List of people beatified by Pope Benedict XVI explained

Pope Benedict XVI beatified 870 people. The names listed below are from the Vatican website and are listed by year, then date. The locations given are the locations of the beatification ceremonies, not necessarily the birthplaces or homelands of the beatified.

2005

No.NameDate of BeatificationPlace of BeatificationFeast Day
1.Marianne Cope14 May 2005Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican CityJanuary 23
2.Ascensión Nicol GoñiFebruary 24
3.Władysław Findysz19 June 2005Warsaw, PolandAugust 23
4.Ignacy KłopotowskiSeptember 7
5.Bronisław MarkiewiczJanuary 29
6.Clemens August Graf von Galen9 October 2005Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican CityMarch 22
7.Ángela Ginard Martí29 October 2005August 26
8.Joseph Tàpies Sirvant & 6 CompanionsAugust 13
9.Eurosia Fabris6 November 2005Vicenza, ItalyJanuary 8
10.Charles de Foucauld13 November 2005Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican CityDecember 1
11.Maria Crocifissa CurcioJuly 4
12.Maria Pia MastenaJune 28
13.Anacleto González Flores & 7 Companions20 November 2005Guadalajara, Jalisco, MexicoNovember 20
14.José Trinidad Rangel Montaño & 2 Companions
15.José Sánchez del RíoFebruary 10
16.Darío Acosta ZuritaJuly 25

2006

No.NameDate of BeatificationPlace of Beatification Feast Day
1.Teodora Fracasso18 March 2006Bari, ItalyMay 29
2.Luigi Biraghi30 April 2006Milan, ItalyMay 28
3.Luigi MonzaSeptember 29
4.Thevarparampil KunjachanRamapuram, Kerala, IndiaOctober 16
5.Maria Teresa of St. Joseph13 May 2006Roermond, Limburg, NetherlandsOctober 30
6.Maria Grazia Tarallo14 May 2006Naples, ItalyJuly 27
7.Rita Lopes de Almeida28 May 2006Viseu, PortugalSeptember 24
8.Eustáquio van Lieshout15 June 2006Belo Horizonte, BrazilAugust 30
9.Mosè Tovini17 September 2006Brescia, ItalyJanuary 28
10.Sára SalkaháziBudapest, HungaryDecember 27
11.Maria Scrilli8 October 2006Fiesole, ItalyNovember 14
12.María Pilar López de Maturana Ortiz de Zárate22 October 2006Bilbao, SpainJuly 23
13.Paul Joseph NardiniSpeyer, GermanyJanuary 27
14.Mariano de la Mata5 November 2006São Paulo, BrazilApril 5
15.Euphrasia Eluvathingal3 December 2006Kerala, IndiaAugust 30

2007

No.NameDate of BeatificationPlace of Beatification Feast Day
1.Luigi Boccardo14 April 2007Turin, ItalyJune 9
2.Costanza Starace15 April 2007Naples, ItalySeptember 5
3.Francesco Spoto21 April 2007Palermo, Sicily, ItalyDecember 27
4.Bruna Pellesi29 April 2007Rimini, ItalyDecember 1
5.María del Carmen González-Ramos García-Prieto de Muñoz6 May 2007Málaga, SpainNovember 9
6.Carlo Liviero27 May 2007Città di Castello, ItalyJuly 7
7.Basile Moreau15 September 2007Le Mans, FranceJanuary 20
8.Jeanne-Germaine Castang16 September 2007Bordeaux, Gironde, FranceMay 30
9.Stanislaus PapczyńskiLicheń Stary, PolandSeptember 17
10.Maria Merkert30 September 2007Nysa, PolandNovember 14
11.Albertina Berkenbrock20 October 2007Tubarão, BrazilJune 15
12.Manuel Gómez González21 October 2007Frederico Westphalen, BrazilMay 21
13.Adílio Daronch
14.Franz Jägerstätter26 October 2007Linz, Austria
15.Celine Borzecka27 October 2007Rome, ItalyOctober 26
16.498 Spanish Martyrs28 October 2007Saint Peter's Square, Vatican CityNovember 6
17.Ceferino Namuncurá11 November 2007Chimpay, Río Negro, ArgentinaAugust 26
18.Antonio Rosmini18 November 2007Novara, ItalyJuly 1
19.Lindalva Justo de Oliveira2 December 2007Salvador, Bahia, BrazilJanuary 7

2008

No.NameDate of BeatificationPlace of Beatification Feast Day
1.Giuseppina Nicoli3 February 2008Cagliari, ItalyFebruary 3
2.Maria Anna Donati30 March 2008Florence, ItalyMarch 18
3.Candlemas of San José27 April 2008Caracas, VenezuelaFebruary 1
4.Caterina Sordini3 May 2008Rome, ItalyApril 29
5.Margaretha Flesch4 May 2008Trier, GermanyJune 19
6.Marta Anna Wiecka24 May 2008Lviv, UkraineMay 30
7.Giuseppina Catanea1 June 2008Naples, ItalyJune 26
8.Khalīl al-Haddād22 June 2008Beirut, Lebanon
9.Hendrina Stenmanns29 June 2008Limburg, NetherlandsMay 20
9.Luigia Poloni21 September 2008Verona, ItalyNovember 11
September 10
10.Michael Sopocko28 September 2008Białystok, PolandFebruary 15
11.Francesco Bonifacio4 October 2008Trieste, ItalySeptember 11
12.Francesco PianzolaVigevano, Pavia, ItalyJune 4
13.Louis Martin19 October 2008Lisieux, FranceJuly 12
14.Marie-Azélie Guérin Martin
15.Petrus Kibe Kasui & 187 Companions24 November 2008Nagasaki, JapanJuly 1
16.José Olallo Valdés29 November 2008Camagüey, CubaMarch 7

2009

No.NameDate of BeatificationPlace of Beatification Feast Day
1.Raphaël Rafiringa7 June 2009Antananarivo, MadagascarMay 19
2.Émilie de Villeneuve5 July 2009Castres, FranceOctober 2
3.Joseph Kugler4 October 2009Regensburg, GermanyJune 10
4.Ciriaco María Sancha y Hervás18 October 2009Toledo, SpainFebruary 25
5.Carlo Gnocchi25 October 2009Milan, ItalyOctober 25
6.Zoltán Meszlényi31 October 2009Budapest, HungaryMarch 4
7.Marie-Alphonsine Danil Ghattas22 November 2009Nazareth, IsraelMarch 25

2010

No.NameDate of BeatificationPlace of Beatification Feast Day
1.Josep Samsó Elías23 January 2010Barcelona, SpainSeptember 1
2.Bernardo de Hoyos18 April 2010Valladolid, SpainNovember 29
3.Angelo Paoli25 April 2010Rome, ItalyJanuary 20
4.Josep Tous SolerBarcelona, SpainMay 27
5.Teresa Manganiello22 May 2010Benevento, ItalyNovember 4
6.Maria Pierina30 May 2010Rome, ItalyJuly 26
7.Jerzy Popiełuszko6 June 2010Warsaw, PolandOctober 19
8.Manuel Lozano Garrido12 June 2010Linares, Jaén, SpainNovember 3
9.Lojze Grozde13 June 2010Celje, SloveniaMay 27
10.Stephen Nehmé27 June 2010Kfifan, LebanonAugust 30
11.Leopold of Alpandeire12 September 2010Armilla, SpainFebruary 9
12.María de la Purísima Salvat Romero18 September 2010Seville, SpainSeptember 18
13.John Henry Newman19 September 2010Birmingham, EnglandOctober 9
14.Gerhard HirschfelderMünster, GermanyAugust 2
15.Chiara Badano25 September 2010Rome, ItalyOctober 29
16.Anna Maria Adorni Botti3 October 2010Parma, ItalyFebruary 7
17.Alfonsa Clerici23 October 2010Vercelli, ItalyJanuary 14
18.Szilárd Bogdánffy30 October 2010Oradea, RomaniaOctober 3
19.Barbara Maix6 November 2010Porto Alegre, BrazilMarch 17

2011

No.NameDate of BeatificationPlace of Beatification Feast Day
1.Pope John Paul II1 May 2011Saint Peter's Square, Vatican CityOctober 22
2.Giustino Russolillo7 May 2011Naples, ItalyAugust 2
3.Georg Häfner15 May 2011Würzburg, GermanyAugust 20
4.Maria Clara of the Child Jesus21 May 2011Lisbon, PortugalDecember 1
5.Irmã Dulce Pontes22 May 2011Salvador, Bahia, BrazilAugust 13
6.Clotilde Micheli28 May 2011Faicchio, Benevento, ItalyMarch 24
7.Juan de Palafox y Mendoza5 June 2011El Burgo de Osma, Soria, SpainOctober 1
8.Alojs Andritzki13 June 2011Dresden, GermanyFebruary 3
9.Marguerite Rutan19 June 2011Dax, Landes, FranceJune 26
10.Johannes Prassek25 June 2011Lübeck, GermanyNovember 10
11.Eduard Müller
12.Hermann Lange
13.Serafino Morazzone26 June 2011Milan, ItalyApril 13
14.Enrichetta AlfieriNovember 23
15.June 15
16.János Scheffler3 July 2011Satu Mare, RomaniaDecember 6
17.Elena Aiello14 September 2011Cosenza, ItalyJune 19
18.Francesco Paleari17 September 2011Turin, ItalyMay 7
19.Maria Jula Ivanišević & 4 Companions24 September 2011Sarajevo, Bosnia and HerzegovinaDecember 15
20.Antonia Maria Verna2 October 2011Ivrea, Turin, ItalyJune 12
21.Anna Maria Janer Anglarill8 October 2011Urgell, Lleida, SpainJanuary 11
22.María Catalina Irigoyen Echegaray29 October 2011Madrid, SpainOctober 10
23.Carl Lampert13 November 2011Dornbirn, Vorarlberg, AustriaNovember 13
24.Francisco Esteban Lacal & 21 Companions17 December 2011Madrid, SpainNovember 28

2012

No.NameDate of BeatificationPlace of Beatification Feast Day
1.Hildegard Burjan29 January 2012Vienna, AustriaJune 12
2.Manuela de Jesús Arias Espinosa21 April 2012Mexico City, MexicoJuly 22
3.Giuseppe Toniolo29 April 2012Rome, ItalyOctober 7
4.Coutances, FranceOctober 13
5.Marie-Louise-Élisabeth de Lamoignon de Molé de Champlâtreux27 May 2012Vannes, Morbihan, FranceMarch 4
6.Alcide-Vital Lataste3 June 2012Besançon, FranceSeptember 5
7.Cecilia Eusepi17 June 2012Nepi, Viterbo, ItalyOctober 1
8.Mariano Arciero24 June 2012Terme, ItalyFebruary 16
9.Louis Brisson22 September 2012Troyes, FranceFebruary 2
10.Gabriele Allegra29 September 2012Catania, Sicily, ItalyJanuary 26
11.Bedřich Bachstein & 13 Companions13 October 2012Prague, Czech RepublicFebruary 15
12.Gertrude Prosperi10 November 2012Perugia, ItalySeptember 12
13.María Angélica Pérez17 November 2012Buenos Aires, ArgentinaMay 20
14.Maria Troncatti24 November 2012Macas, Morona-Santiago, EcuadorAugust 25
15.Devasahayam Pillai2 December 2012Tamil Nadu, Nagercoil, IndiaJanuary 14

Notes

Later canonized on 21 October 2012.

Later canonized on 27 April 2014.

Later canonized on 23 November 2014.

Later canonized on 17 May 2015.

Later canonized on 18 October 2015.

Later canonized on 5 June 2016.

Later canonized on 16 October 2016.

Later canonized on 13 October 2019.

Later canonized on 15 May 2022.

To be canonized in 2025.

See also