Pope John Paul II beatified 1,344 people.[1][2] The names listed below are from the Holy See website and are listed by year, then date. The locations given are the locations of the beatification ceremonies, and not necessarily the birthplaces or homelands of the beatified. As of February 2025, 197 would be subsequently canonized, of which Pope John Paul II himself presided over the canonizations of 96 of these same individuals.