List of saints by pope

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

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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.

9th Century

Pope Nicholas I

Pope Nicholas I canonized one saint.

No.SaintDate of Canonization
1. Balthild of Chelles c. 860

Pope Adrian II

Pope Adrian II canonized one saint.

No.SaintDate of Canonization
1. Walpurga 870

Pope John VIII

Pope John VIII did not canonize any saints.

Pope Marinus I

Pope Marinus I did not canonize any saints.

Pope Adrian III

Pope Adrian III did not canonize any saints.

Pope Stephen V

Pope Stephen V did not canonize any saints.

Pope Formosus

Pope Formosus did not canonize any saints.

Pope Boniface VI

Pope Boniface VI did not canonize any saints.

Pope Stephen VI

Pope Stephen VI did not canonize any saints.

Pope Romanus

Pope Romanus did not canonize any saints.

Pope Theodore II

Pope Theodore II did not canonize any saints.

Pope John IX

Pope John IX did not canonize any saints.

10th Century

Pope Benedict IV

Pope Benedict IV did not canonize any saints.

Pope Leo V

Pope Leo V did not canonize any saints.

Pope Sergius III

Pope Sergius III did not canonize any saints.

Pope Anastasius III

Pope Anastasius III did not canonize any saints.

Pope Lando

Pope Lando did not canonize any saints.

Pope John X

Pope John X did not canonize any saints.

Pope Leo VI

Pope Leo VI did not canonize any saints.

Pope Stephen VII

Pope Stephen VII did not canonize any saints.

Pope John XI

Pope John XI did not canonize any saints.

Pope Leo VII

Pope Leo VII canonized one saint.

No.SaintDate of Canonization
1. Willibald 938

Pope Stephen VIII

Pope Stephen VIII did not canonize any saints.

Pope Marinus II

Pope Marinus II did not canonize any saints.

Pope Agapetus II

Pope Agapetus II did not canonize any saints.

Pope John XII

Pope John XII did not canonize any saints.

Pope Benedict V

Pope Benedict V did not canonize any saints.

Pope Leo VIII

Pope Leo VIII did not canonize any saints.

Pope John XIII

Pope John XIII canonized one saints.

No.SaintDate of Canonization
1. Eadburh of Winchester 972

Pope Benedict VII

Pope Benedict VII canonized one saint.

No.SaintDate of Canonization
1. Ida of Herzfeld 990

Pope John XIV

Pope John XIV did not canonize any saints.

Pope John XV

Pope John XV canonized one saint.

No.SaintDate of Canonization
1. Ulrich of Augsburg 4 July 993

Pope Gregory V

Pope Gregory V did not canonize any saints.

Pope Sylvester II

Pope Sylvester II canonized one saint.

No.SaintDate of Canonization
1. Adalbert of Prague 999

11th Century

Pope John XVII

Pope John XVII did not canonize any saints.

Pope John XVIII

Pope John XVIII did not canonize any saints.

Pope Sergius IV

Pope Sergius IV did not canonize any saints.

Pope Benedict VIII

Pope Benedict VIII canonized one saint.

No.SaintDate of Canonization
1. Simeon of Mantua 1016

Pope John XIX

Pope John XIX canonized three saints.

No.SaintDate of Canonization
1. Adalard of Corbie 1026
2. Bononio 1026
3. Dunstan 1029

Pope Sylvester III

Pope Sylvester III did not canonize any saints.

Pope Benedict IX

Pope Benedict IX canonized two saints

No.SaintDate of Canonization
1. John of Beverley 1037
2. Symeon of Trier 25 December 1041

Pope Clement II

Pope Clement II canonized one saint.

No.SaintDate of Canonization
1. Wiborada 5 January 1047

Pope Damasus II

Pope Damasus II did not canonize any saints.

Pope Leo IX

Pope Leo IX canonized nine saints

No.SaintDate of Canonization
1. Deodatus of Nevers 1049
2. Remigius 1049
3. Floribert of Liège 20 April 1049
4. Romaric 3 December 1049
5. Amatus 3 December 1049
6. Adelphus 3 December 1049
7. Gerard of Toul 2 May 1050
8. Wolfgang of Regensburg 8 October 1052
9. Erhard of Regensburg 8 October 1052

Pope Victor II

Pope Victor II did not canonize any saints.

Pope Stephen IX

Pope Stephen IX did not canonize any saints.

Pope Nicholas II

Pope Nicholas II did not canonize any saints.

Pope Alexander II

Pope Alexander II canonized four saints.

No.SaintDate of Canonization
1. William of Gellone 1066
2. Arialdo 1067
3. Robert de Turlande 1070
4. Theobald of Provins 1073

Pope Gregory VII

Pope Gregory VII canonized nine saints

No.SaintDate of Canonization
1. Paschasius Radbertus 12 July 1073
2. Heribert of Cologne 1075
3. Alphege of Canterbury 1078
4. Pope Leo IX 1082
5. Gerard Sagredo 1083
6. Stephen of Hungary 20 August 1083
7. Emeric of Hungary 1083
8. Andrew Zorard 1083
9. Benedict of Skalka 1083

Pope Victor III

Pope Victor III did not canonize any saints.

Pope Urban II

Pope Urban II canonized six saints.

No.SaintDate of Canonization
1. Godelieve 1084
2. Erlembald 1095
3. Attilanus 1095
4. Gohard 1096
5. Adelaide of Burgundy 1097
6. Nicholas the Pilgrim 1098

12th Century

Pope Paschal II

Pope Paschal II canonized four saints.

No.SaintDate of Canonization
1. Angilbert 1100
2. Canute 19 April 1101
3. Peter of Anagni 4 June 1109

Pope Gelasius II

Pope Gelasius II did not canonize any saints

Pope Callixtus II

Pope Callixtus II canonized five saints

No.SaintDate of Canonization
1. Arnulf of Soissons 6 January 1120
2. Hugh of Cluny 1120
3. Conrad of Constance 1120
4. David of Wales 1123
5. Gerard of Potenza 1123

Pope Honorius II

Pope Honorius II did not canonize any saints

Pope Innocent II

Pope Innocent II canonized three saints.

No.SaintDate of Canonization
1. Gotthard of Hildesheim 29 October 1131
2. Hugh of Châteauneuf 22 April 1134
3. Sturm 19 April 1139

Pope Celestine II

Pope Celestine II did not canonize any saints.

Pope Lucius II

Pope Lucius II did not canonize any saints.

Pope Eugene III

Pope Eugene III canonized two saints.

No.SaintDate of Canonization
1. Henry II 4 March 1146
2.Senatro of Missanello1 August 1151

Pope Anastasius IV

Pope Anastasius IV did not canonize any saints.

Pope Adrian IV

Pope Adrian IV canonized three saints.

No.SaintDate of Canonization
1. Famianus of Compostela 1154
2. Sigfrid of Sweden 1158
3. Henry of Uppsala 1158

Pope Alexander III

Pope Alexander III canonized seven saints.

No.SaintDate of Canonization
1. Edward the Confessor 7 February 1161
2. Anselm of Canterbury 9 June 1163
3. Theotonius of Coimbra 1163
4. Helen of Skövde 1164
5. Canute Lavard 8 November 1164
6. Thomas Becket 21 February 1173
7. Bernard of Clairvaux 18 January 1174

Pope Lucius III

Pope Lucius III canonized four saints.

No.SaintDate of Canonization
1. Bruno di Segni 5 September 1181
2. Silaus of Lucca 1183
3. Anno of Cologne 1183
4. Galgano Guidotti 1185

Pope Urban III

Pope Urban III did not canonize any saints.

Pope Gregory VIII

Pope Gregory VIII did not canonize any saints.

Pope Clement III

Pope Clement III canonized four saints.

No.SaintDate of Canonization
1. Kjeld 1188
2. Stephen of Muret 21 March 1189
3. Otto of Bamberg 29 April 1189
4. Malachy 1191

Pope Celestine III

Pope Celestine III canonized nine saints

No.SaintDate of Canonization
1. Peter of Tarentaise 10 May 1191
2. Ladislaus I of Hungary 27 June 1192
3. Ubald 4 March 1192
4. Ronald of Orkney 1192
5. Bernward of Hildesheim 8 January 1193
6. John Gualbert 24 October 1193
7. Gaucherius 1194
8. Rudesind 1195
9. Gerald of Sauve-Majeure 27 April 1197

13th Century

Innocent III

Pope Innocent III canonized nine saints.

No.SaintDate of Canonization
1. Homobonus 21 Jan 1199
2. Cunigunde of Luxembourg 3 April 1200
3. Jón Ögmundsson 1201
4. Gilbert of Sempringham 1202
5. William of Maleval 8 May 1202
6. Wulfstan of Worcester 14 May 1203
7. Belina 1203
8. Procopius of Sázava 2 July 1204
9.Peter of Trevi1 Oct 1215

Honorious III

Pope Honorious III canonized nine saints.

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

Gregory IX

Pope Gregory IX canonized five saints.

No.SaintDate 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 six saints.

No.SaintDate of Canonization
1. Edmund of Abingdon 16 December 1246
2. William Pinchon 24 March 1247
3. Margaret of Scotland 1250
4. George of Vienne 1251
5. Peter of Verona 9 March 1253
6. Stanislaus of Szczepanów 8 September 1253

Alexander IV

Pope Alexander IV canonized three saints.

No.SaintDate 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 two saints.

No.SaintDate of Canonization
1. Richard of Chichester 25 January 1262
2. Felix of Valois May 1, 1262

Clement IV

Pope Clement IV canonized one saint.

No.SaintDate of Canonization
1. Hedwig of Silesia 26 March 1267

Gregory X

Pope Gregory X did canonized one saint.

No.SaintDate of Canonization
1. Franca Visalta 21 September 1273

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 canonized one saint.

No.SaintDate of Canonization
1. Benvenutus Scotivoli 1284

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 three saints.

No.SaintDate of Canonization
1. Laurian 1297
2. Nantovinus 1297
3. 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.SaintDate of Canonization
1. Pope Celestine V 5 May 1313

John XXII

Pope John XXII canonized three saints.

No.SaintDate of Canonization
1. Louis 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 one saint.

No.SaintDate of Canonization
1. Ivo of Kermartin 26 June 1347

Innocent VI

Pope Innocent VI did not canonize any saints.

Urban V

Pope Urban V canonized two saints.

No.SaintDate of Canonization
1. Elzéar of Sabran 15 April 1369
2. Calamanda of Calaf

Gregory XI

Pope Gregory XI did not canonize any saints.

Urban VI

Pope Urban VI canonized one saint.

No.SaintDate of Canonization
1. Mildrith 1388

Boniface IX

Pope Boniface IX canonized two saints.

No.SaintDate 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.SaintDate of Canonization
1. Sebaldus 26 March 1425

Eugene IV

Pope Eugene IV canonized three saints.

No.SaintDate of Canonization
1.Honorius of Buzançais1444
2. Nicholas of Tolentino 1 February 1447
3. Bellinus of Padua

Nicholas V

Pope Nicholas V canonized two saints.

No.SaintDate of Canonization
1. Sergius of Radonezh 1449
2. Bernardine of Siena 24 May 1450

Callixtus III

Pope Callixtus III canonized five saints.

No.SaintDate 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
5. Rose of Viterbo 1457

Pius II

Pope Pius II canonized one saint.

No.SaintDate 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 six saints.

No.SaintDate of Canonization
1. Berard of Carbio and companions7 Aug 1481
2. Bonaventure 14 May 1482

Innocent VIII

Pope Innocent VIII canonized two saint.

No.SaintDate of Canonization
1. Catherine of Vadstena 1484
2. Leopold the Good 6 Jan 1485

Alexander VI

Alexander VI canonized one saint.

No.SaintDate of Canonization
1. Brinolfo Algotsson 16 August 1492

Pius III

Pope Pius III did not canonize any saints.

16th Century

Julius II

Pope Julius II canonized six saints.

No.SaintDate of Canonization
1. Nicolò Politi 7 June 1507
2. Five Polish Brothers 1508

Leo X

Pope Leo X canonized eleven saints.

No.SaintDate of Canonization
1. Lidanus
2. Daniele Fasanella and his six companions 22 January 1516
3. Francis of Paola 1 May 1519
4. Hunna 1520
5. Casimir Jagiellon 1521

Adrian VI

Pope Adrian VI canonized one saint.

No.SaintDate of Canonization
1. Benno of Meissen 31 May 1523

Clement VII

Pope Clement VII canonized one saint.

No.SaintDate of Canonization
1. Antoninus of Florence 23 Nov 1523

Paul III

Pope Paul III canonized two saints.

No.SaintDate of Canonization
1. Ginés de la Jara 1541
2. Abraham of Smolensk 1549

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 canonized one saint.

No.SaintDate of Canonization
1. Ivo of Chartres 18 December 1570

Gregory XIII

Pope Gregory XIII canonized one saint.

No.SaintDate of Canonization
1. Norbert of Xanten 1582

Sixtus V

Pope Sixtus V canonized one saint.

No.SaintDate 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 five saints.

No.SaintDate of Canonization
1. Hyacinth of Poland 17 April 1594
2. Julian of Cuenca 18 October 1594
3. Romualdo di Camaldoli 1595
4. Sylvester Gozzolini 1598
5. Raymond of Penyafort 29 April 1601

17th Century

Leo XI

Pope Leo XI did not canonize any saints

Paul V

Pope Paul V canonized five saints.

No.SaintDate of Canonization
1. Anthelm of Belley 1607
2. Frances of Rome 29 May 1608
3. Charles Borromeo 1 November 1610
4.Pompejanus1615
5. Albert of Louvain 9 August 1613

Gregory XV

Pope Gregory XV canonized six saints.

No.SaintDate 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 seven saints.

No.SaintDate of Canonization
1. Stephen Harding 1623
2. Conrad of Piacenza 2 June 1625
3. Peter Nolasco 5 November 1625
4. Elizabeth of Portugal 24 June 1626
5. Peter Thomas 1628
6. Andrew Corsini 22 April 1629
7. Conon of Naso 16 Feb 1630

Innocent X

Pope Innocent X did not canonize any saints.

Alexander VII

Pope Alexander VII canonized four saints.

No.SaintDate of Canonization
1. Raymond Nonnatus 1657
2. Thomas of Villanova 1 November 1658
3. Francis de Sales 19 April 1665
4. John of Matha 21 October 1666

Clement IX

Pope Clement IX canonized three saints.

No.SaintDate 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 eight saints.

No.SaintDate of Canonization
1. Peter Pascual 14 August 1670
2. Ferdinand III of Castile 4 April 1671
3. Cajetan 12 April 1671
4. Francisco de Borja 12 April 1671
5. Louis Bertrand 12 April 1671
6. Philip Benizi 12 April 1671
7. Rose of Lima 12 April 1671
8. Leo III 1673

Innocent XI

Pope Innocent XI canonized three saints.

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

18th Century

Clement XI

Pope Clement XI canonized eight saints.

No.SaintDate of Canonization
1. Stephen of Obazine 1701
2. Boniface of Brussels 1702
3. Bernat Calbó 26 September 1710
4. Andrew Avellino 22 May 1712
5. Catherine of Bologna 22 May 1712
6. Felix of Cantalice 22 May 1712
7. Pope Pius V 22 May 1712
8. Humility 27 Jan 1720

Innocent XIII

Pope Innocent XIII did not canonize any saints.

Benedict XIII

Pope Benedict XIII canonized seventeen saints.

No.SaintDate of Canonization
1. Boris and Gleb 1724
2. Agnes of Montepulciano 10 December 1726
3. James of the Marches 10 December 1726
4. Turibius of Mongrovejo 10 December 1726
5. Francis Solanus 27 December 1726
6. John of the Cross 27 December 1726
7. Peregrine Laziosi 27 December 1726
8. Aloysius Gonzaga 31 December 1726
9. Stanislaus Kostka 31 December 1726
10. Bertharius 26 August 1727
11. Gilert of Neuffonts 22 January 1728
12. Gottfried von Cappenberg 28 March 1728
13. Serapion of Algiers 14 April 1728
14. Margaret of Cortona 16 May 1728
15. Pope Gregory VII 24 May 1728
16. John of Nepomuk 19 March 1729

Clement XII

Pope Clement XII canonized five saints.

No.SaintDate 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 ten saints.

No.SaintDate of Canonization
1. Peter González 13 December 1741
2. Gerard of Lunel 1 August 1742
3. Peter de Regalado 29 June 1746
4. Catherine of Ricci 29 June 1746
5. Fidelis of Sigmaringen 29 June 1746
6. Joseph of Leonessa 29 June 1746
7. Camillus de Lellis 29 June 1746
8. Agnes of Assisi 6 November 1751
9. Saturius of Soria 31 August 1753
10. Franco of Assergi 1757

Clement XIII

Pope Clement XIII canonized six saints.

No.SaintDate 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 five saints.

No.SaintDate 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 canonized two saints.

No.SaintDate of Canonization
1. Peter Damian 1823
2. Cumiano of Bobbio

Pius VIII

Pope Pius VIII did not canonize any saints.

Gregory XVI

Pope Gregory XVI canonized six saints.

No.SaintDate of Canonization
1. Philomena 30 January 1837
2. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori 26 May 1839
3. Francis de Geronimo 26 May 1839
4. John Joseph of the Cross 26 May 1839
5. Pacificus of San Severino 26 May 1839
6. Veronica Giuliani 26 May 1839

Pius IX

Pope Pius IX canonized 54 saints in 11 causes.

No.SaintDate of Canonization
1. Framboldus of Bayeux 13 June 1861
2. Michael de Sanctis 8 June 1862
3. Twenty-six Martyrs of Japan 9 June 1862
4. Germaine Cousin 29 June 1867
5. Josaphat Kuntsevych 29 June 1867
6. Leonard of Port Maurice 29 June 1867
7. Mary Frances of the Five Wounds 29 June 1867
8. Nicholas Pieck and 18 companions 29 June 1867
9. Paul of the Cross 29 June 1867
10. Pedro de Arbués 29 June 1867
11.Conus of Lucania27 April 1871

Leo XIII

Pope Leo XIII canonized 19 saints in 12 causes.

20th century

Pius X

Pope Pius X canonized eleven saints.

No.SaintDate of Canonization
1.Justus of Condat9 December 1903
2. Alexander Sauli 11 December 1904
3. Gerard Majella 11 December 1904
4.John of Montemarano1906
5. Alice of Schaerbeek 1907
6. Romedius 24 July 1907
7.Felicio, Simplicio, and Potentino of Karden12 August 1908
8. Clemens Maria Hofbauer 20 May 1909
9. Joseph Oriol 20 May 1909

Benedict XV

Pope Benedict XV canonized four saints.

No.SaintDate of Canonization
1. Peter of Canterbury 1915
2. Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows 13 May 1920
3. Marguerite Marie Alacoque 13 May 1920
4. Joan of Arc 16 May 1920

Pius XI

Pope Pius XI canonized 34 saints in 27 causes.

Pius XII

Pope Pius XII canonized 36 saints. None were group causes.

John XXIII

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

Paul VI

Pope Paul VI canonized 85 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 911 saints in 68 causes, which includes the 813 Martyrs of Otranto as a group.

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Papal coats of arms are the personal coat of arms of popes of the Catholic Church. These have been a tradition since the Late Middle Ages, and has displayed his own, initially that of his family, and thus not unique to himself alone, but in some cases composed by him with symbols referring to his past or his aspirations. This personal coat of arms coexists with that of the Holy See.

The Papal Mint is the pope's institute for the production of hard cash. Papal Mint also refers to the buildings in Avignon, Rome, and elsewhere that used to house the mint.

The Secretariate of Briefs to Princes and of Latin Letters, or simply the Secretariate of Briefs, was one of the offices of the Roman Curia abrogated in 1967 during Pope Paul VI's reform of the Pontifical court. It was divided into two sections.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cardinal-nephew</span> Nephew or relative of a pope appointed as a cardinal by him

A cardinal-nephew was a cardinal elevated by a pope who was that cardinal's relative. The practice of creating cardinal-nephews originated in the Middle Ages, and reached its apex during the 16th and 17th centuries. The last cardinal-nephew was named in 1689 and the practice was abolished in 1692. The word nepotism originally referred specifically to this practice, when it appeared in the English language about 1669. From the middle of the Avignon Papacy (1309–1377) until Pope Innocent XII's anti-nepotism bull, Romanum decet pontificem (1692), a pope without a cardinal-nephew was the exception to the rule. Every Renaissance pope who created cardinals appointed a relative to the College of Cardinals, and the nephew was the most common choice, although one of Alexander VI's creations was his own son.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Perugia Papacy</span>

Perugia was a long-time papal residence during the 13th century. Five popes were elected here: Pope Honorius III (1216–1227), Pope Clement IV (1265–1268), Pope Honorius IV (1285–1287), Pope Celestine V (1294), and Pope Clement V (1305–1314). These elections took place in the Palazzo delle Canoniche adjoining the Perugia Cathedral.

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This is a list of the lists of encyclicals which have been promulgated by Popes of the Catholic Church.

Science and the Popes is a part of the broader subject of science and the Catholic Church. Science and the popes have had a long yet sometimes rocky relationship throughout the history of the Catholic Church, with some popes condemning scientific books and findings, and other popes lauding scientists and the scientific fields. As the church believes the pope is the vicar of Christ, Catholics respect the pope's non-infallible personal opinions on non-theological subjects such as science. While there are ancient patron saints of medical topics, such as Saint Pantaleon, who was invoked during the Black Death, it is not known which pope canonized them.