How many saints are there?

jolana

According to Roman Catholic Church more than 10,000. Read here: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_Saints_are_there Aug 01 09, 6:57 PM

zbeckabee

Regarding above: Among the Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox Communions, the numbers may be even higher, since there is no fixed process of "canonization" and each individual jurisdiction within the two Orthodox communions independently maintains parallel lists of saints that have only partial overlap. The following site has an incomplete list of saints for the Roman Catholics, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox and Anglicans. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_saints The following site, enters into a broader discussion of what constitutes a saint: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saints Aug 01 09, 8:19 PM

star_gazer

Unknown. "...there are many Roman Catholics believed to be in Heaven who have not been formally declared as Saints (most typically due to their obscurity and the involved process of formal canonization) but who may nevertheless generically be referred to as saints (lowercase 's'). Anyone in Heaven is, in the technical sense, a saint, since they are believed to be completely purified and holy." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saints Aug 01 09, 8:27 PM