List of saints by pope

This article is a list of saints by the pope who canonized them.

Although popes have been canonizing saints since at least 993 and have claimed sole authority to do so since the late 12th century, it has been rare historically for any pope to canonize more than a handful of saints.

13th Century[]

Innocent III[]

Pope Innocent III canonized seven saints.


No.	Saint	Date of Canonization
1.	Homobonus	21 Jan 1199
2.	Cunigunde of Luxembourg	3 April 1200
3.	Gilbert of Sempringham	1202
4.	William of Maleval	8 May 1202
5.	Wulfstan of Worcester	14 May 1203
6.	Procopius of Sázava	2 July 1204
7.	Peter of Trevi	1 Oct 1215

Honorious III[]

Pope Honorious III canonized seven saints.


No.	Saint	Date of Canonization
1.	William of Donjeon	17 May 1218
2.	Bertrand of Comminges	1220
3.	Hugh of Lincoln	17 Feb 1220
4.	Robert of Molesme	8 Jan 1222
5.	William of Æbelholt	21 Jan 1224
6.	Lorcán Ua Tuathail	11 Dec 1225
7.	William of York	18 March 1226

Gregory IX[]

Pope Gregory IX canonized five saints.


No.	Saint	Date of Canonization
1.	Francis of Assisi	16 July 1228
2.	Anthony of Padua	30 May 1232
3.	Virgil of Salzburg	18 June 1233
4.	Dominic of Osma	13 July 1234
5.	Elizabeth of Hungary	27 May 1235

Celestine IV[]

Pope Celestine IV did not canonize any saints.

Innocent IV[]

Pope Innocent IV canonized five saints.


No.	Saint	Date of Canonization
1.	Edmund of Abingdon	16 December 1246
2.	William Pinchon	24 March 1247
3.	Margaret of Scotland	1250
4.	Peter of Verona	9 March 1253
5.	Stanislaus of Szczepanów	8 September 1253

Alexander IV[]

Pope Alexander IV canonized three saints.


No.	Saint	Date of Canonization
1.	Clare of Assisi	12 August 1255
2.	William of Perth	1256
3.	Íñigo of Oña	18 June 1259

Urban IV[]

Pope Urban IV canonized one saint.

No.	Saint	Date of Canonization
1.	Richard of Chichester	25 January 1262

Clement IV[]

Pope Clement IV canonized one saint.

No.	Saint	Date of Canonization
1.	Hedwig of Silesia	26 March 1267

Gregory X[]

Pope Gregory X did not canonize any saints.

Innocent V[]

Pope Innocent V did not canonize any saints.

Adrian V[]

Pope Adrian V did not canonize any saints.

John XXI[]

Pope John XXI did not canonize any saints.

Nicholas III[]

Pope Nicholas III did not canonize any saints.

Martin IV[]

Pope Martin IV did not canonize any saints.

Honorius IV[]

Pope Honorius IV did not canonize any saints.

Nicholas IV[]

Pope Nicholas IV did not canonize any saints.

Celestine V[]

Pope Celestine V did not canonize any saints.

Boniface VIII[]

Pope Boniface VIII canonized two saints.


No.	Saint	Date of Canonization
1.	Laurian	1297
2.	Louis IX of France	11 July 1297

14th Century[]

Benedict XI[]

Pope Benedict XI did not canonize any saints.

Clement V[]

Pope Clement V canonized one saint.

No.	Saint	Date of Canonization
1.	Pope Celestine V	5 May 1313

John XXII[]

Pope John XXII canonized three saints.


No.	Saint	Date of Canonization
1.	Louis I of Anjou	7 April 1317
2.	Thomas de Cantilupe	17 April 1320
3.	Thomas Aquinas	18 July 1323

Benedict XII[]

Pope Benedict XII did not canonize any saints.

Clement VI[]

Pope Clement VI canonized two saints.


No.	Saint	Date of Canonization
1.	Ivo of Kermartin	26 June 1347
2.	Robert de Turlande	19 Sept 1351

Innocent VI[]

Pope Innocent VI did not canonize any saints.

Urban V[]

Pope Urban V canonized one saint

No.	Saint	Date of Canonization
1.	Elzéar of Sabran	15 April 1369

Gregory XI[]

Pope Gregory XI did not canonize any saints.

Urban VI[]

Pope Urban VI did not canonize any saints.

Boniface IX[]

Pope Boniface IX canonized two saints.


No.	Saint	Date of Canonization
1.	Bridget of Sweden	7 October 1391
2.	John Twenge	1401

15th Century[]

Innocent VII[]

Pope Innocent VII did not canonize any saints.

Gregory XII[]

Pope Gregory XII did not canonize any saints.

Martin V[]

Pope Martin V canonized one saint.


No.	Saint	Date of Canonization
1.	Sebaldus	26 March 1425

Eugene IV[]

Pope Eugene IV canonized one saint.

No.	Saint	Date of Canonization
1.	Nicholas of Tolentino	1 February 1447

Nicholas V[]

Pope Nicholas V canonized one saint.

No.	Saint	Date of Canonization
1.	Bernardine of Siena	24 May 1450

Callixtus III[]

Pope Callixtus III canonized four saints.


No.	Saint	Date of Canonization
1.	Vincent Ferrer	3 June 1455
2.	Angelus of Jerusalem	1456
3.	Osmund	1 January 1457
4.	Albert of Trapani	15 October 1457

Pius II[]

Pope Pius II canonized one saint.

No.	Saint	Date of Canonization
1.	Catherine of Siena	29 June 1461

Paul II[]

Pope Paul II did not canonize any saints.

Sixtus IV[]

Pope Sixtus IV canonized seven saints.

No.	Saint	Date of Canonization
1.	Berard of Carbio	7 Aug 1481
2.	Bonaventure	14 May 1482
3.	Catherine of Vadstena	1484

Innocent VIII[]

Pope Innocent VIII canonized one saint.

No.	Saint	Date of Canonization
1.	Leopold the Good	6 Jan 1485

Alexnader VI[]

Pope Alexander VI did not canonize any saints.

Pius III[]

Pope Pius III did not canonize any saints.

16th Century[]

Julius II[]

Pope Julius II canonized one saint.


No.	Saint	Date of Canonization
1.	Nicolò Politi	7 June 1507

Leo X[]

Pope Leo X canonized nine saints.


No.	Saint	Date of Canonization
1.	Daniele Fasanella and his six companions	22 January 1516
2.	Francis of Paola	1 May 1519
3.	Casimir Jagiellon	1521

Adrian VI[]

Pope Adrian VI canonized one saint.


No.	Saint	Date of Canonization
1.	Benno of Meissen	31 May 1523

Clement VII[]

Pope Clement VII canonzed one saint.

No.	Saint	Date of Canonization
1.	Antoninus of Florence	23 Nov 1523

Paul III[]

Pope Paul III did not canonize any saints.

Julius III[]

Pope Julius III did not canonize any saints.

Marcellus II[]

Pope Marcellus II did not canonize any saints.

Paul IV[]

Pope Paul IV did not canonize any saints.

Pius IV[]

Pope Pius IV did not canonize any saints.

Pius V[]

Pope Pius V did not canonize any saints.

Gregory XIII[]

Pope Gregory XIII canonized one saint.


No.	Saint	Date of Canonization
1.	Norbert of Xanten	1582

Sixtus V[]

Pope Sixtus V canonized one saint.

No.	Saint	Date of Canonization
1.	Didacus of Alcalá	2 July 1588

Urban VII[]

Pope Urban VII did not canonize any saints.

Gregory XIV[]

Pope Gregory XIV did not canonize any saints.

Innocent IX[]

Pope Innocent IX did not canonize any saints.

Clement VIII[]

Pope Clement VIII canonized four saints.


No.	Saint	Date of Canonization
1.	Hyacinth of Poland	17 April 1594
2.	Romualdo di Camaldoli	1595
3.	Sylvester Gozzolini	1598
4.	Raymond of Penyafort	29 April 1601

17th Century[]

Leo XI[]

Pope Leo XI did not canonize any saints

Paul V[]

Pope Paul V canonized four saints.


No.	Saint	Date of Canonization
1.	Pope Gregory VII	1606
2.	Frances of Rome	29 May 1608
3.	Charles Borromeo	1 November 1610
4.	Albert of Louvain	9 August 1613

Gregory XV[]

Pope Gregory XV canonized six saints.


No.	Saint	Date of Canonization
1.	Isidore the Laborer	12 March 1622
2.	Francis Xavier	12 March 1622
3.	Ignatius of Loyola	12 March 1622
4.	Teresa of Ávila	12 March 1622
5.	Philip Neri	12 March 1622
6.	Bruno of Cologne	17 February 1623

Urban VIII[]

Pope Urban VIII canonized six saints.


No.	Saint	Date of Canonization
1.	Conrad of Piacenza	2 June 1625
2.	Peter Nolasco	5 November 1625
3.	Elizabeth of Portugal	24 June 1626
4.	Peter Thomas	1628
5.	Andrew Corsini	22 April 1629
6.	Conon of Naso	16 Feb 1630

Innocent X[]

Pope Innocent X did not canonize any saints.

Alexander VII[]

Pope Alexander VII canonized five saints.


No.	Saint	Date of Canonization
1.	Ferdinand III of Castile	31 May 1655
2.	Thomas of Villanova	1 November 1658
3.	Francis de Sales	19 April 1665
4.	John of Matha	21 October 1666
5.	Felix of Valois	21 October 1666

Clement IX[]

Pope Clement IX canonized three saints.


No.	Saint	Date of Canonization
1.	Mary Magdalene de' Pazzi	28 April 1669
2.	Peter of Alcántara	28 April 1669
3.	Raymond Nonnatus	13 August 1669

Clement X[]

Pope Clement X canonized six saints.


No.	Saint	Date of Canonization
1.	Peter Pascual	14 August 1670
2.	Cajetan	12 April 1671
3.	Francisco de Borja	12 April 1671
4.	Louis Bertrand	12 April 1671
5.	Philip Benizi	12 April 1671
6.	Rose of Lima	12 April 1671

Innocent XI[]

Pope Innocent XI canonized three saints.


No.	Saint	Date of Canonization
1.	Gertrude the Great	22 January 1678
2.	Bernard of Menthon	1681
3.	Pedro Armengol	8 April 1687

Alexander VIII[]

Pope Alexander VIII canonized five saints.


No.	Saint	Date of Canonization
1.	John of Capistrano	16 October 1690
2.	John of God	16 October 1690
3.	John of Sahagún	16 October 1690
4.	Lawrence Justinian	16 October 1690
5.	Paschal Baylón	16 October 1690

Innocent XII[]

Pope Innocent XII canonized two saints.


No.	Saint	Date of Canonization
1.	Mary de Cervellione	13 February 1692
2.	Zita	5 September 1696

18th Century[]

Clement XI[]

Pope Clement XI canonized six saints.


No.	Saint	Date of Canonization
1.	Bernat Calbó	26 September 1710
2.	Andrew Avellino	22 May 1712
3.	Catherine of Bologna	22 May 1712
4.	Felix of Cantalice	22 May 1712
5.	Pope Pius V	22 May 1712
6.	Humility	27 Jan 1720

Innocent XIII[]

Pope Innocent XIII did not canonize any saints.

Benedict XIII[]

Pope Benedict XIII canonized fourteen saints.


No.	Saint	Date of Canonization
1.	Agnes of Montepulciano	10 December 1726
2.	James of the Marches	10 December 1726
3.	Turibius of Mongrovejo	10 December 1726
4.	Francis Solanus	27 December 1726
5.	John of the Cross	27 December 1726
6.	Peregrine Laziosi	27 December 1726
7.	Aloysius Gonzaga	31 December 1726
8.	Stanislaus Kostka	31 December 1726
9.	Bertharius	26 August 1727
10.	Gilert of Neuffonts	22 January 1728
11.	Gottfried von Cappenberg	28 March 1728
12.	Serapion of Algiers	14 April 1728
13.	Margaret of Cortona	16 May 1728
14.	John of Nepomuk	19 March 1729

Clement XII[]

Pope Clement XII canonized five saints.


No.	Saint	Date of Canonization
1.	Peitro Oresolo	18 April 1731
2.	Catherine of Genoa	16 June 1737
3.	Juliana Falconieri	16 June 1737
4.	John Francis Regis	16 June 1737
5.	Vincent de Paul	16 June 1737

Benedict XIV[]

Pope Benedict XIV canonized six saints.


No.	Saint	Date of Canonization
1.	Gerard of Lunel	1 August 1742
2.	Peter de Regalado	29 June 1746
3.	Catherine of Ricci	29 June 1746
4.	Fidelis of Sigmaringen	29 June 1746
5.	Joseph of Leonessa	29 June 1746
6.	Camillus de Lellis	29 June 1746

Clement XIII[]

Pope Clement XIII canonized six saints.


No.	Saint	Date of Canonization
1.	Gerolamo Emiliani	16 July 1767
2.	Jane Frances de Chantal	16 July 1767
3.	John Cantius	16 July 1767
4.	Joseph Calasanz	16 July 1767
5.	Joseph of Cupertino	16 July 1767
6.	Seraphin of Montegranaro	16 July 1767

Clement XIV[]

Pope Clement XIV did not canonize any saints.

Pius VI[]

Pope Pius VI did not canonize any saints.

19th century[]

Pius VII[]

Pope Pius VII canonized 5 saints.

No.	Saint	Date of Canonization
1.	Angela Merici	24 May 1807
2.	Benedict the Moor	24 May 1807
3.	Colette Boylet	24 May 1807
4.	Francis Caracciolo	24 May 1807
5.	Hyacintha Mariscotti	24 May 1807

Leo XII[]

Pope Leo XII did not canonize any saints.

Pius VIII[]

Pope Pius VIII did not canonize any saints.

Gregory XVI[]

Pope Gregory XVI canonized 5 saints.

No.	Saint	Date of Canonization
1.	Alphonsus Maria de Liguori	26 May 1839
2.	Francis de Geronimo	26 May 1839
3.	John Joseph of the Cross	26 May 1839
4.	Pacificus of San Severino	26 May 1839
5.	Veronica Giuliani	26 May 1839

Pius IX[]

Pope Pius IX canonized 52 saints in 9 causes.

No.	Saint	Date of Canonization
1.	Michael de Sanctis	8 June 1862
2.	Twenty-six Martyrs of Japan	9 June 1862
3.	Germaine Cousin	29 June 1867
4.	Josaphat Kuntsevych	29 June 1867
5.	Leonard of Port Maurice	29 June 1867
6.	Mary Frances of the Five Wounds	29 June 1867
7.	Nicholas Pieck and 18 companions	29 June 1867
8.	Paul of the Cross	29 June 1867
9.	Pedro de Arbués	29 June 1867

Leo XIII[]

Pope Leo XIII canonized 18 saints in 12 causes.

20th century[]

Pius X[]

Pope Pius X canonized 4 saints.

No.	Saint	Date of Canonization
1.	Alexander Sauli	11 December 1904
2.	Gerard Majella	11 December 1904
3.	Clemens Maria Hofbauer	20 May 1909
4.	Joseph Oriol	20 May 1909

Benedict XV[]

Pope Benedict XV canonized 3 saints.

No.	Saint	Date of Canonization
1.	Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows	13 May 1920
2.	Marguerite Marie Alacoque	13 May 1920
3.	Joan of Arc	16 May 1920

Pius XI[]

Pope Pius XI canonized 34 saints in 27 causes.

Pius XII[]

Pope Pius XII canonized 33 saints. None were group causes.

John XXIII[]

Pope John XXIII canonized 10 saints. None were group causes.

Paul VI[]

Pope Paul VI canonized 84 saints in 21 causes.

John Paul I[]

Pope John Paul I did not canonize any saints.

John Paul II[]

Pope John Paul II canonized 482 saints in 110 causes.

21st century[]

Benedict XVI[]

Pope Benedict XVI canonized 45 saints. None were group causes.

Francis[]

Pope Francis has canonized 898 saints in 56 causes, which includes the 813 Martyrs of Otranto as a group.