You need to specify these 'certain people' as each saint has specific reasons for being canonized.
Canonized
The saints recognized by the Catholic Church are individuals who have been officially canonized by the Church for their holiness and exemplary lives.
she was canonized in the pre-congeration. before there were such things as saints.
There have been about 80 popes who are considered as saints. Some of these were declared saints in the early Church before the canonization process existed. Others are in various stages of canonization. See the complete list of popes and you will find all the popes who are saints, canonized saints and candidates for sainthood.
Protestant churches do not have the canonization process used by the Roman Catholic church. Most Protestant churches also accept that saints before the Reformation, but not those canonized after, as they are Catholic.
Answer: Although no official list of canonized saints in the Catholic Church exists, it would be safe to assume that there are roughly 10,000 officially canonized saints. Because of the nature of canonization, which includes rigorous investigation into the deceased's life and the evidence needed for two miracles, it would not be wrong to say that the 10,000 number is on the low side of the actual amount.
Pope John Paul II canonized about 480 saints.
He beatified 1,340 people and canonized 483 saints.
There is no canonized saint named Darren in the Catholic Church. Saints in the Catholic Church are individuals who have been officially recognized for their holiness, virtue, and miracles.
The term saint refers to New Testament individuals. I can find no saints who entered heaven after the death of Our Lord named Joshua. There may be many such saints with that name who are known only to God. We do not usually refer to holy people from the Old Testament as saints, although they may be in Heaven.
There have been over 70 popes canonized as saints, not just three.
Godric was one of the last saints to be informally canonized by local church officials before the formal process was in full force. Under the new procedure, only the pope can declare saints, removing that prerogative from local bishops