List of Catholic saints

This article is about those whom the Catholic Church has canonized. For saints recognized in Christianity more generally, see List of saints.

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 larger worldwide church.

Candidates go through the following four steps on the way to being declared saints.[2][3]

Catholics by stage of sainthood
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.

  1. ^ Roman Martyrology by Month 1916 Edition Archived 13 January 2020 at the Wayback Machine Geoffrey K. Mondello, Boston Catholic Journal
  2. ^ "4 Steps to Becoming a Saint" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 October 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  3. ^ John Paul II Sainthood: 4 Steps to Becoming a Catholic Saint