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's Latin rite, The Venerable is the style used for a person who has been posthumously declared "heroic in virtue" during the investigation and process leading to canonization

Canonization

Canonization is the act by which a Christian church declares a deceased person to be a saint, upon which declaration the person is included in the canon, or list, of recognized saints. Originally, individuals were recognized as saints without any formal process...

 as a saint

Saint

A saint is a holy person. In various religions, saints are people who are believed to have exceptional holiness.In Christian usage, "saint" refers to any believer who is "in Christ", and in whom Christ dwells, whether in heaven or in earth...

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The following is an incomplete list of people declared to be venerable

Venerable

The Venerable is used as a style or epithet in several Christian churches. It is also the common English-language translation of a number of Buddhist titles.-Roman Catholic:...

. The list is in alphabetical order by Christian name but, if necessary, by surname or the place or attribute part of the name.

The Venerable	Date of death	Date declared venerable Venerable The Venerable is used as a style or epithet in several Christian churches. It is also the common English-language translation of a number of Buddhist titles.-Roman Catholic:...
Agnelo de Souza Agnelo de Souza Agnelo Gustavo Adolfo de Souza was a Roman Catholic priest of the Society of Missionaries of St. Francis Xavier who performed missionary work in Goa, India.- Early Life :...	1927	1986
Anne de Guigne Anne de Guigne The Venerable Anne de Guigné was a French girl who is being considered for sainthood by the Roman Catholic Church.-Life and death:...	1922	1990
Anne de Xainctonge Anne de Xainctonge Anne de Xainctonge was the founder of the Society of the Sisters of Saint Ursula of the Blessed Virgin and has been declared a Venerable by the Roman Catholic Church....	1621	1900
Antonietta Meo Antonietta Meo The Venerable Antonietta Meo was an Italian girl who may become the youngest saint ever canonized by the Roman Catholic Church.-Life and death:...	1937	2007
Benedetta Bianchi Porro Benedetta Bianchi Porro Benedetta Bianchi Porro was a Christian blessed, born in Dovadola, Romagna.She became ill with polio during her teens....	1964	1994
Caesar Baronius Caesar Baronius Cesare Baronio was an Italian Cardinal and ecclesiastical historian...	1607	1745
Catherine McAuley Catherine McAuley The Venerable Mother Catherine Elizabeth McAuley was an Irish nun, who founded the Sisters of Mercy in 1831...	1841	1990
Concepcion Cabrera de Armida Concepcion Cabrera de Armida The Venerable Concepción Cabrera de Armida was a Mexican Roman Catholic mystic and writer....	1937	1999
Cornelia Connelly Cornelia Connelly Cornelia Connelly , born Cornelia Peacock, was the born founder of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus, a Roman Catholic religious order...	1879	1992
Edel Quinn Edel Quinn The Venerable Edel Mary Quinn was an Irish lay missionary.Born in Kanturk, County Cork, Edel was the eldest child of bank official Charles Quinn and Louisa Burke Browne of County Clare. She was a great-granddaughter of William Quinn, a native of Tyrone who settled in Tuam to build St...	1944	1994
Estephan El Douaihy Estephan El Douaihy Patriarch Estephan II Boutros El Douaihy was born in Ehden, Lebanon on August 2, 1630. He was the Patriarch of the Maronite Church from 1670 to 1704...	1704	2008
Faustino Pérez-Manglano	1963	2011
Gabriele Allegra Gabriele Allegra Gabriele Allegra was a Franciscan Friar and scripture scholar. He is best known for performing the first complete translation of the Catholic Bible into the Chinese language. His Studium Biblicum Translation is often considered the definitive Chinese Bible among Catholics...	1976	1994
Gioacchino La Lomia Gioacchino La Lomia Padre Gioacchino La Lomia was an Italian priest of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin , a missionary and a preacher.-Biography:...	1905	2002
Henriette Delille Henriette DeLille Venerable Henriette DeLille founded the Catholic order of the Sisters of the Holy Family, made up of free women of color, in New Orleans. The order provided nursing care and a home for orphans, later establishing schools as well. In 1989 the order formally opened its cause with the Vatican in...	1862	2010
Hildegard Burjan Hildegard Burjan Hildegard Burjan, born Hildegard Freund was the founder of a Catholic religious congregation for women and an Austrian politician.- Early life :...	1933	2007
Ignacia del Espíritu Santo Ignacia del Espíritu Santo Mother Ignacia del Espíritu Santo is a Filipino Venerable of the Roman Catholic Church. She led a religious life in 1684 and the founder of Beaterio de la Compañía de Jesús, now known as Congregation of the Sisters of the Religious of the Virgin Mary , the first Filipino congregation for religious...	1748	2007
Isabel Larrañaga Ramírez Isabel Larrañaga Ramírez Isabel Larrañaga Ramirez is a Venerable in the Roman Catholic Church. She was born in Manila, Philippines. Her cause for beatification is currently underway with saint protocol number: 994...	1899	1999
Leo Dupont Leo Dupont Venerable Leo Dupont , also known as "The Holy Man of Tours," or the "Apostle of the Holy Face", was a religious figure in the Roman Catholic faith who helped spread various Catholic devotions such as the devotion to the Holy Face of Jesus and nightly Eucharistic Adoration...	1876	1939
Louise-Marie of France Princess Louise-Marie of France Louise Marie de France was the youngest of the ten children of King Louis XV of France and his wife, Queen Maria Leszczyńska. As a daughter of the king, she held the rank of a fille de France, and was known as Madame Louise...	1787	1873
Margaret Sinclair	1925	1978
María de Ágreda Maria de Agreda María Fernández Coronel y Arana, Abbess of Ágreda or, known in religion as Sor María de Jesús de Ágreda , also known as the Lady in Blue and the Blue Nun, was born, and died, in Ágreda, a town located in the province of Soria, Castile and León, Spain...	1665	1673
María Luisa Josefa María Luisa Josefa Venerable Mother María Luisa Josefa of the Most Blessed Sacrament, also called Mother Luisita was a Mexican Roman Catholic nun who founded the Carmelite Sisters of the Most Sacred Heart of Los Angeles....	1937	2000
Maria Merkert Maria Merkert Maria Merkert was the co-Foundress and first Superior General of the Congregation of St Elizabeth. Her father died when she was an infant and her mother died in 1842. Along with her sister she devoted herself to the poor. She was declared venerable in 2004...	1872	2004
Mary Potter Mary Potter Venerable Mary Potter was the foundress of the "Little Company of Mary Sisters" in 1877.She has a Nottingham Tram named after her for this reason, this was done after she was nominated in a BBC poll...	1913	1988
Matt Talbot Matt Talbot The Venerable Matt Talbot was an Irish ascetic who is revered by many Catholics for his piety, charity and mortification of the flesh....	1925	1975
Michael J. McGivney	1890	2008
Nelson Baker	1931	2011
Pauline Jaricot	1862	1963
Pierre Toussaint Pierre Toussaint The Venerable Pierre Toussaint was an immigrant to the United States and a successful hairdresser in New York City during the Federal Period. Due to his devout and exemplary life, the Roman Catholic Church has been investigating his life for possible canonization.-Life:Pierre Toussaint was born as...	1853	1996
Pietro Riminucci Pietro Riminucci Pietro Riminucci, also known as Serafino of Pietrarubbia, was a lay brother professed in the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin. He was declared Venerable on March 15, 2008 by Pope Benedict XVI.-References:...	1960	2008
	1958	2009
Samuel Charles Mazzuchelli Samuel Charles Mazzuchelli Father Samuel Charles Mazzuchelli, O.P. was a pioneer Italian Catholic missionary who helped bring the church to the Iowa-Illinois-Wisconsin tri-state area. He founded a number of parishes in the area, and was the architect for a number of parish buildings.-Background:Father Mazzuchelli was born...	1864	1993
Solanus Casey Solanus Casey Venerable Bernard Francis Casey was born in Oak Grove, Wisconsin. A Capuchin priest, Casey was known for his great faith, humility, and role as spiritual counselor and intercessor...	1957	1995
Vital-Justin Grandin Vital-Justin Grandin Father Vital-Justin Grandin was a Roman Catholic priest and bishop who served the Church in the western parts of what is now Canada both before and after Confederation.-Early life:...	1902	1966
José Gregorio Hernández José Gregorio Hernández José Gregorio Hernández, SFO [er-NAHN-des] was a Venezuelan physician. Born in Isnotú, Trujillo State, Venezuela, he went on to reach legendary status, more so after his death....	1919	1985

External links

• Patron Saints Index