canonisation
Declared officially holy
Canonisation is the British spelling of canonization—the formal process by which a Christian church, especially the Roman Catholic Church, declares a deceased person to be a saint.
The process typically requires evidence of miracles and a lengthy investigation into the candidate's life.
More loosely, canonisation refers to any elevation to authoritative or venerated status: the canonisation of certain texts as literary classics.
Sacred spiritual purity
- sainthoodState of being canonized
- miraclesSupernatural extraordinary events
- virtueMoral goodness or merit
- pietySincere religious devotion
martyrdom · asceticism · purity · righteousness · blessedness · divinity · sacredness · hagiography
Declaring someone among blessed
- investigationFormal examination of facts
- miraclesSupernatural extraordinary events
- verificationProving something accurate
- postulationAssuming something as given
congregation · decree · proclamation · scrutiny · testimonies · advocates · tribunal · dossier
Papal city-state
- popeCatholic Church's supreme leader
- papacyPope's office and authority
- cardinalsPope-electing prelates or finches
- bishopsHigh-ranking clergy members
apostolic · encyclical · ecclesiastical · conclave · pontiff · diocese · Holy See · Roman
Canonized religious figures
- relicsPreserved items from antiquity
- shrinesSacred devotional sites
- pilgrimageReligious journey to shrine
- intercessionActing on another's behalf
patronage · feast day · devotion · chapels · altars · icons · prayers · novena
Quantity of matter
- liturgyFormal worship structure
- processionFormal moving line
- vestmentsCeremonial religious attire
- incenseAnger greatly, or aromatic resin
chants · benediction · gospel · homily · altar · rites · celebration · solemnity
holiness
Sacred spiritual purity
- sainthoodState of being canonized
- miraclesSupernatural extraordinary events
- virtueMoral goodness or merit
piety · martyrdom · asceticism · purity · righteousness · blessedness · divinity · sacredness · hagiography · glorification
beatification
Declaring someone among blessed
- investigationFormal examination of facts
- miraclesSupernatural extraordinary events
- verificationProving something accurate
postulation · congregation · decree · proclamation · scrutiny · testimonies · advocates · tribunal · dossier · certification
Vatican
Papal city-state
- popeCatholic Church's supreme leader
- papacyPope's office and authority
- cardinalsPope-electing prelates or finches
bishops · apostolic · encyclical · ecclesiastical · conclave · pontiff · diocese · Holy See · Roman · curia
saints
Canonized religious figures
- relicsPreserved items from antiquity
- shrinesSacred devotional sites
- pilgrimageReligious journey to shrine
intercession · patronage · feast day · devotion · chapels · altars · icons · prayers · novena · litany
mass
Quantity of matter
- liturgyFormal worship structure
- processionFormal moving line
- vestmentsCeremonial religious attire
incense · chants · benediction · gospel · homily · altar · rites · celebration · solemnity · bells
canonisationexcommunication
Formal barring from sacraments
damnation · defrocking · condemnation · desecration · demonisation
canonisationmarginalisation
Being pushed to society's edges
erasure · suppression · censorship · obscurity · forgetting
canonisationvilification
Abusive condemnation of someone
condemnation · denunciation · demonisation · disgrace · discrediting
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