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List of saints canonized in the 20th century

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For saints and blesseds who lived in the 20th century, see Chronological list of saints and blesseds in the 20th century.

List of saints canonized in the 20th century (1901–2000) are people who have received recognition as saints through canonization by the following popes of the Roman Catholic Church:

Canonized by Pope Pius XI

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The following are saints canonized by Pope Pius XI from 1922-1939:

Saint Date of Canonization Place of Canonization
Thérèse of Lisieux[1] 17 May 1925 Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City
Peter Canisius 21 May 1925 Rome, Italy
Madeleine Sophie Barat 24 May 1925 Rome, Italy
Marie-Madeleine Postel 24 May 1925 Rome, Italy
Bogumilus 27 May 1925 Rome, Italy
John Vianney 31 May 1925 Rome, Italy
Jean Eudes 31 May 1925 Rome, Italy
Catherine of Palma 22 June 1930 Rome, Italy
Lucy Filippini 22 June 1930 Rome, Italy
Canadian Martyrs 29 June 1930 Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City
Robert Bellarmine 29 June 1930 Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City
Theophilus of Corte 29 June 1930 Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City
Albertus Magnus 16 December 1931 Vatican City
Andrew Fournet 4 June 1933 Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City
Bernadette Soubirous 8 December 1933 Rome, Italy
Joan Antidea Thouret 14 January 1934 Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City
Maria Micaela Desmaisieres 4 March 1934 Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City
Louise de Marillac 11 March 1934 Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City
Giuseppe Benedetto Cottolengo 19 March 1934 Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City
Pompilio Maria Pirrotti 19 March 1934 Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City
Teresa Margaret of the Sacred Heart 19 March 1934 Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City
John Bosco[2] 1 April 1934 Rome, Italy
Conrad of Parzham 20 May 1934 Rome, Italy
John Fisher[3] 19 May 1935 Vatican City
Thomas More[4] 19 May 1935 Vatican City
Hemma of Gurk 5 January 1938 Rome, Italy
Andrew Bobola 17 April 1938 Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City
Giovanni Leonardi 17 April 1938 Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City
Salvador of Horta 17 April 1938 Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City

Canonized by Pope Pius XII

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The following are saints canonized by Pope Pius XII from 1939-1958:

Saint Date of Canonization Place of Canonization
Mary Euphrasia Pelletier 2 May 1940 St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City
Gemma Galgani 2 May 1940 St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City
Margaret of Hungary 19 November 1943 Vatican City
Frances Xavier Cabrini 7 July 1946 St. Peter's Square, Vatican City
Nicholas of Flüe 15 May 1947 Vatican City
Bernardino Realino 22 June 1947 Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City
John de Brito 22 June 1947 Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City
Joseph Cafasso 22 June 1947 Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City
Jeanne-Elisabeth Bichier des Ages 6 July 1947 Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City
Michael Garicoits 6 July 1947 Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City
Louis de Montfort[5] 20 July 1947 Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City
Catherine Labouré[6] 27 July 1947 Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City
Jeanne de Lestonnac 15 May 1949 Rome, Italy
Maria Giuseppa Rossello 12 June 1949 Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Emilie de Rodat[7] 23 April 1950 Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Antonio Maria Claret 7 May 1950 Rome, Italy
Bartolomea Capitanio 18 May 1950 Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City
Vincenza Gerosa 18 May 1950 Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City
Joan of France, Duchess of Berry 28 May 1950 Vatican City
Vincent Strambi 11 June 1950 Rome, Italy
Maria Goretti[8] 24 June 1950 Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Mariana de Jesús de Paredes 9 July 1950 Rome, Italy
Emily de Vialar 24 June 1951 St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City
Maria Domenica Mazzarello 24 June 1951 St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City
Antonio Maria Gianelli 21 October 1951 Rome, Italy
Francis Bianchi 21 October 1951 Rome, Italy
Ignatius of Laconi 21 October 1951 Rome, Italy
Pope Pius X[9] 29 May 1954 Rome, Italy
Dominic Savio[10] 12 June 1954 Rome, Italy
Gaspar del Bufalo 12 June 1954 Rome, Italy
Joseph Pignatelli 12 June 1954 Rome, Italy
Maria Crocifissa di Rosa[11] 12 June 1954 Rome, Italy
Peter Chanel 12 June 1954 Rome, Italy
Hermann Joseph 11 August 1958 Rome, Italy

Canonized by Pope John XXIII

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The following are saints canonized by Pope John XXIII from 1958-1963:

Saint Date of Canonization Place of Canonization
Charles of Sezze 12 April 1959 St. Peter's Basilica
Joaquina Vedruna de Mas 12 April 1959 St. Peter's Basilica
Gregorio Barbarigo 26 May 1960 St. Peter's Basilica
Juan de Ribera 12 June 1960 St. Peter's Basilica
Maria Bertilla Boscardin 11 May 1961 St. Peter's Basilica
Martin de Porres[12] 6 May 1962 St. Peter's Basilica
Antonio Maria Pucci 9 December 1962 St. Peter's Basilica
Francis Mary of Camporosso 9 December 1962 St. Peter's Basilica
Peter Julian Eymard 9 December 1962 St. Peter's Basilica
Vincent Pallotti 20 January 1963 St. Peter's Basilica

Canonized by Pope Paul VI

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The following are saints canonized by Pope Paul VI from 1963-1978:

Saint Date of Canonization Place of Canonization
Charles Lwanga & 21 Companions 18 October 1964 St. Peter's Basilica
Adelaide of Vilich 27 January 1966 Rome, Italy
Benildus Romançon 29 October 1967 St. Peter's Basilica
Julie Billiart 22 June 1969 St. Peter's Basilica
Berthold of Garsten 8 January 1970 Apostolic Palace, Vatican City
Maria Soledad 25 January 1970 St. Peter's Basilica
Leonardo Murialdo 3 May 1970 St. Peter's Basilica
Thérèse Couderc 10 May 1970 St. Peter's Basilica
John of Ávila 31 May 1970 St. Peter's Basilica
Nikola Tavelić & 3 companions 21 June 1970 St. Peter's Basilica
Cuthbert Mayne & 39 companions 25 October 1970 St. Peter's Basilica
Teresa of Jesus 27 January 1974 St. Peter's Basilica
John Baptist of the Conception 25 May 1975 St. Peter's Basilica
Vincentia Maria López y Vicuña 25 May 1975 St. Peter's Basilica
Elizabeth Ann Seton[13] 14 September 1975 St. Peter's Basilica
John Macias 28 September 1975 St. Peter's Basilica
Oliver Plunkett 12 October 1975 St. Peter's Basilica
Justin de Jacobis 26 October 1975 St. Peter's Basilica
Dorothea of Montau 9 January 1976 Apostolic Palace, Vatican City
Beatrice of Silva 3 October 1976 St. Peter's Basilica
John Ogilvie 17 October 1976 St. Peter's Basilica
Rafaela Porras Ayllón 23 January 1977 St. Peter's Basilica
John Neumann[14] 19 June 1977 St. Peter's Basilica
Charbel Makhluf 9 October 1977 St. Peter's Basilica

Canonized by Pope John Paul II

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The following are saints canonized by Pope John Paul II from 1978-2001:

Saint Date of Canonization Place of Canonization
Crispin of Viterbo[15] 20 June 1982 St. Peter's Basilica
Maximilian Kolbe[15] 10 October 1982 St. Peter's Basilica
Marguerite Bourgeoys[15] 31 October 1982 St. Peter's Basilica
Jeanne Delanoue 31 October 1982 St. Peter's Basilica
Leopold Mandić 16 October 1983 St. Peter's Basilica
Paula Frassinetti 11 March 1984 St. Peter's Basilica
Andrew Kim Taegon[16] & 103 Korean Martyrs 6 May 1984 Seoul, Korea
Miguel Febres Cordero 21 October 1984 St. Peter's Basilica
Francis Anthony Fasani 13 April 1986 St. Peter's Basilica
Joseph Tomasi 12 October 1986 St. Peter's Basilica
Lorenzo Ruiz & 15 companions 18 October 1987 St. Peter's Basilica
Dominic Ibáñez de Erquicia 18 October 1987 St. Peter's Basilica
Jacobo Kyushei Tomonaga & 13 Companions 18 October 1987 St. Peter's Basilica
Giuseppe Moscati 25 October 1987 St. Peter's Basilica
Roque González de Santa Cruz 16 May 1988 Asunción
Alfonso Rodríguez Olmedo 16 May 1988 Asunción
Juan de Castillo 16 May 1988 Asunción
Eustochia Smeralda Calafato 11 June 1988 Messina
Andrew Dung-Lac 19 June 1988 St. Peter's Basilica
Tommaso Thien 19 June 1988 St. Peter's Basilica
Emanuele Phung (Emmanuel Le Van Phung) 19 June 1988 St. Peter's Basilica
Girolamo Hermosilla (Jerome Hermosilla) 19 June 1988 St. Peter's Basilica
Valentino Berrio Ochoa 19 June 1988 St. Peter's Basilica
Teofano Venard & 111 companions 19 June 1988 St. Peter's Basilica
Simón de Rojas 3 July 1988 St. Peter's Basilica
Rose Philippine Duchesne 3 July 1988 St. Peter's Basilica
Magdalene of Canossa 2 October 1988 St. Peter's Basilica
Maria Rosa Molas y Vallvé 11 December 1988 St. Peter's Basilica
Clelia Barbieri 9 April 1989 St. Peter's Basilica
Gaspar Bertoni 1 November 1989 St. Peter's Basilica
Richard Pampuri 1 November 1989 St. Peter's Basilica
Agnes of Bohemia 12 November 1989 St. Peter's Basilica
Albert Chmielowski 12 November 1989 St. Peter's Basilica
Mutien-Marie Wiaux 10 December 1989 St. Peter's Basilica
Marie-Marguerite d'Youville 9 December 1990 St. Peter's Basilica
Raphael Kalinowski 17 November 1991 St. Peter's Basilica
Claude de la Colombière 31 May 1992 St. Peter's Basilica
Ezequiel Moreno y Díaz 11 October 1992 Santo Domingo
Claudine Thévenet 21 March 1993 St. Peter's Basilica
Teresa of Jesus of Los Andes 21 March 1993 St. Peter's Basilica
Enrique de Ossó y Cercelló 16 June 1993 Madrid
Meinhard 8 September 1993 Riga, Latvia
Jan Sarkander 21 May 1995 Olomouc, Czech Republic
Zdislava Berka 21 May 1995 Olomouc, Czech Republic
Marko Krizevcanin 2 July 1995 Košice, Slovak Republic
Stephen Pongracz 2 July 1995 Košice, Slovak Republic
Melchior Grodziecki 2 July 1995 Košice, Slovak Republic
Eugene de Mazenod 3 December 1995 St. Peter's Basilica
Jean-Gabriel Perboyre 2 June 1996 St. Peter's Basilica
Egidio Maria of Saint Joseph Francis Anthony Postillo 2 June 1996 St. Peter's Basilica
Juan Grande Román 2 June 1996 St. Peter's Basilica
Jadwiga of Poland 8 June 1997 Kraków, Poland
John of Dukla 10 June 1997 Krosno, Poland
Teresa Benedict of the Cross 11 October 1998 St. Peter's Basilica
Marcellin Joseph Benoît Champagnat 18 April 1999 St. Peter's Basilica
John Calabria 18 April 1999 St. Peter's Basilica
Agostina Livia Pietrantoni 18 April 1999 St. Peter's Basilica
Kinga 16 June 1999 Stary Sącz
Cirilo Bertrán and 8 Companions 21 November 1999 St. Peter's Basilica
Innocencio of Mary Immaculate 21 November 1999 St. Peter's Basilica
Benedict Menni 21 November 1999 St. Peter's Basilica
Thomas of Cori 21 November 1999 St. Peter's Basilica
Mary Faustina Kowalska 30 April 2000 St. Peter's Basilica
Cristóbal Magallanes Jara & 19 other companions 21 May 2000 St. Peter's Basilica
Román Adame Rosales 21 May 2000 St. Peter's Basilica
Rodrigo Aguilar Aleman 21 May 2000 St. Peter's Basilica
Julio Álvarez Mendoza 21 May 2000 St. Peter's Basilica
Luis Bátiz Sáinz 21 May 2000 St. Peter's Basilica
Agustín Caloca Cortés 21 May 2000 St. Peter's Basilica
María Natividad Venegas de la Torre 21 May 2000 St. Peter's Basilica
José Maria de Yermo y Parres 21 May 2000 St. Peter's Basilica
Augustine Chao and 119 companions 1 October 2000 St. Peter's Basilica
Katharine Drexel[17] 1 October 2000 St. Peter's Basilica
Josephine Bakhita 1 October 2000 St. Peter's Basilica
María Josefa Sancho de Guerra 1 October 2000 St. Peter's Basilica

See also

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References

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  2. ^ "Life of St. John Bosco". Salesian Sisters of St. John Bosco. Retrieved 2024-08-23.
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  5. ^ "Canonization | EWTN". EWTN Global Catholic Television Network. Retrieved 2024-08-23.
  6. ^ Trueblood, Jamie. "St. Catherine Labouré". The Miraculous Medal. Retrieved 2024-08-23.
  7. ^ Pius XII beatified Emilie Rodat in 1940, and in 1950 canonized her.
  8. ^ Pius XII beatified and canonized Maria Goretti
  9. ^ Pius XII beatified Pius X in 1950 and canonized him in 1954
  10. ^ Pius XII beatified Dominic Savio in 1950 and canonized him in 1954.
  11. ^ Pius XII beatified her in 1940 in 1940
  12. ^ "Saint Martin de Porres | Biography, Patron Saint, History, & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2024-08-23.
  13. ^ "Biography: Elizabeth Ann Seton". Biography: Elizabeth Ann Seton. Retrieved 2024-08-23.
  14. ^ "Canonization of Saint John Neumann". Catholic Historical Research Center of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. 2020-01-05. Retrieved 2024-08-23.
  15. ^ a b c Mary Therese OCDS, St. Crispin of Viterbo, Heroes and Heroines Canonized in the Twentieth Century, book II, Author House, 2009 ISBN 9781434343369
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