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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–)
Missionary priest of the Society of the Divine Word: Blessed Maddalena Caterina Morano: 1847: Chieri, Italy: 1908: Catania, Italy: Member of Salesian Sisters of Don Bosco: Arnold Janssen: 1837: Goch, Kingdom of Prussia: 1909: Steyl, Netherlands: Priest, founder of the Society of the Divine Word: Blessed Ciriaco María Sancha y Hervás: 1833 ...
No. Name Date of Canonization Place of Canonization 1. Joseph Vaz [10]: 14 January 2015: Colombo, Sri Lanka: 2. Émilie de Villeneuve [11]: 17 May 2015 Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Icon of St. Cyprian of Carthage, who urged diligence in the process of canonization. Canonization is the declaration of a deceased person as an officially recognized saint, [1] specifically, the official act of a Christian communion declaring a person worthy of public veneration and entering their name in the canon catalogue of saints, [2] or authorized list of that communion's recognized saints.
Professed Religious, Society of the Divine Word: Lae: Martyr in odium fidei: Joseph Kotrba 13 January 1913 Chicago, Illinois 19 February 1943 Bogia, Madang, Papua New Guinea Professed Priest, Society of the Divine Word: Madang: Martyr in odium fidei: Arthur Manion 19 March 1901 Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania: 17 March 1943
October 17, 2010: Mary MacKillop, a nun of Scottish descent, is the first Australian born person to be canonized. Also canonized is Holy Cross lay brother, Andre Bessette of Montreal, Canada, whose efforts led to the building of Saint Joseph's Oratory, Montreal.
In answer to a popular petition of English Catholics, Pope Pius XI canonized John Fisher and Thomas More on 19 May 1935 as representatives of the many Catholic martyrs of England. The two martyrs share a common feast day on 22 June in the current General Roman Calendar of the Catholic Church.
Engraving of the canonization of Thomas Aquinas by Egbert van Panderen [] and Otto van Veen (1610).. Following two inquiries which involved over a hundred eyewitnesses, the Italian Dominican theologian and philosopher Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) was formally canonized as a saint of the Catholic Church on 18 July 1323 by Pope John XXII.