In the early days of the Church, people were declared to be saints by acclamation when they were recognized to have lived holy lives -- the word "saint" means "holy one." We know many of these people from scripture, such as Mary, the apostles, and Stephen.
As time went by the early Christian martyrs also came to be recognized as saints, as did others who in one way or another lived lives that were regarded as heroically virtuous.
There was no official process of canonization back then, so there was no universal standard by which to discern whether a person was in fact a saint. By about the year 1000, the Church took over the process and established standard guidelines of discernment with the pope making the final proclamation of sainthood. When this happened, the new saint's name and feast day were added to the list, or "canon," of feast days on the Church's liturgical calendar.
St. Mary was never formally canonized. She was considered a saint from the very beginning of the christian era. She is a saint because she beared a child (Jesus Christ) and protected him from day 1 when she never lost her virginity. she could have died but instead she listened to angel Gabriela. She helped others all of the time and always respected God with almost no sins.
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Virgin Mary is not a saint but the mother of GOD. God chose her to give birth to the Son of God and become the Son of Man.
According to the Catholic Church, Mary is a saint. The definition they are using is a person that has stopped living in this world and has made it to heaven. The Catholic Church teaches that each person is judged at the time of his/her death and the truly good go immediately to heaven. The Church had enough evidence to conclude that she would have made the cut so she is called a saint.
Because Mary was to be the mother of God, she was conceived in the womb of her mother as a saint. Shortly after she was taken to Heaven the early Christians already referred to Mary as a saint.
St. Marie-Marguerite d' Youville spent her entire life caring for the poor and the sick. After the Charon Brothers Hospital she was director of was destroyed by fire, she prayed to God and worked up until her death in 1773 to rebuild it. She was beatified in 1959 by Pope John XXIII, and became a saint when a young girl was cured of leukemia after praying to her in 1978.
Pope Pius XI beatified Anthony Mary Claret in 1934, and Pope Pius XII canonized him on May 7, 1950. He was the Spanish founder of the congregation of the Claretians.
His full name was Anthony Mary Claret.
Anthony Mary Claret was born on December 23, 1807, at Sallent, Catalonia, Spain.
Saint Anthony Claret died on October 24, 1870.
The Claretians, a community of Roman Catholic priests and brothers, were founded by Saint Anthony Claret in 1849.
Anthony of Padua, Anthony of Egypt, Anthony Marie Claret are three. There are others.
In Catalan: Antoni Maria Claret i Clarà and in Spanish: Antonio María Claret y Clará
He was born December 23, 1807, at Sallent, Catalonia, Spain.
There are several saints named Anthony. Please be specific.
Please advise which Saint Anthony you are referring to.
There are a number of saints named Anthony. Please be specific.
Which Saint Anthony? There are several.
Which Saint Anthony? There are several.