Equivalent canonization

Saint Hildegard of Bingen, canonized in 2012 by Pope Benedict XVI

Through an Equivalent canonization or equipollent canonization (Latin equipollens canonizatio) a pope can choose to relinquish the judicial processes, formal attribution of miracles, and scientific examinations that are typically involved in the canonization of a saint. This can take place when the saint has been venerated since ancient times and continuously by the faithful.


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