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[[Image:Ignoto XVIIsec San Quirico Boccioleto.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Statue of [[Quiricus and Julietta|Saint Quiricus (Cyr, Cyricus)]].]]
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'''Child saints''' are [[child]]ren and [[adolescent]]s who died or were [[martyr]]ed and have been declared [[saints]] or [[martyr]]s of the [[Roman Catholic Church]], [[Eastern Orthodox Church]], [[Anglican]] or [[Episcopalian]]{{dn}} or [[Lutheran]] Churches or have been beatified, venerated, or considered for sainthood by those churches.

==List of child saints==
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*[[Achilleus Kewanuka]]
*[[Adilio Daronch]]
*[[Agapitus of Palestrina]]
*[[Agatha Yi]]<ref name="yfh">{{cite book
|last = Ball, Ann
|title = Young Faces of Holiness: Modern Saints in Photos and Words
|pages = 236
|publisher = [[Our Sunday Visitor, Inc]]
|isbn = 1931709556}}</ref>
*[[Agnes of Rome]]
*[[Albertina Berkenbrock]]
*[[Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia|Alexei Nikolaevich]]
*[[Alexia González-Barros]]<ref name="sai">{{cite book
|last = Cruz, Joan Carroll
|title = Saintly Youth of Modern Times
|pages = 222
|publisher = [[Our Sunday Visitor, Inc]]
|isbn = 159276004X}}</ref>
*[[Ambrosio Kibuuka]]
*[[Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia|Anastasia Nikolaevna]]
*[[Andrew Trong Van Tram]]<ref name="yfh"/>
*[[Martyr Saints of China|Andrew Wang Tianqing]]
*[[Anfrosina Berardi]]<ref name="sai"/>
*[[Angela Iacobellis]]<ref name="sai"/>
*[[Angelina Pirini]]<ref name="sai"/>
*[[Angiolino Bonetta]]<ref name="sai"/>
*[[Martyr Saints of China|Anna Wang]]
*[[Anne de Guigne|Anne de Guigné]]
*[[Annie Zelikova]]<ref name="sai"/>
*[[Anre Phu Yen]]<ref name="yfh"/>
*[[Martyrs of Japan|Anthony]]<ref name="moj">[http://www.26martyrs.com/ Twenty-Six Martyrs Museum Home Page] Names are according to known records.</ref>
*[[Antonia Mesina]]<ref name="sai"/>
*[[Antonietta Meo]]
*[[Martyrs of Japan|Antonio]]<ref name="moj"/>
*[[Martyrs of Japan|Antonio Uchibori]]<ref name="moj"/>
*[[Arthelais]]
*[[Barbara Yi]]<ref name="yfh"/>
*[[Barulas]]
*[[Belina (virgin)|Belina]]
*[[Martyrs of Japan|Benedictus (Bento)]]<ref name="moj"/>
*[[Bernard Lehner]]<ref name="sai"/>
*[[Martyrs of Thailand|Bibiana Khamphai]]<ref name="yfh"/>
*[[Martyrs of Japan|Candidus]]<ref name="moj"/>
*[[Caroline Kozka]]<ref name="sai"/>
*[[Martyrs of Japan|Cathalina Hashimoto]]<ref name="moj"/>
*[[Martyrs of Thailand|Cecilia Butsi]]<ref name="yfh"/>
*[[Nazarius and Celsus|Celsus]]
*[[Cessianus]]
*[[Faith, Hope and Charity|Charity]]
*[[Martyr Saints of China|Chi Zhuze]]
*[[Chiara Badano]]<ref name="yfh"/><ref name="sai"/>
*[[Crescentius of Rome]]
*[[Daudi Okelo]]
*[[David Roldán-Lara]]
*[[Denis Ssebuggwawo]]
*[[Tsarevich Dmitry Ivanovich of Russia|Dmitry Ivanovich]]
*[[Domenico Savio]]
*[[Dominguito del Val]]
*[[Saint Dymphna|Dymphna]]
*[[Martyrs of Japan|Elizabeth Sato]]<ref name="moj"/>
*[[Eulalia of Barcelona]]
*[[Eulalia of Mérida]]
*[[Faith, Hope and Charity|Faith]]
*[[Fausta and Evilasius|Fausta]]
*[[Faustino Perez-Manglano]]<ref name="sai"/>
*[[Saint Fina|Fina]]
*[[Francisco Alfredo]]<ref name="yfh"/>
*[[Francisco Marto]]
*[[Martyrs of Japan|Franciscus Hashimoto]]<ref name="moj"/>
*[[Martyrs of Japan|Gabriel]]<ref name="moj"/>
*[[Gavriil of Belostok]]
*[[Guy de Fontgalland]]<ref name="sai"/><ref name="guy">[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,755689,00.html Religion: Saintly Children] from ''[[Time Magazine]]'', January 20, 1936. Retrieved on January 7, 2010.</ref>
*[[Gyavira]]
*[[Harold (martyr)|Harold]]
*[[Holy Child of La Guardia]]
*[[Massacre of the Innocents|Holy Innocents]]
*[[Faith, Hope and Charity|Hope]]
*[[Little Saint Hugh of Lincoln|Hugh of Lincoln]]
*[[Martyrs of Japan|Ignatio Uchibori]]<ref name="moj"/>
*[[Martyrs of Japan|Ignatius]]<ref name="moj"/>
*[[Imelda Lambertini]]
*[[Isabel Cristina Mrad Campos]]<ref name="sai"/>
*[[Jacinta Marto]]
*[[Martyrs of Japan|Jacobus (Diego) Hayashida]]<ref name="moj"/>
*[[Jildo Irwa]]
*[[Joan of Arc]]
*[[Martyr Saints of China|John Baptist Wu Mantang]]
*[[Martyr Saints of China|John Baptist Zhu Wurui]]
*[[Martyrs of Japan|John of Goto]]<ref name="moj"/>
*[[Metrophanes, Chi Sung|John the New Martyr of China]]
*[[José Sanchez del Rio]]<ref name="sai"/>
*[[Joseph Cho Yun-ho]]<ref name="yfh"/>
*[[Joseph Ottone]]<ref name="sai"/>
*[[Josepina Vilaseca]]<ref name="sai"/>
*[[Martyrs of Japan|Justa Amagasu]]<ref name="moj"/>
*[[Justus and Pastor|Justus]]
*[[Justus of Beauvais]]
*[[Kizito]]
*[[Ladislao Luis]]<ref name="yfh"/>
*[[Laura Vicuña]]
*[[Martyrs of Japan|Little girl (name unknown, age 3)]]<ref name="moj"/>
*[[Martyrs of Japan|Little girl (name unknown, age 5)]]<ref name="moj"/>
*[[Lorena D'Alexander]]<ref name="sai"/>
*[[Martyrs of Japan|Louis Ibaraki]]<ref name="moj"/>
*[[Martyrs of Japan|Lucia]]<ref name="moj"/>
*[[Martyrs of Japan|Lucia Kurogane]]<ref name="moj"/>
*[[Martyr Saints of China|Lucy Wang Cheng]]
*[[Martyrs of Japan|Ludovicus Minami]]<ref name="moj"/>
*[[Martyrs of Japan|Luis Hashimoto]]<ref name="moj"/>
*[[Martyrs of Japan|Magdalena Hayashida]]<ref name="moj"/>
*[[Martyr Saints of China|Magdalene Du Fengju]]
*[[Maggiorino Vigolungo]]<ref name="sai"/>
*[[Magín Pedro]]<ref name="yfh"/>
*[[Denise, Dativa, Leontia, Tertius, Emilianus, Boniface, Majoricus, and Servus|Majoricus]]
*[[Margaret of Louvain]]
*[[Maria Carmelina Leone]]<ref name="sai"/>
*[[Maria Cristina Ogier]]<ref name="sai"/>
*[[María del Carmen González-Valerio]]
*[[María del Pilar Cimadevilla López-Dóriga]]
*[[Maria Goretti]]
*[[Maria Lichtenegger]]<ref name="sai"/>
*[[Maria Orsola Bussone]]<ref name="sai"/>
*[[Martyrs of Thailand|Maria Phon]]<ref name="yfh"/>
*[[Martyrs of Japan|Martha (age 3)]]<ref name="moj"/>
*[[Martyrs of Japan|Martha (age 7)]]<ref name="moj"/>
*[[Seven Holy Brothers|Martialis]]<ref>[http://saints.sqpn.com/saintmd8.htm Saint Martialis]</ref>
*[[Martyr Saints of China|Mary Chi Yu]]
*[[Martyr Saints of China|Mary Fan Kun]]
*[[Martyr Saints of China|Mary Zhao]]
*[[Martyr Saints of China|Mary Zheng Xu]]
*[[Mbaga Tuzinde]]
*[[Martyrs of Japan|Miguel Anazawa Osamu]]<ref name="moj"/>
*[[Martyrs of Japan|Monica]]<ref name="moj"/>
*[[Montserrat Grases]]<ref name="sai"/>
*[[Mugagga Lubowa]]
*[[Blessed Olive|Olive]]
*[[Justus and Pastor|Pastor]]
*[[Martyr Saints of China|Paul Lang Fu]]
*[[Martyr Saints of China|Paul Wu Wanshu]]
*[[Paula Renata Carboni]]<ref name="sai"/>
*[[Pancras of Rome]]
*[[Martyrs of Japan|Paulus]]<ref name="moj"/>
*[[Pedro Calungsod]]
*[[Pelagius of Constance]]
*[[Pelagius of Cordova]]
*[[Peter the Aleut]]
*[[Peter Yu Tae-chol]]
*[[Martyr Saints of China|Peter Zhu Rixin]]
*[[Martyrs of Japan|Petrus Hashimoto]]<ref name="moj"/>
*[[Martyrs of Japan|Petrus Hattori]]<ref name="moj"/>
*[[Philomena]]
*[[Saint Prisca|Prisca]]
*[[Quiricus and Julietta|Quiricus (Cyr, Cyricus)]]
*[[Rachelina Ambrosini]]<ref name="sai"/>
*[[Raimundo Bernabé]]<ref name="yfh"/>
*[[Saint Rais|Rais]]
*[[Ramon Montero Navarro]]<ref name="sai"/>
*[[Martyrs of Japan|Regina]]<ref name="moj"/>
*[[Saint Reparata|Reparata]]
*[[Robert of Bury]]
*[[Martyrs of Japan|Romano Anazawa Matsujiro]]<ref name="moj"/>
*[[Rose of Viterbo]]
*[[Rumwold]]
*[[Santos Franco Sanchez]]<ref name="sai"/>
*[[Massacre of the Innocents|Sicaire]]<ref name="sic">[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8895368 Saint Sicaire] One of the [[Holy Innocents]] killed on the orders of [[Herod I]].</ref>
*[[Silvio Dissegna]]<ref name="sai"/>
*[[Simon of Trent]]
*[[Martyr Saints of China|Simon Qin Cunfu]]
*[[Martyrs of Japan|Sixto]]<ref name="moj"/>
*[[Stanislaus Kostka]]
*[[Stepen Kaszap]]<ref name="sai"/>
*[[Martyrs of Japan|Takeya Francisco]]<ref name="moj"/>
*[[Tarcisius]]
*[[Teresa of the Andes]]
*[[Martyrs of Japan|Thecla Takahashi]]<ref name="moj"/>
*[[Martyrs of Japan|Thomas Hashimoto]]<ref name="moj"/>
*[[Martyrs of Japan|Thomas Kozaki]]<ref name="moj"/>
*[[Martyrs of Japan|Thomas Mitsuishi]]<ref name="moj"/>
*[[Thomas Thien Tran]]<ref name="yfh"/>
*[[Triantafyllos]]
*[[Martyrs of Japan|Ursula Yamamoto]]<ref name="moj"/>
*[[Vasilissa (child martyr)|Vasilissa]]
*[[Saint Vibiana|Vibiana]]
*[[Vitus]]
*[[William of Norwich]]
*[[Zefferino Namuncura]]<ref name="sai"/>

==References==
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==Further reading==
*{{cite book | author=[[Ann Ball|Ball, Ann]] | title=Young Faces of Holiness: Modern Saints in Photos and Words | publisher=Our Sunday Visitor, Inc | year=2004 | id=ISBN 1-931709-55-6}}
*{{cite book | author=[[Joan Carroll Cruz|Cruz, Joan Carroll]] | title=Saintly Youth of Modern Times | publisher=Our Sunday Visitor, Inc | year=2006 | id=ISBN 1-59276-004-X}}

==External links==
*[http://newsaints.faithweb.com/index.htm Hagiography Circle]
*[http://saints.sqpn.com/saints-who-died-as-children/ Saints.SQPN.com] Partial list of saints who died as children.

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[[Category:Religion and children]]
[[Category:Types of saints]]