Canonization

Canonization is the declaration of a deceased person as an officially recognized saint, 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, or authorized list of that communion's recognized saints.

thumb|upright|Pope Pius IX (1792–1878), beatified on 3 September 2000 by [[Pope John Paul II]]

traditional Christian method of organizing a liturgical year by associating each day with one or more saints

Catholic canonization status

former official position within the Catholic Church

Catholic Church office overseeing the process of canonization of saints

former Congregation of the Roman Curia

A postulator is the person who guides a cause for beatification or canonization through the judicial processes required by the Catholic Church. The qualifications, role and function of the postulator are spelled out in the Norms to be Observed in Inquiries made by Bishops in the Causes of Saints, which has been in effect since 7 February 1983. A petitioner seeking the beatification may appoint as postulator anyone, cleric or not, who is an expert in theological, canonical and historical matters, and versed in the practice of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, subject to the approval of

canonization process used for beatified who already have a cultus

thumb|Icon of Anna of Kashin (mid-17th century), decanonized in 1677–1678 and re-canonized in 1909 Decanonization or de-canonization (prefix de- ←   preposition: down, from, away + ← – list, catalog) is the exclusion of a person's name from a list or catalog of saints; it is the opposite of canonization. Decanonization, the exclusion of a saint's name from the church calendar, was carried out in the Russian Orthodox Church, in the Catholic Church and in the Anglican Church.