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This is an incomplete list of people 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 larger worldwide church.
Candidates go through the following four steps on the way to being declared saints.[2][3]
Catholics by stage of sainthood | |||
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Candidates | Proclaimed | ||
Servants of God | Venerated Catholics | Beatified people | Saints |
by nationality | by nationality | by nationality | by nationality |
by religious order | by religious order | by religious order | by religious order |
proclaimed by local bishop | by pope proclaimer | by pope proclaimer | by pope proclaimer |
popes | popes | popes | popes |
Saints acknowledged by the Eastern Orthodox Church and other churches are listed in Category:Christian saints by century and/or Category:Christian saints by nationality.
Catholic saints
Saint | Date of birth | Date of death | Date of canonization | Notes |
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Aaron of Aleth[4] | unknown | after 552[5] | Hermit[5] | |
Abachum | 200s | 270 | found in Roman Martyrology[1] | |
Abadiu of Antinoe | 300s | 300s | ||
Abamun of Tarnut | 300s | 372 | Martyr | |
Abanoub | 300s | 300s | Coptic child martyr[6] | |
Abbán | unknown | c. 520 | ||
Abbo of Fleury[7] | 945 | 13 November 1004[8] | Assisted Archbishop of Oswald[7] | |
Abdas of Susa | 300s | 420 | ||
Abdon | 100s | c. 250 | found in Roman Martyrology[1] | |
Abel of Reims | unknown | c. 751 | ||
Abercius of Hieropolis[9][10] | unknown | c. 167 | found in Roman Martyrology[1] | |
Aberoh and Atom | unknown | unknown | Brothers | |
Abhor and Mehraela | unknown | unknown | Brother and sister | |
Abibus of Edessa | 307 | 322 | ||
Abra of Poitiers | 12 December 339 | c. 360 | ||
Abraham Kidunaia | unknown | c. 360 | ||
Abraham of Arbela | unknown | 345 | ||
Abraham of Clermont | unknown | c. 479 | ||
Abraham of Cratia | c. 474 | c. 558 | ||
Abraham of Cyrrhus | c. 350 | 422 | ||
Abraham of Rostov | 900s | 1045–1074 | ||
Abraham of Smolensk | 1150 or 1172 | c. 1222 | 1549 by Pope Paul III[11] | |
Abran | 500s | 500s | ||
Abrosima | 200s | 341 | ||
Absadah | 200s | c. 300 | ||
Abudimus | 200s | 305 | found in Roman Martyrology[1] | |
Abundius | 400s | 469 | found in Roman Martyrology[1] | |
Acca of Hexham | c. 660 | c. 742 | ||
Aceolus and Acius | unknown | c. 290 | ||
Acepsimas of Hnaita | unknown | 10 October 376 | found in Roman Martyrology[1] | |
Acestes | unknown | c. 65 | One of the soldiers who led Paul the Apostle to his death | |
Achillas of Alexandria | unknown | June 313 | Patriarch of Alexandria | |
Achilleus | 0s | c. 100 AD | found in Roman Martyrology[1] | |
Achilleus Kewanuka[12] | 1869 | 3 June 1886 | 18 October 1964 by Pope Paul VI[13] | One of the Uganda Martyrs[13][14] |
Achillius of Larissa | 200s | 330 | ||
Acisclus | 200s | 304 | ||
Adalard of Corbie | 751 | 2 January 827 | 1026 by Pope John XIX[15] | |
Adalbard | 600s | 652 | ||
Adalbero II of Metz | c. 958 | 14 December 1005 | ||
Adalbero of Wurzburg | c. 1010 | 6 October 1090 | 1883 by Pope Leo XIII | |
Adalbert of Magdeburg | c. 910 | 20 June 981 | Archbishop of Magdeburg | |
Adalbert of Prague[16] | 956[17] | 23 April 997[17] | 3 February 999 by Pope Sylvester II[18] | His skull is preserved and kept in the St. Vitus cathedral[19] |
Adalgar | 900s | 9 May 909 | Archbishop of Bremen | |
Adalgott II of Disentis[20] | 1100s | 1165 | Bishop of Chur[20] | |
Adamo Abate | c. 990 | 3 May 1060–1070 | Professed religious of the Benedictines | |
Adauctus | 200s | 303 | Martyred with Felix | |
Adela of France | 1009 | 8 January 1079 | Wife of Richard III and Baldwin V | |
Adela of Normandy | c. 1067 | 8 March 1137 | Daughter of William the Conquerer | |
Adela of Pfalzel | unknown | 735 | Sister of Irmina of Oeren | |
Adelaide of Italy | 931 | 16 December 999 | 1097 by Pope Urban II[21] | Married layperson of the Archdiocese of Burgundy, queen of Italy and Burgundy, empress |
Adelaide, Abbess of Vilich | c. 970 | 5 February 1015 | Professed religious of the Benedictine nuns | |
Adelelmus of Burgos | 1000s | 1100 | ||
Adeloga of Kitzingen | unknown | c. 745 | ||
Adheritus | 100s | unknown | ||
Adjutor | 24 June 1073 | 30 April 1131 | ||
Adolf of Osnabrück | c. 1185 | 30 June 1222 or 1224 | 1625 by Pope Urban VIII | |
Adolphus Ludigo-Mkasa[22] | c. 1861 | 3 June 1886[23] | 18 October 1964 by Pope Paul VI | One of the Uganda Martyrs[13][14] |