Pope“s canonizations

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We know that John Paul II was the one who canonized more saints (452) among all the other popes in history. Does anyone know who was the pope that canonized more saints besides John Paul II and how many people did this pope canonized?

-- joana calmon (jcalmon@abril.com.br), August 08, 2001

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Jmj

I am not sure, Joana, but it may have been Pope Paul VI (or perhaps Pius IX, Leo XIII, or Pius XII, all of whom had lengthy reigns). Canonizations were once fairly rare events, but they were more common under Paul VI (about 85 in about 20 years), and the number exploded under Pope John Paul II. Pope Paul's number is greatly enhanced by the fact that he canonized [1] St. Charles Lwanga and his (21) companions and [2] the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.
I recommend that you read an interesting April, 20001, article from which the following was taken:
"Under Pope John Paul II, the Congregation [for the Causes of Saints] has beatified 996 men and women and canonized another 447 — which is comparable to the beatification and canonization numbers of the four previous centuries combined. ... [Of these, the] number of lay beatifications are 215 and lay canonizations are 245."

All you holy men and women, saints of God, pray for us.
God bless you.
John


-- (jgecik@amdg.ihs), August 09, 2001.


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John, I really appreciate your answer. I“m a brazilian journalist and have been looking for this information this whole week, for an article about the Pope. During my research I read a report published on the New York Times saying that the pope who canonized more people after John Paul II was Pius XII with 33 canonizations. I found it strange because I“ve also read about the 40 martyrs of England and Wales and the ones from Uganda that Paul VI canonized. So, I think now it is safe to write that Paul VI was the one who made more saints besides John Paul II. I calculated that he had canonized 76 individuals. Do you think it is right?:

40 martyrs of England and Wales + 22 martyrs os Uganda + St. Vicent Pallotti + St. Benilde + St. Julia of Billiart + St. Marie Teresa Courdec + St. Leonard Muraildo + St. John of Avila + St. Nicholas Tavigli + St. Edmund Canpion + St. Vicenza Gerosa + St. Vicentia Maria Lopez + St. Elizabeth Ann Setton + St. Beatrix da Silva + St. Beatrice da Silva Meneses + St. John Napomucene = 76 saints total

(40 + 22 + 14 = 76)

I hope my accountings are o.k...

Thank you again, very, very much!

God bless you.

Joana Calmon

-- joana calmon (jcalmon@abril.com.br), August 09, 2001.


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Jmj,Thank you for all your work,and time you put on this board.I realy appreciate the Catholic information you share with us all.You are a special Person to put all of the research,and time in all of the help I have read that you have given to other people.I sure have learned alot from you,and I realy apreciate it.God Bless you,and Your Family. David

-- David Sullivan (asdzxc8176@aol.com), August 09, 2001.

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Jmj

Hello again, Joana. I have some new information for you!

(1) Here are the names of the eighty-four men and women who were canonized by Pope Paul VI [according to Eternal Word Television Network (http://www.ewtn.com/jp2/papal3/paul_act.htm)]:
1964 -- St. Charles Lwanga and Twenty-One Companions, Martyrs of Uganda (d. between 1885-1887).
1967 -- St. Benilde Romacon (1805-1862).
1969 -- St. Julie Billiart (1751-1816).
1970 -- St. Maria Delia Dolorato Torres Acosta (1826-1887)
1970 -- St. Leonard Murialdo (1828-1900)
1970 -- St. Therese Couderc (1805-1885)
1970 -- St. John of Avila (1499-1569)
1970 -- St. Nicholas Tavelic, St. Deodatus of Aquitaine, St. Peter of Narbonne and St. Stephen of Cuneo, martyrs (d. 1391)
1970 -- Forty English and Welsh Martyrs (d. 16th cent.)
1974 -- St. Teresa of Jesus Jornet Ibars (1843-1897)
1975 -- St. Vicenta Maria Lopez y Vicuna (1847-1890)
1975 -- St. Elizabeth Bayley Seton (1774-1821)
1975 -- St. John Masias (1585-1645)
1975 -- St. Oliver Plunket (1629-1681)
1975 -- St. Justin de Jacobis (1800-1860)
1975 -- St. John Baptist of the Conception (1561-1613)
1976 -- St. Beatrice da Silva (1424 or 1426-1490)
1976 -- St. John Ogilvie (1579-1615)
1977 -- St. Rafaela Maria Porras y Ayllon (1850-1925)
1977 -- St. John Nepomucene Neumann (1811-1860)
1977 -- St. Sharbel Makhlouf (1828-1898).

(2) The following statement is from a 2.5-year-old article by the ZENIT Catholic news service [at http://www.zenit.org/english/archive/9901/ze990106.html]:
"On Saturday, January 9, [1999,] the Church will honor three new saints ... Including these three, on Saturday John Paul II will have canonized 283 saints during his 20-year pontificate. Of these, 246 are martyrs and 37 confessors of the faith. Of the 805 the Pope has proclaimed blessed, 595 are martyrs and 210 confessors. No other Pontiff in history has proclaimed so many saints. In fact, from 1588 to 1900, canonizations were rather uncommon, with twelve Popes not proclaiming a single saint and eleven only one. The 20th century has shown an increase in these figures. Pius X proclaimed two canonizations and thirteen beatifications, Benedict XV two canonizations and seven beatifications, Pius XI seventeen canonizations and forty-five beatifications, Pius XII twenty-one canonizations and fifty-two beatifications, and Paul VI twenty canonizations and thirty beatifications."

However, the numbers in the Zenit article only reflect the number of CEREMONIES, not the total number of individual souls who were declared Saint or Blessed! Paul VI had twenty canonization ceremonies that involved more than eighty saints. I don't know how many individual saints Pius XII canonized in his twenty-one ceremonies.

St. James, pray for us.
God bless you.
John
PS: The Forty Martyrs of England and Wales are:
Saints Alban Roe, Alexander Bryant, Ambrose Barlow, Anne Line, Augustine Webster, Cuthbert Mayne, David Lewis, Edmund Arrowsmith, Edmund Campion, Edmund Gennings, Henry Morse, Henry Walpole, John Almond, John Boste, John Houghton, John Jones, John Kemble, John Lloyd, John Payne, John Plessington, John Rigby, John Roberts, John Stone, John Southworth, John Wall, Luke Kirby, Margaret Clitherow, Margaret Ward, Nicholas Owen, Philip Evans, Philip Howard, Polydore Plasden, Ralph Sherwin, Richard Gwyn, Richard Reynolds, Robert Lawrence, Robert Southwell, Swithun Wells, and Thomas Garnet.
PPS: Some of the 21 companions of St. Charles Lwanga are:
Andrew Kagwa, Denis (Dionysius) Sebuggwago, John Maria Muzeyi, Joseph Mikasa Balikuddembe, Kizito [age 13], Mbanga Tuzinde, Matthias Kalemba, Matthias Murumba, Pontain Ngondwe.

-- (jgecik@amdg.ihs), August 10, 2001.


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Thank you very much, David. I enjoy helping people, and doing it helps me very much too!

One more thing, Joana ... St. Vincent Pallotti was canonized by Blessed Pope John XXIII, not by Pope Paul VI.

JFG

-- (jgecik@amdg.ihs), August 10, 2001.



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I have a question that deals with the subject of canonizations. I was asked in religion class why do i think St. Denis and Companions should of be canonized? All i have is, because he devoted his life to God. I need an opioion!

-- Jack Carillo (Jacksmarty34@aol.com), October 01, 2003.

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Jack,
If the question was asked of you in your religion class, why would you want to more-or-less "cheat" by taking an opinion from one of us?

If you go to an Internet search engine (or a printed Catholic encyclopedia), you can read about the meaning of canonization ... and you can read about the lives of St. Denis and companions (French martyrs). That should help you to compose and answer for your class assignment.

God bless you.
John

-- J. F. Gecik (jfgecik@Hotmail.com), October 01, 2003.


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I just read an article today, that concerned a miracle credited to Mother Teresa. The husband of the woman who was cured, said that no miracle occured. He said it was the treatment of doctors sometime after the fact. any one else see this?

-- Phil (Tanner@msn.com), October 01, 2003.

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this is 2 hard and i dont get it make it easier 4 young people plz good day

-- natalie (natalie_bromfield@hotmail.com), December 08, 2003.

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