What popes are saints?

Answer 1

With the canonizations of Pope John XXIII and Pope John Paul II in April of 2014, there have been about 80 popes that carry the title of Saint. Many of the earliest popes were declared to be saints by the early Christian Community and were never formally canonized as the official process was not put into place until about the 11th century.

Answer 2

In 2013 Pope Francis canonized at one single Mass over 800 martyrs. They were citizens of Otranto, Italy, who were slain in the 15th century by the invading Ottoman Turkish army after they refused to convert to Islam. In addition, he has canonized 16 other individuals (as of December 2014). This is, by far, the greatest number of saints canonized by a single pope.

Prior to Pope Francis, Pope John Paul II held the record at nearly 400.

Answer 3

Below is the complete list of Popes as of February 2013. Everyone with a "St" in front of his name has either been canonized or acclaimed a saint by the people at the time. Those with Bl or Blessed in front of their names have been beatified.

1.St. Peter (32-67)

2.St. Linus (67-76)

3.St. Anacletus (Cletus) (76-88)

4.St. Clement I (88-97)

5.St. Evaristus (97-105)

6.St. Alexander I (105-115)

7.St. Sixtus I (115-125) Also called Xystus I

8.St. Telesphorus (125-136)

9.St. Hyginus (136-140)

10.St. Pius I (140-155)

11.St. Anicetus (155-166)

12.St. Soter (166-175)

13.St. Eleutherius (175-189)

14.St. Victor I (189-199)

15.St. Zephyrinus (199-217)

16.St. Callistus I (217-22) Callistus and the following three popes were opposed by St. Hippolytus, antipope (217-236)

17.St. Urban I (222-30)

18.St. Pontain (230-35)

19.St. Anterus (235-36)

20.St. Fabian (236-50)

21.St. Cornelius (251-53) Opposed by Novatian, antipope (251)

22.St. Lucius I (253-54)

23.St. Stephen I (254-257)

24.St. Sixtus II (257-258)

25.St. Dionysius (260-268)

26.St. Felix I (269-274)

27.St. Eutychian (275-283)

28.St. Caius (283-296) Also called Gaius

29.St. Marcellinus (296-304)

30.St. Marcellus I (308-309)

31.St. Eusebius (309 or 310)

32.St. Miltiades (311-14)

33.St. Sylvester I (314-35)

34.St. Marcus (336)

35.St. Julius I (337-52)

36.Liberius (352-66) Opposed by Felix II, antipope (355-365)

37.St. Damasus I (366-83) Opposed by Ursicinus, antipope (366-367)

38.St. Siricius (384-99)

39.St. Anastasius I (399-401)

40.St. Innocent I (401-17)

41.St. Zosimus (417-18)

42.St. Boniface I (418-22) Opposed by Eulalius, antipope (418-419)

43.St. Celestine I (422-32)

44.St. Sixtus III (432-40)

45.St. Leo I (the Great) (440-61)

46.St. Hilarius (461-68)

47.St. Simplicius (468-83)

48.St. Felix III (II) (483-92)

49.St. Gelasius I (492-96)

50.Anastasius II (496-98)

51.St. Symmachus (498-514) Opposed by Laurentius, antipope (498-501)

52.St. Hormisdas (514-23)

53.St. John I (523-26)

54.St. Felix IV (III) (526-30)

55.Boniface II (530-32) Opposed by Dioscorus, antipope (530)

56.John II (533-35)

57.St. Agapetus I (535-36) Also called Agapitus I

58.St. Silverius (536-37)

59.Vigilius (537-55)

60.Pelagius I (556-61)

61.John III (561-74)

62.Benedict I (575-79)

63.Pelagius II (579-90)

64.St. Gregory I (the Great) (590-604)

65.Sabinian (604-606)

66.Boniface III (607)

67.St. Boniface IV (608-15)

68.St. Deusdedit (Adeodatus I) (615-18)

69.Boniface V (619-25)

70.Honorius I (625-38)

71.Severinus (640)

72.John IV (640-42)

73.Theodore I (642-49)

74.St. Martin I (649-55)

75.St. Eugene I (655-57)

76.St. Vitalian (657-72)

77.Adeodatus (II) (672-76)

78.Donus (676-78)

79.St. Agatho (678-81)

80.St. Leo II (682-83)

81.St. Benedict II (684-85)

82.John V (685-86)

83.Conon (686-87)

84.St. Sergius I (687-701) Opposed by Theodore and Paschal, antipopes (687)

85.John VI (701-05)

86.John VII (705-07)

87.Sisinnius (708)

88.Constantine (708-15)

89.St. Gregory II (715-31)

90.St. Gregory III (731-41)

91.St. Zachary (741-52)

92.Stephen III (752-57)

93.St. Paul I (757-67)

94.Stephen IV (767-72) Opposed by Constantine II (767) and Philip (768), antipopes (767)

95.Adrian I (772-95)

96.St. Leo III (795-816)

97.Stephen V (816-17)

98.St. Paschal I (817-24)

99.Eugene II (824-27)

100.Valentine (827)

101.Gregory IV (827-44)

102.Sergius II (844-47) Opposed by John, antipope (855)

103.St. Leo IV (847-55)

104.Benedict III (855-58) Opposed by Anastasius, antipope (855)

105.St. Nicholas I (the Great) (858-67)

106.Adrian II (867-72)

107.John VIII (872-82)

108.Marinus I (882-84)

109.St. Adrian III (884-85)

110.Stephen VI (885-91)

111.Formosus (891-96)

112.Boniface VI (896)

113.Stephen VII (896-97)

114.Romanus (897)

115.Theodore II (897)

116.John IX (898-900)

117.Benedict IV (900-03)

118.Leo V (903) Opposed by Christopher, antipope (903-904)

119.Sergius III (904-11)

120.Anastasius III (911-13)

121.Lando (913-14)

122.John X (914-28)

123.Leo VI (928)

124.Stephen VIII (929-31)

125.John XI (931-35)

126.Leo VII (936-39)

127.Stephen IX (939-42)

128.Marinus II (942-46)

129.Agapetus II (946-55)

130.John XII (955-63)

131Leo VIII (963-64)

132.Benedict V (964)

133.John XIII (965-72)

134.Benedict VI (973-74)

135.Benedict VII (974-83) Benedict and John XIV were opposed by Boniface VII, antipope (974; 984-985)

136. John XIV (983-84)

137.John XV (985-96)

138.Gregory V (996-99) Opposed by John XVI, antipope (997-998)

139.Sylvester II (999-1003)

140.John XVII (1003)

141.John XVIII (1003-09)

142.Sergius IV (1009-12)

143.Benedict VIII (1012-24) Opposed by Gregory, antipope (1012)

144.John XIX (1024-32)

145.Benedict IX (1032-45) He appears on this list three separate times, because he was twice deposed and restored

146.Sylvester III (1045) Considered by some to be an antipope

147.Benedict IX (1045)

148.Gregory VI (1045-46)

149.Clement II (1046-47)

150.Benedict IX (1047-48)

151.Damasus II (1048)

152.St. Leo IX (1049-54)

153.Victor II (1055-57)

154.Stephen X (1057-58)

155.Nicholas II (1058-61) Opposed by Benedict X, antipope (1058)

156.Alexander II (1061-73) Opposed by Honorius II, antipope (1061-1072)

157.St. Gregory VII (1073-85) Gregory and the following three popes were opposed by Guibert ("Clement III"), antipope (1080-1100)

158.Blessed Victor III (1086-87)

159.Blessed Urban II (1088-99)

160.Paschal II (1099-1118) Opposed by Theodoric (1100), Aleric (1102) and Maginulf ("Sylvester IV", 1105-1111), antipopes (1100)

161.Gelasius II (1118-19) Opposed by Burdin ("Gregory VIII"), antipope (1118)

162.Callistus II (1119-24)

163.Honorius II (1124-30) Opposed by Celestine II, antipope (1124)

164.Innocent II (1130-43) Opposed by Anacletus II (1130-1138) and Gregory Conti ("Victor IV") (1138), antipopes (1138)

165.Celestine II (1143-44)

166.Lucius II (1144-45)

167.Blessed Eugene III (1145-53)

168.Anastasius IV (1153-54)

169.Adrian IV (1154-59)

170.Alexander III (1159-81) Opposed by Octavius ("Victor IV") (1159-1164), Pascal III (1165-1168), Callistus III (1168-1177) and Innocent III (1178-1180), antipopes

171.Lucius III (1181-85)

172.Urban III (1185-87)

173.Gregory VIII (1187)

174.Clement III (1187-91)

175.Celestine III (1191-98)

176.Innocent III (1198-1216)

177.Honorius III (1216-27)

178.Gregory IX (1227-41)

179.Celestine IV (1241)

180.Innocent IV (1243-54)

181.Alexander IV (1254-61)

182.Urban IV (1261-64)

183.Clement IV (1265-68)

184.Blessed Gregory X (1271-76)

185.Blessed Innocent V (1276)

186.Adrian V (1276)

187.John XXI (1276-77)

188.Nicholas III (1277-80)

189.Martin IV (1281-85)

191.Honorius IV (1285-87)

192.Nicholas IV (1288-92)

193.St. Celestine V (1294)

193.Boniface VIII (1294-1303)

194.Blessed Benedict XI (1303-04)

195.Clement V (1305-14)

196.John XXII (1316-34) Opposed by Nicholas V, antipope (1328-1330)

197.Benedict XII (1334-42)

198.Clement VI (1342-52)

199.Innocent VI (1352-62)

200.Blessed Urban V (1362-70)

201.Gregory XI (1370-78)

202.Urban VI (1378-89) Opposed by Robert of Geneva ("Clement VII"), antipope (1378-1394)

203.Boniface IX (1389-1404) Opposed by Robert of Geneva ("Clement VII") (1378-1394), Pedro de Luna ("Benedict XIII") (1394-1417) and Baldassare Cossa ("John XXIII") (1400-1415), antipopes

204.Innocent VII (1404-06) Opposed by Pedro de Luna ("Benedict XIII") (1394-1417) and Baldassare Cossa ("John XXIII") (1400-1415), antipopes

205.Gregory XII (1406-15) Opposed by Pedro de Luna ("Benedict XIII") (1394-1417), Baldassare Cossa ("John XXIII") (1400-1415), and Pietro Philarghi ("Alexander V") (1409-1410), antipopes

206.Martin V (1417-31)

207.Eugene IV (1431-47) Opposed by Amadeus of Savoy ("Felix V"), antipope (1439-1449)

208.Nicholas V (1447-55)

209.Callistus III (1455-58)

210.Pius II (1458-64)

211.Paul II (1464-71)

212.Sixtus IV (1471-84)

213.Innocent VIII (1484-92)

214.Alexander VI (1492-1503)

215.Pius III (1503)

216.Julius II (1503-13)

217.Leo X (1513-21)

218.Adrian VI (1522-23)

218.Clement VII (1523-34)

220.Paul III (1534-49)

221.Julius III (1550-55)

222.Marcellus II (1555)

223.Paul IV (1555-59)

224.Pius IV (1559-65)

225.St. Pius V (1566-72)

226.Gregory XIII (1572-85)

227.Sixtus V (1585-90)

228.Urban VII (1590)

229.Gregory XIV (1590-91)

230.Innocent IX (1591)

231.Clement VIII (1592-1605)

232.Leo XI (1605)

233.Paul V (1605-21)

234.Gregory XV (1621-23)

235.Urban VIII (1623-44)

236.Innocent X (1644-55)

237.Alexander VII (1655-67)

238.Clement IX (1667-69)

239.Clement X (1670-76)

240.Blessed Innocent XI (1676-89)

241.Alexander VIII (1689-91)

242.Innocent XII (1691-1700)

243.Clement XI (1700-21)

244.Innocent XIII (1721-24)

245.Benedict XIII (1724-30)

246.Clement XII (1730-40)

247.Benedict XIV (1740-58)

248.Clement XIII (1758-69)

249.Clement XIV (1769-74)

250.Pius VI (1775-99)

251.Pius VII (1800-23)

252.Leo XII (1823-29)

253.Pius VIII (1829-30)

254.Gregory XVI (1831-46)

255.Blessed Pius IX (1846-78)

256.Leo XIII (1878-1903)

257.St. Pius X (1903-14)

258.Benedict XV (1914-22)

259.Pius XI (1922-39)

260.Pius XII (1939-58)

261.Saint John XXIII (1958-63)

262.Blessed Paul VI (1963-78)

263.John Paul I (1978)

264.Saint John Paul II (1978-2005)

265.Benedict XVI (2005-2013)

266. Francis (2013-)

Answer 4

There have been about 80 popes who are considered as saints. Many of the earlier popes were declared as saints by the Church by acclamation and never formally canonized. The formal canonization process was not fully instituted until about the 12th century. For a list of all the popes, click here. On that page you will see which popes are saints.

Answer 5

About 80 popes have been declared to be saints out of 266. This number includes Pope John XXIII and Pope John II who were canonized on April 27, 2014. However, not all the popes considered as saints were canonized. Most of the earlier popes (before the 12th century) were simply declared to be saints as the canonization process was not fully instituted.

Answer 6

There are 81 popes who are considered as saints (as of 2014). For a complete list, along with links to their biographies, click the link below.

Answer 7

78.(pope John Paul 2nd was recently sainted)

Clarification:

John Paul II and John XXIII will be canonized on April 27, 2014.

Answer 8

About 1/3 of the popes have been canonized. I believe it is roughly 80.

Answer 9

About 78 of the 265 popes have been made saints.