Among the most beautiful and powerful moments of any celebration of the Easter Vigil is the singing of the Litany of Saints as those to be baptized process to the baptismal font. With that in mind, and with the beatification of Blessed John Paul II about to take place in Rome on May 1, The Tidings this week presents a list of the 483 saints whom the Polish pope himself canonized (and a few of the 1,337 he beatified) in the 26 years of his pontificate.

Canonizations:
June 20, 1982: Crispin of Viterbo (1668-1750).

October 10, 1982: Maximilian Maria Kolbe, OFM (1894-1941).

October 31, 1982: Marguerite Bourgeoys (1620-1700); Jeanne Delanoue (1666-1736).

October 16, 1983: Leopold Mandic (1866-1942).

March 11, 1984: Paula Frassinetti (1809-1882).

May 6, 1984: Andrew Kim and 102 Companions, Martyrs of Korea.

October 21, 1984: Miguel Febres Cordero (1854-1910).

April 13, 1986: Francis Anthony Fasani (1681-1742).

October 12, 1986: Giuseppe Maria Tomasi (1649-1713).

October 18, 1987: Lawrence Ruiz (+1637); Dominic Ibáñez de Erquicia, OP (1589-1633); James Kyushei Tomonaga, OP, and 13 Philippine Companions.

October 25, 1987: Giuseppe Moscati (1880-1927).

May 16, 1988: Martyrs of Paraguay: Roque González de Santa Cruz (1576-1628); Alfonso Rodríguez (+1628); Juan de Castillo, SJ (1596-1628).

June 11, 1988: Eustochia Smeraldo Calafato (1434-1485).

June 19, 1988: 117 Martyrs of Vietnam (+1745-1862).

July 3, 1988: Simón de Rojas, O.SS. (1552-1624); Rose-Philippine Duchesne (1769-1852).

October 2, 1988: Magdalen of Canossa (1774-1835).

December 11, 1988: Maria Rosa Molas y Vallvé (1815-1876).

April 9, 1989: Clelia Barbieri (1847-1870).

November 1, 1989: Gaspar Bertoni (1777-1853); Richard Pampuri, OH (1897-1930).

November 12, 1989: Agnes of Bohemia (1211-1282); Brother Albert of Krakow (Adam Chmielowski, 1845-1916).

December 10, 1989: Mutien-Marie Wiaux, FSC (1841-1917).

December 9, 1990: Marguerite d'Youville (1701-1771).

November 17, 1991: Raphael Kalinowski, OCD (1835-1907)

May 31, 1992: Claude La Colombière, SJ (1641-1682).

October 11, 1992: Ezequiel Moreno y Díaz (1848-1906).

March 21, 1993: Mary of St. Ignatius (Claudine Thévenet) (1774-1837); Sister Teresa de Jesus "de los Andes" (Juana Fernández Solar) (1900-1920).

June 16, 1993: Enrique de Ossó y Cercelló (1840-1896).

September 8, 1993: Saint Meinardo (1134/36-1196).

May 21, 1995: Jan Sarkander (1576-1620); Zdislava of Lemberk (1220-1252).

July 2, 1995: Martyrs of Kosice (+1619): Marek Krizin (1588-1619); Stefan Pongracz (1582-1609); Melichar Grodziecki, SJ (1584-1619).

December 3, 1995: Eugene de Mazenod (1782-1861).

June 2, 1996: Jean-Gabriel Perboyre (1802-1840); Egidio Maria of Saint Joseph (Francis Anthony Postillo) (1729-1812); Juan Grande Román, O.H. (1546-1600).

June 8, 1997: Hedwig, queen of Poland (1374-1399).

June 10, 1997: John of Dukla (1414-1484).

October 11, 1998: Sister Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein) (1891-1942).

April 18, 1999: Marcellin Joseph Benoît Champagnat (1789-1840); John Calabria (1873-1954); Agostina Livia Pietrantoni (1864-1894).

June 16, 1999: Sister Kunegunda Kinga (1234-1292).

November 21, 1999: Brother Cyrill Bertrán and 8 Companions (+1934); Inocencio de la Inmaculada (+1937); Benedict Menni, OH (1841-1914); Thomas of Cori, OFM (1655-1729).

April 30, 2000: Mary Faustina Kowalska (1905-1938).

May 21, 2000: Cristóbal Magallanes Jara (1869-1927); Román Adame Rosales; Rodrigo Aguilar Aleman; Julio Álvarez Mendoza; Luis Batis Sáinz; Agustín Caloca Cortés; Mateo Correa Megallanes; Atilano Cruz Alvarado; Miguel De La Mora De La Mora; Pedro Esqueda Ramírez; Margarito Flores García; José Isabel Flores Varela; David Galván Bermudes; Salvador Lara Puente; Pedro de Jesús Maldonado Lucero; Jesús Méndez Montoya; Manuel Morales; Justino Orona Madrigal; Sabas Reyes Salazar; José María Robles Hurtado; David Roldán Lara; Toribio Romo González; Jenaro Sánchez Delgadillo; Tranquilino Ubiarco Robles; David Uribe Velasco; José Maria de Yermo y Parres (1851-1904); María de Jesús Sacramentado Venegas (1868-1959).

October 1, 2000: Augustine Chao (+1815) and 119 companions, Martyrs of China; María Josefa of the Heart of Jesus Sancho de Guerra (1842-1912); Katharine Drexel (1858-1955); Josephine Bakhita (1869-1947).

June 10, 2001: Luigi Scrosoppi (1804-1884); Agostino Roscelli (1818-1902); Bernard of Corleone (1605-1667); Teresa Eustochio Verzeri (1801-1852); Rafqa Pietra Choboq Ar-Rayès (1832-1914).

November 25, 2001: Joseph Marello (1844-1895); Paula Montal Fornés de San José de Calasanz (1799-1889); Léonie Françoise de Sales Aviat (1844-1914)

Maria Crescentia Höss (1682-1744).

May 19, 2002: Alphonsus de Orozco, OSA (1500-1591); Ignatius of Santhià, OFM Cap (1686-1770); Humilis of Bisignano, OFM (Luke Anthony Pirozzo, 1582-1637); Pauline of the Heart of Jesus in Agony (Pauline Amabilis Visenteiner, (1865-1942); Benedicta Cambiagio Frassinello (1791-1858).

June 16, 2002: Padre Pio da Pietrelcina, OFMCap (Francisco Forgione) (1887-1968).

July 30, 2002: Pedro de San José de Betancourt (1887-1968).

July 31, 2002: Juan Diego Cuauhtlatohuac (1474-1548).

October 6, 2002: Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer (1902-1975).

May 4, 2003: Father Pedro Poveda Castroverde (1874-1936); Father Jose Maria Rubio y Peralta, SJ (1864-1922); Genoveva Torres Morales (1870-1956); Angela of the Cross (Maria Guerrero Gonzalez) (1846-1931); Maria Maravaillas de Jesus Pidal y Chico de Guzman (1891-1974).

May 18, 2003: Bishop Joseph Sebastian Pelczar (1842-1924); Ursula Ledochowska (1865-1939); Maria de Mattias (1805-1866); Virginia Centurione Bracelli (1587-1651).

October 5, 2003: Bishop Daniele Comboni (1831-1881); Father Arnold Janssen (1837-1909); Father Joseph Freinademetz, SVD (1851-1908).

May 16, 2004: Father Luigi Orione; Gianna Beretta Molla; Jose Manyanet Vives; Nimatullah Kassab al-Hardini; Paola Busecchi-Tassis; Annibale Maria de Francia.

Notable Beatifications
June 22, 1980: Kateri Tekakwitha.

May 23, 1982: Brother André Bessette.

October 3, 1982: Marie of the Cross (Jeanne Jugan).

September 25, 1988: Father Junípero Serra.

August 22, 1997: Frederick Ozanam.

October 25, 1998: Mother Theodore (Anna Théresè Guérin).

September 3, 2000: Pope Pius IX (Giovanni Maria Mastai Ferretti); Pope John XXIII (Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli).

October 20, 2003: Mother Teresa of Calcutta.

This article is from "John Paul II: A Light for the World," edited by Sister Mary Ann Walsh, RSM. © 2003 United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Inc., published by Sheed & Ward. All rights reserved. For more information on this publication, go to www.popebook.com. Updated with information from Vatican Information Service and Catholic News Service.