The Saints
The first canonizations of Pope Pius XII were two women, the founder of a female order, Mary Euphrasia Pelletier, and a nanny and housekeeper, Gemma Galgani. Pelletier had a reputation for opening new ways for Catholic charities, helping people in difficulties with the law, who so far were neglected by the system and the Church. Galgani was an unknown woman whose virtue, charity and devotion became model by her canonization.
The saints include:
- Jeanne-Elisabeth Bichier de Ages
- Francis Bianchi
- John de Brito
- Gaspar del Bufalo
- Francesca S. Cabrini
- Bartolomea Capitanio
- Peter Chanel
- Joseph Cafasso
- Anthony Mary Claret
- Nicholas of Flüe
- Joan of France, Duchess of Berry
- Gemma Galgani
- Michael Garicoits
- Vincenza Gerosa
- Antonio Maria Gianelli
- Maria Goretti
- Margaret of Hungary
- Mariana de Jesús de Paredes
- Catherine Labouré
- Ignatius of Laconi
- Jeanne de Lestonnac
- Maria Domenica Mazzarello
- Louis de Montfort
- Mary Euphrasia Pelletier
- Joseph Pignatelli
- Pope Pius X
- Bernardino Realino
- Emilie de Rodat
- Maria Crocifissa di Rosa
- Maria Giuseppa Rossello
- Dominic Savio
- Vincent Strambi
- Emily de Vialar
- Assunta Maria Pallotta
He named Saint Casimir the patron saint of all youth. Saint Catherine of Siena and Saint Francis of Assisi were named Patron Saints of Italy on 5 May 1940 just before Italy entered the Second World War.
Pope Pius XII opened the canonization procedures for Pope Pius IX, who was beatified by Pope John Paul II.
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—Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)
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