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Official enrollment of a dead person as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church.

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Her canonization was finalized in 1946, with the Vatican declaring her Patroness of Immigrants in 1950.
Mother Cabrini, Saint of the Green Card|Michael Luongo|November 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
On the eve of the double-barreled canonization, the skies over Rome boomed with thunder and poured with rain.
Onscene as Pope Francis Makes Saints of John Paul II and John XXIII|Barbie Latza Nadeau|April 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The double canonization may not be good for some Catholics, but no one can argue that it is not good for business.
The Seedy Side of Sainthood: Was John Paul II Canonized Too Fast?|Barbie Latza Nadeau|April 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But De Niro gets as many mulligans as he wants on the path to canonization.
The Myth of the Tortured Artist|Shane McAdams|January 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST

The canonization of saints proceeds very slowly in the modern Church.
The Jesuits, 1534-1921|Thomas J. Campbell
That part of the Bull of canonization serves as so apt a commentary on Alexander's words that we quote it in full.
Saint Bonaventure|Rev. Fr. Laurence Costelloe, O.F.M.
This incident must be regarded as quite authentic, for reference is made to it in the process of our Saint's canonization.
Saint Bonaventure|Rev. Fr. Laurence Costelloe, O.F.M.
The movement, already on foot, to obtain his canonization received thereby a new and powerful impetus.
Saint Bonaventure|Rev. Fr. Laurence Costelloe, O.F.M.
The result this time was satisfactory, and the Pontiff felt himself bound to proceed with the canonization.
Saint Bonaventure|Rev. Fr. Laurence Costelloe, O.F.M.

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