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He canonized important saints, including Thomas More, Peter Canisius, Bernadette of Lourdes, and Don Bosco. He beatified and canonized Thérèse de Lisieux, for whom he held special reverence, and gave equivalent canonization to Albertus Magnus, naming him a Doctor of the Church due to the spiritual power of his writings.
Aug 23, 2018 · By today’s standards, it may seem hard to believe that over two centuries went by without a single pope being named a saint: St. Pius V (1504-1572) was raised to the altars on May 17, 1712, but not...
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Apr 23, 2014 · Of the 266 popes, 83 (including John XXIII and John Paul II) have been made saints; almost all of them were canonized in the first millennium of Christianity. Among the last 10 deceased popes,...
May 1, 2024 · Then from 1100 to Pius V (1566-1572), there were only five papal saints and blesseds. After Pius V, it stopped entirely. The next papal beatification was in 1951, for Pope Pius X (1903-1914), who...
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In the early church, Christianity was illegal in the Roman Empire. Those who were executed after refusing to renounce their faith were venerated immediately after their deaths; individuals or small groups would pray at martyrs’ graves, believed to be places of special holiness, where heaven and earth meet. Those who were imprisoned for their faith ...
Although the cases – called causes – of those already locally revered for their holiness were brought to Rome for examination and approval, there was no set timeline for the process. However, no highly regarded Christian was canonized immediately after death. Instead, the investigation of their cases could take years to reach a conclusion. The proc...
In the 16th century, the canonization process became more standardized. The process of canonizing saints was handled in one specific office, the Sacred Congregation of Rites, part of the overall papal bureaucracy, the Curia. Later, in the 17th century, Pope Urban VIII set a 50-year waiting period between the death of a potential candidate and the s...
Eleven popeshave served the Catholic Church since 1900. Three – Leo XIII, Benedict XV and Pius XI – have not been nominated. Pope Pius X, who died in 1914, was canonized 40 years later in 1954. So far in the 21st century, several more popes have entered or completed the process. Pius XII, who died in 1958, has been named “Venerable” – the second st...
Aug 2, 2016 · Pope Pius XI did not respond to Edith Stein, nor did his successor, Cardinal Pacelli, who became Pope Pius XII in 1939. As for the Nazis, they considered her a Jew despite her conversion to Christianity; she was eventually murdered in a death camp as part of the Holocaust. In July 1933, Hitler and Pope Pius XI signed a concordat, or treaty.
Pius XI also canonized many saints, among them Thomas More (1478–1535), John Bosco (1815–1888) and Teresa of Lisieux (1873-1897) for whom he had special affection. Among others, he declared St. John of the Cross (1543-1591) and St. Robert Bellarmine (1542-1621) doctors of the church.
