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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.
Pope Pius IX (Italian: Pio IX; born Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti; [a] 13 May 1792 – 7 February 1878) was head of the Catholic Church from 1846 to 1878. His reign of nearly 32 years is the longest verified of any pope in history.
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 Benedict XI: 1304: 1736 Pope Eugene III: 1151: 1872 Pope Gregory X: 1276: 1713 Pope Innocent V: 1276: 1898 Pope Innocent XI: 1689: 1956 Pope Pius IX: 1878: 2000 Pope Urban II: 1099: 1881 Pope Urban V: 1370: 1870 Pope Victor III: 1087: 1887 Quattrocchi, Luigi Beltrame and Maria Corsini: 1951 and 1965: 2001 Ralph Ashley, SJ: 1606: 1929 Ralph ...
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.
Andrew Wouters (Dutch: Andries Wouters) was a Dutch Catholic priest who served as pastor in Heinenoord, Hoeksche Waard.He was among the 19 Martyrs of Gorkum in 1572.. Wouters and his fellow martyrs were canonized by Pope Pius IX on June 29, 1867, after being beatified by Pope Clement X in 1675.
[9] In 1870, as Don Pius Mortara, an ordained Catholic priest, Edgardo Mortara entered a monastery in Poitiers, France [10] and later spoke out in favor of the beatification of Pope Pius IX, calling the pope "my father" once again. In his young life, however, Mortara could be visited by his parents, but only in the presence of other Roman ...
She was beatified by Pope Pius IX in 1853 and canonized by Pope Pius XII in 1950. She is the patroness saint of Ecuador. Her relics are the Church of the Society of Jesus in Quito. Her feast day is celebrated on May 26, on May 28 in the Franciscan Order.