List of canonised popes

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This article lists the popes who have been canonised. A total of 83 out of 265 deceased popes have been recognised universally as canonised saints, including all of the first 35 popes (31 of whom were martyrs) 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, one is recognised as being Venerable, and 10 have been declared Blessed or Beati, making a total of 95 (97 if Pope Liberius and Pope Adeodatus II are recognised to be saints) of the 266 Roman pontiffs being recognised and venerated for their heroic virtues and inestimable contributions to the Church.

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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 1 May 2011, by Pope Benedict XVI and later canonised, along with Pope John XXIII, by Pope Francis on 27 April 2014. [1] Pope Francis also canonised Pope Paul VI on 14 October 2018.

Saints

#NamePapacy beganNotes
1 Pope Adeodatus I 615 [2]
2 Pope Adrian III 884Canonized in 1891 by Pope Leo XIII [3]
3 Pope Agapetus I 535
4 Pope Agatho 678
5 Pope Alexander I 107
6 Pope Anacletus 79
7 Pope Anastasius I 399
8 Pope Anicetus 157
9 Pope Anterus 235
10 Pope Benedict II 684
11 Pope Boniface I 418
12 Pope Boniface IV 608
13 Pope Caius 283
14 Pope Callixtus I 218
15 Pope Celestine I 422
16 Pope Celestine V 1294Canonized in 1313 by Pope Clement V
17 Pope Clement I 88
18 Pope Cornelius 251
19 Pope Damasus I 366
20 Pope Dionysius 259
21 Pope Eleuterus 174
22 Pope Eugene I 654
23 Pope Eusebius 310
24 Pope Eutychian 275
25 Pope Evaristus 99
26 Pope Fabian 236
27 Pope Felix I 269
28 Pope Felix III 483
29 Pope Felix IV 526
30 Pope Gelasius I 492
31 Pope Gregory I (the Great)590
32 Pope Gregory II 715
33 Pope Gregory III 731
34 Pope Gregory VII 1073Canonised in 1728 by Pope Benedict XIII
35 Pope Hilarius 461
36 Pope Hormisdas 514
37 Pope Hyginus 136
38 Pope Innocent I 401
39 Pope John I 523
40 Pope John XXIII 1958Canonised in 2014 by Pope Francis
41 Pope John Paul II 1978Canonised in 2014 by Pope Francis
42 Pope Julius I 337
43 Pope Leo I (the Great)440
44 Pope Leo II 682
45 Pope Leo III 795
46 Pope Leo IV 847
47 Pope Leo IX 1049Canonised in 1082 by Pope Gregory VII
48 Pope Linus 67
49 Pope Lucius I 253
50 Pope Marcellinus 296
51 Pope Marcellus I 308
52 Pope Mark 336
53 Pope Martin I 649
54 Pope Miltiades 311
55 Pope Nicholas I (the Great)858
56 Pope Paschal I 817
57 Pope Paul I 757
58 Pope Paul VI 1963Canonised in 2018 by Pope Francis [4]
59 Pope Peter (Apostle)30/33
60 Pope Pius I 140
61 Pope Pius V 1566Canonised in 1712 by Pope Clement XI
62 Pope Pius X 1903Canonised in 1954 by Pope Pius XII
63 Pope Pontian 230
64 Pope Sergius I 687
65 Pope Silverius 536
66 Pope Simplicius 468
67 Pope Siricius 384
68 Pope Sixtus I 115
69 Pope Sixtus II 257
70 Pope Sixtus III 432
71 Pope Soter 167
72 Pope Stephen I 254
73 Pope Sylvester I 314
74 Pope Symmachus 498
75 Pope Telesphorus 126
76 Pope Urban I 222
77 Pope Victor I 189
78 Pope Vitalian 657
79 Pope Zachary 741
80 Pope Zephyrinus 199
81 Pope Zosimus 417

Blesseds

#NamePapacy beganNotes
1 Pope Benedict XI 1303Beatified in 1736 by Pope Clement XII
2 Pope Eugene III 1145Beatified in 1872 by Pope Pius IX
3 Pope Gregory X 1271Beatified in 1713 by Pope Clement XI
4 Pope Innocent V 1276Beatified in 1898 by Pope Leo XIII
5 Pope Innocent XI 1676Beatified in 1956 by Pope Pius XII
6 Pope Pius IX 1846Beatified in 2000 by Pope John Paul II [5]
7 Pope Urban II 1088Beatified in 1881 by Pope Leo XIII
8 Pope Urban V 1362Beatified in 1870 by Pope Pius IX [6]
9 Pope Victor III 1086Beatified in 1887 by Pope Leo XIII [7]
10 Pope John Paul I 1978Beatified in 2022 by Pope Francis [8]

Venerables

#NamePapacy beganNotes
1 Pope Pius XII 1939Declared Venerable in 2009 by Pope Benedict XVI

Servants of God

#NamePapacy beganNotes
1 Pope Benedict XIII 1724Declared a Servant of God in 2017 by Pope Francis [9]
2 Pope Pius VII 1800Declared a Servant of God in 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI

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