List Of Canonised Popes
This article lists the popes who have been canonised or recognized as saints in the Roman Catholic Church they had led. A total of 78 (out of 265) popes have been regarded as saints. In addition, 16 other popes are on the track to sainthood, either currently undergoing or have completed the preliminary stage of beatification.
The most recent pope to be put forward for sainthood is John Paul II, whose cause for canonisation was begun in May 2005 and who was beatified on May 1, 2011.
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