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List of Catholic saints

This is an incomplete list of humans and angels whom the Catholic Church has canonized as saints. According to Catholic theology, all saints enjoy the beatific vision. Many of the saints listed here are found in the General Roman Calendar, while others may also be found in the Roman Martyrology; still others are particular to local places or religious institutes and their recognition does not extend to the larger worldwide church.

Candidates go through the following four steps on the way to being declared saints:

People also accepted as saints in the Eastern Orthodox Church and other churches are listed in Category:Christian saints by century and/or Category:Christian saints by nationality.

The following are an incomplete list of the martyrs venerated by the Catholic Church not individually named in the list above:

The Martyrs of Natal were a group of 30 Brazilian Catholics - two of them priests - killed in northern Brazil by a group of Dutch Calvinists in 1645. They were canonized on 15 October 2017 by Pope Francis. Those that were killed on 16 July 1645 were:

Those that were killed on 3 October 1645 were:

The remaining unnamed twelve killed on 3 October 1645 were 7 lay companions of João Martins, the wife of Manuel Rodrigues de Moura, the daughter of Antônio Vilela, 2 daughters of Estêvão Machado de Miranda, and the daughter of Francisco Dias.

The Martyr Saints of China were a group of 87 Chinese Catholics and 33 Western missionaries martyred from 1648 to 1930 because of their faith. They were canonized on 1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II. They are:

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