# 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 | 1464 | | 1505 | | |
| Blessed Ladislaus of Gielniow | 1440 | | 1505 | | |
| Blessed Margaret of Ravenna | 1442 | | 1505 | | |
| Blessed Osanna of Mantua | 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 | | | 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 | |
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| 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 | 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 | 1470 | | 1540 | | |
| Blessed Carthusian Martyrs | | | 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 | 1476 | | 1544 | | |
| Blesseds John Larke | | | 1544 | | |
| Blessed Peter Favre | 1506 | | 1546 | | |
| Cajetan | 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 | | | 1572 | | |
| James Lacop | | | 1572 | | |
| John of Cologne | | | 1572 | | |
| John of Osterwick | | | 1572 | | |
| Leonard Wegel (Veckel, Wickel) | | | 1572 | | |
| Martyrs of Gorkum | | | 1572 | | |
| Nicasius Jonson | | | 1572 | | |
| Nicholas Pieck | | | 1572 | | |
| Nicholas Poppel | | | 1572 | | |
| Peter of Asche (Peter van Asche) | | | 1572 | | |
| Pius V | 1504 | | 1572 | | pope |
| Theodoric of Emden | | | 1572 | | |
| Willehad of Denmark | 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 | 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 | 1540 | | 1584 | | |
| Blessed John Finch | | | 1584 | | |
| Blessed John Munden | 1543 | | 1584 | | |
| Blessed John Nutter | | | 1584 | | |
| Blessed Margaret (Eleanor) Ball | | | 1584 | | |
| Blessed Thomas Hemerford | | | 1584 | | |
| Blessed William Carter | 1548 | | 1584 | | |
| Blessed Hugh Taylor | 1560 | | 1585 | | |
| Blessed Marmaduke Bowes | | | 1585 | | |
| Blessed Maurice MacKenraghty | | | 1585 | | |
| Blessed Thomas Alfield | | | 1585 | | |
| Margaret Clitherow | 1555 | | 1586 | | |
| Blessed Edward Stransham | 1557 | | 1586 | | |
| Blessed John Adams | 1543 | | 1586 | | |
| Blessed John Sandys | | | 1586 | | |
| Blessed Nicholas Woodfen (Wheeler) | | | 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 | 1513 | | 1587 | | |
| Blessed Bernard Scammacca | 1430 | | 1587 | | |
| Blessed George Douglas | | | 1587 | | |
| Blessed John Hambley | 1560 | | 1587 | | |
| Margaret Ward | | | 1588 | | |
| Ralph Crockett | | | 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) | | | 1588 | | |
| Blessed William Dean | | | 1588 | | |
| Blessed William Guntei | | | 1588 | | |
| Blessed William Hartley | | | 1588 | | |
| Blessed William Way | | | 1588 | | |
| Benedict the Black (Benedict the Moor) | 1526 | | 1589 | | |
| Catherine de Ricci | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | | | 1597 | | |
| Bonaventure of Miako | | | 1597 | | |
| Cosmas | | | 1597 | | |
| Francis of St. Michael | | | 1597 | | |
| James Kisai | | | 1597 | | |
| John Soan de Goto | | | 1597 | | |
| Leo Karasuma | | | 1597 | | |
| Louis Ibarachi | 1585 | | 1597 | | |
| Martin de Aguirre | | | 1597 | | |
| Martin Loynaz of the Ascension | | | 1597 | | |
| Matthias of Meako | | | 1597 | | |
| Michael Kozaki | | | 1597 | | |
| Paulo Miki, priest and martyr, and Companions | 1565 | | 1597 | | |
| Peter Baptist | | | 1597 | | |
| Peter Canisius | 1521 | | 1597 | | |
| Peter Shukeshiko | | | 1597 | | |
| Peter Sukejiro | | | 1597 | | |
| Philip of Jesus | | | 1597 | | |
| Thomas Danki | | | 1597 | | |
| Thomas Kozaki | | | 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 | | | 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 | | |