Renaissance & Catholic Reformation
The 16th century
32 saints, in the order they died

1416 — 1507
St. Francis of Paola
Founder of the Minims — Patron of Seafarers
Sanctuary of St. Francis of Paola, Paola, Italy
2 miracles · 1 relics→

1447 — 1510
St. Catherine of Genoa
Mystic of Purgatory — Foundress of the Pammatone Hospital
Church of Santissima Annunziata di Portoria, Genoa, Italy
2 miracles · 1 relics→

1487 — 1535
St. John Houghton
Carthusian Prior of the London Charterhouse — Protomartyr of the English Reformation
Site of Tyburn (Marble Arch, London) and London Charterhouse, United Kingdom
1 miracles · 1 relics→

1469 — 1535
St. John Fisher
Cardinal-Bishop of Rochester — Martyr of the English Reformation
Tower of London, United Kingdom
0 miracles · 1 relics→

1478 — 1535
St. Thomas More
Lord Chancellor of England — 'A Man for All Seasons'
Tower of London / Church of St. Peter ad Vincula, United Kingdom
0 miracles · 2 relics→

1486 — 1537
St. Jerome Emiliani
Father of Orphans
Sanctuary of St. Jerome Emiliani, Somasca, Italy
1 miracles · 1 relics→

1502 — 1539
St. Anthony Mary Zaccaria
Founder of the Barnabites — Pioneer of the Forty Hours' Devotion
Church of San Barnaba, Milan, Italy
1 miracles · 1 relics→

1474 — 1540
St. Angela Merici
Foundress of the Ursulines — Pioneer of Women's Teaching Religious Life
Church of Sant'Afra (Sanctuary of Sant'Angela Merici), Brescia, Italy
2 miracles · 1 relics→

1473 — 1541
Bl. Margaret Pole
Countess of Salisbury — Plantagenet Princess and Martyr
Tower of London / Church of St. Peter ad Vincula, United Kingdom
0 miracles · 1 relics→

1480 — 1547
St. Cajetan
Co-Founder of the Theatines — Father of Catholic Reform
Church of San Paolo Maggiore, Naples, Italy
1 miracles · 1 relics→

1474 — 1548
St. Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin
Visionary of Guadalupe — first Indigenous saint of the Americas
Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mexico
3 miracles · 1 relics→

1495 — 1550
St. John of God
Founder of the Hospitaller Brothers of St. John of God
Basilica of San Juan de Dios, Granada, Spain
2 miracles · 1 relics→

1506 — 1552
St. Francis Xavier
Apostle of the Indies and Japan — Co-Founder of the Jesuits
Basilica of Bom Jesus, Old Goa, India
3 miracles · 1 relics→

1486 — 1555
St. Thomas of Villanova
Augustinian Archbishop of Valencia — 'Father of the Poor'
Cathedral of Valencia, Spain
0 miracles · 1 relics→

1491 — 1556
St. Ignatius of Loyola
Founder of the Society of Jesus — Author of the Spiritual Exercises
Church of the Gesù, Rome, Italy
2 miracles · 1 relics→

1499 — 1562
St. Peter of Alcántara
Franciscan Reformer of the Strict Observance — Spiritual Director of Teresa of Ávila
Convent of San Pedro de Alcántara, Arenas de San Pedro, Spain
2 miracles · 1 relics→

1550 — 1568
St. Stanislaus Kostka
Polish Jesuit Novice — Patron of Catholic Youth
Church of Sant'Andrea al Quirinale, Rome, Italy
1 miracles · 1 relics→

1499 — 1569✠ Doctor
St. John of Ávila
Apostle of Andalusia — Doctor of the Church
Basilica of San Juan de Ávila, Montilla, Spain
3 miracles · 1 relics→

1504 — 1572♕ Pope #225
St. Pius V
Antonio Ghislieri — Pope of Trent and Lepanto
Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome, Italy
2 miracles · 1 relics→

1534 — 1572
St. Nicholas Pieck
Franciscan guardian of Gorkum — leader of the Nineteen Martyrs
Martyrs' Shrine, Brielle, Netherlands
0 miracles · 1 relics→

1544 — 1577
St. Cuthbert Mayne
Protomartyr of the English Seminary Priests
Launceston market square, Cornwall, United Kingdom
0 miracles · 1 relics→

1540 — 1581
St. Edmund Campion
English Jesuit Martyr — Author of the 'Decem Rationes'
Tyburn shrine (Marble Arch area), London, United Kingdom
0 miracles · 1 relics→

1515 — 1582✠ Doctor
St. Teresa of Ávila
Doctor of the Church — first woman so named
Convent of the Annunciation, Alba de Tormes, Spain
4 miracles · 4 relics→

1538 — 1584
St. Charles Borromeo
Cardinal Archbishop of Milan — Architect of the Tridentine Reform
Cathedral of Milan (Duomo) — crypt, Italy
2 miracles · 1 relics→

1515 — 1587
St. Felix of Cantalice
Capuchin Lay Brother — 'Brother Deo Gratias'
Church of Santa Maria della Concezione (Capuchin), Rome, Italy
1 miracles · 1 relics→

1522 — 1590
St. Catherine de' Ricci
Dominican Mystic of Prato — Visionary of the Passion
Basilica of San Vincenzo Ferreri e Santa Caterina de' Ricci, Prato, Tuscany, Italy
2 miracles · 1 relics→

1542 — 1591✠ Doctor
St. John of the Cross
Doctor Mysticus — the Mystical Doctor
Convent of the Discalced Carmelites, Segovia, Spain
2 miracles · 2 relics→

1568 — 1591
St. Aloysius Gonzaga
Jesuit Scholastic — Patron of Catholic Youth
Church of Sant'Ignazio, Rome — Cappella di San Luigi Gonzaga, Italy
0 miracles · 2 relics→

1515 — 1595
St. Philip Neri
Apostle of Rome — Founder of the Oratory — 'The Joyful Saint'
Chiesa Nuova (Santa Maria in Vallicella), Rome, Italy
2 miracles · 2 relics→

1561 — 1595
St. Robert Southwell
Jesuit Poet — English Martyr of Tyburn
Tyburn shrine (Marble Arch area), London, United Kingdom
0 miracles · 1 relics→

1521 — 1597✠ Doctor
St. Peter Canisius
Second Apostle of Germany — Doctor of the Church
Church of St. Michael, Fribourg, Switzerland
3 miracles · 1 relics→

26 — 1597
Sts. Paul Miki and Companions
The Twenty-Six Martyrs of Japan — First Christian Martyrs of East Asia
Memorial of the Twenty-Six Martyrs of Japan, Nishizaka Hill, Nagasaki, Japan
2 miracles · 1 relics→
