This is an incomplete list of people and angels whom the Catholic Church has canonized as saints. According to Catholic theology, all saints enjoy the beatific vision. Many of the saints listed here are to be found in the General Roman Calendar, while others may also be found in the Roman Martyrology; still others are particular to local places and their recognition does not extend to the larger worldwide church. Candidates go through the following four steps on the way to being declared saints. Saints acknowledged by the Eastern Orthodox Church and other churches are listed in :Category:Christian saints by century and/or :Category:Christian saints by nationality. Catholic saints Archangels Michael Raphael Gabriel Uriel Martyrs The Holy Innocents (1 AD) First Martyrs of the Church of Rome (64 AD) Scillitan Martyrs (180) Massa Candida (253–260) Martyrs of Abitinae (304) Thirty Martyrs of the Appian Way (c. 304) - found in Roman Martyrology 20,000 Martyrs of Nicomedia (304–305) Forty Martyrs of Sebaste (320) Martyrs of Persia under Shapur II (4th century) Martyrs of Córdoba (850–859) Martyrs of Otranto (1480) Martyrs of Natal The Martyrs of Natal were a group of 30 Brazilian Catholics killed in northern Brazil by a group of Dutch Calvinists in 1645. They were canonized on 15 October 2017 by Pope Francis. Those that were killed on 16 July 1645 were: André de Soveral (b. 1572) Domingos Carvalho Those that were killed on 3 October 1645 were: Ambrósio Francisco Ferro Antônio Baracho Antônio Vilela Antônio Vilela Cid Diogo Pereira Estêvão Machado de Miranda Francisco de Bastos Francisco Mendes Pereira João da Silveira João Lostau Navarro João Martins José do Porto Manuel Rodrigues de Moura Mateus Moreira Simão Correia Vicente de Souza Pereira The remaining unnamed twelve killed on 3 October 1645 were 7 lay companions of João Martins, the wife of Manuel Rodrigues de Moura, the daughter of Antônio Vilela, 2 daughters of Estêvão Machado de Miranda, and the daughter of Francisco Dias. Martyr Saints of China The Martyr Saints of China were a group of 87 Chinese Catholics and 33 Western missionaries martyred from 1648 to 1930 because of their faith. They were canonized on 1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II. They are: Francis Ferdinand de Capillas (15 August 1607 – 15 January 1648) Peter Sanz (22 September 1680 – 26 May 1747) (2 October 1713 – 28 October 1748) (4 December 1695 – 28 October