Editing Pope Leo XIII (section)

== Canonizations and beatifications ==

{{main|List of saints canonized by Pope Leo XIII}}

Leo XIII [[Canonization|canonized]] the following saints during his pontificate:
* 8 December 1881: [[Clare of Montefalco]] (d. 1308), [[John Baptist de Rossi]] (1696–1764), [[Lawrence of Brindisi]] (d. 1619), and [[Benedict Joseph Labre]] (1748–1783)
* 15 January 1888: [[Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order]], [[Peter Claver]] (1581–1654), [[John Berchmans]] (1599–1621), and [[Alphonsus Rodriguez]] (1531–1617)
* 27 May 1897: [[Anthony Zaccaria]] (1502–1539) and [[Peter Fourier]] (1565–1640)
* 24 May 1900: [[John Baptist de la Salle]] (1651–1719) and [[Rita of Cascia]] (1381–1457)

Leo XIII beatified several of his predecessors: [[Urban II]] (14 July 1881), [[Victor III]] (23 July 1887) and [[Innocent V]] (9 March 1898). He canonized [[Adrian III]] on 2 June 1891.

He also [[Beatification|beatified]] the following:
* [[Charles of Sezze|Giancarlo Melchiori]] on 22 January 1882
* [[Edmund Campion]] and [[Ralph Sherwin (priest)|Ralph Sherwin]] in 1886
* [[John Haile]] on 29 December 1886
* [[Jean-Baptiste de La Salle]] (whom he later canonized) on 19 February 1888
* [[Inés de Benigánim]] on 26 February 1888
* Antonio Maria Zaccaria (whom he later canonized) on 3 January 1890
* [[Giovanni Giovenale Ancina]] on 9 February 1890
* [[Pompilio Maria Pirrotti]] on 26 January 1890
* [[Gerard Majella]] on 29 January 1893
* [[Leopoldo da Gaiche|Leopoldo Croci]] on 12 May 1893
* [[Antonio Baldinucci]] on 16 April 1893
* [[Rodolfo Acquaviva|Rodolfo Acquaviva and 4 Companions]] on 30 April 1893
* [[Diego José de Cádiz|Diego José López-Caamaño]] on 22 April 1894
* [[Bernardino Realino]] on 12 January 1896
* [[Francis Regis Clet]] on 27 May 1900
* [[Ignatius Delgado y Cebrian]] as one of 64 [[Vietnamese Martyrs|Martyrs of Vietnam]] on 27 May 1900
* [[Louis Gabriel Taurin Dufresse]] on 27 May 1900
* [[John Lantrua of Triora]] on 27 May 1900
* [[Maria Maddalena Martinengo]] on 3 June 1900
* [[Denis of the Nativity|Dénis Berthelot of the Nativity]] and [[Redemptus of the Cross|Redento Rodríguez of the Cross]] on 10 June 1900<ref>{{Cite web  | title = Bienheureux Pierre Berthelot | work = Nominis | publisher = l'Eglise Catholique en France | url = http://nominis.cef.fr/contenus/saint/9411/Bienheureux-Pierre-Berthelot.html | access-date = 8 March 2012|language=fr}}</ref>
* [[Jeanne de Lestonnac]] on 23 September 1900
* [[Antonio Grassi]] on 30 September 1900

He approved the cult of [[Cosmas of Aphrodisia]]. He beatified several of the English martyrs in 1895.<ref>{{cite web|newspaper=Catholic Online |url=http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=2748 |title=St. Cosmas&nbsp;– Saints & Angels |access-date=15 February 2010}}</ref>

====Doctors of the Church====
Leo XIII named four individuals as [[Doctors of the Church]]:
* [[Cyril of Alexandria]] (28 July 1882) – he named him as "''Doctor Incarnationis''" ("Doctor of the Incarnation")
* [[Cyril of Jerusalem]] (28 July 1882)
* [[John of Damascus]] (29 August 1890)
* [[Bede|Bede the Venerable]] (13 November 1899) – he named him as "''Anglorum doctor''" ("Doctor of the English")