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The Catholic Church entered South America in 1500 through Brazil and quickly expanded across the continent with the Spanish and Portuguese cultures. Today this area remains heavily Catholic. Image of St. Rose of Lima, the first person born in the Americas to be canonized, in the church at Paniqui
This is an incomplete list of humans and angels whom the Catholic Church has canonized as saints.According to Catholic theology, all saints enjoy the beatific vision.Many of the saints listed here are to be found in the General Roman Calendar, while others may also be found in the Roman Martyrology; [1] still others are particular to local places and their recognition does not extend to the ...
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 ...
This list of royal saints and martyrs enumerates 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". Their names are in English and, where known, in their own language.
Saint Thomas Aquinas, Doctor of the Church. Melchor García Sampedro (1821-1858), Spanish priest, Titular Bishop of Tricomia, one of the Vietnamese Martyrs; Jose María Díaz Sanjurjo (1818-1857), Spanish priest, Titular Bishop of Platea, one of the Vietnamese Martyrs; Peter Sanz (1680-1747), Catalan friar, one of the Martyr Saints of China
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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. As a fact, in the list Óscar Romero is the only native saint of Central America [1] and the Caribbean. The rest were Spanish missionaries who carried out their apostolic work in these American countries.