Popes Who Are Saints (Canonized)

A total of 83 out of 265 deceased popes have been recognised universally as canonized saints, including all of the first 35 popes (31 of whom were martyrs) and 52 of the first 54

The two most recent popes to become saints were Pope St. John XXIII and Pope St. John Paul II, both were canonized by Pope Francis on April 27, 2014.

A List of Canonized Popes

• Pope St. Peter Pontificate: a.d. 33–a.d. 64 Feast days: SS. Peter & Paul, June 29; Chair of St. Peter, February 22 – canonized by Pope Innocent IV on March 9, 1253, the fastest canonization in papal history.
  
  
• Pope St. Linus Pontificate: a.d. 64–a.d. 76 Feast day: September 23
  
  
• Pope St. Clement I Pontificate: a.d. 88–a.d. 97 Feast day: November 23
  
  
• Pope St. Alexander I Pontificate: a.d. 105–a.d. 115 Feast day: May 3
  
  
• Pope St. Telesphorus Pontificate: a.d. 125–a.d. 136 Feast day: January 5
  
  
• Pope St. Hyginus Pontificate: a.d. 136–a.d. 140 Feast day: January 11
  
  
• Pope St. Zephyrinus Pontificate: a.d. 199–a.d. 217 Feast day: August 26
  
  
• Pope St. Callixtus I Pontificate: a.d. 217–a.d. 222 Feast day: October 14
  
  
• Pope St. Pontian Pontificate: a.d. 230–a.d. 235 Feast day: August 13
  
  
• Pope St. Fabian Pontificate: a.d. 236–250 Feast day: January 20
  
  
• Pope St. Cornelius Pontificate: a.d. 251–a.d. 253 Feast day: September 16
  
  
• Pope St. Lucius I Pontificate: a.d. 253–a.d. 254 Feast day: March 4
  
  
• Pope St. Stephen I Pontificate: a.d. 254–a.d. 257 Feast day: August 2
  
  
• Pope St. Sixtus II Pontificate: a.d. 257–a.d. 258 Feast day: August 6
  
  
• Pope St. Dionysius Pontificate: a.d. 259–a.d. 268 Feast day: December 26
  
  
• Pope St. Caius Pontificate: a.d. 283–a.d. 296 Feast day: April 22
  
  
• Pope St. Marcellinus Pontificate: a.d. 296–a.d. 304 Feast day: June 2
  
  
• Pope St. Melchiades Pontificate: a.d. 311–a.d. 314 Feast day: December 10
  
  
• Pope St. Sylvester I Pontificate: a.d. 314–a.d. 355 Feast day: December 31
  
  
• Pope St. Julius I Pontificate: a.d. 337–a.d. 352 Feast day: April 12
  
  
• Pope St. Damasus Pontificate: a.d. 366–a.d. 384 Feast day: December 11
  
  
• Pope St. Siricius Pontificate: a.d. 384–a.d. 399 Feast day: November 26
  
  
• Pope St. Innocent I Pontificate: a.d. 401–a.d. 417 Feast day: July 28
  
  
• Pope Zosimus Pontificate: a.d. 417–a.d. 418 Feast day: December 26
  
  
• Pope St. Boniface I Pontificate: a.d. 418–a.d. 422 Feast day: September 4
  
  
• Pope St. Celestine I Pontificate: a.d. 422–a.d. 432 Feast day: April 6
  
  
• Pope St. Sixtus III Pontificate: a.d. 432–a.d. 440 Feast day: March 28
  
  
• Pope St. Leo I Pontificate: a.d. 440–a.d. 461 Feast day: April 11
  
  
• Pope St. Hilarius Pontificate: a.d. 461–a.d. 468 Feast day: February 28
  
  
• Pope St. Gelasius I Pontificate: a.d. 492–a.d. 496 Feast day: November 21
  
  
• Pope St. John I Pontificate: a.d. 523–a.d. 526 Feast day: May 27
  
  
• Pope St. Felix III (IV) Pontificate: a.d. 526–a.d. 530 Feast day: September 22
  
  
• Pope St. Agapetus I Pontificate: a.d. 535–a.d. 536 Feast day: April 22
  
  
• Pope St. Gregory I Pontificate: a.d. 590–a.d. 604 Feast day: September 3
  
  
• Pope St. Boniface IV Pontificate: a.d. 608–a.d. 615 Feast day: May 8
  
  
• Pope St. Martin I Pontificate: a.d. 649–a.d. 655 Feast day: November 12
  
  
• Pope St. Vitalian Pontificate: a.d. 657–a.d. 672 Feast day: January 27
  
  
• Pope St. Agatho Pontificate: a.d. 678–a.d. 681 Feast day: January 10
  
  
• Pope St. Sergius I Pontificate: a.d. 687–a.d. 701 Feast day: September 8
  
  
• Pope St. Gregory II Pontificate: a.d. 715–a.d. 731 Feast day: February 11
  
  
• Pope St. Zacharias Pontificate: a.d. 741–a.d. 752 Feast day: March 15
  
  
• Pope St. Paul I Pontificate: a.d. 757–a.d. 767 Feast day: June 28
  
  
• Pope St. Leo III Pontificate: a.d. 795–a.d. 816 Feast day: June 12
  
  
• Pope St. Paschal I Pontificate: a.d. 817–a.d. 824 Feast day: February 12
  
  
• Pope St. Leo IV Pontificate: a.d. 847–a.d. 855 Feast day: July 17
  
  
• Pope St. Nicholas I Pontificate: a.d. 858–a.d. 867 Feast day: November 13
  
  
• Pope St. Gregory VII Pontificate: 1073–1085 Feast day: May 25
  
  
• Pope St. Celestine V Pontificate: 1294 Feast day: May 19
  
  
• Pope St. Pius V Pontificate: 1566–1572 Feast day: April 30
  
  
• Pope St. Pius X Pontificate: 1903–1914 Feast day: August 21

Written by Robert Patterson, M.A.

Robert holds a Master's degree in Religious Studies with a focus on Catholic Church History. He has spent over two decades researching the lives of the Popes and the history of the Papacy. PopeHistory.com has been a trusted resource for papal information since 2001.