List of Saints: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Clarified that the list is not exhaustive. Dec 15, 2025
Added Venezuelan saints. Dec 15, 2025
Added several saints. Nov 12, 2025
Added St. Caesarius of Terracina. Sep 10, 2025
Added Carlo Acutis. Sep 07, 2025
Added several more saints. Apr 07, 2025
Media added. Apr 07, 2025
Added St. Josephine Bakhita. Jan 17, 2023
Added two of the Canadian Martyrs. Jan 20, 2022
Added St. Claude La Colombière. Feb 18, 2021
Added St. Katharine Drexel and St. Mother Théodore Guérin. Sep 10, 2020
Added St. Gregory of Tours to Gaulish saints. May 22, 2020
Added St. Óscar Romero. Aug 07, 2019
List expanded. Oct 05, 2016
List expanded. Sep 30, 2016
New article added. Jun 15, 2016
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