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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–)
No. Name Date of Canonization Place of Canonization 1. Stanisław Papczyński [14]: 5 June 2016 Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City: 2. Maria Elizabeth Hesselblad [14]: 3. Teresa of Calcutta [15]
A total of 83 out of 265 deceased popes have been recognised universally as canonised saints, including all of the first 35 popes (31 of whom were martyrs) and 52 of the first 54. If Pope Liberius is numbered amongst the saints as in Eastern Christianity , all of the first 49 popes become recognised as saints, of whom 31 are martyr-saints, and ...
In Christianity, some religious authorities require that a person undergo a formal process of canonization to be recognized as a saint, such as the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches. These churches also hold that a saint may intercede on behalf of the living who invoke them in prayer, a belief which is rejected by Protestants . [ 3 ]
No. Saint Date of Canonization Place of Canonization Reference 1. Charles of Sezze: 12 April 1959 St. Peter's Basilica [1]2. Joaquina Vedruna de Mas [2] [3]3. Gregorio Barbarigo
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:
This article contains the saints canonized by Pope Benedict XVI. Pope Benedict XVI canonized 45 saints, including one equipollent canonization , during his seven-year reign as Pope from 2005 to 2013:
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.