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Also known as canonisation

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.

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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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opposite of
decanonization
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Category:Canonization
different from
beatification
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Template:Canonization
prerequisite
beatification
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列聖(れっせい、羅: Canonizatio)とは、キリスト教で聖人崇敬を行う教会が、信仰の模範となるにふさわしい信者を聖人の地位にあげることをいう。死後に行われる。 カトリック教会においては徳と聖性が認められた福者 (羅:Beatus / 英:Blessed) が聖人 (羅:Sanctus / 英:Saint) の地位にあげられることをいう。 正教会にも列聖制度はあるが、福者と聖者を分けることはしない。このため正教会での列聖は、聖性が認められた信者が聖人の地位にあげられることをいう。

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