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Beatification (from Latin beatus, "blessed" and facere, "to make") is a recognition accorded by the Catholic Church of a deceased person's entrance into Heaven and capacity to intercede on behalf of individuals who pray in their name.
Since his election in 2013, Pope Francis has authorized the beatification of 1,540 people, including three equipollent [clarification needed] beatifications. The names listed below are from the Holy See website and are listed by year, then date.
If a majority of the Consultors was favourable, the Pope issued a decree to this effect and at the time appointed by him the solemn beatification of the servant of God occurred in St. Peter's Basilica, on which occasion a Papal brief was issued permitting the public cultus and veneration of the beatified person, now known as "Blessed" ("Beatus").
This is a list of beatified individuals or blesseds according to the Catholic Church. The list is in alphabetical order by Christian name but, if necessary, by surname, the place or attribute part of name as well.
Following the sacred formula of beatification, the banner revealing an image of a smiling John Paul II was unfurled on the Central Loggia of St. Peter's Basilica.. Pope John Paul II reigned as pope of the Roman Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State for 26 years from October 1978 to his death, on 2 April 2005.
Carlo Acutis is the youngest contemporary person to be beatified, a path taken by two Portuguese shepherd children living in the early 1900s who were proclaimed Catholic saints in 2017.
Beatified in 1898 by Pope Leo XIII: 5 Pope Innocent XI: 1676 Beatified in 1956 by Pope Pius XII: 6 Pope Pius IX: 1846 Beatified in 2000 by Pope John Paul II [5] 7 Pope Urban II: 1088 Beatified in 1881 by Pope Leo XIII: 8 Pope Urban V: 1362 Beatified in 1870 by Pope Pius IX [6] 9 Pope Victor III: 1086 Beatified in 1887 by Pope Leo XIII [7] 10 ...
The cause for the canonization of Pope Paul VI, who died in 1978, commenced in 1993 and he was canonized on 14 October 2018.After having been proclaimed a Servant of God and declared Venerable, he was beatified on 19 October 2014, after the recognition of a miracle had been attributed to his intercession, and declared a saint by Pope Francis on 14 October 2018.