Chronological list of saints and blesseds in the 16th century

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 [1]	1464		1505
Blessed Ladislaus of Gielniow	1440		1505
Blessed Margaret of Ravenna	1442		1505
Blessed Osanna of Mantua [2]	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 [3]			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
		Beginning of Protestant Reformation
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 [4]	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 [5]	1470		1540
Blessed Carthusian Martyrs [6]			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 [7]	1476		1544
Blesseds John Larke			1544
Blessed Peter Favre	1506		1546
Cajetan [8]	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 [9]			1572
James Lacop			1572
John of Cologne [10]			1572
John of Osterwick			1572
Leonard Wegel (Veckel, Wickel)			1572
Martyrs of Gorkum [9]			1572
Nicasius Jonson			1572
Nicholas Pieck [9]			1572
Nicholas Poppel			1572
Peter of Asche (Peter van Asche)			1572
Pius V	1504		1572		pope
Theodoric of Emden			1572
Willehad of Denmark [9]	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 [11]	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 [12]	1540		1584
Blessed John Finch			1584
Blessed John Munden	1543		1584
Blessed John Nutter			1584
Blessed Margaret (Eleanor) Ball [13]			1584
Blessed Thomas Hemerford [12]			1584
Blessed William Carter	1548		1584
Blessed Hugh Taylor	1560		1585
Blessed Marmaduke Bowes			1585
Blessed Maurice MacKenraghty [14]			1585
Blessed Thomas Alfield			1585
Margaret Clitherow [15][16]	1555		1586
Blessed Edward Stransham	1557		1586
Blessed John Adams	1543		1586
Blessed John Sandys			1586
Blessed Nicholas Woodfen (Wheeler) [17]			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 [18]	1513		1587
Blessed Bernard Scammacca	1430		1587
Blessed George Douglas			1587
Blessed John Hambley	1560		1587
Margaret Ward			1588
Ralph Crockett ",[19]			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) [20]			1588
Blessed William Dean			1588
Blessed William Guntei			1588
Blessed William Hartley			1588
Blessed William Way			1588
Benedict the Black (Benedict the Moor) [21][22]	1526		1589
Catherine de Ricci [23]	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 [24][25]	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 [26]	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 [27][28]	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 [29]			1597
Bonaventure of Miako [29]			1597
Cosmas			1597
Francis of St. Michael [29]			1597
James Kisai [30][31]			1597
John Soan de Goto [29]			1597
Leo Karasuma [29]			1597
Louis Ibarachi [29]	1585		1597
Martin de Aguirre [29]			1597
Martin Loynaz of the Ascension [29]			1597
Matthias of Meako [29]			1597
Michael Kozaki [29]			1597
Paulo Miki, priest and martyr, and Companions	1565		1597
Peter Baptist [29]			1597
Peter Canisius [32]	1521		1597
Peter Shukeshiko			1597
Peter Sukejiro [29]			1597
Philip of Jesus			1597
Thomas Danki			1597
Thomas Kozaki [29]			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 [33]			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

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