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

On 22 January 1588, with the Apostolic Constitution Immensa Aeterni Dei, Pope Sixtus V created the Sacred Congregation of Rites 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 XV[]

  • 31 January 993
    • Ulrich of Augsburg

Pontificate of Pope Gregory V[]

  • 997
    • Adalbert of Prague

Pontificate of Pope Benedict VI[]

  • 1016
    • Simeon of Polirone

Pontificate of Pope John XIX[]

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

Pontificate of Pope Benedict IX[]

  • 1032
    • Romuald
  • Date uncertain - possibly 1035
    • Symeon of Trier

Pontificate of Pope Clement II[]

05 January 1047

    • Wiborada of Saint Gall (St Gallen or 'Sankt-Gall')

Pontificate of Pope Leo IX[]

  • 1049
    • Deodatus of Nevers
    • Gervase of Liege
  • 3 December 1049
    • Romaric of Luxeuil
    • Amatus of Remiremont
    • Adelphus of Metz
  • 02 May 1050
    • Gerard of Toul
  • 08 October 1051
    • Wolfgang
    • Erhard, also known as Erhard of Regensburg

Pontificate of Pope Alexander II[]

  • 1067
    • Ariardus
  • 1070
    • Theobald, also known as Theobald of Provins
    • Íñigo of Oña, also known as Eneco

Pontificate of Pope Gregory VII[]

  • 1073
    • Pascasius Radbertus
  • 1083
    • Gerard Sagredo
    • Stephen of Hungary
    • Emeric of Hungary

Pontificate of Pope Urban II[]

  • 1084
    • Godeleva
  • 1095
    • Erlembald Cotta
  • 1098
    • Nicholas Peregrinus Nicholas "Peregrinus"
  • c. 1089-1099, date uncertain
    • Adelaide, disputed, see explanation above
  • date uncertain
    • Attilanus of Zaragoza
  • 1100
    • Angilbert of Saint-Riquier

Pontificate of Pope Pascal II[]

Pontificate of Pope Callistus II[]

  • 06 January 1120
    • Arnulf of Soissons
  • 1120
    • Hugh of Cluny, also known as Saint Hugh (the Great)
  • 1123
    • Conrad of Constance
  • c. 1123-1124, date uncertain
    • Gerard of Potenza

Pontificate of Pope Innocent II[]

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

Pontificate of Pope Eugene III[]

  • 04 March 1146
    • Henry I, also known as Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor

Pontificate of Pope Adrian IV[]

  • 1154
    • Famian, disputed, see explanation above

Pontificate of Pope Alexander III[]

Pontificate of Pope Lucius III[]

  • 1181
    • Bruno of Segni, disputed, see explanation above
  • 1185
    • Galgano Guidotti
  • 1186
    • Anno of Cologne, disputed, see explanation above

Pontificate of Pope Clement III[]

  • 1188
    • Ketille, disputed, see explanation above
  • 21 March 1189
    • Stephen of Muret
  • 29 April 1189
    • Otto of Bamberg
  • 06 May 1190
    • Malachy O'More
  • 1191

Pontificate of Pope Celestine III[]

  • 04 March 1192
    • Ubald Baldassini of Gubbio
  • 08 January 1193
    • Bernwald of Hildesheim
  • 24 October 1193
    • John Gualbert
  • 1194
    • Gaucherius
  • c. 1195-1196, date uncertain
    • Rudesind
  • 27 April 1197
    • Gerard of Sauve-Majeur
  • unknown
    • Ronald

Pontificate of Pope Innocent III[]

  • 21 January 1199
    • Homobonus of Cremona
  • March or April 1200
    • Cunegund
  • 1202
    • Gilbert of Sempringham
  • 08 May 1202
  • 1203
    • Belina
  • 14 May 1203
    • Wulstan
  • 02 July 1204

Pontificate of Pope Honorius III[]

  • 17 May 1218
  • 18 February 1220
    • Hugh of Lincoln
  • 1220
  • 08 January 1222
    • Robert of Molesme
  • 21 January 1224
    • William of Roskilde
  • 11 December 1225
    • Lawrence O’Toole, also known as Lorcan Ua Tuathail

18 March 1226

    • William Fitzherbert

Pontificate of Pope Gregory IX[]

03 July 1234

    • Dominic de Guzman

27 May 1235

    • Elizabeth of Hungary

Pontificate of Pope Innocent IV[]

  • 16 December 1246
    • Edmund Rich
  • 24 March 1247
  • 1250
  • 09 March 1253
    • Peter of Verona, also known as Peter "Martyr" of Verona
  • 08 September 1253
    • Stanislas of Kraków

Pontificate of Pope Alexander IV[]

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

Pontificate of Pope Urban IV[]

  • 25 January 1262
    • Richard de Wych
  • 1 May 1262
    • Felix of Valois

Pontificate of Pope Clement IV[]

  • 26 March 1267
    • Hedwig of Silesia

Pontificate of Pope Martin IV[]

Pontificate of Pope Boniface VIII[]

  • 11 July 1297
    • Louis IX

Pontificate of Pope Clement V[]

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

Pontificate of Pope John XXII[]

  • 07 April 1317
    • Louis of Toulouse
  • 17 April 1320
    • Thomas de Cantelupe
  • 18 July 1323

Pontificate of Pope Clement VI[]

  • 26 June 1347
    • Ivo Hélory
  • 19 September 1351
    • Robert de Turlande

Pontificate of Pope Urban V[]

  • 15 April 1369
    • Eleazar de Sabran

Pontificate of Pope Boniface IX[]

  • 07 October 1391
    • Bridget of Sweden
  • 1401
    • John Thwing of Bridlington, disputed, see explanation above

Pontificate of Pope Martin V[]

  • 26 March 1425
    • Sebald

Pontificate of Pope Eugene IV[]

  • 01 February 1447
    • Nicholas of Tolentino
  • unknown

Pontificate of Pope Nicholas V[]

  • 24 May 1450
    • Bernardine of Siena

Pontificate of Pope Callistus III[]

  • 03 June 1455
    • Vincent Ferrer
  • 01 January 1457
    • Osmund
  • 15 October 1457
    • Albert of Trapani
  • 1457
    • Rose of Viterbo, disputed, see explanation above

Pontificate of Pope Pius II[]

Pontificate of Pope Sixtus IV[]

  • 07 August, 1481
    • Berard of Carbio, 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

Pontificate of Pope Innocent VIII[]

  • 06 January 1485
    • Leopold III

Pontificate of Pope Leo X[]

  • 1516
    • Daniel and Companions
  • 01 May 1519
    • Francis of Paola

Pontificate of Pope Adrian VI[]

  • 1521
    • Casimir
  • 31 May 1523
    • Benno of Meissen
    • Antoninus Pierozzi

Modern canonization[]

Pontificate of Pope Sixtus V[]

  • 02 July 1588
    • Didacus of Alcalá

Pontificate of Clement VIII (2)[]

  • 17 April 1594
    • Hyacinth
  • 1598
    • Sylvester Gozzolini
  • 29 April 1601
    • Raymond of Peñafort

Pontificate of Paul V (2)[]

Pontificate of Gregory XV (5)[]

Pontificate of Urban VIII (2)[]

  • 24 June 1625
    • Elizabeth of Portugal
  • 29 April 1629
    • Andrea Corsini

Pontificate of Alexander VII (2)[]

Pontificate of Clement IX (2)[]

  • 28 April 1669
    • Maria Magdalena de' Pazzi
    • Peter of Alcantara

Pontificate of Clement X (6)[]

Pontificate of Alexander VIII (5)[]

  • 16 October 1690

Pontificate of Clement XI (5)[]

  • 16 October 1690
    • Andrea Avellino
  • 26 September 1710
    • Bernard of Calvo
  • 22 May 1712
    • Catherine of Bologna
    • St. Pius V
    • Felice Porri

Pontificate of Benedict XIII (10)[]

  • 27 December 1726
    • Pellegrino Laziosi
  • 31 December 1726
    • Luigi Gonzaga
    • Stanislaus Kostka
  • March 19, 1729
    • Jan Nepomucký
    • Agnese Segni from Montepucian
    • Giacomo Gangali from the Marches
    • Toribio Alfonso de Mogrovejo Robledo
    • Francisco Solano Giménez
    • Juan de Yepes Álvarez of the Cross
    • Margherita Di Bartolomeo from Cortona
    • Juan de Prado

Pontificate of Clement XII (4)[]

  • June 16, 1737
    • Vincent de Paul
    • Caterina Fieschi Adorno of Genoa
    • Jean-François Règis
    • Giuliana Falconieri

Pontificate of Benedict XIV (5)[]

  • 29 June 1746
    • Camillo de Lellis
    • Caterina de’ Ricci
    • Fidelis Roy from Sigmaringen
    • Giuseppe Desideri from Leonessa
    • Pedro Regalado de la Costanilla

Pontificate of Clement XIII (6)[]

  • 16 July 1767
    • Joseph Calasanctius
    • Girolamo Emiliani [Miani]
    • Jeanne-Françoise Frémyot de Chantal
    • Jan Wacięga of Kęty
    • Giuseppe Desa
    • Serafino Pampiani

Pontificate of Pius VII (5)[]

  • 24 May 1807
    • Angela Merici
    • Francesco Caracciolo
    • Benedetto Manassari from San Fratello
    • Colette Boylet
    • Giacinta de Mariscotti

Pontificate of Gregory XVI (5)[]

  • 26 May 1839
    • Veronica Giuliani
    • Alfonso de’ Liguori
    • Francesco De Geronim
    • Giovanni Giuseppe Calosinto of the Cross
    • Pacifico Divino from San Severino

Pontificate of Pius IX (52)[]

  • June 8, 1862
    • Martyrs of Japan
  • 29 June 1867
    • Germaine Cousin
    • Leonardo Casanova
    • Maria Francesca Gallo
    • Yosafat Kuntsevich
    • Paolo Danei
    • Nicholas Pieck
    • Pedro de Arbués

Pontificate of Pope Leo XIII (18)[]

  • 1881
  • 1883
    • Benedict Joseph Labre (1748-1783)
  • 1888
    • Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order
    • Peter Claver (1561-1654)
    • John Berchmans (1599-1621)
    • Alphonsus Rodriguez (1531-1617)
  • 1897
    • Anthony Maria Zaccaria (1502-1539)
    • Peter Fourier (1565-1640)
  • 1900

Pontificate of Pope Pius X (4)[]

  • 1904
  • 1909
    • Clement Mary Hofbauer
    • Joseph Oriol

Pontificate of Pope Benedict XV (3)[]

  • May 13, 1920
    • Saint Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows (1838 - 1862)
    • Saint Marguerite Marie Alacoque (1647 - 1690)
  • May 16, 1920
    • St. Joan of Arc (1412 - 1431)

Pontificate of Pope Pius XI (6)[]

Pontificate of Pope Pius XII[]

Pontificate of Pope Paul VI[]

Pontificate of Pope John Paul II[]

  • June 20, 1982
    • Crispin of Viterbo (1668–1750)
  • October 10, 1982
    • Maximilian Maria Kolbe, OFM (1894–1941)
  • October 31, 1982
    • Marguerite Bourgeoys (1620–1700)
    • Jeanne Delanoue (1666–1736)
  • October 16, 1983
    • Leopold Mandic (1866–1942)
  • March 11, 1984
  • May 6, 1984
    • Korean Martyrs
  • October 21, 1984
  • April 13, 1986
    • Francis Anthony Fasani (1681–1742)
  • October 12, 1986
  • October 18, 1987
    • Lorenzo Ruiz (+1637)
    • Domingo Ibáñez de Erquicia, OP (1589–1633)
    • Jacobo Kyushei Tomonaga, OP and their Thirteen Companions:
    • Francisco Shoyemon
    • Miguel Kurobioye
    • Lucas de Espiritu Santo
    • Mateo Kohioye del Rosario
    • Magdalene of Nagasaki
    • Marina of Omura
    • Jordan de San Esteban
    • Tomas Hioji Rokuzayemon Nishi de San Jacinto
    • Antonio Gonzalez
    • Guilllermo Courtet
    • Miguel de Aozaraza
    • Lazaro of Kyoto
  • October 25, 1987
    • Giuseppe Moscati (1880–1927)
  • May 16, 1988
    • Martyrs of Paraguay:
      • Roque González de Santa Cruz (1576–1628)
      • Alphonsus Rodriguez (+1628)
      • Juan de Castillo, SJ (1596–1628)
  • June 11, 1988
    • Eustochia Smeraldo Calafato (1434–1485)
  • June 19, 1988
    • 117 Vietnamese Martyrs (+1745–1862)
  • July 3, 1988
    • Simón de Rojas, O.SS. (1552–1624)
    • Rose Philippine Duchesne (1769–1852)
  • October 2, 1988
  • December 11, 1988
    • Maria Rosa Molas y Vallvé (1815–1876)
  • April 9, 1989
    • Clelia Barbieri (1847–1870)
  • November 1, 1989
    • Gaspar Bertoni (1777–1853)
    • Richard Pampuri, O.H. (1897–1930)
  • November 12, 1989
    • Agnes of Bohemia (1211–1282)
    • Albert of Krakow (Adam Chmielowski)(1845–1916)
  • December 10, 1989
  • December 9, 1990
  • November 17, 1991
    • Raphael Kalinowski, OCD (1835–1907)
  • May 31, 1992
    • Claude de la Colombière, SJ (1641–1682)
  • October 11, 1992
    • Ezequiel Moreno y Díaz (1848–1906)
  • March 21, 1993
    • Mary of St. Ignatius (Claudine Thévenet) (1774–1837)
    • Teresa de Jesus de los Andes (Juana Fernández Solar) (1900–1920)
  • June 16, 1993
    • Enrique de Ossó y Cercelló (1840–1896)
  • September 8, 1993
    • Saint Meinardo (1134/36–1196)
  • May 21, 1995
    • John Sarkander (1576–1620)
    • Zdislava Berka (1220–1252)
  • July 2, 1995
    • Martyrs of Kosice (+1619):
    • Marko Krizin (1588–1619)
    • Stefan Pongracz (1582–1609)
    • Melichar Grodziecki, SJ (1584–1619)
  • December 3, 1995
    • Eugene de Mazenod (1782–1861)
  • June 2, 1996
    • Jean-Gabriel Perboyre (1802–1840)
    • Egidio Maria of Saint Joseph (Francis Anthony Postillo) (1729–1812)
    • Juan Grande Román, O.H. (1546–1600)
  • June 8, 1997
    • Hedwig, queen of Poland (1374–1399)
  • June 10, 1997
    • John of Dukla (1414–1484)
  • October 11, 1998
    • Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein) (1891–1942)
  • April 18, 1999
    • Marcellin Joseph Benoît Champagnat (1789–1840)
    • John Calabria (1873–1954)
    • Agostina Livia Pietrantoni (1864–1894)
  • June 16, 1999
  • November 21, 1999
    • Brother Cyrill Bertrán and 8 Companions (+1934)
    • Jaime Hilario, FSC (1898-1937)
    • Inocencio de la Inmaculada (+1937)
    • Benedict Menni, OH (1841–1914)
    • Thomas of Cori, OFM (1655–1729)
  • April 30, 2000
    • Sister Faustina (1905–1938)
  • May 21, 2000
    • Cristóbal Magallanes Jara (1869–1927)
    • Román Adame Rosales
    • Rodrigo Aguilar Aleman
    • Julio Álvarez Mendoza
    • Luis Batis Sáinz
    • Agustín Caloca Cortés
    • 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
    • David Roldán Lara
    • Toribio Romo González
    • Jenaro Sánchez Delgadillo
    • Tranquilino Ubiarco Robles
    • David Uribe Velasco
    • José Maria de Yermo y Parres (1851–1904)
    • María de Jesús Sacramentado Venegas (1868–1959)
  • October 1, 2000
    • Augustine Chao (+1815) and 119 companions, Chinese Martyrs
    • María Josefa of the Heart of Jesus Sancho de Guerra (1842–1912)
    • Katharine Drexel (1858–1955)
    • Josephine Bakhita (1869–1947)
  • June 10, 2001
  • November 25, 2001
    • Joseph Marello (1844-1895)
    • Paula Montal Fornes de San Jose de Calasanz (1799-1889)
    • Leonie Françoise de Sales Aviat (1844-1914)
    • Maria Crescentia Hoss (1682-1744)
  • May 19, 2002
    • Alphonsus de Orozco (1500-1591)
    • Ignatius of Santhià (1686-1770)
    • Humilis de Bisignano (1582-1637)
    • Pauline of the Agonizing Heart of Jesus (1865-1942)
    • Benedetta Cambiagio Frassinello (1791-1858)
  • June 16, 2002
    • Pio of Pietrelcina (1887-1968)
  • July 30, 2002
    • Hermano Pedro de San José de Betancurt (1887-1968)
  • July 31, 2002
    • Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin (1474-1548)
  • October 6, 2002
  • May 4, 2003
    • Pedro Poveda Castroverde (1874-1936)
    • José María Rubio y Peralta (1864-1929)
    • Genoveva Torres Morales (1870-1956)
    • Ángela de la Cruz (1846-1932)
    • María Maravillas de Jesús (1891-1974)
  • May 18, 2003
    • Józef Sebastian Pelczar (1842-1924)
    • Urszula Ledóchowska (1865-1939)
    • Maria De Mattias (1805-1866)
    • Virginia Centurione Bracelli (1587-1651)
  • October 5, 2003
    • Daniel Comboni (1831-1881)
    • Arnold Janssen (1837-1909)
    • Joseph Freinademetz (1852-1908)
  • May 16, 2004
    • Luigi Orione (1872-1940)
    • Hannibal Mary Di Francia (1851-1927)
    • Josep Manyanet y Vives (1833-1901)
    • Nimattullah Kassab Al-Hardini (1808-1858)
    • Paola Elisabetta Cerioli (1816-1865)
    • Gianna Beretta Molla (1922-1962)

Pontificate of Pope Benedict XVI[]

  • October 23, 2005
    • Josef Bilczewski (1860-1923)
    • Gaetano Catanoso (1879-1963)
    • Zygmunt Gorazdowski (1845-1920)
    • Alberto Hurtado (1901-1952)
    • Felice da Nicosia (1715-1787)
  • October 15, 2006
    • Bishop Rafael Guizar Valencia (1878-1938)
    • Mother Theodore Guerin (1798-1856)
    • Filippo Smaldone (1848-1923)
    • Rosa Venerini (1656-1728)
  • May 11, 2007
    • Antônio de Sant'Anna Galvão (1739 - 1822)
  • June 3, 2007
  • October 12, 2008
    • Alphonsa Muttathupadathu
    • Gaetano Errico
    • Narcisa de Jesus Martillo Moran
    • Maria Bernarda Bütler
  • April 26, 2009
    • Arcangelo Tadini
    • Bernardo Tolomei
    • Nuno Álvares Pereira
    • Geltrude Comensoli
    • Caterina Volpicelli
  • October 11, 2009
    • Zygmunt Szczęsny Feliński
    • Francisco Coll Guitart
    • Damien de Veuster
    • Rafael Arnáiz Barón
    • Jeanne Jugan
  • To be determined in 2010[1]
    • Mary Mackillop
    • Stanislaw Soltys
    • André Bessette
    • Giulia Salzano
    • Camilla Battista da Varano

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