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Saints & Canonization

Causes of saints, canonization, Doctors of the Church.

Also called canonization, Doctors of the Church.

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1960s

  1. Sacra Rituum Congregatio8 May 1969Dividing the Congregation of Rites into Divine Worship and Causes of SaintsPope

1970s

  1. Calendaria particularia24 June 1970Instruction on particular calendarsRoman Curia

1980s

  1. Divinus Perfectionis Magister25 January 1983On the procedure for causes of saintsPope
  2. Egregiae Virtutis31 December 1980Sts Cyril and Methodius co-patrons of EuropePope

1990s

  1. Divini Amoris Scientia19 October 1997Proclaiming St Therese of Lisieux a Doctor of the ChurchPope
  2. Spes Aedificandi1 October 1999Proclaiming Sts Bridget, Catherine of Siena and Teresa Benedicta co-patronesses of EuropePope

2000s

  1. E Sancti Thomae Mori31 October 2000Proclaiming St Thomas More patron of statesmen and politiciansPope
  2. Martyrologium Romanum29 June 2001Roman Martyrology (editio typica)Roman Curia

2010s

  1. Lux sui populi7 October 2012Proclaiming St Hildegard of Bingen a Doctor of the ChurchPope
  2. Sanctus Ioannes de Avila7 October 2012Proclaiming St John of Avila a Doctor of the ChurchPope
  3. Maiorem hac dilectionem11 July 2017On the offering of life as a path to beatificationPope
  4. Catechesis on the Doctors of the Church9 February 2011 – 13 April 2011Doctors of the Church from Peter Canisius to Therese of Lisieux, closing on holiness, 2011Pope

2020s

  1. Doctor unitatis21 January 2022Proclaiming St Irenaeus of Lyons a Doctor of the ChurchPope