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What does canonization mean?

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Noun
  1. The final process or decree (following beatification) by which the name of a deceased person is placed in the catalogue (canon) of saints and commended to perpetual veneration and invocation.
  2. The state of being canonized or sainted.
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Even though also this appointment did not last long, he became very devoted to blessed Zdislava, and decided to work for her canonization.
From the moment of his death and canonization two years later, the saga of Francis of Assisi has been retold and reshaped.
The 19th century saw the virtual institutionalization of this ideal possibly even canonization.
Pope John's canonization should help to illuminate the constants in his spiritual journey.
It also presents some of the challenges which the canonization of Comboni presents today to the Comboni Institutes and their members.
As an outsider, I am of course not entitled to a view about who deserves beatification or canonization.

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