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List of saints canonized by Pope Francis

 

  • November 23, 2014 at Saint Peter’s SquareVatican City.[7]
    • Kuriakose Elias Chavara (Kuriakose of the Holy Family) (1805-1871), Cofounder and Professed Priest of the Congregation of the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate; Founder of the Congregation of the Mother of Carmel (India)
    • Giovanni Battista Saggio (Nicola of Longibardi) (1650-1709), Professed Oblate of the Order of Minims (Italy)
    • Rosa Eluvathingal (Euphrasia of the Sacred Heart) (1877-1952), Professed Religious of the Congregation of the Mother of Carmel (India)
    • Giovanni Antonio Farina (1803-1888), Bishop of Vicenza; Founder of the Institute of the Sisters of Saint Dorothy, Daughters of the Sacred Hearts (Italy)
    • Arcangelo Palmantieri (Ludovico of Casoria) (1814-1885), Professed Priest of the Order of Friars Minor; Founder of the Congregation of the Franciscan Sisters of Saint Elizabeth “Bigie”
    • Amato Ronconi (ca. 1225-1292), Layperson of the diocese of Rimini; Member of the Secular Franciscan Order; Founder of the Hospital-Hospice for Poor Pilgrims of Saludecio (now known as the Beato Amato Ronconi Nursing Home)
  • January 14, 2015 at Galle Face GreenColomboSri Lanka.[8]
    • Joseph Vaz (1651-1711), Priest of the Congregation of the Oratory of Saint Philip Neri; Founder of the Oratory of the Holy Cross of Miracles (India-Sri Lanka)
  • May 17, 2015 at Saint Peter’s SquareVatican City.[9]
    • Émilie de Villeneuve (1811-1854), Founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Immaculate Conception of Castres (France)
    • Adelaide Brando (Maria Cristina of the Immaculate Conception) (1856-1906), Founder of the Congregation of the Oblation Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament (Italy)
    • Maryam Bāwardī [Baouardy] (Marie of Jesis Crucified) (1846-1878), Professed Religious of the Order of Discalced Carmelites (Israel-Palestine)
    • Maryam Sūltanah Danil Ghaţţas (Marie-Alphonsine) (1843-1927), Cofounder of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Rosary of Jerusalem of the Latins (Rosary Sisters) (Israel)
  • October 16, 2016 at Saint Peter’s SquareVatican City.[14]
    • José Gabriel del Rosario Brochero (1840-1914), Priest of the Diocese of Córdoba (Argentina)
    • José Sánchez del Río (1913-1928), Child of the Diocese of Zamora; Martyr (Mexico)
    • Manuel González García (1877-1940), Bishop of Palencia; Founder of the Congregation of the Eucharistic Missionaries of Nazareth and the Eucharistic Reparation Union (Spain)
    • Élisabeth Catez (Élisabeth of thr Trinity) (1880-1906), Professed Religious of the Order of Discalced Carmelites (France)
    • Alfonso Maria Fusco (1839-1910), Priest of the Diocese of Nocera Inferiore-Sarno; Founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of Saint John the Baptist (Baptistine Sisters) (Italy)
    • Lodovico Pavoni (1784-1849), Priest and Founder of the Congregations of the Sons of Mary Immaculate (Pavonians) (Italy)
    • Guillaume-Nicolas-Louis Leclerq (Salomon) (1745-1792), Professed Religious of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools (De La Salle Brothers) (France)

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