canonization
Sign in to saveCanonization 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.
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Canonization is the official process by which a Christian church declares that a deceased person should be recognized as a saint and publicly honored. It matters because it formally acknowledges someone as worthy of special religious veneration and adds their name to the church's official list of saints.
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- Catholic Church
- Biblical roots
- Historical development
- Nature
- Procedure prior to reservation to the Apostolic See
- Exclusive reservation to the Apostolic See
- Procedure from 1734 to 1738 to 1983
- Since 1983
- Equipollent canonization
- Protestant denominations
- Evangelical-Lutheran Churches
- Anglican Communion
- Methodist Churches
- Eastern Orthodox Church<!--linked from 'Glorification'-->
- Oriental Orthodox Church
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
- Catholic Church
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.
==Catholic Church== thumb|Canonization of Elizabeth of Hungary in 1235, by [[Sándor Liezen-Mayer (1863)]]