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- noun Plural form of
beatification .
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Examples
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The reasons we have beatifications and canonizations is to show it is possible to live a heroic life of virtue and goodness that inspires others, said Cardinal Donald Wuerl, archbishop of Washington, D.C.
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By signing a decree accepting the miracle, Benedict completed one of most rapid beatifications in the modern history of the Catholic Church.
Is John Paul ll Being Fast-Tracked To Sainthood? Bryan Maygers 2011
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By signing a decree accepting the miracle, Benedict completed one of most rapid beatifications in the modern history of the Catholic Church.
Is John Paul ll Being Fast-Tracked To Sainthood? Bryan Maygers 2011
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Since his election in 2005, he has presided over several canonisations, but has always previously delegated beatifications.
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The calendar lists only two public liturgical celebrations for Pope Benedict XVI, as well as three beatifications at which other prelates will preside.
4 to be canonized, 3 beatified in October Argent 2006
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Now bear in mind, I've now just ticked off four names in a run of 476 saints and more than 1,300 beatifications.
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But reflecting on the frailty of our nature, and the levity of their countrymen, in order to obviate the disorders these premature beatifications give rise to, they have decreed that no patriot shall in future by Pantheonized until ten years after his death.
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But reflecting on the frailty of our nature, and the levity of their countrymen, in order to obviate the disorders these premature beatifications give rise to, they have decreed that no patriot shall in future by Pantheonized until ten years after his death.
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He also promoted the inner life of the Church by many important liturgical regulations, by various monastic reforms, and especially by an unprecedented number of beatifications and canonizations.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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St. Dominic eminent for sanctity were the subjects of twenty-one canonizations or beatifications.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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