Modern Era
The 20th century
96 saints, in the order they died

1890 — 1902
St. Maria Goretti
Virgin Martyr of Le Ferriere — Patroness of Forgiveness
Basilica of Santa Maria delle Grazie e Santa Maria Goretti, Nettuno, Lazio, Italy
1 miracles · 1 relics→

1883 — 1902
Bl. Grimoaldo of the Purification, CP
Passionist student (Ferdinando Santamaria), dead of meningitis at nineteen before he could be ordained
Badia dei Passionisti (Santa Maria di Corniano), Ceccano — chapel with his urn, Italy
1 miracles · 2 relics→

1878 — 1903
St. Gemma Galgani
Stigmatic Mystic of Lucca — Passionist Tertiary
Sanctuary of St. Gemma Galgani (Passionist Monastery), Lucca, Italy
1 miracles · 1 relics→

1880 — 1906
St. Elizabeth of the Trinity, OCD
French Discalced Carmelite mystic; Trinitarian theologian
Discalced Carmelite Monastery, Dijon, France — her shrine, France
1 miracles · 1 relics→

1829 — 1908
St. John of Kronstadt
All-Russian Pastor — Apostle of Daily Eucharistic Reception
Monastery of St. John of Rila on the Karpovka, St. Petersburg, Russia
1 miracles · 1 relics→

1842 — 1909
St. Mary MacKillop, RSJ (Mary of the Cross)
first canonized Australian saint; founder of the Sisters of St. Joseph of the Sacred Heart
Mary MacKillop Memorial Chapel, North Sydney, Australia — shrine, Australia
1 miracles · 1 relics→

1837 — 1910
Bl. Michele Rua, SDB
Italian Salesian; first successor of St. John Bosco as Superior General of the Salesians
Basilica of Mary Help of Christians, Turin, Italy — Salesian mother-house, Italy
1 miracles · 1 relics→

1840 — 1912
St. Marie-Léonie Paradis
Foundress of the Little Sisters of the Holy Family, who serve the priests of Canada's seminaries and colleges
Basilica-Cathedral of Saint-Michel, Sherbrooke, Quebec — tomb, Canada
2 miracles · 1 relics→

1835 — 1914♕ Pope #257
St. Pius X
Pope of the Eucharist
St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican, Vatican City
3 miracles · 1 relics→
So
1866 — 1914
Servant of God Élisabeth Leseur
The Wife whose Journal Converted her Husband
Paris, France, France
1 miracles · 1 relics→

1835 — 1914
St. Elena Guerra
Foundress of the Oblates of the Holy Spirit; the 'apostle of the Holy Spirit' who moved Leo XIII to write to the whole Church about Pentecost
Church of Sant'Agostino, Lucca — body under the altar, Italy
2 miracles · 1 relics→

1842 — 1915
St. Aloysius Guanella
Don Guanella — Founder of the Servants of Charity
Sanctuary of the Sacred Heart, Como — Guanellian Generalate, Italy
0 miracles · 1 relics→

1869 — 1915
St. Ignatius Maloyan
Armenian Catholic Archbishop of Mardin; martyr of the Armenian Genocide (1915)
Armenian Catholic Cathedral, Beirut, Lebanon — memorial, Lebanon
1 miracles · 1 relics→

1858 — 1916
St. Charles de Foucauld
Universal Brother — hermit of the Sahara
Hermitage at Tamanrasset, Hoggar Mountains, Algeria
3 miracles · 2 relics→

1845 — 1916
St. Albert Chmielowski (Brother Albert)
Polish Franciscan Third Order; apostle of the Kraków poor
Ecce Homo Chapel, Kraków, Poland — shrine, Poland
2 miracles · 1 relics→

1850 — 1917
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
First US Citizen Canonized — Patroness of Immigrants
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini Shrine, New York City, United States
3 miracles · 3 relics→

1838 — 1918
St. Marianne Cope
Beloved Mother of Outcasts — Damien's Successor at Kalaupapa
Bishop Home for Women, Kalaupapa, United States
3 miracles · 1 relics→

1848 — 1918
Servant of God Julia Greeley
American former slave; Denver 'Angel of Charity'; 20th-century African-American Catholic candidate for sainthood
Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, Denver, Colorado, United States — shrine, United States
1 miracles · 1 relics→

1864 — 1919
St. José Gregorio Hernández
Venezuelan physician and university professor, the 'doctor of the poor' — the first saint of Venezuela
Church of Our Lady of Candelaria, Caracas — his tomb, Venezuela
2 miracles · 2 relics→

1900 — 1920
St. Teresa of the Andes (Juanita Fernández Solar)
The Little Flower of the Andes — first Chilean saint
Sanctuary of Auco, Rinconada de Los Andes, Chile
3 miracles · 1 relics→

1908 — 1919
Sts. Francisco and Jacinta Marto
The Children of Fatima — Cousins of the Servant of God Lucia dos Santos
Sanctuary of Our Lady of Fátima — Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary, Portugal
2 miracles · 1 relics→

1846 — 1920
St. Nektarios of Aegina
Metropolitan of Pentapolis — Wonderworker of Aegina
Sacred Monastery of the Holy Trinity (St. Nektarios), Aegina, Greece
1 miracles · 1 relics→

1887 — 1922
Bl. Charles I of Austria (Karl von Habsburg)
Last Emperor of Austria-Hungary (1916–1918); Catholic peace-seeking monarch of World War I
Church of Our Lady of Monte, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal — tomb, Portugal
1 miracles · 1 relics→

1901 — 1925
St. Pier Giorgio Frassati
Verso l'alto — Man of the Beatitudes
Cathedral of Turin (Duomo di San Giovanni), Italy
3 miracles · 1 relics→
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1856 — 1925
Ven. Matt Talbot
The Dublin Labourer — for Those Recovering from Drink
Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Seán McDermott Street, Dublin, Ireland
0 miracles · 1 relics→
MS
1900 — 1925
Ven. Margaret Sinclair
The French Polisher of the Cowgate — Sister Mary Francis of the Five Wounds
St. Patrick's, Cowgate, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
0 miracles · 1 relics→

1841 — 1926
St. Bartolo Longo
Apostle of the Rosary of Pompei — Former Satanic Priest Reconverted
Pontifical Shrine of the Blessed Virgin of the Rosary of Pompei, Italy
2 miracles · 1 relics→

1876 — 1926
St. Mariam Thresia Chiramel Mankidiyan
Foundress of the Congregation of the Holy Family — Syro-Malabar Mystic
Generalate of the Congregation of the Holy Family, Kuzhikkattussery, Thrissur, Kerala, India
2 miracles · 1 relics→
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1852 — 1926
Ven. Antoni Gaudí
God's Architect — Builder of the Sagrada Família
Basílica de la Sagrada Família, Barcelona, Spain
0 miracles · 1 relics→

1851 — 1926
St. Giuseppe Allamano
Rector of the Consolata shrine in Turin for forty-six years; founder of the Consolata Missionaries and the Consolata Missionary Sisters
Mother House of the Consolata Missionaries, Corso Ferrucci 14, Turin — tomb, Italy
2 miracles · 1 relics→

1880 — 1927
St. Giuseppe Moscati
Physician of the Naples Poor — Patron of Catholic Doctors
Church of the Gesù Nuovo, Naples — Cappella di San Giuseppe Moscati, Italy
1 miracles · 1 relics→

1891 — 1927
Bl. Miguel Pro
Mexican Jesuit Martyr — 'Viva Cristo Rey!'
Templo de la Sagrada Familia (Jesuit), Mexico City, Mexico
0 miracles · 1 relics→

1860 — 1926
Sts. Christopher Magallanes and Companions
25 Mexican Cristero War Martyrs
Santuario de los Mártires Cristeros, Tepatitlán, Jalisco, Mexico
1 miracles · 1 relics→

1900 — 1928
St. Toribio Romo González
Cristero Priest-Martyr — Patron of the Mexican Migrant
Sanctuary of Santo Toribio Romo, Santa Ana de Guadalupe, Jalisco, Mexico
1 miracles · 1 relics→

1913 — 1928
St. José Sánchez del Río
Mexican Cristero teenage martyr (age 14, 1928)
Parish Church of Santiago Apóstol, Sahuayo, Michoacán, Mexico — shrine, Mexico
1 miracles · 1 relics→

1874 — 1936
St. Pedro Poveda
Founder of the Teresian Association — Martyr of the Spanish Civil War
Teresian Association Generalate, Madrid, Spain
0 miracles · 1 relics→
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1842 — 1936
Ven. Nelson Baker
Father Baker of Lackawanna — the Padre of the Poor
Our Lady of Victory Basilica, Lackawanna, New York, United States
1 miracles · 1 relics→

1845 — 1937
St. André Bessette
Brother André — the Miracle Man of Montreal
Saint Joseph's Oratory of Mount Royal, Montreal, Canada
3 miracles · 2 relics→
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1930 — 1937
Ven. Antonietta Meo (Nennolina)
The Child of Six who Wrote Letters to God
Basilica of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme, Rome, Italy
0 miracles · 1 relics→

1905 — 1938
St. Faustina Kowalska
Apostle of Divine Mercy — first saint of the third millennium
Sanctuary of Divine Mercy, Kraków-Łagiewniki, Poland
4 miracles · 2 relics→

1866 — 1938
St. Silouan of Mount Athos
Russian Athonite Elder — Mystic of 'Keep Thy Mind in Hell and Despair Not'
St. Panteleimon Monastery (the Russikon), Mount Athos, Greece
1 miracles · 1 relics→

1872 — 1940
St. Luigi Orione
Don Orione — Founder of the Sons of Divine Providence
Sanctuary of Madonna della Guardia and Don Orione, Tortona, Italy
0 miracles · 1 relics→

1894 — 1941
St. Maximilian Kolbe
Martyr of Charity at Auschwitz
Niepokalanów Friary, Poland
4 miracles · 3 relics→

1891 — 1942
St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein)
Co-Patroness of Europe — martyr of Auschwitz
Carmel of Echt (Netherlands — site of her arrest), Netherlands
2 miracles · 1 relics→

1907 — 1943
Bl. Franz Jägerstätter
Austrian conscientious objector; Catholic martyr for refusing to serve in the Nazi Wehrmacht
Parish Church of St. Radegund, Upper Austria — shrine, Austria
2 miracles · 1 relics→

1889 — 1943
St. Nazaria Ignacia March Mesa
Spanish-Bolivian foundress; Missionaries of the Papal Crusade
Convent of the Missionary Crusaders, Oruro, Bolivia — mother-house, Bolivia
2 miracles · 1 relics→

1928 — 1944
Bl. Anna Kolesárová
Slovak teenage martyr for chastity (1944); Slovak virgin-martyr
Parish Church of the Assumption, Vysoká nad Uhom, Slovakia — shrine, Slovakia
1 miracles · 1 relics→
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1907 — 1944
Ven. Edel Quinn
Envoy of the Legion of Mary to East Africa
Missionaries' Cemetery, Nairobi, Kenya
0 miracles · 1 relics→

1912 — 1945
St. Peter To Rot
Papua New Guinean lay-catechist; martyr for defending Catholic marriage against Japanese occupation polygamy
Shrine of St. Peter To Rot, Rakunai, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea — shrine, Papua New Guinea
1 miracles · 1 relics→

1910 — 1946
St. Alphonsa of the Immaculate Conception
Anna Muttathupadathu — First Indian Woman Canonized
Shrine of St. Alphonsa, Bharananganam, Kottayam district, Kerala, India
1 miracles · 1 relics→

1918 — 1946
Bl. Alberto Marvelli
Italian Catholic Action lay-hero; young Rimini martyr of Christian charity
Church of San Girolamo, Rimini, Italy — shrine, Italy
1 miracles · 1 relics→

1869 — 1947
St. Josephine Bakhita
Madre Moretta — From Sudanese Slavery to Italian Canossian Sister
Sanctuary of St. Bakhita, Schio, Vicenza, Italy
0 miracles · 1 relics→
EJ
1886 — 1948
Ven. Edward J. Flanagan
Founder of Boys Town — "There is no such thing as a bad boy"
Boys Town, Nebraska, United States
0 miracles · 1 relics→
MT
1930 — 1950
Ven. María Teresa González Quevedo
Teresita — the Madrid Schoolgirl who wanted to be a Saint
Madrid, Spain, Spain
0 miracles · 1 relics→

1916 — 1951
Ven. Fr. Emil Kapaun
American military chaplain; Korean War Prisoner-of-War hero; Venerable
St. John Nepomucene Church, Pilsen, Kansas, United States — shrine, United States
1 miracles · 1 relics→

1908 — 1951
Servant of God Dr. Takashi Nagai
Japanese Catholic physician; witness of the Nagasaki atomic bombing (1945)
Nagai Memorial Museum and Nyokodo Hermitage, Nagasaki, Japan — shrine, Japan
1 miracles · 1 relics→

1858 — 1955
St. Katharine Drexel
Heiress Who Gave Away Twenty Million Dollars — Foundress of Schools for Black and Native Americans
St. Katharine Drexel Shrine, Bensalem (Cornwells Heights), United States
2 miracles · 1 relics→

1902 — 1956
Bl. Carlo Gnocchi
Italian military chaplain; post-war care of war-mutilated children
Church of San Pietro in Sala, Milan, Italy — shrine, Italy
1 miracles · 1 relics→

1870 — 1957
Bl. Solanus Casey
The Simplex Capuchin — wonderworker of Detroit
St. Bonaventure Monastery, Detroit, United States
2 miracles · 1 relics→

1876 — 1958
Ven. Pope Pius XII
260th Pope (1939–1958); World War II and Cold War pope; rescuer of Roman Jews
St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City — tomb in the Vatican grottoes, Vatican City
2 miracles · 1 relics→
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1929 — 1958
Ven. Satoko Kitahara
The Mary of Ants Town
Tokyo — Ants Town, on the bank of the Sumida, Japan
0 miracles · 1 relics→

1898 — 1960
Bl. Alojzije Stepinac
Croatian Cardinal Archbishop of Zagreb; confessor of both the Nazi Ustaše regime and the Yugoslav Communist regime
Cathedral of the Assumption, Zagreb, Croatia — his tomb, Croatia
1 miracles · 1 relics→

1922 — 1962
St. Gianna Beretta Molla
Italian pediatrician; mother-martyr who gave her life for her unborn daughter
Church of Ponte Nuovo, Magenta, Italy — shrine, Italy
1 miracles · 1 relics→
So
1898 — 1962
Servant of God Therese Neumann
The Stigmatist of Konnersreuth
Konnersreuth, Bavaria, Germany
2 miracles · 1 relics→

1881 — 1963♕ Pope #261
St. John XXIII
'Il Papa Buono' — Pope of the Second Vatican Council
St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican, Vatican City
3 miracles · 1 relics→
RS
1886 — 1963
Ven. Robert Schuman
Father of Europe — the Statesman who went to Mass every morning
Saint-Quentin, Scy-Chazelles — his tomb, France
0 miracles · 1 relics→

1939 — 1964
Bl. Anuarite Nengapeta
Marie-Clémentine Anuarite — Congolese Sister-Martyr
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, Isiro, Democratic Republic of Congo
1 miracles · 1 relics→

1903 — 1964
Bl. Cyprian Michael Iwene Tansi, OCSO
Nigerian Trappist; first canonized modern Nigerian Catholic
Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity, Onitsha, Nigeria — shrine, Nigeria
1 miracles · 1 relics→
So
1929 — 1967
Servant of God Vincent Capodanno
The Grunt Padre — Navy Chaplain, Medal of Honor
Staten Island, New York, United States
0 miracles · 1 relics→

1887 — 1968
St. Padre Pio of Pietrelcina
Stigmatist, bilocator, confessor — Capuchin Franciscan
Sanctuary of St. Pio, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
5 miracles · 2 relics→
MT
1883 — 1969
St. Maria Troncatti, FMA
Salesian Sister, nurse and missionary for forty-seven years among the Shuar of the Ecuadorian Amazon — 'Madrecita'
Chapel of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians, Sucúa — her tomb, Ecuador
2 miracles · 1 relics→

1903 — 1973
Bl. Vasyl Velychkovsky, CSsR
Ukrainian Greek Catholic Bishop; Soviet-era martyr-confessor
St. Joseph's Ukrainian Catholic Church, Winnipeg, Canada — shrine preserving his incorrupt body, Canada
2 miracles · 1 relics→

1902 — 1975
St. Josemaría Escrivá
Founder of Opus Dei
Prelatic Church of Santa Maria della Pace, Villa Tevere, Rome, Italy
0 miracles · 1 relics→

1916 — 1975
Bl. Guadalupe Ortiz de Landázuri
Spanish chemist; first female Numerary of Opus Dei beatified
Church of Blessed Álvaro del Portillo, Madrid, Spain — shrine, Spain
1 miracles · 1 relics→

1928 — 1977
Bl. Rutilio Grande, SJ
Salvadoran Jesuit; proto-martyr of the Salvadoran civil war
Church of San Salvador Apóstol, El Paisnal, El Salvador — shrine, El Salvador
1 miracles · 1 relics→

1922 — 1977
Bl. Andrea Bordino
Italian Cottolengan Brother; Turin hospital-caregiver saint
Cottolengo Little House of Divine Providence, Turin, Italy — shrine, Italy
1 miracles · 1 relics→

1903 — 1977
St. María Carmen Rendiles Martínez
Foundress of the Servants of Jesus (Siervas de Jesús) of Caracas — the first Venezuelan woman canonised
Chapel of Jesús Hostia, Colegio Belén, Los Palos Grandes, Caracas — her tomb, Venezuela
2 miracles · 1 relics→

1897 — 1978♕ Pope #262
St. Paul VI
Pope of Humanae Vitae and the completion of Vatican II
St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican, Vatican City
4 miracles · 2 relics→

1912 — 1978♕ Pope #263
Bl. Pope John Paul I (Albino Luciani)
The Smiling Pope — Pope for 33 days
Vatican Grottoes, St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City
2 miracles · 1 relics→

1895 — 1979
Bl. Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen
American Catholic televangelist; 20th-century Catholic media pioneer; preacher-Archbishop
Cathedral of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception, Peoria, Illinois, United States — shrine, United States
1 miracles · 1 relics→

1917 — 1980
St. Óscar Arnulfo Romero
Martyr of the Americas — voice of the voiceless
Metropolitan Cathedral of San Salvador, El Salvador
2 miracles · 2 relics→

1897 — 1980
Servant of God Dorothy Day
American convert; co-founder of the Catholic Worker Movement
Maryhouse Catholic Worker, New York City, United States — site of death, United States
1 miracles · 1 relics→

1901 — 1981
Bl. Stefan Wyszyński
Cardinal Primate of Poland — 'Primate of the Millennium'
Archcathedral Basilica of St. John the Baptist, Warsaw, Poland
0 miracles · 1 relics→

1935 — 1981
Bl. Stanley Rother
Father Aplas' — First U.S.-Born Martyr Officially Beatified by the Catholic Church
Blessed Stanley Rother Shrine, Oklahoma City, United States
1 miracles · 1 relics→
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1902 — 1981
Ven. Marthe Robin
The Stigmatist of Châteauneuf — Foundress of the Foyers de Charité
Foyer de Charité, Châteauneuf-de-Galaure, France
2 miracles · 1 relics→

1906 — 1982
Servant of God Bishop Vincent McCauley, CSC
American Holy Cross Bishop; apostle of Uganda; proto-African Catholic missionary Bishop
Basilica of the Sacred Heart, University of Notre Dame, Indiana, United States, United States
1 miracles · 1 relics→

1947 — 1984
Bl. Jerzy Popiełuszko
Chaplain of Solidarność — Martyr of the Polish Communist Regime
Church of St. Stanislaus Kostka, Warsaw (Żoliborz district), Poland
2 miracles · 1 relics→

1971 — 1990
Bl. Chiara Luce Badano
Focolare Youth — Patroness of Catholic Teenagers
Parish Church of the Most Holy Trinity, Sassello, Liguria, Italy
1 miracles · 1 relics→

1937 — 1990
Servant of God Sr. Thea Bowman, FSPA
American Franciscan Sister; African-American Catholic evangelizer and Gospel-tradition witness
Cathedral of St. Peter the Apostle, Jackson, Mississippi, United States — shrine, United States
2 miracles · 1 relics→

1896 — 1991
Cardinal Henri de Lubac, SJ
French Jesuit theologian; architect of the Second Vatican Council; Cardinal of the Ressourcement movement
Jesuit Residence, rue de Sèvres, Paris, France, France
2 miracles · 1 relics→
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1909 — 1992
Ven. Patrick Peyton, CSC
The Rosary Priest
Father Peyton Memorial Centre, Attymass, County Mayo, Ireland
1 miracles · 1 relics→

1937 — 1993
Bl. Pino Puglisi
Anti-Mafia Priest of Brancaccio — Martyr of Cosa Nostra
Church of San Gaetano, Brancaccio, Palermo, Italy
1 miracles · 1 relics→

1914 — 1994
Bl. Álvaro del Portillo
Spanish priest; first successor of St. Josemaría Escrivá as head of Opus Dei
Prelatic Church of Our Lady of Peace, Rome, Italy — Opus Dei mother-church, Italy
1 miracles · 1 relics→

1926 — 1994
Ven. Jérôme Lejeune
French pediatric geneticist; discoverer of Trisomy 21; Catholic pro-life scientist
Notre-Dame de Chalouet Cemetery, Chalo-Saint-Mars, France — tomb, France
2 miracles · 1 relics→

1910 — 1997
St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta
Mother of the Poor — founder of the Missionaries of Charity
Mother House of the Missionaries of Charity, Calcutta, India
3 miracles · 3 relics→

1939 — 2000
Bl. Maria Laura Mainetti
Daughter of the Cross Sister — Martyr of Satanic Ritual Violence
Parish Church of San Lorenzo, Chiavenna, Sondrio, Italy
1 miracles · 1 relics→
