Canonization

The canonization service of the Martyrs of Katyń at the Church of St. Sophia the Wisdom of God, Warsaw by Metropolitan Sawa of Poland, 16 September 2025
The canonization of Popes John XXIII and John Paul II at St. Peter's Basilica by Pope Francis on 27 April 2014
This article is about the official recognition of saints. For other uses, see Canonization (disambiguation).

Canonization is the declaration of a deceased person as an officially recognized saint, specifically, the official act of a Christian communion declaring a person worthy of public veneration and entering their name in the canon catalogue of saints, or authorized list of that communion's recognized saints.

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