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Canonized Roman Catholic saints have been through a formal institutional process resulting in their canonization. There have been thousands of canonizations. Pope John Paul II alone canonized 110 individuals, as well as many group canonizations such as 110 martyr saints of China, 103 Korean martyrs, 117 Vietnamese martyrs, the Mexican Martyrs, Spanish martyrs and French revolutionary martyrs.
This is an incomplete list of people and angels whom the Catholic Church has canonized as saints.According to Catholic theology, all saints enjoy the beatific vision.Many of the saints listed here are to be found in the General Roman Calendar, while others may also be found in the Roman Martyrology; [1] still others are particular to local places and their recognition does not extend to the ...
5 November / 4 January [ 42 ] Apostle of the Seventy, Bishop of Neapolis (now Naples) and Puteoli, also known as Patrobos, Patrobus or Parrobus[ 279 ] Paul the Apostle. 68 (circa) 25 January / 10 February / 29 June. Apostle to the Gentiles, Martyr [ 561 ] Paul Aurelian.
Marianna Fontanella (rel. name: Maria of the Angels) (1661–1717), Professed Religious of the Discalced Carmelite Nuns (Italy) Beatified: 14 May 1865 by Pope Pius IX. Jean Soreth (1394–1471), Professed Priest of the Carmelites of the Ancient Observance (France) Beatified: 3 May 1866 by Pope Pius IX.
Saints often become the patrons of places where they were born or had been active. However, there were cases in medieval Europe where a city which grew to prominence obtained for its cathedral the remains or some relics of a famous saint who had lived and was buried elsewhere, thus making them the city's patron saint – such a practice conferred considerable prestige on the city concerned.
List of saints canonized by Pope Francis. This article contains a list of the 912 saints canonized by Pope Francis (2013–) during his pontificate, which includes the 813 Martyrs of Otranto as a group, 7 whom were equipollently canonized and 4 whom were canonized in other countries.
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