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This article contains a full list of the saints canonized in the 21st century. (2001–2100) These saints have received recognition as saint (through canonization) by the following popes of the Roman Catholic Church: Pope John Paul II (1978–2005) Pope Benedict XVI (2005–2013) Pope Francis (2013–)
Barlaam and Ioasaph were placed in the Orthodox calendar of saints on 26 August, and in the Roman martyrology they were canonized (as "Barlaam and Josaphat") and assigned 27 November. The story was translated into Hebrew in the Middle Ages as Ben-HaMelekh ve HaNazir ("The King's Son and the Nazirite ").
Name Birth Birthplace Death Place of death Notes Josep Manyanet y Vives: 1833: Tremp, Spain: 1901: Barcelona, Spain: Priest: Blessed Louis Zephyrinus Moreau: 1824: Bécancour, Quebec, British Province of Lower Canada
No. Name Date of Canonization Place of Canonization 1. Joseph Vaz [10]: 14 January 2015: Colombo, Sri Lanka: 2. Émilie de Villeneuve [11]: 17 May 2015 Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Icon of St. Cyprian of Carthage, who urged diligence in the process of canonization. Canonization is the declaration of a deceased person as an officially recognized saint, [1] specifically, the official act of a Christian communion declaring a person worthy of public veneration and entering their name in the canon catalogue of saints, [2] or authorized list of that communion's recognized saints.
Relics of Dominican saints. Agnes of Montepulciano (1268-1317), prioress in medieval Tuscany; Alberto da Bergamo (1214-1279), Italian tertiary and farmer; Albertus Magnus (before 1200–1280), German friar and bishop, Doctor of the Church
This article contains the saints canonized by Pope John Paul II. Pope John Paul II canonized 483 saints, including one equipollent canonizations , during his twenty-six-year reign as Pope from 1978 to 2005:
Engraving of the canonization of Thomas Aquinas by Egbert van Panderen [] and Otto van Veen (1610).. Following two inquiries which involved over a hundred eyewitnesses, the Italian Dominican theologian and philosopher Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) was formally canonized as a saint of the Catholic Church on 18 July 1323 by Pope John XXII.