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canonization

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

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We’ve come for the smaller festival, San Fermín Txikito, held each Fall to commemorate the saint’s original canonization, before the Summer celebrations stole Hemingway’s heart and the international spotlight.

From Salon • Nov. 8, 2025

Last week she celebrated an event whose significance in her beleaguered land extends well beyond the spiritual: the canonization by Pope Leo XIV of two of her compatriots, the first Catholic saints in Venezuelan history.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 2025

Church bells rang out and fireworks burst in the sky Sunday as Venezuela -- mired in crisis -- welcomed the canonization of two of its people as saints.

From Barron's • Oct. 19, 2025

Also worthy of canonization: Larry Graham’s thrumming one-note bass line.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2025

The elfin nun from Santo Domingo is crazy about saints, often identifying the holy ones long before the Vatican even contemplates their canonization.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García

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