List of canonizations

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.

Number of saints vs. time

Canonizations before 1588

In the table below, "disputed" indicates conflicting information in early sources.[1]

Pontificate of Adrian II

Pontificate of John XV

Pontificate of Gregory V

Pontificate of Benedict VIII

Pontificate of John XIX

Pontificate of Benedict IX

Pontificate of Clement II

  • 5 January 1047
    • Wiborada of Saint Gall (St Gallen or 'Sankt-Gall') (b.? – 926)

Pontificate of Leo IX

Pontificate of Alexander II

Pontificate of Gregory VII

Pontificate of Victor III

Pontificate of Urban II

Pontificate of Paschal II

Pontificate of Callixtus II

Pontificate of Innocent II

Pontificate of Eugene III

Pontificate of Adrian IV

Pontificate of Alexander III

Pontificate of Lucius III

Pontificate of Clement III

Pontificate of Celestine III

Pontificate of Innocent III

Pontificate of Honorius III

Pontificate of Gregory IX

Pontificate of Innocent IV

Pontificate of Alexander IV

Pontificate of Urban IV

Pontificate of Clement IV

Pontificate of Gregory X

Pontificate of Martin IV

Pontificate of Boniface VIII

Pontificate of Clement V

Pontificate of John XXII

Pontificate of Clement VI

  • 26 June 1347
  • 19 September 1351
    • Robert of Turlande

Pontificate of Urban V

Pontificate of Urban VI

  • 1388
    • Mildred of Thanet

Pontificate of Boniface IX

Pontificate of Martin V

Pontificate of Eugene IV

Pontificate of Nicholas V

Pontificate of Callixtus III

Pontificate of Pius II

Pontificate of Sixtus IV

  • 31 May 1476
    • Albert of Sicily (c. 1240 – 1307)
  • 7 August 1481
Companions:
  • Otto of Morocco
  • Peter of Morocco
  • Accursius of Morocco
  • Adjutus

Pontificate of Innocent VIII

Pontificate of Julius II

  • 5 June 1507:
  • Unknown
    • Benedict of Gnesen
    • Christinus of Gnesen
    • Isaac of Gnesen
    • John of Gnesen
    • Matthew of Gnesen

Pontificate of Leo X

  • 1516
    • Daniel and Companions (died 10 October 1227)
    • Hugolinus of Morocco
  • 1 May 1519
  • 1520
    • Hunna of Alsace
  • 1521

Pontificate of Adrian VI

Pontificate of Clement VII

  • 1527
    • Peter of Metz

Pontificate of Paul III

Pontificate of Pius V

Pontificate of Gregory XIII

  • 1578
    • Joseph of Volokolamsk (1439 or 1440 – 1515)
  • 1582
  • 1584
    • Alipius of Tagaste

Modern canonization

Pontificate of Sixtus V (1)

Pontificate of Clement VIII (5)

Pontificate of Paul V (4)

Pontificate of Gregory XV (5)

Pontificate of Urban VIII (5)

Pontificate of Alexander VII (4)

Pontificate of Clement IX (2)

  • 28 April 1669
    • Maria Magdalena de Pazzi (1566–1607)
    • Peter of Alcantara (1499–1562)

Pontificate of Clement X (7)

Pontificate of Innocent XI (2)

Pontificate of Alexander VIII (6)

Pontificate of Innocent XII (1)

  • 5 September 1696
    • Zita of Lucca (c. 1212 – 1272)

Pontificate of Clement XI (10)

Pontificate of Benedict XIII (14)

Pontificate of Clement XII (5)

Pontificate of Benedict XIV (7)

Pontificate of Clement XIII (6)

Pontificate of Pius VII (6)

Pontificate of Leo XII (1)

Pontificate of Gregory XVI (5)

Pontificate of Pius IX (52)

Pontificate of Leo XIII (19)

Pontificate of Pius X (7)

Pontificate of Benedict XV (4)

Pontificate of Pius XI (25)

Pontificate of Pius XII (33)

Pontificate of John XXIII (10)

Pontificate of Paul VI (84)

Pontificate of John Paul II (483)

Pontificate of Benedict XVI (45)

Pontificate of Francis

Scheduled canonizations

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References

  1. "Canonizations Before 1588". NewSaints.FaithWeb.com. Retrieved 15 May 2008. This source uses an asterisk (*) to mark a case for which original documentary sources conflict.
  2. "Saint Famianus of Compostela". 14 February 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
  3. "Sanctus Ketillus – medieval". wikihost.uib.no. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
  4. Sauer, Michelle M. (2010). "Romuald, St.". In Bjork, Robert E. (ed.). The Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199574834. Retrieved 18 March 2016 via Oxford Reference.
  5. Bunson, Matthew. Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints. Our Sunday Visitor. p. 207.

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