Modern Era

The 19th century

70 saints, in the order they died
Bl. Diego José of Cádiz, OFM Cap.
1743 — 1801

Bl. Diego José of Cádiz, OFM Cap.

Spanish Capuchin; apostolic preacher of Andalusia
Capuchin Convent, Ronda, Málaga, Spain — his tomb, Spain
1 miracles · 1 relics→
St. Xenia of Petersburg
1719 — 1803

St. Xenia of Petersburg

Holy Fool — Patroness of St. Petersburg
Chapel of St. Xenia, Smolensk Cemetery, St. Petersburg, Russia
1 miracles · 1 relics→
St. Joseph Pignatelli, SJ
1737 — 1811

St. Joseph Pignatelli, SJ

Spanish-Italian Jesuit; restorer of the Society of Jesus after the 1773 papal suppression
Church of the Gesù, Rome, Italy — Jesuit mother-church; tomb, Italy
1 miracles · 1 relics→
St. Augustine Zhao Rong
1746 — 1815

St. Augustine Zhao Rong

First Chinese diocesan priest-martyr — namesake of the 120 Martyr Saints of China
Chengdu, Sichuan, China
0 miracles · 0 relics→
St. Julie Billiart
1751 — 1816

St. Julie Billiart

French foundress; Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur
Convent of the Sisters of Notre Dame, Namur, Belgium — mother-house, Belgium
1 miracles · 1 relics→
St. Clement Mary Hofbauer, CSsR
1751 — 1820

St. Clement Mary Hofbauer, CSsR

Bohemian-Austrian Redemptorist; Apostle of Warsaw and Vienna; founder of Redemptorists north of the Alps
Church of Maria am Gestade, Vienna, Austria — his shrine, Austria
1 miracles · 1 relics→
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
1774 — 1821

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton

First Native-Born US Citizen Canonized — Foundress of the American Sisters of Charity
Basilica of the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Emmitsburg, United States
3 miracles · 1 relics→
Bl. Anna Katharina Emmerich
1774 — 1824

Bl. Anna Katharina Emmerich

German Augustinian; visionary of the Passion; subject of Mel Gibson's 'The Passion of the Christ'
Church of the Holy Cross, Dülmen, Germany — her shrine, Germany
2 miracles · 1 relics→
Bl. Louise Elisabeth de Lamoignon
1763 — 1825

Bl. Louise Elisabeth de Lamoignon

French foundress; founder of the Sisters of Charity of Saint-Louis; French Revolution-era Catholic tradition
Convent of the Sisters of Charity of Saint-Louis, Vannes, France — mother-house, France
1 miracles · 1 relics→
BL
1759 — 1830

Ven. Bruno Lanteri

Nunc coepi — "Now I begin"
Pinerolo, Piedmont, Italy
0 miracles · 1 relics→
St. Seraphim of Sarov
1754 — 1833

St. Seraphim of Sarov

Wonderworker of Russia — Apostle of the Acquisition of the Holy Spirit
Convent of Diveyevo, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia
3 miracles · 1 relics→
St. Magdalena di Canossa
1774 — 1835

St. Magdalena di Canossa

Foundress of the Canossian Daughters and Sons of Charity
Sanctuary of St. Magdalena di Canossa, Verona, Italy
0 miracles · 1 relics→
Bl. Anna Maria Taigi
1769 — 1837

Bl. Anna Maria Taigi

Italian Trinitarian tertiary; Roman housewife-mystic; visionary
Basilica of San Crisogono, Rome, Italy — her shrine, Italy
2 miracles · 1 relics→
St. Andrew Dũng-Lạc and Companions
1745 — 1745

St. Andrew Dũng-Lạc and Companions

117 Vietnamese Martyrs of the Tonkin and Cochinchina Persecutions
Cathedral of St. Joseph, Hanoi, Vietnam
1 miracles · 1 relics→
St. Paul Chong Hasang
1795 — 1839

St. Paul Chong Hasang

Lay apostle of Korea — co-patron of the 103 Korean Martyrs
Seosomun Shrine, Seoul, South Korea
0 miracles · 1 relics→
St. Marcellin Champagnat
1789 — 1840

St. Marcellin Champagnat

Founder of the Marist Brothers
Notre-Dame de l'Hermitage, Saint-Chamond, Loire, France
0 miracles · 1 relics→
St. Jean-Gabriel Perboyre, CM
1802 — 1840

St. Jean-Gabriel Perboyre, CM

French Vincentian martyr of China; first Chinese-mission martyr canonized
Chapel of the Vincentians, 95 rue de Sèvres, Paris, France — his shrine, France
1 miracles · 1 relics→
St. Peter Chanel, SM
1803 — 1841

St. Peter Chanel, SM

French Marist missionary; protomartyr of Oceania (Futuna Islands)
Basilica of Poi, Futuna Island, Wallis and Futuna — shrine, France (Overseas Territory)
1 miracles · 1 relics→
CM
1778 — 1841

Ven. Catherine McAuley

Foundress of the Sisters of Mercy
Mercy International Centre, Baggot Street, Dublin, Ireland
0 miracles · 1 relics→
St. Andrew Kim Tae-gon and Companions
1795 — 1839

St. Andrew Kim Tae-gon and Companions

103 Korean Martyrs — First Korean Priest
Myeongdong Cathedral, Seoul, South Korea
1 miracles · 1 relics→
Bl. Dominic Barberi, CP
1792 — 1849

Bl. Dominic Barberi, CP

Italian Passionist; apostle of Catholic England; receiver of John Henry Newman's conversion
Church of St. Anne, Sutton, England — his shrine, United Kingdom
1 miracles · 1 relics→
Bl. Marie-Rose Durocher, SNJM
1811 — 1849

Bl. Marie-Rose Durocher, SNJM

French-Canadian foundress; Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary
Convent of the Sisters of the Holy Names, Longueuil, Quebec, Canada — mother-house, Canada
1 miracles · 1 relics→
St. Vincent Pallotti
1795 — 1850

St. Vincent Pallotti

Founder of the Society of the Catholic Apostolate (Pallottines) — Forerunner of Catholic Action
Church of San Salvatore in Onda, Rome, Italy
0 miracles · 1 relics→
Bl. Anne-Marie Javouhey
1779 — 1851

Bl. Anne-Marie Javouhey

Foundress of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Cluny — Apostle of the Emancipation
Maison-Mère of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Cluny, Paris, France
0 miracles · 1 relics→
St. Rose Philippine Duchesne
1769 — 1852

St. Rose Philippine Duchesne

The Woman Who Prays Always — Missionary of the Sacred Heart in the American West
Shrine of St. Philippine Duchesne, St. Charles, United States
2 miracles · 1 relics→
Bl. Frédéric Ozanam
1813 — 1853

Bl. Frédéric Ozanam

Founder of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul — Catholic Social Apostle
Chapel of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul, 6 Rue de Londres, Paris (international generalate), France
1 miracles · 1 relics→
PT
1766 — 1853

Ven. Pierre Toussaint

Born a Slave in Haiti — Buried with the Archbishops of New York
St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York, United States
0 miracles · 1 relics→
FV
1788 — 1853

Ven. Félix Varela

The Cuban who taught Cubans to think — and served the Irish of New York
Havana, Cuba, Cuba
0 miracles · 1 relics→
St. Joaquina de Vedruna
1783 — 1854

St. Joaquina de Vedruna

Foundress of the Carmelite Sisters of Charity — Catalan Reformer
Maison-Mère of the Carmelites of Charity, Vic, Catalonia, Spain
0 miracles · 1 relics→
Bl. Antonio Rosmini
1797 — 1855

Bl. Antonio Rosmini

Italian priest-philosopher; founder of the Institute of Charity (Rosminians)
Sacred Mount of the Crucifix, Domodossola, Piedmont, Italy — site of the Rosminian mother-house, Italy
2 miracles · 1 relics→
St. Vincenza Maria Poloni
1802 — 1855

St. Vincenza Maria Poloni

Foundress of the Sisters of Mercy of Verona (Sorelle della Misericordia)
Mother House of the Sisters of Mercy, Via Valverde 24, Verona, Italy
2 miracles · 1 relics→
St. Emily de Vialar
1797 — 1856

St. Emily de Vialar

French foundress; Sisters of St. Joseph of the Apparition; Mediterranean missions
Convent of the Sisters of St. Joseph of the Apparition, Marseille, France — mother-house, France
1 miracles · 1 relics→
Bl. Rosalie Rendu, DC
1786 — 1856

Bl. Rosalie Rendu, DC

French Daughter of Charity; apostle of the Paris poor; mentor of Frédéric Ozanam
Chapel of the Daughters of Charity, 140 rue du Bac, Paris, France — mother-house and Miraculous Medal Shrine, France
1 miracles · 1 relics→
St. Dominic Savio
1842 — 1857

St. Dominic Savio

Boy Saint of the Oratory of Don Bosco — Patron of Choirboys
Basilica of Mary Help of Christians, Turin, Italy
1 miracles · 1 relics→
St. Nimatullah Kassab al-Hardini
1808 — 1858

St. Nimatullah Kassab al-Hardini

Maronite Lebanese Monastic Reformer — Master of St. Charbel
Monastery of Saints Cyprian and Justina, Kfifan, Batroun district, Lebanon, Lebanon
2 miracles · 1 relics→
St. John Vianney (the Curé d'Ars)
1786 — 1859

St. John Vianney (the Curé d'Ars)

Patron of parish priests
Basilica of St. John Vianney, Ars, France
4 miracles · 2 relics→
St. John Nepomucene Neumann
1811 — 1860

St. John Nepomucene Neumann

Fourth Bishop of Philadelphia — Founder of the American Parochial School System
National Shrine of St. John Neumann, Philadelphia, United States
3 miracles · 1 relics→
St. Joseph Cafasso
1811 — 1860

St. Joseph Cafasso

Confessor of Don Bosco — Apostle of the Turin Prisoners
Sanctuary of Our Lady of Consolation (La Consolata), Turin, Italy
0 miracles · 1 relics→
MR
1804 — 1860

St. Manuel Ruiz López, OFM

Franciscan of the Custody of the Holy Land; guardian of the Damascus convent, killed at the altar with ten companions in 1860
Latin church of St. Paul (Franciscan convent), Bab Tuma, Damascus — urn of the eleven martyrs, Syria
1 miracles · 1 relics→
St. Théophane Vénard
1829 — 1861

St. Théophane Vénard

MEP Missionary — Martyr of Tonkin
Société des Missions Étrangères de Paris, Rue du Bac, Paris, France
0 miracles · 1 relics→
St. Eugène de Mazenod
1782 — 1861

St. Eugène de Mazenod

Founder of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate — Bishop of Marseille
Cathedral of Marseille (Cathédrale Sainte-Marie-Majeure), France
0 miracles · 1 relics→
Bl. Pauline Jaricot
1799 — 1862

Bl. Pauline Jaricot

French laywoman; founder of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith and the Living Rosary
Church of Saint-Nizier, Lyon, France — her tomb, France
2 miracles · 1 relics→
HD
1813 — 1862

Ven. Henriette DeLille

Foundress of the Sisters of the Holy Family, New Orleans
New Orleans, Louisiana — her city and her congregation's home, United States
0 miracles · 1 relics→
St. Michael Garicoits, SCJ
1797 — 1863

St. Michael Garicoits, SCJ

Basque priest; founder of the Priests of the Sacred Heart of Bétharram
Chapel of Notre-Dame de Bétharram, France — mother-house, France
1 miracles · 1 relics→
Frederick William Faber, CO
1814 — 1863

Frederick William Faber, CO

English Oratorian priest; Catholic hymn writer
Brompton Oratory (Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary), London, England — shrine, United Kingdom
1 miracles · 1 relics→
St. Madeleine Sophie Barat
1779 — 1865

St. Madeleine Sophie Barat

Foundress of the Society of the Sacred Heart — Apostle of Women's Catholic Education
Mother-house of the Society of the Sacred Heart, Paris (former Hôtel Biron, now Musée Rodin area), France
0 miracles · 1 relics→
St. Pierre-Julien Eymard
1811 — 1868

St. Pierre-Julien Eymard

Founder of the Blessed Sacrament Fathers — Apostle of Eucharistic Adoration
Mother-house of the Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament, Paris, France
0 miracles · 1 relics→
St. Anthony Mary Claret
1807 — 1870

St. Anthony Mary Claret

Founder of the Claretians — Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba — Confessor of Queen Isabel II
Sanctuary of the Heart of Mary, Vic, Catalonia, Spain
1 miracles · 1 relics→
Bl. Basile-Antoine Moreau, CSC
1799 — 1873

Bl. Basile-Antoine Moreau, CSC

French priest; founder of the Congregation of the Holy Cross
Basilica of Notre-Dame de Sainte-Croix, Le Mans, France — mother-house, France
1 miracles · 1 relics→
St. Catherine Labouré
1806 — 1876

St. Catherine Labouré

Daughter of Charity — Visionary of the Miraculous Medal of the Rue du Bac
Chapel of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, Rue du Bac, Paris, France
2 miracles · 1 relics→
Bl. Pius IX
1792 — 1878♕ Pope #255

Bl. Pius IX

Pope (1846–1878) — Pontiff of the Immaculate Conception and Vatican I
Basilica of San Lorenzo al Verano, Rome, Italy
2 miracles · 1 relics→
St. Mariam Baouardy
1846 — 1878

St. Mariam Baouardy

Mary of Jesus Crucified — Galilean Discalced Carmelite Mystic
Discalced Carmelite Monastery, Bethlehem (founded by her), Palestinian Authority
3 miracles · 1 relics→
St. Bernadette Soubirous
1844 — 1879

St. Bernadette Soubirous

Visionary of Lourdes
Convent of Saint-Gildard, Nevers, France
2 miracles · 1 relics→
St. Jeanne Jugan
1792 — 1879

St. Jeanne Jugan

Sister Mary of the Cross — Foundress of the Little Sisters of the Poor
Mother-house of the Little Sisters of the Poor, La Tour Saint-Joseph, Saint-Pern, Brittany, France
0 miracles · 1 relics→
St. Innocent of Alaska
1797 — 1879

St. Innocent of Alaska

Russian Orthodox missionary; Apostle of Alaska and Kamchatka; Metropolitan of Moscow
Holy Trinity-Sergius Lavra, Sergiyev Posad, Russia — tomb; UNESCO World Heritage Site, Russia
1 miracles · 1 relics→
Ven. Cornelia Peacock Connelly
1809 — 1879

Ven. Cornelia Peacock Connelly

American Catholic convert; founder of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus
Convent of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus, Mayfield, England — mother-house, United Kingdom
2 miracles · 1 relics→
St. Daniele Comboni
1831 — 1881

St. Daniele Comboni

Bishop of Khartoum — Apostle of Central Africa — 'Africa with Africa'
St. Matthew's Cathedral, Khartoum, Sudan, Sudan
0 miracles · 1 relics→
St. Mary Domenica Mazzarello
1837 — 1881

St. Mary Domenica Mazzarello

Co-Foundress (with Don Bosco) of the Salesian Sisters of Don Bosco
Basilica of Mary Help of Christians, Turin — beside Don Bosco, Italy
0 miracles · 1 relics→
ME
1789 — 1882

Ven. Mary Elizabeth Lange, OSP

Foundress of the Oblate Sisters of Providence — the First Black Sisterhood in America
St. Frances Academy, Baltimore, United States
0 miracles · 1 relics→
St. Charles Lwanga
1860 — 1886

St. Charles Lwanga

Leader of the Martyrs of Uganda — patron of African youth
Basilica of the Uganda Martyrs, Namugongo, Uganda
1 miracles · 1 relics→
St. John Bosco
1815 — 1888

St. John Bosco

Don Bosco — Founder of the Salesians — Apostle of Catholic Youth
Basilica of Mary Help of Christians (Maria Ausiliatrice), Turin, Italy
3 miracles · 1 relics→
St. Damien of Molokai
1840 — 1889

St. Damien of Molokai

Apostle of the Lepers — Hawaiian State Statue in the US Capitol
St. Philomena Church, Kalaupapa, Molokai, United States
3 miracles · 2 relics→
St. John Henry Newman
1801 — 1890✠ Doctor

St. John Henry Newman

Cor ad cor loquitur — Doctor of the Church (declared 2025)
Birmingham Oratory, England
3 miracles · 1 relics→
Bl. Fr. Michael McGivney
1852 — 1890

Bl. Fr. Michael McGivney

American priest of Connecticut; founder of the Knights of Columbus (1882)
Church of St. Mary, New Haven, Connecticut, United States — shrine; site of the founding of the Knights of Columbus (1882), United States
1 miracles · 1 relics→
St. Ambrose of Optina
1812 — 1891

St. Ambrose of Optina

Wonderworker of Optina Pustyn — Russian Orthodox Elder
Optina Pustyn Monastery, Kozelsk, Kaluga Oblast, Russia
2 miracles · 1 relics→
Cardinal Henry Edward Manning
1808 — 1892

Cardinal Henry Edward Manning

English Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster; Anglican convert and 19th-century Catholic social reformer
Westminster Cathedral, London, England — Catholic Archbishopric of Westminster, United Kingdom
2 miracles · 1 relics→
St. Thérèse of Lisieux
1873 — 1897✠ Doctor

St. Thérèse of Lisieux

The Little Flower — Doctor of the Church — Patron of Missions
Basilica of Sainte-Thérèse, Lisieux, France
4 miracles · 3 relics→
AT
1854 — 1897

Ven. Augustus Tolton

The First Black Priest of the United States
St. Peter's Cemetery, Quincy, Illinois, United States
0 miracles · 1 relics→
St. Charbel Makhlouf (Sharbel)
1828 — 1898

St. Charbel Makhlouf (Sharbel)

The Hermit of Annaya — Patron of Lebanon
Monastery of St. Maron, Annaya, Lebanon
4 miracles · 1 relics→
Bl. Anna Rosa Gattorno
1831 — 1900

Bl. Anna Rosa Gattorno

Italian widow-mother-mystic; founder of the Daughters of St. Anne
Convent of the Daughters of St. Anne, Rome, Italy — mother-house, Italy
1 miracles · 1 relics→