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The Vatican's way of saying this person is officially too good for purgatory.
means The formal process by which a church declares a deceased person a saint, officially worthy of public veneration everywhere.
from From Latin 'canonizare,' built on 'canon' — meaning a rule, standard, or official list — which itself traces back to Greek 'kanon,' a straight rod or measuring reed used by craftsmen. To canonize someone was literally to enter their name onto the sanctioned list, the canon of saints, as if measuring them against a standard and finding them exactly true to it.
- requires
- two verified miracles, posthumously, notarized by God basically
- devil's advocate
- old role literally paid to argue against your sainthood
- fastest ever
- Mother Teresa canonized in just 19 years
- longest wait
- some saints waited over a thousand years