Christian saints

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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.

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

former official position within the Catholic Church

thumb|Icon of Simeon Stylites the Elder with [[Simeon Stylites the Younger. Simeon the Elder appears to be shown at the left stepping down from his pillar in obedience to the monastic elders; the image may also reference a point in his life when, due to an ulcerous leg, he was forced to stand atop his pillar on one leg only.At right is represented Simeon Stylites the Younger (also known as "St. Simeon of the Admirable Mountain").]

In a number of Christian traditions, including Eastern Orthodoxy, Catholicism, Lutheranism and Anglicanism, a confessor is a priest who hears the confessions of penitents and pronounces absolution.

encyclopedic text in 68 folio volumes of documents examining the lives of Christian saints

spiritual Union of the members of the Church

thumb|Acta Sanctorum (IANUARIUS 1643) The Society of Bollandists (; ) is an association of scholars, philologists, and historians (originally all Jesuits, but now including non-Jesuits) who since the early seventeenth century have studied hagiography and the cult of the saints in Christianity. Their most important publication has been the Acta Sanctorum (The Acts of the Saints). They are named after the Flemish Jesuit Jean Bolland (1596–1665).

term proper to Christianity that identifies a Christian who has confessed or proclaimed his faith in Jesus at the risk of his life but without having been martyred

thumb|400px|The body of Mary of Jesus de León y Delgado (1643–1731), Monastery of St. Catherine of Siena found to be incorrupt by the Catholic Church ([[Tenerife, Spain).]] Incorruptibility is a Catholic and Orthodox belief that divine intervention allows some human bodies (specifically saints and beati) to completely or partially avoid the normal process of decomposition after death as a sign of their holiness.

movement of a holy relic from one location to another

thumb|votive paintings of Mexico|Mexican votive painting of 1911; the man survived an attack by a bull, attributed to the care of [[Our Lady of San Juan de los Lagos]] thumb|La Rochelle [[slave ship Le saphir, ex-voto in the Saint Louis Cathedral in La Rochelle, 1741]]

artistic theme, depicting the extended family of Jesus descended from his maternal grandmother Saint Anne, including John the Evangelist, James the Greater, James the Less, Simon and Jude

Onouphrios is a transliteration of the Greek Ονούφριος, originally from an Egyptian name, Christian name borne by Orthodox and Catholic Saints and notable people and may refer to:

canonization process used for beatified who already have a cultus

Glorification may have several meanings in Christianity. The Nicene Creed states that God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit are glorified. From the Catholic canonization to the similar sainthood of the Eastern Orthodox Church to salvation in Christianity in Protestant beliefs, the glorification of the human condition can be a long and arduous process.

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.