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Without Italian opposition, Pope John Paul II declared Pius IX to be Venerable on 6 July 1985 (upon confirming his life of heroic virtue), and beatified him on 3 September 2000 (his annual liturgical commemoration is 7 February, the date of his death).
The most recently reigning Pope to have been canonised was Pope John Paul II, whose cause for canonisation was opened in May 2005. John Paul II was beatified on 1 May 2011, by Pope Benedict XVI and later canonised, along with Pope John XXIII, by Pope Francis on 27 April 2014. [1] Pope Francis also canonised Pope Paul VI on 14 October 2018.
Earliest pope not canonized by the Latin Church. Revered as a saint in Eastern Christianity, with a feast day of 27 August. [14] — 355 – 22 November 365 (10 years, 0 days) Felix II FELIX Secundus: c. 300 Rome, Italy, Roman Empire 55 / 65 Roman citizen. In opposition to Pope Liberius. Installed by Arian-leaning Emperor Constantius II. 37
This article is a list of saints by the pope who canonized them. Although popes have been canonizing saints since at least 993 and have claimed sole authority to do so since the late 12th century, it has been rare historically for any pope to canonize more than a handful of saints.
Pope Pius IX (1792–1878), beatified on 3 September 2000 by Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II (1920–2005) beatified more people than all his predecessors had during the previous 400 years, and was himself beatified six years after his death, on Divine Mercy Sunday 2011.
Pius X: Allows the admittance of Communion to children who have reached the age of reason (about seven years old). [179] 1930 Ad Christi nomen: Pius XI: Created the Diocese of Vijayapuram. 1949 Jubilaeum Maximum ("Great jubilee") Pius XII: Announcement of 1950 as a Holy Year: 1950 (November 1) Munificentissimus Deus ("The most bountiful God")
Napoleon was excommunicated in the 1809 bull Quum memoranda by Pope Pius VII for ordering the annexation of Rome and a long period of anti-Papal orders. [74] [75] Before Napoleon's death, his excommunication was lifted and he received the last rites. [76] Stephen Kaminski, bishop of the Polish National Catholic Church, in 1898 [77]
Pope Pius VIII: Giuseppe Albani: S. Maria in Via Lata 6 February 1831 Rome Pope Gregory XVI: Giuseppe Albani S. Maria in Via Lata On that same day he was consecrated bishop of Rome by Cardinal Bartolomeo Pacca, bishop of Ostia e Velletri and dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals. 21 June 1846 Rome Pope Pius IX: Tommaso Riario Sforza: S. Maria ...