Chronological list of saints and blesseds in the 16th century

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A list of people, who died during the 16th century, who have received recognition as Blessed (through beatification) or Saint (through canonization) from the Catholic Church:

NameBirthBirthplaceDeathPlace of deathNotes
Blessed Columba of Rieti 1467 Rieti, Umbria, Italy 1501 
Blessed Jerome Garibo 1440 1502 
Blessed Bernardino of Fossa 1420 Fossa, Italy1503 
Blessed Louisa of Savoy 1461 1503 
Blessed Magdalen Panattieri 1443 1503 
Blessed Timothy of Montecchio 1414 1504 
Blessed Vincent of Aquila   1504 
Joan of Valois [1] 1464 1505 
Blessed Ladislaus of Gielniow 1440 1505 
Blessed Margaret of Ravenna 1442 1505 
Blessed Osanna of Mantua [2] 1449 1505 
Blessed John-Angelo Porro 1451 1506 
Blessed Antonia of Brescia 1407 1507 
Blessed Francis of Calderola   1507 
Francis of Paola 1416 1508 
Blessed Gratia of Kotor 1438 1508 
Blessed Jacopino de'Canepacci 1438 1508 
Catherine of Genoa 1477 Genoa, Italy1510Genoa, Italy
Blessed Mark of Marconi 1480 1510 
Blessed John Liccio   1511 
Blessed Margaret Fontana 1440 Modena, Italy1513Italy
Blessed Paula Montaldi 1443 1514 
Joseph of Volokolamsk [3]   1515 
Blessed Paula Gambara-Costa 1473 1515 
Blessed Hans Wagner   1516 
Blessed Giles of Lorenzana 1443 1518 
Blessed Elena Duglioli 1472 Bologna, Italy1520Bologna, Italy
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Blessed Domenico Spadafora   1521 
Blessed Margaret of Lorraine 1463 1521 
Blessed Michael Pini 1450 1522 
Blessed Baptista Varani 1458 1527 
Blessed Margareta Kratz 1430Scharfenstein, Germany 1532 
Blessed Louisa Albertoni [4] 1473 1533 
Augustine Webster   1535 
John Fisher 1469 1535  Bishop of Rochester
John Houghton   1535 
Richard Reynolds 1492 1535 
Robert Lawrence   1535 
Thomas More 1478 1535 
Blessed John Haile (or Hale)  1535  Rector of St. Dunstan's Church, Cranford, London
Blessed Laurence of Villamagna 1476 1535 
Blessed Sebastian Newdigate   1535 
Blessed William Exmew   1535 
Blesseds Humphrey Middlemore   1535 
Gerolamo Emiliani 1481 Venice, Italy1537 Somasca, Italy
Blessed John Davy   1537 
Blessed Richard Bere   1537 
Blessed Robert Salt   1537 
Blessed Thomas Johnson   1537 
Blessed Walter Pierson   1537 
Blessed William Greenwood   1537 
Blesseds John Rochester and James Walworth   1537 
Blessed Thomas Green   1537 
John Stone   1538 
Blessed John Forest 1473 1538 
Anthony Maria Zaccaria 1502 1539 
Blessed Adrian Fortescue 1476 1539 
Blessed Hugh Cook Faringdon   1539 
Blessed John Baptist of Fabriano 1469 1539 
Blessed John Beche (Thomas Marshall)  1539 
Blessed John Eynon   1539 
Blessed John Rugg   1539 
Blessed John Thorne   1539 
Blessed Richard Whiting 1460 1539 
Blessed Roger James   1539 
Angela Merici [5] 1470 1540 
Blessed Carthusian Martyrs [6]   1540 
Blessed Edward Powell   1540 
Blessed Richard Fetherston   1540 
Blessed Thomas Abel   1540 
Blessed William Horne   1540 
Blessed David Gonson   1541 
Blessed Margaret Pole 1473 1541 
Blessed Christina of Aquila   1543 
Blessed Lucy of Narni [7] 1476 1544 
Blesseds John Larke   1544 
Blessed Peter Favre 1506 1546 
Cajetan [8] 1480 1547 
Blessed Catherine of Racconigi 1486 1547 
Blessed Philippa of Gheldre 1462 1547 
Juan Diego 1474 1548 
John of God 1495 1550 
Francis Xavier 1506 1552 
Thomas of Villanova 1488 1555  Bishop of Valencia
Ignatius of Loyola 1491 1556 
Peter of Alcantara 1499 1562 
Blessed John Marinoni 1490 1562 
Blessed Osanna of Cattaro 1493 1565 
Blessed John Armero   1566 
Salvatore of Orta 1520 1567 
Stanislaus Kostka 1550 1568 
John of Avila   1569 
Blessed Alphonsus de Vaena   1570 
Blessed Ignatius de Azevedo and Companions  1570 
Blessed Joanninus de San Juan   1570 
Blessed John Felton   1570 
Blessed John Fernandez   1570 
Blessed Thomas Plumtree   1570 
Blessed John Story   1571 
Adrian Van Hilvarenbeek   1572 
Andrew Wouters   1572 
Cornelius   1572 
Francis Borgia 1510 1572 
Francis Rod   1572 
Godfrey of Duynen   1572 
Godfrey of Merville [9]   1572 
James Lacop   1572 
John of Cologne [10]   1572 
John of Osterwick   1572 
Leonard Wegel (Veckel, Wickel)  1572 
Martyrs of Gorkum [9]   1572 
Nicasius Jonson   1572 
Nicholas Pieck [9]   1572 
Nicholas Poppel   1572 
Peter of Asche (Peter van Asche)  1572 
Pius V 1504 1572 pope
Theodoric of Emden   1572 
Willehad of Denmark [9] 1482 1572 
Blessed Thomas Percy 1528 1572 
Blessed Thomas Woodhouse   1573 
Catherine of Palma 1533 1574 
Cuthbert Mayne (Maine)1544 1577 
Blessed Mary Bartholomea of Florence   1577 
Blessed John Nelson 1534 1578 
Blessed Thomas Sherwood 1551 1578 
Blassed Alexander Briant 1556 1581 
Edmund Campion 1540 London, England 1581 Tyburn, England
Louis Bertrand [11] 1526 1581 
Ralph Sherwin   1581 
Blessed Everald Hanse   1581 
Blessed Patrick Cavanagh and Companions  1581 
John Payne (Paine)  1582 
Luke Kirby 1549 1582 
Teresa of Avila 1515 1582 
Blessed James Thompson   1582 
Blessed John Shert   1582 
Blessed Lawrence Richardson   1582 
Blessed Richard Kirkman   1582 
Blessed Robert Johnson   1582 
Blessed Thomas Cottam 1549 1582 
Blessed Thomas Ford   1582 
Blessed William Filby   1582 
Blessed William Lacey   1582 
Blessed John Bodey   1583 
Blessed John Slade   1583 
Blessed Nicholas of Factor 1520 1583 
Blessed Richard Thirkeld   1583 
Blessed William Hart   1583 
Blesseds Rudolph Acquaviva, Alphonsus Pacheco, Peter Berno, Anthony Francis, and Francis Aranha   1583 
Charles Borromeo 1538 1584  Bishop of Milan
Richard Gwyn (Richard White)1537 1584 
Blessed Dermot O'Hurley 1519 1584 
Blessed George Haydock 1556 1584 
Blessed James Fenn [12] 1540 1584 
Blessed John Finch   1584 
Blessed John Munden 1543 1584 
Blessed John Nutter   1584 
Blessed Margaret (Eleanor) Ball [13]   1584 
Blessed Thomas Hemerford [12]   1584 
Blessed William Carter 1548 1584 
Blessed Hugh Taylor 1560 1585 
Blessed Marmaduke Bowes   1585 
Blessed Maurice MacKenraghty [14]   1585 
Blessed Thomas Alfield   1585 
Margaret Clitherow [15] [16] 1555 1586 
Blessed Edward Stransham 1557 1586 
Blessed John Adams 1543 1586 
Blessed John Sandys   1586 
Blessed Nicholas Woodfen (Wheeler) [17]   1586 
Blessed Richard Langley   1586 
Blessed Robert Dibdale 1558 1586 
Blessed William Thomson 1560 1586 
Blesseds John Fingley and Robert Bickerdike   1586 
Blesseds Robert Anderson and William Marsden   1586 
Felix of Cantalice [18] 1513 1587 
Blessed Bernard Scammacca 1430 1587 
Blessed George Douglas   1587 
Blessed John Hambley 1560 1587 
Margaret Ward   1588 
Ralph Crockett ", [19]   1588 
Richard Martin   1588 
Blessed Christopher Buxton   1588 
Blessed Edward Burden 1540 1588 
Blessed Edward Campion   1588 
Blessed Edward James   1588 
Blessed Edward Shelley   1588 
Blessed Henry Webley 1558 1588 
Blessed Hugh More 1563 1588 
Blessed James Claxton   1588 
Blessed John Robinson   1588 
Blessed John Roche   1588 
Blessed Nicholas Garlick 1555 1588 
Blessed Richard Flower   1588 
Blessed Richard Leigh   1588 
Blessed Richard Martin   1588 
Blessed Robert Morton   1588 
Blessed Robert Sutton 1545 1588 
Blessed Robert Widmerpool   1588 
Blessed Robert Wilcox   1588 
Blessed Thomas Felton 1567 1588 
Blessed Thomas Holford (Thomas Acton) [20]   1588 
Blessed William Dean   1588 
Blessed William Guntei   1588 
Blessed William Hartley   1588 
Blessed William Way   1588 
Benedict the Black (Benedict the Moor) [21] [22] 1526 1589 
Catherine de Ricci [23] 1522 1589 
Blessed William Spenser and Robert Hardesty   1589 
Blesseds George Nichols, Richard Yaxley, Thomas Belson, and Humphrey Pritchard   1589 
Blesseds John Amias and Robert Dalby   1589 
Blessed Bartolomeu Fernandes dos Martires [24] [25] 1514 1590 
Blessed Christopher Bales 1564 1590 
Blessed Edmund Duke 1564 1590 
Blessed Francis Dickenson   1590 
Blessed Miles Gerard   1590 
Blessed Nicholas Horner   1590 
Blesseds Edward Jones and Antony Middleton   1590 
Blesseds Richard Hill, John Hogg, and Richard Holiday   1590 
Aloysius Gonzaga [26] 1568 1591 
Edmund Genings, Eustace White, and Polydore Plasden, priests and martyrs (d. 1591), and Swithun Wells 1536 1591 
John of the Cross 1542 1591 
Martyrs of London 15821588 1591 
Polydore Plasden 1563 1591 
Blessed Alphonsus de Orozco 1500 1591 
Blessed George Beesley 1563 1591 
Blessed John Mason   1591 
Blessed Lawrence Humphrey   1591 
Blessed Ralph Milner and Roger Dickenson   1591 
Blessed Robert Thorpe   1591 
Blessed Sidney Hodgson   1591 
Blessed William Pike   1591 
Alexander Sauli [27] [28] 1534 1592 Bishop of Pavia
Paschal Baylon 1540 1592 
Blessed Thomas Pormort 1559 1592 
Blessed William Patenson   1592 
John Boste   1593 
Blessed Edward Waterson   London 1593 (OS) Newcastle upon Tyne
Blessed James Bird  1593 
Blessed William Davies   1593 
Blesseds James Sales and William Saultemouche 15567 1593 
Blessed Edward Osbaldeston 1560 1594 
Blessed John Carey   1594 
Blessed John Cornelius 1557 1594 
Blessed John Ingram 1565 1594 
Blessed John Speed   1594 
Blessed Patrick Salmon   1594 
Blessed Thomas Bosgrave   1594 
Blessed William Harrington 1566 1594 
Henry Walpole 1558 1595 
Philip Howard   1595 
Philip Neri 1515 1595 
Robert Southwell 1561 1595 
William Freeman   1595 
Blessed Alexander Rawlins   1595 
Blessed William Freeman 1558 1595 
Blesseds George Errington   1596 
Anthony Dainan [29]   1597 
Bonaventure of Miako [29]   1597 
Cosmas   1597 
Francis of St. Michael [29]   1597 
James Kisai [30] [31]   1597 
John Soan de Goto [29]   1597 
Leo Karasuma [29]   1597 
Louis Ibarachi [29] 1585 1597 
Martin de Aguirre [29]   1597 
Martin Loynaz of the Ascension [29]   1597 
Matthias of Meako [29]   1597 
Michael Kozaki [29]   1597 
Paulo Miki, priest and martyr, and Companions1565 1597 
Peter Baptist [29]   1597 
Peter Canisius [32] 1521 1597 
Peter Shukeshiko   1597 
Peter Sukejiro [29]   1597 
Philip of Jesus   1597 
Thomas Danki   1597 
Thomas Kozaki [29]   1597 
Blessed Henry Abbot   1597 
Blessed Joseph of Anchieta 1534 1597 
Blessed Paul of Saint Mary   1597 
Blessed Edward Fulthrop   1597 
Blessed Thomas Warcop   1597 
Blessed William Andleby   1597 
John Jones/Buckley [33]   1598 
Blessed Christopher Robinson   1598 
Blesseds Peter Snow and Ralph Grimston   1598 
Blessed Christopher Wharton   1600 
Blessed Edward Thwing (Thweng)1565 1600 
Blessed John Grande 1546 1600 
John Rigby   1600 
Blessed Robert Nutter 1557 1600 
Blessed Sebastian Aparicio   1600 
Blesseds Thomas Hunt and Thomas Sprott   1600 
Blessed Thomas Palasor   1600 
Blessed John Talbot   1600 

See also

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