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Canonisation

noun

(Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Church) the act of admitting a deceased person into the canon of saints. Synonym: canonization.

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... unfortunately too clearly in the Breviary that he published in 1632. He issued the Bull, /In Coena Domini/ in its final form, founded a national college in Rome for students from Ireland, and issued a series of strict and minute regulations on canonisation and beatification, many of which remain in force till the present time. The interests of the foreign missions were specially dear to the heart of Urban VIII. To provide a supply of priests for them he established the celebrated /Collegium Urbanum/ (1627), and established there a printing-press for ...

— History of the Catholic Church from the Renaissance to the French • Rev. James MacCaffrey

... written, curiously enough, the day before the Maiden was raised to the rank of 'Venerable,' a step towards her canonisation, which, we trust, will not be long delayed. It is not easy for any one to understand the whole miracle of the life and death of Jeanne d'Arc, and the absolutely unparalleled grandeur and charm of her character, ...

— Ban and Arriere Ban • Andrew Lang

Words linked to "Canonisation" : Western Church, Roman Catholic, Church of Rome, Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Orthodox Catholic Church, Eastern Church, canonization, Eastern Orthodox Church, canonise, Roman Church, Orthodox Church, sanctification