • Alphonsus de Orozco (1500–1591)
  • Ignatius of Santhià (1686–1770)
  • Humilis de Bisignano (1582–1637)
  • Pauline of the Agonizing Heart of Jesus
    Saint Paulina
    Saint Paulina, born Amabile Lucia Visintainer , was a Brazilian nun of Italian origin which became the first Brazilian citizen to be canonized when proclaimed a saint on May 19, 2002, by Pope John Paul II...
    
     (1865–1942)
  • Benedetta Cambiagio Frassinello
    Benedetta Cambiagio Frassinello
    Benedetta Cambiagio Frassinello was an Italian missionary and founder of the Benedictine Sisters of Providence. She is a saint in the Roman Catholic Church.-Biography:...
    
     (1791–1858)
• 16 June 2002
  • Pio of Pietrelcina
    Pio of Pietrelcina
    Saint Pio of Pietrelcina was a Capuchin priest from Italy who is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church. He was born Francesco Forgione, and given the name Pio when he joined the Capuchins; he was popularly known as Padre Pio after his ordination to the priesthood. He became famous for his ...
    
     (1887–1968)
• 30 July 2002
  • Hermano Pedro de San José de Betancurt
    Hermano Pedro de San José de Betancurt
    Brother Peter of Saint Joseph Betancur Brother Peter of Saint Joseph Betancur Brother Peter of Saint Joseph Betancur (March 21, 1626 (Tenerife)—April 25, 1667 (Antigua Guatemala), called Hermano Pedro de San José Betancurt or more simply Hermano Pedro, Santo Hermano Pedro, or San Pedro de Vilaflor,...
    
     (1887–1968)
• 31 July 2002
  • Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin
    Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin
    Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin or Juan Diego was, according to Mexican Catholic tradition, an indigenous Mexican who reported a Marian apparition, Our Lady of Guadalupe, in 1531. The legend of the apparition has had a significant impact on the spread of the Catholic faith within Mexico...
    
     (1474–1548)
• 6 October 2002
  • Josemaría Escrivá (1902–1975)
• 4 May 2003
  • Pedro Poveda Castroverde
    Pedro Poveda Castroverde
    Pedro Poveda was born in Linares, Spain on December 3, 1874. After he was ordained priest in Guadix in 1897, he exercised his first apostolic ministry among poor cave dwellers. He organized a livelihood program for adults and established a school for children...
    
     (1874–1936)
  • José María Rubio y Peralta (1864–1929)
  • Genoveva Torres Morales (1870–1956)
  • Ángela de la Cruz
    Angela de la Cruz
    Angela de la Cruz is a Spanish artist. She was nominated for the Turner Prize in 2010. De la Cruz was born in La Coruña. She studied philosophy at the University of Santiago de Compostela, before moving to London in 1989, where she studied art at the Chelsea College of Art, Goldsmiths College...
    
     (1846–1932)
  • María Maravillas de Jesús (1891–1974)
• 18 May 2003
  • Józef Sebastian Pelczar (1842–1924)
  • Urszula Ledóchowska (1865–1939)
  • Maria De Mattias
    Maria De Mattias
    Maria Matilda De Mattias, A.S.C., is a saint from Italy in the Roman Catholic Church and was the founder of the religious congregation of the Sisters Adorers of the Blood of Christ.-Early years:...
    
     (1805–1866)
  • Virginia Centurione Bracelli
    Virginia Centurione Bracelli
    Saint Virginia Centurione Bracelli is a saint in the Roman Catholic Church from Genoa, Italy.Virginia was born on April 2, 1587, in Genoa, Italy to a noble family...
    
     (1587–1651)
• 5 October 2003
  • Daniel Comboni
    Daniel Comboni
    Daniel Comboni was a Roman Catholic missionary and Saint.-Early life:He was born at Limone sul Garda, Brescia, Italy, into a family of cultivators employed by one of the rich local proprietors...
    
     (1831–1881)
  • Arnold Janssen
    Arnold Janssen
    Saint Arnold Janssen, S.V.D., was a Roman Catholic priest and missionary, and is venerated as a saint. He is best known for founding the Society of the Divine Word, a Roman Catholic missionary religious congregation, also known as the Divine Word Missionaries, as well as two congregations for...
    
     (1837–1909)
  • Joseph Freinademetz
    Joseph Freinademetz
    Saint Joseph Freinademetz as a member of the Society of the Divine Word, was a missionary in China.-Early life:...
    
     (1852–1908)
• 16 May 2004
  • Luigi Orione
    Luigi Orione
    Saint Luigi Orione is an Italian saint.- Life :Luigi Giovanni Orione was born into a poor family at Pontecurone, in the Province of Alessandria, Piedmont on the Vigil of the feast day of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist. He was named after Saint Aloysius Gonzaga and Saint John the Baptist...
    
     (1872–1940)
  • Hannibal Mary Di Francia
    Hannibal Mary Di Francia
    Annibale Maria di Francia is a saint venerated by the Roman Catholic Church. His father Francis was a Knight of the Marquises of St. Catherine of Jonio, Papal Vice-Consul and Honorary Captain of the Navy. His mother, Anna Toscano, belonged to the noble family of the Marquises of Montanaro...
    
     (1851–1927)
  • Josep Manyanet y Vives (1833–1901)
  • Nimattullah Kassab Al-Hardini
    Nimattullah Kassab Al-Hardini
    Saint Nimattullah Kassab Al-Hardini , a Lebanese Roman Catholic saint and a member of the Maronite Church.-Miracles of Saint Nimatullah Kassab Hardini:...
    
     (1808–1858)
  • Paola Elisabetta Cerioli
    Paola Elisabetta Cerioli
    Saint Paola Elisabetta Cerioli is a saint in the Roman Catholic Church from Soncino, Italy and founder of the Institute of Sisters of the Holy Family and the congregation of the Family of Bergamo.-Early years:...
    
     (1816–1865)
  • Gianna Beretta Molla
    Gianna Beretta Molla
    Saint Gianna Beretta Molla was an Italian pediatrician, wife and mother who is best known for refusing both an abortion and a hysterectomy when she was pregnant with her fourth child, despite knowing that continuing with the pregnancy could result in her death...
    
     (1922–1962)

Pontificate of Pope Benedict XVI

Pope Benedict XVI

Benedict XVI is the 265th and current Pope, by virtue of his office of Bishop of Rome, the Sovereign of the Vatican City State and the leader of the Catholic Church as well as the other 22 sui iuris Eastern Catholic Churches in full communion with the Holy See...

• 23 October 2005
  • Josef Bilczewski (1860–1923)
  • Gaetano Catanoso
    Gaetano Catanoso
    Saint Gaetano Catanoso was an Italian parish priest canonized by Pope Benedict XVI in 2005.Born to a prosperous and generous family in Chorio, a small village outside of Reggio Calabria in the Aspromonte. Gaetano was one of eight children. He was ordained on September 20, 1902 and served as a...
    
     (1879–1963)
  • Zygmunt Gorazdowski
    Zygmunt Gorazdowski
    Zygmunt Gorazdowski is a Roman Catholic saint.Father Gorazdowski was a priest of the Lviv archdiocese, Monsignor and Camerlingo, and the Founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph, CSSJ.-References:* at Patron Saints Index...
    
     (1845–1920)
  • Alberto Hurtado
    Alberto Hurtado
    Saint Alberto Hurtado Cruchaga , popularly known in Chile as Padre Hurtado , was a Chilean Jesuit priest, lawyer, social worker and writer of Basque origin, founder of the Hogar de Cristo foundation...
    
     (1901–1952)
  • Felice da Nicosia
    Felice da Nicosia
    Saint Felice da Nicosia, or Felix of Nicosia , was a Capuchin friar, and is a saint in the Roman Catholic Church....
    
     (1715–1787)
• 15 October 2006
  • Bishop Rafael Guizar Valencia
    Bishop Rafael Guizar Valencia
    Saint Rafael Guízar Valencia was a Catholic bishop who cared for the wounded, sick, and dying in Mexico's 1910-20 Revolution. Named bishop of Veracruz, he was driven out of his home diocese and forced to live the remainder of his life in hiding in Mexico City. He was also a Knight of Columbus...
    
     (1878–1938)
  • Mother Theodore Guerin
    Theodore Guerin
    Saint Mother Théodore Guérin , designated by the Vatican as Saint Theodora, is the foundress of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, a congregation of Catholic nuns...
    
     (1798–1856)
  • Filippo Smaldone
    Filippo Smaldone
    Saint Filippo Smaldone is a saint in the Roman Catholic Church. He founded the Salesian Sisters of the Sacred Hearts and is known for his work with the deaf....
    
     (1848–1923)
  • Rosa Venerini (1656–1728)
• 11 May 2007
  • Antônio de Sant'Anna Galvão (1739–1822)
• 3 June 2007
  • George Preca
    George Preca
    George Preca was a Maltese Roman Catholic priest who founded the Society of Christian Doctrine, a society of lay catechists. In Malta, he is affectionately known as "Dun Ġorġ" and is popularly referred to as the "Second Apostle of Malta", after Saint Paul of Tarsus...
    
     (1880–1962)
  • Szymon of Lipnica
    Szymon of Lipnica
    St.Simon of Lipnica was born to a pious family in Lipnica Murowana, in the south of Poland. He moved to Krakow, to attend the famous Jagiellonian Academy, in 1454. After hearing a sermon by Saint John Capistran, he joined the Franciscans. He was known as a powerful preacher. He died tending the...
    
     (1437–1482)
  • Charles of Mount Argus
    Charles of Mount Argus
    Saint Charles of Mount Argus was a well known Passionist priest in 19th century Ireland. He was born Joannes Andreas Houben on the 11 December 1821 in the village of Munstergeleen in the Province of Limburg in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands. He joined the Passionists in 1845 at Ere in Belgium...
    
     (1821–1893)
  • Marie-Eugénie de Jésus
    Marie-Eugénie de Jésus
    Saint Marie-Eugénie de Jésus. R.A., born Anne-Eugénie Milleret de Brou, was a Catholic Religious Sister who founded the religious congregation of the Religious of the Assumption in 1839....
    
     (1817–1898)
• 12 October 2008
  • Alphonsa Muttathupadathu
    Alphonsa Muttathupadathu
    Saint Alphonsa Muttathupadathu, F.C.C., or Saint Alphonsa of the Immaculate Conception was a Catholic Franciscan Religious Sister who is now honored as a saint, the first person of Indian origin to be canonized as a saint by the Catholic Church and the first canonized saint of the Syro-Malabar...
    
     (1910–1946)
  • Gaetano Errico
    Gaetano Errico
    St. Gaetano Errico was born on October 19, 1791 in Secondigliano, a small village of Naples, Italy. He was the second of nine children born to Pasquale and Marie Errico. His father managed a small pasta factory and his mother worked at the loom weaving plush...
    
     (1791–1860)
  • Narcisa de Jesus Martillo Moran (1832–1869)
  • Maria Bernarda Bütler
    María Bernarda Bütler
    St. Maria Bernarda Bütler , born Verena Bütler, was a Swiss saint. She founded the Congregation of the Franciscan Missionary Sisters of Mary, Help of Christians and was a missionary in Ecuador...
    
     (1848–1924)
• 26 April 2009
  • Arcangelo Tadini
    Arcangelo Tadini
    Saint Arcangelo Tadini was a Catholic priest who was beatified on 24 October 2001 and canonized on 19 April 2009. Founded the Congregation of Worker Sisters of the Holy House of Nazareth.-Links and references:* * *...
    
     (1846–1912)
  • Bernardo Tolomei
    Bernardo Tolomei
    Saint Bernardo Tolomei was an Italian theologian, the founder of the Roman Catholic Congregation of the Blessed Virgin of Monte Oliveto. In the Roman Martyrology he is commemorated on August 20, but in the Benedictine calendar his optional memorial is celebrated on the previous day...
    
     (1272–1348)
  • Nuno Álvares Pereira
    Nuno Álvares Pereira
    Dom Nuno Álvares Pereira, O. Carm. , also spelled Nun'Álvares Pereira, was a Portuguese general of great success who had a decisive role in the 1383-1385 Crisis that assured Portugal's independence from Castile...
    
     (1360–1431)
  • Geltrude Comensoli
    Geltrude Comensoli
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     (1847–1903))
  • Caterina Volpicelli
    Caterina Volpicelli
    Caterina Volpicelli was an Italian nun, foundress of the Congregation “Ancelle del Sacro Cuore di Gesù” . She was proclaimed Blessed by Joan Paul II in 2001 and Saint on April 26, 2009 by Pope Benedict XVI....
    
     (1839–1894)
• 11 October 2009
  • Zygmunt Szczęsny Feliński
    Zygmunt Szczęsny Feliński
    Saint Zygmunt Szczęsny Feliński, SFO was Archbishop of Warsaw and founder of the Franciscan Sisters of the Family of Mary. He was canonized on 11 October 2009 by Pope Benedict XVI.-Early life:...
    
     (1822–1895)
  • Francisco Coll Guitart
    Francisco Coll Guitart
    Saint Francisco Coll Guitart was a priest of the Order of Preachers and founded the Dominican Sisters of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin....
    
     (1812–1875)
  • Damien de Veuster (1840–1889)
  • Rafael Arnáiz Barón
    Rafael Arnáiz Barón
    Saint Rafael Arnáiz, is a saint of the Roman Catholic Church.. He was a trappist monk and he is considered one of the greatest mystics of the XX century....
    
     (1911–1938)
  • Jeanne Jugan
    Jeanne Jugan
    Saint Jeanne Jugan , also known as Sister Mary of the Cross was born in Cancale in Brittany, France, the sixth of the eight children of Joseph and Marie Jugan. Her father died when she was very young and her mother raised this large family alone. When Jeanne was 16, she took a job as the kitchen...
    
     (1792–1879)
• 17 October 2010
  • Stanisław Sołtys
    Stanisław Sołtys
    Saint Stanislaus of Kazimierz, C.R.L., was a Polish Roman Catholic canon regular, theologian and preacher.-Life:...
    
     (1433–1489)
  • André Bessette
    André Bessette
    Saint André Bessette, CSC , born Alfred Bessette and since his canonisation sometimes known as Saint André of Montreal, was a Holy Cross Brother and a significant figure of the Roman Catholic Church among French-Canadians, credited with thousands of reported miraculous healings. He was declared...
    
     (1845–1937)
  • Candida Maria de Jesus
    Candida Maria de Jesus
    Saint Candida Maria of Jesus, F.I., , was a Spanish Religious Sister and educator. She founded the Congregation of the Daughters of Jesus on December 8, 1871 in Salamanca, Spain.-Life:...
    
     (1845–1912)
  • Mary MacKillop
    Mary MacKillop
    Mary Helen MacKillop , also known as Saint Mary of the Cross, was an Australian Roman Catholic nun who, together with Father Julian Tenison Woods, founded the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart and a number of schools and welfare institutions throughout Australasia with an emphasis on...
    
     (1842–1909)
  • Giulia Salzano
    Giulia Salzano
    Saint Giulia Salzano was the founder of the Congregation of the Catechetical Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in 1905. She was raised and educated by the Sisters of Charity in the Royal Orphanage of Saint Nicola La Strada until the age of fifteen...
    
     (1846–1929)
  • Camilla Battista da Varano
    Camilla Battista da Varano
    Saint Camilla Battista da Varano , from Camerino, Macerata, Italy, was an Italian princess and a Poor Clares Roman Catholic nun. She was beatified by Pope Gregory XVI in 1843 and canonized by Pope Benedict XVI in 2010....
    
     (1458–1524)
• 23 October 2011
  • Guido Maria Conforti
  • Luigi Guanella
    Luigi Guanella
    Luigi Guanella was a Catholic priest from Northern Italy. He is the founder of several religious institutes: Daughters of St Mary of Providence, 1890, Servants of Charity in Como on March 24, 1908, with his friends David Albertario and Giuseppe Toniolo, and the Pious Union of St Joseph in 1914...
    
    
  • Bonifacia Rodríguez De Castro

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