In the Catholic Church, The Venerable is the title used for a person who has been posthumously declared "heroic in virtue" during the investigation and process leading to canonization as a saint.

The following is an incomplete list of people declared to be venerable. The list is in alphabetical order by Christian name but, if necessary, by surname or the place or attribute part of the name.

Venerable	Year of death	Year declared venerable
Agnelo de Souza	1927	1986
Alessandro Luzzago	1602	1899
Alfred Pampalon	1896	1991
Alfredo Obviar	1978	2018
Aloísio Sebastião Boeing	2006	2023
Aloysius Schwartz	1992	2015
Alphonse Gallegos	1991	2016
Andrey Sheptytsky	1944	2015
Anne de Guigne	1922	1990
Anne de Xainctonge	1621	1900
Antonietta Meo	1937	2007
António Barroso	1918	2017
Antônio de Almeida Lustosa	1974	2023
Antônio Ferreira Viçoso	1875	2014
August Hlond	1948	2018
Augustus Tolton	1897	2019
Aureliano of the Blessed Sacrament	1963	1999
Attilio Giordani	1972	2013
Benigna Victim of Jesus	1981	2022
Benoîte Rencurel	1718	2009
Bernard Łubieński	1933	2018
Bruno Lanteri	1830	1965
Caesar Baronius	1607	1745
Carla Ronci^[1]	1970	1997
Caroline-Barbe Colchen Carré de Malberg	1891	2014
Catherine McAuley	1841	1990
Clotilde of France	1802	1808
Cornelia Connelly	1879	1992
Damião de Bozzano	1997	2019
Delia Tetreault	1941	1997^[2]
Dolindo Ruotolo	1882	1970
Edel Quinn	1944	1994
Eusebio Kino	1711	2020
Faustino Pérez-Manglano^[3]	1963	2011
Fathi Baladi	1980	2019
Francesco Convertini	1868	2017
Francis Libermann	1852	1876
François Nguyễn Văn Thuận	2002	2017
Frederic Baraga	1868	2012
Fulton Sheen	1979	2012
Geevarghese Mar Ivanios	1953	2024
Giacomo Gaglione	1962	2009
Gioacchino La Lomia	1905	2002
Giovanni Bacile	1941	2015
Giuseppe Carraro	1980	2015
Giuseppe Marchetti	1896	2016
Guido Vidal França Schäffer	2009	2023
Henriette Delille	1862	2010
Hermínio Pinzetta	1972	2019
Ignacia del Espíritu Santo	1748	2007
Innocentto Leonelli	1625	before 1679^[4]
Isabel Larrañaga Ramírez	1899	1999
Jérôme Lejeune^[5]	1926	1994
Joaquina Maria Barcelo Pages	1940	2012
Joseph Hartmann	1866	1998
Kadalikkattil Mathai Kathanar	1935	2011
Leo Dupont	1876	1939
Léon-Gustave Dehon	1925	1997
Lúcia of Fátima	2005	2023^[6]
Luigi Maria Olivares	1943	2004
Louise of France	1787	1873
Margaret Anne Sinclair	1925	1978
Margherita Occhiena	1856	2006
Maria Kaupas	1940	2010
Maria Teresa of the Eucharistic Jesus	1972	2014
María de Ágreda	1665	1673
María Luisa Josefa	1937	2000
Marie de Sales Chappuis	1793	1875
Marthe Robin	1981	2014
Mary Potter	1913	1988
Mary Angeline Teresa McCrory	1994	2012
Mary Ward	1645	2009
Matt Talbot	1925	1975
Matteo Farina	2009	2020
Nano Nagle	1784	2013
Nelson Baker	1931	2011
Odette Vidal Cardoso	1939	2021
Patrick Peyton	1992	2017
Pelágio Sauter	1961	2014
Pierre Toussaint	1853	1996
Pietro Riminucci	1960	2008
Pope Pius XII	1958	2009
Rafaél Manuel Almansa Riaño	1840	1927
Rafael Cordero	1868	2013^[7]
Robert Schuman	1963	2021
Rosalie Cadron-Jetté	1864	2013
Romano Bottegal	1978	2013
Rudolf Komórek	1949	1995
Samuel Charles Mazzuchelli	1864	1993
Satoko Kitahara	1958	2015
Serafina of God	1699	1723
Simon Srugi	1943	1993
Teofilo Camomot	1988	2022
Tereza Margarida of the Heart of Mary	2005	2023
Thomas Kurialacherry	1925	2011
Varghese Payyappilly Palakkappilly	1929	2018
Veronica of the Passion	1906	2014
Vital-Justin Grandin	1902	1966
Vítor Coelho de Almeida	1987	2022
Vittorio De Marino	1929	1992
Vincent Cimatti	1965	1991
Zacarias of Saint Teresa	1957	2014

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Dicastery for the Causes of Saints Stages of canonization: Servant of God → Venerable → Blessed → Saint
Virgin Mary	Mother of God (Theotokos) Immaculate Conception Perpetual virginity Assumption Marian apparition Titles of Mary Joseph (husband)
Apostles	Andrew Barnabas Bartholomew James of Alphaeus James the Great John Jude Matthew Matthias Paul Peter Philip Simon Thomas
Archangels	Gabriel Michael in the Catholic Church Raphael
Confessors	Anatolius Anthony of Kiev Athanasius the Confessor Chariton the Confessor Dominic Edward the Confessor Francis of Assisi Francis Borgia Homobonus Lazarus Zographos Louis Bertrand Maximus the Confessor Michael of Synnada Paphnutius the Confessor Paul I of Constantinople Peter Claver Salonius Sergius of Radonezh Theophanes the Confessor Pio of Pietrelcina
Disciples	Apollos Mary of Bethany Mary Magdalene Priscilla and Aquila Silvanus Stephen Timothy Titus Seventy disciples
Doctors of the Church	Gregory the Great Ambrose Augustine of Hippo Jerome John Chrysostom Basil of Caesarea Gregory of Nazianzus Athanasius of Alexandria Cyril of Alexandria Cyril of Jerusalem John of Damascus Bede the Venerable Ephrem the Syrian Thomas Aquinas Bonaventure Anselm of Canterbury Isidore of Seville Peter Chrysologus Leo the Great Peter Damian Bernard of Clairvaux Hilary of Poitiers Alphonsus Liguori Francis de Sales Peter Canisius John of the Cross Robert Bellarmine Albertus Magnus Anthony of Padua Lawrence of Brindisi Teresa of Ávila Catherine of Siena Thérèse of Lisieux John of Ávila Hildegard of Bingen Gregory of Narek Irenaeus
Evangelists	Matthew Mark Luke John
Church Fathers	Alexander of Alexandria Alexander of Jerusalem Ambrose of Milan Anatolius Athanasius of Alexandria Augustine of Hippo Caesarius of Arles Caius Cappadocian Fathers Clement of Alexandria Clement of Rome Cyprian of Carthage Cyril of Alexandria Cyril of Jerusalem Damasus I Desert Fathers Desert Mothers Dionysius of Alexandria Dionysius of Corinth Dionysius Ephrem the Syrian Epiphanius of Salamis Fulgentius of Ruspe Gregory the Great Gregory of Nazianzus Gregory of Nyssa Hilary of Poitiers Hippolytus of Rome Ignatius of Antioch Irenaeus of Lyons Isidore of Seville Jerome of Stridonium John Chrysostom John of Damascus Maximus the Confessor Melito of Sardis Quadratus of Athens Papias of Hierapolis Peter Chrysologus Polycarp of Smyrna Theophilus of Antioch Victorinus of Pettau Vincent of Lérins Zephyrinus
Martyrs	Abda and Abdisho Boris and Gleb Charles de Foucauld Canadian Martyrs Carthusian Martyrs Child Martyrs of Tlaxcala Christina of Persia Devasahayam Pillai Dismas the Good Thief Forty Martyrs of England and Wales Four Crowned Martyrs Gerard of Csanád Great Martyr The Holy Innocents Irish Martyrs John Fisher Korean Martyrs Lorenzo Ruiz Martyrs of Lübeck Luigi Versiglia Martyrology Martyrs of Albania Martyrs of Algeria Martyrs of Cajonos Martyrs of Drina Martyrs of China Martyrs of Gorkum Martyrs of Japan 21 Martyrs of Libya Martyrs of La Rioja Martyrs of Laos Martyrs of Natal Martyrs of Otranto Martyrs of Prague Martyrs of Sandomierz Martyrs of the Spanish Civil War Martyrs of Zenta Maximilian Kolbe Óscar Romero Pedro Calungsod Perpetua and Felicity Peter Chanel Pietro Parenzo Philomena Saints of the Cristero War Stephen Teresa Benedicta of the Cross Titus Brandsma 17 Thomasian Martyrs Thomas Becket Thomas More Three Martyrs of Chimbote Ulma Family Uganda Martyrs Vietnamese Martyrs Valentine of Rome Victor and Corona Zanitas and Lazarus of Persia
Missionaries	Augustine of Canterbury Boniface Damien of Molokai Evermode of Ratzeburg Francis Xavier François de Laval Gregory the Illuminator Junípero Serra Nino of Georgia Patrick of Ireland Remigius
Patriarchs	Adam Abel Abraham Isaac Jacob Joseph Joseph (father of Jesus) David Noah Solomon Matriarchs
Popes	Adeodatus I Adeodatus II Adrian III Agapetus I Agatho Alexander I Anacletus Anastasius I Anicetus Anterus Benedict II Boniface I Boniface IV Caius Callixtus I Celestine I Celestine V Clement I Cornelius Damasus I Dionysius Eleuterus Eugene I Eusebius Eutychian Evaristus Fabian Felix I Felix III Felix IV Gelasius I Gregory I Gregory II Gregory III Gregory VII Hilarius Hormisdas Hyginus Innocent I John I John XXIII John Paul II Julius I Leo I Leo II Leo III Leo IV Leo IX Linus Lucius I Marcellinus Marcellus I Mark Martin I Miltiades Nicholas I Paschal I Paul I Paul VI Peter Pius I Pius V Pius X Pontian Sergius I Silverius Simplicius Siricius Sixtus I Sixtus II Sixtus III Soter Stephen I Stephen IV Sylvester I Symmachus Telesphorus Urban I Victor I Vitalian Zachary Zephyrinus Zosimus
Prophets	Agabus Amos Anna Baruch ben Neriah David Elijah Ezekiel Habakkuk Haggai Hosea Isaiah Jeremiah Job Joel John the Baptist Jonah Judas Barsabbas Malachi Melchizedek Micah Moses Nahum Obadiah Samuel Seven Maccabees and their mother Simeon Zechariah (prophet) Zechariah (NT) Zephaniah
Virgins	Agatha of Sicily Agnes of Rome Angela of the Cross Æthelthryth Bernadette Soubirous Catherine of Bologna Brigid of Kildare Catherine Labouré Catherine of Siena Cecilia Clare of Assisi Eulalia of Mérida Euphemia Faustina Kowalska Faustina and Liberata of Como Genevieve Hiltrude of Liessies Joan of Arc Kateri Tekakwitha Lucy of Syracuse Maria Goretti María de las Maravillas de Jesús Narcisa de Jesús Patricia of Naples Rosalia Rose of Lima Teresa of the Andes Teresa of Calcutta Trasilla and Emiliana Ubaldesca Taccini
See also	Calendar of saints Four Holy Marshals Fourteen Holy Helpers Martyr of charity Military saints Athleta Christi Miles Christianus Church Militant Seven Champions Virtuous pagan
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