A list of people, who died during the 16th century, who have received recognition as Blessed (through beatification) or Saint (through canonization) from the Catholic Church:
| Name | Birth | Birthplace | Death | Place of death | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blessed Columba of Rieti | 1467 | Rieti, Umbria, Italy | 1501 | |||
| Blessed Jerome Garibo | 1440 | 1502 | ||||
| Blessed Bernardino of Fossa | 1420 | Fossa, Italy | 1503 | |||
| Blessed Louisa of Savoy | 1461 | 1503 | ||||
| Blessed Magdalen Panattieri | 1443 | 1503 | ||||
| Blessed Timothy of Montecchio | 1414 | 1504 | ||||
| Blessed Vincent of Aquila | 1504 | |||||
| Joan of Valois | 1464 | 1505 | ||||
| Blessed Ladislaus of Gielniow | 1440 | 1505 | ||||
| Blessed Margaret of Ravenna | 1442 | 1505 | ||||
| Blessed Osanna of Mantua | 1449 | 1505 | ||||
| Blessed John-Angelo Porro | 1451 | 1506 | ||||
| Blessed Antonia of Brescia | 1407 | 1507 | ||||
| Blessed Francis of Calderola | 1507 | |||||
| Francis of Paola | 1416 | 1508 | ||||
| Blessed Gratia of Kotor | 1438 | 1508 | ||||
| Blessed Jacopino de'Canepacci | 1438 | 1508 | ||||
| Catherine of Genoa | 1477 | Genoa, Italy | 1510 | Genoa, Italy | ||
| Blessed Mark of Marconi | 1480 | 1510 | ||||
| Blessed John Liccio | 1511 | |||||
| Blessed Margaret Fontana | 1440 | Modena, Italy | 1513 | Italy | ||
| Blessed Paula Montaldi | 1443 | 1514 | ||||
| Joseph of Volokolamsk | 1515 | |||||
| Blessed Paula Gambara-Costa | 1473 | 1515 | ||||
| Blessed Hans Wagner | 1516 | |||||
| Blessed Giles of Lorenzana | 1443 | 1518 | ||||
| Blessed Elena Duglioli | 1472 | Bologna, Italy | 1520 | Bologna, Italy | ||
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| Blessed Domenico Spadafora | 1521 | |||||
| Blessed Margaret of Lorraine | 1463 | 1521 | ||||
| Blessed Michael Pini | 1450 | 1522 | ||||
| Blessed Baptista Varani | 1458 | 1527 | ||||
| Blessed Margareta Kratz | 1430 | Scharfenstein, Germany | 1532 | |||
| Blessed Louisa Albertoni | 1473 | 1533 | ||||
| Augustine Webster | 1535 | |||||
| John Fisher | 1469 | 1535 | Bishop of Rochester | |||
| John Houghton | 1535 | |||||
| Richard Reynolds | 1492 | 1535 | ||||
| Robert Lawrence | 1535 | |||||
| Thomas More | 1478 | 1535 | ||||
| Blessed John Haile (or Hale) | 1535 | Rector of St. Dunstan's Church, Cranford, London | ||||
| Blessed Laurence of Villamagna | 1476 | 1535 | ||||
| Blessed Sebastian Newdigate | 1535 | |||||
| Blessed William Exmew | 1535 | |||||
| Blesseds Humphrey Middlemore | 1535 | |||||
| Gerolamo Emiliani | 1481 | Venice, Italy | 1537 | Somasca, Italy | ||
| Blessed John Davy | 1537 | |||||
| Blessed Richard Bere | 1537 | |||||
| Blessed Robert Salt | 1537 | |||||
| Blessed Thomas Johnson | 1537 | |||||
| Blessed Walter Pierson | 1537 | |||||
| Blessed William Greenwood | 1537 | |||||
| Blesseds John Rochester and James Walworth | 1537 | |||||
| Blessed Thomas Green | 1537 | |||||
| John Stone | 1538 | |||||
| Blessed John Forest | 1473 | 1538 | ||||
| Anthony Maria Zaccaria | 1502 | 1539 | ||||
| Blessed Adrian Fortescue | 1476 | 1539 | ||||
| Blessed Hugh Cook Faringdon | 1539 | |||||
| Blessed John Baptist of Fabriano | 1469 | 1539 | ||||
| Blessed John Beche (Thomas Marshall) | 1539 | |||||
| Blessed John Eynon | 1539 | |||||
| Blessed John Rugg | 1539 | |||||
| Blessed John Thorne | 1539 | |||||
| Blessed Richard Whiting | 1460 | 1539 | ||||
| Blessed Roger James | 1539 | |||||
| Angela Merici | 1470 | 1540 | ||||
| Blessed Carthusian Martyrs | 1540 | |||||
| Blessed Edward Powell | 1540 | |||||
| Blessed Richard Fetherston | 1540 | |||||
| Blessed Thomas Abel | 1540 | |||||
| Blessed William Horne | 1540 | |||||
| Blessed David Gonson | 1541 | |||||
| Blessed Margaret Pole | 1473 | 1541 | ||||
| Blessed Christina of Aquila | 1543 | |||||
| Blessed Lucy of Narni | 1476 | 1544 | ||||
| Blesseds John Larke | 1544 | |||||
| Blessed Peter Favre | 1506 | 1546 | ||||
| Cajetan | 1480 | 1547 | ||||
| Blessed Catherine of Racconigi | 1486 | 1547 | ||||
| Blessed Philippa of Gheldre | 1462 | 1547 | ||||
| Juan Diego | 1474 | 1548 | ||||
| John of God | 1495 | 1550 | ||||
| Francis Xavier | 1506 | 1552 | ||||
| Thomas of Villanova | 1488 | 1555 | Bishop of Valencia | |||
| Ignatius of Loyola | 1491 | 1556 | ||||
| Peter of Alcantara | 1499 | 1562 | ||||
| Blessed John Marinoni | 1490 | 1562 | ||||
| Blessed Osanna of Cattaro | 1493 | 1565 | ||||
| Blessed John Armero | 1566 | |||||
| Salvatore of Orta | 1520 | 1567 | ||||
| Stanislaus Kostka | 1550 | 1568 | ||||
| John of Avila | 1569 | |||||
| Blessed Alphonsus de Vaena | 1570 | |||||
| Blessed Ignatius de Azevedo and Companions | 1570 | |||||
| Blessed Joanninus de San Juan | 1570 | |||||
| Blessed John Felton | 1570 | |||||
| Blessed John Fernandez | 1570 | |||||
| Blessed Thomas Plumtree | 1570 | |||||
| Blessed John Story | 1571 | |||||
| Adrian Van Hilvarenbeek | 1572 | |||||
| Andrew Wouters | 1572 | |||||
| Cornelius | 1572 | |||||
| Francis Borgia | 1510 | 1572 | ||||
| Francis Rod | 1572 | |||||
| Godfrey of Duynen | 1572 | |||||
| Godfrey of Merville | 1572 | |||||
| James Lacop | 1572 | |||||
| John of Cologne | 1572 | |||||
| John of Osterwick | 1572 | |||||
| Leonard Wegel (Veckel, Wickel) | 1572 | |||||
| Martyrs of Gorkum | 1572 | |||||
| Nicasius Jonson | 1572 | |||||
| Nicholas Pieck | 1572 | |||||
| Nicholas Poppel | 1572 | |||||
| Peter of Asche (Peter van Asche) | 1572 | |||||
| Pius V | 1504 | 1572 | pope | |||
| Theodoric of Emden | 1572 | |||||
| Willehad of Denmark | 1482 | 1572 | ||||
| Blessed Thomas Percy | 1528 | 1572 | ||||
| Blessed Thomas Woodhouse | 1573 | |||||
| Catherine of Palma | 1533 | 1574 | ||||
| Cuthbert Mayne (Maine) | 1544 | 1577 | ||||
| Blessed Mary Bartholomea of Florence | 1577 | |||||
| Blessed John Nelson | 1534 | 1578 | ||||
| Blessed Thomas Sherwood | 1551 | 1578 | ||||
| Blassed Alexander Briant | 1556 | 1581 | ||||
| Edmund Campion | 1540 | London, England | 1581 | Tyburn, England | ||
| Louis Bertrand | 1526 | 1581 | ||||
| Ralph Sherwin | 1581 | |||||
| Blessed Everald Hanse | 1581 | |||||
| Blessed Patrick Cavanagh and Companions | 1581 | |||||
| John Payne (Paine) | 1582 | |||||
| Luke Kirby | 1549 | 1582 | ||||
| Teresa of Avila | 1515 | 1582 | ||||
| Blessed James Thompson | 1582 | |||||
| Blessed John Shert | 1582 | |||||
| Blessed Lawrence Richardson | 1582 | |||||
| Blessed Richard Kirkman | 1582 | |||||
| Blessed Robert Johnson | 1582 | |||||
| Blessed Thomas Cottam | 1549 | 1582 | ||||
| Blessed Thomas Ford | 1582 | |||||
| Blessed William Filby | 1582 | |||||
| Blessed William Lacey | 1582 | |||||
| Blessed John Bodey | 1583 | |||||
| Blessed John Slade | 1583 | |||||
| Blessed Nicholas of Factor | 1520 | 1583 | ||||
| Blessed Richard Thirkeld | 1583 | |||||
| Blessed William Hart | 1583 | |||||
| Blesseds Rudolph Acquaviva, Alphonsus Pacheco, Peter Berno, Anthony Francis, and Francis Aranha | 1583 | |||||
| Charles Borromeo | 1538 | 1584 | Bishop of Milan | |||
| Richard Gwyn (Richard White) | 1537 | 1584 | ||||
| Blessed Dermot O'Hurley | 1519 | 1584 | ||||
| Blessed George Haydock | 1556 | 1584 | ||||
| Blessed James Fenn | 1540 | 1584 | ||||
| Blessed John Finch | 1584 | |||||
| Blessed John Munden | 1543 | 1584 | ||||
| Blessed John Nutter | 1584 | |||||
| Blessed Margaret (Eleanor) Ball | 1584 | |||||
| Blessed Thomas Hemerford | 1584 | |||||
| Blessed William Carter | 1548 | 1584 | ||||
| Blessed Hugh Taylor | 1560 | 1585 | ||||
| Blessed Marmaduke Bowes | 1585 | |||||
| Blessed Maurice MacKenraghty | 1585 | |||||
| Blessed Thomas Alfield | 1585 | |||||
| Margaret Clitherow | 1555 | 1586 | ||||
| Blessed Edward Stransham | 1557 | 1586 | ||||
| Blessed John Adams | 1543 | 1586 | ||||
| Blessed John Sandys | 1586 | |||||
| Blessed Nicholas Woodfen (Wheeler) | 1586 | |||||
| Blessed Richard Langley | 1586 | |||||
| Blessed Robert Dibdale | 1558 | 1586 | ||||
| Blessed William Thomson | 1560 | 1586 | ||||
| Blesseds John Fingley and Robert Bickerdike | 1586 | |||||
| Blesseds Robert Anderson and William Marsden | 1586 | |||||
| Felix of Cantalice | 1513 | 1587 | ||||
| Blessed Bernard Scammacca | 1430 | 1587 | ||||
| Blessed George Douglas | 1587 | |||||
| Blessed John Hambley | 1560 | 1587 | ||||
| Margaret Ward | 1588 | |||||
| Ralph Crockett | 1588 | |||||
| Richard Martin | 1588 | |||||
| Blessed Christopher Buxton | 1588 | |||||
| Blessed Edward Burden | 1540 | 1588 | ||||
| Blessed Edward Campion | 1588 | |||||
| Blessed Edward James | 1588 | |||||
| Blessed Edward Shelley | 1588 | |||||
| Blessed Henry Webley | 1558 | 1588 | ||||
| Blessed Hugh More | 1563 | 1588 | ||||
| Blessed James Claxton | 1588 | |||||
| Blessed John Robinson | 1588 | |||||
| Blessed John Roche | 1588 | |||||
| Blessed Nicholas Garlick | 1555 | 1588 | ||||
| Blessed Richard Flower | 1588 | |||||
| Blessed Richard Leigh | 1588 | |||||
| Blessed Richard Martin | 1588 | |||||
| Blessed Robert Morton | 1588 | |||||
| Blessed Robert Sutton | 1545 | 1588 | ||||
| Blessed Robert Widmerpool | 1588 | |||||
| Blessed Robert Wilcox | 1588 | |||||
| Blessed Thomas Felton | 1567 | 1588 | ||||
| Blessed Thomas Holford (Thomas Acton) | 1588 | |||||
| Blessed William Dean | 1588 | |||||
| Blessed William Guntei | 1588 | |||||
| Blessed William Hartley | 1588 | |||||
| Blessed William Way | 1588 | |||||
| Benedict the Black (Benedict the Moor) | 1526 | 1589 | ||||
| Catherine de Ricci | 1522 | 1589 | ||||
| Blessed William Spenser and Robert Hardesty | 1589 | |||||
| Blesseds George Nichols, Richard Yaxley, Thomas Belson, and Humphrey Pritchard | 1589 | |||||
| Blesseds John Amias and Robert Dalby | 1589 | |||||
| Blessed Bartolomeu Fernandes dos Martires | 1514 | 1590 | ||||
| Blessed Christopher Bales | 1564 | 1590 | ||||
| Blessed Edmund Duke | 1564 | 1590 | ||||
| Blessed Francis Dickenson | 1590 | |||||
| Blessed Miles Gerard | 1590 | |||||
| Blessed Nicholas Horner | 1590 | |||||
| Blesseds Edward Jones and Antony Middleton | 1590 | |||||
| Blesseds Richard Hill, John Hogg, and Richard Holiday | 1590 | |||||
| Aloysius Gonzaga | 1568 | 1591 | ||||
| Edmund Genings, Eustace White, and Polydore Plasden, priests and martyrs (d. 1591), and Swithun Wells | 1536 | 1591 | ||||
| John of the Cross | 1542 | 1591 | ||||
| Martyrs of London | 15821588 | 1591 | ||||
| Polydore Plasden | 1563 | 1591 | ||||
| Blessed Alphonsus de Orozco | 1500 | 1591 | ||||
| Blessed George Beesley | 1563 | 1591 | ||||
| Blessed John Mason | 1591 | |||||
| Blessed Lawrence Humphrey | 1591 | |||||
| Blessed Ralph Milner and Roger Dickenson | 1591 | |||||
| Blessed Robert Thorpe | 1591 | |||||
| Blessed Sidney Hodgson | 1591 | |||||
| Blessed William Pike | 1591 | |||||
| Alexander Sauli | 1534 | 1592 | Bishop of Pavia | |||
| Paschal Baylon | 1540 | 1592 | ||||
| Blessed Thomas Pormort | 1559 | 1592 | ||||
| Blessed William Patenson | 1592 | |||||
| John Boste | 1593 | |||||
| Blessed Edward Waterson | London | 1593 (OS) | Newcastle upon Tyne | |||
| Blessed James Bird | 1593 | |||||
| Blessed William Davies | 1593 | |||||
| Blesseds James Sales and William Saultemouche | 15567 | 1593 | ||||
| Blessed Edward Osbaldeston | 1560 | 1594 | ||||
| Blessed John Carey | 1594 | |||||
| Blessed John Cornelius | 1557 | 1594 | ||||
| Blessed John Ingram | 1565 | 1594 | ||||
| Blessed John Speed | 1594 | |||||
| Blessed Patrick Salmon | 1594 | |||||
| Blessed Thomas Bosgrave | 1594 | |||||
| Blessed William Harrington | 1566 | 1594 | ||||
| Henry Walpole | 1558 | 1595 | ||||
| Philip Howard | 1595 | |||||
| Philip Neri | 1515 | 1595 | ||||
| Robert Southwell | 1561 | 1595 | ||||
| William Freeman | 1595 | |||||
| Blessed Alexander Rawlins | 1595 | |||||
| Blessed William Freeman | 1558 | 1595 | ||||
| Blesseds George Errington | 1596 | |||||
| Anthony Dainan | 1597 | |||||
| Bonaventure of Miako | 1597 | |||||
| Cosmas | 1597 | |||||
| Francis of St. Michael | 1597 | |||||
| James Kisai | 1597 | |||||
| John Soan de Goto | 1597 | |||||
| Leo Karasuma | 1597 | |||||
| Louis Ibarachi | 1585 | 1597 | ||||
| Martin de Aguirre | 1597 | |||||
| Martin Loynaz of the Ascension | 1597 | |||||
| Matthias of Meako | 1597 | |||||
| Michael Kozaki | 1597 | |||||
| Paulo Miki, priest and martyr, and Companions | 1565 | 1597 | ||||
| Peter Baptist | 1597 | |||||
| Peter Canisius | 1521 | 1597 | ||||
| Peter Shukeshiko | 1597 | |||||
| Peter Sukejiro | 1597 | |||||
| Philip of Jesus | 1597 | |||||
| Thomas Danki | 1597 | |||||
| Thomas Kozaki | 1597 | |||||
| Blessed Henry Abbot | 1597 | |||||
| Blessed Joseph of Anchieta | 1534 | 1597 | ||||
| Blessed Paul of Saint Mary | 1597 | |||||
| Blessed Edward Fulthrop | 1597 | |||||
| Blessed Thomas Warcop | 1597 | |||||
| Blessed William Andleby | 1597 | |||||
| John Jones/Buckley | 1598 | |||||
| Blessed Christopher Robinson | 1598 | |||||
| Blesseds Peter Snow and Ralph Grimston | 1598 | |||||
| Blessed Christopher Wharton | 1600 | |||||
| Blessed Edward Thwing (Thweng) | 1565 | 1600 | ||||
| Blessed John Grande | 1546 | 1600 | ||||
| John Rigby | 1600 | |||||
| Blessed Robert Nutter | 1557 | 1600 | ||||
| Blessed Sebastian Aparicio | 1600 | |||||
| Blesseds Thomas Hunt and Thomas Sprott | 1600 | |||||
| Blessed Thomas Palasor | 1600 | |||||
| Blessed John Talbot | 1600 |