List of canonised popes


This article lists the Popes who have been canonised or recognised as Saints in the Roman Catholic Church they had led. A total of 83 Popes have been recognised universally as canonised saints, including all of the first 35 Popes and 52 of the first 54. If Pope Liberius is numbered amongst the Saints as in Eastern Christianity, all of the first 49 Popes become recognised as Saints, of whom 31 are Martyr-Saints, and 53 of the first 54 Pontiffs would be acknowledged as Saints. In addition, 13 other Popes are in the process of becoming canonised Saints: as of December 2018, two are recognised as being Servants of God, two are recognised as being Venerable, and nine have been declared Blessed or Beati, making a total of 95 of the 266 Roman Pontiffs being recognised and venerated for their heroic virtues and inestimable contributions to the Church.
The most recently reigning Pope to have been canonised was Pope John Paul II, whose cause for canonisation was opened in May 2005. John Paul II was beatified on May 1, 2011, by Pope Benedict XVI and later canonised, along with Pope John XXIII, by Pope Francis on April 27, 2014. Pope Francis also canonised Pope Paul VI on October 14, 2018.

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  1. Pope Adeodatus I
  2. Pope Adeodatus II
  3. Pope Adrian III
  4. Pope Agapetus I
  5. Pope Agatho
  6. Pope Alexander I
  7. Pope Anacletus
  8. Pope Anicetus
  9. Pope Anastasius I
  10. Pope Anterus
  11. Pope Benedict II
  12. Pope Boniface I
  13. Pope Boniface IV
  14. Pope Caius
  15. Pope Callixtus I
  16. Pope Celestine I
  17. Pope Celestine V
  18. Pope Clement I
  19. Pope Cornelius
  20. Pope Damasus I
  21. Pope Dionysius
  22. Pope Eleuterus
  23. Pope Eugene I
  24. Pope Eusebius
  25. Pope Eutychian
  26. Pope Evaristus
  27. Pope Fabian
  28. Pope Felix I
  29. Pope Felix III
  30. Pope Felix IV
  31. Pope Gelasius I
  32. Pope Gregory I
  33. Pope Gregory II
  34. Pope Gregory III
  35. Pope Gregory VII
  36. Pope Hilarius
  37. Pope Hormisdas
  38. Pope Hyginus
  39. Pope Innocent I
  40. Pope John I
  41. Pope John XXIII
  42. Pope John Paul II
  43. Pope Julius I
  44. Pope Leo I
  45. Pope Leo II
  46. Pope Leo III
  47. Pope Leo IV
  48. Pope Leo IX
  49. Pope Linus
  50. Pope Lucius I
  51. Pope Marcellinus
  52. Pope Marcellus I
  53. Pope Mark
  54. Pope Martin I
  55. Pope Miltiades
  56. Pope Nicholas I
  57. Pope Paschal I
  58. Pope Paul I
  59. Pope Paul VI
  60. Pope Peter
  61. Pope Pius I
  62. Pope Pius V
  63. Pope Pius X
  64. Pope Pontian
  65. Pope Sergius I
  66. Pope Silverius
  67. Pope Simplicius
  68. Pope Siricius
  69. Pope Sixtus I
  70. Pope Sixtus II
  71. Pope Sixtus III
  72. Pope Soter
  73. Pope Stephen I
  74. Pope Stephen IV
  75. Pope Sylvester I
  76. Pope Symmachus
  77. Pope Telesphorus
  78. Pope Urban I
  79. Pope Victor I
  80. Pope Vitalian
  81. Pope Zachary
  82. Pope Zephyrinus
  83. Pope Zosimus
  84. Pope Liberius is regarded as a Saint in most of Eastern Christianity

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  85. Pope Benedict XI
  86. Pope Eugene III
  87. Pope Gregory X
  88. Pope Innocent V
  89. Pope Innocent XI
  90. Pope Pius IX
  91. Pope Urban II
  92. Pope Urban V
  93. Pope Victor III

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  94. Pope John Paul I
  95. Pope Pius XII

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  96. Pope Benedict XIII
  97. Pope Pius VII

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