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The following is the list of saints, including the year in which they were canonized and the country or countries with which they are associated. The Four Martyrs of Thane (d. 1321) ( India ) Francis Xavier , Jesuit priest (1622, China , India, and Japan )
This is a list of beatified individuals or blesseds according to the Catholic Church. The list is in alphabetical order by Christian name but, if necessary, by ...
The continuing association between Western imperialism in China and missionary efforts nevertheless continued to fuel hostilities against missions and Christianity in China. All missions were banned in China by the new communist regime after the outbreak of the Korean War in 1950, and officially continue to be legally outlawed to the present.
King David of the Biblical Kingdom of Israel and his successors Hezekiah and Josiah of the southern Kingdom of Judah are traditionally considered to be Saints by Catholic teaching. [64] [65] In the New Testament genealogies, Jesus Christ is a descendant of King David and has been proclaimed by the Catholic Church as King of the Universe. [66]
Beatified Canonised Diocese Rite St. Francis Xavier (Francisco de Jasso Azpilicueta) S.J. 7 April 1506: Navarra, Spain: 3 December 1552: China: Cofounder of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) 3 December (solemnity in India) 25 October 1619: 12 March 1622: Goa and Daman: Latin St. Gonsalo Garcia (Gonçalo Garcia) O.F.M. 15 May 1557: Bassein, Bombay ...
List of royal saints and martyrs: a list of Christian monarchs, other royalty, and nobility who have been beatified or canonized, or who are otherwise venerated as or conventionally given the appellation of "saint" or "martyr". List of Unitarian martyrs: a list of people considered martyrs for their adherence to the Unitarianism movement.
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It lists of hundreds of saints from Ireland and beyond. [1] In various religions, a saint is a revered person who has achieved an eminent status of holiness, known as sainthood. The word saint comes from the Latin word sanctus, meaning ' holy ', and although saint has been applied in other religious contexts, the word has its origins in ...