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{{short description|Spirit unofficially recognized by a group of people}}{{More citations needed|date=March 2025}}[[File:Gauchito Gil and San La Muerte.jpg|300px|thumb|[Gauchito Gil](/source/Gauchito_Gil) (left) and [San La Muerte](/source/San_La_Muerte) (right), two examples of [Argentine](/source/Argentina) folk saints]]
'''Folk saints''' are dead people or other spiritually powerful entities (such as indigenous spirits) venerated as [saint](/source/saint)s, but not officially [canonized](/source/canonization). Since they are saints of the "folk", or the ''populus'', they are also called '''popular saints'''. Like officially recognized saints, folk saints are considered [intercessors](/source/intercession) with [God](/source/God), but many are also understood to act directly in the lives of their devotees.
Frequently, their actions in life, as well as in death, distinguish folk saints from their canonized counterparts: official doctrine would consider many of them [sin](/source/sin)ners and [false idol](/source/false_idol)s. Their ranks are filled by [folk healer](/source/folk_healer)s, indigenous spirits, and [folk hero](/source/folk_hero)es. Folk saints occur throughout the [Catholic](/source/Catholicism) world, and they are especially popular in [Latin America](/source/Latin_America), where most have small followings; a few are celebrated at the national or even international level.
==Origins==
In the pre-Christian [Abrahamic tradition](/source/Abrahamic_religions), the [prophet](/source/prophet)s and holy people who were honored with [shrine](/source/shrine)s were identified by popular acclaim rather than official designation. In fact, the [Islam](/source/Islam)ic [counterparts of the Christian saints](/source/Wali), associated most closely with [Sufism](/source/Sufism), are still identified this way.[Michael Frishkopf. (2001). "Changing Modalities in the Globalization of Islamic Saint Veneration and Mysticism: Sidi Ibrahim al-Dasuqi, Shaykh Muhammad 'Uthman al-Burhani, and the Sufi Orders," ''Religious Studies and Theology'' 20(1):1] Early Christians followed in the same tradition when they visited the shrines of [martyr](/source/martyr)s to ask for intercession with God.
Thus, there is a long tradition for the veneration of unofficial saints, and modern folk saints continue to reach popularity in much the same way as ever. Tales of [miracle](/source/miracle)s or [good works](/source/good_works) performed during the person's life are spread by word of mouth, and, according to [anthropologist](/source/anthropologist) Octavio Ignacio Romano, "if exceptional fame is achieved, it may happen that after his [or her] death the same cycle of stories told during life will continue to be repeated."[Octavio Ignacio Romano V. (1965). "Charismatic Medicine, Folk-Healing, and Folk Sainthood," ''American Anthropologist'' 67(5):1151–1173. p. 1157.] Popularity is likely to increase if new miracles continue to be reported after death. Hispanic studies professor Frank Graziano explains:
[M]any folk devotions begin through the clouding of the distinction between praying ''for'' and praying ''to'' a recently deceased person. If several family members and friends pray at someone's tomb, perhaps lighting candles and leaving offerings, their actions arouse the curiosity of others. Some give it a try—the ''for'' and the ''to'' begin intermingling—because the frequent visits to the tomb suggest that the soul of its occupant may be miraculous. As soon as miracles are announced, often by family members and friends, newcomers arrive to send up prayers, now ''to'' the miraculous soul, with the hope of having their requests granted.[{{cite book|last=Graziano|first=Frank|title=Cultures of Devotion: Folk Saints of Spanish America|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=Oxford|year=2006|pages=9–10}}]
This initial rise to fame follows much the same trajectory as that of the official saints. Professor of Spanish Kathleen Ann Myers writes that [Rose of Lima](/source/Rose_of_Lima), the first canonized American saint, attracted "mass veneration beginning almost at the moment of the mystic's death." Crowds of people appeared at her funeral, where some even cut off pieces of her clothing to keep as relics. A lay religious movement quickly developed with Rosa de Lima at the center but she was not officially canonized until half of a century later.[Kathleen Ann Myers. 2003. ''Neither Saints Nor Sinners: Writing the Lives of Women in Spanish America.'' Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 23.] In the meantime, she was essentially a folk saint.
As the Church spread, it became more influential in regions that celebrated [deities](/source/deity) and heroes that were not part of Catholic tradition. Many of those figures were incorporated into a local variety of Catholicism: the ranks of official saints then came to include a number of non-Catholics or even fictional persons. Church leaders made an effort in 1969 to purge such figures from the official list of saints, though at least some probably remain. Many folk saints have their origins in this same mixing of Catholic traditions and local cultural and religious traditions. To distinguish canonized saints from folk saints, the latter are sometimes called ''animas'' or "spirits" instead of saints.
==Local character==
Folk saints tend to come from the same communities as their followers. In [death](/source/death), they are said to continue as active members of their [communities](/source/community), remaining embedded within a system of [reciprocity](/source/reciprocity_(social_and_political_philosophy)) that reaches beyond the grave. Devotees offer prayers to the folk saints and present them with offerings, and folk saints repay the favors by dispensing small miracles. Many folk saints inhabit marginalized communities, the needs of which are more worldly than others; they therefore frequently act in a more worldly, more [pragmatic](/source/pragmatism), less [dogma](/source/dogma)tic fashion than their official counterparts.[{{cite book|last= Griffith|first=James S.|title=Folk Saints of the Borderlands: Victims, Bandits & Healers|publisher=Rio Nuevo Publishers|location=Tucson|year=2003|pages=152}}] Devotion to folk saints, then, frequently takes on a distinctly local character, a result of the [syncretic](/source/syncretism) mixing of traditions and the particular needs of the community.
The contrast between the manner in which [Latin America](/source/Latin_America)n and [Europe](/source/Europe)an folk saints are said to intercede in the lives of their followers provides a good illustration. In Western Europe, writes anthropologist and religious historian William A. Christian, "the more pervasive influence of scientific [medicine](/source/medicine), the comparative stability of [Western Europe](/source/Western_Europe)an [government](/source/government)s and above all, the more effective presence of the institutional Church" have meant that unofficial holy people generally work within established doctrine. Latin American holy persons, on the other hand, often stray much further from official canon. Whereas European folk saints serve merely as messengers of the divine, their Latin American counterparts frequently act directly in the lives of their devotees.[William A Christian Jr. (1973) "Holy People in Peasant Europe," ''Comparative Studies in Society and History'' 15(1):106-114. p. 106]
During the [Counter-Reformation](/source/Counter-Reformation) in Europe, the [Council of Trent](/source/Council_of_Trent) released a decree "On the Invocation, Veneration, and Relics, of Saints, and on Sacred Images", which explained that, in Roman Catholic [doctrine](/source/doctrine), [images](/source/icon) and [relic](/source/relic)s of the saints are to be used by [worship](/source/worship)ers to help them contemplate the saints and the virtues that they represent but that those images and relics do not actually embody the saints. In the same way, folk saints in Europe are seen as intermediaries between penitents and the divine but are not considered powerful in and of themselves. A shrine may be built "that becomes the location for the fulfillment of the [village](/source/village)'s calendrical obligations and critical supplications to the shrine image—the village's divine protector," Christian writes, but "in this context the shrine image and the site of its location are of prime importance; the seer merely introduces it, and is not himself or herself the focal point of the worship."[Christian, p. 107]
In [pre-Columbian](/source/pre-Columbian) [Mesoamerica](/source/Mesoamerica)n tradition, on the other hand, representation meant embodiment of these holy figures rather than mere resemblance, as it did in Europe.[Lois Parkinson Zamora. 2006. ''The Inordinate Eye: New World Baroque and Latin American Fiction.'' Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.] Thus, pre-Hispanic Mexican and Central American images were understood to actually take on the character and spirit of the deities they represented, a perspective that was considered [idolatry](/source/idolatry) by European Catholics. As the inheritors of this tradition, folk saints of the region often are seen to act directly in the lives of their devotees rather than serving as mere intermediaries, and they are themselves venerated. Visitors frequently treat the representations of folk saints as real people, observing proper [etiquette](/source/etiquette) for speaking to a socially superior person or to a [friend](/source/Friendship) depending on the spirit's disposition—shaking hands, or offering it a cigarette or a drink.
The popularity of a particular folk saint also depends on the changing dynamics and needs of the community over time. The popular devotion to [Yevgeny Rodionov](/source/Yevgeny_Rodionov) provides an example. Rodionov was a Russian soldier who was killed by rebels in [Chechnya](/source/Chechnya) after he reportedly refused to renounce his religion or remove a cross he wore around his neck. He is not recognized by the [Russian Orthodox Church](/source/Russian_Orthodox_Church) as an official saint; yet, within a few years of his death, he had gained a popular following: his image appeared in homes and churches around Russia, his hometown started drawing [pilgrim](/source/pilgrim)s, and he began to receive prayers and requests for intercession. Rodionov became a favorite folk saint for soldiers and came to represent Russian nationalism at a time of conflict when the country was still reeling from the dissolution of the Soviet Union. As one journalist observed in 2003, his death and transition into the role of a folk saint served "to fill a nationalist hunger for popular heroes" when heroes were sorely needed.["[https://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/21/international/europe/21MART.html From Village Boy to Soldier, Martyr and, Many Say, Saint]" ''The New York Times'', November 21, 2003.]
==Devotions==
A devotee might visit the shrine of a folk saint for any number of reasons, including general requests for good health and [good luck](/source/good_luck), the lifting of a [curse](/source/curse), or protection on the road, but most folk saints have specialties for which their help is sought. [Difunta Correa](/source/Difunta_Correa), for example, specializes in helping her followers acquire new [home](/source/home)s and [business](/source/business)es. Juan Bautista Morillo helps [gambler](/source/gambler)s in [Venezuela](/source/Venezuela),{{citation needed|date=March 2025}} and [Juan Soldado](/source/Juan_Soldado) watches over [border crossing](/source/border_crossing)s between [Mexico](/source/Mexico) and the [United States](/source/United_States).[{{Cite web |last=Watson |first=Julie |date=2001-12-16 |title=Residents along U.S.-Mexican border find strength in local folk saints |url=https://www.latinamericanstudies.org/religion/juan-soldado.htm |access-date=2025-03-24 |website=www.latinamericanstudies.org |publisher=The Miami Herald}}] This practice is not so different from that of canonized saints—[St. Benedict](/source/Benedict_of_Nursia), for example, is the patron saint of [agricultural](/source/agriculture) workers—but it would be hard to find a canonized saint to look after [narcotics traffickers](/source/Illegal_drug_trade), as does [Jesús Malverde](/source/Jes%C3%BAs_Malverde). In fact, a number of folk saints attract devotees precisely because they respond to requests that the official saints are unlikely to answer. As Griffith writes, "One needs ask for help where the help is likely to be effective."[Griffith p. 19.] So long as followers come before them with faith and perform the proper devotions, some folk saints are as willing to place a curse on a person as to lift one.{{citation needed|date=March 2025}}
An offering to a folk saint might include the same [votive candle](/source/votive_candle)s and [ex-voto](/source/ex-voto)s (tributes of thanks) left at the shrines to canonized saints, but they also frequently include other items that reflect something of the spirit's former life or personality. Thus, Difunta Correa, who died of thirst, is given [bottles of water](/source/bottled_water); [Maximón](/source/Maxim%C3%B3n) and the spirit of [Pancho Villa](/source/Pancho_Villa) are both offered [cigarette](/source/cigarette)s and [alcohol](/source/alcoholic_beverage); [teddy bear](/source/teddy_bear)s and [toy](/source/toy)s are left at the tomb of a little boy called Carlitos in a [cemetery](/source/cemetery) in [Hermosillo](/source/Hermosillo), Mexico. Likewise, prayers to folk saints are often paired with or incorporate aspects of the [Rosary](/source/Rosary) but (as with many canonized saints) special petitions have been composed for many of them, each prayer evoking the particular characteristics of the saint being addressed. Other local or regional idiosyncrasies also creep in. In parts of Mexico and Central America, for example, the aromatic resin [copal](/source/copal) is burned for the more syncretic spirits like Maximón, a practice that has its roots in the offerings made to indigenous deities.
As long as the spirits come through for their followers, devotees will return. [Word of mouth](/source/Rumor) spreads news of cures and good fortune, and particularly responsive spirits are likely to gain a large following. Not all remain popular however, as in the case of [Cutubilla](/source/Kakwkylla) whose cult has long since died out. While official saints remain canonized regardless of their popularity, folk saints that lose their devotees through their failure to respond to petitions might fade from memory entirely.
Many folk saints are venerated exclusively in private homes by their devotees. For some devotion merely consists in the veneration of images or statues and the dissemination of prints or holy cards with the saint's image. This is because a folk saint may not have a special public shrine of their own and they are not represented by the institutional Church. Instead devotees usually erect small altars in their houses decorated with images of the saint, candles, flowers and other items. They also place holy cards in their cars or in their pockets to express their devotion and through distributing holy cards. Imagery plays an essential part in the establishing of a folk saint's cult[{{Cite web |last=sheldon |first=Natasha |date=2017-06-22 |title=The Girl in the Iron Mask: The Legend of the Slave Girl, St. Escrava Anastacia |url=https://historycollection.com/girl-iron-mask-legend-st-escrava-anastacia/ |access-date=2023-10-16 |website=History Collection |language=en-US}}] and the maintenance of that devotion.
==Relationship with the Catholic Church==
In areas where the Catholic Church has greater power, it maintains more control over the devotional lives of its members. Thus, in Europe, [folk devotions](/source/Folk_Catholicism) that are encouraged by the Church are quickly institutionalized, while those that are discouraged usually die out or continue only at reduced levels.[Christian pp. 108–109.] For similar reasons, folk saints are more often venerated in poor and marginalized communities than in affluent ones. Nor are folk saints found in shrines to the canonical saints, though the reverse is often true: it is not uncommon for a folk saint's shrine to be decorated with images of other folk saints as well as members of the official Catholic communion. Shrines in the home, too, frequently include official and unofficial saints together. Graziano explains:
Catholicism is not so much abandoned as expanded [by folk practitioners]; it is stretched to encompass exceptional resources. Whereas Catholicism ... defends a distinction between canonical and non-canonical or orthodox and heterodox, folk devotion intermingles these quite naturally and without reserve.[Graziano, p. 29]
Nonetheless, Catholics are generally discouraged from cultivating a devotion to folk saints (owing to a lack of certainty that the said person is in heaven or not or if doubt remains as to whether the person ever existed). In contrast, other folk saints such as San la Muerte and Santa Muerte are outright condemned by the Catholic Church as being evil and abominable.[{{Cite web |last=Pasciuto |first=Greg |date=2023-05-08 |title=La Santa Muerte: Mexico’s Macabre Religion at Odds with the Church |url=https://www.thecollector.com/la-santa-muerte-religion/ |access-date=2024-02-12 |website=TheCollector |language=en}}]
==List of folk saints by country==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Picture
!Name
!Died
!Countries of Devotion
!Shrine
!Patronage
!Notes
|-
|75px
|[Constantina of Rome](/source/Constantina)
|354
|{{flag|Italy}}
|[Santa Costanza](/source/Santa_Costanza), [Via Nomentana](/source/Via_Nomentana), [Rome](/source/Rome), Italy
|Maidens, sick people, people who want to convert to [Catholicism](/source/Catholic_Church)
|Eldest daughter of [Constantine I](/source/Constantine_the_Great), whose conversion took place after allegedly directing prayers to [Saint Agnes](/source/Agnes_of_Rome) and being cured[{{Cite web |title=Constantina (c. 321–c. 354) {{!}} Encyclopedia.com |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/constantina-c-321-c-354 |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=www.encyclopedia.com}}][{{Cite book |title=Women in world history: a biographical encyclopedia |date=1999 |publisher=Yorkin Publications [u.a.] |isbn=978-0-7876-3736-1 |editor-last=Commire |editor-first=Anne |location=Waterford, Conn.}}]
|-
|
|[Lewina](/source/Saint_Lewina)
|7th century
|{{flag|England}}
|St. Leonard's Church, [Seaford, East Sussex](/source/Seaford%2C_East_Sussex), England
|The persecuted, the oppressed, those who suffer unjustly, Seaford, England
|[Romano-British](/source/Romano-British) virgin put to death by [Saxon](/source/Old_Saxons) invaders
|-
|75px
|[Mabyn](/source/Mabyn)
|650
|{{flag|Cornwall}}
|[St Mabyn Parish Church](/source/St_Mabyn_Parish_Church), [St Mabyn](/source/St_Mabyn), [Cornwall](/source/Cornwall), England
|Agriculture, farmers, harvests, protector of livestock, [St Mabyn](/source/St_Mabyn)
|Daughter of King [Brychan](/source/Brychan), sister of [Saint Nectan](/source/Saint_Nectan)
|-
|75px
|[Eadburh of Bicester](/source/Eadburh_of_Bicester)
|650
|{{flag|England}}
|Bicester Priory, [Bicester](/source/Bicester), [Oxfordshire](/source/Oxfordshire), England
|[Women's rights](/source/Women's_rights), women's education, [female empowerment](/source/female_empowerment)
|7th century [Old English](/source/Anglo-Saxon) nun, abbess, daughter of [King Penda of Mercia](/source/King_Penda_of_Mercia)
|-
|
|[Veronus of Lembeek](/source/Veronus_of_Lembeek)
|863
|{{flag|Belgium}}
|Church of Saint Veronus, [Lembeek](/source/Lembeek), Belgium
|[Headaches](/source/Headache), [typhus](/source/typhus), [rheumatism](/source/rheumatism), [fever](/source/fever), [contagious diseases](/source/contagious_diseases), [ulcers](/source/Ulcer), beer and Lembeek
|Son of [Louis the German](/source/Louis_the_German) and twin brother of Verona of Leefdaal
|-
|
|[Verona of Leefdaal](/source/Verona_of_Leefdaal)
|870
|{{flag|Belgium}}
|Chapel of Saint Verona, [Leefdaal](/source/Leefdaal), Belgium
|[Fever](/source/Fever)
|Daughter of Louis the German and twin sister of Veronus of Lembeek
|-
|75px
|[Wigbert](/source/Saint_Wigbert)
|747
|{{flag|Germany}}, {{flag|Netherlands}}, {{flag|England}}
|Wigbertikirche, [Ohrdruf](/source/Ohrdruf), Germany
|Missionaries, farmers, gardeners, [Thuringia](/source/Thuringia), [Ohrdruf](/source/Ohrdruf), [Bad Hersfeld](/source/Bad_Hersfeld)
|[Anglo-Saxon](/source/Anglo-Saxon) [Benedictine](/source/Benedictine) monk, missionary, disciple of [Saint Boniface](/source/Saint_Boniface)
|-
|
|[Alberic of Utrecht](/source/Alberic_I_of_Utrecht)
|784
|{{flag|Netherlands}}
|Dom Church, [Utrecht](/source/Utrecht), Netherlands
|
|Benedictine monk, [bishop of Utrecht](/source/bishop_of_Utrecht)
|-
|75px
|[Ida of Lorraine](/source/Ida_of_Lorraine)
|1113
|{{flag|France}}, {{flag|Belgium}}
|Church of Saint Ida, [Bouillon](/source/Bouillon%2C_Belgium), Belgium
|Protection of women and children, and those seeking charity, and generosity
|Wife of [Count Eustace II](/source/Eustace_II_of_Boulogne), mother of [Eustace III of Boulogne](/source/Eustace_III_of_Boulogne), [Godfrey of Bouillon](/source/Godfrey_of_Bouillon) and [King Baldwin](/source/Baldwin_I_of_Jerusalem); founded several monasteries in Northern France in later life
|-
|
|[Henry of Coquet](/source/Henry_of_Coquet) (''known as'' Saint Henry the Dane)
|1127
|{{flag|England}}
|[Coquet Island](/source/Coquet_Island), [Northumberland](/source/Northumberland), England
|
|[Danish](/source/Danes) hermit who lived in a hermitage on [Coquet Island](/source/Coquet_Island)
|-
|75px
|[William of Norwich](/source/William_of_Norwich)
|1144
|{{flag|England}}
|[Norwich Cathedral](/source/Norwich_Cathedral), [Norwich](/source/Norwich), England
|Adopted children, the falsely accused, torture victims, [Norwich](/source/Norwich)
|[English](/source/English_people) boy whose disappearance and killing was blamed on the Jews
|-
|75px
|[David I King of Scots](/source/David_I_of_Scotland)
|1153
|{{flag|Scotland}}
|[Dunfermline Abbey](/source/Dunfermline_Abbey), [Dunfermline](/source/Dunfermline), Scotland
|The arts, the environment, [Kelso Abbey](/source/Kelso_Abbey), [Dunfermline Abbey](/source/Dunfermline_Abbey), [Scotland](/source/Scotland)
|26th [king of Alba](/source/king_of_Alba), [prince of the Cumbrians](/source/David_I_as_Prince_of_the_Cumbrians); founded several monasteries in Scotland
|-
|75px
|[Harold of Gloucester](/source/Harold_of_Gloucester)
|1168
|{{flag|England}}
|[Gloucester Cathedral](/source/Gloucester_Cathedral), [Gloucester](/source/Gloucester), England
|Kidnapped children, torture victims
|[English](/source/English_people) boy whose murder was allegedly motivated by the [blood libel](/source/blood_libel)
|-
|75px
|[Godric](/source/Saint_Godric)
|1170
|{{flag|England}}
|[Finchale Priory](/source/Finchale_Priory), [County Durham](/source/County_Durham), England
|Fishermen, sailors, [Durham](/source/County_Palatine_of_Durham)
|English hermit, sailor, merchant, and [centenarian](/source/centenarian)
|-
|
|[Niels of Aarhus](/source/Niels_of_Aarhus)
|1180
|{{flag|Denmark}}
|[Aarhus Cathedral](/source/Aarhus_Cathedral), [Aarhus](/source/Aarhus), Denmark
|
|Danish prince who lived an ascetic life; cult extinct by the 18th century
|-
|75px
|[Robert of Bury](/source/Robert_of_Bury)
|1181
|{{flag|England}}
|[Bury St Edmunds Abbey](/source/Bury_St_Edmunds_Abbey), [Bury, Suffolk](/source/Bury%2C_Suffolk), England
|
|English boy who was allegedly kidnapped and [ritually murdered](/source/Blood_libel) by Jews on [Good Friday](/source/Good_Friday); cult suppressed in 1536
|-
|75px
|[Anders of Slagelse](/source/Saint_Anders_of_Slagelse)
(''known as'' Hellig Anders)
|late 12th century
|{{flag|Denmark}}
|[Saint Peter's Church, Slagelse](/source/Saint_Peter's_Church%2C_Slagelse), Denmark
|The arts, [Slagelse](/source/Slagelse)
|12th century parish priest from Slagelse
|-
|75px
|[Robert Flower](/source/Robert_of_Knaresborough)
(''known as'' Robert of Knaresborough)
|1218
|{{flag|England}}
|[St Robert's Cave and Chapel of the Holy Cross](/source/St_Robert's_Cave_and_Chapel_of_the_Holy_Cross), [Knaresborough](/source/Knaresborough), England
|Outcasts, misfits, [Knaresborough](/source/Knaresborough)
|12th century English hermit who lived in a cave
|-
|75px
|[Guðmundur Arason](/source/Gu%C3%B0mundur_Arason)
|1237
|{{flag|Iceland}}
|[Hólar Cathedral](/source/H%C3%B3lar_Cathedral), [Hólar](/source/H%C3%B3lar), Iceland
|[Iceland](/source/Iceland), [Icelanders](/source/Icelanders)
|12th century [bishop of Hólar](/source/bishop_of_H%C3%B3lar)
|-
|75px
|[Theobald of Marly](/source/Theobald_of_Marly)
|1247
|{{flag|France}}, {{flag|Quebec}}
|[Vaux-de-Cernay Abbey](/source/Vaux-de-Cernay_Abbey), [Cernay-la-Ville](/source/Cernay-la-Ville), France
|Farmers, protection against bad weather and crop failure, eye disease, [Oblates of Mary Immaculate](/source/Oblates_of_Mary_Immaculate)
|13th century [French](/source/French_people) knight, [Cistercian](/source/Cistercian) monk, and [abbot](/source/abbot)
|-
|75px
|[Dominic del Val](/source/Dominguito_del_Val)
(''known as'' Dominguito)
|1250
|{{flag|Spain}}
|Dominguito del Val Chapel, [Zaragoza Cathedral](/source/Cathedral_of_the_Savior_of_Zaragoza), [Zaragoza](/source/Zaragoza), Spain
|Altar boys, acolytes, choirboys
|[Aragonese](/source/Aragonese_people) choirboy allegedly murdered in a [blood libel](/source/blood_libel); the veracity of the story of his murder is disputed.
|-
|75px
|[Hugh of Lincoln](/source/Little_Saint_Hugh_of_Lincoln) (''known as'' Little Hugh of Lincoln)
|1255
|{{flag|England}}
|[Lincoln Cathedral](/source/Lincoln_Cathedral), Lincoln, England
|
|English boy allegedly murdered in a [blood libel](/source/blood_libel)
|-
|
|[Guglielma](/source/Guglielma)
(''known as'' Wilhelmina of Bohemia)
|1279 or 1282
|{{flag|Italy}}
|
|The Guglielmites
|Italian noblewoman; self-alleged daughter of [King Ottokar I](/source/Ottokar_I_of_Bohemia); preached a feminized version of Christianity, founded the Guglielmites who worshipped her as the [Holy Spirit](/source/Holy_Spirit) incarnate; cult was suppressed in 1300
|-
|75px
|[John Schorne](/source/John_Schorne)
|1313
|{{flag|England}}
|Schorne Well, [North Marston](/source/North_Marston), [Buckinghamshire](/source/Buckinghamshire), United Kingdom
|[Gout](/source/Gout) and [toothache](/source/toothache)
|English priest from North Marston who became renowned for his piety and miraculous cures for gout and toothache[{{cite journal |last1=A. |first1=F. S. |title=The Editor Box |journal=The Penny Post |date=1875 |volume=25 |page=81 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oBwFAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA1-PA81 |access-date=2 August 2022 |publisher=J.H. Parker |language=en}}]
|-
|75px
|[Richard Rolle](/source/Richard_Rolle)
|1349
|{{flag|England}}
|Church of the Holy Trinity, [Hampole](/source/Hampole), [South Yorkshire](/source/South_Yorkshire), England
|Spiritual writers, mysticism
|English hermit, mystic, and religious writer
|-
|75px
|[Girolamo Savonarola](/source/Girolamo_Savonarola)
|1498
|{{flag|Italy}}
|
|Against persecution
|[Dominican](/source/Dominican_Order) [friar](/source/friar) and [reformer](/source/Proto-Protestantism) killed for [heresy](/source/heresy) in the period of the [Renaissance Florence](/source/Renaissance_Florence)
|-
|75px
|[Potenciana](/source/Saint_Potenciana)
|16th century
|{{flag|Spain}}, {{flag|Italy}}, {{flag|Mexico}}, {{flag|Philippines}}, {{flag|United States}}
|Church of All Saints, Villanueva de la Reina, Spain
|
|16th century Spanish [Anchoress](/source/Anchoress)
|-
|75px
|[Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros](/source/Francisco_Jim%C3%A9nez_de_Cisneros)
|1517
|{{flag|Spain}}
|[Toledo Cathedral](/source/Toledo_Cathedral), Toledo
|[Dakhla, Western Sahara](/source/Dakhla%2C_Western_Sahara), students, scholors, educators.
|Spanish Cardinal, theologian, [Archbishop of Toledo](/source/Archbishop_of_Toledo), and Primate of Spain; helped preserve the [Mozarabic Rite](/source/Mozarabic_Rite) from extinction
|-
|75px
|[Catherine of Aragon](/source/Catherine_of_Aragon)
|1536
|{{flag|Spain}}
{{flag|United Kingdom}}
{{flag|Italy}}
{{flag|France}}
|[Peterborough Cathedral](/source/Peterborough_Cathedral), Peterborough, England
|
|First wife of King [Henry VIII](/source/Henry_VIII); mother of Queen [Mary I of England](/source/Mary_I_of_England)
|-
|75px
|[Amakusa Shirō](/source/Amakusa_Shir%C5%8D)
|1638
|{{flag|Japan}}
|
|
|Japanese Catholic samurai and revolutionary
|-
|75px
|[King Charles the Martyr](/source/King_Charles_the_Martyr)
|1649
|{{flag|England}}
|[St George's Chapel, Windsor](/source/St_George's_Chapel%2C_Windsor), United Kingdom
|
|24th [King of England](/source/King_of_England) (1625–1649), head of the [House of Stuart](/source/House_of_Stuart). martyr of the [English Civil War](/source/English_Civil_War)
|-
|75px
|[Simón Bolívar](/source/Sim%C3%B3n_Bol%C3%ADvar)
(known as "El Libertador")
|1830
|{{flag|Venezuela}} {{flag|Colombia}} {{flag|Ecuador}} {{flag|Bolivia}}
|[National Pantheon of Venezuela](/source/National_Pantheon_of_Venezuela),[Caracas](/source/Caracas), [Venezuela](/source/Venezuela)
|[Bolivarianism](/source/Bolivarianism)
[Venezuelans](/source/Venezuelans)
[Latin America](/source/Latin_America)
|Venezuelan statesman and military officer who led what are currently the countries of [Colombia](/source/Colombia), [Venezuela](/source/Venezuela), [Ecuador](/source/Ecuador), [Peru](/source/Peru), [Panama](/source/Panama), and [Bolivia](/source/Bolivia) to independence from the [Spanish Empire](/source/Spanish_Empire).
|-
|
|[Apolinario de la Cruz](/source/Hermano_Pule)
(''known as'' Hermano Pule)
|1841
|{{flag|Philippines}}
|Tayabas, Quezon, Philippines
|Cofradía de San José, religious freedom, peace, native Filipinos
|Filipino religious leader and revolutionary
|-
|
|Stephen 'Stoney' Brennan
|1845
|{{flag|Ireland}}
|Westbridge Street Loughrea, Co Galway
|Invoked by women seeking husbands and for those seeking cures for illnesses/ailments. (People kiss his head carving) [{{Cite web |last=irishfolkartproject |date=2017-09-24 |title=Some Galway Folk Art. The story of Stoney Brennan Loughrea |url=https://irishfolkartproject.wordpress.com/2017/09/24/some-galway-folk-art-the-story-of-stoney-brennan-loughrea/ |access-date=2024-03-02 |website=Irish Folk Art Project |language=en}}][{{Cite web |last=Brogan |first=Fergus |date=2018-03-13 |title=13. STONEY BRENNAN |url=https://heritage.galwaycommunityheritage.org/content/places/loughrea-heritage-trail/13-stoney-brennan |access-date=2024-03-02 |website=Galway County Heritage Office |language=en}}]
|A poor Irish man hanged for stealing a turnip in 1845. Nothing else is known about him except that he was ''the seventh son of a seventh son'' and believed to be a healer.
|-
|75px
|[Jean Marie Villars](/source/J.M._Villars)
|1868
|{{flag|United States}}
|Holy Cross Cemetery, [Indianapolis, Indiana](/source/Indianapolis%2C_Indiana)
|financial problems, good health, fortune, finding lost things, murder victims
|[French-American](/source/French-American) priest in Indiana who died under mysterious circumstances
|-
|
|[Marie Laveau](/source/Marie_Laveau)
|1881
|{{flag|United States}}
|Marie Laveau's tomb, [New Orleans, Louisiana](/source/New_Orleans)
|Invoked by Herbalists, mid-wives, Spiritualists, diviners, and Wangateurs, for love, luck, health, and general blessings.
|A [Louisiana Creole](/source/Louisiana_Creole_people) freed-woman, business owner, hair dresser and [Voodoo](/source/Louisiana_Voodoo) Priestess in New Orleans.
|-
|
|[Héléna Soutadé](/source/%3Afr%3AH%C3%A9l%C3%A9na_Soutad%C3%A9)
|1885
|{{flag|France}}
|Terre-Cabade Cemetery, [Toulouse](/source/Toulouse), France
|children
|French teacher and mystic
|-
|75px
|[María Adelaide de Sam José e Sousa](/source/%3Apt%3ASanta_Maria_Adelaide) (''known as'' Saint Maria Adelaide)
|1885
|{{flag|Portugal}}
|Saint Maria Adelaide Chapel, [Arcozelo](/source/Arcozelo_(Vila_Nova_de_Gaia)), Portugal
|
|Portuguese woman with incorruptible body[[https://www.theportugalnews.com/news/2021-04-23/the-curious-story-of-maria-adelaide/59483 The curious story of Maria Adelaide]]
|-
|75px
|[Pancho Sierra](/source/%3Aes%3APancho_Sierra)
|1891
|{{flag|Argentina}}
|Salto Cemetery, Buenos Aires, Argentina
|
|Argentine faith healer
|-
|75px
|[José Rizal](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Rizal)
|1896
|{{flag|Philippines}}
|Iglesia Sagrada ni Lahi, Dapitan, Zamboanga del Norte, Philippines
|[Rizalista religious movements](/source/Rizalista_religious_movements)
|Filipino nationalist and [polymath](/source/polymath) during the end of the Spanish colonial period of the Philippines.
|-
|75px
|[José Tomás de Sousa Martins](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Tom%C3%A1s_de_Sousa_Martins)
|1897
|{{flag|Portugal}}
|Campo dos Mártires da Pátria, Lisbon, Portugal
|
|Portuguese physician and philanthropist
|-
|75px
|[Francesc Canals i Ambrós](/source/%3Aca%3AFrancesc_Canals_i_Ambr%C3%B3s) (''known as'' El Santet)
|1899
|{{flag|Spain}}
|[Poblenou Cemetery](/source/Poblenou_Cemetery), Barcelona
|Marriage, fertility, non-monetary favors.
|Catalan youth and miracle worker
|-
|
|[Teresa Urrea](/source/Teresa_Urrea) (''known as'' Santa Teresa de Cabora)
|1906
|{{flag|Mexico}}
{{flag|United States}}
|Chapel of Saint Teresa, San Pedro, Arizona, United States
|soldiers, government, healing, [Yaqui people](/source/Yaqui_people), [Mayo people](/source/Mayo_people), uprising, homeless, sick, revolution
|Mexican mystic, folk healer, and revolutionary insurgent
|-
|75px
|[Don Pedro Jaramillo](/source/Don_Pedro_Jaramillo)
|1907
|{{flag|United States}}
|Don Pedro Jaramillo Shrine, Falfurrias, Texas, United States
|cures, good health, fortune, healing, protection from diseases
|Mexican-American curandero, faith healer, and [clairvoyant](/source/clairvoyant)
|-
|75px
|[Maria Izilda de Castro Ribeiro](/source/Menina_Izildinha)
(''known as'' Menina Izildinha, Angel of the Lord)
|1911
|{{flag|Portugal}}
{{flag|Brazil}}
|Mausoleum of Menina Izildinha, [Monte Alto, São Paulo](/source/Monte_Alto%2C_S%C3%A3o_Paulo), Brazil
|Children, adolescents, orphans, good health, social welfare, protection from harm, protection from diseases, people in poverty
|Portuguese girl who died of [leukemia](/source/leukemia)
|-
|75px
|[Grigori Rasputin](/source/Grigori_Rasputin)
|1916
|{{flag|Russia}}
|
|
|Russian mystic and self-proclaimed holy man
|-
|75px
|[José Doroteo Arango Arámbula](/source/Pancho_Villa) (''known as'' Francisco "Pancho" Villa)
|1923
|{{flag|Mexico}}
|[Monumento a la Revolución](/source/Monumento_a_la_Revoluci%C3%B3n), [Mexico City, Mexico](/source/Mexico_City%2C_Mexico)
|
|Mexican revolutionary general and politician
|-
|75px
|[Engelbert Dollfuss](/source/Engelbert_Dollfuss)
|1934
|{{flag|Austria}}
|Dollfusskirche, [Hohe Wand](/source/Hohe_Wand), Austria
|Austria
|Former [Chancellor of Austria](/source/Chancellor_of_Austria), leader of the [Vaterländische Front](/source/Vaterl%C3%A4ndische_Front); murdered by the [Schutzstaffel](/source/Schutzstaffel) during the [July Putsch](/source/July_Putsch)
|-
|75px
|[José Antonio Primo de Rivera](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Antonio_Primo_de_Rivera)
|1936
|{{flag|Spain}}
|[Valley of the Fallen](/source/Valley_of_the_Fallen), [Sierra de Guadarrama](/source/Sierra_de_Guadarrama), Spain
|Spaniards, falangists, workers.
|Spanish politician, founder of [Falange Española](/source/Falange_Espa%C3%B1ola), and nationalist martyr.
|-
|-
|
|[Las Adrianitas](/source/Las_Adrianitas)
*Adriana Quiroga
*Adriana Álvarez
|1936
|{{flag|Chile}}
|[Cemetery of Copiapó](/source/Copiap%C3%B3), Chile
|
|Two young prostitutes who were murdered in the mining town of [Copiapó](/source/Copiap%C3%B3) in 1936.[{{Cite book |title=La fe del pueblo: Exposición sobre religiosidad popular |publisher=[Dirección de Bibliotecas, Archivos y Museos](/source/Direcci%C3%B3n_de_Bibliotecas%2C_Archivos_y_Museos)|url=https://www.memoriachilena.gob.cl/archivos2/pdfs/MC0056536.pdf |year=1995 |pages=1-11 |language=es}}] Their tombs attract devotees from all over [Atacama Region](/source/Atacama_Region) and are most commonly visited on November 1.[
|-
|
|[Filomena Almarines](/source/Filomena_Almarines)
|1938
|{{flag|Philippines}}
|St. Filomena Chapel, St.Filomena cemetery, [Biñan, Laguna](/source/Bi%C3%B1an%2C_Laguna), Philippines
|
|Filipino [incorrupt](/source/Incorruptibility) folk saint][{{Cite web |title=Meet Filomena Almarines, Biñan townsfolk’s “Lola Santa” |url=https://www.pep.ph/news/kuwentong-kakaiba/157526/filomena-almarines-saint-binan-a4437-20210329-lfrm |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=PEP.ph |language=en}}]
|-
|75px
|[Juan Castillo Morales](/source/Juan_Soldado) (''known as'' Juan Soldado)
|1938
|{{flag|Mexico}}
{{flag|United States}}
|Shrine of San Juan Soldado, [Tijuana, Baja California](/source/Tijuana%2C_Baja_California), Mexico
|good health, criminals, family problems, crossing the U.S.–Mexico border
|Mexican convicted rapist and murderer turned folk saint
|-
|
|[José de Jesús Fidencio Síntora](/source/Ni%C3%B1o_Fidencio) (''known as'' Niño Fidencio)
|1938
|{{flag|Mexico}}
{{flag|United States}}
|Fidencista Christian Church, Espinazo, Nuevo León, Mexico
|healings, cures, protection from diseases
|Mexican [curandero](/source/curandero)
|-
|75px
|[Corneliu Zelea Codreanu](/source/Corneliu_Zelea_Codreanu)
|1938
|{{flag|Romania}}, {{flag|Moldova}}
|Green House, Bucharest, Romania
|[Romanians](/source/Romanian_people)
|Founder of the Legion of the Archangel Michael later known as the [Iron Guard](/source/Iron_Guard), nationalist martyr;
|-
|75px
|[Sara Colonia Zambrano](/source/Sarita_Colonia) (''known as'' Sarita Colonia)
|1940
|{{flag|Peru}}
|Capilla de Santa Sarita, [Callao](/source/Callao), Peru
|bus and taxi drivers, prostitutes, [LGBT community](/source/LGBT_community), job seekers, poor, migrants
|[Peruvian](/source/Peruvian) girl credited with the ability to make miracles
|-
|75px
|[Juan Bautista Bairoletto](/source/Juan_Bautista_Bairoletto)
|1941
|{{flag|Argentina}}
|
|immigrants, prostitutes, bandits, financial problems, justice
|[Argentine](/source/Argentine) outlaw dubbed as ''El Robin Hood criollo''
|-
|75px
|[Eva Perón](/source/Eva_Per%C3%B3n)[{{Cite web |date=2019-05-16 |title=Argentine union wants Evita to be saint, Church says not so fast |url=https://angelusnews.com/news/world/argentine-union-wants-evita-to-be-saint-church-says-not-so-fast/ |access-date=2026-03-07 |language=en-US}}]
|1952
|{{flag|Argentina}}
|Casa Museo Eva Perón, [Los Toldos](/source/Los_Toldos), Argentina
|
|[First Lady of Argentina](/source/First_Lady_of_Argentina) (1946–1952)
|-
|75px
|[Valeriu Gafencu](/source/Valeriu_Gafencu)
|1952
|{{flag|Romania}}, {{flag|Moldova}}
|Târgu Ocna, [Bacău](/source/Bac%C4%83u), Romania
|
|[Romanian Orthodox](/source/Romanian_Orthodox) theologian and martyr
|-
|75px
|[Joseph Stalin](/source/Joseph_Stalin)[{{Cite web |last=AsiaNews.it |title=Controversy in Moscow: Stalin icon revered |url=https://www.asianews.it/news-en/Controversy-in-Moscow:-Stalin-icon-revered-19792.html |access-date=2022-05-13 |website=www.asianews.it |language=en}}]
|1953
|{{flag|Russia}}, {{flag|Georgia}}
|[Kremlin Wall Necropolis](/source/Kremlin_Wall_Necropolis), [Moscow, Russia](/source/Moscow%2C_Russia)
|Victory, patriotism, communism
|Leader of the USSR from 1922 to 1953; venerated by some priests of the [Russian Orthodox Church](/source/Russian_Orthodox_Church)
|-
|
|[Miguel Ángel Gaitán](/source/Miguel_%C3%81ngel_Gait%C3%A1n)
(''known as'' El Angelito Milagroso)
|1967
|{{flag|Argentina}}
|Banda Florida, [San Juan, Argentina](/source/San_Juan%2C_Argentina)
|
|Argentine baby who died in meningitis
|-
|75px
|[Che Guevara](/source/Che_Guevara)
|1967
|{{flag|Cuba}}
{{flag|Bolivia}}
{{flag|Argentina}}
|[La Higuera](/source/La_Higuera), Bolivia
[Che Guevara Mausoleum](/source/Che_Guevara_Mausoleum), [Santa Clara, Cuba](/source/Santa_Clara%2C_Cuba)
|Warfare, government, revolution
|Argentine [Marxist](/source/Marxist) revolutionary, physician, author, [guerrilla](/source/guerrilla), leader, diplomat, and [military theorist](/source/military_theorist).
|-
|75px
|[Hồ Chí Minh](/source/Ho_Chi_Minh){{Citation needed|date=August 2022|reason=Not mentioned in his article}}
|1969
|{{flag|Vietnam}}
|[Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum](/source/Ho_Chi_Minh_Mausoleum), [Hanoi, Vietnam](/source/Hanoi%2C_Vietnam)
|
|1st [President of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam](/source/President_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_Vietnam) (1945–1969), communist revolutionary, marxist theorist, [Vietnamese](/source/Vietnamese_people) politician
|-
|-
|75px
|[Roberto Clemente](/source/Roberto_Clemente)[Sources:
*{{cite news|title=Paralyzed high jumper overcomes injury to walk down the aisle at his wedding|url=http://www.latimes.com/sports/olympics/la-sp-paralyzed-olympian-wedding-20170723-story.html|access-date=7 August 2017|agency=Los Angeles Times|date=July 23, 2017}}
*{{cite news|last1=Graham|first1=Pat|title=Injured Olympian Walks at Wedding Despite Odds of Never Walking Again|url=http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/california/Injured-Olympic-High-Jumper-Jamie-Nieto-Walks-at-Wedding-in-San-Diego-436029563.html|access-date=22 July 2017|agency=NBC|date=July 22, 2017}}
*{{cite news|last1=Chavez|first1=Chris|title=Paralyzed Olympian Jamie Nieto Walks at Wedding|url=https://www.si.com/olympics/2017/07/22/paralyzed-olympian-jamie-nieto-walks-wedding|access-date=22 July 2017|agency=Sports Illustrated|date=July 22, 2017}}
*{{cite news|last1=Graham|first1=Pat|title=Injured US Olympian defies doctors to walk for his wedding|url=http://www.nhregister.com/sports/20170705/injured-us-olympian-defies-doctors-to-walk-for-his-wedding|access-date=23 July 2017|agency=Associated Press|newspaper=New Haven Register|date=July 5, 2017}}
*{{cite news|last1=Withiam|first1=Hannah|title=The complicated battle over Roberto Clemente's sainthood|url=https://nypost.com/2017/08/17/the-complicated-battle-over-roberto-clementes-sainthood/|access-date=17 August 2017|agency=New York Post|date=August 17, 2017}}
*{{cite news|title=Close to Holiness|url=http://diario.mx/Deportes/2017-08-17_32f6a4e0/cerca-de-la-santidad/|access-date=19 August 2017|agency=El Diario|newspaper=Washington Post|date=August 18, 2017}}]
|1972
|{{flag|Puerto Rico}}
{{flag|United States}}
|[United States](/source/United_States), [Latin America](/source/Latin_America)
|[Athletes](/source/Athletes), Victims of [racism](/source/racism), Victims of [natural disaster](/source/natural_disaster)s, [Pittsburgh](/source/Pittsburgh), [Puerto Rico](/source/Puerto_Rico), [Latin Americans](/source/Latin_Americans)
|[Baseball player](/source/Baseball_player) and [humanitarian](/source/humanitarian) (1955–1972)
|-
|
|{{interlanguage link|Inocencia Flores|es}}
|1977
|{{flag|Bolivia}}
|Cementerio General de Oruro, [Oruro](/source/Oruro), Bolivia
|
|[Unidentified](/source/Unidentified_decedent) Bolivian murder victim whose grave is the center of local devotion, especially on [All Saints' Day](/source/All_Saints'_Day).[{{cite news |last1=Ferrufino |first1=Estela Llanque |title=LA SANTA “INOCENCIA FLORES” |url=https://www.elsajama.com/2022/12/la-santa-inocencia-flores.html |access-date=14 February 2025 |work=ElSajama.com Prensa {{!}} Noticias de Oruro, Deportes, Cultura, Sociedad y más |date=13 December 2022 |language=es}}]
|-
|75px
|[Josip Broz Tito](/source/Josip_Broz_Tito)
|1980
|{{flag|Croatia}}
|
|
|Former [President of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia](/source/President_of_the_Socialist_Federal_Republic_of_Yugoslavia) (1953–1980)
|-
|
|[Seraphim Rose](/source/Seraphim_Rose)
|1982
|{{flag|United States}}
|[Saint Herman of Alaska Monastery](/source/Saint_Herman_of_Alaska_Monastery), [Platina, California](/source/Platina%2C_California), United States
|
|[American](/source/Americans) [Hieromonk](/source/Hieromonk), theologian, mystic, author; co-founded [Saint Herman of Alaska Monastery](/source/Saint_Herman_of_Alaska_Monastery)
|-
|75px
|[Ferdinand Marcos](/source/Ferdinand_Marcos)
|1989
|{{flag|Philippines}}
|Rizalian Brotherhood, [San Quintin, Abra](/source/San_Quintin%2C_Abra), Philippines[{{cite news |title=Cult of Marcos rises among his former subjects |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/cult-of-marcos-rises-among-his-former-subjects-1125111.html |access-date=31 July 2021 |work=Independent |date=2011-10-23}}]
|people of [Ilocos Norte](/source/Ilocos_Norte)
|10th [President of the Philippines](/source/President_of_the_Philippines) (1965–1986)
|-
|75px
|[Pablo Escobar Gaviria](/source/Pablo_Escobar)
|1993
|{{flag|Colombia}}
|
|drug trade, [Medellín Cartel](/source/Medell%C3%ADn_Cartel), drug lords, protection from harm
|Colombian drug lord and [narcoterrorist](/source/narcoterrorist) who was the founder and sole leader of the [Medellín Cartel](/source/Medell%C3%ADn_Cartel)
|-
|
|[Yevgeny Rodionov](/source/Yevgeny_Rodionov)
|1996
|{{flag|Russia}}
|[Kuznetsky District, Penza Oblast](/source/Kuznetsky_District%2C_Penza_Oblast), Russia
|
|Russian soldier killed in [First Chechen War](/source/First_Chechen_War)
|-
|75px
|[Miriam Alejandra "Gilda" Bianchi](/source/Gilda_(Argentine_singer))
|1996
|{{flag|Argentina}}
|Gilda Shrine, [Entre Ríos](/source/Entre_R%C3%ADos_Province), Argentina
|healing, Gilda fanatics
|Argentine [cumbia](/source/Argentine_cumbia) singer and songwriter
|-
|
|[Vangeliya Pandeva Gushterova](/source/Baba_Vanga)
(''known as'' Baba Vanga)
|1996
|{{flag|Bulgaria}}
|[Church of St Petka of the Saddlers](/source/Church_of_St_Petka_of_the_Saddlers), [Sofia](/source/Sofia), Bulgaria
|physical healing, personal problems, prophecies of life
|Bulgarian [clairvoyant](/source/clairvoyant) and mystic
|-
|
|[Rodrigo Bueno](/source/Rodrigo_Bueno)
|2000
|{{flag|Argentina}}
|
|
|Argentine singer of [cuarteto](/source/cuarteto) music
|-
|
|[Nikolay Guryanov](/source/Nikolay_Guryanov)
|2002
|{{flag|Russia}}
|
|
|Russian Orthodox priest and mystic
|-
|
|[Tomislav Štrbulović](/source/Elder_Tadej_%C5%A0trbulovi%C4%87)
(''known as'' Thaddeus of Vitovnica)
|2003
|{{flag|Serbia}}
|[Vitovnica Monastery](/source/Vitovnica_Monastery), Serbia
|
|[Serbian Orthodox](/source/Serbian_Orthodox) [archimandrite](/source/archimandrite), elder, author, and mystic
|-
|frameless|107x107px
|[Felipe Camiroaga](/source/Felipe_Camiroaga)[{{Cite web |date=2019-09-02 |title=8 años de la tragedia de Juan Fernández: el culto popular a Felipe Camiroaga |url=https://www.publimetro.cl/cl/entretenimiento/2019/09/02/8-anos-de-la-tragedia-de-juan-fernandez-el-culto-popular-a-felipe-camiroaga.html |access-date=2024-11-05 |website=Publimetro Chile |language=es}}][{{Cite web |date=2014-09-02 |title=Felipe Camiroaga ya es santo de la devoción de muchos chilenos {{!}} Crónica |url=https://www.lacuarta.com/cronica/noticia/felipe-camiroaga-ya-es-santo-de-la-devocion-de-muchos-chilenos/7124/ |access-date=2024-11-05 |website=La Cuarta |language=es}}]
|2011
|{{flag|Chile}}
|Paseo de los sueños, Estación Central, [Región Metropolitana](/source/Regi%C3%B3n_Metropolitana), Chile.
|Women, housewives
|Chilean television personality
|-
|left|frameless|126x126px
|[Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías](/source/Hugo_Rafael_Ch%C3%A1vez_Fr%C3%ADas) (Known as "El Comandante Chávez")[{{Cite web |last=Amaya |first=Víctor |date=2023-03-04 |title=Capilla "santo Hugo Chavez del 23" ha ido quedando sin devotos |url=https://talcualdigital.com/la-capilla-del-santo-hugo-chavez-del-23-se-ha-ido-quedando-sin-devotos/ |access-date=2025-02-25 |website=TalCual |language=es}}][{{Cite web |title=Así adoran a Hugo Chávez en Venezuela |url=https://www.elcolombiano.com/multimedia/imagenes/galeria_asi_adoran_a_hugo_chavez_en_venezuela-AEEC_237676 |access-date=2025-02-25 |website=El Colombiano |language=es-ES}}]
|2013
|{{flag|Venezuela}}
|[23 de Enero](/source/23_de_Enero),
[Caracas, Venezuela](/source/Caracas%2C_Venezuela)
|[Chavism](/source/Chavism)
|Ex [Venezuelan President](/source/President_of_Venezuela), [Bolivarian Revolution](/source/Bolivarian_Revolution) Leader
|-
|
|[Nazario Moreno González](/source/Nazario_Moreno_Gonz%C3%A1lez)
|2014
|{{flag|Mexico}}
{{flag|United States}}
|Holanda and Apatzingán, Mexico
|[La Familia Michoacana](/source/La_Familia_Michoacana), [Knights Templar Cartel](/source/Knights_Templar_Cartel), people of Michoacán, protection from harm, protection from [Los Zetas](/source/Los_Zetas)
|Mexican drug lord
|-
|
|[Marie-Paule Giguère](/source/Marie-Paule_Gigu%C3%A8re)
|2015
|{{flag|Canada}}
{{flag|United States}}
|Our Lady of All Nations Church, Quebec, Canada
|[Community of the Lady of All Nations](/source/Community_of_the_Lady_of_All_Nations)
|Canadian mystic and religious movement founder
|-
|75px
|[Bhumibol Adulyadej](/source/Bhumibol_Adulyadej)
|2016
|{{flag|Thailand}}
|[Wat Bowonniwet Vihara](/source/Wat_Bowonniwet_Vihara), Phra Nakhon district
|Thai people
|[King of Thailand](/source/King_of_Thailand) (1946–2016; venerated along with the rest of the living [Thai royal family](/source/Thai_royal_family))
|-
|75px
|[Dobri Dobrev](/source/Dobri_Dobrev)
|2018
|{{flag|Bulgaria}}
|[Kremikovtsi Monastery](/source/Kremikovtsi_Monastery), Sofia, Bulgaria
|
|Bulgarian [ascetic](/source/ascetic)
|-
|75px
|[Diego Armando Maradona](/source/Diego_Maradona)
|2020
|{{flag|Argentina}}
{{flag|Italy}}
|Maradona Shrine, Naples, Italy
|[Iglesia Maradoniana](/source/Iglesia_Maradoniana)
|Argentine professional football player and manager
|-
|colspan=7 align=center style="background:lightgray;white-space:nowrap" |
'''Legendary folk saints'''
|-
|75px
|[Lin Moniang (Mazu)](/source/Mazu)
|
|{{flag|China}}
{{flag|Taiwan}}
{{flag|Vietnam}}
most countries in Southeast Asia
|
|The ocean and patroness of seafarers, health, fertility, business
|Chinese female deity and protector of Southeast Asians
|-
|75px
|[Saint Sarah](/source/Saint_Sarah)[{{Cite web |date=2023-06-16 |title=Meet Sara-la-Kali, the patron saint of displaced people |url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/saint-sara-la-kali-romani-pilgrimage-camargue-france |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=Travel |language=en}}]
|
|{{flag|France}}
|[Church of the Saintes Maries de la Mer](/source/Church_of_the_Saintes_Maries_de_la_Mer), Camargue, France
|[Romani people](/source/Romani_people)
|
|-
|75px
|[Escrava Anastacia](/source/Escrava_Anastacia)[{{Cite book |last=Cruz |first=Joel Morales |title=The histories of the Latin American church: a handbook |date=2014 |publisher=Fortress Press |isbn=978-1-4514-6564-8 |location=Minneapolis, MN |pages=176}}]
|
|{{flag|Brazil}}
|Church of Our Lady of the Rosary, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
|abused victims
|A slave woman of African descent wearing an oppressive facemask.
|-
|
|[Niño Compadrito](/source/%3Aes%3ANi%C3%B1o_Compadrito)[{{Cite book |last=Graziano |first=Frank |url=http://www.oxfordscholarship.com/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195171303.001.0001/acprof-9780195171303 |title=Cultures of Devotion |date=2006-12-21 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-517130-3 |pages=217-254 |doi=10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195171303.003.0006}}]
|
|{{flag|Peru}}
|Cuzco, Peru
|
|Son of a Spanish viceroy and an Inca princess
|-
|75px
|[Master Rákóczi](/source/St._Germain_(Theosophy))
(''known as'' Count Saint Germain)
|
|{{flag|France}}
|
|
|French spiritual master on [Theosophical](/source/Theosophy) and post-Theosophical teachings
|-
|75px
|[María Lionza](/source/Mar%C3%ADa_Lionza)
|
|{{flag|Venezuela}}
|[Cerro María Lionza Natural Monument](/source/Cerro_Mar%C3%ADa_Lionza_Natural_Monument), Yaracuy, Venezuela
|nature, love, peace, harmony, indigenous religions in Venezuela
|Venezuelan goddess
|-
|75px
|[Guaicaipuro](/source/Guaicaipuro)
|
|{{flag|Venezuela}}
|
|
|Venezuelan chief of both the Teques and Caracas tribes
|-
|75px
|[Saint Wilgefortis](/source/Wilgefortis) (''known as'' Librada)
|
|[Western Europe](/source/Western_Europe) and some parts in [Latin America](/source/Latin_America)
|[Sigüenza Cathedral](/source/Sig%C3%BCenza_Cathedral), [Sigüenza](/source/Sig%C3%BCenza), Spain
|relief from tribulations, in particular by women who wished to be liberated ("disencumbered") from abusive husbands, facial hair
|Female saint who grew a beard
|-
|75px
|[Saint Baltasar](/source/San_Baltasar)[{{Cite web |last=santospopulares.com |title=SAN BALTAZAR - ORACIONES, MILAGROS, DÍA DE CONMEMORACIÓN, PEDIDOS Y ESTAMPITA |url=https://www.santospopulares.com/san-baltazar.htm |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=www.santospopulares.com}}]
|
|{{flag|Argentina}}, {{flag|Paraguay}}
|[Concepción, Tucumán](/source/Concepci%C3%B3n%2C_Tucum%C3%A1n)
|[Fernando de la Mora, Paraguay](/source/Fernando_de_la_Mora%2C_Paraguay)
|A crowned black man wearing a red robe or cloak and carrying a scepter or a staff associated with [Saint Balthazar, the wise](/source/Balthazar_(magus))
|-
|75px
|[Lazarus](/source/Rich_man_and_Lazarus) (''known as'' Lazarus, the poor)
|
|
|
|Poor people, [lepers](/source/Leprosy), [Order of Saint Lazarus](/source/Order_of_Saint_Lazarus)
|Legendary beggar whose story was told in one of [Jesus' parables](/source/Parables_of_Jesus)
|-
|
|[Saint Senara](/source/Saint_Senara)
|
|{{flag|Cornwall}}
|St Senara's Church, Zennor, Cornwall, England
|[Zennor](/source/Zennor)
|Legendary Breton princess accused of adultery and thrown into the sea in a barrel while pregnant, washed up in Cornwall and founded Zennor
|-
|75px
|[Saint Amaro](/source/Saint_Amaro)
|
|{{flag|Spain}}, {{flag|Portugal}}
|Ermita de San Amaro, [Puerto de la Cruz](/source/Puerto_de_la_Cruz)
|[Disabled People](/source/Disability)
|Catholic Abbot and sailor who claimed to have sailed across the [Atlantic Ocean](/source/Atlantic_Ocean) and reached paradise
|-
|75px
|[Saint Leticia](/source/Saint_Leticia)
|
|{{flag|Spain}}, {{flag|Corsica}}, formerly in {{flag|England}}
|Church of San Pedro, [Ayerbe, Spain](/source/Ayerbe%2C_Spain)
|[Ayerbe](/source/Ayerbe)
|woman venerated as a virgin martyr and companion of [Saint Ursula](/source/Saint_Ursula)
|-
|75px
|[Celestina Abdenago](/source/Anima_Sola) (''known as'' Anima Sola)
|
|{{flag|Mexico}}
{{flag|Cuba}}
{{flag|Dominican Republic}}
|
|relief from tribulations
|Woman pictured suffering alone in purgatory for allegedly withholding water to [Jesus](/source/Jesus)
|-
|75px
|[Jesús Juarez Mazo](/source/Jes%C3%BAs_Malverde) (''known as'' Jesús Malverde)
|
|{{flag|Mexico}}
{{flag|United States}}
|Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico
|drug cartels, drug trafficking, outlaws, bandits, robbers, thieves, smugglers, people in poverty
|[Robin Hood](/source/Robin_Hood) figure of Mexico
|-
|75px
|[Saint Sicarius of Bethlehem](/source/Sicarius_of_Brant%C3%B4me) (''known as'' Sicarius of Brantôme)
|
|{{flag|Israel}}, {{flag|France}}
|Abbey church of Saint-Pierre de [Brantôme](/source/Brant%C3%B4me%2C_Dordogne)
|Invoked for general cures
|One of the victims of the [Massacre of the Innocents](/source/Massacre_of_the_Innocents)
|-
|
|Saint Raja
|
|{{flag|Serbia}}
|[Rajinovac Monastery](/source/Rajinovac) Spring
|[Begaljica](/source/Begaljica), Hard workers
|A servant who was killed by his master's sons[{{cite web | url=https://lepotesrbije.alo.rs/turizam/vesti/20910/izvor-svete-vode-koja-isceljuje-neverovatna-prica-krije-se-iza-imena-ovog-manastira-nadaleko-cuven-po-ovoj-ikoni/vest | title=IZVOR SVETE VODE KOJA ISCELJUJE Neverovatna priča krije se iza imena ovog manastira, nadaleko čuven po ovoj ikoni! | Lepote Srbije }}][{{cite web | url=https://www.danas.rs/zivot/rajin-novac-sagradi-manastir/ | title=Rajin novac sagradi manastir - Život - Dnevni list Danas | date=27 July 2007 }}][{{cite web | url=https://travel.rs/manastiri/manastir-rajinovac/ | title=Manastir Rajinovac - Travel.RS | date=12 April 2011 }}][{{cite web | url=https://manastirrajinovac.rs/istorijat-manastira-rajinovac.html | title=Istorijat manastira Rajinovac }}][{{cite web | url=https://www.kurir.rs/vesti/beograd/3923853/manastir-rajinovac-kod-grocke-isceliteljske-moci | title=NAROD VERUJE DA IZVOR NADOMAK BEOGRADA IMA SVETU VODU KOJA ISCELJUJE: Neverovatna priča krije se iza imena manastira kod Grocke | date=17 June 2023 }}]
|-
|75px
|[Deolinda Correa](/source/Difunta_Correa) (''known as'' Difunta Correa)
|
|{{flag|Argentina}}
{{flag|Chile}}
{{flag|Uruguay}}
|Vallecito, Argentina
|cattle herders, ranches, truck driver, [gauchos](/source/gauchos)
|Argentine mother found dead with a baby
|-
|
|[Aunt Bibija](/source/Bibi_(Romani_cult))
|
|Parts of the [Balkans](/source/Balkans)
|Chapel of Aunt Bibija, Belgrade, Serbia
|Good health, Children, [Romani people](/source/Romani_people)
|A healer who miraculously cured children
|-
|75px
|[Holy Child of La Guardia](/source/Holy_Child_of_La_Guardia)
|
|{{flag|Spain}}
|Monastery of St. Thomas of Avila, [La Guardia, Spain](/source/La_Guardia%2C_Spain)
|
|Spanish child allegedly murdered in a [blood libel](/source/blood_libel); story used as justification for the public execution of several [Jews](/source/Sephardic_Jews) and [conversos](/source/conversos); no evidence was ever found and the child's existence is disputed
|-
|
|[Antonio Gil](/source/Gauchito_Gil) (''known as'' Gauchito Gil)
|
|{{flag|Paraguay}}
{{flag|Chile}}
{{flag|Argentina}}
|Sanctuary of Gauchito Gil, Pay Ubre, [Mercedes, Corrientes](/source/Mercedes%2C_Corrientes)
|gauchos, protection from harm, luck, fortune, good health, love, healing, outlaws, bravery, deserters, folk heroes, cowboys, safe passage
|[Robin Hood](/source/Robin_Hood) figure of Argentina
|-
|75px
|[Santa Claus](/source/Santa_Claus)
|
|Worldwide belief
|
|
|Legendary character who is said to bring gifts on Christmas Eve associated with [Saint Nicholas of Myra](/source/Saint_Nicholas)
|-
|
|[Saint Demetra](/source/Caryatids_of_Eleusis)
|
|[Byzantine](/source/Byzantine_Greece) and [Ottoman Greece](/source/Ottoman_Greece)
|Gateway in [Eleusis](/source/Eleusis), Greece
|Agriculture
|Christianization of the Greek goddess [Demeter](/source/Demeter)[{{Cite journal |last=Keller |first=Mara Lynn |date=1988 |title=The Eleusinian Mysteries of Demeter and Persephone: Fertility, Sexuality, and Rebirth |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/25002068 |journal=Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion |volume=4 |issue=1 |pages=27–54 |jstor=25002068 |issn=8755-4178}}]
|-
|colspan=7 align=center style="background:lightgray;white-space:nowrap" | '''Folk saints recognized by the Catholic Church'''
|-
|
|[Saint Menelphalus of Aix](/source/Menelphalus)
|430
|{{flag|France}}
|[Aix Cathedral](/source/Aix_Cathedral), [Aix-en-Provence](/source/Aix-en-Provence), France
|[Aix-en-Provence](/source/Aix-en-Provence)
|5th century metropolitan [Archbishop of Aix](/source/Archbishop_of_Aix)
|-
|75px
|[St Miliau](/source/St_Miliau)
|6th century
|{{flag|France}}
|[Guimiliau Parish close](/source/Guimiliau_Parish_close), [Guimiliau](/source/Guimiliau), [Brittany](/source/Brittany_(administrative_region)), France
|Miners, blacksmiths, farm animals, against [Rheumatism](/source/Rheumatism), [Saint-Méen-le-Grand](/source/Saint-M%C3%A9en-le-Grand)
|[Breton](/source/Breton_people) prince martyred by his evil brother
|-
|75px
|[Saint Nectan](/source/Saint_Nectan)
(''known as'' Nectan of Hartland)
|510
|{{flag|England}}, {{flag|Wales}}, {{flag|Cornwall}}
|[Saint Nectan's Glen](/source/Saint_Nectan's_Glen), [Trethevy](/source/Trethevy), [Cornwall](/source/Cornwall), England
|Fishermen, protection against floods, protection against [witchcraft](/source/witchcraft), healing, [Hartland, Devon](/source/Hartland%2C_Devon)
|5th century [Brythonic](/source/Celtic_Britons) holy man and hermit, son of [King Brychan Brycheiniog](/source/Brychan)
|-
|75px
|[King Saint Clovis I](/source/King_Clovis_I)
|511
|{{flag|France}}, {{flag|Italy}}
|[Basilica of Saint-Denis](/source/Basilica_of_Saint-Denis), [Saint-Denis, France](/source/Saint-Denis%2C_Seine-Saint-Denis)
|[France](/source/France)
|First [King of the Franks](/source/King_of_the_Franks), founder of the [Merovingian dynasty](/source/Merovingian_dynasty), raised [pagan](/source/Frankish_paganism) but converted to Christianity on Christmas Day 496 AD
|-
|75px
|[St. Cannera](/source/Conaire_(saint))
|530 AD
|{{flag|Ireland}}
{{flag|USA}}
|St. Canera's Church, Neosho, Missouri
|Against drowning, water safety, sailors, against aquaphobia, against nyctophobia
|Irish virgin and hermitess
|-
|75px
|[Hildegard of the Vinzgau](/source/Hildegard_of_the_Vinzgau)
|783
|{{flag|France}}
|[Abbey of Saint-Arnould](/source/Abbey_of_Saint-Arnould), [Metz](/source/Metz), France
|[Holy Roman Empire](/source/Holy_Roman_Empire)
|Queen consort of the [Franks](/source/Franks) and second wife of [Charlemagne](/source/Charlemagne)
|-
|75px
|[Charlemagne the Great](/source/Charlemagne)
|814
|{{flag|Germany}}, {{flag|France}}, {{flag|Austria}}
|[Aachen Cathedral](/source/Aachen_Cathedral), [Aachen](/source/Aachen), Germany
|[Holy Roman Empire](/source/Holy_Roman_Empire), [Germany](/source/Germany), against separatist wars, justice, political leaders
|King of the [Franks](/source/Franks) who founded the [Carolingian Empire](/source/Carolingian_Empire) after being crowned [Emperor of the Romans](/source/Holy_Roman_Emperor) by the Pope in 800; Beatified in 1179
|-
|75px
|[Fulbert of Chartres](/source/Fulbert_of_Chartres)
|1028
|{{flag|France}}
|[Cathedral of Our Lady of Chartres](/source/Cathedral_of_Our_Lady_of_Chartres), [Chartres](/source/Chartres), France
|Teachers, architects and builders, musicians, [Diocese of Chartres](/source/Diocese_of_Chartres)
|11th century [bishop of Chartres](/source/bishop_of_Chartres), hymnist, teacher, and theologian
|-
|75px
|[Saint David of Munktorp](/source/Saint_David_of_Munktorp)
|1082
|{{flag|Sweden}}
|Munktorp Church, [Munktorp](/source/Munktorp), [Västmanland](/source/V%C3%A4stmanland), Sweden
|Mentally ill, the insane, protection from fire, [diocese of Västerås](/source/diocese_of_V%C3%A4ster%C3%A5s), [Munktorp](/source/Munktorp)
|[Anglo-Saxon](/source/Anglo-Saxon) Bendictine monk and missionary to Sweden
|-
|75px
|[Peter of Montboissier](/source/Peter_the_Venerable)
(''known as'' Saint Peter the Venerable)
|1156
|{{flag|France}}
|[Cluny Abbey](/source/Cluny_Abbey), [Cluny](/source/Cluny), France
|[Cluny Abbey](/source/Cluny_Abbey), [Benedictines](/source/Benedictines), scholars
|12th century French Benedictine Abbot, author, theologian, scholar, and philosopher
|-
|75px
|[Saint Christina the Astonishing](/source/Christina_the_Astonishing)
(''known as'' Christina Mirabilis)
|1224
|{{flag|Belgium}}
|Church of Saint Catherine, Sint-Truiden, Belgium
|[Millers](/source/Millers), people with [mental disorder](/source/mental_disorder)s
|[Flemish](/source/Flemish_people) woman who suffered a seizure and was presumed dead, only to have come back to life during her [funeral](/source/funeral_mass) and levitate in the air
|-
|
|[Gilbert de Moravia](/source/Gilbert_de_Moravia) (''known as'' Saint Gilbert of Dornoch)
|1245
|{{flag|Scotland}}
|[Dornoch Cathedral](/source/Dornoch_Cathedral), [Dornoch](/source/Dornoch), Scotland
|Protection against oppression and injustice, physical and emotional violence, bishops, [Caithness](/source/Caithness), [Sutherland](/source/Sutherland), [Dornoch Cathedral](/source/Dornoch_Cathedral)
|13th century [Gaelic](/source/Gaels) [bishop of Caithness](/source/bishop_of_Caithness)
|-
|75px
|[Gundisalvus of Amarante](/source/Gundisalvus_of_Amarante) (''known as'' Saint Gundisalvus of Amarante)
|1259
|{{flag|Portugal}}
|Saint Gundisalvus Monastery, [Amarante](/source/Amarante%2C_Portugal), Portugal
|Women (especially older women) who want to get married, [viola](/source/viola) players, architects, pilgrims, people who have suffered attacks
|[Portuguese](/source/Portuguese_people) [Dominican](/source/Dominican_Order) priest remembered for his devotion and humility to whom several miraculous events are attributed; Beatified in 1561
|-
|75px
|[Werner of Oberwesel](/source/Werner_of_Oberwesel)
|1287
|{{flag|Germany}}
|Saint Werner's Chapel, [Bacharach](/source/Bacharach), Germany
|[Winemakers](/source/Winemakers)
|[Palatine](/source/Palatines) teen whose unexplained death was blamed on Jews; officially venerated by the [Diocese of Trier](/source/Diocese_of_Trier) until his cult was suppressed in 1963
|-
|75px
|[Anderl Oxner von Rinn](/source/Andreas_Oxner)
(''known as'' Andreas Oxner ''and'' the Child of Judenstein)
|1462
|{{flag|Austria}}
|Anderl Chapel, [Judenstein](/source/Judenstein), [Rinn](/source/Rinn), [Tyrol](/source/Tyrol), Austria
|Children, emotional distress, physical ailments, [Judenstein](/source/Judenstein)
|[Austrian](/source/Austrians) boy who was known for his devotion to God and mystical visions; allegedly murdered in a [blood libel](/source/blood_libel); beatified in 1752 by [Pope Benedict XIV](/source/Pope_Benedict_XIV)
|-
|75px
|[Simon of Trent](/source/Simon_of_Trent)
(''known as'' Simon Unverdorben)
|1475
|{{flag|Italy}}
|Church of St. Simon and St. Jude, [Trent, Italy](/source/Trent%2C_Italy)
|Children, kidnap victims, torture victims
|[Italian](/source/Italians) boy allegedly murdered in a [blood libel](/source/blood_libel); beatified in 1588 by [Pope Sixtus V](/source/Pope_Sixtus_V); cult suppressed in 1965 by [Pope Paul VI](/source/Pope_Paul_VI)
|-
|75px
|[Joanna, Princess of Portugal](/source/Joanna%2C_Princess_of_Portugal)
(''known as'' Princess Saint Joanna)
|1490
|{{flag|Portugal}}
|Church and Convent of Jesus, [Aveiro](/source/Aveiro%2C_Portugal), Portugal
|[Aveiro](/source/Aveiro%2C_Portugal)
|Portuguese princess who wanted to be a nun; Beatified in 1693
|-
|75px
|[Sepé Tiaraju](/source/Sep%C3%A9_Tiaraju)
|1756
|{{flag|Brazil}}
|Cathedral of St. Francis of Paola, [Pelotas](/source/Pelotas), Brazil
|
|[Guarani](/source/Guarani_people) leader; Cause for beatification opened in April 2017{{citation needed|date=June 2024}}
|-
|75px
|[Francisca de Paula de Jesus](/source/Nh%C3%A1_Chica)
(''known as'' Nhá Chica)
|1895
|{{flag|Brazil}}
|Our Lady of Conception Sanctuary, [Baependi](/source/Baependi), Brazil
|Brazilian poor, people ridiculed for their faith, devotees of the [Immaculate Conception](/source/Immaculate_Conception)
|[Afro-Brazilian](/source/Afro-Brazilians) called "Mother of the Poor" known for her devotion to [Our Lady](/source/Mary%2C_mother_of_Jesus); Beatified in 2013
|-
|75px
|[José Gregorio Hernández](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Gregorio_Hern%C3%A1ndez)
(''known as'' Doctor of the poor)
|1919
|{{flag|Venezuela}}
|La Candelaria Church, [Mérida, Venezuela](/source/M%C3%A9rida%2C_M%C3%A9rida)
|medical students, diagnosticians, doctors, medical patients
|[Venezuelan](/source/Venezuelans) physician; Beatified in 2021[[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-56929767 Venezuela celebrates as 'doctor of the poor' beatified]]
|-
|75px
|[Antônio da Rocha Marmo](/source/%3Apt%3AAntoninho_da_Rocha_Marmo)
(''known as'' Antoninho)
|1930
|{{flag|Brazil}}
|Chapel of Our Lady of Health, [São José dos Campos](/source/S%C3%A3o_Jos%C3%A9_dos_Campos), [São Paulo](/source/S%C3%A3o_Paulo_(state)), Brazil
|
|[Brazilian](/source/Brazilians) boy with [tuberculosis](/source/tuberculosis) who dreamed of becoming a Roman Catholic priest; Cause for sainthood opened in 2007
|-
|75px
|[Cícero Romão Batista](/source/Padre_C%C3%ADcero)
(''known as'' Padre Cícero)
|1934
|{{flag|Brazil}}
|Capela do Socorro, [Juazeiro do Norte](/source/Juazeiro_do_Norte), [Ceará](/source/Cear%C3%A1), Brazil
|[Juazeiro do Norte](/source/Juazeiro_do_Norte)
|Brazilian Roman Catholic priest and politician; Cause for sainthood opened in August 2022
|-
|75px
|[Odette Vidal Cardoso](/source/Odette_Vidal_Oliveira)
(''known as'' Odetinha)
|1939
|{{flag|Brazil}}
|Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, [Rio de Janeiro](/source/Rio_de_Janeiro), Brazil
|
|Brazilian girl known for her prayer life, acts of charity and purity; Declared [Venerable](/source/Venerable) in November 2021
|-
|75px
|[Sãozinha de Alenquer](/source/%3Apt%3AS%C3%A3ozinha_de_Alenquer)
(''known as'' the Little Flower of [Abrigada](/source/%3Apt%3AAbrigada))
|1940
|{{flag|Portugal}}
|Mausoleum of Sãozinha, [Alenquer](/source/Alenquer%2C_Portugal), Portugal
|
|Young Portuguese girl remembered for her dedication to the Catholic faith and her purity; Cause for sainthood opened in 1994
|-
|
|[Phanxicô Xaviê Trương Bửu Diệp](/source/Tr%C6%B0%C6%A1ng_B%E1%BB%ADu_Di%E1%BB%87p)
|1946
|{{flag|Vietnam}}
|Nhà nguyện Trương Bửu Diệp, [Giá Rai](/source/Gi%C3%A1_Rai), [Bạc Liêu](/source/B%E1%BA%A1c_Li%C3%AAu), Vietnam
|
|[Vietnamese](/source/Vietnamese_people) priest and martyr; Cause for sainthood opened in January 2012
|-
|75px
|[Francisco Rodrigues da Cruz](/source/Francisco_Rodrigues_da_Cruz)
(''known as'' Padre Cruz)
|1948
|{{flag|Portugal}}
|Mausoleum of Padre Cruz, Benfica Cemetery, [Lisbon](/source/Lisbon), Portugal
|Priests, sick, prisoners, poor, devotees of the [Immaculate Heart of Mary](/source/Immaculate_Heart_of_Mary)
|Portuguese priest revered for his apostolic fervor and charity; Cause for sainthood opened in March 1951
|-
|75px
|[Melchora Saravia Tasayco](/source/%3Aes%3ALa_Melchorita) (''known as'' La Melchorita)
|1951
|{{flag|Peru}}
|Santuario de la Beata Melchorita, [Chincha](/source/Chincha_Province), Peru
|
|Peruvian [Franciscan tertiary](/source/Secular_Franciscan_Order) and mystic; Cause for sainthood opened in April 1978
|-
|75px
|[Bernard Francis Casey](/source/Solanus_Casey) (''known as'' Solanus Casey)
|1957
|{{flag|United States}}
|[St. Bonaventure Monastery](/source/St._Bonaventure_Monastery), [Detroit, Michigan](/source/Detroit%2C_Michigan), United States
|Broadcasters, pro-life activists, the poor and marginalized, healing, vocations, [Detroit](/source/Detroit)
|[American](/source/Americans) priest, friar and religious leader; Beatified in 2017
|-
|
|[Charlene Richard](/source/Charlene_Richard)
(''known as'' the Little Cajun Saint)
|1959
|{{flag|United States}}
|St. Edward Church, Richard, [Louisiana](/source/Louisiana), United States
|[Cajun people](/source/Cajun), good health, converts to Catholicism
|[Cajun](/source/Cajun) girl who died of [leukemia](/source/leukemia); Cause for sainthood opened in January 2020
|-
|
|[Nelson Santana](/source/Nelson_Santana)
(''known as'' Nelsinho)
|1964
|{{flag|Brazil}}
|Senhor Bom Jesus Church, [Ibitinga](/source/Ibitinga), [São Paulo](/source/S%C3%A3o_Paulo_(state)), Brazil
|
|Brazilian boy who died of cancer and found solace in faith; Declared Venerable in May 2019
|-
|75px
|[Fulton Sheen](/source/Fulton_J._Sheen)
|1979
|{{flag|United States}}
|[St. Mary's Cathedral](/source/Cathedral_of_Saint_Mary_of_the_Immaculate_Conception_(Peoria%2C_Illinois)), [Peoria, Illinois](/source/Peoria%2C_Illinois), United States
|Broadcasters, pro-life activists, Catholic educators, Catholic converts, those who suffer from addictions
|American bishop, author, teacher, theologian, radio host, and televangelist; Beatification scheduled for 2019 but delayed
|-
|75px
|[Maria Aparecida Berushko](/source/Maria_Beruski)
(''known as'' Tita)
|1986
|{{flag|Ukraine}}
{{flag|Brazil}}
|Ukrainian Orthodox Parish of Saint Nicholas, [Joaquim Távora](/source/Joaquim_T%C3%A1vora), [Paraná](/source/Paran%C3%A1_(state)), Brazil
|Teachers, students, schooling
|Brazilian teacher who donated her life to save her students from a fire; Cause for sainthood opened in October 2005 by [Orthodox Church of Ukraine](/source/Orthodox_Church_of_Ukraine)
|-
|75px
|[Maria Rita de Sousa Brito Lopes Pontes](/source/Irm%C3%A3_Dulce)
(''known as'' Sister Dulce of the poor)
|1992
|{{flag|Brazil}}
|Roma, [Salvador](/source/Salvador%2C_Bahia), [Bahia](/source/Bahia), [Brazil](/source/Brazil)
|Poor, homeless, beggars, sick, prisoners, working class, [Baianos](/source/Bahia).
|Brazilian Catholic nun Known for defending marginalized people; Canonized on 13 October 2019 by the [Catholic Church](/source/Catholic_Church). First Brazilian female saint.
|-
|colspan=7 align=center style="background:lightgray;white-space:nowrap" | '''Popular saints identified with folkloric beings'''
|-
|75px
|[Santa Muerte](/source/Santa_Muerte)
|
|{{flag|Mexico}}
{{flag|United States}}
[Central America](/source/Central_America)
|Shrine of Most Holy Death, Mexico City, Mexico
|love, prosperity, good health, fortune, healing, safe passage, protection against witchcraft, protection against assaults, protection against gun violence, protection against violent death, safe delivery to the afterlife
|Mexican female deity and personification of death
|-
|75px
|[San La Muerte](/source/San_La_Muerte)
|
|{{flag|Paraguay}}
{{flag|Argentina}}
|
|restore love, good fortune, gambling, protection against witchcraft, protection against imprisonment, inmates, prisoners, luck, good health, vengeance
|Skeletal folk saint; male version of Santa Muerte
|-
|75px
|[San Pascualito](/source/San_Pascualito) (''known as'' San Pascualito Muerte)
|
|{{flag|Guatemala}}
{{flag|Mexico}}
|Capilla de San Pascualito, Olintepeque, Guatemala
|curing diseases, death, healings, cures, vengeance, love, graveyards
|Folk saints associated with [Saint Paschal Baylon](/source/Saint_Paschal_Baylon)
|-
|75px
|[El Tío](/source/El_T%C3%ADo) (''known as'' Lord of the [Underworld](/source/Underworld))
|
|{{flag|Bolivia}}
|[Cerro Rico](/source/Cerro_Rico), [Potosí](/source/Potos%C3%AD) Bolivia
|[Miners](/source/Miners)
|Figure associated with the [devil](/source/devil) who receives gifts in exchange for protection
|-
|75px
|[Maximón](/source/Maxim%C3%B3n)
|
|{{flag|Guatemala}}
|[Santiago Atitlán](/source/Santiago_Atitl%C3%A1n), Guetamala
|health, crops, marriage, business, revenge, death
|Mayan deity
|-
|colspan=7 align=center style="background:lightgray;white-space:nowrap" | '''Animals venerated as folk saints'''
|-
|75px
|[Saint Guinefort](/source/Saint_Guinefort)
|13th century
|{{flag|France}}
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|[Dogs](/source/Dogs), dog owners, children, infants
|13th-century French [Greyhound](/source/Greyhound); devotion suppressed by the Catholic Church but persisted until 1930
|}
==See also==
*[Apotheosis](/source/Apotheosis)
*[Folk religion](/source/Folk_religion)
*[Chinese folk religion](/source/Chinese_folk_religion)
*[Chinese rites controversy](/source/Chinese_rites_controversy)
*[Orisha](/source/Orisha)
*[Phallic saint](/source/Phallic_saint)
*[Secular saint](/source/Secular_saint)
*[Military saint](/source/Military_saint)
*[:Category:Supernatural beings identified with Christian saints](/source/%3ACategory%3ASupernatural_beings_identified_with_Christian_saints)
==References==
{{Reflist}}
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==Sources==
*{{cite book|last=Graziano|first=Frank|title=Cultures of Devotion: Folk Saints of Spanish America|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=Oxford|year=2007|isbn=978-0-19-517130-3}}
*{{cite book|last=Griffith|first=James S.|title=Folk Saints of the Borderlands: Victims, Bandits & Healers|publisher=Rio Nuevo Publishers|location=Tucson|year=2003|isbn=1-887896-51-1}}
*{{cite book|last=Macklin|first=B.J.|author2=N.R. Crumrine|title=Comparative Studies in Society and History|year=1973|pages=89–105|chapter=Three North Mexican Folk Saint Movements}}
==External links==
*{{Commons category-inline|Folk saints}}
{{Folk religion}}
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