Questions tagged [canonization]
In Catholic, Orthodox, and Anglicans Churches, the process by which a person is declared a saint.
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Has the Cause for the Canonization of Fr. Frederick W. Faber been Proposed?
Fr. Frederick William Faber became a member of the Oxford Movement under the leadership of St. John Henry Newman et al. in the 1830s. Many of its members, as a result of the condemnations levied upon ...
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How is St. Maria Goretti a martyr?
St. Maria Goretti was stabbed several times for her refusal to consent to sin against purity; Alessandro Serenelli, her "would-be rapist" (ch. 25 of Modern Saints: Their Lives and Faces vol. ...
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Are Catholic Canonizations Infallible?
As a generalization to the question posed in Is the Catholic declaration of an extra biblical saint infallible?, and in hope of obtaining, perhaps, more definitive answers from a Catholic perspective, ...
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What is the meaning of a Catholic Saint being "Raised to the Altar"?
For example, in entry (150) of her Diary, St. Faustina relates the following from a mystical conversation she had with St. Therese of Lisieux:
"Dear sweet Therese, tell me, shall I go to heaven?&...
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Extent to which Thomas à Kempis is venerated in the Catholic Church?
According to Wikipedia Thomas à Kempis, the presumed author of The Imitation of Christ, is venerated in the Catholic Church.
I surmise that his cause for canonization must have been brought up at ...
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On the Canonization of St. Poeman the Great and the Origin of His Epithet?
Often quoted in the "Sayings or the Desert Fathers," St. Poeman is venerated in the Roman Catholic Church, as well as some of the Eastern Orthodox churches.
QUESTION: Was St. Poeman ever ...
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Has the Catholic Church ever canonized a trans-gender person with the full knowledge of his/her true gender identity?
We read in Mtt 19:12:
For there are eunuchs who have been so from birth, and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by others, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the ...
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Can a lay person or a group of lay faithful petition the Pope (Vatican) to de-canonize a Saint in light of new findings?
To be specific, I am talking about numerous views recently circulated in different articles saying the Sainthood of Pope St. John Paul II is questionable in light of the findings stated in the ...
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What would a person need to be able to do to be a saint while he was yet alive?
Normally, sainthood isn't formally considered for an individual until 5 years after the death of a person. If one was determined enough, how could they go about achieving becoming saints and perhaps ...
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Where can we find the official records of canonizations?
Famous Catholic saints are often surrounded by various popular beliefs. Or sometime there is little that is actually known about the life of a saint (e.g. we don't seem to know that much about Thomas ...
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What is the official status of the person of Philomena who at one time was liturgically canonized by Pope Gregory XVI?
What is the official status of the person of Philomena who at one time was “liturgically canonized” by Pope Gregory XVI and not officially canonized?
What are the physical, archeological and ...
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Do any Christian denominations consider Pontius Pilate as a saint?
Do any Christian denominations consider Pontius Pilate a recognized saint, either by canonization or through tradition?
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Has Peter Lombard ever been venerated in the Catholic Church?
Peter Lombard was allegedly one of the most important theologians of the Middle Ages. As Wikipedia states, he was:
Bishop of Paris, and author of Four Books of Sentences, which became the standard ...
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Have any married couples been canonized at the same time?
There are countless saints in the Catholic Church, and while many of them have been celibate, some have been married (e.g. Thomas More, Elizabeth Ann Seaton).
Have any married couples been canonized ...
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Was St. John Vianney the first parish priest to become canonized?
I saw a local play about the life of St.John Vianney (1786–1859). One of the characters noted that in over 1800 years of Catholic history, a parish priest had never become a saint (to which another ...
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