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In Christianity, some religious authorities require that a person undergo a formal process of canonization to be recognized as a saint, such as the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches. These churches also hold that a saint may intercede on behalf of the living who invoke them in prayer, a belief which is rejected by Protestants. [3]
Canonized in 1891 by Pope Leo XIII [3] 3 Pope Agapetus I: 535 4 Pope Agatho: 678 5 Pope Alexander I: 107 6 Pope Anacletus: 79 7 Pope Anastasius I: 399 8 Pope Anicetus: 157 9 Pope Anterus: 235 10 Pope Benedict II: 684 11 Pope Boniface I: 418 12 Pope Boniface IV: 608 13 Pope Caius: 283 14 Pope Callixtus I: 218 15 Pope Celestine I: 422 16 Pope ...
Date of Canonization Place of Canonization 1. José de Anchieta [5] 3 April 2014 Apostolic Palace, Vatican City: 2. Marie of the Incarnation [6] 3. François de Laval [7] 4. Pope John XXIII [8] 27 April 2014 Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City: 5. Pope John Paul II [8] 6. Kuriakose Elias Chavara [9] 23 November 2014 7. Nicola Saggio [9] 8 ...
The Roman Catholic Church classifies various holy persons who have not been canonized as saints in the inferior categories of beati, venerabili, and servants of God. These titles indicate grades on the path to canonization in that church. Benedict XIII, born to the duke of Gravina, and a Pope of the Catholic Church
Date of Canonization Place of Canonization Mary Euphrasia Pelletier: 2 May 1940 St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City: Gemma Galgani: 2 May 1940 St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City: Margaret of Hungary: 19 November 1943 Vatican City: Frances Xavier Cabrini: 7 July 1946 St. Peter's Square, Vatican City: Nicholas of Flüe: 15 May 1947 Vatican City ...
This article contains a full list of the saints canonized in the 21st century. (2001–2100) These saints have received recognition as saint (through canonization) by the following popes of the Roman Catholic Church: Pope John Paul II (1978–2005) Pope Benedict XVI (2005–2013) Pope Francis (2013–)
Icon of St. Cyprian of Carthage, who urged diligence in the process of canonization. Canonization is the declaration of a deceased person as an officially recognized saint, [1] specifically, the official act of a Christian communion declaring a person worthy of public veneration and entering their name in the canon catalogue of saints, [2] or authorized list of that communion's recognized saints.
Walter of Pontoise was the last person in Western Europe to be canonized by an authority other than the Pope: Hugh de Boves, the Archbishop of Rouen, canonized him in 1153. [19] [20] Thenceforth a decree of Pope Alexander III in 1170 reserved the prerogative of canonization to the Pope, insofar as the Latin Church was concerned. [19]